So often one comes up against the question: What am I actually doing here on earth? What is my purpose? Does my life have a calling? And unfortunately, there are times in our lives when we don’t have answers to these questions. This happens especially in times of hardship. Times when we have more questions […]
Read moreI have the privilege of marrying a friend from long ago. It’s nice to get together and hear the old stories again. We talk about our children and where they are in the world now. He tells me about his one daughter who’s doing missionary work. He says that’s all she wants to do, just […]
Read moreMy friend’s father’s farmed in the Northern Cape – where the nothing grows about a meter high. How they managed to tend sheep there, only they will know. He’s the one who always said: One should never run out of plans. I suspect that was His secret. He always had a bunch of plans to […]
Read moreSome of the smart people say they don’t believe in God because they are not chosen by Him. I wonder how they know God chooses them or not. The doctrine of election can sometimes be very difficult to understand, yet it is not that difficult. If we translate verse 2 directly, it sounds like this: […]
Read moreMany people get stuck on the idea that God chose or called some people to be His children, which then implies that some have not been chosen. This is what it says in Hebrews 9:17: His death marked the transition from the old plan to the new one, cancelling the old obligations and accompanying sins, […]
Read moreMany people get stuck on the idea that God chose or called some people to be His children, which then implies that some have not been chosen. This is what it says in Hebrews 9:17: His death marked the transition from the old plan to the new one, cancelling the old obligations and accompanying sins, […]
Read moreMany people underestimate the power and functioning of the Holy Spirit. That’s probably why the world around us looks like it does. Powerless and chaotic. Many of us no longer hear the Holy Spirit’s guidance, because we’re too busy and too rushed. The Holy Spirit is God’s gift to us. God knew that we would […]
Read moreI wonder if we always know how lucky we are. No, ‘lucky’ is too light a word to describe this. Let’s give it some real weight. I don’t know if we always realise how much grace is poured over us every day. The fact that we have the privilege and ability to believe – that […]
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