A young man had been to Wednesday Night Bible
Study.
T he Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord's voice
The young man couldn't help but wonder, 'Does God still speak to people?'
After service, he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message.
Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways.
It was about ten o'clock when the young man started
driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, 'God...If you still speak to people, speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey.'
As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought to stop and buy a gallon of milk.
He shook his head and said out loud, 'God is that you?' He didn't get a reply and started on toward home.
But again, the thought, buy a gallon of milk.
The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn't recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli.
'Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk.' It didn't seem like too hard a test of obedience. He could always use the milk. He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home.
As he passed Seventh Street , he again felt the urge, 'Turn Down that street.'
This is crazy he thought, and drove on past the intersection.
Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street ...
At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh.
Half jokingly, he said out loud,
'Okay, God, I will.'
He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop He pulled over to the curb and looked around. He was in a semi- commercial area of town. It wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst of neighborhoods either.
The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed..
Again, he sensed something, 'Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street.' The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the door and then sat back in the car seat.
'Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going
to be mad and I will look stupid.' Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk.
Finally, he opened the door, 'Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient.. I guess that will count for some thing, but if they don't answer right away, I am out of here.'
He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man's voice yelled
out, 'Who is it? What do you want?' Then the door opened before the young man could get away.
The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt.... He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn't seem too happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep. 'What is it?'
The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, 'Here, I brought this to you.' The man took the milk and rushed down a hallway...
Then from down the hall came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying.. The man had tears streaming down his face.
The man began speaking and half crying, 'We were just praying .. We had
some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn't have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk.'
His wife in the kitchen yelled out, 'I ask him to send an Angel with some.. Are you an Angel?'
The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man's hand.. He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face.
He knew that God still answers prayers.
Louis Giglio
As julle nog nie Louis Giglio se DVD's gekyk het nie, dit is regtig baie goed. Mens kom net weer agter hoe groot God regtig is, en nogsteeds is hy lief vir elkeen van ons, al voel ons nie altyd so nie!
Die Gees van God en ons sondige natuur
↑↑↑ Die vrug van die Gees ↑↑↑
Galasiërs 5:17-26
17 Wat ons sondige natuur begeer, is in stryd met wat die Gees wil, en wat die Gees wil, is in stryd met wat ons sondige natuur begeer. Hierdie twee staan lynreg teenoor mekaar, en daarom kan julle nie doen wat julle graag wil nie. 18 Maar as julle julle deur die Gees laat lei, staan julle nie meer onder die wet nie. 19 Die praktyke van die sondige natuur is algemeen bekend: onsedelikheid, onreinheid, losbandigheid, 20 afgodsdiens, towery, vyandskap, haat, naywer, woede, rusies, verdeeldheid, skeuring, 21 afguns, dronkenskap, uitspattigheid en al dergelike dinge. Ek waarsku julle soos ek julle al vroeër gewaarsku het: Wie hom aan sulke dinge skuldig maak, sal nie die koninkryk van God as erfenis verkry nie. 22 Die vrug van die Gees, daarteenoor, is liefde, vreugde, vrede, geduld, vriendelikheid, goedhartigheid, getrouheid, 23 nederigheid en selfbeheersing. Teen sulke dinge het die wet niks nie. 24 Dié wat aan Christus Jesus behoort, het hulle sondige natuur met al sy hartstogte en begeertes gekruisig. 25 Ons lewe deur die Gees; laat die Gees nou ook ons gedrag bepaal. 26 Ons moenie verwaand wees, mekaar uittart of op mekaar afgunstig wees nie.
Leef iemand raak! Jeug Bediening
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Johan Smith
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An invitation to meet someone. Katie Marie
I know a man...
I know a man named Jesus, and he knows all about me. I could tell you a little about him, if you like? I love to tell other people about him, because the relationship I have with him is a friendship unlike any I've ever experienced or known... truly amazing!
What's so truly amazing is that he really does know everything about me-- the good, the bad, the things I've done or failed to do, and even my motives for doing them. And somehow, he looks past all the things I'm still so ashamed of, and he continues to love me, and encourage me to grow.
I don't even like myself most of the time, especially when I think back on some of the things I've done, or the huge mistakes I've made. And yet he wants me to open up and share every part of my life with him, even those private thoughts that I keep so well hidden from other people I know.
I'll admit that it took me a while to let my guard down, and trust that he wouldn't judge me for thinking such things, and doing such things. But all he's ever done with those ugly things in my life was to take them, and he used each one as a teaching point. And then he shows me ways to grow, in spite of the things I’ve been so ashamed to reveal about myself. He has a way of turning my worst fears into confidence, and he helps me make my stronger qualities even better.
My biggest worry was screwing up... you know, not doing very well at learning how to accomplish all the things he was trying to teach me and show me, or not living up to the image of the person I sensed that he was inspiring me to become. There have been many times when I just broke down and cried because of my failed attempts. But Jesus just kept on encouraging me to be honest with him about my struggles, and the difficulties I was having. And most importantly, he always encouraged me to keep on talking to him about such things. He never seems to grow tired of listening, and trying to help.
He often reminds me of the promise that he's made to me in our relationship: "I'll never stop being your friend," he tells me. And I'm finally beginning to realize that having a friend like Jesus means I never have to worry about facing one of the very biggest fears I have in life... the fear of being alone. He knows what it means to be the kind of companion that I desire and need, and that is the kind of companion he has always been.
I hope that I can learn to love him, and love other people, in the same way that he has always been so willing to love me. I believe that this is probably the ultimate beauty and lesson in all of the things he's taught me, and tried to show me... to just let my guard down and experience what it means to really love someone. I know that I can be self-centered at times… but I'm still working on it, and he's still patient with me.
Hey, would you like to meet him? It would be awesome if you'd let me introduce you to him! Because I'm pretty sure Jesus would enjoy having you as a friend, too.
I know a man named Jesus, and he knows all about me. I could tell you a little about him, if you like? I love to tell other people about him, because the relationship I have with him is a friendship unlike any I've ever experienced or known... truly amazing!
What's so truly amazing is that he really does know everything about me-- the good, the bad, the things I've done or failed to do, and even my motives for doing them. And somehow, he looks past all the things I'm still so ashamed of, and he continues to love me, and encourage me to grow.
I don't even like myself most of the time, especially when I think back on some of the things I've done, or the huge mistakes I've made. And yet he wants me to open up and share every part of my life with him, even those private thoughts that I keep so well hidden from other people I know.
I'll admit that it took me a while to let my guard down, and trust that he wouldn't judge me for thinking such things, and doing such things. But all he's ever done with those ugly things in my life was to take them, and he used each one as a teaching point. And then he shows me ways to grow, in spite of the things I’ve been so ashamed to reveal about myself. He has a way of turning my worst fears into confidence, and he helps me make my stronger qualities even better.
My biggest worry was screwing up... you know, not doing very well at learning how to accomplish all the things he was trying to teach me and show me, or not living up to the image of the person I sensed that he was inspiring me to become. There have been many times when I just broke down and cried because of my failed attempts. But Jesus just kept on encouraging me to be honest with him about my struggles, and the difficulties I was having. And most importantly, he always encouraged me to keep on talking to him about such things. He never seems to grow tired of listening, and trying to help.
He often reminds me of the promise that he's made to me in our relationship: "I'll never stop being your friend," he tells me. And I'm finally beginning to realize that having a friend like Jesus means I never have to worry about facing one of the very biggest fears I have in life... the fear of being alone. He knows what it means to be the kind of companion that I desire and need, and that is the kind of companion he has always been.
I hope that I can learn to love him, and love other people, in the same way that he has always been so willing to love me. I believe that this is probably the ultimate beauty and lesson in all of the things he's taught me, and tried to show me... to just let my guard down and experience what it means to really love someone. I know that I can be self-centered at times… but I'm still working on it, and he's still patient with me.
Hey, would you like to meet him? It would be awesome if you'd let me introduce you to him! Because I'm pretty sure Jesus would enjoy having you as a friend, too.
Gebed
Almagtige Vader, help ons om U teenwoordigheid te ervaar
Laat ons opnuut U stem hoor
Laat ons U teenwoordigheid sien
Mag ons besef dat U elke dag by ons is
En dat U baie omgee...
Laat ons U ferm Hand van leiding ervaar
Amen
Laat ons opnuut U stem hoor
Laat ons U teenwoordigheid sien
Mag ons besef dat U elke dag by ons is
En dat U baie omgee...
Laat ons U ferm Hand van leiding ervaar
Amen
Klagte tyd, of feesvier tyd?
eKerk brief vanaf Stephan Joubert
Lyk my, mens kan ook nie 'n Kersseisoen deurgaan sonder om 'n paar klagtes aan te hoor oor die kommersialisering van Kersfees nie. So ver terug as wat ek kan onthou, doen party godsdienstiges dit. Help hierdie geklaery oor die misbruik van Kersfees? Ek twyfel. Gaan die uitbuiting van Kersfeestyd skielik ophou omdat kerklikes daarteen te velde trek? Waaskynlik nie! 'n Ander oplossing dalk? Wat van 'n meer persoonlike een? Bedoelende, jy en ek wat die Christuskind as ons Heer ken, moet hierdie feestyd 'n ander soort feesgewaad dra. Ons feesvierings moet vertel van die Kind van die krip wat 'n nuwe soort vrede tussen ons laat neerdaal het. Ons woorde, maar veral ons dade van medelye jeens diegene wat nie feeskos of mooi geskenke gaan hê nie, moet getuig van ons Heer se hemelse vrygewigheid. Dan lyk feestyd in ons omgewing strate anders. Dan tooi ons daardie stukkie wêreld waarbinne onsself leef, werk en speel met die regte vreugde. Dan hoef ons nie saam te sing in die koor van foutvinders, kritiseerders en protesteerders wat niks meer as dit ooit gedoen kry nie.
Leer sommer ook in Kerstyd by Jesus se gunsteling mense, die kindertjies, hoe om te speel en te ontspan. Leer by hulle jy moet jouself nie so ernstig opneem nie.
Jy is steeds net 'n kind in 'n grootmenslyf. Maak genoeg tyd om te lag en te speel, en om uitbundig te wees.
Sal dit nie wonderlik wees as rus en ontspanning in die res van 2009,
en ook in 2010,
heeljaar deel van jou lewe is nie?
Jou lewenskwaliteit sal dan dramaties verander.
Jou verhouding met die Here en ander mense sal ook anders daar uitsien.
Jy sal die Here op verrassende nuwe maniere ontdek wanneer sorgvryheid in jou lewe wen.
Gebed
Ek vier vandag en elke ander dag U geboorte, Heer
U koms is ons enigste hoop
U liefde wat dade geword het is ons lewe
Sonder U wil ons nie asemhaal nie
Sonder U is ons hoop verlore
Wees vandag naby ons
Amen
Lyk my, mens kan ook nie 'n Kersseisoen deurgaan sonder om 'n paar klagtes aan te hoor oor die kommersialisering van Kersfees nie. So ver terug as wat ek kan onthou, doen party godsdienstiges dit. Help hierdie geklaery oor die misbruik van Kersfees? Ek twyfel. Gaan die uitbuiting van Kersfeestyd skielik ophou omdat kerklikes daarteen te velde trek? Waaskynlik nie! 'n Ander oplossing dalk? Wat van 'n meer persoonlike een? Bedoelende, jy en ek wat die Christuskind as ons Heer ken, moet hierdie feestyd 'n ander soort feesgewaad dra. Ons feesvierings moet vertel van die Kind van die krip wat 'n nuwe soort vrede tussen ons laat neerdaal het. Ons woorde, maar veral ons dade van medelye jeens diegene wat nie feeskos of mooi geskenke gaan hê nie, moet getuig van ons Heer se hemelse vrygewigheid. Dan lyk feestyd in ons omgewing strate anders. Dan tooi ons daardie stukkie wêreld waarbinne onsself leef, werk en speel met die regte vreugde. Dan hoef ons nie saam te sing in die koor van foutvinders, kritiseerders en protesteerders wat niks meer as dit ooit gedoen kry nie.
Leer sommer ook in Kerstyd by Jesus se gunsteling mense, die kindertjies, hoe om te speel en te ontspan. Leer by hulle jy moet jouself nie so ernstig opneem nie.
Jy is steeds net 'n kind in 'n grootmenslyf. Maak genoeg tyd om te lag en te speel, en om uitbundig te wees.
Sal dit nie wonderlik wees as rus en ontspanning in die res van 2009,
en ook in 2010,
heeljaar deel van jou lewe is nie?
Jou lewenskwaliteit sal dan dramaties verander.
Jou verhouding met die Here en ander mense sal ook anders daar uitsien.
Jy sal die Here op verrassende nuwe maniere ontdek wanneer sorgvryheid in jou lewe wen.
Gebed
Ek vier vandag en elke ander dag U geboorte, Heer
U koms is ons enigste hoop
U liefde wat dade geword het is ons lewe
Sonder U wil ons nie asemhaal nie
Sonder U is ons hoop verlore
Wees vandag naby ons
Amen