Christliche Impulse - Christian impulses

Deutsch English First a brief outline of Samson's life (according to Judges from chapter 13) Samson was already consecrated to God in his mother's womb. He led the people of Israel for 20 years while the Philistines ruled the land. Once his own countrymen handed him over to the Philistines. The Philistines shouted in triumph. Then Samson is seized by the Spirit of the Lord and kills 1,000 men with a jawbone.   Now he is very thirsty. He no longer has the strength to drag himself to the next waterhole. He's afraid he'll die. 1. The call of one who is languishing  Samson now does the only right thing: he prays to the Lord. And he was very thirsty, and he called upon the Lord and said, “You have granted this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and shall I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” Judges 15:18 (ESV) Being thirsty is worse than being hungry. Now I must die of thirst...

Deutsch English The year 2023, the past few months have been very different. Our climatic conditions, the week-long high of over 35 degrees, had a major impact on nature, people and animals. Lack of water, financial losses, do's and don'ts: without water there is no life.   1. What does God's Word tell us? Isaac son of Abraham went to Philistine land. King Abimelech reigned there. A famine was the reason to leave his country. Isaac sowed in this land and reaped a hundredfold.  A blessed of the Lord. He got rich, very rich. He had flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, and a large body of servants. The Philistines envied him. Envy, resentment, jealousy had their consequences: It was:  Added damage wronged separation completed The Philistines acted. All the wells that his father Abraham's servants had dug, they stopped and filled up with earth. There was no more water. King Abimelech said to Isaac: Get away from us, you have become too powerful for us.     ...