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Pray, especially when you’re unsure of God’s will for your life. “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him” (James 1:5). “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him” (Psalm 37:7). If you don’t know what to pray, you can always personalize and pray verses such as, “Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul” (Psalm 143:8) and, “Guide me in Your truth and teach me” (Psalm 25:5).
The primary way God commands us is through His Word. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). If Scripture commands something of us, there’s no need to hesitate and wonder if it’s really God’s will for us. He cares so much about us that He already gave a plain and clear guidebook to life – the Bible. “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” (Psalm 119:105). “The Law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple” (Psalm 19:7). “How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to Your Word” (Psalm 119:9). Likewise, God never contradicts Himself, so He’ll never ask you to do something contradictory to Scripture. He will never ask you to sin. He will never ask you to do something Jesus Christ wouldn’t do. We need to immerse ourselves in the Bible, so we will know which actions meet God’s standards. “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 that is written in it” (Joshua 1:8).
Christians also have the Holy Spirit to discern what is, or is not, God’s will for our lives. “The Spirit of truth . . . will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13). Sometimes the Holy Spirit will either agitate our conscience if we’re making a wrong decision, or He will pacify and encourage us when we’re leaning toward the right decision. Even if He doesn’t intervene in such noticeable ways, we can have confidence that He’s always in charge. Sometimes God will alter a situation without us even realizing He has acted. “The Lord will guide you always” (Isaiah 58:11).
If God is calling you to take a leap of faith, be encouraged by His presence. “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9). And remember, “Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6).
What we are not to do is expect to hear voices from God. There is a dangerous trend today where people seek to hear a “word from the Lord,” extraneous to what He has already given us in the Bible. “The Lord told me . . .” has become the mantra of experience-driven Christianity. Unfortunately, what He “tells” one person often contradicts what He “tells” another, and these extra-biblical revelations have proven to be very divisive, tearing apart church after church as one person’s experience seeks to take precedence over another’s. This results in chaos, benefiting no one except Satan, who loves to sow discord among believers. We should make the apostle Peter our example in these matters. In spite of the miraculous experience on the Mount of Transfiguration, where he beheld the glorified Christ speaking with Moses and Elijah, Peter refused to rely on that experience, declaring instead that “We have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:18-19, NKJV).
Bid, veral wanneer jy onseker is oor God se wil vir jou lewe. “As iemand van julle wysheid kortkom, moet hy dit van God bid, wat aan almal mildelik gee sonder om te blameer, en dit sal aan hom gegee word” (Jakobus 1:5). “Bly stil voor die Here en wag geduldig op Hom” (Psalm 37:7). As jy nie weet wat om te bid nie, kan jy altyd verse soos: “Wys my die pad wat ek moet gaan, want tot U hef ek my siel op” (Psalm 143:8) en: “Lei my in u waarheid en leer my” (Psalm 25:5) personaliseer en bid.
Die primêre manier waarop God ons beveel, is deur Sy Woord. “Die hele Skrif is deur God ingegee en is nuttig tot lering, tot teregwysing, tot teregwysing en tot onderwysing in die geregtigheid” (2 Timoteus 3:16). As die Skrif iets van ons beveel, is daar geen rede om te huiwer en te wonder of dit werklik God se wil vir ons is nie. Hy gee soveel om vir ons dat Hy reeds ‘n eenvoudige en duidelike gids tot die lewe gegee het – die Bybel. “U Woord is ’n lamp vir my voete en ’n lig vir my pad” (Psalm 119:105). “Die wet van die Here is volmaak: dit verkwik die siel. Die insettinge van die Here is betroubaar: dit gee wysheid aan die eenvoudiges” (Psalm 19:7). “Hoe kan ’n jongeling sy pad suiwer hou? Deur volgens u woord te wandel” (Psalm 119:9). Net so weerspreek God Homself nooit, daarom sal Hy jou nooit vra om iets te doen wat teenstrydig is met die Skrif nie. Hy sal jou nooit vra om te sondig nie. Hy sal jou nooit vra om iets te doen wat Jesus Christus nie sou doen nie. Ons moet onsself in die Bybel verdiep, sodat ons sal weet watter aksies aan God se standaarde voldoen. “Moenie hierdie wetboek uit jou mond laat wyk nie; oordink dit dag en nag, sodat jy sorgvuldig kan doen alles wat daarin geskrywe staan” (Josua 1:8).
Christene het ook die Heilige Gees om te onderskei wat God se wil vir ons lewens is, of nie is nie. “Die Gees van die waarheid … sal julle in die hele waarheid lei” (Johannes 16:13). Soms sal die Heilige Gees óf ons gewete irriteer as ons ‘n verkeerde besluit neem, óf Hy sal ons paai en aanmoedig wanneer ons na die regte besluit neig. Selfs al tree Hy nie op sulke merkbare maniere in nie, kan ons vertroue hê dat Hy altyd in beheer is. Soms sal God ‘n situasie verander sonder dat ons eers besef dat Hy opgetree het. “Die Here sal jou altyd lei” (Jesaja 58:11).
As God jou roep om ‘n sprong van geloof te neem, word aangemoedig deur Sy teenwoordigheid. “Het Ek jou nie beveel nie? Wees sterk en dapper. Moenie verskrik wees nie, moenie moedeloos wees nie, want die Here jou God sal met jou wees, oral waar jy gaan” (Josua 1:9). En onthou: “Werp al jou bekommernisse op Hom, want Hy sorg vir jou” (1 Petrus 5:7). “Vertrou op die Here met jou hele hart en steun nie op jou eie insig nie; ken Hom in al jou weë, en Hy sal jou paaie gelyk maak” (Spreuke 3:5-6).
Wat ons nie moet doen nie, is om stemme van God te hoor. Daar is vandag ‘n gevaarlike tendens waar mense daarna streef om ‘n “woord van die Here” te hoor, wat buite die konteks van wat Hy reeds in die Bybel aan ons gegee het. “Die Here het my gesê…” het die mantra van ervaringsgedrewe Christendom geword. Ongelukkig weerspreek wat Hy vir een persoon “sê” dikwels wat Hy vir ‘n ander “sê”, en hierdie buite-Bybelse openbarings het bewys dat dit baie verdelend is en kerk na kerk uitmekaar skeur soos een persoon se ervaring voorrang bo ‘n ander s’n wil hê. Dit lei tot chaos, wat niemand behalwe Satan bevoordeel nie, wat daarvan hou om tweedrag onder gelowiges te saai. Ons moet die apostel Petrus ons voorbeeld in hierdie sake maak. Ten spyte van die wonderbaarlike ervaring op die Berg van Verheerliking, waar hy die verheerlikte Christus met Moses en Elia sien praat het, het Petrus geweier om op daardie ervaring staat te maak en eerder verklaar: “Ons het die profetiese woord wat vas is, waarop julle goed doen om ag te slaan soos op ’n lamp wat in ’n donker plek skyn, totdat die dag aanbreek en die môrester opgaan in julle harte” (2 Petrus 1:18-19).
Bible Verse and Prayer for Today
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved — and that by God.
—Philippians 1:27-28
Let’s live as if we’ve been redeemed because we have been! Let’s show God’s love and character in our daily lives. Let’s especially work together, with one voice and Spirit, making a vigorous effort to share the Gospel with those who have never heard of the grace of God in the life and ministry of Jesus. In the face of opposition, let’s not be deterred or divided. Instead, let’s work hand in hand for the cause of the Gospel as we live for God and give thanks for his amazing grace!
Prayer
O Lord, please give us greater unity of purpose and greater courage in the face of opposition so that we can show the world that we are your children and Jesus’ disciples. May our thanksgiving for your grace show up in the way we live among others, especially those who need to know Jesus, our Savior. We pray this in his name. Amen and Amen.
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
Wat ook al gebeur, gedra julle waardig die evangelie van Christus. Of ek dan kom en julle sien of net van julle hoor in my afwesigheid, ek sal weet dat julle in een gees vasstaan en soos een man stry vir die geloof van die evangelie sonder om op enige manier bang te wees vir die teëstanders. Dit is vir hulle ‘n teken dat hulle wel verlore sal gaan, maar dat julle gered sal word – en dit deur God.
—Filippense 1:27-28
Laat ons leef asof ons verlos is, want ons is! Laat ons God se liefde en karakter in ons daaglikse lewens toon. Laat ons veral saamwerk, met een stem en Gees, en ‘n kragtige poging aanwend om die Evangelie te deel met diegene wat nog nooit van die genade van God in die lewe en bediening van Jesus gehoor het nie. Laat ons, in die aangesig van teenstand, nie afgeskrik of verdeeld wees nie. Laat ons eerder hand aan hand werk vir die saak van die Evangelie terwyl ons vir God leef en dank vir sy wonderlike genade!
Gebed
O Here, gee ons asseblief groter eenheid van doel en groter moed in die aangesig van teenstand sodat ons die wêreld kan wys dat ons u kinders en Jesus se dissipels is. Mag ons danksegging vir u genade blyk in die manier waarop ons leef onder ander, veral diegene wat Jesus, ons Verlosser, moet ken. Ons bid dit in sy Naam. Amen en Amen.
Bible Teaching of the Day
It is important to know God’s will. Jesus said that His true relations are those who know and do the Father’s will: “Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother” (Mark 3:35). In the parable of the two sons, Jesus rebukes the chief priests and elders for failing to do the will of the Father; specifically, they “did not repent and believe” (Matthew 21:32). At its most basic, the will of God is to repent of our sin and trust in Christ. If we have not taken that first step, then we have not yet accepted God’s will.
Once we receive Christ by faith, we are made God’s children (John 1:12), and He desires to lead us in His way (Psalm 143:10). God is not trying to hide His will from us; He wants to reveal it. In fact, He has already given us many, many directions in His Word. We are to “give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). We are to do good works (1 Peter 2:15). And “it is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality” (1 Thessalonians 4:3).
God’s will is knowable and provable. Romans 12:2 says, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.” This passage gives us an important sequence: the child of God refuses to be conformed to the world and instead allows himself to be transformed by the Spirit. As his mind is renewed according to the things of God, then he can know God’s perfect will.
As we seek God’s will, we should make sure what we are considering is not something the Bible forbids. For example, the Bible forbids stealing; since God has clearly spoken on the issue, we know it is not His will for us to be bank robbers—we don’t even need to pray about it. Also, we should make sure what we are considering will glorify God and help us and others grow spiritually.
Knowing God’s will is sometimes difficult because it requires patience. It’s natural to want to know all of God’s will at once, but that’s not how He usually works. He reveals to us a step at a time—each move a step of faith—and allows us to continue to trust Him. The important thing is that, as we wait for further direction, we are busy doing the good that we know to do (James 4:17).
Often, we want God to give us specifics—where to work, where to live, whom to marry, what car to buy, etc. God allows us to make choices, and, if we are yielded to Him, He has ways of preventing wrong choices (see Acts 16:6–7).
The better we get to know a person, the more acquainted we become with his or her desires. For example, a child may look across a busy street at the ball that bounced away, but he doesn’t run after it, because he knows “my dad wouldn’t want me to do that.” He doesn’t have to ask his father for advice on every particular situation; he knows what his father would say because he knows his father. The same is true in our relationship to God. As we walk with the Lord, obeying His Word and relying on His Spirit, we find that we are given the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). We know Him, and that helps us to know His will. We find God’s guidance readily available. “The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, / but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness” (Proverbs 11:5).
If we are walking closely with the Lord and truly desiring His will for our lives, God will place His desires in our hearts. The key is wanting God’s will, not our own. “Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4).
Bybel Lering vir die Dag
Dit is belangrik om God se wil te ken. Jesus het gesê dat Sy ware familielede diegene is wat die Vader se wil ken en doen: “Elkeen wat God se wil doen, is my broer en suster en moeder” (Markus 3:35). In die gelykenis van die twee seuns bestraf Jesus die owerpriesters en ouderlinge omdat hulle nie die wil van die Vader gedoen het nie; spesifiek, hulle het “nie berou gehad en geglo nie” (Matteus 21:32). In sy mees basiese vorm is die wil van God om ons van ons sonde te bekeer en op Christus te vertrou. As ons nie daardie eerste stap geneem het nie, dan het ons nog nie God se wil aanvaar nie.
Sodra ons Christus deur geloof ontvang, word ons God se kinders gemaak (Johannes 1:12), en Hy begeer om ons op Sy weg te lei (Psalm 143:10). God probeer nie Sy wil vir ons wegsteek nie; Hy wil dit openbaar. Trouens, Hy het ons reeds baie, baie aanwysings in Sy Woord gegee. Ons moet “in alle omstandighede dankbaar wees, want dit is God se wil oor julle” (1 Tessalonisense 5:18). Ons moet goeie werke doen (1 Petrus 2:15). En “dit is God se wil dat julle geheilig word: dat julle seksuele onsedelikheid moet vermy” (1 Tessalonisense 4:3).
God se wil is kenbaar en bewysbaar. Romeine 12:2 sê: “Julle moet nie meer volgens die voorbeeld van hierdie wêreld vorm nie, maar word verander deur die vernuwing van julle gemoed. Dan sal julle kan onderskei wat die wil van God is, wat goed en welgevallig en volmaak is.” Hierdie gedeelte gee ons ‘n belangrike volgorde: die kind van God weier om aan die wêreld gelykvormig te word en laat homself eerder deur die Gees verander. Soos sy gemoed vernuwe word volgens die dinge van God, kan hy God se volmaakte wil ken.
Soos ons God se wil soek, moet ons seker maak dat wat ons oorweeg, nie iets is wat die Bybel verbied nie. Byvoorbeeld, die Bybel verbied diefstal; aangesien God duidelik oor die saak gepraat het, weet ons dat dit nie Sy wil is dat ons bankrowers moet wees nie – ons hoef nie eers daaroor te bid nie. Ons moet ook seker maak dat wat ons oorweeg, God sal verheerlik en ons en ander sal help om geestelik te groei.
Om God se wil te ken, is soms moeilik omdat dit geduld vereis. Dit is natuurlik om al God se wil op een slag te wil weet, maar dit is nie hoe Hy gewoonlik werk nie. Hy openbaar aan ons ‘n stap op ‘n slag – elke beweging ‘n stap van geloof – en laat ons toe om Hom te vertrou. Die belangrike ding is dat ons, terwyl ons wag vir verdere leiding, besig is om die goeie te doen wat ons weet om te doen (Jakobus 4:17).
Dikwels wil ons hê dat God vir ons spesifieke besonderhede moet gee – waar om te werk, waar om te woon, met wie om te trou, watter motor om te koop, ens. God laat ons toe om keuses te maak, en as ons aan Hom oorgegee is, het Hy maniere om verkeerde keuses te voorkom (sien Handelinge 16:6–7).
Hoe beter ons ‘n persoon leer ken, hoe meer vertroud raak ons met sy of haar begeertes. Byvoorbeeld, ‘n kind mag dalk oor ‘n besige straat na die bal kyk wat weggespring het, maar hy hardloop nie agterna nie, want hy weet “my pa sou nie wou hê ek moes dit doen nie.” Hy hoef nie sy pa vir raad te vra oor elke spesifieke situasie nie; hy weet wat sy pa sou sê, want hy ken sy pa. Dieselfde geld in ons verhouding met God. Terwyl ons met die Here wandel, Sy Woord gehoorsaam en op Sy Gees vertrou, vind ons dat ons die denke van Christus gegee word (1 Korintiërs 2:16). Ons ken Hom, en dit help ons om Sy wil te ken. Ons vind God se leiding geredelik beskikbaar. “Die geregtigheid van die onberispelike maak hulle paaie reguit, / maar die goddelose word deur hulle eie goddeloosheid neergewerp” (Spreuke 11:5).
As ons nou met die Here wandel en werklik Sy wil vir ons lewens begeer, sal God Sy begeertes in ons harte plaas. Die sleutel is om God se wil te wil hê, nie ons eie nie. “Verlustig jou in die HERE, en Hy sal jou gee die begeertes van jou hart” (Psalm 37:4).
Today’s Devotional
Elijah was a man of God whom God used to do some mighty things. However, when word reached him that Jezebel had threatened his life, he ran (1 Kings chapter 19). Elijah prayed to the LORD and in effect complained about how he was being treated: “He replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too’” (1 Kings 19:10). The LORD’S answer to Elijah is thrilling: “The Lord said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper” (1 Kings 19:11-12).
We see in this passage of Scripture that what Elijah thought was not true. Elijah thought God was silent and that he was the only one left. God was not only “not silent,” but He had an army waiting in the wings so that Elijah was not alone: “Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him” (1 Kings 19:18).
In our walk as born-again believers, it may seem that God is silent, but God is never silent. What looks like silence and inactivity to us is God allowing us the opportunity to listen to “the still small voice” and to see the provisions that He has made for us by faith. God is involved in every area of a believer’s life–the very hairs on our heads are numbered (Mark 10:30; Luke 12:7). However, there are times when we have to walk in obedience to the light that God has given us before He sheds more light on our path, because in this age of grace God speaks to us through His Word.
“‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it’” (Isaiah 55:8-11).
Therefore, when God seems silent to us as born-again believers, it may mean that we have stopped listening to His voice, we have allowed the cares of this world to plug our spiritual ears, or we have neglected His Word. God does not speak to us today in signs, wonders, fire, or wind. His Spirit speaks to us through the Word, and in that Word we have the “words of life.”
Vandag se Bemoediging
Elia was ‘n man van God wat deur God gebruik is om magtige dinge te doen. Toe die woord hom egter bereik dat Isebel sy lewe bedreig het, het hy gevlug (1 Konings hoofstuk 19). Elia het tot die HERE gebid en in werklikheid gekla oor hoe hy behandel is: “Hy het geantwoord: ‘Ek was baie ywerig vir die HERE God, die Almagtige. Die Israeliete het u verbond verwerp, u altare afgebreek en u profete met die swaard doodgemaak. Ek is die enigste een wat oorgebly het, en nou probeer hulle my ook doodmaak’” (1 Konings 19:10). Die HERE se antwoord aan Elia is opwindend: “Toe sê die HERE: Gaan uit en staan op die berg voor die aangesig van die HERE, want die HERE gaan verbygaan.’ Toe het ’n groot en magtige wind die berge uitmekaar geskeur en die rotse voor die HERE verpletter, maar die HERE was nie in die wind nie. Ná die wind was daar ’n aardbewing, maar die HERE was nie in die aardbewing nie. Ná die aardbewing het ’n vuur gekom, maar die HERE was nie in die vuur nie. En ná die vuur het ’n sagte fluistering gekom” (1 Konings 19:11-12).
Ons sien in hierdie Skrifgedeelte dat wat Elia gedink het nie waar was nie. Elia het gedink God was stil en dat hy die enigste een was wat oorgebly het. God was nie net “nie stil nie”, maar Hy het ’n leër in die vlerke gehad wat gewag het sodat Elia nie alleen was nie: “Tog laat Ek seweduisend in Israel oorbly – almal wie se knieë nie voor Baäl gebuig het nie en wie se mond hom nie gesoen het nie” (1 Konings 19:18).
In ons wandel as wedergebore gelowiges mag dit lyk asof God stil is, maar God is nooit stil nie. Wat vir ons soos stilte en onaktiwiteit lyk, is dat God ons die geleentheid gee om na “die stil sagte stem” te luister en die voorsienings te sien wat Hy deur geloof vir ons gemaak het. God is betrokke by elke area van ‘n gelowige se lewe – selfs die hare op ons koppe is getel (Markus 10:30; Lukas 12:7). Daar is egter tye wanneer ons in gehoorsaamheid moet wandel aan die lig wat God vir ons gegee het voordat Hy meer lig op ons pad werp, want in hierdie tyd van genade praat God met ons deur Sy Woord. “‘Want my gedagtes is nie julle gedagtes nie, en julle weë is nie my weë nie,’ spreek die Here. ‘Soos die hemel hoër is as die aarde, so is my weë hoër as julle weë en my gedagtes as julle gedagtes. Soos die reën en die sneeu van die hemel neerdaal en nie daarheen terugkeer nie, sonder om die aarde te deurweek en dit te laat bot en te laat groei, sodat dit saad lewer vir die saaier en brood vir die eter, so is my woord wat uit my mond uitgaan: dit sal nie leeg na My terugkeer nie, maar dit sal doen wat Ek behaag en tot stand bring waarvoor Ek dit gestuur het’” (Jesaja 55:8-11).
Daarom, wanneer God vir ons as wedergebore gelowiges stil lyk, kan dit beteken dat ons opgehou het om na Sy stem te luister, ons toegelaat het dat die sorge van hierdie wêreld ons geestelike ore toestop, of ons het Sy Woord verwaarloos. God spreek nie vandag met ons in tekens, wonders, vuur of wind nie. Sy Gees spreek met ons deur die Woord, en in daardie Woord het ons die “woorde van die lewe”.
The Collectors of Manna – Women of the Word // Gaarders van Manna – Vroue van die woord
Dilize Light has Managed a TruLight Ladies Group on Telegram for the Past 6 Years and from Today . she will be Sharing her Manna with the Ladies in The TruLight Daily Manna Platform . Dilize is the only Daughter of Pastor Dirk and has been part of the Ministry since the age of 11 . Dilize is also the Radio Host for the Popular TruLight Top 10 that airs on TruLight Radio XM saturdays at 17h00′
Dilize Light bestuur die afgelope 6 jaar ‘n TruLight Damesgroep op Telegram en van vandag af sal sy haar Manna met die Dames deel op die TruLight Daaglikse Manna-platform. Dilize is die enigste dogter van Pastoor Dirk en is deel van die bediening sedert die ouderdom van 11. Dilize is ook die radio-aanbieder vir die gewilde TruLight Top 10 wat Saterdae om 17:00 op TruLight Radio XM uitgesaai word.
Met Ope Arms:
By n begrafnis waar ek was het die seun van die ma wat oorlede is gesê. Dat sy liefdevol en vertroostend was, en die eerste persoon wat haar arms om jou sal vou, as jy bedroef was. Toe hy n drank probleem gehad het, het sy Ma die grootste geskenk aan hom gegee wat niemand aan n ander sal kan gee. Sy het my gewys hoe om my lewe aan die Here te gee en sy genade vir my te aanvaar, Ja, in haar arms het ek soos n verlore seun gevoel, wat in die vaderhuis verwelkom word, en ek kon God se liefde deur haar beleef het hy gesê.
Jesus se verhaal van n jongman wat sy erfgoed geëis het, na n ver land gegaan, sy erfenis vermors, en toe teruggegaan het huis toe, is aangrypend. Wat tref is die pa se reaksie. Toe hy nog ver aankom, het sy pa hom al gesien en hom innig jammer gekry. Hy hardloop hom tegemoet, omhels hom en soen hom ( Lukas 15:20 ). In plaas van om hom te bestraf, het die pa sy liefde en vergifnes getoon deur vir hom n feesmaal te reël. Waarom ? Hierdie seun van my was dood, en hy lewe weer, hy was verlore en ek het hom teruggekry ( vs 24 ). Die seun het toe afgesluit by die begrafnis. Dankie Ma vir jou liefde, Mag God ons help om ons harte vir ander oop te maak, soos Hy sy arms vir ons oopmaak !
Aangesien die Here ons skuld betaal
En sondaars in groot genade red
Moet ons ook dankbaar in liefde lewe
Almal om ons van harte vergewe
Sondaars wat vergewe is, weet om lief te hê en dit te toon.
With Open Arms:
At a funeral I attended, the son of the mother who had passed away said. That she was loving and comforting, and the first person to put her arms around you when you were sad. When he had a drinking problem, his mother gave him the greatest gift that no one else could give. She showed me how to give my life to the Lord and accept his grace for me. Yes, in her arms I felt like a prodigal son, welcomed into his father’s house, and I could experience God’s love through her, he said.
Jesus’ story of a young man who claimed his inheritance, went to a distant country, wasted his inheritance, and then returned home is touching. What is striking is the father’s reaction. When he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion. He ran to meet him, embraced him, and kissed him (Luke 15:20). Instead of rebuking him, the father showed his love and forgiveness by arranging a feast for him. Why? This son of mine was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and I have found him (vs 24). The son then concluded the funeral. Thank you, Mother, for your love. May God help us to open our hearts to others, as He opens His arms to us!
Since the Lord pays our debts
And saves sinners in great mercy
Let us also live gratefully in love
Forgive everyone around us from the heart
Forgive sinners who have been forgiven, know how to love and show it.
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Terror groups (Magog) planning invasion of northern Israel, defense minister warns
Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas are expanding their operations in Syria, including in the southern part of the country, near the Israeli Golan Heights.
Arab terrorist groups are establishing themselves along Israel’s northern border on the Golan frontier, the Israeli defense chief warned on Wednesday, adding that a much-anticipated deal with Syria does not appear to be within reach at this time.
Defense Minister Israel Katz (Likud) addressed a closed-door meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, informing lawmakers that Israel is currently “not headed toward” peace with Syria, despite reports in recent weeks of progress toward a new security deal with Damascus.
According to a report Thursday morning by Israel’s national broadcaster, Kan Reshet Bet, Katz told MKs during the hearing that military intelligence indicates that terrorist groups, including Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas, are expanding their operations in Syria, including in the southern part of the country, near the Israeli Golan Heights.
These terror groups appear to be readying themselves for a major confrontation with Israel, Katz continued, including a possible invasion of the Golan.
Katz added that the Ansar Allah terror group, an Iranian-backed Yemeni Shiite group better known as the Houthis, also has established a presence in southern Syria and is involved in plans for a possible incursion into northern Israel.
Uri Kelner, chief of the Golan Regional Council, said at Wednesday’s committee hearing that given the security threats in the north, Israel must retain control of the Golan buffer zone, including the summit of Mount Hermon.
“It is clear to us that our enemies around us continue to think about how to harm us,” Kelner said. “Reality obligates us to act with prudence, strength, and long-term planning — not to prepare for the previous war, but for the next challenge.”
“The IDF must continue to deepen its foothold in the buffer zone and the Hermon summit, establish deterrence, and ensure an immediate response to any scenario.”
Damascus has repeatedly stated that it will not sign a new security agreement with Israel unless the IDF withdraws fully from the Golan buffer zone, returning to the pre-December 2024 frontier lines.
Israel has expressed concerns that such a deal would prevent it from coming to the aid of the Druze community in southern Syria – a population with close ties to the Druze in Israel.
Katz told lawmakers that the IDF “has a plan ready, and if raid-style attacks on the Druze Mountain area happen again, we will intervene.”
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