The world’s intention is to steal you away from God. The devil wants you for himself. There always is a second agenda and hidden powers that want to entice us away from God. And we don’t realise it. We don’t realise our day is completely filled with things which may sometimes be important things, but […]
Read morePaul concluded his letter to the people of Corinth with a wish. He wished them joy and he wished them a lot of peace and real love: 11 And that’s about it, friends. Be cheerful. Keep things in good repair. Keep your spirits up. Think in harmony. Be agreeable. Do all that, and the God […]
Read moreSometimes our Christianity feels rather flat as if it doesn’t really mean anything. We get up in the morning, have some quiet time, but before we know it we’re on the run again. We run to get the kids up and grab some breakfast before we rush out of the door with great fanfare. Then […]
Read moreOn our own we can’t do much for Jesus. We are too weak to do that. We could probably start off doing something, but if the Spirit doesn’t help us, our fuel will run out quickly and we’ll make a mess of everything. Even Paul said that without the power of Jesus in him he […]
Read moreWe got to know Paul as someone who didn’t mince his words. Again and again in his letters he said it straight-out: Change or burn. You come up against these words again and again. Here at the end of the second letter to the Corinthians Paul still didn’t mince his words: 3Now, preparing for the […]
Read morePaul was a bit anxious about going to Corinth again. He was unsure about what he would find. He was afraid there would be 20… quarrels, jealousy, flaring tempers, taking sides, angry words, vicious rumours, swelled heads, and general bedlam … Paul was afraid that he would find 21… that the crowd keeps sinning over […]
Read morePaul’s passion was written across his face. He wanted to do nothing but spread the gospel. He literally would have done anything to ensure that all he came into contact with heard the liberating message. He was passionate about the fact that everyone should hear the truth. That is why he was so upset about […]
Read morePaul didn’t always have it easy. We sort of expect this great man of God to have had the inside lane. But it doesn’t work that way. God knows man. Indeed, He created man. God knew Paul and He knew what Paul was able to do. Therefore, Paul was equipped with thorns to keep him […]
Read morePaul enjoyed special supernatural experiences with God. Special enough to make anyone brag. But Paul also had a thorn in his flesh. Some allege it was his poor sight. From the Bible we can deduce that Paul couldn’t see well and that this was a problem for him. We can only speculate what the thorn […]
Read moreHow strong is your faith in God? How much hardship will you suffer for God? To what extremes will you continue and forge ahead not to fail God? Will you keep holding onto your faith even if your life is threatened because of your faith? Some weeks ago I received an e-mail pleading for prayer: […]
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