Live and act out of faith
Cain and Abel were the first two men born in the world. One day, both brothers had to make an offering to God. Cain was a farmer and brought products of the soil to offer to God. Abel farmed with livestock and slaughtered a firstborn lamb. He drained the blood into a container and put […]
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Faithful workers in the house
Moses was a good servant. He did what God told him to do. Yes, sometimes he lost the plot a bit, but he served God with all that was in him. He left his life as shepherd the day he met God in the burning bush. He abandoned all his dreams of having his own […]
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Jesus stands out above the others
Moses must’ve been a very special person. God called him even before he was born. I don’t think God waited for his birth to formulate the emergency plan to save his life in a reed basket. The plan was in the bag. His mom just had to do it. God knew his people would have […]
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To be a mirror
I have to do two funerals in two days. I usually pay the children a long visit with the children so that they can tell me stories about their dad. Then it is easy to do the service – it becomes a little more personal. The two funerals are as far apart as the north […]
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Do not forget your talents
The talents we have were not just dropped randomly so that a few fell on some people and the rest on the ground. Every person is specifically blessed with a talent or a number of talents and God did that. Listen what is being said here: The talent you have was specifically given to you […]
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To be a good follower
My father-in-law sent me this story: A little boy longed to meet the Heavenly Father. He realised it would take some time to travel to where the Lord lived. So he put a bag of chips and a six-pack of fruit juice in his backpack and started his journey. About three blocks from his home […]
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Watch out for the guy with the Bible under his arm
We know not everything and everyone in the world are good. Although some things look good, it remains our responsibility to make sure that we do not stray from the path. We are so easily blinded by that apparent beauty and prosperity, only to discover around the next corner that we’ve been taken for a […]
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Persist, endure, keep on
In between the greetings Paul recalls a name: Archippus. But Paul doesn’t send him greetings. No, he encourages Archippus to live his calling to the full and to take it seriously right to the end: 17And, oh, yes, tell Archippus, “Do your best in the job you received from the Master. Do your very best.” […]
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Mercy rain
2018, here we go! I pray that you will have a prosperous new year. Yes, pray, because we cannot tackle it without God. I pray that God will bless you with peace, joy, prosperity and lots of laughs. May He also bless you with strength and wisdom to get through the hard times. We spent […]
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The pictures we make
Right at the start of his letter to the people of Colossae Paul expressed his amazement. He takes his hat off to this group of young Christians who after hearing the Gospel felt compelled to grab hold of it, to believe in a living God. And they kept holding on. Against all the odds stacked […]
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