Piet tells this story: I see myself as always being available for God and that is why so many people have come to me for assistance, especially the past 15 years. If we are on the lookout and live in touch with the will of God, we quickly realise when God wants us to do […]
Read moreThese past few days we’ve been confronted with our own responsibility in respect of our faith in God. Paul shows us a template of a true child of God and we have to see whether or not we fit into that template. 25When I became a servant in this church, I experienced this suffering as […]
Read moreI walked out of church. The minister had talked about the desert where we sometimes find ourselves. We all end up in the desert at one time or another and it is not an enjoyable experience. The minister said that in the desert God cut off all those things that weren’t part of his plan […]
Read moreThere is always a crisis lying in wait for all of us. Life out there is not easy. Sometimes stress is pressing so hard you can hardly breathe. And I must confess, the rulers of this country do not paint a role-coloured of the future. All these things make us really negative and I sometimes […]
Read moreBusiness people are often overcome by stress. But they are not the only ones. Many things cause stress and people often feel they cannot go on because of stress. I still remember how I woke up one morning at 02h00 because of stress. I was feeling so miserable, I sank down on the floor behind […]
Read moreIf your child or a loved one came to you asking the following question, what would your honest answers be: Are you holy, impeccable and unblemished? Well, I know myself very well and, unfortunately, I wouldn’t be able to answer yes to any of the three. I suspect, like all of us, you too would […]
Read moreThere’s an old Native American story that goes like this: An old Cherokee was teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, […]
Read moreTwo little boys are fighting and the hair is flying. It’s heartbreaking for their dad and he is so sad that they cannot get along. Actually, all the family relationships are in pieces. The third brother, who is not involved in the fight at all, steps up and offers to take the punishment on behalf […]
Read moreRecently I’ve been so amazed by the Bible, the Word of God. If it were the words of humans, it would no longer have existed. Other people would’ve explained what it meant and the words wouldn’t have had any meaning for others any more. But because God Himself was the Author, the words of the […]
Read moreWe all see other people in a specific way. Have you noticed that how you see people changes as you get to know them better? A friend and I still laugh about it, because my first impression of him wasn’t good. To me he looked like an arrogant, egotistical man. Things happened and we had […]
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