The biggest question I probably had my whole life was how you actually hear what the Holy Spirit is saying. Yes, we learned just a while back that He takes control of our conscience. Our conscience functions as an internal warning system, alerting us to wrongdoing. However, how can we seek guidance on matters unrelated […]
Read moreI’ve said it so often and I suspect I say it so much because I have to hear it regularly myself. The day you and I accepted Jesus as our Saviour we received the Holy Spirit. I suspect God knew that we would struggle to understand how to remove the old clothes and put on […]
Read moreToday, I invite you into my world. I think it’s good to slow things down a bit and say something about the one behind the keyboard and why I drop in on you so often. I walked a long and different path to reach my calling. I experienced that God was calling me to study […]
Read moreI don’t read many books. If I do read, I’m not a good reader. I guess I’m too curious and can’t wait for the end. I read as fast as possible. Most of the time, just the first and last sentence of a paragraph. One cannot read the Word of God like that. It’s just […]
Read moreWe tell all these beautiful stories of prayer. Elijah even prayed for the rain to stop: 17Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. 18Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything […]
Read moreWe’re talking about prayer, especially the prayer of a believer. I have a pen-friend in Johannesburg. He usually comes rushing in, shooting from the hip. Shooting for the Lord’s things. The rest is noise. One morning, a woman who had worked with us for a long time came to me. I knew she was very […]
Read moreIf your best friend was struggling financially and you had access to inexhaustible funds, would you give them enough money to keep their head above water? If you had a remedy that could cure your friend’s incurable disease, would you share it? If you had a book that saved your marriage from the divorce court, […]
Read moreWe all make mistakes – some more than others. I trip up all too often, and one more thing gets recorded in my notebook. I’m a picture person and quickly notice how thick the book of my transgressions is becoming. Fortunately, we know that Jesus came to die as punishment for our sins. It was […]
Read moreWhen we have some crisis in our life, we pray. Sometimes it doesn’t work and then we become discouraged. Then it feels to us as if our prayer does not go further than the ceiling. Then we want to know where the fault lies. Sometimes people will say we don’t pray right. Some people will […]
Read moreWhen we’re sick, we must go to God. We must believe and know and trust. God is known for being an involved God. He hears our prayers and if it is within His will, He will respond to our prayers, even if this is different from what we expected. Tiaan’s story touched me deeply: Hello […]
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