Read with me, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 “He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that, what he...
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Read with me, “This is the day which the LORD hath made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6As I witness all...
Ever Increasing Hope
“Our hope depends not on our own ability to figure things out…” Heidi Baker When I find myself without explanation, I become agitated, by default. I love taking things apart, understanding how they work, their meaning, and their function. I need, desperately, to...
HE is
There are some aspects of God that sounds contradictory, opposing almost. He is both strong, and tender. Passionate, yet patient. Active, but gentle. He is God, He is Father, He is brother, He is friend. I think, in my opinion, these are the very attributes that makes...
Kingdom First
Read with me, “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye...
Let Love Win
I don’t have much to say, except – let love win. Relationships are failing, people judge, budgets are tight, and projects fail. The mountains seem to steep to climb, the ocean to wide to cross, and the way to narrow to traverse. But keep on keeping on. Not by taking...
The Secret Place, The Safe Place
When you abide under the shadow of Shaddai you are hidden in the strength of God Most High.He’s the hope that holds me and the stronghold to shelter me, the only God for me, and my great confidence.He will rescue you from every hidden trap of the enemy...
Set Your affections on him
Read with me, “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Colossians...
Surrender
Read with me, “My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways.” Proverbs 23:26 So often we are invested in making a mark on the earth. We become consumed with doing things for God, for others, for ourselves. The concepts of moving up and forward take...
Worship
Read with me, “Moses’ arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up. So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on. Then they stood on each side of Moses, holding up his hands. So his hands held steady until sunset. As a result, Joshua overwhelmed the...
Look to Jesus
Read with me, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in...
The Blood Speaks
Read with me, " To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel." Hebrews 12:24 The past few weeks I have heard these words persistently in my Spirit…”the blood speaks a better word.” I am...
Meditate on His word
Read with me, “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like...
first and last
Read with me, “We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 All throughout Scripture you see God being gracious in His provision, provident in His answers. Throughout the Old Testament we see God promising His children victory before calling them to arms. He is a...
(un)offended
Read with me, “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite,...
Rooted
Read with me, “And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your...
Seeing Well
Read with me, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.” Philippians 2:3 “For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.” James 3:16 Every member of the body...
Purpose – Finding Him
Read with me, “Above the Horse Gate, the priests repaired the wall. Each one repaired the section immediately across from his own house.”-Nehemiah 3:38 Every believer, me included, has found him or herself at a place where they long for God to reveal His purpose...
Knowing the Holy Spirit
Read with me, “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” Ephesians 1:17 The thing is, the Holy Spirit is not sin conscious. He is Christ conscious. He...
Knowing Him in suffering
Read with me, “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:6 “For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.’’ 1 Corinthians 2:2 Being faced with hardships such as illness, poverty, loss,...
fight for peace
Read with me, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 Fight the good fight of faith... 1 Timothy 6:12 A couple of years ago I found myself in the...
conflict
And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.... Genesis 1:27, 31 The scary thing about relationships is that they are messy. Other...
hope in him
HOPE ETERNAL “For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness.” Romans 8:24-26a Hope is commonly defined...
Vision that speaks
Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6 The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the...
serving
Read with me, “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one...
god is a bringer
Read with me, “Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to perform My word.” Jeremiah 1:12 Sometimes I get stuck on a passage of Scripture for months. This time it is Jeremiah 1. Until I feel urged to move on, this is where I am leaning into what...
freedom in the cross
Read with me, “ And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside,...
the power of god to overcome
Read with me, “2 Corinthians 13:4 For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.” Before Jesus ascended, He told Philip that He would leave us a helper,...
the power and authority of god – pt 3
“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every other name. Philippians 2:9-11 “ The name of the lord is a strong tower, the righteous run into it and they are safe. Proverbs 18:10 While reading the Bible we Time and time again...
the power of god – pt2
Read with me, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first...
The power of god
Read with me, “and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 What does 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 mean...
love – part 4
Read with me, “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honour one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:9-10 What does Romans 12:9-10 mean for us today?Our love must be sincere. The dictionary defines sincere...
Love Part 3
Read with me, “ Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 1 Peter 4:8 What does 1 Peter 4:8 mean for us today? Love covers a multitude of sins, ours and those of others. Sins, unfair treatments, ignorances, arrogances,...
Past fulfilled, future Secured.
Past fulfilled future SecuredDownload In our first part of this study we have looked into some foundational scriptures proving that Jesus came to bring a spiritual reality rather than a physical one. It is a spiritual kingdom rather than a physical one & a...
lOVE – PART 2
Read with me, “ But the goal of our instruction is love [which springs] from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” 1 Timothy 1:5 What does 1 Timothy 1:5 mean for us today? This scripture has such an efficient way of bringing to our attention the...
Love – Part 1
LOVE Part 1 Read with me, 'There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1 John 4:18...
Christ In me – Part 4
Christ In Me – Part 4 Read with me, “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and...
Christ In Me – Part 3
Read with me “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory...
cHRIST iN mE – Pt 2
Christ in Me – Part 2 Read with me, May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded secure on love... Ephesians...
CHrist IN ME – Part 1
Read with me, To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:2 What does Colossians 1:27 mean for us, today. Simply stated, it means we have hope, and...
Better Covenant means a better future
Better Covenant means a better future UpdatedDownload Most of us have heard end time teaching in some form or another. This study is written to bring the focus back on the word of God, this I believe will help us keep our hope & faith in the One who is faithful....
Three Identities
[responsivevoice_button] There are three identities we choose from everyday, we could call them three different perspectives as well. These are places we choose to live from, act and react from. This is a simplified explanation of them. No 1. Identity of Value. This...
Realm of potential
Our rebirth reality from a different world is not completely off planet in origin, but different in realm. Realm is accessed through heart intent. So discerning between good & evil or spirit & flesh is hardly as religious & external as we have made it. It...
The earth is ours
The are Christians calling death & curses over our country & over our land because they look & people's sin around us. But the whole dynamic is off, it is as if we are in the old covenant with God on the outside, where we are separate from Him, calling Him...
The God who doesn’t change
So many times I have seen God being presented as an unchanging God, like a Robot or static force that is always the same & never changing in the full sense of the word. But is this true? Does nothing about God ever change? How is it that people are not judged...
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Abusive relationship with a good Father?
God is good! All the time! All the time, God is good! Tell me you heard that at some stage in a church? There is such an importance in the fact that God, our Father in heaven, is good! As we know the Bible states that He is the giver of good gifts! In John 10 Jesus...
Possessing the Kingdom
Rom 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. One of the biggest lies I have ever believed as a Christian is materialistic evidence of righteousness. Growing up we were relentlessly harangued on a...
Heaven & Earth
Something I've been thinking about. Jesus says that not one part of the law will pass away until heaven & earth passes away. Not one part! Which means the whole thing is intact & ongoing or it passed away. Plain & simple. Here is the verse with some before...
I must decrease?
He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3:30 ESV Is this verse for you today? Please bear with me. John, the prophet that declared the coming of the Messiah said this while the Messiah was being revealed. Now Johns disciples was saying that people are now going...
The Lamb & the Pig
Lamb & Pig life. We all know the pig was seen as an unclean animal in the Old Testament, not worthy to be eaten for food. But also we have the lamb that was seen as pure & clean, worthy of sacrifice to forgive sins! Today we have our lives that are in either...
Fathers’ Finances
You know the hardest thing to preach or teach about these days is finances. But I would like to share this with you so you may be liberated and also challenged to live out what you believe God will do for you because of His heart for you. I will not be using the...
van Wortels na Vrugte – Deur Henru Pieters
My reis deur die dieptes van die Hebreeuse Wortels Beweging en hoe GENADE alleen my daaruit gered het. Die Torah Pad... Vir omtrent ses en ‘n halfjaar was ek intensief betrokke in die Hebreeuse Wortels Beweging. Vir meer as vyf jaar het ek Bybelse Hebreeuse klasse...
Knowing when to say no
As Christians we often get confused about when we can say yes or no. Some of us feel like we can never say no and we have to always say yes whereas others may feel like saying no is the only thing we are allowed to do. It is when we talk about people, the ones we are...
Relationships
Something that every person in their life faces constantly is conflict. Be it either with others or within themselves. This is especially prevalent in close relationships, more so in marriage. I believe God gave Carlo and me wisdom enough in this area to be of...
God has boundaries
Boundaries, simply put are limits you set up around you to for yourself and other people. There are healthy type of boundaries & unhealthy ones. I'd like to talk about the healthy ones since we are in Christ & believe on loving one another. We are not people...
Why it is raining in South Africa
The last 10 days it rained here in Gauteng and I’m really thankful for that, also the other areas that need it. A few days before it started to rain, there were "Facebook"videos and “posts” about why it has not rained and I felt in my heart to begin to thank Jesus for...
Hoekom dit nou reën in Suid Afrika
Die laaste 10 dae reën dit so lekker hier in Gauteng en eks regtig dankbaar teenoor die Vader daaroor, ook vir die ander areas wat dit so nodig het. 'n Paar dae voor dit so gereën het was daar op "Facebook" video's en posts oor hoekom dit nie reën nie en toe voel ek...
The Two questions
The two questions you want to ask in your life are these two : Who is God to me? & Who am I to God? The way people answer these two will always be the frame in which their belief system is built. These two questions always stay in my mind when I speak to anyone...
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