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Awake Hearts and Living Bread
DID YOU KNOW
The Bible is not a cold theological manual; it is a passionate love story. From the craftsmanship of the tabernacle in Exodus 37–38 to the poetic intensity of Song of Solomon 5 and the searching words of Jesus in John 6, Scripture pulses with desire—God’s desire for His people and His design for human love. These passages remind us that what fills our hearts, what keeps us awake at night, reveals what we truly worship.
Did you know that God designed romantic passion to reflect spiritual devotion?
Song of Solomon 5:1–4 is not shy or sterile. It is full of energy, anticipation, and wordplay. The bride says, “I slept, but my heart was awake” (Song 5:2). The Hebrew imagery conveys longing that refuses to rest. Even in sleep, her love is alert. This is not casual affection; it is covenantal desire. The man arrives with urgency, and the woman responds with expectation. There is movement, eagerness, even anxiety. True romance, as Scripture portrays it, is neither embarrassed nor indifferent. It is alive.
Yet this is not merely about marriage. Throughout the Bible, marital imagery points beyond itself. Ephesians 5:32 calls marriage a “great mystery” that ultimately refers to Christ and the church. The intensity in Song of Solomon invites us to examine our spiritual temperature. Is our love for God awake, even when the world dulls our senses? Passion in marriage mirrors the passion we are to have for the Lord. When love grows sleepy, devotion fades. When love is alert, obedience becomes joyful rather than mechanical.
Did you know that what keeps your heart awake reveals what rules your heart?
The bride’s confession—“my heart was awake”—forces us to consider our own inner life. What occupies your mind in quiet moments? What stirs your imagination? What do you replay when the day is done? Jesus taught that “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Matthew 6:21). Our thoughts expose our allegiances.
John 6 deepens this insight. Jesus contrasts manna with Himself: “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die” (John 6:49–50). The Israelites experienced daily provision in Exodus 16, yet many still longed for Egypt. Physical bread sustained them temporarily; it did not transform their hearts. In the same way, we may consume spiritual content without cultivating spiritual hunger. Christ does not offer a supplement; He offers Himself as the living bread.
If our hearts are more animated by temporary comforts than by Christ, it reveals a subtle misalignment. Necessary things—career, entertainment, even ministry—can become substitutes for intimacy with Him. The living bread satisfies at a deeper level than anything else. To feed on Christ is to let His words shape our desires and His presence calm our anxieties.
Did you know that the tabernacle’s beauty points to God’s passionate pursuit of communion with you?
Exodus 37–38 describes skilled artisans crafting the ark, the mercy seat, the altar, and the lampstand with intricate detail. Gold overlays wood. Curtains are woven with precision. Measurements are exact. Why such care? Because God intended to dwell among His people. The tabernacle was not merely a religious structure; it was a declaration that the Holy One desired nearness.
The mercy seat, placed upon the ark, was the meeting place between God and Israel. Blood was sprinkled there as atonement. That sacred space foreshadowed Christ, who would become the ultimate mediator. When we read these chapters, we see more than craftsmanship; we see intention. God is not distant or detached. He is deliberate in drawing near.
This same passion culminates in John 1:14: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” The Greek term for “dwelt,” eskēnōsen, literally means “tabernacled.” Jesus is God pitching His tent among humanity. The ornate beauty of Exodus anticipates the incarnation. The God who designed sacred space now invites us into direct relationship through His Son. That realization reframes devotion from duty to privilege.
Did you know that true love requires alertness, not complacency?
In Song of Solomon, the bride initially hesitates before opening the door. By the time she rises, the beloved has withdrawn. The tension in the text reminds us that delay in love carries consequence. Spiritually, complacency can dull responsiveness. Hebrews 2:1 warns us to “give the more earnest heed… lest we drift away.” Love demands attentiveness.
Jesus’ words in John 6 challenged His hearers so deeply that many turned back (John 6:66). Real love perseveres even when teachings are difficult. It listens, trusts, and remains. The bride’s awake heart symbolizes a vigilance that protects intimacy. In our walk with God, that vigilance is cultivated through prayer, Scripture, and obedience. It is possible to attend church yet grow sleepy in spirit. The call is to remain awake—sensitive to conviction, eager for fellowship, quick to respond.
Passion without discipline burns out; discipline without passion dries up. Scripture invites us to both. The tabernacle shows ordered devotion; the Song displays fervent affection; John 6 reveals sustaining truth. Together they paint a portrait of holistic love—structured yet vibrant, anchored yet alive.
As you reflect on these passages, consider what occupies your heart’s attention. Are you feeding on the living bread, or merely sampling substitutes? Is your love alert, or has it grown drowsy? Dedicate yourself intentionally to love—love of family, love of neighbor, and above all love of Christ. Let your heart remain awake to His presence.
The God who crafted beauty in Exodus, who inspired poetic longing in Song of Solomon, and who declared Himself the bread of life in John invites you into a relationship that is alive and enduring. True romance with God does not fade with familiarity. It deepens with devotion.
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Quote of the day, 1 August: St. Edith Stein
Every mystery of this life that we seek to discern in loving contemplation is for us a fount of eternal life. And the same Savior, whom the written word presents to our eyes on all the paths he trod on earth in human form, lives among us disguised in the form of the eucharistic bread. He comes to us every day as the bread of life.
In either of these forms, he is near to us; in either of these forms, he wants to be sought and found by us. The one supports the other.
When we see that Savior before us with the eyes of faith as the Scriptures portray him, then our desire to receive him in the bread of life increases. The eucharistic bread, on the other hand, awakens our desire to get to know the Lord in the written word more and more deeply and strengthens our spirit to get a better understanding.
Saint Edith Stein
For January 6, 1941
Stein, E. 2014, The Hidden Life: hagiographic essays, meditations, spiritual texts, translated from the German by Stein, W, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
Featured image: A nun receives communion from the hands of then Auxiliary Bishop Luis Javier Argüello García in the Carmel of Valladolid for the Solemnity of St. Teresa, 15 October 2016. The Flickr account of the Archdiocese of Valladolid contains an entire album of photos from the celebration. Image credit: Ángel Cantero for Iglesia en Valladolid / Flickr (Some rights reserved)
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God Bless our Savior Christ Yeshua of Nazareth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4R4PVEwX5U
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God Bless our Savior Christ Yeshua of Nazareth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4R4PVEwX5U
#Spirit #Resurrection #BreadOfLife -
God Bless our Savior Christ Yeshua of Nazareth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4R4PVEwX5U
#Spirit #Resurrection #BreadOfLife -
God Bless our Savior Christ Yeshua of Nazareth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4R4PVEwX5U
#Spirit #Resurrection #BreadOfLife -
John chapter 6 – Believe Jesus
But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6
#BelieveJesus #breadandwine #breadoflife #churchleadership #faith #Israel #jesus #jesuschrist #Messiah #salvation
https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/jesus-and-judaism/john-chapter-6-believe-jesus/
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John chapter 6 – Believe Jesus
But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6
#BelieveJesus #breadandwine #breadoflife #churchleadership #faith #Israel #jesus #jesuschrist #Messiah #salvation
https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/jesus-and-judaism/john-chapter-6-believe-jesus/
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John chapter 6 – Believe Jesus
But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6
#BelieveJesus #breadandwine #breadoflife #churchleadership #faith #Israel #jesus #jesuschrist #Messiah #salvation
https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/jesus-and-judaism/john-chapter-6-believe-jesus/
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John chapter 6 – Believe Jesus
But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6
#BelieveJesus #breadandwine #breadoflife #churchleadership #faith #Israel #jesus #jesuschrist #Messiah #salvation
https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/jesus-and-judaism/john-chapter-6-believe-jesus/
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John chapter 6 – Believe Jesus
But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6
#BelieveJesus #breadandwine #breadoflife #churchleadership #faith #Israel #jesus #jesuschrist #Messiah #salvation
https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/articles/jesus-and-judaism/john-chapter-6-believe-jesus/
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Song of the soul that rejoices to know God by faith.
How well I know the fount that freely flows
Although ’tis night!- The eternal fount its source has never show’d,
But well I know wherein is its abode,
Although ’tis night. - Its origin I know not—it has none:
All other origins are here begun,
Although ’tis night. - I know that naught beside can be so fair,
That heav’ns and earth drink deep refreshment there,
Although ’tis night. - Well know I that its depths can no man plumb
Nor, fording it, across it hope to come,
Although ’tis night. - Never was fount so clear, undimm’d and bright:
From it alone, I know, proceeds all light,
Although ’tis night. - Rich are its streams and full—this know I well;
They water nations, heav’ns and depths of hell,
Although ’tis night. - Yea, more I know: the stream that hence proceeds,
Omnipotent, suffices for all needs,
Although ’tis night. - From fount and stream another stream forth flows,
And this, I know, in nothing yields to those,
Although ’tis night. - The eternal fount is hidden in living bread,
That we with life eternal may be fed,
Although ’tis night. - Call’d to this living fount, we creatures still
Darkly may, feed hereon and take our fill,
Although ’tis night. - This living fount which is so dear to me
Is in the bread of life, which now I see,
Although ’tis night.
Saint John of the Cross
Poetry, VIII
John of the Cross, St; de Santa Teresa, S; Peers, E 1934–1935, The complete works of Saint John of the Cross, doctor of the Church, translated from the Spanish by Peers, E, Burns Oates & Washbourne, London.
Featured image: Moonlight on the Everglades is an oil on linen painting executed in 1890 by American artist and illustrator Paul Frenzeny (1840–1902). It comes from the Florida Art Collection of the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
https://carmelitequotes.blog/2024/08/17/juan-poetry8/
#breadOfLife #fountain #livingWater #night #poetry #StJohnOfTheCross
- The eternal fount its source has never show’d,
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Song of the soul that rejoices to know God by faith.
How well I know the fount that freely flows
Although ’tis night!- The eternal fount its source has never show’d,
But well I know wherein is its abode,
Although ’tis night. - Its origin I know not—it has none:
All other origins are here begun,
Although ’tis night. - I know that naught beside can be so fair,
That heav’ns and earth drink deep refreshment there,
Although ’tis night. - Well know I that its depths can no man plumb
Nor, fording it, across it hope to come,
Although ’tis night. - Never was fount so clear, undimm’d and bright:
From it alone, I know, proceeds all light,
Although ’tis night. - Rich are its streams and full—this know I well;
They water nations, heav’ns and depths of hell,
Although ’tis night. - Yea, more I know: the stream that hence proceeds,
Omnipotent, suffices for all needs,
Although ’tis night. - From fount and stream another stream forth flows,
And this, I know, in nothing yields to those,
Although ’tis night. - The eternal fount is hidden in living bread,
That we with life eternal may be fed,
Although ’tis night. - Call’d to this living fount, we creatures still
Darkly may, feed hereon and take our fill,
Although ’tis night. - This living fount which is so dear to me
Is in the bread of life, which now I see,
Although ’tis night.
Saint John of the Cross
Poetry, VIII
John of the Cross, St; de Santa Teresa, S; Peers, E 1934–1935, The complete works of Saint John of the Cross, doctor of the Church, translated from the Spanish by Peers, E, Burns Oates & Washbourne, London.
Featured image: Moonlight on the Everglades is an oil on linen painting executed in 1890 by American artist and illustrator Paul Frenzeny (1840–1902). It comes from the Florida Art Collection of the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
https://carmelitequotes.blog/2024/08/17/juan-poetry8/
#breadOfLife #fountain #livingWater #night #poetry #StJohnOfTheCross
- The eternal fount its source has never show’d,
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An initiative from Houston's very own Megan Thee Stallion will provide generators for senior citizens after Hurricane Beryl and its ensuing power outages.
#ArtsCulture #EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #TTN #BreadOfLife #HoustonArtists #MeganTheeStallion #PeteThomasFoundation
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An initiative from Houston's very own Megan Thee Stallion will provide generators for senior citizens after Hurricane Beryl and its ensuing power outages.
#ArtsCulture #EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #TTN #BreadOfLife #HoustonArtists #MeganTheeStallion #PeteThomasFoundation
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An initiative from Houston's very own Megan Thee Stallion will provide generators for senior citizens after Hurricane Beryl and its ensuing power outages.
#ArtsCulture #EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #TTN #BreadOfLife #HoustonArtists #MeganTheeStallion #PeteThomasFoundation
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An initiative from Houston's very own Megan Thee Stallion will provide generators for senior citizens after Hurricane Beryl and its ensuing power outages.
#ArtsCulture #EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #TTN #BreadOfLife #HoustonArtists #MeganTheeStallion #PeteThomasFoundation
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An initiative from Houston's very own Megan Thee Stallion will provide generators for senior citizens after Hurricane Beryl and its ensuing power outages.
#ArtsCulture #EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #TTN #BreadOfLife #HoustonArtists #MeganTheeStallion #PeteThomasFoundation
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Lyrics for the song “Bread Of Life” by Fred Hammond
#FredHammond #BreadOfLife
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Lyrics for the song “Bread Of Life” by Fred Hammond
#FredHammond #BreadOfLife
https://daletra.com/fred-hammond/lyrics/bread-of-life.html -
Lyrics for the song “Bread Of Life” by Fred Hammond
#FredHammond #BreadOfLife
https://daletra.com/fred-hammond/lyrics/bread-of-life.html -
“Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.’” – John 6:35 #Faith #WordOfGod #Jesus #Breadoflife
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Cap 3000 a Valhalla blinding consumers
On my last day at the Cote d’Azur I at our walk in Saint Laurant du Var we also went walking in a huge shopping centre Cap 3000, opposite the airport Nice Cote d’Azur.
“Valhalla” (1905) by Emil Doeplera veritable institution at the heart of the French Riviera: a shopping mall in a fabulous location, standing on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Located on the western edge of Nice, right next to the international airport
It offers an attractive and diversified range of shops for all the family, from major high-street names to small boutiques. There’s something for all tastes and all budgets! You can meander through the mall until 9pm from Monday to Saturday
At the moment it has 180 shops in a magnificent building, which is being made to a much bigger place, with an additional two floors full of shops. When walking through the beautiful shopping mall I felt in the Walhalla of mankind or Valhalla, a splendid palace, roofed with shields, where the warriors feast on the flesh of a boar slaughtered daily and made whole again each evening. They drink liquor that flows from the udders of a goat, and their sport is to fight one another every day. It is the grand place for lust and indulgence, where today is not thought of the Ragnarök or Doomsday.
So many people have to work hard for the wages they might get, but here it looks like all those walking around have enough money to spend for hours in hundreds of attracting shops.
For sure all those people seem to trust in all those things or gadgets beautifully presented in those places which cry to come in and feel as if you can be the honourable guest of fortune.
Having walked through that “Palace of abundance” or better “superabundance” I could not resist looking at a lot of people who have their heart sold to all those material products but have no eye for what can not be seen.
At the Biblestudents you can read how Jesus fed many people and shall be able to read (from 2018, October 19) about Jesus who once more was concerned about real hungry people (Matthew 15:32-39 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 4000 Fed). There too there was a material problem, food or something for the stomach. Though in the gospels we also receive the lesson for more important food, whereof not many seem to think about today. Most people are not hungering for the right things (James 4:3). Their eyes and heart are focused on the material things of this world. Consumption has become the new god today, after we had money as the new god entering our world from the golden 1960ies. Money and consumption are the male and female god who feel very nice together and who have a better marriage than most couples today. They are namely a very jealous couple which like to get people to want for more and more all the time,getting them into a state of never feeling to have enough.
The Mammon or god of this world has the Dollars and Euros flying in the air,many people jumping up to catch them, for soon going to spend them, often on things they really do not need or which pollute our world further. (Think of all those capsules of Nespresso for example.)
What is most important for many today is that they can enjoy their life with as many gadgets and handy tools as possible. Many go about their lives feeding on the thoughts of their own mind and of their greed. Anxieties, worries, and cares of this life creep in and rob us of the One Who Looks at this world and can see how man does not really want to see Who and what is important for their life and future. I wondered how many would feel His abiding presence.
If we feed on sports, worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia, is it no wonder that we hunger for those things rather than the things of God?
These days in the Provence I could enjoy beautiful countrysides, lovely small villages, like Tourettes sur Loup, Saint Paul de Vence, etc. and the lovely city Nice where like in many French places people did not take away their dog droppings. In those bigger places we could see many clustered at their phone or walking like they do not like the day, or are taken away from the world by the music from their earphones. Feeding themselves with worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia.
Clearly we could feel to be in a world where the hunger was or is on other things than the spiritual, though we encountered many Buddha sculptures and yoga places.
Wherever we look around us we can see that in this world many have grown cold by feasting on the things of the flesh and therefore no longer hunger for God. Lots of people love to be filled, but are focussing on things which pass or have limited value. They are filled with worldliness and are thus deceived into being comfortable and contented (Rev. 3:17-18).
When we see how at several occasions Jesus took care for the people around him, we notice how God was with Jesus and provided enough food for the crowd. Throughout history of mankind we can find examples where God was with His people and took care of them.
We should not be afraid. Even when we have not a filled purse, God shall take care that we would be able to manage. His Word and His blessings shall provide for those things we really need in life.
At all times we should not forget that He is the Maker and Provider, the Rock and our Protector.When people “rend their hearts” and turn back to God (Joel 2:13) God shall receive them with open arms. As any Father would do, He shall look for the best of His children. But as any Father He also would like to be recognised and respected as Father.
We must seek Jehovah God for who He is and not what He can provide. As we devote ourselves to prayer and His word, we will begin to sense His presence and draw near to Him.
From the gospels we learn that God provided a man,who not only could speak in the name of God but also act in the name of God. By believing in that sent one from God, as the scripture says, will have rivers of living water flowing from his inmost heart. (John 7:38) If much more people would know the generosity of God and who Jesus is, they would be feeling much better and would appreciate others with the same fate with the knowledge or certitude that together they can count on Jesus giving us fresh, living water, so that we should not be thirsty any more. Because the water Jesus gives will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life. (John 4:10; John 4:14) Therefore let us look for a better meal than the one offered by all those consumer needy tents. Let us remember that Jesus said,
“I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.
(John 6:35)++
Find also to read and think about
- A multifold of elements in creation and a bad choice made
- Life isn’t unfair
- Matthew 14:14-22 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 5,000 Fed
- Focusing on being a blessing
- Less… is still enough
- Selfishness can become our biggest ally for the Money Free Movement
- Being ‘broke’ a state of mind
- Listening to the lessons of the Bible and looking for ways to please God
- God should be your hope
- Ability (part 4) Thought about the ability to have ability
- True riches
- Good to make sure that you haven’t lost the things money can’t buy
- Count your blessings
- Not everything has to be reciprocated with money
- Blow to legitimacy of the capitalist system
- 2013 Lifestyle, religiously and spiritualy
- Greed more common than generosity
- How we think shows through in how we act
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Cap 3000 a Valhalla blinding consumers
On my last day at the Cote d’Azur I at our walk in Saint Laurant du Var we also went walking in a huge shopping centre Cap 3000, opposite the airport Nice Cote d’Azur.
“Valhalla” (1905) by Emil Doeplera veritable institution at the heart of the French Riviera: a shopping mall in a fabulous location, standing on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Located on the western edge of Nice, right next to the international airport
It offers an attractive and diversified range of shops for all the family, from major high-street names to small boutiques. There’s something for all tastes and all budgets! You can meander through the mall until 9pm from Monday to Saturday
At the moment it has 180 shops in a magnificent building, which is being made to a much bigger place, with an additional two floors full of shops. When walking through the beautiful shopping mall I felt in the Walhalla of mankind or Valhalla, a splendid palace, roofed with shields, where the warriors feast on the flesh of a boar slaughtered daily and made whole again each evening. They drink liquor that flows from the udders of a goat, and their sport is to fight one another every day. It is the grand place for lust and indulgence, where today is not thought of the Ragnarök or Doomsday.
So many people have to work hard for the wages they might get, but here it looks like all those walking around have enough money to spend for hours in hundreds of attracting shops.
For sure all those people seem to trust in all those things or gadgets beautifully presented in those places which cry to come in and feel as if you can be the honourable guest of fortune.
Having walked through that “Palace of abundance” or better “superabundance” I could not resist looking at a lot of people who have their heart sold to all those material products but have no eye for what can not be seen.
At the Biblestudents you can read how Jesus fed many people and shall be able to read (from 2018, October 19) about Jesus who once more was concerned about real hungry people (Matthew 15:32-39 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 4000 Fed). There too there was a material problem, food or something for the stomach. Though in the gospels we also receive the lesson for more important food, whereof not many seem to think about today. Most people are not hungering for the right things (James 4:3). Their eyes and heart are focused on the material things of this world. Consumption has become the new god today, after we had money as the new god entering our world from the golden 1960ies. Money and consumption are the male and female god who feel very nice together and who have a better marriage than most couples today. They are namely a very jealous couple which like to get people to want for more and more all the time,getting them into a state of never feeling to have enough.
The Mammon or god of this world has the Dollars and Euros flying in the air,many people jumping up to catch them, for soon going to spend them, often on things they really do not need or which pollute our world further. (Think of all those capsules of Nespresso for example.)
What is most important for many today is that they can enjoy their life with as many gadgets and handy tools as possible. Many go about their lives feeding on the thoughts of their own mind and of their greed. Anxieties, worries, and cares of this life creep in and rob us of the One Who Looks at this world and can see how man does not really want to see Who and what is important for their life and future. I wondered how many would feel His abiding presence.
If we feed on sports, worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia, is it no wonder that we hunger for those things rather than the things of God?
These days in the Provence I could enjoy beautiful countrysides, lovely small villages, like Tourettes sur Loup, Saint Paul de Vence, etc. and the lovely city Nice where like in many French places people did not take away their dog droppings. In those bigger places we could see many clustered at their phone or walking like they do not like the day, or are taken away from the world by the music from their earphones. Feeding themselves with worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia.
Clearly we could feel to be in a world where the hunger was or is on other things than the spiritual, though we encountered many Buddha sculptures and yoga places.
Wherever we look around us we can see that in this world many have grown cold by feasting on the things of the flesh and therefore no longer hunger for God. Lots of people love to be filled, but are focussing on things which pass or have limited value. They are filled with worldliness and are thus deceived into being comfortable and contented (Rev. 3:17-18).
When we see how at several occasions Jesus took care for the people around him, we notice how God was with Jesus and provided enough food for the crowd. Throughout history of mankind we can find examples where God was with His people and took care of them.
We should not be afraid. Even when we have not a filled purse, God shall take care that we would be able to manage. His Word and His blessings shall provide for those things we really need in life.
At all times we should not forget that He is the Maker and Provider, the Rock and our Protector.When people “rend their hearts” and turn back to God (Joel 2:13) God shall receive them with open arms. As any Father would do, He shall look for the best of His children. But as any Father He also would like to be recognised and respected as Father.
We must seek Jehovah God for who He is and not what He can provide. As we devote ourselves to prayer and His word, we will begin to sense His presence and draw near to Him.
From the gospels we learn that God provided a man,who not only could speak in the name of God but also act in the name of God. By believing in that sent one from God, as the scripture says, will have rivers of living water flowing from his inmost heart. (John 7:38) If much more people would know the generosity of God and who Jesus is, they would be feeling much better and would appreciate others with the same fate with the knowledge or certitude that together they can count on Jesus giving us fresh, living water, so that we should not be thirsty any more. Because the water Jesus gives will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life. (John 4:10; John 4:14) Therefore let us look for a better meal than the one offered by all those consumer needy tents. Let us remember that Jesus said,
“I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.
(John 6:35)++
Find also to read and think about
- A multifold of elements in creation and a bad choice made
- Life isn’t unfair
- Matthew 14:14-22 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 5,000 Fed
- Focusing on being a blessing
- Less… is still enough
- Selfishness can become our biggest ally for the Money Free Movement
- Being ‘broke’ a state of mind
- Listening to the lessons of the Bible and looking for ways to please God
- God should be your hope
- Ability (part 4) Thought about the ability to have ability
- True riches
- Good to make sure that you haven’t lost the things money can’t buy
- Count your blessings
- Not everything has to be reciprocated with money
- Blow to legitimacy of the capitalist system
- 2013 Lifestyle, religiously and spiritualy
- Greed more common than generosity
- How we think shows through in how we act
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#1960s #Abundance #Anxiety #BelievingInJesus #BreadOfLife #Cap3000 #Consumption #CoteDAzur #CountOnJesus #Doomsday #Entertainment #Food #Fortune #FrenchRiviera #GadgetS_ #GenerosityOfGod #Greed #HungerForGod #Hungering #John410 #John414 #John738 #MakerGodAlmighty #Mammon #MaterialWealth #Money #Nice #PresenceOfGod #ProtectorGod #ProviderGod #RiversOfLivingWater #RockGod #SeekGod #SentOneFromGod #SocialMedia #Spending #ThingsOfGod #toDrawNearToGod #Unseen #Valhalla #Worldliness
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Cap 3000 a Valhalla blinding consumers
On my last day at the Cote d’Azur I at our walk in Saint Laurant du Var we also went walking in a huge shopping centre Cap 3000, opposite the airport Nice Cote d’Azur.
“Valhalla” (1905) by Emil Doeplera veritable institution at the heart of the French Riviera: a shopping mall in a fabulous location, standing on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Located on the western edge of Nice, right next to the international airport
It offers an attractive and diversified range of shops for all the family, from major high-street names to small boutiques. There’s something for all tastes and all budgets! You can meander through the mall until 9pm from Monday to Saturday
At the moment it has 180 shops in a magnificent building, which is being made to a much bigger place, with an additional two floors full of shops. When walking through the beautiful shopping mall I felt in the Walhalla of mankind or Valhalla, a splendid palace, roofed with shields, where the warriors feast on the flesh of a boar slaughtered daily and made whole again each evening. They drink liquor that flows from the udders of a goat, and their sport is to fight one another every day. It is the grand place for lust and indulgence, where today is not thought of the Ragnarök or Doomsday.
So many people have to work hard for the wages they might get, but here it looks like all those walking around have enough money to spend for hours in hundreds of attracting shops.
For sure all those people seem to trust in all those things or gadgets beautifully presented in those places which cry to come in and feel as if you can be the honourable guest of fortune.
Having walked through that “Palace of abundance” or better “superabundance” I could not resist looking at a lot of people who have their heart sold to all those material products but have no eye for what can not be seen.
At the Biblestudents you can read how Jesus fed many people and shall be able to read (from 2018, October 19) about Jesus who once more was concerned about real hungry people (Matthew 15:32-39 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 4000 Fed). There too there was a material problem, food or something for the stomach. Though in the gospels we also receive the lesson for more important food, whereof not many seem to think about today. Most people are not hungering for the right things (James 4:3). Their eyes and heart are focused on the material things of this world. Consumption has become the new god today, after we had money as the new god entering our world from the golden 1960ies. Money and consumption are the male and female god who feel very nice together and who have a better marriage than most couples today. They are namely a very jealous couple which like to get people to want for more and more all the time,getting them into a state of never feeling to have enough.
The Mammon or god of this world has the Dollars and Euros flying in the air,many people jumping up to catch them, for soon going to spend them, often on things they really do not need or which pollute our world further. (Think of all those capsules of Nespresso for example.)
What is most important for many today is that they can enjoy their life with as many gadgets and handy tools as possible. Many go about their lives feeding on the thoughts of their own mind and of their greed. Anxieties, worries, and cares of this life creep in and rob us of the One Who Looks at this world and can see how man does not really want to see Who and what is important for their life and future. I wondered how many would feel His abiding presence.
If we feed on sports, worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia, is it no wonder that we hunger for those things rather than the things of God?
These days in the Provence I could enjoy beautiful countrysides, lovely small villages, like Tourettes sur Loup, Saint Paul de Vence, etc. and the lovely city Nice where like in many French places people did not take away their dog droppings. In those bigger places we could see many clustered at their phone or walking like they do not like the day, or are taken away from the world by the music from their earphones. Feeding themselves with worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia.
Clearly we could feel to be in a world where the hunger was or is on other things than the spiritual, though we encountered many Buddha sculptures and yoga places.
Wherever we look around us we can see that in this world many have grown cold by feasting on the things of the flesh and therefore no longer hunger for God. Lots of people love to be filled, but are focussing on things which pass or have limited value. They are filled with worldliness and are thus deceived into being comfortable and contented (Rev. 3:17-18).
When we see how at several occasions Jesus took care for the people around him, we notice how God was with Jesus and provided enough food for the crowd. Throughout history of mankind we can find examples where God was with His people and took care of them.
We should not be afraid. Even when we have not a filled purse, God shall take care that we would be able to manage. His Word and His blessings shall provide for those things we really need in life.
At all times we should not forget that He is the Maker and Provider, the Rock and our Protector.When people “rend their hearts” and turn back to God (Joel 2:13) God shall receive them with open arms. As any Father would do, He shall look for the best of His children. But as any Father He also would like to be recognised and respected as Father.
We must seek Jehovah God for who He is and not what He can provide. As we devote ourselves to prayer and His word, we will begin to sense His presence and draw near to Him.
From the gospels we learn that God provided a man,who not only could speak in the name of God but also act in the name of God. By believing in that sent one from God, as the scripture says, will have rivers of living water flowing from his inmost heart. (John 7:38) If much more people would know the generosity of God and who Jesus is, they would be feeling much better and would appreciate others with the same fate with the knowledge or certitude that together they can count on Jesus giving us fresh, living water, so that we should not be thirsty any more. Because the water Jesus gives will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life. (John 4:10; John 4:14) Therefore let us look for a better meal than the one offered by all those consumer needy tents. Let us remember that Jesus said,
“I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.
(John 6:35)++
Find also to read and think about
- A multifold of elements in creation and a bad choice made
- Life isn’t unfair
- Matthew 14:14-22 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 5,000 Fed
- Focusing on being a blessing
- Less… is still enough
- Selfishness can become our biggest ally for the Money Free Movement
- Being ‘broke’ a state of mind
- Listening to the lessons of the Bible and looking for ways to please God
- God should be your hope
- Ability (part 4) Thought about the ability to have ability
- True riches
- Good to make sure that you haven’t lost the things money can’t buy
- Count your blessings
- Not everything has to be reciprocated with money
- Blow to legitimacy of the capitalist system
- 2013 Lifestyle, religiously and spiritualy
- Greed more common than generosity
- How we think shows through in how we act
Rate this:
#1960s #Abundance #Anxiety #BelievingInJesus #BreadOfLife #Cap3000 #Consumption #CoteDAzur #CountOnJesus #Doomsday #Entertainment #Food #Fortune #FrenchRiviera #GadgetS_ #GenerosityOfGod #Greed #HungerForGod #Hungering #John410 #John414 #John738 #MakerGodAlmighty #Mammon #MaterialWealth #Money #Nice #PresenceOfGod #ProtectorGod #ProviderGod #RiversOfLivingWater #RockGod #SeekGod #SentOneFromGod #SocialMedia #Spending #ThingsOfGod #toDrawNearToGod #Unseen #Valhalla #Worldliness
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Cap 3000 a Valhalla blinding consumers
On my last day at the Cote d’Azur I at our walk in Saint Laurant du Var we also went walking in a huge shopping centre Cap 3000, opposite the airport Nice Cote d’Azur.
“Valhalla” (1905) by Emil Doeplera veritable institution at the heart of the French Riviera: a shopping mall in a fabulous location, standing on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Located on the western edge of Nice, right next to the international airport
It offers an attractive and diversified range of shops for all the family, from major high-street names to small boutiques. There’s something for all tastes and all budgets! You can meander through the mall until 9pm from Monday to Saturday
At the moment it has 180 shops in a magnificent building, which is being made to a much bigger place, with an additional two floors full of shops. When walking through the beautiful shopping mall I felt in the Walhalla of mankind or Valhalla, a splendid palace, roofed with shields, where the warriors feast on the flesh of a boar slaughtered daily and made whole again each evening. They drink liquor that flows from the udders of a goat, and their sport is to fight one another every day. It is the grand place for lust and indulgence, where today is not thought of the Ragnarök or Doomsday.
So many people have to work hard for the wages they might get, but here it looks like all those walking around have enough money to spend for hours in hundreds of attracting shops.
For sure all those people seem to trust in all those things or gadgets beautifully presented in those places which cry to come in and feel as if you can be the honourable guest of fortune.
Having walked through that “Palace of abundance” or better “superabundance” I could not resist looking at a lot of people who have their heart sold to all those material products but have no eye for what can not be seen.
At the Biblestudents you can read how Jesus fed many people and shall be able to read (from 2018, October 19) about Jesus who once more was concerned about real hungry people (Matthew 15:32-39 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 4000 Fed). There too there was a material problem, food or something for the stomach. Though in the gospels we also receive the lesson for more important food, whereof not many seem to think about today. Most people are not hungering for the right things (James 4:3). Their eyes and heart are focused on the material things of this world. Consumption has become the new god today, after we had money as the new god entering our world from the golden 1960ies. Money and consumption are the male and female god who feel very nice together and who have a better marriage than most couples today. They are namely a very jealous couple which like to get people to want for more and more all the time,getting them into a state of never feeling to have enough.
The Mammon or god of this world has the Dollars and Euros flying in the air,many people jumping up to catch them, for soon going to spend them, often on things they really do not need or which pollute our world further. (Think of all those capsules of Nespresso for example.)
What is most important for many today is that they can enjoy their life with as many gadgets and handy tools as possible. Many go about their lives feeding on the thoughts of their own mind and of their greed. Anxieties, worries, and cares of this life creep in and rob us of the One Who Looks at this world and can see how man does not really want to see Who and what is important for their life and future. I wondered how many would feel His abiding presence.
If we feed on sports, worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia, is it no wonder that we hunger for those things rather than the things of God?
These days in the Provence I could enjoy beautiful countrysides, lovely small villages, like Tourettes sur Loup, Saint Paul de Vence, etc. and the lovely city Nice where like in many French places people did not take away their dog droppings. In those bigger places we could see many clustered at their phone or walking like they do not like the day, or are taken away from the world by the music from their earphones. Feeding themselves with worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia.
Clearly we could feel to be in a world where the hunger was or is on other things than the spiritual, though we encountered many Buddha sculptures and yoga places.
Wherever we look around us we can see that in this world many have grown cold by feasting on the things of the flesh and therefore no longer hunger for God. Lots of people love to be filled, but are focussing on things which pass or have limited value. They are filled with worldliness and are thus deceived into being comfortable and contented (Rev. 3:17-18).
When we see how at several occasions Jesus took care for the people around him, we notice how God was with Jesus and provided enough food for the crowd. Throughout history of mankind we can find examples where God was with His people and took care of them.
We should not be afraid. Even when we have not a filled purse, God shall take care that we would be able to manage. His Word and His blessings shall provide for those things we really need in life.
At all times we should not forget that He is the Maker and Provider, the Rock and our Protector.When people “rend their hearts” and turn back to God (Joel 2:13) God shall receive them with open arms. As any Father would do, He shall look for the best of His children. But as any Father He also would like to be recognised and respected as Father.
We must seek Jehovah God for who He is and not what He can provide. As we devote ourselves to prayer and His word, we will begin to sense His presence and draw near to Him.
From the gospels we learn that God provided a man,who not only could speak in the name of God but also act in the name of God. By believing in that sent one from God, as the scripture says, will have rivers of living water flowing from his inmost heart. (John 7:38) If much more people would know the generosity of God and who Jesus is, they would be feeling much better and would appreciate others with the same fate with the knowledge or certitude that together they can count on Jesus giving us fresh, living water, so that we should not be thirsty any more. Because the water Jesus gives will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life. (John 4:10; John 4:14) Therefore let us look for a better meal than the one offered by all those consumer needy tents. Let us remember that Jesus said,
“I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.
(John 6:35)++
Find also to read and think about
- A multifold of elements in creation and a bad choice made
- Life isn’t unfair
- Matthew 14:14-22 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 5,000 Fed
- Focusing on being a blessing
- Less… is still enough
- Selfishness can become our biggest ally for the Money Free Movement
- Being ‘broke’ a state of mind
- Listening to the lessons of the Bible and looking for ways to please God
- God should be your hope
- Ability (part 4) Thought about the ability to have ability
- True riches
- Good to make sure that you haven’t lost the things money can’t buy
- Count your blessings
- Not everything has to be reciprocated with money
- Blow to legitimacy of the capitalist system
- 2013 Lifestyle, religiously and spiritualy
- Greed more common than generosity
- How we think shows through in how we act
Rate this:
#1960s #Abundance #Anxiety #BelievingInJesus #BreadOfLife #Cap3000 #Consumption #CoteDAzur #CountOnJesus #Doomsday #Entertainment #Food #Fortune #FrenchRiviera #GadgetS_ #GenerosityOfGod #Greed #HungerForGod #Hungering #John410 #John414 #John738 #MakerGodAlmighty #Mammon #MaterialWealth #Money #Nice #PresenceOfGod #ProtectorGod #ProviderGod #RiversOfLivingWater #RockGod #SeekGod #SentOneFromGod #SocialMedia #Spending #ThingsOfGod #toDrawNearToGod #Unseen #Valhalla #Worldliness
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Cap 3000 a Valhalla blinding consumers
On my last day at the Cote d’Azur I at our walk in Saint Laurant du Var we also went walking in a huge shopping centre Cap 3000, opposite the airport Nice Cote d’Azur.
“Valhalla” (1905) by Emil Doeplera veritable institution at the heart of the French Riviera: a shopping mall in a fabulous location, standing on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
Located on the western edge of Nice, right next to the international airport
It offers an attractive and diversified range of shops for all the family, from major high-street names to small boutiques. There’s something for all tastes and all budgets! You can meander through the mall until 9pm from Monday to Saturday
At the moment it has 180 shops in a magnificent building, which is being made to a much bigger place, with an additional two floors full of shops. When walking through the beautiful shopping mall I felt in the Walhalla of mankind or Valhalla, a splendid palace, roofed with shields, where the warriors feast on the flesh of a boar slaughtered daily and made whole again each evening. They drink liquor that flows from the udders of a goat, and their sport is to fight one another every day. It is the grand place for lust and indulgence, where today is not thought of the Ragnarök or Doomsday.
So many people have to work hard for the wages they might get, but here it looks like all those walking around have enough money to spend for hours in hundreds of attracting shops.
For sure all those people seem to trust in all those things or gadgets beautifully presented in those places which cry to come in and feel as if you can be the honourable guest of fortune.
Having walked through that “Palace of abundance” or better “superabundance” I could not resist looking at a lot of people who have their heart sold to all those material products but have no eye for what can not be seen.
At the Biblestudents you can read how Jesus fed many people and shall be able to read (from 2018, October 19) about Jesus who once more was concerned about real hungry people (Matthew 15:32-39 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 4000 Fed). There too there was a material problem, food or something for the stomach. Though in the gospels we also receive the lesson for more important food, whereof not many seem to think about today. Most people are not hungering for the right things (James 4:3). Their eyes and heart are focused on the material things of this world. Consumption has become the new god today, after we had money as the new god entering our world from the golden 1960ies. Money and consumption are the male and female god who feel very nice together and who have a better marriage than most couples today. They are namely a very jealous couple which like to get people to want for more and more all the time,getting them into a state of never feeling to have enough.
The Mammon or god of this world has the Dollars and Euros flying in the air,many people jumping up to catch them, for soon going to spend them, often on things they really do not need or which pollute our world further. (Think of all those capsules of Nespresso for example.)
What is most important for many today is that they can enjoy their life with as many gadgets and handy tools as possible. Many go about their lives feeding on the thoughts of their own mind and of their greed. Anxieties, worries, and cares of this life creep in and rob us of the One Who Looks at this world and can see how man does not really want to see Who and what is important for their life and future. I wondered how many would feel His abiding presence.
If we feed on sports, worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia, is it no wonder that we hunger for those things rather than the things of God?
These days in the Provence I could enjoy beautiful countrysides, lovely small villages, like Tourettes sur Loup, Saint Paul de Vence, etc. and the lovely city Nice where like in many French places people did not take away their dog droppings. In those bigger places we could see many clustered at their phone or walking like they do not like the day, or are taken away from the world by the music from their earphones. Feeding themselves with worldly entertainment, social media, material wealth, creature comforts and trivia.
Clearly we could feel to be in a world where the hunger was or is on other things than the spiritual, though we encountered many Buddha sculptures and yoga places.
Wherever we look around us we can see that in this world many have grown cold by feasting on the things of the flesh and therefore no longer hunger for God. Lots of people love to be filled, but are focussing on things which pass or have limited value. They are filled with worldliness and are thus deceived into being comfortable and contented (Rev. 3:17-18).
When we see how at several occasions Jesus took care for the people around him, we notice how God was with Jesus and provided enough food for the crowd. Throughout history of mankind we can find examples where God was with His people and took care of them.
We should not be afraid. Even when we have not a filled purse, God shall take care that we would be able to manage. His Word and His blessings shall provide for those things we really need in life.
At all times we should not forget that He is the Maker and Provider, the Rock and our Protector.When people “rend their hearts” and turn back to God (Joel 2:13) God shall receive them with open arms. As any Father would do, He shall look for the best of His children. But as any Father He also would like to be recognised and respected as Father.
We must seek Jehovah God for who He is and not what He can provide. As we devote ourselves to prayer and His word, we will begin to sense His presence and draw near to Him.
From the gospels we learn that God provided a man,who not only could speak in the name of God but also act in the name of God. By believing in that sent one from God, as the scripture says, will have rivers of living water flowing from his inmost heart. (John 7:38) If much more people would know the generosity of God and who Jesus is, they would be feeling much better and would appreciate others with the same fate with the knowledge or certitude that together they can count on Jesus giving us fresh, living water, so that we should not be thirsty any more. Because the water Jesus gives will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life. (John 4:10; John 4:14) Therefore let us look for a better meal than the one offered by all those consumer needy tents. Let us remember that Jesus said,
“I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.
(John 6:35)++
Find also to read and think about
- A multifold of elements in creation and a bad choice made
- Life isn’t unfair
- Matthew 14:14-22 – The Nazarene’s Commentary: 5,000 Fed
- Focusing on being a blessing
- Less… is still enough
- Selfishness can become our biggest ally for the Money Free Movement
- Being ‘broke’ a state of mind
- Listening to the lessons of the Bible and looking for ways to please God
- God should be your hope
- Ability (part 4) Thought about the ability to have ability
- True riches
- Good to make sure that you haven’t lost the things money can’t buy
- Count your blessings
- Not everything has to be reciprocated with money
- Blow to legitimacy of the capitalist system
- 2013 Lifestyle, religiously and spiritualy
- Greed more common than generosity
- How we think shows through in how we act
Rate this:
#1960s #Abundance #Anxiety #BelievingInJesus #BreadOfLife #Cap3000 #Consumption #CoteDAzur #CountOnJesus #Doomsday #Entertainment #Food #Fortune #FrenchRiviera #GadgetS_ #GenerosityOfGod #Greed #HungerForGod #Hungering #John410 #John414 #John738 #MakerGodAlmighty #Mammon #MaterialWealth #Money #Nice #PresenceOfGod #ProtectorGod #ProviderGod #RiversOfLivingWater #RockGod #SeekGod #SentOneFromGod #SocialMedia #Spending #ThingsOfGod #toDrawNearToGod #Unseen #Valhalla #Worldliness
