I get home, open the front door, throw my bag and jacket in the corner and simply lay down on the sofa to start out with. My apartment looks like a wild party had taken place the night before and no one had cleaned up afterwards. Nothing but disorder.
I’m not doing very well at the moment. There are so many things that I should do, but I don’t know where to start. I am not able to pull myself together, get up, and deal with the disorder.
It occurs to me that the condition of my apartment often reflects the condition of my heart. When I’m doing well and everything is in order, then my apartment is also orderly and clean. If I’m doing badly, I let myself fall into a passive state, and my apartment is also disorderly and dirty.
The key moment of change is often a conversation with God. In prayer my life begins to take a turn in a positive direction. I consciously invite God in and give him control over my life. The situation doesn’t change right away, but my focus changes and order begins to be restored in my heart and also simultaneously in my apartment.
Meine Eltern führen einen kleinen Bauernhof in den Bergen. Vor einiger Zeit durfte ich eine Nachtwache einlegen, als eine Kuh kurz vor der Geburt stand. Meine Aufgabe war es, im Stall bei der Kuh zu sein und meine Eltern anzurufen, sobald das Kalb zu sehen war. Zwei Stunden nach Mitternacht war es endlich soweit, ich sah einen Fuss des kleinen Kalbs. Ich rief meine Eltern an, und sie eilten mir zur Hilfe.
Es war ein bewegender Moment, als das Kalb aus dem Mutterleib kam und zu atmen begann. Neues Leben ist entstanden. Ich empfand es als einen heiligen Moment. Ich realisierte, dass es jemanden geben muss, der Leben entstehen lässt. Jemanden, der uns den Atem des Lebens eingehaucht hat.
Da bildete Gott, der Herr, den Menschen, aus Staub vom Erdboden und hauchte in seine Nase Atem des Lebens; so wurde der Mensch eine lebende Seele.
My parents run a small farm in the mountains. A while ago I was given the chance to take over the night watch for a cow who was just about to give birth. It was my job to stay by the cow in the stall and to call my parents as soon as I could see the calf. The time was finally at hand at 2 in the morning when I saw a hoof of the little calf’s . I called my parents, and they rushed to come and help me.
It was a moving moment when the calf left its mother’s womb and began to breathe. New life emerged. I experienced it as a holy and godly moment in time. I realized that there had to be someone who created life. Someone who had breathed the breath of life into us.
Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
After Jesus ascended into heaven, his disciples returned to Jerusalem and gathered together in the house where the last supper with Jesus had taken place. Together with several women, they formed a close community, prayed, and waited for God to send the Holy Spirit as he had promised.
Do you know what or who that was?
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
John 14:26
Then it happened suddenly! Exactly 10 days after Jesus returned to heaven, the disciples experienced an extraordinary experience. At 9 in the morning they heard a loud rushing wind that came from heaven and filled the house. Flames like tongues of fire appeared over the heads of the disciples, and they started to speak in different languages. This experience marked the coming of the Holy Spirit.
If you’re walking with Jesus, then the Holy Spirit, ‘the Helper’ as Jesus called him, lives in you!
Do you know this Helper personally? Would you like to get to know him?
Nach der Himmelfahrt Jesu kehrten seine Jünger nach Jerusalem zurück und versammelten sich im Haus, wo das letzte Abendmahl mit Jesus stattgefunden hatte. Zusammen mit einigen Frauen bildeten sie eine enge Gemeinschaft, beteten und warteten darauf , dass Jesus wie verheissen den Heiligen Geist senden würde.
Weisst du, was oder wer der Heilige Geist ist?
«Der Heilige Geist, den euch der Vater an meiner Stelle als Helfer senden wird, er wird euch alles erklären und euch an das erinnern, was ich gesagt habe.»
Johannes 14,26
Dann passierte es plötzlich! Genau 10 Tage nach der Himmelfahrt Jesu erlebten die Jünger ein aussergewöhnliches Ereignis. Um 9 Uhr morgens hörten sie ein lautes Tosen, das vom Himmel kam und das Haus erfüllte. Es erschienen Flammen wie Feuerzungen über den Köpfen der Jünger, und sie begannen in verschiedenen Sprachen zu reden. Dieses Ereignis markierte die Herabkunft des Heiligen Geistes.
Wenn du mit Jesus unterwegs bist, dann lebt dieser Heilige Geist, der Helfer, wie ihn Jesus nannte, in dir!
Kennst du diesen Helfer persönlich, möchtest du ihn kennenlernen?
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