The biggest challenge each of us faces is to live within God’s will. If we could just do that, then it will go well with us. We need wisdom. We are faced with many, many choices every day and on our own we don’t make it. That is why we need the Holy Spirit to […]
Read moreBut it’s still not easy to act wisely. Last night my daughter forgot to upload the sketch for the Crossroad message that had to be sent out. A couple of thousand e-mails already sent – without the sketch. I didn’t take this well. Immediately, I lost my cool and the net effect on the people […]
Read moreAfter writing the previous piece, I went to gym for my daily sweat session. For me, exercise doesn’t come naturally and it takes a whole lot of motivation just to get me there every time. But that is only half the motivation, because as I walk through the door it is hard not to simply […]
Read moreEster tells the story of the seven-year old who prayed: “Lord, please be with those people who are less privileged than us and also those who are more privileged than us.” What an insight from this young person! Everybody needs prayer. Every day each and every person on this earth is faced with many, many […]
Read moreA young man is in trouble. He stole money, not a lot, just a R100, and now he is in trouble. He’s a good boy, with an open, honest face, but for whatever reason, a vice in his head led him astray so that he made the wrong choice. I ask him whether he thinks […]
Read moreNot only does Paul give Epaphras a good reference, he also brings good news of the people of Colossae: 8He’s the one who told us how thoroughly love had been worked into your lives by the Spirit. Simple, but saying a whole lot. They really expressed their love for one another in the way they […]
Read moreSometimes we play the game of life so hard that we play ourselves into a corner, forcing us to take a break. And in this corner of life we usually end up considering questions like: What is the meaning of life? What am I really doing here on earth? Is it really worth it to […]
Read moreEvery day I receive e-mails from people telling me that the message had arrived at exactly the right time, because it was precisely what they had needed at that moment in time. My response is the same every time: “It must be God. Only a God could manage that something that I wrote as far […]
Read moreWhen God is in the room, things happen. When God appears, things cannot stay the same. When the people in Colossae meet God, everything changes, not only there by them, but all over the world. When God turns up, people do not remain the same: 6The Message is as true among you today as when […]
Read moreI read the verse over and over again, not making much sense of it: 5 Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel 6 that has come to you (New English Translation). Eventually, I take a pen and […]
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