BE ENCOURAGED FOLLOW JESUS

  1.                 Fjalet e Urta 11:25                           “ Njeriu bujar do te pasurohet dhe ai qe ujit do te ujitet   gjithashtu” .   Kam degjuar per historin e dy vellezerve te cilet punonin ne nje ferme qe ja u kishte lene babai . Njeri nga vellezerit ishte I martuar dhe tjetri ishte beqar . Cdo prodhim qe mernin e ndanin ne menyre te barabarte. Por nje dite vellai qe ishte beqar vendosi qe nuk ishte e drejte ndarja qe ata benin pasi vellai kishte familje per te mbajtur dhe ai vetem veten,keshtu qe cdo nate merte nje thes me grure nga hambari I tij dhe e hidhte tek ai I vellait. Por vellai I martuar gjithashtu mendonte se nuk ishte e drejte ndarja qe ata benin pasi ai kishte familjen qe kujdesej per te dhe vellai I vogel asnje njeri te kudesej per te   dhe e ardhmja e tij ishte akoma e pasigurt. Keshtu qe edhe ai filloj te merte thase nga hambari ...

    Fjalet e Urta 15 : 20                “ Biri I Urte gezon te atin,por njeriu budalla percmon te emen .”     Cfare keni menduar kur keni lexuar kete Fjale te Urte ? Personalisht kur e kam lexuar per here te pare nuk kam qendruar fare te mendoj mbi kuptimin e saj. Gati, gati mund te them se mendimi  siperfaqsor ishte shume I thjeshte, ai qe snderon nenen, nuk nderon as babain ,dhe ai qe nderon babain patjter qe nderon nenen . Ose e bardhe ose e zeze ! A eshte kaq e thjeshte ?  Edhe mundet ! Por jam  I sigurte se ne jeten e perditeshme  te gjithsecilit prej nesh nuk eshte keshtu. Te gjithe  ne qe I kemi pasur te dy prinderit  e dime shume mire se te gezosh zemren e Atit nuk eshte shume e lehte . Duhet ta njohesh mire Atin qe te gezosh zemren e tij!  Po a mundemi ne me te vertet  ta njohim aq thelle saqe te sjellim gezim ne zemren e Tij ? Ndoshta  nese te lejon ! Ndoshta nese...

                           Fjalet e Urta   13:4 “ Shpirti I Pertacit deshiron dhe nuk ka asgje, por shpirti I atyre qe jane te kujdesshem                            do te kenaqet  plotesisht. “   -          Te gjithe deshirojme gjera. Pertac ,puntore apo te kujdeshem   sic na thote vargu, por ndryshimi midis   ketyre njerezve qendron tek pjesa qe vjen mbas deshires.Nese do ta lexonim kete keshill me nxitim dhe pa qendruar pak per te reflektuar mbi te, do te humbisnim esencen e saj .        Duket sikur e mira qe ajo na percon eshte e vjeter dhe e njohur .:-po punove ke,po spunove ske .   Ne fakt ,ajo na percon   shume me shume sesa kaq ,pasi ajo nuk na sjell njeriun fizik por shpiritn e tij.   Shpirti I njeriut   eshte pjesa e padukshme e qe...

    Fjalet e Urta 17: 13 “ E keqja nuk do te largohet nga shtepia e atij qe se mires I pergjigjet me te keqen ” Kur e kam lexuar per here te pare kete fjale urtesie , jam mahnitur nga vertetesia e saj.Por fatkeqesisht  edhe jam merzitur shume pasi  e shoh shpesh here edhe ne jetet e shume antareve te kishave tona lokale.  Kush nuk do ta donte  te miren ne shtepine e tij ? Te gjithe do ta donim, por problemi qendron se shume njerez nuk arrijne ta kuptojne se tashme kane gjithe te mirat e mundeshme dhe ajo qe duhet te bejne eshte te fillojne ti gezojne ato. Jeta e ketyre njerezve I ngjan nje garuesi I cili nis me nje finish ne mendjen e tij por gjate rruges per atje ai ndryshon shpesh here drejtimin dhe si rezultat edhe vendin dhe distancen  e finishit te tij. Gara e ketyre njerezve nuk mbaron kurre ajo thjesht ndryshon distance  dhe vend finish . Keta garues do te vrapojne gjithe jeten pa arritur te perfundojne garat e tyre ,do te rraskapiten d...

John 11:25-26 " Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this ?'" - Jesus’ statement is the answer of the many questions of the human mankind for centuries and centuries! It is the answer for the quest of meaning of our life’s. It’s not a human on earth that doesn't want this statement to be true. But as we know not many believe these! Jesus knows that ! That’s why He makes the question! Do you believe these? Maybe when we share with our Loved ones the meaning of Easter, we should also ask the same question at the end. To make sure people understand that the existence of God is a matter of believe, so is their possibility of salvation and the answer of their entire existence on earth. All is connected, Purpose, Meaning and Fulfillment all by Faith thru the act of Love by God in the death and resurrec...

Mark 11:24 “ Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours .” -A powerful and beautiful promise that we all desire to be real and true in every day of our life. But the reality is far from this promise . I haven’t yet meet or heard for a person that can prove , or be a living testimony that every prayer He made in faith became a reality. Why would Jesus make such a promise when He knew for sure these wouldn't   happen? What is the problem? The problem is not Jesus or the promise He made. The problem is us and the wrong attitude we have build in our theology of faith and prayer. The faith Jesus is talking about is far a way from the faith we practice in our daily life. We normally have an emotional faith. Emotional faith is not the faith of trusting God. The unshakable faith of trusting God in every situation has to do with getting ready to suffer and maybe losing your life for the sake of the others. ...

Psalm 46:10 “ Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth !” -How difficult is to stop these days at anything. It looks like the only way things progress is if we move. If we don’t move, nothing will happen, the entire world will stop ,life it self will stop . Are we really the center of these earth ,the mechanism that makes everything around us move ? Or are we making ourselves something we are not designated to be ?   Psalm 46 according Henry Mathews commentary teaches us to “ To take comfort in God when things look very black and threatening ( v. 1-5 ). To mention, to his praise, the great things he had wrought for his church against its enemies ( v. 6-9 ).  To assure ourselves that God who has glorified his own name will glorify it yet again, and to comfort ourselves with that ( v. 10, 11 ) So we are not the center of these world , and not for sure the ones that makes life running. So stop running , and...

Proverbs 16:16   " How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver "! -In our country we have an old saying that comes as a question "  Is it  beater  to have ,or to know?" Every one agrees that to know is the best.  During my years as Chaplain at prison ministry Albania many times working  especially in the pre de tention facility's  i  had groups that had no interest at all ,  at any form for religious study's. So  i  started looking for things that would attracts them . I presented  the man like no other man in the world for wisdom. A  man that became the most reached  and influential of all time s,  Solomon and His Wisdom. So  every one  started reading the chapters on wisdom. We decided to have a competition  on memorizing most of those verses.    One day  i  had one of the winners of the competition coming to me upset. I thought He wasn't happy ...

ROMANS 5:1 “ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ ” . Every Believer thru Faith in Jesus Christ takes as a gift not only eternal life , because of our justification thru Christ but also peace! Peace in these hard times is a gift that the world seeks and tries to win or buy but very difficult to reach or find. But even when they do find it doesn’t last . I t i s like the joy of the moment overwhelmed by the sorrows of a life in sin and desperation. But Jesus left us His peace as a gift John 14:27 “ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid ”   That’s why even in a Corona Virus Pandemic the church doesn’t lose hope and keeps on spreading the gifts of our father, Faith, Hope, Love, Peace & Eternal Life. These are the exact moments that we the church must shine. Must give what we have and what the wo...

Scripture Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.   - Proverbs 4:23 ESV Devotion This is a very special verse to my heart. I have a wooden magnet plate at the door of my fridge with this verse. It helps me to see this verse multiple times during the day to remember these words of wisdom, not as much in my mind, but in my heart. The region where I grew up is filled with small, clean fresh springs of water that comes from the heart of the mountain. Every time we would walk around the hills or towards the mountain, we planned our stops exactly at the spot where these springs were found. We would take a rest, refresh, and get new energy to continue our walk up the rocky, hard trails straight to the top. Our heart is a big warehouse of goals and desires. These are the treasures that we all collect inside our hearts and these are also the treasures that predetermined the stops and rests on the journey of our lives. What kind of treasures have you collect...

My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.   Proverbs 3:11–12 ESV Devotion How difficult it is to accept this idea, especially at a young age. When I was 13 years old, a friend of mine stole some money from a neighbor. I, along with two other friends, discovered it. What we did was something I would not even think of today. After confronting our thief friend, we forced him to let us help spend the money. For about three days, we traveled one city to the next and ate, drank and had fun with the stolen money. On the fourth day, after we had spent it all, our friend—the thief—had been arrested. After a little pressure from the police, he admitted that we helped him spend the money. I was not afraid of anything except my father. I was afraid of his rebuking word. I knew the confrontation was coming. The parents of the thief had called him, wanting me to return the money ...

Scripture When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.  - Proverbs 11:2-3 ESV Devotion Since a young age, God has to put me in a leadership role in sports, school, ministry, and business. But in all the cases, I was never the one in charge. I was like what Dutch Sheets and Chris Jackson, authors of  Second in Command , refer to in their book. I was a leader that serves leaders, someone that lives and works to fulfill the vision and dreams of another leader. That is a very hard task. When you are a leader, you are tempted to focus on fulfilling your dreams and visions. You have your pride. I was tempted at times to be the boss of my life. Many times, God taught me lessons of humility and how to have a servant's heart. Pride is dangerous. Lucifer became full of pride, and disgrace came to his life and brought death to us. Pride is not dangerous just for leader...