Whenever I find a piece of luck, I quickly tell all my friends about it. When I hear about Karoo sheep for sale at a good price, I share the info with all my friends. I can’t help myself. I want everyone to experience the same good fortune. Yes, sometimes I’ve bought a pig in […]
Read moreAn old friend was teaching in the East. He missed his wife very much and longed to be with her and his family. He was working hard to get a business going so that he could come back to live at home. He was struggling with why he was there. He said: As I was […]
Read moreIt’s Friday evening and we three friends are standing around the fire, ready to braai a nice mutton chop. We talk about what we’ve done that week. Friend one tells us about a course for business people at church and the story of the successful businessman, Don Camion. Don grew up with his parents in […]
Read moreGrandpa is visiting. We are working, so grandpa is left to his own devices. I watch him. He is constantly on his phone. By lunch time he has to go and charge his phone, because his screen time is gobbling up the battery. In the beginning, grandpa didn’t even know where to switch on a […]
Read moreI am amazed by the growth of the crossroads.com ministry. It’s more than a few ten thousand – all glory to God. I can still remember that day right at the start when I experienced that the Lord had led me to pull the stuff I was writing into shape and send it to a […]
Read more18-19Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life. Very good friends of ours have a Down syndrome son, […]
Read morePhilippians 4:10-20 The people who helped Paul were also suffering hardship, but there was a huge promise for them: 19You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus. Our cell group fetched a bin full of naartjies from a […]
Read morePhilippians 4:10-20 Let’s take this bull by the horns: Do you give to others? How often do you give? (See if you can read right to the end! There’s a promise waiting.) It’s not easy to face this on an empty stomach. Still it is essential to force ourselves from time to time and do […]
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