Lewens doel: deur Solly Ozrovech
“Leer ons ons dae so gebruik dat ons wysheid bekom” ps. 90:12
“Jou lewe moet ‘n doel hê. Hierdie gedagte moet boaan jou sakelys van elke dag staan. ‘n Mens moet iets hê waarna hy streef, waarvoor jy werk, waarna jy reikhalsend uitsien. Bevestig jou doelwit vir elke dag en strewe onverpoosd daarna.”
Jy moet terdeë besef dat jy sonder geloof totaal verlore is. Dit is die beginsel of vertrekpunt van elke dag. ‘n Beginsel is ‘n eerste ding waardeer al die ander dinge bepaal word. God is die beginsel van die heelal, die Alfa. Wees daarom daagliks van God bewus. Vertrou Hom vir die geringste dingetjies en elke dag sal ‘n geloofsavontuur van heerlike opwinding wees.
Die teenoorgestelde van geloof is vrees en dit is ‘n vyand wat ons daagliks martel. Identifiseer elke dag jou vrees sodat dit jou nie voortdurend regeer nie. Maak jou dagspreek die woorde van Hebreërs 13:6 …”die Here is my helper, ek ken geen vrees nie: wat kan ‘n mens aan my doen?” Leer om lief te hê; om God bo alles lief te hê: jou huisgenote, jou werksgenote en jou landgenote. Liefde dryf die vrees uit ons lewe uit: waar liefde is, is daar geen vrees nie, maar volmaakte liefde verdryf vrees….(1Joh. 4:18).
Elke dag is ‘n vakleerlingskap of proeftydperk vir ewigheid. Die lewe grens aan die ewigheid en is ‘n voorbereiding daarvoor. As ek elke dag reg tel en die tyd uitkoop; as ek lewe soos die Heiland dit van my verwag, leef ek nie meer in vrees vir die ewigheid nie.
Probeer vir ‘n paar weke om elke oomblik van elke dag op ‘n konstruktiewe wyse te benut. Moenie verbaas wees as jy dan spoedig by daardie groep mense aansluit wat ‘n gesindheid van liefde teenoor die lewe ontwikkel nie, wat elke dag gelukkig is, wat elke dag met ‘n glimlag op die gesig en diepe dankbaarheid in die hart tegemoetgaan. Hou daarom die gebed in jou hart: “leer my my dae so gebruik dat ek wysheid bekom!”
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Geloofs strukture
Psa 24:4 Hy wat rein van hande en suiwer van hart is, wat sy siel nie ophef tot nietigheid en nie vals sweer nie. Psa 24:5 Hy sal seën wegdra van die HERE en geregtigheid van die God van sy heil.Die Woord van God is n woord van hoop en beloftes. Die boodskap is een van oorwinning in elke opsig van ons lewe. Vir elke menslike gevoel is daar n oplossing in God se Woord. Slegs God se volmaakte plan in ons lewens bring volmaakte vrede.Daar is dalk ander mense soos ek wat ook glo dat God doen wat Hy beloof, maar kort kort voel ek dat ek Hom bietjie moet help. Ek bid oor n saak en glo dat God gaan voorsien en dan begin ek werk om die rigting van die hulp te bepaal en dit bietjie vinniger te maak. God moet baie keer afkyk en glimlag as Hy sien hoe ek poog om dinge te laat gebeur wat Hy klaar laat gebeur het.As mens na Psalm 24 kyk het dit te doen met die verskuiwing van die vebondsark na Jerusalem. Die ark was die simbool van God se teenwoordigheid onder die volk. Net volkome toegewydheid aan God kan ons die lewe gee van oorwinning. Net n volkome toegewyde priester kon in die allerheiligste ingaan. Dawid was so opgewonde om die ark terug te kry in Jerusalem dat hy nie gedink het aan die voorwaardes van God se teenwoordigheid nie. Ons moet heilig leef. Net so raak ons opgewonde oor iets wat in ons lewens moet gebeur, maar die strukture in ons lewens maak dit onmoontlik vir God om in die huidige omstandighede te seen.Sa 6:6 En toe hulle by die dorsvloer van Nagon kom, het Ussa sy hand uitgesteek na die ark van God en dit vasgehou, want die osse het gestruikel. 2Sa 6:7 Daarop het die toorn van die HERE teen Ussa ontvlam, en God het hom daar getref oor dié vergryp, sodat hy daar by die ark van God gesterf het. Dit het my weereens laat besef hoe hoog God sy verhouding met ons ag. Hy wil eerste in ons lewens wees sodat Hy sy liefde en seen aan ons kan skenk.1Sa 7:3 Maar Samuel het met die hele huis van Israel gespreek en gesê: As julle met jul hele hart julle tot die HERE bekeer, verwyder dan die vreemde gode en die Astartes onder julle uit, en rig julle hart op die HERE en dien Hom alleen; dan sal Hy julle red uit die hand van die Filistyne. Samuel se hier vir die volk om die strukture in orde te kry, sodat God in hulle midde kan beweeg. Maak huis skoon.In Psalm 24 verwys Dawid dat die strukture van ons lewens so opgestel moet wees dat God ons kan seen.God se vereiste"Hy wat rein van hande en suiwer van hart is"God se belofte."Hy sal seën wegdra van die HERE"Ek het weer begin om te kyk hoe lyk die omstandighede en strukture waarin ek verwag om God se seen te ontvang. Ek moes bely voor God dat my strukture nie opgestel was om sy heerlikheid en teenwoordigheid te ontvang nie. Soos Dawid moes ek terug staan en besef dat God se oorvloedige seen slegs plaas vind in God se teenwoordigheid.Die vraag wat ek moes antwoord was:1. Hoe lyk my besigheids strukture vir God se teenwoordigheid.2. Hoe lyk my familie strukture vir God se teenwoordigheid.3. Hoe lyk my verhoudings strukture vir God se teenwoordigheid.4. Hoe lyk my woning strukture vir God se teenwoordigheid.5. Is ek bereid om nee vir n groot besigheidstransakies te se waaroor ek lank gebid het en baie nodig het omdat die mure om my tuimel van bankkrotskap, maar God pas nie in daardie strukture in nie.Geen oorwinning sal ooit n oorwinning sonder God wees nie.Joh 3:16 Want so lief het God die wêreld gehad, dat Hy sy eniggebore Seun gegee het, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo, nie verlore mag gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe kan hêDankie Here.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Stryd van die Woord van God
1Pe 2:11 Geliefdes, ek vermaan julle as bywoners en vreemdelinge om julle te onthou van vleeslike begeertes wat stryd voer teen die siel; 1Pe 2:12 en hou julle lewenswandel onder die heidene skoon, sodat as hulle van julle kwaad spreek soos van kwaaddoeners, hulle op grond van die goeie werke wat hulle aanskou, God kan verheerlik in die dag van besoeking. 1Pe 4:4 Daarom vind hulle dit vreemd as julle nie saamloop in dieselfde uitgieting van losbandigheid nie, en hulle laster. 1Pe 4:5 Hulle sal rekenskap gee aan Hom wat gereed staan om die lewende en die dode te oordeel. Ek hoor al meer as ek met mense deel, dat hulle in n stryd is oor ander godsdienste. Baie van die verskillende godsdienste kom so vroom en so opreg voor. Dit is iets wat ons as kinders van God na hunker as ons na hulle kyk. God se Woord stel dit egter duidelik gat n groot onderskeid is nl. Jesus Christus, wat volgens die Woord die enigste weg tot die ewige lewe besit. Die Woord was in die begin en die Woord was by God en die Woord was God.As al hierdie faktore dieselfde gebly het, beteken dit net een ding, die mens aanvaar nie die Woord nie.2Pe 2:1 Maar daar was ook valse profete onder die volk, net soos daar onder julle valse leraars sal wees wat verderflike ketterye heimlik sal invoer, en ook die Here wat hulle gekoop het, verloën en ‘n vinnige verderf oor hulleself bring; 2Pe 2:2 en baie sal hulle verderflikhede navolg, en om hulle ontwil sal die weg van die waarheid gelaster word; 2Pe 2:3 en uit hebsug sal hulle met verdigte woorde voordeel uit julle trek. Oor hulle is die oordeel van lankal af nie werkeloos nie, en hulle verderf sluimer nie. Onlangs het n egpaar met 2 jong kinders my gevra, hoe hulle hulle kinders gaan oorreed dat Jesus Christus die Seun van God is. Op skool word hulle geleer van jongs af oor godsdiens verdraagsaamheid. Dat een Godsdiens nie bo n ander staan nie.Petrus beantwoord hulle wandel met die woorde:2Pe 2:17 Hulle is waterlose fonteine, miswolke voortgedrywe deur ‘n stormwind, vir wie die donkerheid van die duisternis vir ewig bewaar word. 2Pe 2:18 Want deur trotse woorde vol onsin uit te spreek, verlok hulle deur begeerlikhede van die vlees en ongebondenheid die wat waarlik die mense ontvlug het wat in dwaling wandel. 2Pe 2:19 Hulle belowe vryheid aan hulle, terwyl hulle self slawe van die verdorwenheid is; want waar ‘n mens deur oorwin is, daarvan het hy ook ‘n slaaf geword. God se Woord is ons maatstaf. Baie keer word ek gevra hoekom ek no glo. My antwoord is, as ek dit verloor dan het ek niks nie. Ek ken God as my redder, leidsman, vredevors, sterke God en ewige Vader. N lewe sonder sy nabyheid en wandel in my lewe, beteken vir my niks nie.Eeen ding weet ek. In myself is ek niks nie, maar met God in my kant is ek tot alles in staat.1Pe 5:6 Verneder julle dan onder die kragtige hand van God, sodat Hy julle kan verhoog op die regte tyd. 1Pe 5:7 Werp al julle bekommernis op Hom, want Hy sorg vir julle.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
God die begin en einde.
Joh 3:8 Die wind waai waar hy wil, en jy hoor sy geluid, maar jy weet nie vanwaar hy kom en waarheen hy gaan nie. So is elkeen wat uit die Gees gebore is.Om toe te laat dat God se Gees in ons werk, vat n totale oorgawe aan God. My gebede is om God se teenwoordigheid in my lewe te he elke minuut van elke dag. Dit verg egter dat ek beheer moet vat van my denke. Vir jare het ek gevoel dat ek God moet help om my lewe in orde te kry. Die resultate was dat ek situasies gevat het waarin God nie verheerlik kan word nie en probeer het om God se vrede in dit af te bid.Geloof begin in God en eindig in God. Ek moet n wilsbesluit neem om God te vertrou.Heb 12:12 Daarom, rig die slap hande en die verlamde knieë weer op;Heb 12:13 en maak reguit paaie vir julle voete, sodat wat kreupel is, nie uit lit raak nie, maar liewer gesond gemaak word.Die skrywer van Hebreurs rig hierdie woorde uit n noodsituasie. n Besluit word geneem om nie verder na die situasie te staar nie, maar om God te verheerlik (rig slap hande op), bid en soek God se aangesig op (rig verlamde knieë weer op).Geen mens kan jou lewe verander nie. God is ons Vader en alles wat ons besiten verkry is deur God se ganade vir ons.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Deur wie word ek gelei?
Exo 24:7 En hy het die boek van die verbond geneem en dit voor die ore van die volk gelees. En hulle het gesê: Alles wat die HERE gespreek het, sal ons doen en daarna luister.
Om in die teenwoordigheid en wil van God te wandel is seker die wonderlikste ervaring wat ons as kinders van God kan he. Dit is egter vir my verbasend hoe vinnig ons voel ons het die mylpaal bereik die oomblik wat dit begin goed gaan in ons lewens. Elke mens streef na sukses en n beter lewe vir hom/haar. As ons finansieel geseen word, word ons so baie keer die persoon wat voel die geld behoort aan ons en dit word n guns wat ons aan andere doen as die Heilige Gees met ons praat om n werk, persoon of instansie te ondersteun. Terwyl Moses in hulle geledere was en die volk totaal van God afhanklik was, was hulle gretig om n belofte aan God te maak. “Alles wat die HERE gespreek het, sal ons doen en daarna luister” Hoe maklik was dit vir die volk om na alles wat God vir hulle gedoen het hierdie woorde te kon uiter.
Exo 32:8 En hulle het gou van die weg afgewyk wat Ek hulle beveel het. Hulle het vir hulle ‘n gegote kalf gemaak en daarvoor neergebuig en daaraan geoffer en gesê: Dit is jou gode, o Israel, wat jou uit Egipteland laat optrek het.
Hierdie teksvers laat my dink aan die mens se begeerte om in beheer van sy eie lewe te wees. Die goue kalf is dit wat ons keer op keer uit God se wil vat. Die vrese om nie in beheer te wees nie, maak dat ons aardse sekuriteite opbou en dan glo dat dit die voertuig is wat ons deur die lewe gevat het. Die vraag wat by my opkom is wat is my goue kalf? Is dit my werk? Is dit n persoon? My bank? Nadat hulle die kalf gemaak het, het hulle hom geprys as die god wat hulle gelei het uit Egipte uit.
God gee ons egter die wondelike beloftes uit Sy Woord:
Deu 26:17 Vandag het jy die HERE laat verklaar dat Hy vir jou ‘n God sal wees, en dat jy in sy weë moet wandel en sy insettinge en sy gebooie en sy verordeninge moet hou en na sy stem moet luister.
Jes 46:3 Luister na My, o huis van Jakob en die hele oorblyfsel van die huis van Israel, julle wat deur My gedra is van die moederskoot af, opgeneem is van die geboorte af;
Jes 46:4 en tot die ouderdom toe is Ék dieselfde, ja, tot die grysheid toe sal Ek julle dra; Ék het dit gedoen, en Ék sal julle opneem, en Ék sal dra en red.
Heb 13:5 Julle gedrag moet vry van geldgierigheid wees. Wees tevrede met wat julle het, want Hy het gesê: Ek sal jou nooit begewe en jou nooit verlaat nie.
Die goue kalf het my al keer op keer gefaal. Nog steeds se God ons moet Hom vertrou. Hy sal vir ons n God wees en Hy sal ons lei. Watter groot belofte het ons nie in ons Vader nie.
Gal 2:20 Ek is met Christus gekruisig, en ék leef nie meer nie, maar Christus leef in my. En wat ek nou in die vlees lewe, leef ek deur die geloof in die Seun van God wat my liefgehad het en Homself vir my oorgegee het.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Ons is deur God gemaak om te gee.
1John 3:17 Maar wie die goed van die wêreld het en sy broeder sien gebrek ly en sy hart vir hom toesluit, hoe bly die liefde van God in hom?1John 3:18 My kinders, laat ons nie liefhê met woorde of met die tong nie, maar met die daad en in waarheid. Meeste van ons kan oor ons lewe uitkyk en se dat God waarlik goed is vir ons. Ons huise, motors, kindres se skole en lewensstyl is n sprekende voorbeeld van God se goedheid.Joh 3: 17 het my doel as kind van God weer uitgebring en my met hartseer van my eie lewe aangekla. Hoeveel kan ons besit, sonder om vir God te se: "Here alles wat ek besit behoort aan U.2Kor 9:8 En God het mag om alle genade oorvloedig oor julle te laat wees, sodat julle altyd in alle opsigte volop kan hê en oorvloedig kan wees tot elke goeie werk. God seen ons so dat ons in alle opsigte oorvloedig kan wees EN oorvloedig kan skenk aan hulle wat nood is.Solariteit het hierdie foto's bekendhemaak, My eerste vraag is , wat ek kan doen Here.Kyk na die foto's en vra jouself, wat kan ek doen.http://www.helpendehand.co.za/armoede/gallery.htmMag God ons seen omdat ons bereid is om te seen.Ek bid dat God ons lei en ons n hart gee van liefde en omgee.My misie en visie is dat God ons n hart van omgee en liefde gee. Dat ons, ons beursies aan God toewy en Hom vertrou om herlewing en wonderwerke te doen.Mag die Here se seen oor ons lewe en families wees.
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Herlewing in God se teenwoordigheid
Exo 33:15 Toe sê hy vir Hom: As U nie self meegaan nie, laat ons dan nie hiervandaan optrek nie. As n persoon wat n stadium in my lewe weg beweeg het uit God se teenwoordigheid en sonder Sy nabyheid was, kan ek verstaan wat Moses in hierdie woorde se. As God nie met ons is nie tevergeefs werk die arbeider. Moses maak n stelling wat op ons hedendaagse lewe van toepassing is. In vers 16 se Moses dat die feit dat God met ons is, is die verskil tussen ons en ander mense wat op die aarde wandel. As God nie met ons is nie, dan is ons lewe net soveel werd as die godelose.Ons kan herlewing onder die kinders van God sien in die afgelope paar maande. Dit is asof mense n groter behoefte het om God se hand in hulle lewens te sien. Ek hoor van magtige herlewing in Afrika, Kanada, Rusland en Amerika. Ons behoefte om terug te beweeg in God se teenwoordigheid en sy Gees in ons lewens en omgewing te voel is dit wat toelaat dat God Sy herlewing kan bring.Herlewing begin eerste by ons, dan by ons plek van aanbidding of bediening. Soveel mense hardloop agter herlewing aan. Ek hoor van predikers wat Torronto toe gaan omdat hulle gehoor het God is besig met wonderwerke daar. Herlewing begin in ons harte.As jy kan toelaat dat God beheer vat oor jou hele lewe en toelaat dat God weer die hoof van die familie word, dan is ons besig met herlewing. In Handelinge lees ons dat die dissipels op die Heilige Gees moes wag, voor hulle met God se werk kon begin. Herlewing in Handelinge is veroorsaak deur herlewing onder die dissipels.Hand 1:8 maar julle sal krag ontvang wanneer die Heilige Gees oor julle kom, en julle sal my getuies wees in Jerusalem sowel as in die hele Judéa en Samaría en tot aan die uiterste van die aarde. Nadat herlewing onder die Heilige Gees plaasgevind het, het hulle harte, lewens en materiele dinge aan God se Gees gehoorsaam geword. Dit was beter in God se teenwoordigheid as daarsonder.Hand 2:41 Die wat toe sy woord met blydskap aangeneem het, is gedoop; en daar is op dié dag omtrent drie duisend siele toegebring.Hand 2:42 En hulle het volhard in die leer van die apostels en in die gemeenskap en in die breking van die brood en in die gebede.Hand 2:43 En vrees het op elkeen gekom, en baie wonders en tekens het deur die apostels plaasgevind.Hand 2:44 En almal wat gelowig geword het, was bymekaar, en het alles gemeenskaplik besit.Hand 2:45 En hulle eiendomme en besittings het hulle verkoop en die opbrings onder almal verdeel, volgens wat elkeen nodig gehad het.Hand 2:46 En dag vir dag het hulle eendragtig volhard in die tempel en van huis tot huis brood gebreek en hulle voedsel met blydskap en eenvoudigheid van hart geniet, JesusKrygers is n wandel saam met God in God se teenwoordigheid onderleiding van Sy Gees.Kom ons wag op herlewing in ons harte vir herlewing in ons gemeenskap.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Nog MMC getuienis vanaf Greytown
Ek het die volgende e-pos ook van iemand anoniems ontvang. Ek plaas dit hier en hoop dit is vir julle ook so groot seen soos wat dit vir my was.
MMC
18 – 20 April 2008
In Markus 11:22, sê Jesus "Have faith in God". En na die naweek weet ek dat dit moontlik is om op blinde geloof te funksioneer en te lewe. Oom Angus, die ou van faith like patatoes, hardloop 110% op geloof en ek wens ek het 'n fraksie van sy geloof gehad. Ek wens dat almal van ons sulke geloof kon hê, maar ek werk daaraan.
MMC, mighty men conference, het gegaan om die mans van hierdie land weer hulleself terug te gee. Dit het gegaan om die families van die God weer te kom oprig om hierdie land te kom verander deur in die kombuis te begin. Die tema was "Dying to live", soos in Gal 6:20 staan, ons is dood maar ons lewe. Ons lewe in Christus en ons leef omdat hy uit liefde vir ons sondes gesterf het. Ons mans het slap begin raak en die hele wereld begin blameer vir die hele wereld en sy probleme. Dis tyd dat ons begin regop staan en met volle bors begin loop en mense in die oë kyk. Ons is die prinse en ons moet so begin optree. Dis tyd dat ons ons plekke inneem as hoof en priesterhoof van ons huise. Dis tyd dat ons begin glo. Glo soos in Markus 11:22. 'n Tipe geloof wat berge kan verskuif en dinge sal doen wat net ongelooflik is. Faith is believing in something you can not see. And the reward of faith is seeing what you have believed in.
So hoe was die MMC vir my? Wel daar is nie eintlik woorde hiervoor nie. Mens kan nie eintlik dit opsom in 'n paar woorde nie. Beskrywings soos "life changing", "redifing your faith", "empowering" en "eye opening" kom naby, maar dit was meer as dit. Ek het sommer baie van geloof geleer en ook oor verhoudinge. Die oggend toe ek in daai tent sit kon mens nie anders as om te besef dat God groter is as die heelal nie. Nou net om julle 'n idee te gee. Moreleta se groot kerk is groot en vat seker tussen 7000 en 10000 mense, loftus vat so 45000 mense en daar sit ons in die grootste tent in die wereld, wat 30000 plus mense vat. 'n Tent wat 4 rugby velde groot is en wat se seile alleen 200 ton weeg, wat met iets soos 17 trokke aan gery is en wat 2 weke of so vat om op te slaan. 'n Tent wat nog net 4 keer of iets opgelaan is in die wereld, van wee die koste daaraan verbonde. En hier sit ons op 'n vrydagaand, nie in die tent nie maar buite want die tent is vol en dit lyk of daar meer mense buite die tent sit as binne, en Saterdagaand was daar nog meer mense. En die beste is, alles is betaal. Ons sit op ons eie stoele so 15 meter van die tent se rand af, ander manne staan, ander manne sit op die grond en Angus praat met passie. Soos 'n vuur wat brand binne in hom wat nie geblus kan word nie. Hy getuig meer as preek en sê goed soos "I'm not the rainmaker, I'm the rainmaker's son!", en dan skreeu hy AMEN, en dan skreeu al die mans AMEN soos een man en die klank weergalm oor die vlaktes en dit gee jou hoendervleis tot in jou beenmurg in. In die verte kom die manne nog in. Hulle hou nie op nie. Na die diens, so 22:00 toe kom hulle nog in tot seker so 23:00. Soek kamp plek, en die ouens kamp enige plek. Hierdie is 'n army, 'n mighty army, 'n holy army en ek dink aan die dae van die ou testament waar die manskappe in die duisendes was en seker presies so gelyk het. Dit maak my opgewonde en daar is 'n elketriese gevoel in die kamp. Dit het vir my gevoel asof ek deel was van 'n army, mighty warriors wat besig was om hulle wapens skoon te maak, nuwe strategië te beplan en om gereed te maak vir oorlog. Soos in die fliek Gladiator of in Braveheart, met die manskappe in 'n oop veld in tente met hulle perde. Ons perde was net groter en blinker as hulle perde, lol. En Sondag het die koning van alle konings geskreeu "FREEDOM", en al sy manskappe is terug na hulle eie battlefields, slagvelde, gewapen, gepanser en alreeds in oorwinning. Die koningkryk moet terug geneem word en verlore grond moet terug geeis word. Hoekom het al hierdie manne saam getrek, uit hulle eie vrye wil, in al hulle besige skedules, van oorals, kaap, vrystaat, Namibie, Zambië, Zimbabwe, letterllik reg oor Afrika, reg oor die wereld. Daar was Amerikaaners en Ausies? Manne van alle nasies, manne van alle klasse en kleure en manne van alle ouderdomme? Wat was die rede? Net vir een rede, Jesus. Vir Jesus en deur Jesus.
En as ek weer daaroor dink smile ek terselfdetyd want iets is aan die gebeur. Dit gee hoop, hoop vir ons land, vir manne en vir gewone mense, ons moet net glo. 60000 mans, maal dit met 4, dis 240000 mense wat direk of indirek daar was. Dis 'n mighty army. Dis soos Angus sê "We are not at the beginning of a revival, we are IN revival!". Mat 6:33 sê "Soek alle eers die koningkryk en wil van God en al hierdie dinge sal vir julle gegee word". Ons was daar om die koningkryk van God te soek.
Ek wil afsluit met iets persoonliks wat op die kamp gebeur het. En ek voel dis baie belangrik en daarom wil ek dit met julle deel. Sondag oggend toe praat Angus oor Stilte tyd. Iets wat 15:7 As daar by jou ‘n arme is, een uit jou broers, in een van jou poorte, in jou land wat die HERE jou God jou sal gee, dan moet jy jou hart nie verhard en jou hand nie toehou vir jou arm broer nie.
Psa 24:4 Hy wat rein van hande en suiwer van hart is, wat sy siel nie ophef tot nietigheid en nie vals sweer nie. Psa 24:5 Hy sal seën wegdra van die HERE en geregtigheid van die God van sy heil.Die Woord van God is n woord van hoop en beloftes. Die boodskap is een van oorwinning in elke opsig van ons lewe. Vir elke menslike gevoel is daar n oplossing in God se Woord. Slegs God se volmaakte plan in ons lewens bring volmaakte vrede.Daar is dalk ander mense soos ek wat ook glo dat God doen wat Hy beloof, maar kort kort voel ek dat ek Hom bietjie moet help. Ek bid oor n saak en glo dat God gaan voorsien en dan begin ek werk om die rigting van die hulp te bepaal en dit bietjie vinniger te maak. God moet baie keer afkyk en glimlag as Hy sien hoe ek poog om dinge te laat gebeur wat Hy klaar laat gebeur het.As mens na Psalm 24 kyk het dit te doen met die verskuiwing van die vebondsark na Jerusalem. Die ark was die simbool van God se teenwoordigheid onder die volk. Net volkome toegewydheid aan God kan ons die lewe gee van oorwinning. Net n volkome toegewyde priester kon in die allerheiligste ingaan. Dawid was so opgewonde om die ark terug te kry in Jerusalem dat hy nie gedink het aan die voorwaardes van God se teenwoordigheid nie. Ons moet heilig leef. Net so raak ons opgewonde oor iets wat in ons lewens moet gebeur, maar die strukture in ons lewens maak dit onmoontlik vir God om in die huidige omstandighede te seen.Sa 6:6 En toe hulle by die dorsvloer van Nagon kom, het Ussa sy hand uitgesteek na die ark van God en dit vasgehou, want die osse het gestruikel. 2Sa 6:7 Daarop het die toorn van die HERE teen Ussa ontvlam, en God het hom daar getref oor dié vergryp, sodat hy daar by die ark van God gesterf het. Dit het my weereens laat besef hoe hoog God sy verhouding met ons ag. Hy wil eerste in ons lewens wees sodat Hy sy liefde en seen aan ons kan skenk.1Sa 7:3 Maar Samuel het met die hele huis van Israel gespreek en gesê: As julle met jul hele hart julle tot die HERE bekeer, verwyder dan die vreemde gode en die Astartes onder julle uit, en rig julle hart op die HERE en dien Hom alleen; dan sal Hy julle red uit die hand van die Filistyne. Samuel se hier vir die volk om die strukture in orde te kry, sodat God in hulle midde kan beweeg. Maak huis skoon.In Psalm 24 verwys Dawid dat die strukture van ons lewens so opgestel moet wees dat God ons kan seen.God se vereiste"Hy wat rein van hande en suiwer van hart is"God se belofte."Hy sal seën wegdra van die HERE"Ek het weer begin om te kyk hoe lyk die omstandighede en strukture waarin ek verwag om God se seen te ontvang. Ek moes bely voor God dat my strukture nie opgestel was om sy heerlikheid en teenwoordigheid te ontvang nie. Soos Dawid moes ek terug staan en besef dat God se oorvloedige seen slegs plaas vind in God se teenwoordigheid.Die vraag wat ek moes antwoord was:1. Hoe lyk my besigheids strukture vir God se teenwoordigheid.2. Hoe lyk my familie strukture vir God se teenwoordigheid.3. Hoe lyk my verhoudings strukture vir God se teenwoordigheid.4. Hoe lyk my woning strukture vir God se teenwoordigheid.5. Is ek bereid om nee vir n groot besigheidstransakies te se waaroor ek lank gebid het en baie nodig het omdat die mure om my tuimel van bankkrotskap, maar God pas nie in daardie strukture in nie.Geen oorwinning sal ooit n oorwinning sonder God wees nie.Joh 3:16 Want so lief het God die wêreld gehad, dat Hy sy eniggebore Seun gegee het, sodat elkeen wat in Hom glo, nie verlore mag gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe kan hêDankie Here.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Stryd van die Woord van God
1Pe 2:11 Geliefdes, ek vermaan julle as bywoners en vreemdelinge om julle te onthou van vleeslike begeertes wat stryd voer teen die siel; 1Pe 2:12 en hou julle lewenswandel onder die heidene skoon, sodat as hulle van julle kwaad spreek soos van kwaaddoeners, hulle op grond van die goeie werke wat hulle aanskou, God kan verheerlik in die dag van besoeking. 1Pe 4:4 Daarom vind hulle dit vreemd as julle nie saamloop in dieselfde uitgieting van losbandigheid nie, en hulle laster. 1Pe 4:5 Hulle sal rekenskap gee aan Hom wat gereed staan om die lewende en die dode te oordeel. Ek hoor al meer as ek met mense deel, dat hulle in n stryd is oor ander godsdienste. Baie van die verskillende godsdienste kom so vroom en so opreg voor. Dit is iets wat ons as kinders van God na hunker as ons na hulle kyk. God se Woord stel dit egter duidelik gat n groot onderskeid is nl. Jesus Christus, wat volgens die Woord die enigste weg tot die ewige lewe besit. Die Woord was in die begin en die Woord was by God en die Woord was God.As al hierdie faktore dieselfde gebly het, beteken dit net een ding, die mens aanvaar nie die Woord nie.2Pe 2:1 Maar daar was ook valse profete onder die volk, net soos daar onder julle valse leraars sal wees wat verderflike ketterye heimlik sal invoer, en ook die Here wat hulle gekoop het, verloën en ‘n vinnige verderf oor hulleself bring; 2Pe 2:2 en baie sal hulle verderflikhede navolg, en om hulle ontwil sal die weg van die waarheid gelaster word; 2Pe 2:3 en uit hebsug sal hulle met verdigte woorde voordeel uit julle trek. Oor hulle is die oordeel van lankal af nie werkeloos nie, en hulle verderf sluimer nie. Onlangs het n egpaar met 2 jong kinders my gevra, hoe hulle hulle kinders gaan oorreed dat Jesus Christus die Seun van God is. Op skool word hulle geleer van jongs af oor godsdiens verdraagsaamheid. Dat een Godsdiens nie bo n ander staan nie.Petrus beantwoord hulle wandel met die woorde:2Pe 2:17 Hulle is waterlose fonteine, miswolke voortgedrywe deur ‘n stormwind, vir wie die donkerheid van die duisternis vir ewig bewaar word. 2Pe 2:18 Want deur trotse woorde vol onsin uit te spreek, verlok hulle deur begeerlikhede van die vlees en ongebondenheid die wat waarlik die mense ontvlug het wat in dwaling wandel. 2Pe 2:19 Hulle belowe vryheid aan hulle, terwyl hulle self slawe van die verdorwenheid is; want waar ‘n mens deur oorwin is, daarvan het hy ook ‘n slaaf geword. God se Woord is ons maatstaf. Baie keer word ek gevra hoekom ek no glo. My antwoord is, as ek dit verloor dan het ek niks nie. Ek ken God as my redder, leidsman, vredevors, sterke God en ewige Vader. N lewe sonder sy nabyheid en wandel in my lewe, beteken vir my niks nie.Eeen ding weet ek. In myself is ek niks nie, maar met God in my kant is ek tot alles in staat.1Pe 5:6 Verneder julle dan onder die kragtige hand van God, sodat Hy julle kan verhoog op die regte tyd. 1Pe 5:7 Werp al julle bekommernis op Hom, want Hy sorg vir julle.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
God die begin en einde.
Joh 3:8 Die wind waai waar hy wil, en jy hoor sy geluid, maar jy weet nie vanwaar hy kom en waarheen hy gaan nie. So is elkeen wat uit die Gees gebore is.Om toe te laat dat God se Gees in ons werk, vat n totale oorgawe aan God. My gebede is om God se teenwoordigheid in my lewe te he elke minuut van elke dag. Dit verg egter dat ek beheer moet vat van my denke. Vir jare het ek gevoel dat ek God moet help om my lewe in orde te kry. Die resultate was dat ek situasies gevat het waarin God nie verheerlik kan word nie en probeer het om God se vrede in dit af te bid.Geloof begin in God en eindig in God. Ek moet n wilsbesluit neem om God te vertrou.Heb 12:12 Daarom, rig die slap hande en die verlamde knieë weer op;Heb 12:13 en maak reguit paaie vir julle voete, sodat wat kreupel is, nie uit lit raak nie, maar liewer gesond gemaak word.Die skrywer van Hebreurs rig hierdie woorde uit n noodsituasie. n Besluit word geneem om nie verder na die situasie te staar nie, maar om God te verheerlik (rig slap hande op), bid en soek God se aangesig op (rig verlamde knieë weer op).Geen mens kan jou lewe verander nie. God is ons Vader en alles wat ons besiten verkry is deur God se ganade vir ons.
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Monday, June 2, 2008
Deur wie word ek gelei?
Exo 24:7 En hy het die boek van die verbond geneem en dit voor die ore van die volk gelees. En hulle het gesê: Alles wat die HERE gespreek het, sal ons doen en daarna luister.
Om in die teenwoordigheid en wil van God te wandel is seker die wonderlikste ervaring wat ons as kinders van God kan he. Dit is egter vir my verbasend hoe vinnig ons voel ons het die mylpaal bereik die oomblik wat dit begin goed gaan in ons lewens. Elke mens streef na sukses en n beter lewe vir hom/haar. As ons finansieel geseen word, word ons so baie keer die persoon wat voel die geld behoort aan ons en dit word n guns wat ons aan andere doen as die Heilige Gees met ons praat om n werk, persoon of instansie te ondersteun. Terwyl Moses in hulle geledere was en die volk totaal van God afhanklik was, was hulle gretig om n belofte aan God te maak. “Alles wat die HERE gespreek het, sal ons doen en daarna luister” Hoe maklik was dit vir die volk om na alles wat God vir hulle gedoen het hierdie woorde te kon uiter.
Exo 32:8 En hulle het gou van die weg afgewyk wat Ek hulle beveel het. Hulle het vir hulle ‘n gegote kalf gemaak en daarvoor neergebuig en daaraan geoffer en gesê: Dit is jou gode, o Israel, wat jou uit Egipteland laat optrek het.
Hierdie teksvers laat my dink aan die mens se begeerte om in beheer van sy eie lewe te wees. Die goue kalf is dit wat ons keer op keer uit God se wil vat. Die vrese om nie in beheer te wees nie, maak dat ons aardse sekuriteite opbou en dan glo dat dit die voertuig is wat ons deur die lewe gevat het. Die vraag wat by my opkom is wat is my goue kalf? Is dit my werk? Is dit n persoon? My bank? Nadat hulle die kalf gemaak het, het hulle hom geprys as die god wat hulle gelei het uit Egipte uit.
God gee ons egter die wondelike beloftes uit Sy Woord:
Deu 26:17 Vandag het jy die HERE laat verklaar dat Hy vir jou ‘n God sal wees, en dat jy in sy weë moet wandel en sy insettinge en sy gebooie en sy verordeninge moet hou en na sy stem moet luister.
Jes 46:3 Luister na My, o huis van Jakob en die hele oorblyfsel van die huis van Israel, julle wat deur My gedra is van die moederskoot af, opgeneem is van die geboorte af;
Jes 46:4 en tot die ouderdom toe is Ék dieselfde, ja, tot die grysheid toe sal Ek julle dra; Ék het dit gedoen, en Ék sal julle opneem, en Ék sal dra en red.
Heb 13:5 Julle gedrag moet vry van geldgierigheid wees. Wees tevrede met wat julle het, want Hy het gesê: Ek sal jou nooit begewe en jou nooit verlaat nie.
Die goue kalf het my al keer op keer gefaal. Nog steeds se God ons moet Hom vertrou. Hy sal vir ons n God wees en Hy sal ons lei. Watter groot belofte het ons nie in ons Vader nie.
Gal 2:20 Ek is met Christus gekruisig, en ék leef nie meer nie, maar Christus leef in my. En wat ek nou in die vlees lewe, leef ek deur die geloof in die Seun van God wat my liefgehad het en Homself vir my oorgegee het.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Ons is deur God gemaak om te gee.
1John 3:17 Maar wie die goed van die wêreld het en sy broeder sien gebrek ly en sy hart vir hom toesluit, hoe bly die liefde van God in hom?1John 3:18 My kinders, laat ons nie liefhê met woorde of met die tong nie, maar met die daad en in waarheid. Meeste van ons kan oor ons lewe uitkyk en se dat God waarlik goed is vir ons. Ons huise, motors, kindres se skole en lewensstyl is n sprekende voorbeeld van God se goedheid.Joh 3: 17 het my doel as kind van God weer uitgebring en my met hartseer van my eie lewe aangekla. Hoeveel kan ons besit, sonder om vir God te se: "Here alles wat ek besit behoort aan U.2Kor 9:8 En God het mag om alle genade oorvloedig oor julle te laat wees, sodat julle altyd in alle opsigte volop kan hê en oorvloedig kan wees tot elke goeie werk. God seen ons so dat ons in alle opsigte oorvloedig kan wees EN oorvloedig kan skenk aan hulle wat nood is.Solariteit het hierdie foto's bekendhemaak, My eerste vraag is , wat ek kan doen Here.Kyk na die foto's en vra jouself, wat kan ek doen.http://www.helpendehand.co.za/armoede/gallery.htmMag God ons seen omdat ons bereid is om te seen.Ek bid dat God ons lei en ons n hart gee van liefde en omgee.My misie en visie is dat God ons n hart van omgee en liefde gee. Dat ons, ons beursies aan God toewy en Hom vertrou om herlewing en wonderwerke te doen.Mag die Here se seen oor ons lewe en families wees.
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Herlewing in God se teenwoordigheid
Exo 33:15 Toe sê hy vir Hom: As U nie self meegaan nie, laat ons dan nie hiervandaan optrek nie. As n persoon wat n stadium in my lewe weg beweeg het uit God se teenwoordigheid en sonder Sy nabyheid was, kan ek verstaan wat Moses in hierdie woorde se. As God nie met ons is nie tevergeefs werk die arbeider. Moses maak n stelling wat op ons hedendaagse lewe van toepassing is. In vers 16 se Moses dat die feit dat God met ons is, is die verskil tussen ons en ander mense wat op die aarde wandel. As God nie met ons is nie, dan is ons lewe net soveel werd as die godelose.Ons kan herlewing onder die kinders van God sien in die afgelope paar maande. Dit is asof mense n groter behoefte het om God se hand in hulle lewens te sien. Ek hoor van magtige herlewing in Afrika, Kanada, Rusland en Amerika. Ons behoefte om terug te beweeg in God se teenwoordigheid en sy Gees in ons lewens en omgewing te voel is dit wat toelaat dat God Sy herlewing kan bring.Herlewing begin eerste by ons, dan by ons plek van aanbidding of bediening. Soveel mense hardloop agter herlewing aan. Ek hoor van predikers wat Torronto toe gaan omdat hulle gehoor het God is besig met wonderwerke daar. Herlewing begin in ons harte.As jy kan toelaat dat God beheer vat oor jou hele lewe en toelaat dat God weer die hoof van die familie word, dan is ons besig met herlewing. In Handelinge lees ons dat die dissipels op die Heilige Gees moes wag, voor hulle met God se werk kon begin. Herlewing in Handelinge is veroorsaak deur herlewing onder die dissipels.Hand 1:8 maar julle sal krag ontvang wanneer die Heilige Gees oor julle kom, en julle sal my getuies wees in Jerusalem sowel as in die hele Judéa en Samaría en tot aan die uiterste van die aarde. Nadat herlewing onder die Heilige Gees plaasgevind het, het hulle harte, lewens en materiele dinge aan God se Gees gehoorsaam geword. Dit was beter in God se teenwoordigheid as daarsonder.Hand 2:41 Die wat toe sy woord met blydskap aangeneem het, is gedoop; en daar is op dié dag omtrent drie duisend siele toegebring.Hand 2:42 En hulle het volhard in die leer van die apostels en in die gemeenskap en in die breking van die brood en in die gebede.Hand 2:43 En vrees het op elkeen gekom, en baie wonders en tekens het deur die apostels plaasgevind.Hand 2:44 En almal wat gelowig geword het, was bymekaar, en het alles gemeenskaplik besit.Hand 2:45 En hulle eiendomme en besittings het hulle verkoop en die opbrings onder almal verdeel, volgens wat elkeen nodig gehad het.Hand 2:46 En dag vir dag het hulle eendragtig volhard in die tempel en van huis tot huis brood gebreek en hulle voedsel met blydskap en eenvoudigheid van hart geniet, JesusKrygers is n wandel saam met God in God se teenwoordigheid onderleiding van Sy Gees.Kom ons wag op herlewing in ons harte vir herlewing in ons gemeenskap.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Nog MMC getuienis vanaf Greytown
Ek het die volgende e-pos ook van iemand anoniems ontvang. Ek plaas dit hier en hoop dit is vir julle ook so groot seen soos wat dit vir my was.
MMC
18 – 20 April 2008
In Markus 11:22, sê Jesus "Have faith in God". En na die naweek weet ek dat dit moontlik is om op blinde geloof te funksioneer en te lewe. Oom Angus, die ou van faith like patatoes, hardloop 110% op geloof en ek wens ek het 'n fraksie van sy geloof gehad. Ek wens dat almal van ons sulke geloof kon hê, maar ek werk daaraan.
MMC, mighty men conference, het gegaan om die mans van hierdie land weer hulleself terug te gee. Dit het gegaan om die families van die God weer te kom oprig om hierdie land te kom verander deur in die kombuis te begin. Die tema was "Dying to live", soos in Gal 6:20 staan, ons is dood maar ons lewe. Ons lewe in Christus en ons leef omdat hy uit liefde vir ons sondes gesterf het. Ons mans het slap begin raak en die hele wereld begin blameer vir die hele wereld en sy probleme. Dis tyd dat ons begin regop staan en met volle bors begin loop en mense in die oë kyk. Ons is die prinse en ons moet so begin optree. Dis tyd dat ons ons plekke inneem as hoof en priesterhoof van ons huise. Dis tyd dat ons begin glo. Glo soos in Markus 11:22. 'n Tipe geloof wat berge kan verskuif en dinge sal doen wat net ongelooflik is. Faith is believing in something you can not see. And the reward of faith is seeing what you have believed in.
So hoe was die MMC vir my? Wel daar is nie eintlik woorde hiervoor nie. Mens kan nie eintlik dit opsom in 'n paar woorde nie. Beskrywings soos "life changing", "redifing your faith", "empowering" en "eye opening" kom naby, maar dit was meer as dit. Ek het sommer baie van geloof geleer en ook oor verhoudinge. Die oggend toe ek in daai tent sit kon mens nie anders as om te besef dat God groter is as die heelal nie. Nou net om julle 'n idee te gee. Moreleta se groot kerk is groot en vat seker tussen 7000 en 10000 mense, loftus vat so 45000 mense en daar sit ons in die grootste tent in die wereld, wat 30000 plus mense vat. 'n Tent wat 4 rugby velde groot is en wat se seile alleen 200 ton weeg, wat met iets soos 17 trokke aan gery is en wat 2 weke of so vat om op te slaan. 'n Tent wat nog net 4 keer of iets opgelaan is in die wereld, van wee die koste daaraan verbonde. En hier sit ons op 'n vrydagaand, nie in die tent nie maar buite want die tent is vol en dit lyk of daar meer mense buite die tent sit as binne, en Saterdagaand was daar nog meer mense. En die beste is, alles is betaal. Ons sit op ons eie stoele so 15 meter van die tent se rand af, ander manne staan, ander manne sit op die grond en Angus praat met passie. Soos 'n vuur wat brand binne in hom wat nie geblus kan word nie. Hy getuig meer as preek en sê goed soos "I'm not the rainmaker, I'm the rainmaker's son!", en dan skreeu hy AMEN, en dan skreeu al die mans AMEN soos een man en die klank weergalm oor die vlaktes en dit gee jou hoendervleis tot in jou beenmurg in. In die verte kom die manne nog in. Hulle hou nie op nie. Na die diens, so 22:00 toe kom hulle nog in tot seker so 23:00. Soek kamp plek, en die ouens kamp enige plek. Hierdie is 'n army, 'n mighty army, 'n holy army en ek dink aan die dae van die ou testament waar die manskappe in die duisendes was en seker presies so gelyk het. Dit maak my opgewonde en daar is 'n elketriese gevoel in die kamp. Dit het vir my gevoel asof ek deel was van 'n army, mighty warriors wat besig was om hulle wapens skoon te maak, nuwe strategië te beplan en om gereed te maak vir oorlog. Soos in die fliek Gladiator of in Braveheart, met die manskappe in 'n oop veld in tente met hulle perde. Ons perde was net groter en blinker as hulle perde, lol. En Sondag het die koning van alle konings geskreeu "FREEDOM", en al sy manskappe is terug na hulle eie battlefields, slagvelde, gewapen, gepanser en alreeds in oorwinning. Die koningkryk moet terug geneem word en verlore grond moet terug geeis word. Hoekom het al hierdie manne saam getrek, uit hulle eie vrye wil, in al hulle besige skedules, van oorals, kaap, vrystaat, Namibie, Zambië, Zimbabwe, letterllik reg oor Afrika, reg oor die wereld. Daar was Amerikaaners en Ausies? Manne van alle nasies, manne van alle klasse en kleure en manne van alle ouderdomme? Wat was die rede? Net vir een rede, Jesus. Vir Jesus en deur Jesus.
En as ek weer daaroor dink smile ek terselfdetyd want iets is aan die gebeur. Dit gee hoop, hoop vir ons land, vir manne en vir gewone mense, ons moet net glo. 60000 mans, maal dit met 4, dis 240000 mense wat direk of indirek daar was. Dis 'n mighty army. Dis soos Angus sê "We are not at the beginning of a revival, we are IN revival!". Mat 6:33 sê "Soek alle eers die koningkryk en wil van God en al hierdie dinge sal vir julle gegee word". Ons was daar om die koningkryk van God te soek.
Ek wil afsluit met iets persoonliks wat op die kamp gebeur het. En ek voel dis baie belangrik en daarom wil ek dit met julle deel. Sondag oggend toe praat Angus oor Stilte tyd. Iets wat 15:7 As daar by jou ‘n arme is, een uit jou broers, in een van jou poorte, in jou land wat die HERE jou God jou sal gee, dan moet jy jou hart nie verhard en jou hand nie toehou vir jou arm broer nie.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Miracle of Giving
2Co 9:8 And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.
When God send His son , Jesus, to die for our sins, He gave us life. Not only were we forgiven for all sin we confess, but we got God's blessing as His children. This thought became real in my life again today. Receiving from God and being able to bless others. God does not only want us to be blessed, but He wants us to bless others. Paul speaks about our need and having all we need and more and then he speaks about more than enough for every good cause.
God wants us to be blessed and He wants us to be a blessing to others. God does not want us to keep everything for ourselves. The biggest gift we can have is to be a blessing to others.
When God send His son , Jesus, to die for our sins, He gave us life. Not only were we forgiven for all sin we confess, but we got God's blessing as His children. This thought became real in my life again today. Receiving from God and being able to bless others. God does not only want us to be blessed, but He wants us to bless others. Paul speaks about our need and having all we need and more and then he speaks about more than enough for every good cause.
God wants us to be blessed and He wants us to be a blessing to others. God does not want us to keep everything for ourselves. The biggest gift we can have is to be a blessing to others.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
MMC in Greytown
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
MMC
I was on my way from Cape Town to Gauteng, when I read about what God has done in Greytown. As I was driving I felt the Holy Spirit fill my car. I started praising God for raising up men of God and making them the head of the home.
On Thursday I met people who went down to Greytown. They could not stop praising God.
I got this e-mail yesterday and would like to share it with everybody. Our God is alive.
More Awesome testimonies and pictures!
This past weekend I was one of the fortunate who was able to attend the Mighty Men conference on the Shalom farm near Greytown. Many have asked me about it, and you may be one of these, or you may be someone who I thought would be interested to hear about the experience.
A few weeks ago my wife (Marguerite) was speaking to a friend of ours who mentioned that her husband was going to attend the conference. At that stage we knew nothing about it, but it seems something inspired her (the Holy Spirit) that I would probably benefit greatly by attending. She started asking people we know if they would be interested in attending, but one by one it turned out that everyone was either occupied or not in a position to attend. It felt to me that she was more eager that I should attend, than I was. Sometimes our wives know better than we what we need, and I thank her for her persistence. Eventually, on the Monday before the conference a friend of mine (Adriaan) who had been contacted by my wife indicated that he, like myself would like to attend, but didn't want to go alone. So after much deliberation and considering alternative means of getting there (bus etc.) we decided to bite the bullet, register for the conference and drive down. I logged into the site and registered only to find that I was number 37 613 where they had initially only expected 30 000. A few minutes later I had registered Adriaan (number 37 653) and realized the bookings were coming in fast and furious. Camping site allocations were meant to begin that evening.
As we slowly rolled down the road we began to get an impression of the magnitude of the event. Here is the first we became aware of the tent that had been erected for the event. The tent is called Tensile 1 and this is only the third or fourth time it has been put up. In 2002 it had an estimated value of R15mil. It was initially built for a Gatecrashers party in the UK, and part way through the construction the company ran out of funds. Someone in SA agreed to complete the construction if we could get the tent after the show, and thus it was completed and now stays in SA. It was put up in 2002 for the World Summit. Since then it has remained in storage and is generally considered too expensive to erect for any normal event. It has a seating capacity of close on 30 000 and takes 3 weeks to put up.
The road to the farm took us past some beautiful scenery, including this forest with the sun setting behind it. As we rounded the final bend and got close to the site office we received our first impression of what kind of effort and commitment had gone into the event. The masses of people we being dealt with very efficiently and the people preparing food for the campers, realizing that all the cars queuing to come in would miss the supper time, started handing out hot dogs to the cars passing by. If you're wondering, the event was fully catered for with shower facilities and provision of water and toilets... for all the people... at no cost. When I later explain the numbers of people you will acknowledge that only God can make something like this happen.
Finally finding our camp site (A 2 1) we parked our car where we could find a gap and get ready for the first session. Walking up to the main tent a brisk walk away there was an electric atmosphere with people blowing trumpets and generally sounding more like an English football match rather than a men's conference. Fortunately we had decided to carry our chairs with us, because when we got there there were a huge amount of people sitting outside the tent as the interior was already full. I estimate the crowd capacity at that stage at about 45 000 people... and that was just the start. Even sitting on the outskirts of the tent, it was easy to feel part of the event as the tent has open sides, and the screens are easily visible in the night.
Angus Buchan started the even with a bang, and immediately challenged the men to stop their nonsense, break with the wrong things they were doing, recommit themselves to their families, wives and God. He's a very straight forward person, and as they say in Afrikaans, 'plat op die aarde'. He is a farmer, and doesn't mince his words. He calls a spade a spade, and has conservative values which come straight from the bible. I am generally sceptical of evangelists, and was worried that he would try to use words to whip us into a frenzy. But that is not the man I learned to know at this conference. He has a genuine passion for the Lord and wants people to make right with him and harvest the most from the relationship. I truly believe that God moves through this man.
I estimate that 80% of the people at the conference were Afrikaans speaking, and probably 80% of those were farmers. These guys are hurting, and life is not easy for them. Their well being, culture, masculinity and many other factors are under huge pressure, and I think Angus speaks to their hearts. Below are 2 photos of the inside of the tent. By this time there were over 55 000 people in attendance.
The campsites were really well organised. 4 blocks of land had been left un-planted for the event, and the only money asked for for the event was a camping fee to cover the costs of not producing crops on those stretches (R100). As mentioned, running water was provided via some ingenious use of irrigation taps and piping, and each camp site had a dedicated food tent to provide the campers with coffee and hot food. The picture below is of one of the meals being dished up. A pretty tasty bunny chow made of a full half loaf of fresh
The picture below is of our camp site (A - Red Block). I'm guessing about 10-15 000 people camped here. On the horizon you can see the big tent and the food tent is in the top-middle of the camp site. The people worked really well together, and the atmosphere was always positive and happy. Seldom have a seen people shaking hands and laughing together when they have bumped into each other in the bustle of large crowds, yet here I saw it all the time.
This picture is not my own, but comes from the www.mightymen.org.za web page. It shows the tent and part of the Green camping block.
Here is the daily view we had of the tent walking up to it for the sessions. Below are 2 pictures showing the inside of the tent during the sessions. The atmosphere in the tent was pretty wild, and the noise created by (at this point) over 60 000 men shouting 'AMEN' or singing praise and worship was awesome. I don't think I've laughed, cried and got goose bumps quite as much before in my life.
This is the import point I want to make. The conference was a very personal and meaningful thing for me. No two people had exactly the same experience, and no one will be able to truly do the event justice by explaining it. Pictures and numbers are impressive, but feeling the Holy Spirit move through these men and blow the glowing embers in their hearts into a billowing flame is not something you can describe. All I can say is that it was a life changing event. I don't think the country will be the same again. I'm sure that Satan has done a fair amount of damage already and made sure that a lot of those red hot coals have been reduced to simmering embers, but I also know that there are still thousands upon thousands of Mighty Men who are going to move out into this country and begin a change that can't be stopped. As Uncle Angus says... 'We aren't starting a revival... We are in revival!'
Amen and all glory to God. May he bless these men, all the people who worked their butts off to make this happen, and to servants like Angus and his family who opened up their home and hearts to ordinary men, and in obedience to God, changed a nation. If things work out, I hope to see you there next year!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Do as commanded
Deu 8:6 So then, do as the LORD has commanded you: live according to his laws and obey him.
When I am in situations in my life and feel as if I am the only person on earth and God forgot about me, something happens and I feel the presence of God filling my whole body. God is so amazing and good. God can only work when our life is trusted in his hands. Gods way of dealing in our life is through miracles. I took a drive from Cape Town to JHB and while driving, God told me to expect a miracle. I seem to try and help God with miracles and that is when I start picking the channel through which God will manifest my miracle. It seldom to never happens the way I for casted.
What happened in Greytown over this last weekend astonished me. 60 000 men coming from all over the world to pray and praise God on a little farm in the middle of nowhere . I read it and the holy Spirit told me that God is in control.
God command us as Christians to: 1. Live according to my law 2. Obey me. The word command is not a question, it is a command, without any excuses.
The very next verse is a promise from God:
Deu 8:7 The LORD your God is bringing you into a fertile land---a land that has rivers and springs, and underground streams gushing out into the valleys and hills;
Deu 8:10 You will have all you want to eat, and you will give thanks to the LORD your God for the fertile land that he has given you.
We know God the provider in the Bible. God need to become the provider in our life
Deu 8:18 Remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to become rich. He does this because he is still faithful today to the covenant that he made with your ancestors.
Expect a miracle, which will change your life Today!!
When I am in situations in my life and feel as if I am the only person on earth and God forgot about me, something happens and I feel the presence of God filling my whole body. God is so amazing and good. God can only work when our life is trusted in his hands. Gods way of dealing in our life is through miracles. I took a drive from Cape Town to JHB and while driving, God told me to expect a miracle. I seem to try and help God with miracles and that is when I start picking the channel through which God will manifest my miracle. It seldom to never happens the way I for casted.
What happened in Greytown over this last weekend astonished me. 60 000 men coming from all over the world to pray and praise God on a little farm in the middle of nowhere . I read it and the holy Spirit told me that God is in control.
God command us as Christians to: 1. Live according to my law 2. Obey me. The word command is not a question, it is a command, without any excuses.
The very next verse is a promise from God:
Deu 8:7 The LORD your God is bringing you into a fertile land---a land that has rivers and springs, and underground streams gushing out into the valleys and hills;
Deu 8:10 You will have all you want to eat, and you will give thanks to the LORD your God for the fertile land that he has given you.
We know God the provider in the Bible. God need to become the provider in our life
Deu 8:18 Remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to become rich. He does this because he is still faithful today to the covenant that he made with your ancestors.
Expect a miracle, which will change your life Today!!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Wait
by Russell Kelfer
Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate . . .
And the Master so gently said, "Wait."
"Wait? you say wait?" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I'm claiming your Word.
"My future and all to which I relate
Hangs in the balance, and you tell me to wait?
I'm needing a 'yes', a go-ahead sign,
Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.
"You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
And Lord I've been asking, and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply."
Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate,
As my Master replied again, "Wait."
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting for what?"
He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine . . .
and He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.
"I could give all you seek and pleased you would be.
You'd have what you want, but you wouldn't know Me.
You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint.
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint.
"You'd not learn to see through clouds of despair;
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there.
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence are all you can see.
"You'd never experience the fullness of love
When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart.
"The glow of my comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that's beyond getting just what you ask
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.
"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
But, oh, the loss, if you missed what I'm doing in you.
"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.
And though oft My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still . . . Wait."
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Feeling Alone (2)
Psa 88:1 LORD God, my savior, I cry out all day, and at night I come before you.
Psa 88:2 Hear my prayer; listen to my cry for help!
Psa 88:3 So many troubles have fallen on me that I am close to death.
Psa 88:4 I am like all others who are about to die; all my strength is gone.
The psalmist wrote a psalm which a lot of Christians must have felt in there life during certain stages before. A cry unto God from your heart, not knowing when or how your life will get better.
This is a cry of unbroken distress. No pious words of trust or hope soften the words of grief, accusation, anger, and questioning. The unusual thing about this Psalm is that the prayer never mitigates the completeness of his plight with any hint of hope or praise. Like Job the psalmist seem to have no hope or have no reason to praise God. This is like when we cry before God as we pray and wishing God will release us from our earthly duty and take us home.
Speaking to God the psalmist ends Psalm 88 with: " You have made even my closest friends abandon me, and darkness is my only companion."
I'm glad we have Psalm 88. There are times and conditions that we experience as unmitigated sadness. There are circumstances that are hopeless to us and seem and feel hopeless.
Psa 88:2 Hear my prayer; listen to my cry for help!
Psa 88:3 So many troubles have fallen on me that I am close to death.
Psa 88:4 I am like all others who are about to die; all my strength is gone.
The psalmist wrote a psalm which a lot of Christians must have felt in there life during certain stages before. A cry unto God from your heart, not knowing when or how your life will get better.
This is a cry of unbroken distress. No pious words of trust or hope soften the words of grief, accusation, anger, and questioning. The unusual thing about this Psalm is that the prayer never mitigates the completeness of his plight with any hint of hope or praise. Like Job the psalmist seem to have no hope or have no reason to praise God. This is like when we cry before God as we pray and wishing God will release us from our earthly duty and take us home.
Speaking to God the psalmist ends Psalm 88 with: " You have made even my closest friends abandon me, and darkness is my only companion."
I'm glad we have Psalm 88. There are times and conditions that we experience as unmitigated sadness. There are circumstances that are hopeless to us and seem and feel hopeless.
This Psalm stands to affirm that such expressions of grief are legitimate. It is not faithless to cry out in helpless and hopeless anguish. It is not wrong to place responsibility for such wrongs at the feet of God. And you don't have to appease God with some word of piety, hope or praise.
We can be completely honest toward God with our thoughts and feelings. And God is big enough to take it all. God won't punish us for being hurt and angry, even hurt and angry at God.
In fact, only God can take this kind of suffering. To give it to God might restrain us from internalizing our angry grief into a depression or externalizing by lashing out at someone else. Only God is great enough to take this kind of misery and not compound it. In Psalm 89 it seems as if that dark and lonely moment have passed. In our darkest moment we can cry out to God and just let go and know He understands, just as He know what the outcome will be.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Knowing God's will. (1)
Php 3:10 All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death,
As things change around me and I feel lost not knowing what is God's will and what not, I turn back to the Word for answers. Paul wrote that all he wants is to know Christ. I long as Paul did. I need to know God everyday in my life. As I listen to people around me and I see how they seek to know God's will and how they hope that they are in God's will, it is strange that those who do not seek for a relationship with God is those with the joy.
Col 3:1 You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God.
Col 3:2 Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
Col 3:3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Col 3:4 Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!
The questions I ask myself is where my heart is and where my blessing in God is. Again Paul wrote that we should put our hearts on the things that are in heaven. I lost a lot of God's will in my life through dumb decisions I made. Sinful decisions affected my life in a way I could not comprehend. When looking at pictures of my children, I see years lost in their life's which I was never part of. These are years I can never get back and can never change.
As easter weekend comes to a close and we reflected on the death and resurrection of Jesus, I realize that yet another year came where God sent us a invite to be part of this forgiveness and resurrection in hope and life.
I know God's will is for me to accept His death on the cross as a offering into life.
I know God's will is for me to accept I made mistakes but he forgave me.
As things change around me and I feel lost not knowing what is God's will and what not, I turn back to the Word for answers. Paul wrote that all he wants is to know Christ. I long as Paul did. I need to know God everyday in my life. As I listen to people around me and I see how they seek to know God's will and how they hope that they are in God's will, it is strange that those who do not seek for a relationship with God is those with the joy.
Col 3:1 You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God.
Col 3:2 Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
Col 3:3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Col 3:4 Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!
The questions I ask myself is where my heart is and where my blessing in God is. Again Paul wrote that we should put our hearts on the things that are in heaven. I lost a lot of God's will in my life through dumb decisions I made. Sinful decisions affected my life in a way I could not comprehend. When looking at pictures of my children, I see years lost in their life's which I was never part of. These are years I can never get back and can never change.
As easter weekend comes to a close and we reflected on the death and resurrection of Jesus, I realize that yet another year came where God sent us a invite to be part of this forgiveness and resurrection in hope and life.
I know God's will is for me to accept His death on the cross as a offering into life.
I know God's will is for me to accept I made mistakes but he forgave me.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Feeling alone.
Mat 27:46 At about three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud shout, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why did you abandon me?"
Going to church on this easter Friday, was again a very good experience to me. It was good to see the church nice and full. Not being a member at the church was nice as well, because I was expecting nothing. The message went on the darkness that fell on earth and some peoples fear of the dark.
With me not scared of the dark, something else out of the scriptures spoke to my heart. When Jesus felt so alone on the cross, that He felt abandoned by His Father. With the worlds sin on Him as sacrifice, there came a moment when He felt totally alone. Darkness covered the earth for three hours.
This scripture made me realize the prize Jesus paid for me and you. How often in this last month I felt totally alone. As security structures collapse around me and so called safety nets fold, I once again turn to Matthew 27. We are living in a world that are crucifying the Word of God day by day. It becomes normal to look for a logical answer instead of using faith. We know there are some things only God can change. Only His presence can fill loneliness and make us feel belong.
Mat 27:22 "What, then, shall I do with Jesus called the Messiah?" Pilate asked them. "Crucify him!" they all answered.
I need to live the Jesus that died so that I could live. Very often I crucify Jesus through my action, when people ask what Jesus the Messiah can do for them. Every day I confront decisions I need to make. Everyday Jesus waits for me to include Him in my decisions.
Through His loneliness on the cross, I need never be alone again.
I thank God for knowing Him as my Saviour and that I never need to be alone again, because He paid the price for me today 2000 years ago.
Jas 1:5 "But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all."
Going to church on this easter Friday, was again a very good experience to me. It was good to see the church nice and full. Not being a member at the church was nice as well, because I was expecting nothing. The message went on the darkness that fell on earth and some peoples fear of the dark.
With me not scared of the dark, something else out of the scriptures spoke to my heart. When Jesus felt so alone on the cross, that He felt abandoned by His Father. With the worlds sin on Him as sacrifice, there came a moment when He felt totally alone. Darkness covered the earth for three hours.
This scripture made me realize the prize Jesus paid for me and you. How often in this last month I felt totally alone. As security structures collapse around me and so called safety nets fold, I once again turn to Matthew 27. We are living in a world that are crucifying the Word of God day by day. It becomes normal to look for a logical answer instead of using faith. We know there are some things only God can change. Only His presence can fill loneliness and make us feel belong.
Mat 27:22 "What, then, shall I do with Jesus called the Messiah?" Pilate asked them. "Crucify him!" they all answered.
I need to live the Jesus that died so that I could live. Very often I crucify Jesus through my action, when people ask what Jesus the Messiah can do for them. Every day I confront decisions I need to make. Everyday Jesus waits for me to include Him in my decisions.
Through His loneliness on the cross, I need never be alone again.
I thank God for knowing Him as my Saviour and that I never need to be alone again, because He paid the price for me today 2000 years ago.
Jas 1:5 "But if any of you lack wisdom, you should pray to God, who will give it to you; because God gives generously and graciously to all."
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The need to belong.
To belong is every persons longing. From being children and growing up to being adults this longing to belong is always there. God created us with a need to want Him and if this need is not fulfilled it will leave us with a longing to belong. There is a lot of substitutes on offer to create a sense of belonging. They can never change what we long, but sometimes just sometimes they make us feel like being part of something.
God created us to belong to Him.
Tit 2:14 "He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good."
Between us and the world is the cross of Jesus. We need to change our mindset to Christ and what He stood for.
Col 3:2 Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
Col 3:3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Col 3:4 Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!
God created us to belong to Him.
Tit 2:14 "He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good."
Between us and the world is the cross of Jesus. We need to change our mindset to Christ and what He stood for.
Col 3:2 Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth.
Col 3:3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Col 3:4 Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Believe the written Word
Mar 11:17 He then taught the people: "It is written in the Scriptures that God said, 'My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations.' But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!"
Jesus teachings to teachers in the temple is remarkable. While they are teachers of the word, Jesus teach them out of the word. Reality out of the Word. A scripture that puts the house of God in perspective. Jesus told them that they changed the temple and that which the temple stands for.
This was not new to them. They knew that they were doing wrong. It just became more easy as time past. When He walked into the temple, He had to change the temple back into a place of worship.
Jas 1:21 "So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you."
In James I find another cleansing period, this time the temple of our souls. The scripture hear talks about accepting God's word in our lives. As we see Jesus quoting the Word and the power and victory that comes from pronouncing God's word, I realize that is why the word and Holy Spirit was left to us.
Having a bad week, where everything seems to happen to your life and there don't seem to be answers. I turn to God's Word and find all the questions I had, was already answered in the Word of God. Now I need to accept what God already gave me and practice the principles.
Heb 6:5 "they knew from experience that God's word is good, and they had felt the powers of the coming age. "
To know by experience means that they tried it and knew that it was good. As I need God in my life, I realized that cleansing into faith builds a place of worship and understanding with God.
Luk 11:28 But Jesus answered, "Rather, how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"
Jesus teachings to teachers in the temple is remarkable. While they are teachers of the word, Jesus teach them out of the word. Reality out of the Word. A scripture that puts the house of God in perspective. Jesus told them that they changed the temple and that which the temple stands for.
This was not new to them. They knew that they were doing wrong. It just became more easy as time past. When He walked into the temple, He had to change the temple back into a place of worship.
Jas 1:21 "So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you."
In James I find another cleansing period, this time the temple of our souls. The scripture hear talks about accepting God's word in our lives. As we see Jesus quoting the Word and the power and victory that comes from pronouncing God's word, I realize that is why the word and Holy Spirit was left to us.
Having a bad week, where everything seems to happen to your life and there don't seem to be answers. I turn to God's Word and find all the questions I had, was already answered in the Word of God. Now I need to accept what God already gave me and practice the principles.
Heb 6:5 "they knew from experience that God's word is good, and they had felt the powers of the coming age. "
To know by experience means that they tried it and knew that it was good. As I need God in my life, I realized that cleansing into faith builds a place of worship and understanding with God.
Luk 11:28 But Jesus answered, "Rather, how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it!"
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I need more Faith.
Luk 17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, " Make our faith greater."
Of all the things the apostles could ask for, they asked for their faith to be increased. Jesus in the next verse told the apostles that if they had faith like a mustard seed, they will see and perform miracles. Everything in which our relationship with God dwells is born out of faith. Faith is the relationship with God. Without faith it is impossible to please God.
Heb 12:2 "Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne".
Faith is not a feeling, but a way of life. Our feelings are all over the place most of the times. One day we wake up and feel great and we feel strong. A few hours later something happens and suddenly we feel weak. Through all this feelings our faith should be in control. Faith comes through knowing God and not through how good I feel.
This is why it is one of the nicest things the apostles could ask for more faith. If you ask God for a miracle in any situation it can only happen with your faith in God.
Like the apostles, I would like to ask God to make my faith greater.
Of all the things the apostles could ask for, they asked for their faith to be increased. Jesus in the next verse told the apostles that if they had faith like a mustard seed, they will see and perform miracles. Everything in which our relationship with God dwells is born out of faith. Faith is the relationship with God. Without faith it is impossible to please God.
Heb 12:2 "Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne".
Faith is not a feeling, but a way of life. Our feelings are all over the place most of the times. One day we wake up and feel great and we feel strong. A few hours later something happens and suddenly we feel weak. Through all this feelings our faith should be in control. Faith comes through knowing God and not through how good I feel.
This is why it is one of the nicest things the apostles could ask for more faith. If you ask God for a miracle in any situation it can only happen with your faith in God.
Like the apostles, I would like to ask God to make my faith greater.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Lewens doel: deur Solly Ozrovech
“Jou lewe moet ‘n doel hê. Hierdie gedagte moet boaan jou sakelys van elke dag staan. ‘n Mens moet iets hê waarna hy streef, waarvoor jy werk, waarna jy reikhalsend uitsien.
Bevestig jou doelwit vir elke dag en strewe onverpoosd daarna.”
Jy moet terdeë besef dat jy sonder geloof totaal verlore is. Dit is die beginsel of vertrekpunt van elke dag.
‘n Beginsel is ‘n eerste ding waardeer al die ander dinge bepaal word.
God is die beginsel van die heelal, die Alfa. Wees daarom daagliks van God bewus. Vertrou Hom vir die geringste dingetjies en elke dag sal ‘n geloofsavontuur van heerlike opwinding wees.
Die teenoorgestelde van geloof is vrees en dit is ‘n vyand wat ons daagliks martel.
Identifiseer elke dag jou vrees sodat dit jou nie voortdurend regeer nie. Maak jou dagspreek die woorde van Hebreërs 13:6 …”die Here is my helper, ek ken geen vrees nie: wat
Elke dag is ‘n vakleerlingskap of proeftydperk vir ewigheid. Die lewe grens aan die ewigheid en is ‘n voorbereiding daarvoor. As ek elke dag reg tel en die tyd uitkoop; as ek lewe soos die Heiland dit van my verwag, leef ek nie meer in vrees vir die ewigheid nie.
Probeer vir ‘n paar weke om elke oomblik van elke dag op ‘n konstruktiewe wyse te benut.
Moenie verbaas waas as jy dan spoedig by daardie groep mense aansluit wat ‘n gesindheid van liefde teenoor die lewe ontwikkel nie, wat elke dag gelukkig is, wat elke dag met ‘n glimlag op die gesig en diepe dankbaarheid in die hart tegemoetgaan. Hou daarom die gebed in jou hart:
“leer my my dae so gebruik dat ek wysheid bekom!”
Monday, March 10, 2008
Where is my focus?
After a pleasant weekend, everything turns back to normal on a Monday. I find people give their worries a day or two off over a weekend. Monday is the day when the cycle starts all over again, or is this just with me? I seem to have a weekend break on all my daily problems. I kind of relax and every now and then feel like things are going to work out for the best.
This week starts with all the usual problems. I know this is going to be a rough week.
Turning to Jesus and reading a piece out of Psalms, I know this week is going to be a great week.
My problems is nothing compared to other peoples problems, but to me they are huge. I realized this morning again that I need to change my focus. God is my provider.
Psa 30:1-12 I praise you, LORD, because you have saved me and kept my enemies from gloating over me.
(2) I cried to you for help, O LORD my God, and you healed me;
(3) you kept me from the grave. I was on my way to the depths below, but you restored my life.
(4) Sing praise to the LORD, all his faithful people! Remember what the Holy One has done, and give him thanks!
(5) His anger lasts only a moment, his goodness for a lifetime. Tears may flow in the night, but joy comes in the morning.
(6) I felt secure and said to myself, "I will never be defeated."
(7) You were good to me, LORD; you protected me like a mountain fortress. But then you hid yourself from me, and I was afraid.
(8) I called to you, LORD; I begged for your help:
(9) "What will you gain from my death? What profit from my going to the grave? Are dead people able to praise you? Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?
(10) Hear me, LORD, and be merciful! Help me, LORD!"
(11) You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance; you have taken away my sorrow and surrounded me with joy.
(12) So I will not be silent; I will sing praise to you. LORD, you are my God; I will give you thanks forever.
Reading Psalm 30, I realized there need to be a change inside me.
1. I will not be silent
2. I will sing praise
3. I will give thanks
This brings me back to where my focus is. Is my focus on God or on my Monday problem planner?
I have the choice to choose my focus.
This week starts with all the usual problems. I know this is going to be a rough week.
Turning to Jesus and reading a piece out of Psalms, I know this week is going to be a great week.
My problems is nothing compared to other peoples problems, but to me they are huge. I realized this morning again that I need to change my focus. God is my provider.
Psa 30:1-12 I praise you, LORD, because you have saved me and kept my enemies from gloating over me.
(2) I cried to you for help, O LORD my God, and you healed me;
(3) you kept me from the grave. I was on my way to the depths below, but you restored my life.
(4) Sing praise to the LORD, all his faithful people! Remember what the Holy One has done, and give him thanks!
(5) His anger lasts only a moment, his goodness for a lifetime. Tears may flow in the night, but joy comes in the morning.
(6) I felt secure and said to myself, "I will never be defeated."
(7) You were good to me, LORD; you protected me like a mountain fortress. But then you hid yourself from me, and I was afraid.
(8) I called to you, LORD; I begged for your help:
(9) "What will you gain from my death? What profit from my going to the grave? Are dead people able to praise you? Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?
(10) Hear me, LORD, and be merciful! Help me, LORD!"
(11) You have changed my sadness into a joyful dance; you have taken away my sorrow and surrounded me with joy.
(12) So I will not be silent; I will sing praise to you. LORD, you are my God; I will give you thanks forever.
Reading Psalm 30, I realized there need to be a change inside me.
1. I will not be silent
2. I will sing praise
3. I will give thanks
This brings me back to where my focus is. Is my focus on God or on my Monday problem planner?
I have the choice to choose my focus.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Who is your God??
Exo 32:4 He took the earrings, melted them, poured the gold into a mold, and made a gold bull-calf. "The people said, Israel, this is our god, who led us out of Egypt."
This scripture made me realize how we easily follow a path away from God and stamp it with a god imprint. The people of Israel made themselves a god with gold and somehow connected it to their religion. When Moses left to be with God, they convinced themselves that this new god was the god that led them out of Egypt. They still needed to worship, but the new god was just more practical than their God that cared for them and loved them.
Exo 32:7 The Lord said to Moses, " Hurry and go back down, because your people, whom you led out of Egypt, have sinned and rejected me.
Exo 32: 8: "They have already left the way that I commanded them to follow; they have made a bull-calf out of melted gold and have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They are saying that this is their god, who led them out of Egypt."
I believe that many of us are busy with a gold bull-calf and calling it god. Religion or non religion is becoming the modern way of thinking. There is a search worldwide for a type of religion. The more people search, the more they find other ways to worship. As long as the "religion" do not have the word Jesus in. When you take Jesus out it is called religiously tolerant and most constitutions all over the world where democracy rules, will have this in.
It is strange that when you let people choose their god, there is almost always a attack on Jesus Christ and God. Countries with stricter religious rule would not dare to say something about their religion. Neither would the world. We all read the newspaper on the cartoon on Mohamed. Their were such a uproar all over the world about it. Yet daily Christianity is under attack and the world is quiet.
2Pet 3:3-5 " Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
And saying , Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water"
Are the world seeking for a god or running from God.
This scripture made me realize how we easily follow a path away from God and stamp it with a god imprint. The people of Israel made themselves a god with gold and somehow connected it to their religion. When Moses left to be with God, they convinced themselves that this new god was the god that led them out of Egypt. They still needed to worship, but the new god was just more practical than their God that cared for them and loved them.
Exo 32:7 The Lord said to Moses, " Hurry and go back down, because your people, whom you led out of Egypt, have sinned and rejected me.
Exo 32: 8: "They have already left the way that I commanded them to follow; they have made a bull-calf out of melted gold and have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They are saying that this is their god, who led them out of Egypt."
I believe that many of us are busy with a gold bull-calf and calling it god. Religion or non religion is becoming the modern way of thinking. There is a search worldwide for a type of religion. The more people search, the more they find other ways to worship. As long as the "religion" do not have the word Jesus in. When you take Jesus out it is called religiously tolerant and most constitutions all over the world where democracy rules, will have this in.
It is strange that when you let people choose their god, there is almost always a attack on Jesus Christ and God. Countries with stricter religious rule would not dare to say something about their religion. Neither would the world. We all read the newspaper on the cartoon on Mohamed. Their were such a uproar all over the world about it. Yet daily Christianity is under attack and the world is quiet.
2Pet 3:3-5 " Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
And saying , Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water"
Are the world seeking for a god or running from God.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Miracles are born out of Prayer
Living as a Christian and walking with God is a wonderful experience of daily miracles. As I study the Word, I realized that God works when all other resources we may think of has passed.
As we study Jesus here on earth, I see that His whole ministry was based on prayer.
Matt 14:23 " After sending the people away, He went up a hill by himself to pray. When evening came, Jesus was there alone;"
Two things jump out of this scripture :
1. Jesus just fed 5000 people on five loafs and two fish. After this miracle Jesus took some time to pray. Prayer was His communication with the Father and his strength here on earth.
2. Jesus send the disciples away and spend this time alone in prayer.
Matt 6:6 " But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you."
The miracle of knowing God and seeing His hand in our life is one of the best feelings we can have. When everything is going wrong in my life, I know it is time to spend time with God alone.
Being secure in my belief that my Father is capable, brings out peace that can only come from our Father.
Faith and prayer becomes miracles. The secret is not to loose your faith or loose alone time with God.
Expect miracles when you pray.
As we study Jesus here on earth, I see that His whole ministry was based on prayer.
Matt 14:23 " After sending the people away, He went up a hill by himself to pray. When evening came, Jesus was there alone;"
Two things jump out of this scripture :
1. Jesus just fed 5000 people on five loafs and two fish. After this miracle Jesus took some time to pray. Prayer was His communication with the Father and his strength here on earth.
2. Jesus send the disciples away and spend this time alone in prayer.
Matt 6:6 " But when you pray, go to your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what you do in private, will reward you."
The miracle of knowing God and seeing His hand in our life is one of the best feelings we can have. When everything is going wrong in my life, I know it is time to spend time with God alone.
Being secure in my belief that my Father is capable, brings out peace that can only come from our Father.
Faith and prayer becomes miracles. The secret is not to loose your faith or loose alone time with God.
Expect miracles when you pray.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
From Faith to Miracles
The whole idea of Christianity is based on one concept, Faith. When I read through the Bible there is not one logical decision that made a miracle. In Mat 14 Jesus told His disciples to take five loaves and two fish and feed thousands. Their logic told them to send the people away so that they can buy food for themselves. For this miracle to happen, they had to have faith in what God said.
Heb 11:1 "To have faith is to be sure of things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see."
When you can see it, it does not require faith. I can never understand why I want to bring logic in my relationship with God. All the people worth mentioning in the Bible, were there because of there faith in God. A faith that overcome all logic and reason became a miracle.
Our body reaps the benefits of faith.
Through faith Noah and his family were saved.
Through faith Abraham had Isaac.
Through faith Moses left Egypt.
This list go on through the Bible. Plans which did not succeed was made in sin or logic.
Our God is a God of miracles and miracles can only happen when we let Him through our faith in Him.
We trust God to forgive us our sins and trust Him for eternal life. Go one step further and trust God for everything.
Rom 8:15 " For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, Father! my Father!"
Heb 11:1 "To have faith is to be sure of things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see."
When you can see it, it does not require faith. I can never understand why I want to bring logic in my relationship with God. All the people worth mentioning in the Bible, were there because of there faith in God. A faith that overcome all logic and reason became a miracle.
Our body reaps the benefits of faith.
Through faith Noah and his family were saved.
Through faith Abraham had Isaac.
Through faith Moses left Egypt.
This list go on through the Bible. Plans which did not succeed was made in sin or logic.
Our God is a God of miracles and miracles can only happen when we let Him through our faith in Him.
We trust God to forgive us our sins and trust Him for eternal life. Go one step further and trust God for everything.
Rom 8:15 " For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God's children, and by the Spirit's power we cry out to God, Father! my Father!"
Monday, March 3, 2008
Happy are those
This scripture comes up quite a lot when I read the Bible.
Psalm 19:8 : " The laws of the Lord are right and those who obey them are happy. The commands of the Lord are just and give understanding to the mind."
In Psalm 34:8 " Find out for yourself how good the Lord is. Happy are those who find safety with Him."
This is a challenge David put to us as believers. Find out for yourself. If you things in your life that you are not happy about, you should give the things that make you unhappy to God. By doing that you will find out for yourself how good the Lord is. The book of Psalms are full of guidelines on how to be happy. It also have reasons why you could be unhappy.
When I move out of my mental, logical way of seeing things and into God's will, I will find peace and happiness. Thus, stop to reason about everything and trust God.
In Matt.5:6 Jesus said: " Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy them fully!"
Here we get assurance from Jesus, that when you do God's will, you will be Fully satisfied. Not that we will have some satisfaction, but that our satisfaction will be full. Full means there is no more space left. We will long no more.
To find happiness and peace in your life, you must trust God to be capable to do miracles in all areas in your life. Jesus said in Matt 11:6 and in Luk 7:23 :"How happy are those who have no doubts about me!"
What a wonderful place to be in. No doubts on what Jesus did and will keep doing in our life's. I am walking day by day in trusting God. There is no plan B I can fall back on. Plan A is Jesus and that is all I need.
My prayer today is:
Father I need your joy, peace and happiness in my life. May all my doubts disappear in my knowledge of You and the fact that You never failed me yet. I trust You Lord and my faith is in You.
Psalm 19:8 : " The laws of the Lord are right and those who obey them are happy. The commands of the Lord are just and give understanding to the mind."
In Psalm 34:8 " Find out for yourself how good the Lord is. Happy are those who find safety with Him."
This is a challenge David put to us as believers. Find out for yourself. If you things in your life that you are not happy about, you should give the things that make you unhappy to God. By doing that you will find out for yourself how good the Lord is. The book of Psalms are full of guidelines on how to be happy. It also have reasons why you could be unhappy.
When I move out of my mental, logical way of seeing things and into God's will, I will find peace and happiness. Thus, stop to reason about everything and trust God.
In Matt.5:6 Jesus said: " Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires; God will satisfy them fully!"
Here we get assurance from Jesus, that when you do God's will, you will be Fully satisfied. Not that we will have some satisfaction, but that our satisfaction will be full. Full means there is no more space left. We will long no more.
To find happiness and peace in your life, you must trust God to be capable to do miracles in all areas in your life. Jesus said in Matt 11:6 and in Luk 7:23 :"How happy are those who have no doubts about me!"
What a wonderful place to be in. No doubts on what Jesus did and will keep doing in our life's. I am walking day by day in trusting God. There is no plan B I can fall back on. Plan A is Jesus and that is all I need.
My prayer today is:
Father I need your joy, peace and happiness in my life. May all my doubts disappear in my knowledge of You and the fact that You never failed me yet. I trust You Lord and my faith is in You.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Logic vs Faith
We live in a world where everything is taught through logic. Doctors seldom accept miracles in the their patients life's. If a patient had cancer and the cancer is gone, the first diagnosis was misdiagnosed. In that way everything stays logical. Never before in my life time was there such a tremendous attack on Christian thinking, faith and believe. It is no wonder we as Christians fall in the same secular logic trap. It is better explained logical than to tell somebody that it is a miracle born out of the hand of God.
When the Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptians, their logic told them that they were going to die. In Exo. 14:13 Moses gave the people a few very amazing instructions.
1. Don't be afraid
Fear is definitely a mindset. It is something we need to act upon to let it happen. When things go so very wrong in our life our logical step is to worry and fear. I decide to fear the landlord, bank, disease and all other things I don't have control over. Moses said don't fear.
2. Stand your Ground
Standing your ground is easy when your bedroom door is locked and you are safely under your blankets on the bed. It is not so easy when you are in the open and there are thousands of fully armed men coming towards you, trying to kill you. Your logic says: "Run, run as fast as you can." Moses moved away from logic and into God's principles. He told them to stop looking at the Egyptians and start looking at God.
Stop fearing and don't move from the place you are standing. If they would do that they would see God in action and never see the Egyptians again.
If we can conquer a problem in life by trusting God, that problem will never be a problem again, because we will know God gave us victory on it before and will do so again.
Exo. 14:14 " The Lord will fight for you, and all you have to do is keep still."
Zec. 4:6 " The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the Lord: " You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my Spirit."
I believe that it is time to do the most non logical thing and that is to trust God with everything we have, when or minds wants logical answers.
When the Israelites were fleeing from the Egyptians, their logic told them that they were going to die. In Exo. 14:13 Moses gave the people a few very amazing instructions.
1. Don't be afraid
Fear is definitely a mindset. It is something we need to act upon to let it happen. When things go so very wrong in our life our logical step is to worry and fear. I decide to fear the landlord, bank, disease and all other things I don't have control over. Moses said don't fear.
2. Stand your Ground
Standing your ground is easy when your bedroom door is locked and you are safely under your blankets on the bed. It is not so easy when you are in the open and there are thousands of fully armed men coming towards you, trying to kill you. Your logic says: "Run, run as fast as you can." Moses moved away from logic and into God's principles. He told them to stop looking at the Egyptians and start looking at God.
Stop fearing and don't move from the place you are standing. If they would do that they would see God in action and never see the Egyptians again.
If we can conquer a problem in life by trusting God, that problem will never be a problem again, because we will know God gave us victory on it before and will do so again.
Exo. 14:14 " The Lord will fight for you, and all you have to do is keep still."
Zec. 4:6 " The angel told me to give Zerubbabel this message from the Lord: " You will succeed, not by military might or by your own strength, but by my Spirit."
I believe that it is time to do the most non logical thing and that is to trust God with everything we have, when or minds wants logical answers.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Life in all it's Fullness.
Dr Johan Badenhorst send me a piece he wrote about four years ago. The questions he asked made me think about what it is we need and want from live. One of my prayers everyday is what does God want me to do.
This morning I read from Joh.10:10 :"The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life ... life in all its fullness."
Jesus promised us not only life, but life in all it's fullness. Jesus gave it, I need to take it.
Where we are going into the weekend, let this not be the end of the week, but the beginning of life in Jesus. Life in all it's fullness.
A confusing mind
- We start things and then we run into it with the hope other people will do it for us.
- Why do we need people to do it for us.
- Is it because we are financially weak?
- Don’t we value the power of the mind, our experience, the ability to generate ideas, to formulate ideas.
- We can take people on a way they never thought possible – why don’t we do it for ourselves
- We hope that people will do things for us and we belief that they can read our minds
- we rush into deals with the hope they will pay for our ideas – how can they if we don’t make the rules
- We must make things happen
- We cannot invoice because we sell a sports car from the scrap yard and present it as small VW without wheels – why should they pay.
- We must get out of this junk yard mentality
- A sports car belongs in a smart showroom – we must act and walk the talk of excellence
- If we act and talk as poor man, how can we be rich man
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Take control over your mind
Every morning when I wake up, I have a choice of what is going through my mind. I can stay in bed or I can lift my body out of bed and get up. This is choices which is obvious to everybody. We do it without thinking. Depression and stress can make it more difficult to make these decisions. This cancer causes the mind to let the body make decisions on how you feel and act upon that.
We as Christians have a choice on what our decision will be. We can live in the flesh or the Spirit. Our decision has a effect on the outcome of how our life will be.
Paul wrote in Rom 8:5: "Those who lives as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who lives as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants."
If I live by my flesh, my decisions is all about me. If I live by the Spirit my decision is what God wants.
I need to choose which part is taking control of my life when I get up in the morning. I pray that you have a glorious day walking in the Spirit with God.
Eph. 1:19 " and how very great is His power at work in us who believe. "
We as Christians have a choice on what our decision will be. We can live in the flesh or the Spirit. Our decision has a effect on the outcome of how our life will be.
Paul wrote in Rom 8:5: "Those who lives as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who lives as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants."
If I live by my flesh, my decisions is all about me. If I live by the Spirit my decision is what God wants.
I need to choose which part is taking control of my life when I get up in the morning. I pray that you have a glorious day walking in the Spirit with God.
Eph. 1:19 " and how very great is His power at work in us who believe. "
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
God saves mother and son
This letter was sent to me from Raymond and Lorette Dye from African Development Missions. Pastor Robert Owadi the principal of the Rwanda Bible school wrote:
I was preaching this morning to the sisters from Psalms 3,seven people graciously got saved.
The whole environment was electrified with Gods presence people were crying under His touch.
One thing touched me more than all the others,a boy stood up to thank God for what He has done for him a six years old.
He said that he wants to thank God for the salvation of his mother,he had longed to experience the mothers love but she was too busy drinking,and many other things,he said I am so so thankful to God for saving her(he started crying uncontrollably)after he was calmed down,he proceeded that he had been thrown out of the house by the mother,and would beg for a place to sleep from people but they too chased him off,he rarely had food to eat,but now because of the salvation of the mother,they can spend time together.
The whole church went in tears,We prayed for Him that God will guide him to greater use.
I just thought it too overwhelming to keep it and not share it with you.
Keep Susan in prayers she needs them.
God Bless you much.
Robert Owadi
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Vandag se "Highs" en "Lows"
Soos baie mense gaan my lewe deur geestelike "highs" en "lows". Die feit dat ek onsettend lief vir die Here is, is bo enige twyfel . Gister was egter n dag wat ek soos Paulus gevoel het en ook wou se: "Want die goeie wat ek wil, doen ek nie, maar die kwaad wat ek nie wil nie, doen ek" Rom.7:19
Die goeie is om God by Sy woord te vat en dit wat geskryf staan te glo sonder om te twyfel. Dit is wat ek wil doen. Wat egter gebeur is dat omstandighede wat teen geloof staan n gesags possisie kry in my lewe, wat hulle nie verdien nie. Dus die kwaad wat ek nie wil doen nie ( ongeloof ), dit doen ek. As ek egter n koerant oop maak of n draai in die stad gaan ry, besef ek dat ons die grootste "high" het. Ons ken Jesus.
As ek weer terug gaan na Filipense toe, lees ek in Fil. 4: 6: "Wees oor niks besorg nie, ..."
Fil. 4:7 " En die vrede van God, wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, sal julle harte en julle sinne bewaar in Christus Jesus."
Die wereld is op soek na vreugde en vrede. As ons as kinders van God dit nie het nie, waar moet hulle dit kry?
Wat doen ons om vrede en vreugde te ondervind?
My gebed vir vandag is om God se vreugde en vrede in hierdie dag te ondervind en uit te leef wat alle verstand te bowe gaan.
Die goeie is om God by Sy woord te vat en dit wat geskryf staan te glo sonder om te twyfel. Dit is wat ek wil doen. Wat egter gebeur is dat omstandighede wat teen geloof staan n gesags possisie kry in my lewe, wat hulle nie verdien nie. Dus die kwaad wat ek nie wil doen nie ( ongeloof ), dit doen ek. As ek egter n koerant oop maak of n draai in die stad gaan ry, besef ek dat ons die grootste "high" het. Ons ken Jesus.
As ek weer terug gaan na Filipense toe, lees ek in Fil. 4: 6: "Wees oor niks besorg nie, ..."
Fil. 4:7 " En die vrede van God, wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, sal julle harte en julle sinne bewaar in Christus Jesus."
Die wereld is op soek na vreugde en vrede. As ons as kinders van God dit nie het nie, waar moet hulle dit kry?
Wat doen ons om vrede en vreugde te ondervind?
My gebed vir vandag is om God se vreugde en vrede in hierdie dag te ondervind en uit te leef wat alle verstand te bowe gaan.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
My God shall supply
Do you fear insecurity then say My God shall supply all my needs
The fear of insecurity is one of satan’s subtle devices against Christians. He plagues fathers with the fear of insecurity about providing for their families.
He injects a fear of insecurity in the hearts of those in who are in debt, plaguing them with thoughts of deeper debt and more insecurity. How can you be released from this fear of insecurity? By believing the bible! By speaking God’s word!
“My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19)
NB: Here is an exercise in overcoming the fear of insecurity by the application of God’s Word:
· No matter how many unpaid bills I have , My God shall supply all my need
· Regardless of how the economy is, My God shall supply all my need
· In spite of my bank account, My God shall supply all my need
· When financial embarrassment stare me in the face, my God shall supply all my need
· Regardless of the tight money situation, my God shall supply all my need
· When things appear all wrong, my God shall supply all my need
· Wherever I am, my God shall supply all my need
· Whoever I am, my God shall supply all my need
· Yes, My God shall supply all my need
Taken from Don Gossett book, Living without fear.
Onsekerheid, vrees, benoudheid, angstigheid en geloof
Die tema pas glad nie bymekaar nie. Vrees en geloof, benoudheid en geloof, angstigheid en geloof, onsekerheid en geloof. Tog is hierdie dinge waarmee ek elke dag worstel. Ek wens ek kon se ek leef bo enige vleeslikke gevoellens of gedagtes. As ek egter aan my Vader dink en hoe onsettend lief ek vir Hom is, besef ek hoe klein is my "GROOT" probleme. God wil he ons moet hemelse geestelike ervarings ondervind in ons aardse wandel. Die Woord van God is dit wat ons vrymaak.
In Kol. 3:16 "Laat die woord van Christus ryklik in julle woon in alle wysheid."
Ryklik beteken sonder tekort, dus baie van Christus se woord moet binne in ons woon. Met wysheid beteken ons weet wat God kan doen oor wat met ons gebeur en kan gebeur.
Vrede, kalmte en versekering kan net kom as ons werklik op God vertrou. Paulus skryf aan die gemeente van Galasiers in Gal.3:3 "...Nadat julle met die Gees begin het, eindig julle nou met die vlees."
Ek kan God vertrou met die redding van my siel, maar nie met die redding van my finansies, siekte, kinders en my huwelik nie. Ek het met n skok besef dat Paulus hier met my praat. Ek begin my dag met die Gees en wandel die res van die dag in die vlees van bekommernis.
Fil.4:19 "En my God sal elke behoefte van julle vervul na sy rykdom in heerlikheid deur Christus Jesus."
In Kol. 3:16 "Laat die woord van Christus ryklik in julle woon in alle wysheid."
Ryklik beteken sonder tekort, dus baie van Christus se woord moet binne in ons woon. Met wysheid beteken ons weet wat God kan doen oor wat met ons gebeur en kan gebeur.
Vrede, kalmte en versekering kan net kom as ons werklik op God vertrou. Paulus skryf aan die gemeente van Galasiers in Gal.3:3 "...Nadat julle met die Gees begin het, eindig julle nou met die vlees."
Ek kan God vertrou met die redding van my siel, maar nie met die redding van my finansies, siekte, kinders en my huwelik nie. Ek het met n skok besef dat Paulus hier met my praat. Ek begin my dag met die Gees en wandel die res van die dag in die vlees van bekommernis.
Fil.4:19 "En my God sal elke behoefte van julle vervul na sy rykdom in heerlikheid deur Christus Jesus."
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Jabez se Gebed vir besigheidsmanne
Dr Johan Badenhorst:
Gebed van Jabez: 1 Kronieke 4:10
Jabez het die God van Isreal aangeroep met die woorde:
“ Stort u seën oor my uit,
vergroot my grondgebied,
neem my onder u beskerming en weerhou onheil van my
sodat geen smart my tref nie”
Bid die volgende gebed elke oggend en aand en voorspoed sal altyd met jou wees.
Here stort u seëninge oor my
- Here seën my gedagtes(dat ek elke gedagte gevange neem en nie toelaat dat ek deur my gedagtes sondig nie,
- Here seën my familie (my vrou, my kinders, my ouers en skoon ouers, my broers en susters, half en skoon broers en susters, en my broers en susters in die gees)
- Here seën my dat ek my doel in die lewe bereik
- Here seën my besigheidsprojekte
- Here seën my passsie en menswees
- My vermoëns om positief te wees
- My vermoeëns om mense positief te maak
- My vermoëns om besighed te bou
Here vergroot my grond gebied
- Here vergroot my besigheids projekte
- Here vergroot my besigheidsgeleenthede
- Here bring vir my nuwe besigheid, uit die noorde, uit die suide, uit ooste en uit die weste.
- Here vergroot my vermoëns om
- Helder te dink
- Met wysheid te dink
- Met liefde te dink
- Met kreatiwiteit te dink
- Verby die normale te dink
- ‘n paradigma verskuiwing in my besigheids benadering te hê
Here weerhou boosheid van my
- Here Weerhou verkeerde gedagtes van my
- Here weerhou my van verkeerde sake vennote
- Here weerhou my van mense met verskuilde agendas
Here laat geen pyn my tref nie en laat ek nie pyn veroorsaak nie
- Here help my dat ek nie mense veroordeel nie
- Dat ek nie kwaad met kwaad vergeld nie
- Dat my mense verhoudings met integriteit sal wees
- Dat ek nie mense te na sal kom nie
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