THE TRUMPET by Bill Burns -- June 28, 2010:
Come My children and let us reason together. Your ways are not My ways, but if you will partake of My word and open yourselves to the flow of My spirit, then out of your inner most being shall flow rivers of life; rivers of living water. Then, the manifestation of the kingdom shall flow forth into the world and out of you My words shall bring direction. So I say arise into the activity of the kingdom by faith where it is My purpose to guide you; to lead you; to compel you; to instruct you in the ways you should go. Let faith be the foundation that you stand on to generate kingdom life, says the Lord.
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns -- June 28, 2010:
In the Spirit I saw a woman dancing in worship to the Lord. As I watched, her feet were no longer on the ground even though she was still dancing. Then, she was dancing in mid-air high above the ground. I believe the woman is the Bride, and the joy of her worship will bring elevation in the realm of the Spirit.
Psalms 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, the city of the great King
28 June 2010
26 June 2010
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns -- June 25, 2010:
Be flexible, for I have places to take you and things to show you that you will miss if you are rigid and unyielding. Keep an open mind and an open heart, and I will give you nuggets of wisdom and spiritual truth in the most unexpected ways in unforeseen places. I want to extricate you from the grip of religious spirits that require you to be stern, precise, and in control. Spontaneity will give you the freedom to move with the wind of My Spirit, says the Lord.
John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
Be flexible, for I have places to take you and things to show you that you will miss if you are rigid and unyielding. Keep an open mind and an open heart, and I will give you nuggets of wisdom and spiritual truth in the most unexpected ways in unforeseen places. I want to extricate you from the grip of religious spirits that require you to be stern, precise, and in control. Spontaneity will give you the freedom to move with the wind of My Spirit, says the Lord.
John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
10 June 2010
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns -- June 10, 2010:
Beloved, never walk away from a mess. I speak to you of those things that you have responsibility for and authority over. When something is out of order or in disarray, whether spiritually, mentally, emotionally or physically, do what is in your power to eliminate the chaos. And, if you have no power to bring change, ask Me in faith with no wavering and you will have the help you need, says the Lord. Anything you ask in faith according to My will, I will do.
1 John 5:14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
Beloved, never walk away from a mess. I speak to you of those things that you have responsibility for and authority over. When something is out of order or in disarray, whether spiritually, mentally, emotionally or physically, do what is in your power to eliminate the chaos. And, if you have no power to bring change, ask Me in faith with no wavering and you will have the help you need, says the Lord. Anything you ask in faith according to My will, I will do.
1 John 5:14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
05 January 2009
KEYS TO VICTORY IN 2009
Keys to Victory in 2009
David Langerfeld
Jan 5, 2009
Keys to Victory in 2009
Philippians 3:13-14
THE KEY
The key to victory in 2009 is Philippians 3:13-14. Paul was using the illustration of a race to describe his life. He was in the home stretch, but he was still running the race; the race wasn't over. The first thing we need to notice is that Paul was not satisfied with his performance. No runner worth his salt is ever satisfied with his performance. He always wants to go a little faster, a little longer or a little harder. Each runner wants to continually improve himself. and Paul was the same. He said, "I have not apprehended it yet." - NOT YET!
Right behind this conjunction is one of Paul's secrets to living: THIS ONE THING I DO! It's the only time this phrase is used in the New Testament. Single-minded concentration on the things of God is essential to running the race of Christianity. You cannot be dwelling on other things as an athlete and give your best performance. Therefore, Paul says "this one thing I do."
What is "This One Thing I Do"?
"Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." That's the key for victory in the Christian life. That's the key for victory in 2009.
What do we need to forget?
Paul had learned that we have to lock the door on yesterday and throw away the key. Paul discovered that looking back almost always ends up in going back. Let me repeat that... Looking back almost always ends up in going back. In the Old Testament we find the wandering Israelites ready to return to their old ways rather than pressing on. In the New Testament Jesus clearly taught us in Luke 9:62 that "no man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God's Kingdom."
4 THINGS WE NEED TO FORGET:
1. YESTERDAY'S MISTAKES
In his book "ENCOURAGE ME", Chuck Swindoll has a chapter entitled, "The Fine Art of Blowing It". It begins like this, "It happens to every one of us. Teachers as well as students. cops as well as criminals. Bosses as well as secretaries. Parents as well as kids. The diligent as well as the lazy. Not even presidents are immune. Or corporation heads who earn six-figure salaries. The same is true of well-meaning architects and hard-working builders and clear-thinking engineers... not to mention pro ball players, politicians, and preachers. What? making mistakes, that's what. Doing the wrong thing, usually with the best of motives. And it happens with remarkable regularity."
Dale Carnegie has a folder entitled "FTD" It stands for "Fool Things I Have Done." Whenever he did something foolish or stupid, he would dictate a record of it to his secretary. He confesses, however, that he was so embarrassed by his stupidity that he was ashamed to have her know it. So he would write it out in longhand and slip it into the file himself.
Everyone makes mistakes. Everybody does stupid, foolish things. God's Word says: "forget it" - leave them behind you.
There are 3 things we should do about yesterday's mistakes:
1. Learn from them
2. Determine with God's help not to do them again
3. Forget them.
Satan will want to remind you and make you feel guilty for your past mistakes – but God says: "Forget Them. I HAVE"!
2. YESTERDAY'S HURTS
Life is a battlefield. You're a soldier in God's Army. On any battleground, injuries will occur and soldiers are going to get hurt. Sooner or later, someone is going to
... hurt you.
... lie about you
... verbally or physically harm you
... misrepresent you
... chop you up in little pieces
... slander you
It's going to happen--what do you do?
You have two choices:
1. Allow the resentment and hate to build
2. Forgive and Forget
A. Forgive as Christ forgave you
- just as He forgave the Roman soldiers who didn't know what they were doing.
B. Forget those things that are behind you Phil. 3:13
You might say, but David -
... You Don't Understand
.... You don't understand what's happened to me.
.... You don't know how bad I've been hurt.
.... I was innocent.
.... I didn't do anything wrong, but they hurt me.
.... They lied about me.
.... They hurt my feelings and they didn't care.
.... They criticized me when I didn't do anything wrong.
.... They talked about me behind my back.
.... They cheated me, they rejected me, they hurt me really bad.
God understands. Jesus was innocent, but they beat him, they tortured him, they mocked him, they crucified him. He didn't deserve it, but they did it anyway. On the cross, He forgave them. On the cross, He provided salvation for even those who beat him, who mocked him, who crucified him. In order to press on in the Christian life, we have to lock the door on yesterday's hurts.
3. YESTERDAY'S POSSIBILITIES
How often do I see people unable to operate in today because they are still living a "what if" life. They keep talking about "what could have been"--"if I had only..."
Quite often they blame someone else
... if only my wife hadn't...
.... if only my parents (children) hadn't...
.... if only my business partner had...
.... if only the war hadn't...
They even blame God - "if God would have… or if God wouldn't have…"
We can't live on yesterday's promises or yesterday's dreams. Too many people are dissatisfied with life because they've had an expectation that just hasn't worked out. Paul is saying--forget your past hurts, forget your past mistakes and forget living with what might have been and finally...
4. YESTERDAY'S SINS
Billy Graham once said that 60% of all the patients in mental hospitals could go home if they would accept the fact that they are not guilty or that they have been forgiven.
Many people are carrying a burden of guilt:
... A past mistake
.... A moral failure
.... A painful cut to a friend
.... A physical hurt to someone
.... A stupid, hateful remark
.... A poor decision
.... A sin so horrible that they believe either God will not forgive them or they will not forgive themselves
***There is no sin, no matter how great or small, once it has been confessed and forgiven, that the memory of it should torment us no more. Let me repeat that: When sin, no matter how great or how grievous, has been confessed and forgiven, the memory of it should torment us no more!
Notice, Paul didn't say, "I've forgotten those things which are behind. Paul said, forgetting those things. Paul had learned the secret. There are some things in our memory that we will never forget.
We have to keep practicing forgetting...
Guilt will eat us alive. Every time the memory comes back, every time a song or a word or a smell or a picture or a person reminds us, we continue to practice forgetting. How long do we practice forgetting?
... until the memory doesn't hurt any more.
... until we allow God to forgive us
... until we allow God to forgive through us
... until the pain is no longer there
... until we can use our past to help us grow in the present
... until we can use our past to help others in the present
God says in Jeremiah 31:34 "I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more."
Psalm 103:12 "I will remove their sin as far as the east is from the west."
1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
It's time to:
Lock the Door on the Past!
Throw Away the Key!
Forget Where You Have Thrown It!
David Langerfeld
Jan 5, 2009
Keys to Victory in 2009
Philippians 3:13-14
THE KEY
The key to victory in 2009 is Philippians 3:13-14. Paul was using the illustration of a race to describe his life. He was in the home stretch, but he was still running the race; the race wasn't over. The first thing we need to notice is that Paul was not satisfied with his performance. No runner worth his salt is ever satisfied with his performance. He always wants to go a little faster, a little longer or a little harder. Each runner wants to continually improve himself. and Paul was the same. He said, "I have not apprehended it yet." - NOT YET!
Right behind this conjunction is one of Paul's secrets to living: THIS ONE THING I DO! It's the only time this phrase is used in the New Testament. Single-minded concentration on the things of God is essential to running the race of Christianity. You cannot be dwelling on other things as an athlete and give your best performance. Therefore, Paul says "this one thing I do."
What is "This One Thing I Do"?
"Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." That's the key for victory in the Christian life. That's the key for victory in 2009.
What do we need to forget?
Paul had learned that we have to lock the door on yesterday and throw away the key. Paul discovered that looking back almost always ends up in going back. Let me repeat that... Looking back almost always ends up in going back. In the Old Testament we find the wandering Israelites ready to return to their old ways rather than pressing on. In the New Testament Jesus clearly taught us in Luke 9:62 that "no man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God's Kingdom."
4 THINGS WE NEED TO FORGET:
1. YESTERDAY'S MISTAKES
In his book "ENCOURAGE ME", Chuck Swindoll has a chapter entitled, "The Fine Art of Blowing It". It begins like this, "It happens to every one of us. Teachers as well as students. cops as well as criminals. Bosses as well as secretaries. Parents as well as kids. The diligent as well as the lazy. Not even presidents are immune. Or corporation heads who earn six-figure salaries. The same is true of well-meaning architects and hard-working builders and clear-thinking engineers... not to mention pro ball players, politicians, and preachers. What? making mistakes, that's what. Doing the wrong thing, usually with the best of motives. And it happens with remarkable regularity."
Dale Carnegie has a folder entitled "FTD" It stands for "Fool Things I Have Done." Whenever he did something foolish or stupid, he would dictate a record of it to his secretary. He confesses, however, that he was so embarrassed by his stupidity that he was ashamed to have her know it. So he would write it out in longhand and slip it into the file himself.
Everyone makes mistakes. Everybody does stupid, foolish things. God's Word says: "forget it" - leave them behind you.
There are 3 things we should do about yesterday's mistakes:
1. Learn from them
2. Determine with God's help not to do them again
3. Forget them.
Satan will want to remind you and make you feel guilty for your past mistakes – but God says: "Forget Them. I HAVE"!
2. YESTERDAY'S HURTS
Life is a battlefield. You're a soldier in God's Army. On any battleground, injuries will occur and soldiers are going to get hurt. Sooner or later, someone is going to
... hurt you.
... lie about you
... verbally or physically harm you
... misrepresent you
... chop you up in little pieces
... slander you
It's going to happen--what do you do?
You have two choices:
1. Allow the resentment and hate to build
2. Forgive and Forget
A. Forgive as Christ forgave you
- just as He forgave the Roman soldiers who didn't know what they were doing.
B. Forget those things that are behind you Phil. 3:13
You might say, but David -
... You Don't Understand
.... You don't understand what's happened to me.
.... You don't know how bad I've been hurt.
.... I was innocent.
.... I didn't do anything wrong, but they hurt me.
.... They lied about me.
.... They hurt my feelings and they didn't care.
.... They criticized me when I didn't do anything wrong.
.... They talked about me behind my back.
.... They cheated me, they rejected me, they hurt me really bad.
God understands. Jesus was innocent, but they beat him, they tortured him, they mocked him, they crucified him. He didn't deserve it, but they did it anyway. On the cross, He forgave them. On the cross, He provided salvation for even those who beat him, who mocked him, who crucified him. In order to press on in the Christian life, we have to lock the door on yesterday's hurts.
3. YESTERDAY'S POSSIBILITIES
How often do I see people unable to operate in today because they are still living a "what if" life. They keep talking about "what could have been"--"if I had only..."
Quite often they blame someone else
... if only my wife hadn't...
.... if only my parents (children) hadn't...
.... if only my business partner had...
.... if only the war hadn't...
They even blame God - "if God would have… or if God wouldn't have…"
We can't live on yesterday's promises or yesterday's dreams. Too many people are dissatisfied with life because they've had an expectation that just hasn't worked out. Paul is saying--forget your past hurts, forget your past mistakes and forget living with what might have been and finally...
4. YESTERDAY'S SINS
Billy Graham once said that 60% of all the patients in mental hospitals could go home if they would accept the fact that they are not guilty or that they have been forgiven.
Many people are carrying a burden of guilt:
... A past mistake
.... A moral failure
.... A painful cut to a friend
.... A physical hurt to someone
.... A stupid, hateful remark
.... A poor decision
.... A sin so horrible that they believe either God will not forgive them or they will not forgive themselves
***There is no sin, no matter how great or small, once it has been confessed and forgiven, that the memory of it should torment us no more. Let me repeat that: When sin, no matter how great or how grievous, has been confessed and forgiven, the memory of it should torment us no more!
Notice, Paul didn't say, "I've forgotten those things which are behind. Paul said, forgetting those things. Paul had learned the secret. There are some things in our memory that we will never forget.
We have to keep practicing forgetting...
Guilt will eat us alive. Every time the memory comes back, every time a song or a word or a smell or a picture or a person reminds us, we continue to practice forgetting. How long do we practice forgetting?
... until the memory doesn't hurt any more.
... until we allow God to forgive us
... until we allow God to forgive through us
... until the pain is no longer there
... until we can use our past to help us grow in the present
... until we can use our past to help others in the present
God says in Jeremiah 31:34 "I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more."
Psalm 103:12 "I will remove their sin as far as the east is from the west."
1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
It's time to:
Lock the Door on the Past!
Throw Away the Key!
Forget Where You Have Thrown It!
07 November 2008
OPENBARING 19:7-9
Moet jou net eers vertel! Vroeër vanoggand het 'n vriend van Coenie by die Excell garage se quick shop ingehardloop om koeldrank te koop. Hy sien toe 'n vrou in spierwit klere en maak 'n grappie met haar met haar en vra "wanneer is die troue ..." Sy antwoord hom:" die bruilof is vinniger as wat jy besef, as jy jou oë knip is dit tyd. Ek sien jy is 'n man van God en die Heilige Gees is baie by jou, want jy en jou vrou bid baie." Sy gee hom toe 2 bybel versies – Openbaring 19:7-9 en Matteus 25, om te lees. Toe is sy weg. Hy vra vir 'n man daar naby of hy gesien het waarheen die vrou is met wie hy nou net gepraat het, en die antwoord toe dat hy niemand gesien het nie!
Openbaring 19:7-9
"Laat ons bly wees en juig en aan Hom die eer gee,
Want die bruilof van die Lam het aangebreek,
En sy bruid het haar daarvoor gereed gemaak.
God het haar dit vergun om fyn, helder blink klere aan te trek.
Hierdie fyn klere is die regverdige dade van die gelowiges.
Toe sê die engel vir my:" skryf op: Geseënd is hulle wat na die
Bruilofsmaal van die Lam uitgenooi is."
Verder sê hy vir my:"Dit is die woorde van God, en hulle is waar.""
Matteus 25 is die gelykenis van die 10 maagde met die olielampies!
Wat hy agterna onthou wat sy vir hom gesê het is dat kan ons nie sien die dae het baie korter geword nie, God het die tyd verander sodat Sy koms vinniger kan kom, want Sy mense kry baie swaar. Ons moet kyk na die Morester, sy posisie het geskuif! Die blou lug wat jy nou sien sal jy een van die dae nie meer sien nie.
Ek kry hoendervleis op hoendervleis. Hoop dit stig jou soos vir my!!!
LEES VERDER ASB! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Net nadat ek dit uitgestuur het kry ek hierdie getuienis al die pad van Somerset Wes af:
Danie, ek het nie net hoendervleis geword nie. Ek het koud geword....ek het dieselfde ondervinding gehad. Maar ek het gedink ek het gedroom. Dit was op die 29ste Oktober om 19:30. Ek het op die stoep buite in 'n ou riempie stoel neergesink omdat ek so moeg was. Gewag dat my hond klaar eet. Ek sit gewoonlik by hom om te eet. Toe dag ek ek het aan die slaap geraak. Want ek sien 'n vrou in wit geklee daar staan. Sy is mooi. Ek hou van haar. Toe gee sy vir my 'n bybelvers Openbaring.19: 7-9. Sy het gesê ek moet my nie meer bekommer oor die dinge van die wêreld nie, die tyd is naby God sien al die dinge raak. Maar ek moenie ophou bid nie. Dit was asof ek vir 'n oomblik nie in daardie stoel was nie. Asof ek van iewers anders af kom. Toe dag ek: kyk ek is so moeg ek beter gaan bad en slaap. Hier sit ek en droom op die stoep in 'n stoel. Ek het niks daarvan gemaak nie. Want ek tree die 7de November in die huwelik en ek dag my onderbewussyn hardloop rond met die huwelik op hande. Nou lees ek hierdie getuienis. Kan dit wees dat ek dieselfde engel gesien het? Danie ek het al voorheen drome gehad van dinge wat gaan gebeur. Ek het byvoorbeeld gedroom van my oudste sussie 'n week voor haar dood, dat sy saam met my kerk toe stap en vir my sê van nou af sal ek alleen kerk toe gaan. Ek het gedroom van die swartes wat vir die leeus gevoer was drie dae voordat dit gebeur het. Ag en menige dinge. Danie dis wonderlike nuus is dit nie!!!! Ek huil sommer want ek weet die morester sit nie meer waar dit was nie. Ek het in September agtergekom en gereken dis omdat die seisoen verander en die son skuif en die maan skuif die ooreenkomstig. Maar more oggend gaan ek spesiaal kyk... O God is goed. Ek voel verheug om hierdie tyding te hoor. Nou verstaan ek ook hoekom dinge so vinnig in plek val in my lewe. hoekom ek huil vir die geringste ding. Ek is broos voor God en baie keer skaam omdat ons nie die wese van God ervaar nie. Ons lewe asof ons geregtig is op nog 'n dag. Asof ons die lewe in pag het. Besef ons nie .. weet ons nie dat die eindtyd daar is nie. Mag God aan meer mense hierdie tyding openbaar. Mag ons die harde werklikheid van God se almag ervaar. Vader weet ek bid sommer nou op die plek dat God Sy hand oor ons moet hou sodat ons gereed sal wees.
Dat twee mense duisend kilometers uit mekaar soortgelyke ervaring het is "awesome". Ongeag of jy dit vat of nie. Mag die Here se genade en vrede met jou wees en mag JY gereed wees wanneer Hy ons kom haal.
Die tyd is min en die tyd is nou. Môre behoort nie aan ons nie. Vandag behoort nie eers aan ons nie. Al wat ons het is nou. Maak die beste daarvan en kom in lyn met God se Wil en plan vir jou lewe. Lewe voluit vir Hom!!! Twee van my vriende het in 'n oogwink geliefdes aan die dood afgestaan. Laat ons dan gereed wees, wanneer Jesus ons kom haal
Openbaring 19:7-9
"Laat ons bly wees en juig en aan Hom die eer gee,
Want die bruilof van die Lam het aangebreek,
En sy bruid het haar daarvoor gereed gemaak.
God het haar dit vergun om fyn, helder blink klere aan te trek.
Hierdie fyn klere is die regverdige dade van die gelowiges.
Toe sê die engel vir my:" skryf op: Geseënd is hulle wat na die
Bruilofsmaal van die Lam uitgenooi is."
Verder sê hy vir my:"Dit is die woorde van God, en hulle is waar.""
Matteus 25 is die gelykenis van die 10 maagde met die olielampies!
Wat hy agterna onthou wat sy vir hom gesê het is dat kan ons nie sien die dae het baie korter geword nie, God het die tyd verander sodat Sy koms vinniger kan kom, want Sy mense kry baie swaar. Ons moet kyk na die Morester, sy posisie het geskuif! Die blou lug wat jy nou sien sal jy een van die dae nie meer sien nie.
Ek kry hoendervleis op hoendervleis. Hoop dit stig jou soos vir my!!!
LEES VERDER ASB! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Net nadat ek dit uitgestuur het kry ek hierdie getuienis al die pad van Somerset Wes af:
Danie, ek het nie net hoendervleis geword nie. Ek het koud geword....ek het dieselfde ondervinding gehad. Maar ek het gedink ek het gedroom. Dit was op die 29ste Oktober om 19:30. Ek het op die stoep buite in 'n ou riempie stoel neergesink omdat ek so moeg was. Gewag dat my hond klaar eet. Ek sit gewoonlik by hom om te eet. Toe dag ek ek het aan die slaap geraak. Want ek sien 'n vrou in wit geklee daar staan. Sy is mooi. Ek hou van haar. Toe gee sy vir my 'n bybelvers Openbaring.19: 7-9. Sy het gesê ek moet my nie meer bekommer oor die dinge van die wêreld nie, die tyd is naby God sien al die dinge raak. Maar ek moenie ophou bid nie. Dit was asof ek vir 'n oomblik nie in daardie stoel was nie. Asof ek van iewers anders af kom. Toe dag ek: kyk ek is so moeg ek beter gaan bad en slaap. Hier sit ek en droom op die stoep in 'n stoel. Ek het niks daarvan gemaak nie. Want ek tree die 7de November in die huwelik en ek dag my onderbewussyn hardloop rond met die huwelik op hande. Nou lees ek hierdie getuienis. Kan dit wees dat ek dieselfde engel gesien het? Danie ek het al voorheen drome gehad van dinge wat gaan gebeur. Ek het byvoorbeeld gedroom van my oudste sussie 'n week voor haar dood, dat sy saam met my kerk toe stap en vir my sê van nou af sal ek alleen kerk toe gaan. Ek het gedroom van die swartes wat vir die leeus gevoer was drie dae voordat dit gebeur het. Ag en menige dinge. Danie dis wonderlike nuus is dit nie!!!! Ek huil sommer want ek weet die morester sit nie meer waar dit was nie. Ek het in September agtergekom en gereken dis omdat die seisoen verander en die son skuif en die maan skuif die ooreenkomstig. Maar more oggend gaan ek spesiaal kyk... O God is goed. Ek voel verheug om hierdie tyding te hoor. Nou verstaan ek ook hoekom dinge so vinnig in plek val in my lewe. hoekom ek huil vir die geringste ding. Ek is broos voor God en baie keer skaam omdat ons nie die wese van God ervaar nie. Ons lewe asof ons geregtig is op nog 'n dag. Asof ons die lewe in pag het. Besef ons nie .. weet ons nie dat die eindtyd daar is nie. Mag God aan meer mense hierdie tyding openbaar. Mag ons die harde werklikheid van God se almag ervaar. Vader weet ek bid sommer nou op die plek dat God Sy hand oor ons moet hou sodat ons gereed sal wees.
Dat twee mense duisend kilometers uit mekaar soortgelyke ervaring het is "awesome". Ongeag of jy dit vat of nie. Mag die Here se genade en vrede met jou wees en mag JY gereed wees wanneer Hy ons kom haal.
Die tyd is min en die tyd is nou. Môre behoort nie aan ons nie. Vandag behoort nie eers aan ons nie. Al wat ons het is nou. Maak die beste daarvan en kom in lyn met God se Wil en plan vir jou lewe. Lewe voluit vir Hom!!! Twee van my vriende het in 'n oogwink geliefdes aan die dood afgestaan. Laat ons dan gereed wees, wanneer Jesus ons kom haal
23 September 2008
11 SEPTEMBER 2008
11 SEPTEMBER 2008
Die Hemelse Vader wil nie hê dat:-
a. een mens verlore moet gaan nie – 2 Petr 3: 9
b. die heiliges in geen enkele genadegawe agterstaan nie – 1 Kor 1: 7
c. die heiliges onkundig moet wees nie – 1 Kor 12: 1
d. die heiliges in die duister moet wees nie – 1 Thes 5: 4
In Lukas 6: 11 staan die volgende – But they were filled with lack of understanding and senseless rage......
Ons kan toelaat dat ons gevul word ‘with lack of understanding’ of toelaat dat die Heilige Gees ons in die hele waarheid lei – Joh 16: 13
Ek sê dit omdat God Sy kinders in `n nuwe seisoen gaan inneem en die meeste weet of verstaan dit nie. Hy sê in Ps 95: 10 dat Sy mense is `n volk met `n dwalende hart, en hulle ken nie Sy weë nie.
Wat belangrik gaan wees in die tyd wat voorlê is die volgende:-
a. kennis van God
b. liefde vir God
c. trou teenoor God – Hoséa 4: 1
d. dat die Here ons toevlug en hulp is – Ps 37: 39
e. die waarheid
God van Waarheid – Jes 65: 16
Jesus is die waarheid – Joh 14: 6
Die Heilige Gees is die Waarheid – Joh 16: 13
Hy sal ons in die hele waarheid lei
f. gehoorsaamheid – 1 Sam 15: 22
g. God se wil
SY WIL
Joh 4: 34 – My voedsel is om die wil te doen van Hom wat my gestuur het en om Sy werk te volbring
Joh 5: 30 – omdat Ek nie my wil soek nie maar die wil van die Vader wat my gestuur het
Joh 6: 38 – nie om My wil te doen nie, maar die wil van Hom wat my gestuur het
Mat 7: 21 – Nie elkeen wat vir My sê : Here, Here! sal ingaan in die koninkryk van die hemele nie, maar hy wat die wil doen van My Vader wat in die hemele is
1. Bid daarvoor dat dit op die aarde gedoen sal word – Mat 6: 10, Mat 26: 39 & 42
1.1 dat alle mense gered word – 1 Tim 2: 4 & 2 Petr 3: 9
1.2 wat Homself gegee het vir ons sondes, sodat Hy ons kan uitred, ......., volgens die wil van onse God en Vader – Gal 1: 4
1.3 deurdat Hy aan ons die verborgenheid van Sy wil bekend gemaak het na Sy welbehae wat Hy in Homself voorgeneem het – Ef 3: 1 – 12 ( sien ook 1 Kor 2: 9 – 10)
1.4 en te vra dat julle vervul mag word met die kennis van Sy wil in alle wysheid en geestelike insig – Kol 1: 9
1.5 dat julle volmaak en volkome mag staan in die ganse wil van God – Kol 4: 12
1.6 wees in alles dankbaar, want dit is die wil van God in Christus – 1 Thes 5: 18
1.7 want dit is die wil van God: julle heiligmaking; dat julle jul moet onthou van die hoerery; dat elkeen van julle moet weet om sy eie vrou te verkry in heiligheid en eer, nie in hartstogtelike begeerlikheid soos die heidene wat God nie ken nie – 1 Thes 4: 3 – 5
2. Doen dit van harte – Ef 6: 6
3. Verstaan wat die wil van die Here is – Ef 5: 17
4. Leef dit – 1 Petr 2: 11 – 15
5. Beproef dit – Rom 12: 2
6. Vra wat ons wil – Joh 15: 7
Vrede
Thys
Die Hemelse Vader wil nie hê dat:-
a. een mens verlore moet gaan nie – 2 Petr 3: 9
b. die heiliges in geen enkele genadegawe agterstaan nie – 1 Kor 1: 7
c. die heiliges onkundig moet wees nie – 1 Kor 12: 1
d. die heiliges in die duister moet wees nie – 1 Thes 5: 4
In Lukas 6: 11 staan die volgende – But they were filled with lack of understanding and senseless rage......
Ons kan toelaat dat ons gevul word ‘with lack of understanding’ of toelaat dat die Heilige Gees ons in die hele waarheid lei – Joh 16: 13
Ek sê dit omdat God Sy kinders in `n nuwe seisoen gaan inneem en die meeste weet of verstaan dit nie. Hy sê in Ps 95: 10 dat Sy mense is `n volk met `n dwalende hart, en hulle ken nie Sy weë nie.
Wat belangrik gaan wees in die tyd wat voorlê is die volgende:-
a. kennis van God
b. liefde vir God
c. trou teenoor God – Hoséa 4: 1
d. dat die Here ons toevlug en hulp is – Ps 37: 39
e. die waarheid
God van Waarheid – Jes 65: 16
Jesus is die waarheid – Joh 14: 6
Die Heilige Gees is die Waarheid – Joh 16: 13
Hy sal ons in die hele waarheid lei
f. gehoorsaamheid – 1 Sam 15: 22
g. God se wil
SY WIL
Joh 4: 34 – My voedsel is om die wil te doen van Hom wat my gestuur het en om Sy werk te volbring
Joh 5: 30 – omdat Ek nie my wil soek nie maar die wil van die Vader wat my gestuur het
Joh 6: 38 – nie om My wil te doen nie, maar die wil van Hom wat my gestuur het
Mat 7: 21 – Nie elkeen wat vir My sê : Here, Here! sal ingaan in die koninkryk van die hemele nie, maar hy wat die wil doen van My Vader wat in die hemele is
1. Bid daarvoor dat dit op die aarde gedoen sal word – Mat 6: 10, Mat 26: 39 & 42
1.1 dat alle mense gered word – 1 Tim 2: 4 & 2 Petr 3: 9
1.2 wat Homself gegee het vir ons sondes, sodat Hy ons kan uitred, ......., volgens die wil van onse God en Vader – Gal 1: 4
1.3 deurdat Hy aan ons die verborgenheid van Sy wil bekend gemaak het na Sy welbehae wat Hy in Homself voorgeneem het – Ef 3: 1 – 12 ( sien ook 1 Kor 2: 9 – 10)
1.4 en te vra dat julle vervul mag word met die kennis van Sy wil in alle wysheid en geestelike insig – Kol 1: 9
1.5 dat julle volmaak en volkome mag staan in die ganse wil van God – Kol 4: 12
1.6 wees in alles dankbaar, want dit is die wil van God in Christus – 1 Thes 5: 18
1.7 want dit is die wil van God: julle heiligmaking; dat julle jul moet onthou van die hoerery; dat elkeen van julle moet weet om sy eie vrou te verkry in heiligheid en eer, nie in hartstogtelike begeerlikheid soos die heidene wat God nie ken nie – 1 Thes 4: 3 – 5
2. Doen dit van harte – Ef 6: 6
3. Verstaan wat die wil van die Here is – Ef 5: 17
4. Leef dit – 1 Petr 2: 11 – 15
5. Beproef dit – Rom 12: 2
6. Vra wat ons wil – Joh 15: 7
Vrede
Thys
REMEMBER THE SCARS
REMEMBER THE SCARS
John Gordon was a respected general for the South in the Civil War. After the war, he was running for the United States Senate, but a man who had served under him in the war, angry over some political incident, was determined to see him defeated. Everyone knew this man would fight Gordon's bid to become a senator.
During the convention, he angrily stamped down the aisle with his anti-Gordon vote in hand. As he saw Gordon sitting on the platform, he noticed how his once handsome face was disfigured with the scars of battle - marks of his willingness to suffer and bleed for a cause he believed in.
The old soldier was stricken with remorse. Overcome with emotion, he exclaimed, "It's no use; I can't do it. Here's my vote for John Gordon." Then, turning to the general, he said, "Forgive me, General. I had forgotten the scars."
What a difference it makes in our lives when we remember the scars! With so many things to distract us, we don't often take time each day to reflect on what Jesus went through on the cross for us. But, when we are tempted to stray, it is a remembrance of Christ's sacrifice that has the power to draw us back to him.
"He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)
May I encourage you this Memorial Day, as we remember the sacrifice of so many who gave their lives for our freedom, that you take a moment to pause and "remember the scars".
John Gordon was a respected general for the South in the Civil War. After the war, he was running for the United States Senate, but a man who had served under him in the war, angry over some political incident, was determined to see him defeated. Everyone knew this man would fight Gordon's bid to become a senator.
During the convention, he angrily stamped down the aisle with his anti-Gordon vote in hand. As he saw Gordon sitting on the platform, he noticed how his once handsome face was disfigured with the scars of battle - marks of his willingness to suffer and bleed for a cause he believed in.
The old soldier was stricken with remorse. Overcome with emotion, he exclaimed, "It's no use; I can't do it. Here's my vote for John Gordon." Then, turning to the general, he said, "Forgive me, General. I had forgotten the scars."
What a difference it makes in our lives when we remember the scars! With so many things to distract us, we don't often take time each day to reflect on what Jesus went through on the cross for us. But, when we are tempted to stray, it is a remembrance of Christ's sacrifice that has the power to draw us back to him.
"He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon him, and by his stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5)
May I encourage you this Memorial Day, as we remember the sacrifice of so many who gave their lives for our freedom, that you take a moment to pause and "remember the scars".
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