If my three-year-old son came to me and asked me to buy him a poisonous snake because he wanted to play with it, I wouldn’t do it. He simply doesn’t know how to avoid being bitten by such a dangerous reptile. If my teenage son arrogantly demanded luxuries like clothes, a motorcycle, a car, and […]
Read moreThe biggest question I probably had my whole life was how you actually hear what the Holy Spirit is saying. Yes, we learned just a while back that He takes control of our conscience. Our conscience functions as an internal warning system, alerting us to wrongdoing. However, how can we seek guidance on matters unrelated […]
Read moreI’ve said it so often and I suspect I say it so much because I have to hear it regularly myself. The day you and I accepted Jesus as our Saviour we received the Holy Spirit. I suspect God knew that we would struggle to understand how to remove the old clothes and put on […]
Read moreIf someone told you that they believed in how wonderful a specific product was, but they haven’t used the product to experience how wonderful it was, would you buy the product? I think not. I believe in prayer. I really believe in prayer because I repeatedly experience the effect of prayer in my life. But […]
Read moreToday, I invite you into my world. I think it’s good to slow things down a bit and say something about the one behind the keyboard and why I drop in on you so often. I walked a long and different path to reach my calling. I experienced that God was calling me to study […]
Read moreI don’t read many books. If I do read, I’m not a good reader. I guess I’m too curious and can’t wait for the end. I read as fast as possible. Most of the time, just the first and last sentence of a paragraph. One cannot read the Word of God like that. It’s just […]
Read moreWe tell all these beautiful stories of prayer. Elijah even prayed for the rain to stop: 17Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. 18Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything […]
Read moreWe’re talking about prayer, especially the prayer of a believer. I have a pen-friend in Johannesburg. He usually comes rushing in, shooting from the hip. Shooting for the Lord’s things. The rest is noise. One morning, a woman who had worked with us for a long time came to me. I knew she was very […]
Read moreIf your best friend was struggling financially and you had access to inexhaustible funds, would you give them enough money to keep their head above water? If you had a remedy that could cure your friend’s incurable disease, would you share it? If you had a book that saved your marriage from the divorce court, […]
Read moreWe all make mistakes – some more than others. I trip up all too often, and one more thing gets recorded in my notebook. I’m a picture person and quickly notice how thick the book of my transgressions is becoming. Fortunately, we know that Jesus came to die as punishment for our sins. It was […]
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