Emotional Russ Taff Interview

So true!! Hope it blesses you like it does me!

Russ Taff - Bethlehem, Galilee, Gethsemane

God has been sooo good by offering us His Son Who did SOOOO much for you and me!!!!

Worthy the Lamb!!!

How He is!!!!!

The world is full of questions, people wonder why…
Why is there suffering, why death and murder? How can a God allow killing, why did He kill?
These questions have always come my way by people as soon as they heard or noticed that I was a Christian. I have even questioned and doubted God’s capability myself by wondering why He couldn’t fix things the way I thought they should be fixed…
Working at the Noah’s Ark in Holland, these questions are regularly coming my way, sometimes it’s a daily matter.
Also sinds working there I have come to see and simply know that the answer is very, very simple…
- Not to accept, that’s not simple for our human thinking!
But the facts are very simple and logical and there ARE answers for any question we may have!

And the very simple way to find answers for our questions is to go back to the ORIGIN!!!!!!!
Why is there death and suffering? - Go back to the origin of it! Where did death and suffering start?
How can a loving God allow death? - Go back to the origin! He made us to LIVE and live in a perfect environment with the right climate, nice animals, plenty of fruit and food to enjoy, it was called paradise…………… Does God kill because He likes to do that to what He once made as something perfect? Doesn’t sound like the same person to me…….
God wants paradise for us still, and that’s why He must destroy anything that gets in the way of that perfectness. Now where did imperfection come from? From God or maybe, just maybe… from US??????
WE have ALL sinned and come short of the glory of God! It was not HIM who “came short”!!!!
But even when WE have ALL sinned….. HE….again….. took care of creating paradise for us……
Paradise for us? In this terrible world? Yes! He took care of that “paradise” by making peace available through His Son Jesus Christ who was willing to be killed for OUR SIN - which caused death and suffering- and make peace for lost sinners to become new creatures made free from sin so we could fit into God’s perfect idea that He had for us in the first place… Something like…paradise…. even better yet, HEAVEN!!!

So where did love and a perfect life setting come from?
Where did death and suffering come from?

Go back to the origin, be honest and you’ll get your answers!!!!!!!

The result? Hate towards sin, love towards God and LIFE!!!
The purpose? HOPE and ETERNAL LIFE and PEACE even NOW!!!

Don’t mess with the truth, it will keep you confused and lead you nowhere!

In His love, Jacky Baken

Dear friends,
Here I am, finally back to blog a bit…
The thing that kept me busy thinking the last while is how fast life can change when you walk in faith with the Lord. It’s exciting, but sometimes also a little scary.
For those of you who have been following the news around me for a while, you know how I changed jobs very suddenly and how it was an answer to prayer.
This new job has taken me out of my routine of life and away from home a lot of the time. Before I took this job, my home was such a place of comfort, and it still is when I come home for week-ends.
Nothing compares to the freedom and quiet of living in the country, and having time to yourself with a dog and cat accompanying you in the cozy candle light. But did my heart find purpose in that? No!!
As much as I love being home and enjoying my quiet moments of comfort, my heart was -and is longing to be of meaning for the time that I have left on this earth. This means that I am not sure how I will spend the next months of my life. Right now I am living in a very luxuous appartment in the very centre of Rotterdam, once the largest harbour town of the world. Soon I may be living with people in their home or in another appartment and for the time in Germany I am pretty sure that I can stay with good friends in an appartment all to myself.
However, the future doesn’t look as sure and planned as the past did when I was working close to home and got tired of the routine of leaving home at seven and coming back at five etc…
Right now there is no routine or straight schedule, but how can I feel more secure then before?
It is because now I am part of something the Lord has lead me to, which gives me the faith that He will provide. Not all the time I must atmid, but deep down in my heart I feel the happiness and confidence in the fact that although things seem insecure and strange, my heart finds purpose in what I’m doing and my security is in Him, which is more secure and steadfast then any home or family or routine!!
Said in short, following the Lord is a road of faith, but with Peter I know that when I say to the Lord: I left home and family for You and the Lord will reply: I returned to you in hundredfold what you have done for Me, I have to say AMEN!!!
if we find securities in this world, we don’t know what we’re missing…..
Nothing in this world gives us as much satisfaction and security as when we blindly follow the Lord, give up our lives of comfort and just follow Him in faith and then see how He provides when we are dependant! I encourage you to USE the time that we have left to let Him reveal Himself in power and provision as we leave ourselves behind to blindly follow Him.
This can be done at home or away from home, but if you dare to follow Him no matter what people think, I am sure that you will get to know riches in Him that otherwise you’d never had the chance to discover!!!!!!
I love you, God bless and keep you, He’s coming soon!!!!!

What are we without Him?

Nothing except for His grace!!!!!!

It’s been a while already, but life is busy! There’s too much to say, so I just want to take a few monets to tell you that when you fins yourself in a senseless cirkle and feel like nothing matters, it’s time to pray, leave yourself behind and go forward in faith, OPEN to what THE LORD has for you in stead of planning your own way!
Before I came to the Ark, I felt that I needed to cling to my job because it was a well paying one that would help me with my financial needs. I was growing more unhappy all the time and didn’t find any purpose in my life as far as what I was doing on daily basics.
All of a sudden, my TRUE need became clear to me, and no matter how I needed financial security, after I just went in faith and followed the need that I felt, to do something useful and with purpose for the Lord my life became a very, VERY happy one. Honestly I don’t know how my bank account looks at the moment, I hardly ever check, but I know that I’m not lacking of anything, and what is far out more important then a nice bank account (something I don’t know…:)) is that my heart is HAPPY to do what I do now. There is so very much challenge in following the Lord, and people that think that being a Christian means a “dull life” is very mistaken. It may be a picture that some Christians have given over time, but if we TRULY!!!! want to follow the Lord in faith and ARE OPEN!!!! to step out and folow Him, there won’t be another dull moment, because life with Him is not always easy, but ALWAYS exciting and challenging!!!!!

P.S. We may not see fruit of our work, but He sees it! Knowing that He owns a HOME with GOLDEN streets, shouldn’t it give us rest that He knows the fruit of our work more then when we do????

What can one man do for God?

Worth listening to the end!!!!

I had no intention to write anything about this theme, but by loggin onto my blog my eyes met those words on the way…
Global warming here, global warming there. It’s funny how we are all concerned about this temporary ball called Earth.
The discussion if we are even dealing with Global warming or not is a hot topic today.
Why is everybody so busy thinking about the Global warming when there is something else going on that is MUCH WORSE???
Can you guess what it is?
What gets my attention much more is the global cooling off of the human hearts!!! People close to their death bed say out loud that they just don’t care about any Gospel message and say that the Bible is a fairy tale. Others get upset when they hear about “end times” and say in furious manner that we live TODAY. They are right, but is any human being created to be contented with TODAY just like a cow eating grass not caring what is outside the field? Even a cow is interested in his surroundings!!! I don’t know much about cows, but I am always amused when I walk by a field with my dog and all the cows look at this black four footer with great attention.
Are we not more then cows? Were we meant to think just about today? No!! That’s why we want to save the world, so our children can live tomorrow. What if this world perishes anyway? Why not put our effords into something that is secure and lasting?
That is exactly what we were created to do, to live forever in a perfect environment. Fairy tale? For human thoughts yes! But….. After Christ went to heaven, He gave us His Holy Spirit to have hope and comfort, but also to understand the Word and Plan of God.
Global waming may be invented or true, but trying to save this world won’t get you anywhere since God is going to destroy this world anyway because of it’s sin and unbelief.
Global cooling off of human hearts? Yes! Even the Lord says: where will I find faith?
So, is there anything WE can do? Yes there is! “Be faithful until death and I will give you the crown of life”!
It’s a global cooling off of hearts rather then a Global warming, but for those of you who know to have warm hearts for the Lord- STAY PUT AND BE FAITHFUL FOR THE LORD HAS NEVER FORSAKEN TO FULFIL ANY OF HIS PROMISES!!!!!!!!
Be not concerned about a temporary world, but give it all when it comes to the matter of eternal hearts, your own-, or someone else’s……