CR5 Issue 157 June 2018

Land
1. Published in 1956, The Last Battle was the seventh
and final novel in a series set in which fictional land?
2. Which group won Best Album at the Brit Awards in 2004 for their debut
album, called Permission To Land?
3. What is the most populated country in the world to have a name ending in
"land"?
4. Which "land" featured in a play called The Birds by the Ancient Greek playwright
Aristophanes, and has come to be used as a general term for a state of absurdly
over-optimistic fantasy?
5. Reading from what turned out to be the wrong card, which individual
mistakenly named La La Land as the winner of the Best Picture Oscar at the
Academy Awards ceremony held in 2017?
6. In a famous novel, what name is given to the land that is made up of four
countries called Winkie, Gillikin, Munchkin and Quadling?
7. What animated film is set in Pepperland?
8. Who composed Pomp And Circumstance March Number One, which later
became the basis for the song Land Of Hope And Glory?
9. What is the only country in the world to display a map of its land on its flag?
10. In which well known poem do the title characters go to "the land where the
Bong-tree grows"?
God’s Omnipresence
CR5 Land Quiz
“Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where
can I flee from Your presence?” Psalm 139:7 (NKJV)
Have you ever wondered how God can know
everything about every person on planet earth?
Not to mention also what’s happening in every
galaxy in the vast universe? I for one, have often had
these thoughts and marvelled at the omnipresence
of our all-powerful God.
Interestingly, today we have a new generation of
super-computers used by governments and big
corporations. They are so powerful that they can
perform trillions of calculations per second! China
presently possesses the world’s most powerful
super-computer which is capable of performing -
wait for it - 93,000 trillion calculations a second!!
When I recently read this online statistic, it made me
think that if humans can design and build super-computers
that can perform such enormous calculations
per second, what can Almighty God not do with his
super-powered, unlimited mind?
In other words, as the gospel writer, Luke, tells us -
with God nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37).
The Old Testament gives us a classic example of
someone who thought he could run away and hide
from God. His name was Jonah. God gave him the
unique assignment to go to an enemy country
(Assyria), and warn the people that if they didn’t
repent of their wicked ways, God would destroy
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them within two months (Jonah 1:1-3). Jonah, not
willing to follow God’s command, boarded a ship
which was headed for another country. Disaster
struck en route and Jonah was tossed overboard and
swallowed by a great fish which God, miraculously,
organised. God had stopped Jonah in his tracks.
After the fish vomited him up on the shore, God
once again told Jonah to go to Ninevah, which
he reluctantly did, and the people repented at his
preaching.
This ancient story which has been preserved for us
today, is a poignant reminder to all of us that God
is ever-present throughout his marvellous creation.
Instead of us attempting to run away from God, his
great desire is that we run to him. He wants us to be
his friend, and he has much to share with us in this
mortal life and on into eternity (1 Corinthians 2:9-10).
Prayer: Father in heaven, thank you for giving us
knowledge of your existence. You are all-powerful
and all-present throughout your vast universe, and
we are grateful that you are only a prayer away from
each one of us. Thank you for your Holy Spirit, who
enables us to build a close relationship with you. In
Jesus’ name. Amen.
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