Philippians 4:1-9 Three o’ clock I wake up from the dogs barking and get up, but before I start my devotions my eye catches the date – it’s the day on which the debit orders are paid. My heart drops. I open the expenditure spreadsheet to see how much should be in which account so […]
Read morePhilippians 4:1-9 My daughter read her composition to me. I was astounded by her wisdom and realized that she had already experienced the hard side of life too. Life out there is not easy: The longest journey that we as humans will have to face on earth is our life journey. Life is a journey […]
Read morePhilippians 4:1-9 There’s a hymn, Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, and the chorus goes like this: Rejoice! rejoice! Rejoice in the Lord and rejoice, Rejoice! rejoice! Rejoice in the Lord and rejoice. The Message translation of the Bible puts it like this: 4 Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in […]
Read morePhilippians 4:1-9 We’re all made differently. We look different, do different, talk different, and see things differently. Ask five people their opinion of the same thing. Chances are you’ll get five different answers. That’s how we’re put together. It was no different in Biblical times. Two women leaders, Euodia and Syntyche, had a difference of […]
Read morePhilippians 4:1-9 1… Don’t waver. Stay on track, steady in God. I can hear many people immediately going on the defensive, saying that it’s not so easy staying faithfully on the right track. Life happens and there are many challenges out there. We work our fingers to the bone to simply keep our heads above […]
Read morePhilippians 4:1-9 Paul starts the last chapter of his letter to the people in Philippa as follows: 1My dear, dear friends! I love you so much. I do want the very best for you. You make me feel such joy, fill me with such pride. I sat brooding on this verse for some time and […]
Read morePhilippians 3:17-21 Our country is not always in a very good place and sometimes I’m amazed at the things that my fellow citizens do. But I’m proud of my country and its people, even though some factions drive me up the wall. Proudly South African! It’s good to know that I belong somewhere. It gives […]
Read morePhilippians 3:17-21 Paul is in tears. He cannot believe that some people do not choose Jesus. How can people do that? How can people oppose Someone who gave his life for all sinners on earth? Paul simply cannot understand it. I can’t understand it either. Therefore, Paul’s harsh warning: 18There are many out there taking […]
Read morePhilippians 3:17-21 My wife and I were involved in a mobilisation organisation where the church was being mobilised to become involved in the need of the world. Worldwide many people are members of this organisation. When you join, someone who has been a member for some time already becomes your mentor. What a wonderful idea! […]
Read morePhilippians 3:12-16 Each of us sees the world through a different lens. This lens is shaped by our parents, our training, our friends and even strangers who unexpectedly appear in our lives. Like sunglasses that only allows some rays through, the lens through which we look at the world only lets certain rays through. That […]
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