Ephesians 5:6-18 When we moved from the farm into town, I was not used to having people living so close to me. I didn’t realise how far sound could travel. I loved pushing my big hifi’s volume button far into the red. Later on my wife walked down the street to hear how far the […]
Read moreScripture Ephesians 5:1-5 One morning I decided to intercede for those people who send prayer requests to me. There are 52. I was deeply moved by all the hurt and need out there. Now I know why the intercessors say they sometimes start crying while putting people and their suffering before the Lord. From the […]
Read moreOur deeds are pointed out to us more or less every day. We repeatedly hear that we must do good to others. And most of us want to do good to others. But it’s not always that easy with life rushing by. We struggle to leave things to first go and attend to someone else’s […]
Read morePaul really appreciated the way in which the Corinthians embraced the Gospel and that they allowed it to change their perspective on life. Even more than that – their whole lives changed and became different. The world in which they lived changed, because they had changed. Others could see the change in them. Others could […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-13 Don’t you think that it is funny how we always want to start new things on a Monday? What’s so magical about Monday? When you struggle to get into your new pair of pants the writing is on the wall, in bold letters: You have […]
Read moreI was sitting in the steam room, exhausted after a good workout. Satisfied with my daily exercise and sweating out the last bit of weekend excess from my body. I don’t know if it works, but it makes me feel good sitting there sweating for doing nothing. As I was sitting there two young female […]
Read moreClick here to go to the Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 I still have so much to learn. I realise more and more that I don’t always behave in the right way. Sometimes people look at me and probably wonder whether it is really worth being a child of God. I bought a pair of earphones […]
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