ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Novema 1, 2022 

GLITTER IN THE KING'S CROWN

FETAPAKI ‘i he KALAUNI ‘O E TU’I

1 PETER 5:10

The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

1 PITA 5:10

Ka ko e ‘Otua, ‘a ia ‘oku ‘a‘ana ‘a e kelesi kotoa pē, ‘a ‘Ene ‘Afio kuo ne ui ange kimoutolu ‘ia Kalaisi Sīsū ki he lāngilangi ta‘engata ‘o‘ona, ‘oka hili ho‘omou kātaki mamahi ‘o fuonounou, te ne fakakakato kimoutolu ‘e He‘ene ‘Afio, te ne poupou, te ne fakakaukaua, te ne pulusi ki he tu‘unga.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

Our prolonged stay here is doubtless for God's glory. A tried saint, like a well-cut diamond, glitters much in the King's crown. Nothing reflects so much honour on a workman as a protracted and severe trial of his work, and its triumphant endurance of the ordeal without giving way in any part.

We are God's workmanship, in whom He will be glorified by our afflictions. It is for the honour of Jesus that we endure the trial of our faith with sacred joy. Let cach man surrender his own longings to the glory of Jesus and feel, If my lying in the dust would elevate my Lord by so much as an inch, let me still lie among the pots of earth. If to live on earth forever would make my Lord more glorious, it should be my heaven to be shut out of heaven. Our time is fixed and settled by eternal decree. Let us not be anxious about it, but wait with patience till the gates of pearl shall open.

CHARLES SPURGEON