“You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies.” – Psalm 23:5
Black Tuesday!
Today is certainly a sad day for South Africa – especially its honest citizens and has therefore been called “Black Tuesday” by die media. Today, the “Secrecy Bill” has been passed by our government…There is still much speculation as to how this “law” (bill) will be enforced, but it is sad to hear that politicians will be able to hide their corruption behind this new “law” – this in a country, where politicians have proven to “set the standard for corruption”.
When money has no value
Last night I watched a program on KykNet, called “2012 – As geld nie meer geld nie” – which can be translated as “when money has no value”. I found this program extremely insightful, as it took the viewer back to where money began and where money lost its value for the very first time, namely during the “Great Depression”.
It is Harvest Time!
“The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest.” – Psalm 85:12 NIV
The Supernatural God
The concept of a “Supernatural God”, has been highly debated for hundreds of years by various groups within the Christian faith. As Christians, our faith is based on the doctrine that God has three distinct attributes:
Omnipotent - having ownership and authority over absolutely everything (in all of creation)
Omnipresent - being present everywhere; and at the same time
Omniscient – having complete, unlimited knowledge and perceiving all things
The Lord’s Blessing
“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.” – Deuteronomy 28:3 NIV
Kill your excuses, before it kills you
We all have dreams. We all have hopes. But why do so many of us never fulfil our dreams? How many people in this world today can really say: “I’m living the dream”. Not even the folks in the big USA can say the famous words that they’re “living the American dream” any more…
Over the last couple of years in ministry, I have spent countless hours in ministry, counselling and deliverance sessions. I heard many stories of dreams and hopes dying sudden deaths, due to (unforeseen) circumstances. It is always sad to hear stories of middle aged men, having a dream of becoming a doctor, but unforeseen circumstances caused them to drop out of medical school. Some women have shared they had dreams of being teachers, but they had to drop out of school due to circumstances. The bottom line is “life happens”.
He celebrates you
“The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.” – Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Many Preachers are Quitters!
This is my very first entry on my new Blog…I wanted to write about my life, my past experiences in ministry, my life as a husband and a father, but then I read an interesting article which made me think a lot about myself and my ministry…
I recently read an excerpt from Jon Acuff‘s international best-selling book, “Quitter”. This hilarious, but still-so-serious book gives a lot of insight into the life of a Christian – especially ministry leaders. It makes the bold statement that it is OK to be a “Quitter”, but not in the general sense of the word – to be a “Quitter” means to quit your job and step into your calling…
Elizma: Tx for sharing the Blessing Favour with us. Needs the impossible to b...
: Whilst I would welcome a "quitter" from the secular world into the min...
Carljdavis: So true! I prepared a sermon (Numbers 11) on the very same subject. ...