Attività di pulizia
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Attività di pulizia del anno 2019 insieme agli amici svizzeri.
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Cleaning Up The Past
When it comes to working through family hurt, we can learn a lot through Joseph’s story. His brothers had a deep hate for him because they could see how much their father favoured him. To get revenge, his brothers originally planned to murder him, but instead decided to sell him as a slave and fake his death.
Like Joseph, injuries in one’s own family go very deep. Some even talk about it years later, as if it had been yesterday. Joseph never accepted the injustice of his brothers but he learned to forgive them. When he saw them years later, he did not immediately forgive them. However, since he understood that it is only God who can judge and this his plans are greater than any man’s mistakes, he told them “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.”
Through his brothers horrible plan, God used Joseph to save the people of Egypt and neighboring lands from a horrible famine. What man intended for evil, God used for good. As a reminder, Joseph called his first-born son Manasseh “the one who makes you forget”! With God’s help, you can learn to let go of the heavy, hard, and horrible. He will show you how to rejoice again and heal your heart and soul.
This week I challenge you to boldly discuss your traumas with God and let him show you how to forgive your perpetrators. God will take care of your heart, and will use your life’s traumas for good, if you let him. It may not be an easy or fast process, but it will be a freeing one.
Cleaning up the past is liberating!
“God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.”
said Joseph as he named his firstborn son Manasseh in Genesis 41:51
Where am I holding onto the past?
Side note: If you are struggling to make peace with the past, there are fantastic christian counsellors out there who will walk with you through your pain. There is nothing wrong with asking for help through any of life’s challenges. I encourage you to seek out God and their help, to make amends with your past.
Weekly text: Genesis 50:15-21
Vergangenheit bereinigen
«Meine Brüder haben mich im Stich gelassen und brutal schlecht behandelt! Das werde ich nie vergessen und ihnen nie vergeben!» Die Bibel erzählt von Josef. Seine Brüder verkauften ihn als Sklaven; so entging er dem Tod, denn sie hatten sogar Mordpläne.
Verletzungen in der eigenen Familie gehen sehr tief. Einige erzählen noch Jahre später davon, als ob es gestern gewesen wäre! Josef akzeptierte das Unrecht seiner Brüder nie. Weil er die moralischen Anweisungen Gottes kannte, sagte er ihnen später: «Ihr hattet Böses mit mir vor, aber Gott hat es zum Guten gewendet, denn er wollte auf diese Weise vielen Menschen das Leben retten!»
Besprechen Sie mutig mit dem Schöpfer auch Traumas und vergeben Sie den Tätern. Joseph nannte zur Erinnerung seinen Erstgeborenen Sohn Manasse, «der vergessen lässt»! – Selber lernte ich mit Gottes Hilfe und dem Baby meiner Freundin in den Armen, Schweres loszulassen und mich wieder von Herzen zu freuen. Die Vergangenheit zu bereinigen ist befreiend!
«Gott hat mich alle Not und sogar die Heimat vergessen lassen», sagte Josef und nannte den Erstgeborenen Manasse.
1. Mose 41, 51
Wochentext: 1. Mose 50, 15–21
Wo holt mich die Vergangenheit ein?
Kennst du diese Person?
Lerne die Geschichte der Person kennen, welche jedes Jahr in der Passions- oder Osterzeit in der Marktgasse in Langenthal aufgeführt wird.
Es ist die Geschichte und das Leben von Jesus Christus.
Er ist an deinem Leben und an deiner Person interessiert. Möchtest du ihm begegnen?
Sinn und Ziel der Aktionen •Die Botschaft Jesu in die Öffentlichkeit, in die Stadt tragen •Jesus für die Menschen im Oberaargau persönlich sichtbar und erlebbar machen, Auseinandersetzung anstossen •Das christliche Erbe in der Bevölkerung durch Anlässe an den jährlich wiederkehrenden Feiertagen wach halten •Mit suchenden Menschen in Kontakt kommen
Seit 2013 neu unter dem Dach der EAL !! •Passionsanlass –Passionszug durch die Marktgasse, Kreuzigung vor dem Choufhüsi –2015 erstmals am Ostersamstag, Rosen & Flyer werden verteilt •Musikanlass „Music & Message“ –Konzert mit Chéjs Romero and the Molahs auf dem Wuhrplatz •Offener Sonntag – Stärnewiehnacht –10-jähirges Jubiläum , Anlass hat sich etabliert, Zusammenarbeit mit SVL –tolles Team, Einsatz von Simon Geiser, Engagement Gemeinden (FGL, EMK,FEG) –Gelungene Inszenierung, tolles Musikprogramm, Kerzenziehen und Eselreiten –Rekrutierung aber weiterhin aufwendig, neuen Auflagen von der Stadt •Verteilzeitung „Viertelstunde“ –Osterausgabe, Bettagsausgabe, Weihnachtsausgabe am Bahnhof verteilt
Focussed, but how?
Picture a runner before his first marathon. He knows he can only enter the race once he has properly trained, which he has. Long. Hard. Persistently with perseverance. He concentrated on his goal. His family, his friends, his favourite food, many things came secondary to his training. The most important thing for him was to stay focused. He wants to make it, he wants to successfully complete this marathon.
From the second the whistle blows, he knows only one goal. To arrive at the finish line. No matter how, his training has to pay off! Near the end of the marathon, he is battling through physical and mental exhaustion. He drags himself to the next refresher station. He only has a few more kilometers to go. The energy gel gives him new power. With his goal in mind, he fights his way to the finish line. As he crosses, he can feel nothing but triumph coursing through his body. He did it!
In comparison, life is just like a marathon run. It’s not going to be easy, but it’s going to be worth it. Training is needed. Therefore, make sure to spend time in the word and with God to mentally train for the marathon of life. Keep heavenly goals in mind so that when times get hard, you can remind yourself of your “why”. Thankfully, we have the certainty that God will carry us through, even during the most difficult times. Jesus invites all that are weary and burdened to come to him and he will give them rest. He will give them new strength. Let Jesus be your energy gel when you’re exhausted. Let him refresh your soul, not the things of this world. He will bring you to the finish line of life triumphantly when you chose to run with and for him.
“But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.”
Philippians 3:12
What`s my goal for this week?
Weekly text: Philippians 13:12-21
