When you make a choice for God, his Spirit moves in, bringing about a major change in your life of which joy probably is the most significant. That is what Paul said about the new Christians in Thessalonica: 6Although great trouble accompanied the Word, you were able to take great joy from the Holy Spirit! […]
Read moreI’m intentionally trying to pray more, especially to pray for other people. I think things will go much better if we all pray more for one another. I wake up early, long before the alarm. So I use this extra time I have not planned for to pray. I pray for the children I talked […]
Read moreOpinions about the COVID-19 abound. And some get very serious about their opinion. I received a sound bite from a very angry preacher. He didn’t hold back at all. He was rude and insulting and called some people names. His opinion is very simple. If you get vaccinated, you are going to hell! It’s the […]
Read moreDuring lockdown we challenged everybody who were spinning at home to do a 100km within a set time. Someone offered to make a big donation to a local soup kitchen for everyone who managed to do this. I put my hand up and started spinning like mad! Somewhere along the way the meter rolled over […]
Read more(Read Hebrews 7:1-25, preferably in The Message, to get a good idea of the Old Testament priests.) The priests in the Old Testament basically had two functions. The first was to be the middleman or mediator between God and the Israelites. The priest talked to God and then conveyed His message to the people. In […]
Read moreWe spend the biggest part of the day at work. The place where you work, the people who work with you, the people you work for, have a significant impact on you. What do you look like when you get home after a bad day at work? Your mood is lower than your feet and […]
Read moreThey say growing old isn’t for sissies, because as you know, everything becomes a challenge. Sometimes just to get out of bed has to happen in stages. Like me when I realised on Saturday that it was time to replace the swimming pool pipes. I didn’t want to, but there was a leak somewhere. From […]
Read moreSometimes I wonder why God still wants to have anything to do with me. Really. I feel I simply don’t make it. I pull in the wrong direction too often. I often fail the keep calm test. I’m more lukewarm than hot. I often do wat I know I shouldn’t do. Then I wonder why […]
Read moreNataniël has a way of putting things. He said this about gratitude: “Get a dog and call him ‘Thank you’. Every time you call him will remind you how grateful you need to be for everything you have and everything you receive undeservedly, by grace.” 8 … if we have bread on the table and […]
Read moreA doctor phoned me and said he had a man with him who has started writing letters to end his life. He was depressed. The man gave my name to the doctor to fetch him, because he couldn’t be left alone. Phew, I haven’t seen a man so deep in a dark pit in a long time. He sat there crying […]
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