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Bring back the hope

One has to be careful not to fall into the trap of negative talk. Yes, there are many, many challenges. Many things that don’t work. Then it’s easy to join in with the people who complain all day. Often, because of such conversations, we become so discouraged that we don’t see a solution. The future […]

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Keep holding on

I have been under the impression lately that some people are indeed suffering. People who have been dealing with some challenge for a long time and don’t know how to get through it. Many pray and plead intensely, but nothing happens. Then I get it that people give up. Yes, it’s understandable that people then […]

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Patient in suffering

The photo of a neat man in a neat lounge catches my eye and I start reading Mpho Lekalakala’s post on LinkedIn: In 2010, I was a street hawker in Marabastad, Pretoria. I sold cleaning agents and Cool Time ice lollies. I sold my stuff at the Mabopane taxi rank, on the trains, yes, I […]

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Lion, fire or war

We were looking for a rock to use as background when recording a sermon. I thought the Steenbras Dam above Gordons Bay would be ideal, but they didn’t want to let us through the gates. We drove along the coast to Rooiels, but found no rocks close to the road. The only nice place we […]

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Hope, certainty and the lights shining

Together with the author of Hebrews we are visiting the great name sin the Old Testament so that we can learn from them about faith. Next in line is Joseph. Joseph’s brothers sold him to a slave trader, but when their country suffered from famine, it was this brother they had thrown away who saved […]

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Gentle splashes

Nowadays, when I start preparing a sermon, I first write down the following words: “Not my words, but Yours!”. Our words get in the way so easily, leading to big mistakes on our part. I was preaching at a retirement home in Somerset West. I woke up in the middle of the night the previous […]

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Don’t throw your faith away

One of our pals since primary school days post on our WhatsApp group that the glands below his jaw are swollen and that he needs to see a doctor. They had to do tests. It didn’t look good. The waiting for the results made him suffer. Waiting for something like this drives you up the […]

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Revisit the rest stops

A good friend opened her heart asking us to pray for her: I’m feeling very down today. I’m so worried. I’m really worried about the 50% salary cut that’s coming by the end of this month. I’m worried about my future. I’m worried about how I’m going to pay my bills this month and the […]

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God is behind the curtains

I’ve told the story before of how four of us went to visit another friend in Australia. We had a great time together with lots of sports. Amongst others, we spent a week on a yacht near the Great Barrier Reef. We all had specific duties on the yacht and mine was to man the […]

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Hope gets us there

I was already an entrepreneur when I was still at school. Not that I knew that was what it was called. As a widow my Mom worked hard to put food on the table, but I had to work for my own pocket money. And I wasn’t afraid of work. One day we got a […]

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