A friend told me the following: You know, a mother is always praying for her children. It’s the same with me and Lollapot. Often, I will let her know via WhatsApp that I have asked the Lord to surround her with a crowd of angels. Friday morning, quite early, we received a call from her […]
Read moreThe Word of God is there to guide and help us so that we can learn how to walk through life the right way. Sometimes one phrase can keep you busy for a while. Like a “God-honouring life” in verse 12: to take on a God-filled, God-honouring life. It kept me thinking for two […]
Read moreA story is told of a wise woman who was traveling in the mountains and who found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveller who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveller saw the precious stone and asked the woman […]
Read moreBack to the 16-day holiday. My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I got on the scale. I had picked up 4 kg! And not only me – nearly everyone had picked up so much. It’s probably not that bad. You normally pick up weight when you go on holiday. Then you just […]
Read moreWe haven’t arrived the day we meet Christ and accept Him as our Saviour. That’s not the finish line, but the starting point. It’s the beginning of a new life where we cut off the doings of the old person piece by piece and start learning a new way of living. 12 We’re being shown […]
Read moreAs you go deeper into Africa it seems as if the beauty and colour of the sunrise grow deeper and deeper. Everything looks so much clearer. Everything looks so clean. It’s as if it announces a new beginning. As if yesterday has been blotted out and we are getting a brand-new chance to try again. […]
Read moreMany, many times I am amazed by God’s grace. The immensity of God’s grace is simply too awesome for me to understand. How can God love a sinful guy like me, just like that? But even more, how can God take the punishment for all the wrong things I have ever done? And for all […]
Read moreWhen I visited England as a young man, South Africans were highly in demand. If a South African applied for work, you had a good chance to get the job. Because South Africans were hardworking. They could do many things and they weren’t afraid to do the work the Pommies looked down on. The young […]
Read moreSocial networks are addictive. Due to the nature of our ministry I must constantly make sure that the posts on the various social network platforms have gone through. But then I noticed that I don’t only check whether our posts have landed. I quickly scroll through the news feeds to what fresh news there are. […]
Read moreA few years have passed since I’ve left the business world behind. There were good times, but also challenging times when the cash flow wasn’t flowing that well. I learned a lot about business. About suppliers who would’ve liked to help, but also about debtors you had to beg to get your money for services […]
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