Liewe Heer, help my om aan te bied:
My hand vir iemand wat vriendskap nodig het, My hart vir iemand wat liefde nodig het, My begrip vir iemand wat wil hê ‘n ander moet luister, My bedagsaamheid vir iemand wat nodig het om te weet dat ‘n ander omgee, My vriendelikheid vir iemand wat onvriendelik deur die lewe behandel word, My geselskap vir iemand wat eensaam is, My kalmte vir iemand wat onseker, verward of verdwaas is, My vertroosting vir iemand wat treur, My welwillendheid teenoor heel U skepping, My deernis vir alles wat lewe. Liewe God, help my om vandag vir ander tot seën te wees. MAG GOD SE SEËNINGE OP JOU NEER REËN VANDAG, MÔRE EN ELKE DAG HIERNA The Truth Transforms !!
So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the things for which I sent it. ISAIAH 55 : 11 WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR BIBLE IN YOUR HANDS .. WHAT IS YOUR HONEST OPINION OF IT ? Do You Feel As Though You Are Holding Just Another Book That People Have Advised You To Read .. Or .. Do You Actually Realise That You Are Holding An Extremely Powerful Weapon ? The Sword Of Your Spirit !! i.e. Your Bible !! .. The Precious Word of Our Living God, Filled With Inherent Power !! .. When God Speaks .. Powerful .. Very Powerful Things Take Place !! In Isaiah 55 : 11 you hear an extremely reassuring promise from God .. In No uncertain terms, God declares to you that when He speaks, each and every word that comes out of His mouth, will Never return to Him empty and void .. Oh No !! .. God’s Word Will Always, Always, Always Accomplish Its Purpose !! THE POWER IN GOD’S WORD MAKES THIS AN ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE !! Now .. The amazing thing about God’s Word is that, as powerful as the words are when God speaks them .. You too have the ability to speak His Word and release into your life the great powers that God’s Words contain !! If you will simply decide that you are no longer going to keep on rehearsing and repeating how you do or do not feel .. And .. If you decide that you are no longer going to keep on reacting to and declaring each and everything that you are thinking about .. If Instead .. You make the commitment that from this day onwards, you will study and learn to speak God’s Word .. The power will be set free and released into your lives, into your situations, and into your circumstances !! The Sword In The Body Armour Of The Lord !! .. The Precious Word Of God !! .. If spoken in full faith out of the mouth of a believer has the full ability to totally change and turn each and every situation around !! Now .. While it may be a fact that you certainly do experience some negative feelings .. some negative thoughts .. and some very negative situations .. You must Never, Never forget that God’s Word is the Truth .. And .. The Truth is far more powerful than any of the facts !! Here is a perfect example of the TRUTH versus the FACTS. Jesus’ good friend Lazarus was dead for four days .. That Is A FACT .. However .. When Jesus Who is the TRUTH moved towards the tomb and spoke .. The TRUTH changed the FACTS .. Lazarus rose from the dead !! And .. This Is Far From The Only Example That You Have .. All throughout the Bible you can read many, many accounts of people who were sick .. People who had incurable diseases .. People who were unable to walk .. People who were possessed by demons .. People who were lost and filled with hopelessness .. Until .. They Spoke To Jesus !! .. And .. When He responded .. When Jesus spoke .. Their facts were changed !! .. Each and every one of those people were healed, cured, restored, delivered, and set free !! Are You Ready To Allow The Truth To Come In And Totally Change And Transform Your Life ? If Your Answer Is Yes Then . You have to Stop, Stop, Stop magnifying and blowing up the Facts of your circumstances above God and the power of His Word !! WHEN GOD SPEAKS – THINGS CHANGE !! Now .. While this is extremely inspiring and encouraging for you to know .. The News Actually Only Gets Better !! .. And Here Is Why.. GOD HAS ALREADY SPOKEN !!.. And ..All you have to do is believe and have faith in what He has said !! The Word of God is full to overflowing with powerful, life changing promises that God has made to Each and Every person who will believe them and act accordingly !! No Matter how negative, painful and unpleasant the FACTS in your life might appear to your human eye .. If you will open the door for Jesus to come in .. If you believe and speak His Word in absolute faith .. His Truth will be released into your life .. And .. The power of the Lord will set you free from everything that is holding your life hostage .. Each and every chain of bondage will be broken and destroyed !! And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free .. John 8 : 32 God, your Father says His Word is like a seed .. When you plant the seed by Speaking it .. Praying it .. Believing it .. And Acting on it .. The seed will produce exactly what it says !! .. Why ? .. Because God promises that it will produce !! Right Now Is The Time For You To Grab Onto Your Rope Of Hope !! You Must Start A Very Serious Campaign In Your Life !! .. You must speak the Word of God as regularly and as often as you can !! .. You must decide that no matter how scary and negative the facts may look, you are going to believe and honour God’s Word more than you believe your circumstances .. And .. You must commit to being steadfast and determined to hold onto our confession of faith in Jesus Christ !! Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has [already] ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith in Him] .. Hebrews 4 : 14 If you will begin to apply these very simple yet extremely powerful principles into your life .. It will not take very long before you will be out there sharing your amazing testimonies of God’s awesome victory in your life. God’s Word !! .. His Truth !! .. His Power !! .. His Sword of your Spirit !! .. Will Strengthen You And Gracefully Enable You To Turn Every Test Into Your Testimony And Every Mess Into Your Message !! WHATEVER BREAKTHROUGH YOU ARE BELIEVING JESUS FOR, HE SAYS TO YOU .. I AM WILLING !! Mark 5:28–29 For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.
You have heard people of the world say, “I will believe it only when I see it.” Generally, that is the way the world thinks. But God’s ways are not like the ways of the world. The world says, “If I can’t feel it or see it, I cannot believe the miracle is here.” God says, “If you believe it before you feel it or see it, you will see your miracle.” Believing first before seeing the evidence of what we are believing for is called faith. Faith is like a spark and Jesus is the dynamite powder. In the story of the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, there were many people who touched Jesus (Mark 5:31), but nothing happened to them. They didn’t touch Him in faith. But when the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years came to Him and touched Him in faith, He felt power leave His body (Mark 5:30), and it sparked off an explosion of healing in the woman’s body! Hearing about how good, kind and loving Jesus was fired her faith to believe that He could and would heal her. So convinced was she (even when the condition in her body was still evident) that she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well.” Did she experience her healing first before she believed? No, she believed first in Jesus’ goodness and power, acted in faith and only then felt the healing in her body. In the same way, God wants you to believe in His goodness and love toward you. He wants you to know how willing He is to act on your behalf to bless you, and how, with Christ, He will freely give you every good thing. (Romans 8:32) He wants you to declare by faith that all is and shall be well with you, and to expect to see just that. And then, no matter how long you have had the problem, no matter how bad the experts say it is, an explosion of healing and restoration will take place, and you will receive what you are believing for! Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. In the early church, whenever the Word of God was preached, there were miracles of salvation, healings, and other signs and wonders. The demon-possessed were set free. The paralyzed jumped up and walked. People received their loved ones back from the dead. I remember saying in one of our church services that there was an anointing for couples, who were told that they could not conceive in the natural, to receive the children they had been believing God for. As the word went forth, many couples received their miracle in that service. One of the ladies who received was serving that day as an usher. She and her husband had been believing God for a child for a few years. A few months after that service, she realized that she was pregnant—with twins! God’s anointing is always greater than our asking. I believe with all of my heart that we are truly coming to the place where as the Word of God goes forth, it produces the very effect that the Word promises. So if the Word on healing goes forth, know that healing is already exploding in your body. Your miracle has already happened. Very often, as you are reading the Word on your own or listening to anointed preaching of the Word, you will feel God’s peace and joy, and feel faith springing up in your heart. As the Word goes forth and you find that you are strengthened to receive your miracle, that is the time to say, “Lord, I receive my healing right now.” That is the time to say, “I receive Your restoration for my marriage.” That is the time to say, “I receive Your breakthrough for my finances.” You don’t have to wait until a church leader or friend prays for you. Every time your faith is strengthened as you hear the Word, release it through your mouth to receive your miracle, for God’s Word is out to bless you! Psalm 31:16 NV
Die Psalmskrywer skryf: "... ek vertrou op U, Here... My tye is in U hand..." (Ps 31:15-16 NV). Soos wat jy 'n pad met die Here stap, sal jy vind dat jy baie meer wag as wat jy ontvang. En as jy ontvang het waarvoor jy gewag het, begin jy wag vir iets anders! Paulus skryf: "Laat ons dan nie moeg word om goed te doen nie, want... ons [sal] op die bestemde tyd ook die oes insamel." (Gal 6:9 NV). Die "bestemde tyd" is wanneer God weet dat die tyd reg is, nie wanneer jy dink dit is nie. God het 'n vaste tyd wanneer Hy goed in jou lewe wil laat gebeur, en dis wanneer dit gaan gebeur; nie 'n oomblik vroeër nie. Die Here weet wat jy nodig het, wanneer jy dit nodig het, en hoe om dit by jou te kry. Jy wonder dalk wat jy moet doen terwyl jy wag. Vertrou op Hom! Een Bybelkundige skryf: "Die Here het my geleer om die lewe wat ek nou het aan te hou lewe terwyl ek wag vir die dinge wat in my hart is. Ons raak so gefokus daarop om die volgende ding te sien gebeur dat ons nie die dinge geniet wat nou in ons lewens is nie. Ek het 'n visie van die Here gekry tien jaar voor ek begin sien het hoe dit vervul word. Gedurende daardie jare het ek heelwat vreugdes gemis omdat ek dinge aan die gang probeer kry het buite God se tydsberekening. Leer om te geniet waar jy is, terwyl jy besig is om te wag om te kom waar jy wil wees." Sielskos: Hand 12-13; Matt 9:14-26; Ps 123; Spr 16:1 1 Samuel 2:9
'The Lord safeguards the steps of His faithful ones!' - God will undertake for you. - He will lead and guide you as you faithfully follow Him. - He will keep, protect and defend you. - You are His child and He loves you. PRAYER: Lord, You are the One who holds my future. You are my keeper and protector. I place my life into Your hands for today, and for the future. Amen. God has given us His Word as a guide for our life. However, His Word won't help us if we don't study it, know it, and live by it. Therefore, we must diligently study and apply God's Word if we wish for it to have an impact on our lives.
Jesus promised, "If you abide in My word ..., you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free" (John 8:31-32, AMP). That's a promise that if we abide in His Word, we will know the Truth, because His Word is the Truth. So it makes sense that God told the Israelites, "Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful" (Joshua 1:8). Joshua later repeated a similar instruction: "Be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without turning aside to the right or to the left" (Joshua 23:6). Why is it so important to follow God's Word? Because His Word keeps us from turning aside to the right or to the left; it keeps us on the straight and narrow path that leads to life (see Matthew 7:13-14). Therefore, abide in His Word, because His Word will keep you from sin. I, the Lord, am leading you forward into the depth of My purposes, and I also have your back. I am guiding you into truth and strength of soul and spirit. Your place of safety is in Me, says the Lord. I am protecting you from wicked schemes and plans of destruction against you. Do not be afraid, for I will deliver you from all the works of the enemy. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. Let faith and trust rule in your heart and mind, this is the key to your victory.
Psalm 32:7-8 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Here, help my om vandag al my selfsugtigheid en eie wil neer te lê,
sodat ek U die res van my lewe met nederigheid kan dien. Here, stryk vandag al die plooie, wat deur die jare versamel het, uit my gees sodat ek net die mooi in ander sal sien. O God, help my dat ek sal regmaak waar ek ander te na gekom het. Here Jesus, help my om met die stoflap van u genade die klein sondetjies wat in my hart skuil, weg te vee en skoon te maak. O God, gee my asseblief die wysheid om die dinge te koop wat nodig is en nie wat ek begeer nie, omdat ek weet Here, geen aardse skatte weeg op teen dit wat in die Hemel wag nie. Help my, my Vader om die vrugte van die gees: Liefde, Vriendelikheid, Hulpsaamheid, Sagmoedigheid, Getrouheid en Selfbeheersing aan my naaste voor te sit. O God, ek het my huis vir u voorberei. Kom woon asseblief in my hart sodat ek die res van my lewe in u teenwoordigheid kan deurbring. Dankie Here, vir al my wonderlike vriende. Amen Here is a formula Max Lucado developed some time ago, which many have found to be very helpful in assessing just where they are in this thing called spiritual growth. Perhaps you will find it useful in your life as well. It consists of seven simple facts, each one leading to the other in a natural and inevitable sequence of healthy growth.
Fact #1 — healthy things grow. This is a fact. If you want to be healthy, you are going to grow. This is true of many things; whether it be people, plants, businesses, marriages, churches, investments, or whatever — if it is healthy, it will grow. Fact #2 — growing things change. This is how we know they are growing. They are different than when we last saw them. Fact #3 — changing things challenge us. Mark Twain said, "The only person that likes change is a wet baby." Basically, we like things to stay the way we like them. We are creatures of habit and comfort, and so enjoy things to be left alone when we have them just the way we think they ought to be. When change happens, it presents us with challenge. The greater the change; the greater the challenge. Fact #4 — challenging things force us to trust God. I mean, what else are you going to do — quit? Challenge requires that we trust God, especially when we are faced with something that seems to be more than we can handle. God knows your limits. He knows exactly where to apply the pressure to cause you to turn to Him in faith. What might be a test for someone else may be a walk in the park for you — and vice versa. It is not a test until it forces you to turn to God in simple trust. Fact #5 — trust leads to obedience. The old Gospel song writer said it best, "Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey." If we truly trust the Lord, He will reveal His will to us; show us what to do. Thus, trust leads to obedience. The only question now is, will we obey? Fact #6 — obedience makes us healthy. Jesus said, "Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me. For My yoke is easy, and My burden light; and you shall find rest for your souls." When we obey the Lord, His joy floods our souls and His peace fills our lives. There is no rest for the wicked; but those who do God's will find their lives filled with blessing. And Fact #7 — healthy things grow! Now we are back to where we started. That's how it works; it is the cycle of spiritual growth every child of God experiences. Even now you are somewhere in this cycle — that is, if you want to be healthy. Review these seven phases and consider where you are in the process. You'll end up in a good place, praising God for bringing you through it all. |
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