Sometimes in my life I’m uncertain. Times when I doubt whether I believe correctly. My thoughts run around in circles and spiral down to a place where it feels as if my faith has in a sense left me. At times like these I feel as if I’m barking up the wrong tree and I […]
Read moreI always make a joke by saying when I ask people how much is enough, they say more. No, I haven’t ever heard anybody say that, but when you see how some people chase after wealth, it seems as if they’re saying more and more and more, please. Don’t take this the wrong way. There’s […]
Read moreI’ve had times when I’ve felt the water is too deep. Times when I’ve felt I had absolutely no strength left to tread water to keep my head above the water. Times when I’ve hardly even kept my nose above water. I still remember waking up at night from stress about the business’ finances or […]
Read moreMany people are struggling. Many businesses are going under and people lose their jobs. People have no income. They have no food. It feels as if the stress is gnawing at you from the inside. Not only financial stress, but stress in relationships and so on as well. What do you do then? At times […]
Read moreWe were looking for a rock to use as background when recording a sermon. I thought the Steenbras Dam above Gordons Bay would be ideal, but they didn’t want to let us through the gates. We drove along the coast to Rooiels, but found no rocks close to the road. The only nice place we […]
Read moreThere are a number of major characters in the Old Testament that we’re not familiar with. 32I could go on and on, but I’ve run out of time. There are so many more—Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, the prophets. . . . It seemed as if I’ve never heard the name Jephthah before and I had […]
Read moreThe woman was a prostitute. She didn’t have good values. When the men wanted accommodation with benefits, her place was the right one, a place where they could have fun. Her business was not always above board. She hid things from the government and when they questioned her about it, she lied. One could say […]
Read moreLet’s say your finances are in a bad state and you take this challenge to God. God’s solution is that you have to walk around the bank in your days for six days straight. The seventh day you have to walk around the bank seven times. Then you have to go inside and request a […]
Read moreI saw a cartoon of Moses and his friend fishing in the river. Moses’ line is quite deep in the water, but the stream had dammed up where his friend had thrown in his line, and it was now on a strip of dry land. Moses’ friend looked at him and said: “That’s not funny, […]
Read moreMoses met God in the burning bush. God called him to free His people from slavery. Moses didn’t think he would be able to do it and had a few excuses for getting out of this job. “You know, Lord, I have this little problem. I stutter and I suspect you need a good negotiator […]
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