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BUILDING A BETTER LIFE!
Updated: Feb 22
Friends, the purpose of Discovering A BETTER LIFE MINISTRIES, is to provide men and women with words of Encouragement and Hope, as well as empower believers in Jesus Christ around the world, to recognize, experience, and celebrate their oneness with all others who know Jesus as Saviour and Lord, regardless of denomination, church fellowship, or historic tradition.
Today’s Message of Encouragement from Discovering a BETTER LIFE MINISTRIES
(Stories of: Real People, Real Events, Real Places)
They are dedicated to HELPING
PEOPLE FIND PEACE and HOPE
(John 10:10; 14:1-6; Acts 2:36-47)
BUILDING
A
BETTER LIFE!
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women are merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven stages.”
Those familiar words are found in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” Act 2, Scene 7. In the lines that follow, Shakespeare tells about the infant, the schoolboy, the lover, the soldier, the justice, "the lean and slippered pantaloon" and the second childhood.
Another author has referred to the stages of life in a more contemporary manner:
“We pass on from charming childhood to the tender teens; then from the teachable twenties into the tireless thirties; then the fiery forties and the forceful fifties; then come the serious sixties, the sober seventies, the aching eighties, and finally death, the sod, God!”
Friend, whatever method one may choose to describe the stages or periods of life, and no matter how challenging, exciting, happy, and rewarding each may be it is certain that each period will have its crises.
The truth is that at no stage in the life of any individual is there an absence of tension or turmoil.
For instance, it is not easy for a baby to learn to walk, to talk, or to feed itself. As we look back on our early school years, we may be tempted to think of them as simple and idyllic, but if we do, it is because we have forgotten the tears and fears, the uncertainties and frustrations which punctuated the happy and rewarding childhood experiences.
Later in life, it is difficult to remember the depth of the anxieties of our teen years, but no teenager is unaware of their reality. So it is with each of the other periods of life.
Throughout our lives, as we face crises which may seem overwhelming at the moment, we feel a need for help. That help often comes in the person of a family member, a teacher, a friend, or a professional.
Sometimes we can solve our problems. At other times we need to read and learn from others who have faced the same difficult situation and have successfully solved its intricacies.
However, for the deeper problems of life, there is one special source: the inspired Scriptures. As we take the time to read and come to understand the principles which God has included in His divine Word, we can often see rays of light which provide the insights which help us know how to solve the problems in our lives.
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to
Paralyse you – they’re supposed to
Help you discover who you are!”
(Bernice Johnson Reagon)
Friend, I confidently believe that the truths of God have infinite value in helping us to survive the crises in each of our lives. This is the reason the Discovering A BETTER LIFE team present these messages of encouragement through our Daily Messages, along with our Weekly Radio Broadcasts, as well as the resources we freely make available, which deal with some of the most serious trouble spots in life.
We share these messages with you in absolute confidence that they can greatly help you survive any crisis in your life, as well as help you to build a better life for yourself and your family.
We draw on many sources for ideas and suggestions, but we have found our greatest source of strength to be in the teachings of Jesus Christ, as found in the Bible.
Friend, if you are facing some crisis in your life now and would like help to put your life back together, we'd like to help by sending you a booklet titled "DEALING POSITIVELY WITH CRISIS."
For your copy of "DEALING POSITIVELY WITH CRISIS," write to Discovering A BETTER LIFE, Unit 49/2 Plantation Street, Menora,
Western Australia 6050 Or email us at: abl-alb@omninet.net.au
“The English word ‘Crisis’ is translated by the
Chinese with two little characters; one means
‘Danger,’ the other means ‘Opportunity.’”
Friend, if you would like to read more human interest stories, we invite you to visit our Website Blog at:
“Let Go Let God” To hear and View this ~Video~ Please click on the link below
"Let God have His way with your heart”
"If You're Hurting"
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer,
I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 NKJV
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Please click on the link below
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With warm regards and deep gratitude for your friendship,
Your Friend,
Ron Bainbridge
Itinerant Preacher and
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