HOPE In what do we put our hope? Do we put it in our abilities to perform something, in our talents or in our jobs? Do we put our hope for something better in a promised promotion, or maybe that new job that you will be starting at next month? Maybe you put your hope for a better marriage in the birth of your...

Help So, we are nearing the end of the journey through Romans, and today’s sections from Romans 15 ties in extremely well with the Hillsongs movie we went to see last night. Even though we only saw the first half due to problems with the projector, the theme of all people being created equally and how we...

Getting along How often do we as Christians feel we are superior to other people. That we have the answer (which we have), but we need to impose it on others around us? That we have to tell people how to live, and rebuke them for doing or not doing something? It also comes back to a previous post I made about how hard it...

Taxes I know I have posted about this before, but today I fell we need to revisit this, due to the fact that it is tax season in South Africa, and the cut off date is in fact this coming Friday 20 November. I know plenty of people that feel that they do not want to pay taxed due to corruption within the...

Don’t hit back This morning during Bible study I was working my way through Romans 12, and these verses jumped out at me. Romans 12:17-19 Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you’ve got it in you, get along with everybody. Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do....

Actions in Christ Romans 12:6-8 (The Message) If you preach, just preach God’s Message, nothing else; if you help, just help, don’t take over; if you teach, stick to your teaching; if you give encouraging guidance, be careful that you don’t get bossy; if you’re put in charge, don’t manipulate;...

By His Power Reading this passage this morning during Bible study, it just again hit me between the eyes at how stupid we humans tend to be, by trying to control our lives. Romans 11:7-8 (The Message) And then what happened? Well, when Israel tried to be right with God on her own, pursuing her own self-interest, she...

Doing Nothing Romans 10 (The Message) It’s the word of faith that welcomes God to go to work and set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching. Say the welcoming word to God—”Jesus is my Master”—embracing, body and soul, God’s work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from...

Expectancy This morning, after a very long night with my baby girl not being able to sleep due to mosquitoes, I decided to do some Bible study, a little bit earlier than usual. Now, I am busy reading Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson and this book is challenging me so much, to jump into this adventure God has planned...

Lengthening the rope Romans 7:24-25 (The Message) I’ve tried everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn’t that the real question?The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions...