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Thursday, 15 October 2015

Wees 'n voorbeeld

Wees ‘n voorbeeld

Lees – 2 Kronieke 6:32-41

Luister ook na die vreemdeling wat nie uit u volk Israel is nie en, omdat hy gehoor het van u groot Naam u mag en krag, selfs uit ‘n ver land kom en na hierdie tempel toe bid (2 Kron 6:32).

In hierdie laaste deel van sy gebed bid Salomo vir die vreemdelinge wat nie deel van God se volk is nie, maar wat ook in die tempel kom aanbid. Die enigste manier waarop hierdie vreemdelinge, wat nie deel van Israel was nie, van die Here kon hoor, was wanneer die Israeliete vir hulle van God vertel het. Die Israeliete het dus getuig van God se krag en mag, en die vreemdelinge het uit ‘n ver land gekom om Hom te aanbid.

Daar is baie kinders in jou skool wat die Here nog nie ken nie. Wil jy nie só lewe dat hulle sal kan sien dat jy ‘n Christen is nie, sodat hulle ook dié Here wat hulle in jou lewe raaksien, sal wil keer ken nie? Dalk kan jy tyd maak om te gesels met iemand wat nog nie geloofsekerheid het nie. As jy nie hiervoor kans sien nie, kan jy vir hom/haar bid soos Salomo in sy gebed.

Here,

Ek wil vandag bid vir my vriende wat U nog nie ken nie. Help my om só te lewe dat hulle ook vir U sal wil leer ken.

Amen

*Deur mý voorbeeld kan ek ander mense motiveer

om ook vir God te kies.*

~Nina Smit ~

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God does not carry a whip in his hands

God does not carry a whip in his hands

I don’t know about you, but for a very long time in my life I was almost scared of God. When things went wrong in my life, the first thing that crossed my mind was: Is this God’s way of punishing me? I have so many sins. I do not pray enough. I fall asleep when I read the Bible. Even worse, Sundays in church, from boredom, I count the bricks in the wall behind the pulpit. (And this is not easy when ons loses count at number 504 and has to start all over again!) Oh, those feelings of guilt! U just knew I deserved it when God wanted to “teach me a lesson” from heaven.

What an injustice to God! To him who does not want to punish people. Who certainly does not have a whip in his hand. His hands are too full already to carry a whip. The whole world is in his hands. For no other reason than that he loves this world. Of which you are a part.

If I can change one thing today, I will delete this picture of an angry God from my head. A spoilsport God. Beause this is not how God is. He is not a watch-it-I-am-watching-you-God. He is an I-care-about-you-God. An if-you-are unhappy-and-sad-I-cry-with-you-God.

This is how I want to think of God.

Ronell Bezuidenhout : God in your life

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Sunday, 11 October 2015

Get Real With Your Prince

Get Real With Your Prince

"I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my trouble. When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn." - Psalms 142:2-3

Even though we have yet to meet our Prince face-to-face, He knows everything about us. Nothing is hidden from Him. He is waiting to have a very authentic and deep relationship with his bride-to-be.

We have a beautiful example in the Psalms of what a real relationship is like with the Lord. Our beloved King David is called "a man after [God's] own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14, AMP). There was nothing artificial about David's relationship with the Lord. If you read any of his Psalms, you will see that David was extremely honest with his God. He didn't hide his rage, his fears, his disappointments, his worries, his praise or his love from his Heavenly Father.

If you have not experienced that same closeness with Him, it may be because you have never known how to let yourself be entirely honest with Him. You can and will experience the intimacy you long for if you will take a chance and trade a mechanical religious relationship for a totally transparent and real relationship with One who gave His life to save you---the One you will be spending eternity with.

So don't listen when the enemy of your soul suggests, that you can save yourself from the pain and problems of this world. When something hurts you or someone angers you, tell your Savior all about it. You don't have to wait for your Lord's return to begin to experience intimacy with Him! He is with you now in spirit, so cry out to Him about whatever is on your heart.

Don't waste another moment walking alone. Your Prince is waiting for you to speak to Him, so open your heart and let Him love you and bless you with a peace that surpasses all human understanding.

~ Sheri Rose Shepherd ~

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