Philippians 3:1-3 We were quite poor when I was small. We were a large family and my parents did not always have enough money to buy food. Many nights we cried ourselves to sleep from hunger. I can’t remember ever having a piece of clothing that was bought new from a shop specifically for me. […]
Read morePhilippians 3:1-3 God entered into a covenant with Abraham. He would be a God to Abraham. Abraham would have as many descendants as there were stars in the sky. In order to continue the covenant that God had entered into with man, God decided that each boy that was born had to be circumcised. With […]
Read morePhilippians 2:6-11 I don’t like sci-fi movies. And horror movies even less. I don’t have the stomach for it. They give me the heebie jeebies right from the start, so I simply get up and go and do nothing somewhere else. If you take all the movies ever made in this genre and put them […]
Read morePhilippians 2:6-11 Do we really understand what Jesus has done for us? One sometimes hears stories about people who gave up everything in their lives to spread the gospel in a far-off place. Beautiful. But what the almighty God has done cannot be compared to any good by a human. We sometimes make the mistake […]
Read moreTry and put yourself in Jesus’ shoes. Just getting on with his life in heaven, doing those things fitting for a prince. A comfortable royal life with more than enough people around Him to do everything for Him. And from time to time He and God have board meetings with the other big shots in […]
Read moreEphesians 5:1-5 The Bible is very dynamic – nearly 2000 years old and you can still not pin it down 100%. There are so many interpretations, so many different opinions. People can become quite fiery in putting forward their arguments. I think the Bible will never be exhausted. People will never be able to understand […]
Read moreEphesians 5:1-5 2Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that. That’s all … That’s enough … That’s more than enough … Reflection Is it really enough? Is it really all […]
Read moreThere was a time in my life when I also wore a WWJD (What would Jesus do) armband. If I remember correctly, I wore it for more than a year. I can’t remember whether it worked or not, but at least I tried. I really wish I could act like Jesus in every situation, but […]
Read moreRemember, the Ephesian people were very young Christians and did not know where exactly they fitted in and what role they had to play. Therefore, as in many other instances, the example of a house is used to explain the whole picture to them: 20God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how […]
Read moreYou cannot choose your family. I can’t just decide one day that I’m fed up with my parents and brothers and sisters and exchange them somewhere for some others. I can’t pick up the scissors and simply cut the ties between my brother and sister and say that I no longer have any family. Even […]
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