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From a very young age I loved going to church. Somehow I knew that something special happened when believers come

together in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ on a Sunday. It was and still is special to me when we sing, pray and read the

Scriptures together in worship to our God. As a young man I found acceptance, approval and most of all I found love in

the House of the Lord. Now I would like today's youth to find the same virtues in the House of the Lord as I did.

What I want to write in this article is not about the benefits of the church, but what can the church benefit from us. I

believe there are different types of people who go up to the House of the Lord. I will only mention two, the church member and a

son/daughter of the House. Let us look at the difference between the two.

A church member makes a lot of demands and feels entitled to some privileges, and I believe members should benefit from the church, but

that is not the point. A member sounds like: “I want Pastor to do this, the band must play this song, I don't like that, can we change that?

Members are always on the lookout to find fault and they are always right in their own eyes. A son of the House on the other hand, serves in the house. He or she is always asking where can I help? , or is there anything I can do? Instead

of making mention of a problem he is seeking and praying for a solution. For example, something might be broken at church. A son of the

House would ask one of the leaders: “Is there anything I can do to help, I personally might not be able to but I know of someone. And the

member would say: “Why can't these people fix it, after all why do I give money? Ah ha, have you ever found yourself thinking this way?

I have come to witness a lot of things in the church, since I basically grew up in the church. Many people have lost their love for the house of

the Lord. When we look at the church in the book of Acts, they met together daily. Read Acts 2:46, 47. I can only imagine what the

excitement was among the first believers, they could not wait to come together and share their faith through prayers, worship and reading

the scriptures.We live in a country that we are able to meet together in our place of worship without any restrictions. Let us not neglect to meet together …

Heb 10:25. Let us nurture the culture of going to the house of the Lord and not only going, but serve in the House. Let us say with Joshua 24:15b “As for

me and my house we will serve the Lord” I would like to bless you with a few scriptures from a Psalm by the Sons of Korah. Psalm 84: 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh

cry out for the living God. 4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in

you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. 7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. 10 Better is one day in

y o u r co u r t s t h a n a t h o u s a n d e l s ew h e r e ; I w o u l d r a t h e r b e a d o o r ke e p e r i n t h e h o u s e o f my G o d

than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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Love For The House By Triveno Smith

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Week 1I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his

sufferings, becoming like him in his death, (Phillipians 3:10)

What would you like to change about yourself? Would you like to be more confident or more relaxed? The number one question I have asked is, “Why can’t I change? I want to change - I really do. But I don’t know how. I don’t have the power.”

We don’t change. We read self-help books, yet the problem with self-help books is that they tell us what to do but can’t give us the power to do it. Where do we get the power to change? How do we break out of the mold we’re in? The good news is Christ offers the power we need.

The power occurs fifty seven times in The New Testament. The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and that resurrection power is available to change your life.The most important thing in life is knowing Christ and experiencing the power of His resurrection

The Greek word for power is Dunamis, dynamite derives from this word. The Bible describes resurrection power as the power to cancel our past, the power to conquer our problems and the power to change our personality.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,(Romans 8:1)

First, resurrection power is the power to cancel our past. Cancel means to eliminate, to neutralize, to offset something.God say that it is unnecessary for us to go around with a heavy load of guilt, old hurts, and memories of mistakes.

When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.(Colossians 2:13)

Jesus Christ knows the things we have done wrong, but He did not come to rub them in, He came to rub them out. He did not come to condemn us, He came to change us. A clean slate is possible!

No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the LORD. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” (Jer. 31:34)

God chose to forget our wrongs, our mistakes, our failures. That is good news.

Why God can cancel your past. What is the basis of this forgiveness? One of His last statements from the cross was, “It is finished.” (John 19:30). In Greek, tetelestai, literally meaning “paid in full, canceled.” If God forgets a sin the moment we confess it, don’t you think we ought to forget it too? How long do you remember a bill you have paid?

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Phillipians 3:13-14)

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Week 2

The Power To Change Your Life

God’s Power Will Cancel Our Past

I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.(Luke 10:19)

God’s Power is also the power to conquer our problems, everyone has problems. Check your pulse. The only people who don’t have problems are in cemeteries. What do we do with our problems? How do we know when we are trying to solve all our problems with our own strength? We are tired all the time!

God wants us to stop trying and start trusting Him with our problems. I encourage you to take your focus off your problems and focus instead on God’s promises.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.(Rom 8:35-37)

Do you know what a conqueror is? A conqueror is one who overcomes by gaining control. The Greek word declares that we are super conquerors and that we can have overwhelming victory. The same power that enabled Jesus Christ to rise from the dead allows us to rise above our problems.

When the Holy Spirit controls your life, He will produce in you nine positive characteristics. Only one thing will keep you from changing and becoming the person you and God want you to be. It’s procrastination. Procrastination is fatal. We say one of these days I’m going to. More often than not, that day never comes.

Genesis 8

A humorous fact about the events surrounding the Isrealite’s exodus from Egypt concerns the ten plagues God sent on the Egyptians. Each plague mocked a different Egyptian God. For instance the Egyptians worship lice, so God sent them a lot of lice to worship. Then there was the plague of frogs, the Bible says there were frogs everywhere. After pressure and to get rid of the frogs Moses asked Pharaoh, “When do you want me to get rid of the frogs?” Now Pharaoh’s answer was classic. “Tomorrow”, he must have been crazy.

Why would anyone wait any longer to have the frogs removed?

How would you like to spend one more night with the frogs? Why in the world would anyone put off a change that was going to be positive?

You and I do this all the time. We procrastinate by putting off changes that we know will be good for us. Jesus Christ has the power to make changes in your life now, He will give you the power to get started and the power to keep going. He will give you the power to break the chains of procrastination. Relax, trust God.

He is still in the resurrection business. What are you waiting for? Right now you can say, “Jesus Christ, take my life. Take the good, the bad, the ugly. Take every part of me.” Open your heart to His love right now and let His transforming resurrection power become a reality in your life.

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Week 3

Week 4

God’s Power

God’s Power Will Conquer Our Problems

Why Spend One More Night With The Frogs?

By Willie Plaatjies

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Hannes Terblanché Volle Name: Hannes Terblanché Verjaarsdag: 17 Maart Geboorte plek: Carletonville Beroep: Entrepreneur

"Jack of all trades"

Ons getuienis en eerste besoek aan Lig & Lewe Selkerk

1993 verhuis ons vanaf Pretoria na Paarl.

Ons was gereelde kerkgangers in 'n gemeente waar Hannes diaken was. Jean-Pierre was 'n babetjie van 6 maande oud.Beide van ons het Nederduits Gerevormeerd groot geword en van kleins af geleer van Jesus.

Alida en Nico was reeds betrokke by die Lig & Lewe Selkerk en het baie met ons gedeel. Natuurlik was daar vele uitnodigings om dienste by te woon maar elke keer het ons 'n verskoning gehad.

November 1996 beleef ek en Hannes 'n hartseer tyd. ‘n Swangerskap van 14 weke word beïndig en Lida en Nico staan ons by. Weereens nooi hulle ons uit om saam hulle 'n diens by te woon. Januarie 1997 kry ek en Hannes die goeie nuus, ek is weer swanger, maar het besluit om niemand daarvan te vertel nie, nie eens familie nie.

Gunsteling Vers: Romeine 8:18

Movie/Boek: Top Gun

Kos: See-kos

Musiek: Juanita du Plessis

Adéle Terblanché

Volle Name: Adéle Terblanché

Verjaarsdag: 15 Oktober

Geboorte plek: Uitenhage

Beroep: "Account controler"

Een Sondagoggend in Februarie 1997 besluit ons om die oggend diens by te woon. Min het ons geweet die Here het 'n afspraak met ons. Die kerk is vol en waar kry ons 'nsitplekkie? Regterkant se blok heel voor in die kerk. Net daar het ek en Hannes 'n ontmoeting met God en ervaar die werking van die Heilige Gees. Pastoor Henry Young het die woord gebring en ek en Hannes ervaar daar word net met ons gepraat. Pastoor Henry het so voor ons twee kom staan en sy woorde sal ons nooit vergeet nie. Hy het ons bemoedig met die woorde dat ons nie bekommerd moet wees nie. Dit wat ons vrees sal nie gebeur nie.

Na diens het ek en Hannes gesels en besef die vrees wat ons beide gehad het was om hierdie babetjie ook te verloor. Dadelik gedink iemand het vir Pastoor iets vertel, maar hoe? Niemand het geweet nie! Behalwe ons en die Here en daar het ons die drie-eenheid - Vader, Seun en Heilige Gees vir die eerste keer ervaar. Ons het altyd in ons vorige kerk net gehoor daarvan.

Augustus 1997 word Hannes en ek (7mde swanger) gedoop.

Vandaar het ons soveel geleer en soveel liefde ervaar. Wat 'n wonderlike reis met Jesus aan stuur. Wat 'n wonderlike familie!

Gunsteling

Vers: Romeine 8:31 Movie/Boek: Fire-proof

Kos: Enige iets met vleis; braaivleis, bredie, pasta's

Musiek: Tobi Mack

Hannes & Adele Terblanché

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Almal wat die pinksterweek bygewoon het sal saamstem dat

dit onvergeetlik was en dat elkeen die Heilige Gees op een of

ander manier ervaar het. Een ding is verseker. God is besig

met ons. Een ding wat vir my uitgestaan het in hierdie

pinksterweek was die balans in die dienste. Wat ek daarmee

bedoel is die Woord van God wat net so sterk tot ons gespreek

het soos wat die Heilige Gees ons kom bekragtig het.

Wat beteken Pinkster?

Pinkster beteken - 50ste

Die jode het die Pasga gevier (vergifnis van sondes). 50 dae

na die Pasga was die Pinksterfees gevier(vir die oes wat

ingesamel gaan word). Daarna het hulle die Huttefees

gevier(die oes wat ingesamel is en word gevier met

basuingeklank).

Ons het die Woensdag begin en Erik Marais het begin deur te gesels oor Lukas 11:13. As julle dan wat sleg is, weet om goeie gawes aan julle kinders te gee, hoeveel te meer sal die hemelse Vader die Heilige Gees gee aan die wat Hom bid?

Die Heilige Gees is deel van ons lewe en daarom het ons die

krag om deur enige situasie te gaan en te weet Hy gaan ons nie

in die verderf lei nie. Die Heilige Gees help ons om deur enige

situasie te beweeg. Al lyk die probleme hoe sleg en al lyk dit

asof ons onder gaan. Erik het toe Rom 8:28 gelees en daarin

het ons gesien dat die situasies waarin ons is, ten goede is vir

ons vorming. Deur elke situasie word daar gevorm aan ons

karakter. So in kort. Die Heilige Gees gee vir ons die krag om

elke situasie met blydskap deur te gaan.

Die Donderdag het ek (Past Rudi) gepraat oor die Beginsel van

Pinkster. God het opdrag gegee aan Israel om Paasfees,

Pinksterfees en Huttefees te vier. Hierin ontdek ons dat die

Jode twee redes gehad het vir die Pinksterfees, naamlik:

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1) n Vreugdevolle tyd van dankbaarheid teenoor God en

waar hulle offers geoffer het van die nuwe graan oes

van die somer.

2) Dit word ook gekoppel aan die ontvang van die tien

gebooie. Jode glo dat dit die tyd was wanneer God vir

Moses die wet gegee het op die berg Sinai. Die groot

verskyning van God op die berg. Waar God se

heerlikheid op die berg neergedaal het.

Soos ons dan sien is die Ou Testament 'n skadubeeld van die

Nuwe Testament. Ons ervaar daarom ook hoe God deur

middel van die Heilige Gees, op ons neerdaal en Sy

teenwoordigheid met ons deel net soos op die Berg Sinai.

In die Ou Testament was hierdie fees gevier vir die Oes. Die

uitstorting van die Heilige Gees is dus nie om lekker

hoendervleis te kry nie, maar om krag te ontvang vir die

verkondiging van die evangelie. Elke keer wanneer die Heilige

Gees oor iemand gekom het, was die eindresultaat, die

verkondiging van die evangelie.

Die Vrydag het Past H Young met ons gesels oor ons fokus in

Pinkster. Ons eerste gedagte sal wees, “wat gaan EK van die

Here ontvang”.

As ons die Skrif ten volle wil verstaan, moet ons God as die Hoofkarakter sien en onsself die vraag afvra, wat kry God daaruit. Om vir die mens te sterf was nie Christus se uiteindelike doel nie, maar as Christus aangehaal kan word was dit sodat Sy Vader verheerlik mag word. Op ons beurt moet dit dan ons doel wees om Hom te volg as voorbeeld, so that God can be glorified.

Daarom is dit belangrik om te verstaan dat God alleenlik

verheerlik kan word as ons die verskeidenheid wat daar is in

eenheid kan laat geskied deur Christus Jesus. Die antwoord

op hierdie vraag, “Wat kry God uit wêreld evangelisasie?”, gee

ons die grootste doel vir die lewe as ons God sien as die

panoramiese God van die heelal. God kry groter heerlikheid

as ons toelaat dat Hy deur Christus die eenheid bewerk vanuit

die verskeidenheid. Die vraag is dan ook, vanuit watter

kultuur gaan jy eerste reageer en leef: Kind-van-God-kultuur,

of kultuur-van-Suid-Afrika? Wie is jy eerste?

Saterdagaand het ons lekker saam gekuier. Na die kuier het

ons geluister na twee getuienisse en toe lekker saam gebid. En

wow, het ons nie lekker gebid nie. Die tyd het so vinnig verby

gevlieg.

Sondagoggend en -aand was Past Danie Slabbert en

Raymond Cilliers saam met ons en dit was wonderlik om te

hoor hoe die Here die week se boodskappe kom bevestig en

ook verder deur die bediening Sy Gees kom uitstort het en dit

was lekker om te sien hoe God mense se lewens kom aanraak.

As jy nie in die dienste was van die week nie, moet jy die preke

op CD kry, of l vyf boodskappe op MP3.

Ek sluit hierdie oorsig af deur die volgende woorde:

Pinkster gaan nie oor hoendervleis en omval nie, maar oor

die oes wat ingesamel moet word en elkeen se plig om te

getuig deur die KRAG van die Heilige Gees.

Enige navrae rondom hierdie artikel kan gerig word aan die

kerk kantoor.

Pinksterweek 2011 OorsigDeur Rudi Young

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Let's take a look at the verses that follow directly after them:

And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything

against anyone, forgive him and let it drop (leave it, let it go),

in order that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive

you your (own) failings and shortcomings and let them drop.

But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven

forgive your failings and shortcomings. (Mark11:25,26

AMP)

Not being resentful

You may be thinking, what on earth does this scripture

about forgiveness have to do with my problem or mountain

being removed. Well, it's quite simple really.

As already discovered, Mark 11: 22-24 is foundational to

our walk of faith. According to Galatians 5:6, only faith

activated and energized and expressed and working

through love counts for anything. So you can have enough

faith to move your mountains but if that faith is not motivated

and worked out by love, it will have no effect at all.

Now love, God's love is pretty easy to recognize. God has

laid out His definition in 1 Corinthians 13. I find myself

needing to visit this passage of scripture quite regularly to

remind myself how I should be living each day, before

declaring my promises over my circumstances. The power

behind those promises becoming a reality lies in the

condition of my love walk.

Verse 25 and 26 of Mark 11, says that forgiveness is

essential for our faith to work. And Galatians 5:6 says that

without love, our faith counts for nothing. In Paul's letter to

the Corinthians he shows us forgiveness, or not being

resentful (angry), is in fact what love means. So to break it

down: If I want to move my mountain, I need faith. If I want

my faith to work, I need to walk in love. If I don't forgive, I'm

not walking in love and my faith will not work. I think this truth

is clear enough for us to to grasp and understand.

A loving Saviour

Seeing your faith go to work

and moving the mountains in

your life means you are going

to have to deal with the core

issues of your heart first.

There is simply no other way.

The wonderful thruth is that

we have a loving Saviour, Who has promised to stick with us

through the whole process. The Holy Spirit will lead and

guide us through every step of the way, healing our

wounded hearts and purging the bitterness right out of our

souls. We can take the promises of God concerning our

problem and from a heart filled with God's love and powerful

faith, we can speak His word to that mountain and see it

move right out of our lives forever.

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Strive for righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with

those who with a pure heart call out to the Lord for help.

2 Tim 2:22 GNB

here is an African proverb that states, "It takes a village to Tmake a child". There is profound truth in that. Some people

think that to develop a faith in God and discipleship to Jesus you

need to separate yourself from all outside contacts and just

concentrate on God. Other people, they assume, are either a

distraction or a problem.

Faith that lasts

Paul made it clear to Timothy that it was the other way round. To

know the righteousness that is God's gift, and to forge a faith, live

in love and create peace, you must have a group of believers of

some sort. You can't develop a faith or build Christian character

in isolation. We might re-phrase the African proverb thus: it takes

a Christian group to build a Christian disciple. Christ knew what

he was doing when he called twelve men to be together with Him

in company with each other. It was in relating to each other that

they grew in faith and in Him.

Other people encourage you. They provide answers for your

questions and put questions to you. You develop responsibility

and caring within the group. You challenge and provoke each

other in a group. And you call each other to account. You

stimulate one another and bring out the best in each other. You

grow in understanding and tolerance. Always take part in a

group.

The full advantage of Mark 11:22-24

And Jesus, replying, said to them, ”Have faith in God

(constantly). Truly I tell you whoever says to this mountain, 'Be

lifted up and thrown into the sea'! And does not doubt at all in his

heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done

for him. For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in

prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you,

and you will (get it)” (AMP)

To begin, we need to recognize that these words recorded in the

gospel of Mark,are foundational to remain in a place of faith. In

fact, this type of mountain-moving or mountain-blasting is

exactly what Jesus operated in when He walked the earth. These

were the type of results He got when He prayed and believed and

spoke God's will. We know that the Bible teaches us to imitate

Jesus and have him as our example and so most believers take

this portion of scripture and begin shouting and declaring

scripture at the 'mountains” in their lives, expecting to see results

like

Jesus did, yet they seldom get the results they desire. Why is

that? Well, I believe that the reason is simply because no matter

how foundational they may be, these verses do not stand by

themselves. Rather, these verses need to be read in context in

order to benefit from the promise they hold.

Digging Deeperby Aubrey Cloete___________________

Without Love and Forgivenessour Faith counts for nothing

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as is seker een van die grootste wapens in 'n Christen se lewe, maar ook een van die goed wat die meeste Vafgeskeep word. Dis baie interresante om bietjie dieper

te gaan kyk na die val van die mens in Genesis 3. Adam en Eva het hul basies uit God se wil en die Paradys geëet. Kan dit wees hoekom so baie mense nie vas nie…of sukkel om te vas? Het ons 'n afgod van ons maag gemaak? Is dit meer belangrik om die “afgod” tevrede te stel en te voed as om God te soek en die vleeslike begeertes tweede te stel? In vandag se lewe gaan alles so vinnig dat ons miskien al verleer het hoe om effektief stil te raak voor God en Hom te soek met alles in ons…of miskien was ons nog net nie desperaat genoeg om God te vind nie?

Een van die instellings van vroeg in die Bybel af, was om te vas. Dit is ook verbasend om te sien wie almal in die Bybel dit nodig gevind het om te vas, byvoorbeeld Moses (Eks. 24:18); Dawid (Ps. 69:11); Josafat (2 Kron. 20:1-4); Elia (1 Kon. 19:8); Esra (Es. 8:21-23); Nehemia (Neh. 1:4); Joël (Joël 2:15); Anna (Luk. 2:37); Jesus (Matt. 4:2); Sy dissipels (Luk. 5:35); Paulus (Hand. 9:9); en die Christelike gemeentes (Hand. 14:23).

Hoekom en waarvoor vas ons? Ek glo nie 'n mens kan vas in 'n boks sit en sekere redes en voorskrifte daaraan koppel nie. Daar is wel sekere riglyne wat nagekom moet word tydens 'n vas, soos om tyd in gebed en in die Woord te spandeer…dis mos tog waaroor dit gaan. 'n Mens kan vir enige iets onder die son vas en soveel beter as God op jou hart druk om te vas vir 'n spesifieke rede.

Vas gaan nie net oor om kos opsy te skuif vir 'n dag of twee nie…dit noem 'n mens 'n dieet. Die Christelike vas gaan al tyd saam met gebed, aangesien vas op sy eie geen waarde voor God het nie (Joël 2:12-13; Jes. 58:5; Kol. 2:23; Sag. 7:5).

Hoe om op 'n veilige manier te vasWanneer jy begin om te vas, sal jy hoor van geliefdes en vriende wat besorg is en daarop sal aandring om jou gesondheid te beskerm. En hulle is heeltemal reg. Jy sal jou gesondheid moet beskerm, maar ek verseker jou, as dit behoorlik gedoen word, sal vas jou nie net bewys dat dit 'n geestelike seën inhou nie, maar ook 'n fisiese seën. Gaan gesels met vriende of gemeente lede wat gereeld vas indien jy nie weet wat presies jy mag en nie mag eet en of drink nie.

Benewens die groter spirituele voordele, is die fisiese voordele van vas monumentaal. Jy sal byvoorbeeld na 'n tyd van gereelde vas vind dat jy minder vatbaar is vir verkoues, griep, sinusprobleme en allergieë. Dit help ook om 'n verrineweerde spysverteringsisteem te herstel. Jou maag sal krimp, sodat jy makliker beheer hou oor die hoeveelhede kos wat jy eet. Dit leer jou smaakorgane ook weer reg sodat jy van nature voedsame kos bo gemorskos verkies.

Vas beweeg die hand van God. In die Skrif het Ester ‘n dag van vas uitgeroep. Josafat het in Juda ‘n vasdag uitgeroep en die Here het vir Isreal die oorwinning gegee oor die Moabiete en Ammoniete. ( Lees gerus 2 Kronieke 20) As net een dag se vas hierdie uitwerking het op ‘n nasie, wat sal gebeur as ons as kerk in eenheid vir een dag vas. In Josafat se geval was daar ‘n eenheid in die rede hoekom daar gevas moes word voor die Here God.

Verskillende tipes vas word deesdae voorgestel. Wat vir my altyd interessant is, is die verskillende verskonings om nie te vas nie. Dit wissel van mediese redes tot “..ek kan nie”.

In Matt 6 verduidelik Jesus self van wanneer ons (I.) bid (ii.)gee (iii.)vas. In Spreuke staan dat die drie-dubbele toue moeilik is om te breek. Ons gee ons tiendes en offergawes, ons bid dat dit klap as dinge skeef gaan, maar vas? Kom vat Jesus op Sy woord en gebruik die drie-dubbele tou nie net in ons eie lewens nie, MAAR DEFINITIEF in ons kerk ook.

Hier is nog meer voordele wat jy kan verwag as jy hierdie sinvolle gewoonte aanleer:

1. dit vestig selfbeheer 2. dit bekamp en elimineer uiteindelik ongewensde

hunkerings en swak gewoontes 3. dit vertraag die verouderingsproses 4. dit maak jou sterk (miskien voel jy swak na die

eerste paar dae, maar jy sal later sterker as ooit wees)

5. dit stimuleer die liggaam om oortollige vet te verteer

6. dit elimineer liggaamsreuke en slegte asem 7. dit gee jou 'n skoon vel en helder oë 8. dit elimineer kroniese moegheid 9. dit verhelder benewelde en wasige denke 10. dit verbeter selfbeeld en bevorder 'n gevoel van

welsyn 11. dit verlig stres, spanning en angstigheid

Hier is 20 goeie redes waarom jy behoort te vas:

1. om Goddelike leiding, openbaring of 'n antwoord op 'n

spesifieke vraag te kry

2. om God beter te hoor en Sy wil vir jou lewe meer volledig

te verstaan

3. om die vyand se mag oor jou lewe te verswak

4. om groot probleme die hoof te kan bied

5. om vry te kom van verslawing

6. om geestelike krag en oorheersing te vestig

7. om jouself of ander van swaar laste te bevry

8. om 'n deurbraak met depressie te maak

9. om die Here uit te nooi om jou gees te hernu en vir jou 'n

rein hart te gee

10. om God se aangesig te soek en nader aan Hom te

wandel

11. om by die Here leiding te kry wanneer Hy jou opdra om

iets te doen wat jy nie dink jy kan doen nie

12. om vry te kom van bose en verswakkende gedagtes

13. om versoeking te weerstaan

14. om vry te kom van alledaagse sondes - trots, jaloesie,

verwyt, gulsigheid, skinder ens.

15. om jou te help wanneer jy verward voel

16. om jou te help wanneer jou lewe buite beheer voel

17. om jouself te verneder

18. om vleeslike wellus oor enigiets te verbreek

19. om krag te vind

20. om God uit te nooi dat Sy krag met meer mag deur jou

sal vloei.

WANNEER JULLE VAS Deur Quintin Venter

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1 Tim 4:12

Dr. sê:

The strongest muscle in proportion to its size in the

human body is the tongue.

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a

calorie.

The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps

out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

Dogs have four toes on their hind feet, and five on their

front feet.

A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before

it starves to death.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Polar bears are left handed.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Coca Cola was originally green.

Every person has a unique tongue print.

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Die Bybelklas het onlangs ‘n geleentheid gehad om ‘n gedig te skryf. Hierdie twee was die beste twee gewees. Kyk net die talent in ons kinderkerk!

BEATIFUL NATION!By Tristen Smith

How beautiful is the creationof this beautiful nation.

He made us to serve Him,although we think we don't deserve Him.

He is my all in all,all we got to do is call.

I got to trust;what ever He says is a must.

He is a wonderful Savior,And I know I'm in his favour.

He is my Redeemer,and I will always remember

to serve Him to the end;and go where He send

to spread His wonderful Wordto this great old world.

WEES BLY!Deur Simonè Ellis

Soos ek buite stapSien ek hoe die blomme lag

So sag En as ek opkyk

Sien ek hoe die lug lykSo blou soos die see op 'n somersdag

So wees vrolik en lagWant Jesus skenk ons nog 'n dag

Don't compare your life to others, you have no idea what their journey is

all about.

Fun Facts

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Jeug datums

Jeugkamp - 26-28 AugustusOnthou om te begin spaar vir die kamp

Haggai 1:9-10 “You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the LORD of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.

God questioned Isreal through the last Old Testament prophet, Malachi. He lived within the century of Haggai during the same restoration period. He cried out:

6 “ A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’ 7 “ You offer defiled food on My altar, But say, ‘In what way have we defiled You?’ By saying, ‘ The table of the LORD is contemptible.’ 8 And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice, Is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, Is it not evil? Offer it then to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you favorably?” Says the LORD of hosts. - Malachi 1:6-8

God asked His people, “You call Me Lord, but where are My honour and reverence?” How was He not respected? He was givensecond-best while the people retained the best for themselves.

God called the people’s actions disrespect and irreverence. In order to help the Isrealites see their error more clearly, God challenged them to offer what you have given Me to your governor(i.e., boss, delegated leadership, far below the level of King of the Universe)! If the majority of us worked for our employer the way we work for God, we’d be fired before the week was out.

Let’s look at the degree of honor we often give to God. We come to church ten minutes late. We sit and watch, never lifting a finger to serve, all the while criticizing the leadership and those who do serve. We keep a constant and suspicious watch over how the money is spent even though we rarely give our own tithe in its entirety. In a rush to eat, we leave before the service is dismissed. We attend only regular services and are frustrated when special meetings are called. If the weather is bad, we stay home to avoid the inconvenience. if it is exeptionally lovely, we stay home to enjoy it. If our favourite program is on TV, we will miss the service to watch it.

How long would this job-performance level last in a place of occupation?

The majority of those who do serve in churches or ministries are over-worked because only a few are willing to give their time toward carrying the tremendous workload involved in ministry. Most come only to receive or to be spectators, never to give or serve. So the poor and needy in the congregation go neglected because those with substance are too busy with their own lives. But when we get down to the bottom line, everyone is busy pursuing their own success and are most critical of the pastor if the needs of the poor are not met.

This sort of behaviour is nothing else than irreverance before the Lord. Most of us today will work long, hard hours to maintain a standard of living. Yet it pains us if the service on Sunday goes a half-hour over the time we believe it should conclude. Prayer meetings are too much effort to attend, and we complain that we don’t have time to feed and clothe the poor.

The truth is that everything is a strain. Many fathers will not even make time for the very families they work so hard to provide for. They push their families aside, saying defensively, “Of course I love you; can’t you see I’m busy providing for you? Now, leave me alone; I’m tired and I don’t have time for you right now!”

God explains their turmoil: “You are looking for much, but indeed you have little; for when you bring it home, I will blow it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. Haggai 1:9-10

Where is My Honour?

Passage from The Fear of the Lord by John Bevere

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.

Then it hit me.

He drove his expensive car into a tree and found

out how the Mercedes bends.

A cardboard belt would be a waist of paper.

He wears glasses during math because it

improves division.

Two peanuts were walking in a tough

neighborhood and one of them was a-salted.

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side

was cut off? He's all right now.

Those who throw dirt are sure to lose ground.

When the waiter spilled a drink on his shirt, he

said, "this one is on me.”

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's

impossible to put down.

When William joined the army he disliked the

phrase 'fire at will'.

There was once a cross-eyed teacher who

couldn't control his pupils.

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