Some things that are part of life we don’t want to talk about. We’d rather turn a blind eye and pretend it doesn’t exist. Unfortunately, these things often involuntarily and unexpectedly show up at our front doors. Hardship. No one likes facing hardships or challenges. I suspect our defence mechanisms are already set up in […]
Read moreMy friend and I were relaxing on our camping chairs as I witnessed about how good God has been to us. I had to stop myself from taking over the conversation, because I had so many stories to tell about God’s faithfulness and how He provides for us every month. Out of the blue he […]
Read moreLife is filled with choices. Big ones and small ones. Every day we stand at the stop sign and have to make a choice. Most of them have only one correct choice. Some of these choices are so small, but the consequences can have a radical effect on people’s lives. I was driving home from […]
Read moreWe have to make a bunch of choices every day. Some easy, like deciding to get out of bed early enough to get to work on time. Some we make difficult for ourselves, like women who cannot decide what to wear though their wardrobes are stuffed with clothes. Other choices are difficult for some people, […]
Read moreIn between the questions and few words, he grabbed at the pieces of faith that remained. With complete honesty he said in the article: “This is all part of the Lord’s plan and we have no bad feelings about what has happened. We trust 100% in the Lord and His plan for our family.” His […]
Read moreEach of us has to make hundreds of choices every day. Some important, some not so important. The first one is probably when the alarm goes off. Will I get up or will I hit the snooze button and stay in bed for a bit? Five minutes later I face that exact same choice. Staying […]
Read moreSometimes I wish we could take out some parts of the Bible or simply skip over them. Those parts that grab you by the throat and stop you dead. Like these verses: 7-11Today, please listen; don’t turn a deaf ear as in “the bitter uprising,” that time of wilderness testing! Even though they watched me […]
Read more8 … be helpful, wise, fair, reverent … This is how all of us must be like. I struggle with “wise, fair, reverent”. God should’ve known what humans are like and that it is in our nature to go off course. Yes, it’s easy when things are going well, but when things don’t go the […]
Read moreMany children of God miss the point by thinking that they have to try their best not to sin. Every morning when they get up, they pray hard that they won’t be trapped by the wily world and that they will remain standing against the stormy winds of evil. And when they get home from […]
Read moreWe’re spending some time on the crux of the Gospel. All of us have a responsibility to spread this message of salvation. All of us do it in different ways. I just have to share this comic story about Johan with you: My wife and I have been involved with a homeless man who drinks […]
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