Asemrowend...

Oppad vanoggend sien ek en De Villiers hierdie asemrowende mooi sonsopkoms oor Gonubie - die weste was later ook iets om te aanskou maar toe het ek bestuur en kon nie 'n foto neem nie. Ons aanbid darem 'n wonderlike God, Hy het nie nodig om dinge vir ons mooi te maak nie, maar tog doen Hy dit, net omdat Hy kan en omdat Hy ons liefhet!
Ek is die 3 dae tussen die 2 vakansiedae af en sit hier by Ben by die shop en blog. Voel skoon vreemd om weer te blog en voel natuurlik baie skuldig dat ek ons "saamwees" tyd so afskeep. Ons het eintlik soveel om te sê en om voor dankbaar te wees en soms voel ek ek het niks om te sê nie, maar as mens net om jou kyk besef mens net hoeveel het jy eintlik! Daar is die holrug-geryde gesegde dat dit nie die hoeveelheid asemteue is wat mens aan die lewe hou nie, maar die hoeveelheid teue wat jou asem wegneem - (in Engels klink dit so: "It is not the breath we breathe that counts, but every moment that takes our breath away") hierdie was een van daai oggende...

Sonsopkomsdiens - Gonubie

Risen from the Dead!
And we have seen and testify that the father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in Him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.1 John 4:14-16, NIVThese letters were written at the end of John's life. He had been an eye-witness to the events on resurrection Sunday. He wanted his readers to know that what he was saying was not only true, but could be totally depended on. John will have seen Thomas thrust his finger into the wounds of Jesus and heard the excitement of the two who ran all the way back from Emmaus, having seen the Lord! These were events that could never be erased from his memory and it was absolutely vital that new believers in Jesus caught the validity of John's experience from the lips and pen who had proved over a long life that what Jesus had said and done was true and that He really was the Saviour of the world.The resurrection was not just a story that John and the other disciples had concocted. The strength of his words, “We have seen and testify” come down the centuries with the force of conviction of someone in the witness box in a court of law. And just as powerfully, John could testify to the fact that down the years he had found the risen Lord Jesus to be totally trustworthy. There wasn't a hint of doubt in his witness statement. He knew that he knew that he knew. Jesus had been raised from the dead and was alive and could be trusted.And today, as we celebrate with thanksgiving the victory of the cross, the atoning sacrifice of the Lamb of God and the glorious resurrection of the Son of God, let us determine to be like John and put our trust in this same Jesus, for as John said in verse 15, “If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in Him and he in God.” What a privilege, what a joy - to be alive in God - both for now and throughout eternity.

Prayer: Dear Father God, Thank you, thank you, thank you for the gift of Your Son. No words can fully express the inner joy of Your salvation. But I do look forward to telling you face to face in Heaven! In the Name of the risen Lord Jesus, Amen.

Ek het my morsdood berlang na jou vandag! een van die redes is seker maar net omdat ek 'n jaar in die verlede geleef het... Hoop julle Opstandings-Sondag is lewensveranderend!!!

Onbeskryflike genade vir ons

Ek lees vanoggend Jesaja 53. Eintlik begin dit seker al in 52:13. Wat my veral tref is in vers 10 praat Jesaja van " Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer" en daarna in vers 11 die amazing woorde "When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied." Isaiah 53:11
Hierdie woorde is geskryf 600 jaar voor Jesus se geboorte en met God se volmaakte plan vir die wêreld waar geword nes dit voorspel is.
Wat 'n ongelooflike genade - ons is vry, ons het vergifnis ontvang en ons mag deel deur Jesus in God se teenwoordigheid nou en vir ewig.
O Here ek wil vanoggend sê dankie vir U ongelooflike genade en liefde vir ons. Ek besef net weer wat U dood en opstanding vir my beteken. Mag ek altyd my vreugde in U vind.
My woorde is min en gee nie weer als wat ek voel in my hart nie, maar ons prys U, ons Redder God.
In Jesus naam Amen

GOEIE vrydag

Sensational News!
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.1 John 3:8, NIV

I read a book recently which was attempting to describe what the work of the cross was all about without any reference to the devil. It was a bit like trying to describe a game of soccer without mentioning the idea of a goal! Some things are just not possible!Satan's last temptation of Jesus was to challenge him to use his powers to flick out those Roman nails and come down off the cross. At the last, the devil's last attempt to grasp victory from the jaws of defeat was to try and stop Jesus from laying down his life voluntarily, without ever having come under the authority of Satan, the god of this world. For if Jesus were to die now, then there would be nothing that could prevent the resurrection. The curse of death could only fall on those who had come under the influence of sin. And here was Jesus, totally sinless, about to die! Satan, death and hell were about to be defeated.Satan had failed. What a nightmare for the god of this world. Jesus was about to overcome death, and from that moment onwards anyone who would choose Jesus as their Saviour, and come under the covering authority of the Son of God, would also escape the judgment of death. Today has always been known in the calendar of the church as Good Friday. I feel like screaming from the housetops that it's not just GOOD Friday. For in reality it's totally stupendous, unbelievably wonderful, out-of-this world, sensational, miraculous, beyond comprehension Friday! As the old hymn says:“There was no other good enough to pay the price of sin,He only could unlock the gate of Heaven and let us in!”

Prayer: Dear Father God, Saying thank you seems a totally inadequate response to such incredible grace. We are so very, very grateful that on this special day we can remember with joyful thanksgiving the most important act there will ever be in the whole history of the world and the universe. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Dis alweer 'n jaar terug wat julle hier in Suid Afrika kom kuier het en wat 'n voorreg was dit nie om julle hier by ons te gehad het nie! Dit voel al vir my ons het nie genoeg gekuier toe julle hier was nie... Hierdie foto is geneem by die Paasfeesviering by die kerk.. onthou jy nog?