Daily Manna 16 May 2025 - TruLight Daily Manna

Bible Verse and Prayer for Today;

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Proverbs 10:22

Prayer

Lord . Sometime we don’t understand RICH . We as Humans on This Planet , think it is wealth and Earthly Treasures . We do Not understand that Your Riches , are Happyness . Peace , Love , and a Spiritfilled Live . Lord thank you for your Blessings and that it does not come with sorrow , heartace and tears. You have given us Your Holy Spirit as comforter. Thank You in Jesus name . Amen and Amen

Prayer Tips

Pray thankfully and praise God : end your prayers positively.

Overcome attitudes like unnecessarily emotional begging and pleading to God ‘at bedtime’ because — for example this might cause upset sleep and bad thoughts can lead to bad dreams; be peacemaker in your own mind: how — believe that God already knows and wants for you what you need and rightly desire (not coveting or envying). Then give thanks in advance, expecting good results (that’s trusting).

There is, of course, a time and a place for that pained, pleading and begging: “work out your salvation with fear and trembling”, anytime you like, but bedtime is not always the best time. Though, happiness is not the goal — rather ask for joy in whatever you experience — for trying to stop anxious thoughts or bad dreams, ask the Lord to show you the root cause of these and take them to him in meaningful prayers (personalized), believing. Everyday thanksgiving can bring peace into your life!

Colossians 4:2, “Continue in prayer, and watch [for results] in the same with thanksgiving;”

Increase (or start) thanking, and praising, and lifting up God.

It is however important to know that Jesus is God and that He is the Door to all your prayers to get to the omnipotent spiritual God. He and the father is one. Besides Him there is no other God. Praise Jesus and thank Him for any and all good things (called blessings) in your life.

Joh 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

Joh 10:30 I and my Father are one.

God and Jesus have promised to bless the one who blesses others and who thank God for His blessings upon them.

Psa 135:3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

Psa 147:1 Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

Psa 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

1Pe 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Joh 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

Joh 6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag

Die seën van die HERE maak ryk, en Hy voeg geen smart daarby nie.

Spreuke 10:22

Gebed

Here. Soms verstaan ons nie RYKDOM nie. Ons as mense op hierdie planeet dink dit is rykdom en aardse skatte. Ons verstaan nie dat U rykdom geluk is nie. Vrede, liefde en ‘n Geesvervulde lewe. Here, dankie vir u seëninge en dat dit nie met droefheid, hartseer en trane kom nie. U het ons u Heilige Gees as trooster gegee. Dankie in Jesus se naam. Amen en Amen.

Gebeds wenke

Bid dankbaar en prys God en eindig jou gebede positief.

Oorkom houdings soos onnodige emosionele smeekbedes en smeekbedes tot God ‘voor slaaptyd’, want – dit kan byvoorbeeld slaapprobleme veroorsaak en slegte gedagtes kan tot slegte drome lei; wees vredemaker in jou eie gedagtes: hoe – glo dat God reeds weet en vir jou wil hê wat jy nodig het en tereg begeer (nie begeer of afguns nie). Dank dan vooraf en verwag goeie resultate (dis vertroue).

Daar is natuurlik ‘n tyd en ‘n plek vir daardie pynlike, smeekbedes en smeekbedes: “werk jou saligheid uit met vrees en bewing”, wanneer jy wil, maar slaaptyd is nie altyd die beste tyd nie. Alhoewel geluk nie die doel is nie – vra eerder vir vreugde in wat jy ook al ervaar – om angstige gedagtes of slegte drome te probeer stop, vra die Here om jou die oorsaak hiervan te wys en bring dit na Hom in betekenisvolle gebede (gepersonaliseerd), in geloof. Daaglikse danksegging kan vrede in jou lewe bring!

Kolossense 4:2, “Volhard in gebed en let op resultate in dieselfde met danksegging;”

Vermeerder (of begin) om God te dank, te prys en te verhef.

Dit is egter belangrik om te weet dat Jesus God is en dat Hy die Deur is na al jou gebede om by die almagtige geestelike God uit te kom. Hy en die Vader is een. Naas Hom is daar geen ander God nie. Loof Jesus en dank Hom vir enige en alle goeie dinge (genoem seëninge) in jou lewe.

Joh 10:9 Ek is die deur; as iemand deur My ingaan, sal hy gered word, en hy sal ingaan en uitgaan en weiding vind.

Joh 10:30 Ek en my Vader is een.

God en Jesus het belowe om die een te seën wat ander seën en wat God dank vir Sy seëninge oor hulle.

Ps 135:3 Loof die HERE, want die HERE is goed; sing lofliedere tot sy Naam, want dit is aangenaam.

Ps 147:1 Loof die HERE, want dit is goed om lofliedere tot onse God te sing, want dit is aangenaam; en lof is welgevallig.

Psa 149:3 Laat hulle sy Naam prys in die dans, laat hulle Hom prys met tamboeryn en siter.

1Pe 2:9 Maar julle is ‘n uitverkore geslag, ‘n koninklike priesterdom, ‘n heilige volk, ‘n volk as eiendom verkry, om die deugde te verkondig van Hom wat julle uit die duisternis geroep het tot sy wonderbare lig.

Joh 1:51 En Hy sê vir hom: Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle, van nou af sal julle die hemel geopend sien en die engele van God opklim en neerdaal na die Seun van die mens.

Joh 6:40 En dit is die wil van Hom wat My gestuur het, dat elkeen wat die Seun aanskou en in Hom glo, die ewige lewe mag hê; en Ek sal hom opwek in die laaste dag.

Bible Teaching of the Day

Is it wrong for a couple to live together before marriage?

The answer to this question depends somewhat on what is meant by “living together.” If “living together” simply means sharing the same house or apartment, with no sexual connotation, then, no, it is not technically wrong. Strictly speaking, there is nothing sinful about an unmarried man and an unmarried woman living in the same house or apartment, as long as there is no sex taking place.

However, that is not what is commonly meant by the term living together, which is often used as a euphemism for “having sex before marriage,” synonymous with shacking up. The Oxford Dictionary defines live together as “share a home and have a sexual relationship.” Rightly or wrongly, the sex is assumed.

For the purposes of this article, we will define living together or cohabiting as “sharing a home and having a sexual relationship.” Using that definition of living together, it is definitely wrong. Premarital sex is condemned in Scripture, along with all other forms of sexual immorality (Acts 15:20; Romans 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 6:13, 18; 7:2; 10:8; 2 Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19; Ephesians 5:3; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5; Jude 1:7). The Bible promotes complete abstinence outside of (and before) marriage. Sex before marriage is just as wrong as adultery and other forms of sexual immorality because they all involve having sex with someone to whom you are not married.

We live in a world that is increasingly supportive of couples living together before marriage. According to a 2016 Barna study, the most common justification for living together is to evaluate compatibility (84 percent); other reasons include saving on rent (5 percent) and other practical considerations (9 percent) (www.barna.com/research/majority-of-americans-now-believe-in-cohabitation, accessed 9/15/21). This acceptance of living together is found even among practicing Christians, of whom 41 percent say cohabitation is “a good idea” (ibid.). In 2019, Pew Research found that 58 percent of white evangelicals approve of cohabitation if the couple plans to marry (cited in www.crosswalk.com/family/marriage/christians-and-cohabitation-what-you-need-to-know.html, accessed 9/15/21). Despite current trends that approve of living together, the Bible’s message stays the same: God forbids sex before marriage.

In addition to the biblical guidance are other sound reasons not to cohabit. The idea that living together is an appropriate “test-drive relationship” before committing to marriage falls apart under scrutiny. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, living together before marriage does not make a future marriage stronger. One study based on a national survey found that couples who had lived together were 46 percent more likely to divorce than other couples (DeMaris, A., and Rao, K. V., “Premarital Cohabitation and Subsequent Marital Stability in the United States: A Reassessment,” Journal of Marriage and Family 54, 1992, based on the National Survey of Families and Households, 178–190). Another study released through Rutgers University found that cohabiting is counterproductive to long-lasting marriages and recommended that unmarried couples avoid living together, especially if the arrangement involves children, due to the uncertainty and tenuousness of cohabitation (Popenoe, D., and Whitehead, B. D., “Should We Live Together? What Young Adults Need to Know about Cohabitation before Marriage,” The National Marriage Project, the Next Generation Series, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 1999).

Even in the case of an unmarried couple who share a living space without having sex, some problems arise:

1) There is still the appearance of immorality. We must consider our testimony before an unbelieving world as we represent Christ. Most people naturally assume that a man and a woman sharing the same living space are sexually active. Even if the assumption is wrong, the implication remains. God calls us to a higher standard: “But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people” (Ephesians 5:3). Living together definitely “hints” at sexual immorality.

2) Sharing a living space could be a tremendous temptation for immorality. Cohabiting couples, even if they commit to abstain from sex, are putting themselves in a position that can easily lead to compromise and allow the devil to tempt them. The Bible tells us to flee immorality, not expose ourselves to its constant temptations (1 Corinthians 6:18).

3) We have a responsibility to our brothers and sisters in Christ. The Bible’s admonition is that we do not cause anyone to stumble (Romans 14:19–21). It’s not enough to say, “We’re doing nothing wrong”; we must “pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding” (verse 19, ESV).

If a couple is living together outside of marriage, they have three basic options: (1) continue to live together; (2) find separate living quarters; or (3) get married now. Many couples choose to get married in a quick, private ceremony to make things “legal,” and then have a more formal, church-type wedding celebration later. Of those three options, (2) and (3) are the only godly choices.

Bybel Lering vir die Dag

Is dit verkeerd vir ‘n paartjie om saam te woon voor die huwelik?

Die antwoord op hierdie vraag hang ietwat af van wat bedoel word met “saamwoon”. As “saamwoon” bloot beteken om dieselfde huis of woonstel te deel, sonder enige seksuele konnotasie, dan nee, is dit tegnies nie verkeerd nie. Streng gesproke is daar niks sondigs aan ‘n ongetroude man en ‘n ongetroude vrou wat in dieselfde huis of woonstel woon nie, solank daar geen seks plaasvind nie.

Dit is egter nie wat algemeen bedoel word met die term saamwoon nie, wat dikwels as ‘n eufemisme gebruik word vir “seks hê voor die huwelik”, sinoniem met “saamwoon”. Die Oxford Dictionary definieer saamwoon as “‘n huis deel en ‘n seksuele verhouding hê”. Reg of verkeerd, die geslag word veronderstel.

Vir die doeleindes van hierdie artikel sal ons saamwoon of saamwoon definieer as “‘n huis deel en ‘n seksuele verhouding hê”. Deur daardie definisie van saamwoon te gebruik, is dit beslis verkeerd. Voorhuwelikse seks word in die Skrif veroordeel, saam met alle ander vorme van seksuele immoraliteit (Handelinge 15:20; Romeine 1:29; 1 Korintiërs 5:1; 6:13, 18; 7:2; 10:8; 2 Korintiërs 12:21; Galasiërs 5:19; Efesiërs 5:3; Kolossense 3:5; 1 Tessalonisense 4:3–5; Judas 1:7). Die Bybel bevorder volkome onthouding buite (en voor) die huwelik. Seks voor die huwelik is net so verkeerd soos egbreuk en ander vorme van seksuele immoraliteit, want dit behels almal seks met iemand met wie jy nie getroud is nie.

Ons leef in ‘n wêreld wat toenemend ondersteunend is vir paartjies wat voor die huwelik saamwoon. Volgens ‘n Barna-studie van 2016 is die mees algemene regverdiging vir saamwoon om versoenbaarheid te evalueer (84 persent); Ander redes sluit in besparing op huur (5 persent) en ander praktiese oorwegings (9 persent) (www.barna.com/research/majority-of-americans-now-believe-in-cohabitation, verkry op 15/9/21). Hierdie aanvaarding van saamwoon word selfs onder praktiserende Christene gevind, van wie 41 persent sê saamwoon is “‘n goeie idee” (ibid.). In 2019 het Pew Research bevind dat 58 persent van wit evangeliese Christene saamwoon goedkeur as die paartjie beplan om te trou (aangehaal in www.crosswalk.com/family/marriage/christians-and-cohabitation-what-you-need-to-know.html, verkry op 15/9/21). Ten spyte van huidige tendense wat saamwoon goedkeur, bly die Bybel se boodskap dieselfde: God verbied seks voor die huwelik.

Benewens die Bybelse leiding is daar ander goeie redes om nie saam te woon nie. Die idee dat saamwoon ‘n gepaste “toetsverhouding” is voordat jy tot die huwelik verbind, val onder die loep. In teenstelling met die algemene opvatting, maak saamwoon voor die huwelik nie ‘n toekomstige huwelik sterker nie. Een studie gebaseer op ‘n nasionale opname het bevind dat paartjies wat saamgewoon het, 46 persent meer geneig was om te skei as ander paartjies (DeMaris, A., en Rao, K. V., “Premarital Cohabitation and Subsequent Marital Stability in the United States: A Reassessment,” Journal of Marriage and Family 54, 1992, gebaseer op die National Survey of Families and Households, 178–190). Nog ‘n studie wat deur Rutgers Universiteit vrygestel is, het bevind dat saamwoon teenproduktief is vir langdurige huwelike en het aanbeveel dat ongetroude paartjies vermy om saam te woon, veral as die reëling kinders behels, as gevolg van die onsekerheid en broosheid van saamwoon (Popenoe, D., en Whitehead, B. D., “Should We Live Together? What Young Adults Need to Know about Cohabitation before Marriage,” The National Marriage Project, the Next Generation Series, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 1999).

Selfs in die geval van ‘n ongetroude paartjie wat ‘n leefruimte deel sonder om seks te hê, ontstaan daar probleme:

1) Daar is steeds die skyn van immoraliteit. Ons moet ons getuienis voor ‘n ongelowige wêreld oorweeg terwyl ons Christus verteenwoordig. Die meeste mense neem natuurlik aan dat ‘n man en ‘n vrou wat dieselfde leefruimte deel, seksueel aktief is. Selfs al is die aanname verkeerd, bly die implikasie bestaan. God roep ons tot ‘n hoër standaard: “Maar onder julle moet daar geen sweempie van seksuele immoraliteit of enige vorm van onreinheid of gierigheid wees nie, want dit is nie geskik vir die heilige mense nie” (Efesiërs 5:3). Saamwoon “sinspeel” beslis op seksuele immoraliteit.

2) Om ‘n leefruimte te deel, kan ‘n geweldige versoeking vir immoraliteit wees. Saamwoonende paartjies, selfs al verbind hulle hulle tot die onthouding van seks, plaas hulself in ‘n posisie wat maklik tot kompromie kan lei en die duiwel toelaat om hulle te versoek. Die Bybel sê vir ons om van immoraliteit te vlug, onsself nie bloot te stel aan die voortdurende versoekings daarvan nie (1 Korintiërs 6:18).

3) Ons het ‘n verantwoordelikheid teenoor ons broers en susters in Christus. Die Bybel se vermaning is dat ons niemand tot struikelblok moet bring nie (Romeine 14:19–21). Dit is nie genoeg om te sê: “Ons doen niks verkeerd nie”; ons moet “nastreef wat tot vrede en onderlinge opbouing dien” (vers 19).

As ‘n paartjie buite die huwelik saamwoon, het hulle drie basiese opsies: (1) voortgaan om saam te woon; (2) aparte woonvertrekke vind; of (3) nou trou. Baie paartjies kies om in ‘n vinnige, privaat seremonie te trou om dinge “wettig” te maak, en dan later ‘n meer formele, kerklike troue te hou. Van daardie drie opsies is (2) en (3) die enigste goddelike keuses.

Today’s Devotional

To the Child of God in Ministry

Often, in order to go forward, we need to go back, retrace our steps in order to see where to go. In doing this I have been looking at a number of past “revivalists” like Finney and Spurgeon. Of a number of things that stands out in every revival is an acute awareness of sin as well as the central role of Jesus Christ and especially the death of Jesus on the cross. The latter is not strange as Paul himself said: “I made up my mind to forget everything except Jesus Christ and especially his death on the cross.” (1 Corinthians 2:2) Paul continues to say: “So when I came to you, I was weak and trembled all over with fear, and my teaching and message were not delivered with skillful words of human wisdom, but with convincing proof of the power of God’s Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 2: 3-4)

Allow me today to share with you a number of quotes by Spurgeon on the “message of Jesus Christ”

“The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘We preach Christ; and him crucified.’ A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it. No Christ in your sermon, sir? Then go home, and never preach again until you have something worth preaching.”

A Christless sermon is like: “a brook without water; a cloud without rain; a well which mocks the traveler; a tree twice dead, plucked up by the root; a sky without a sun; a night without a star. It was a realm of death—a place of mourning for angels and laughter for devils. O Christian, we must have Christ!”

“Leave Christ out of your preaching, and you have taken the milk from the children, you have taken the strong meat from the men; but if your object as a teacher or preacher is to glorify Christ, and to lead men to love him and trust him, why, that is the very work upon which the heart of God himself is set.”

“Sooner by far would I go to a bare table, and eat from a wooden porringer something that would appease my appetite, than I would go to a well-spread table on which there was nothing to eat. Yes, it is Christ, Christ, Christ whom we have to preach; and if we leave him out, we leave out the very soul of the gospel. Christless sermons make merriment for hell. Christless preachers, Christless Sunday school teachers, Christless class leaders, Christless tract distributors—what are all these doing? They are simply setting the mill to grind without putting any grist into the hopper. All their labor is in vain. If you leave Jesus Christ out, you are simply beating the air, or going to war without any weapon with which you can smite the foe.”

“The Spirit of God bears no witness to Christless sermons. Leave Jesus out of your preaching, and the Holy Spirit will never come upon you. Why should he? Has he not come on purpose that he may testify of Christ? Did not Jesus say, ‘He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you’? Yes, the subject was Christ, and nothing but Christ, and such is the teaching which the Spirit of God will own. Be it ours never to wander from this central point: may we determine to know nothing among men but Christ and his cross.”

“Christ not only supplies the necessities of his people, but he gives them abundant and superabundant joy in the luxuries of his grace. You do not really preach the gospel if you leave Christ out; if he be omitted, it is not the gospel. You may invite men to listen to your message, but you are only inviting them to gaze upon an empty table unless Christ is the very center and substance of all that you set before them.”

“Leave Christ out? O my brethren, better leave the pulpit out altogether. If a man can preach one sermon without mentioning Christ’s name in it, it ought to be his last, certainly the last that any Christian ought to go to hear him preach.”

Spurgeon prayed: “We lie in the very dust before Thee in utter shame, to think that we have sometimes heard this story without emotion and even told it without tenderness. The theme truly has never become stale to us. We can say in Thy presence that the story of Christ’s death still brings joy and makes our hearts to leap. But yet Lord, it never has affected us as we could have expected it would. Give us more tenderness of heart; give us to feel the wounds of Jesus till they wound our sins to death. Give us to have a heart pierced even as His was, with deep sympathy for His grief, and an all-consuming love for His blessed Person”

Vandag se Bemoediging

Aan die Kind van God in die Bediening

Om vorentoe te gaan, moet ons dikwels teruggaan, ons stappe terugvolg om te sien waarheen ons moet gaan. Deur dit te doen, het ek na ‘n aantal vorige “herlewingskundiges” soos Finney en Spurgeon gekyk. Van ‘n aantal dinge wat in elke herlewing uitstaan, is ‘n skerp bewustheid van sonde sowel as die sentrale rol van Jesus Christus en veral die dood van Jesus aan die kruis. Laasgenoemde is nie vreemd nie, soos Paulus self gesê het: “Ek het my voorgeneem om alles te vergeet, behalwe Jesus Christus, en veral sy dood aan die kruis.” (1 Korintiërs 2:2) Paulus sê verder: “Toe ek na julle toe gekom het, was ek swak en het ek van vrees gebewe. Ek het nie met bekwame woorde van menslike wysheid gepraat nie, maar met ‘n oortuigende bewys van die krag van die Gees van God.” (1 Korintiërs 2: 3-4)

Laat my vandag toe om ‘n aantal aanhalings deur Spurgeon oor die “boodskap van Jesus Christus” met u te deel.

“Die leuse van alle ware dienaars van God moet wees: ‘Ons verkondig Christus; en Hom gekruisig.’ ‘n Preek sonder Christus daarin is soos ‘n brood sonder enige meel daarin. Geen Christus in u preek nie, meneer? Gaan dan huis toe en preek nooit weer totdat u iets het wat die moeite werd is om te preek nie.”

‘n Christuslose preek is soos: “‘n stroom sonder water; ‘n wolk sonder reën; ‘n put wat die reisiger bespot; ‘n boom wat twee keer dood is, met wortel en al uitgeruk; ‘n lug sonder ‘n son; ‘n nag sonder ‘n ster. Dit was ‘n ryk van die dood – ‘n plek van rou vir engele en lag vir duiwels. O Christen, ons moet Christus hê!”

“Laat Christus uit jou prediking, en jy het die melk van die kinders geneem, jy het die sterk vleis van die mans geneem; maar as jou doel as onderwyser of prediker is om Christus te verheerlik, en om mense te lei om Hom lief te hê en Hom te vertrou, wel, dit is die einste werk waarop die hart van God self gerig is.”

“Veel gouer sou ek na ’n kaal tafel gaan en van ’n houtbraaipan iets eet wat my eetlus sou stil, as wat ek na ’n goed gedekte tafel sou gaan waarop daar niks was om te eet nie. Ja, dit is Christus, Christus, Christus wat ons moet preek; en as ons Hom uitlaat, laat ons die siel van die evangelie uit. Christuslose preke maak vrolikheid vir die hel. Christuslose predikers, Christuslose Sondagskoolonderwysers, Christuslose klasleiers, Christuslose traktaatverspreiders – wat doen al hierdie? Hulle stel eenvoudig die meul aan die maal sonder om enige koring in die hopper te gooi. Al hulle arbeid is tevergeefs. As jy Jesus Christus uitlaat, slaan jy eenvoudig die lug, of gaan oorlog toe sonder enige wapen waarmee jy die vyand kan slaan.”

“Die Gees van God getuig nie van Christuslose preke nie. Laat Jesus uit jou prediking, en die Heilige Gees sal nooit oor jou kom nie. Waarom sou Hy? Het Hy nie doelbewus gekom om van Christus te getuig nie? Het Jesus nie gesê: ‘Hy sal My verheerlik, want Hy sal uit wat aan My behoort, ontvang en aan julle verkondig’ nie? Ja, die onderwerp was Christus, en niks anders as Christus nie, en dit is die leer wat die Gees van God sal erken. Mag dit ons s’n wees om nooit van hierdie sentrale punt af te dwaal nie: mag ons besluit om niks onder die mense te weet behalwe Christus en sy kruis nie.”

“Christus voorsien nie net in die behoeftes van sy mense nie, maar Hy gee hulle oorvloedige en oorvloedige vreugde in die luukshede van sy genade. Jy verkondig nie werklik die evangelie as jy Christus uitlaat nie; as Hy weggelaat word, is dit nie die evangelie nie. Jy mag mense nooi om na jou boodskap te luister, maar jy nooi hulle slegs om na ‘n leë tafel te staar, tensy Christus die middelpunt en kern is van alles wat jy voor hulle sit.”

“Los Christus uit? O my broers, los liewer die kansel heeltemal uit. As ‘n man een preek kan lewer sonder om Christus se naam daarin te noem, behoort dit sy laaste te wees, sekerlik die laaste wat enige Christen behoort te hoor preek.”

Spurgeon het gebid: “Ons lê in die stof voor U in diepste skaamte, om te dink dat ons hierdie storie soms sonder emosie gehoor het en dit selfs sonder teerheid vertel het. Die tema het werklik nooit vir ons verveeld geraak nie. Ons kan in U teenwoordigheid sê dat die storie van Christus se dood steeds vreugde bring en ons harte laat spring. Maar tog, Here, het dit ons nooit geraak soos ons dit kon verwag het nie. Gee ons meer teerheid van hart; gee ons om die wonde van Jesus te voel totdat hulle ons sondes doodwond. Gee ons om ‘n hart te hê wat deurboor is net soos Syne was, met diep simpatie vir Sy hartseer, en ‘n allesverterende liefde vir Sy geseënde Persoon.”

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Signs of the Times

The Sun did a Bird Wing Eruption

On Tuesday, astronomers watched as a vast ‘bird wing’ eruption sent waves of superheated plasma surging across the sun’s northern hemisphere.

At over 600,000 miles long (one million km), the filament of solar material was more than twice as long as the distance from the Earth to the moon.

Now, scientists predict that part of this filament eruption could hit Earth Today .

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, aurora chaser Jure Atanackov predicted that the full force of this eruption could trigger a severe or even extreme geomagnetic storm, the highest level on official rating systems.

Stunning video recorded by NASA’s solar observation satellites shows the moment that filaments of plasma 75 times larger than Earth peeled away from the sun in a pair of sweeping ‘wings’.

Most of the material was shot out of the sun’s north pole, so it will mostly avoid Earth.

However, astronomers say that Earth will probably receive a glancing blow from the wake of the passing storm.

That means there is an increased chance of being able to spot the Northern Lights and a risk of disruption to electrical equipment. END OF NEWS ARTICLE

PASTOR DIRK SAYS

Jesus is the one that Prophesied about the Sun’s Future, Big Changes Just before his 2^nd Coming and during His Second Coming

Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

When will this Happen? Jesus showed John that is will Happen 3 Years after the Antichrist takes over the 3^rd Jewish Temple as the 666 Head office. During the Wrath of God just after the Great Tribulation

The Sun will explode and burn out days Prior to the 2^nd Coming at the 4th Plaque

Rev 16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

Rev 16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Rev 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

Rev 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

Jesus and John Confirms that this takes place at the 2^nd Coming of Jesus, just before the Battle of Armageddon called the 6^th Seal. The 7^th Seal, 7^th Trumpet and 7^th Plaque is the Battle of Armageddon.

Rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Rev 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

What will Happen on Earth when the sun Burns out?

Our atmosphere will get stripped away. Our oceans will evaporate. For a while, we’ll look something like Venus, locked in a choking, carbon dioxide atmosphere.

And then it gets worse.

In the final stages of hydrogen fusion, our sun will swell and swell, becoming distorted and bloated — and red. The red giant sun will consume Mercury and Venus for sure. It might or might not spare Earth, depending on exactly how large it gets. If the sun’s distended atmosphere does reach our world, Earth will dissolve in less than a day.

But even if the sun’s expansion stops short, it won’t be pretty for Earth. The extreme energies emitted by the sun will be intense enough to vaporize rocks, leaving behind nothing more than the dense iron core of our planet.

The outer planets won’t enjoy the increased radiation output from the sun either. The rings of Saturn are made of almost pure water ice, and the future sun will simply be too hot for them to survive. The same goes for the ice-locked worlds orbiting those giants. Europa, Enceladus, and all the rest will lose their icy shells. They will form Hail that may strike the Earth

At first, the increased radiation will blast the four outer planets, stripping away their atmospheres, which are just as fragile as that of a terrestrial planet. But as the sun continues to swell, some of the outer tendrils of its atmosphere can find their way to the giants, traveling through funnels of gravity. Feeding on that material, the outer planets can gorge themselves, becoming far larger than they ever were before.

But the sun still won’t be done. In its final stages, it will repeatedly swell and contract, pulsing for millions of years. This isn’t the most stable situation, gravitationally speaking. The deranged sun will push and pull the outer planets in odd directions, potentially drawing them into a deadly embrace or kicking them entirely out of the system.

The Sun is Currently getting ready for the 2^nd Coming of Jesus!!!

Gog and Magog Update

All News Highlights the Past 24 Hours

Iranian FM Fumes at Trump for Calling Tehran ‘Regional Threat’

The US is ‘Close to a Deal with Iran,’ Says Trump

Trump Says Gulf Deals are ‘Good for Israel’

IDF Hits Hamas Strongholds, Netanyahu Pushes for Hostage Releases, and U.S. Backs New Gaza Aid Plan

As the IDF intensifies operations against Hamas in Gaza, targeting key militant sites within civilian areas, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has pledged continued efforts to secure the release of hostages. Meanwhile, a new U.S.-backed humanitarian group is set to provide aid to Gaza.

Places in the Bible

Southern Temple Mount

Excavations

These excavations begun by Benjamin Mazar in 1968 were the largest earth-moving archaeological projects in Israel. Work continued until 1978, then resumed in the 1990s under the direction of Ronny Reich. These excavations are the most important for understanding the Temple Mount because of the impossibility of excavating on the mount itself.

First Century Street

This street was uncovered in the mid-1990s and dates to the decades before the city’s destruction by the Romans in AD 70.

It is 32 feet (10 m) wide and was paved with large slabs up to a foot (0.3 m) thick. The street was covered with massive stones pushed down by the Romans; only part of the street has been fully cleared by the excavators.

Trumpeting Stone

The top stone on the southwest corner of the Temple Mount bore an inscription which read in part, “to the place of trumpeting.” The priests would signal the start of Shabbat and festival days by blowing the shofar from this point. The inscription was apparently only a notice to the construction workers as to the final destination of this specially-cut stone.

Southern Steps

The western flight of stairs leading to the main entrances of the Temple Mount was 200 feet (61 m) wide. Excavators uncovered the easternmost part of this staircase with its alternating long and short steps. Some suggest that the fifteen long steps may have been one of the locations where pilgrims sang the fifteen Psalms of Ascent (120–34) as they went up to worship.

Double Gate

The Double Gates and Triple Gates provided access to the Temple Mount through subterranean passageways. Half of the lintel stone and relieving arch of this Herodian gateway is visible above the later protruding arch. Above and to the right is a stone with an inscription mentioning Hadrian’s son (AD 138). Its position upside down clearly indicates that it is in secondary use.

Mikveh

A series of public ritual bathing installations were found on the south side of the Temple Mount. Because of the demanding laws regarding purity before entering holy places, demand for mikvot was high and many have been discovered from 1st-century Jerusalem. Larger ritual baths such as this one have a small divider wall separating the entrance route from the exit.

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Pastoor Dirk se Audio Lering 5/8 Laaste 8 Jaar op Aarde – Studie 5 Joodse Messiah wys sy regte Klere

TruLight School of Theology have started with Its daily Bible Study – Pastor Counselling Certificate – we are Starting with 36 Studies with 10 Studies per Topic from 1st of April 2025 – Over the Next 2 Years we will Include One Daily Study per Topic on this Platform. The Daily Manna Bible Study will be Available in English and Afrikaans!

We will Start with a 68 week Study on “Know Your Bible” Daily Bible Summaries of every Chapter in the Bible! From the Old Testament to the New Testament , from Genesis to Revelation 66 Books of the Bible.

Started 1st April 2025

This is our Study Principals:

SOAP
Scripture: Read a short passage out loud.
Observation: What do you notice about the verses?.
Application: How can you apply this to your life?.
Prayer: Pray about what you’ve learned.
REAP
Read: Read the passage carefully.
Engage: Ask questions about the passage.
Apply: Think about how the passage applies to your life.
Pray: Pray about what you’ve learned.

Introduction to the Bible – Bible Summary

Summary of the Book of Haggai
Author: Haggai 1:1 identifies the author of the Book of Haggai as the Prophet Haggai.
Date of Writing: The Book of Haggai was written in approximately 520 B.C.
Purpose of Writing: Haggai sought to challenge the people of God concerning their
priorities. He called them to reverence and glorify God by building the Temple in spite
of local and official opposition. Haggai called them not to be discouraged because this
Temple would not be quite as richly decorated as Solomon’s. He exhorted them to turn
from the uncleanness of their ways and to trust in God’s sovereign power. The Book of
Haggai is a reminder of the problems the people of God faced at this time, how the
people courageously trusted in God, and how God provided for their needs.
Key Verses:
Haggai 1:4, “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this
house remains a ruin?”
Haggai 1:5-6, “Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Give careful thought to your
ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough.
You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn
wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.'”
Haggai 2:9, “‘The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former
house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the LORD
Almighty.”
Brief Summary: Will the people of God reconsider their priorities, take courage, and act
on the basis of God’s promises? God sought to warn the people to heed His words. Not
only did God warn them, but He also offered promises through His servant Haggai to
motivate them to follow Him. Because the people of God reversed their priorities and
failed to put God in first place in their lives, Judah was sent into Babylonian exile. In
response to Daniel’s prayer and in fulfillment of God’s promises, God directed Cyrus the
Persian king to allow the Jews in exile to go back to Jerusalem. A group of Jews returned
to their land with great joy, put God first in their lives, worshiped Him, and began to
rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem without the aid of the local people who lived in
Israel. Their courageous faith was met with opposition from the local people as well as
the Persian government for approximately 15 years.
Foreshadowings: As with most of the books of the minor prophets, Haggai ends with
promises of restoration and blessing. In the last verse, Haggai 2:23, God uses a distinctly
messianic title in reference to Zerubbabel, “My Servant” (Compare 2 Samuel 3:18; 1
Kings 11:34; Isaiah 42:1–9; Ezekiel 37:24,25). Through Haggai, God promises to make
him like a signet ring, which was a symbol of honor, authority, and power, somewhat like
a king’s scepter used to seal letters and decrees. Zerubbabel, as God’s signet ring,
represents the house of David and the resumption of the messianic line interrupted by
the Exile. Zerubbabel reestablished the Davidic line of kings which would culminate in
the millennial reign of Christ. Zerubbabel appears in the line of Christ on both Joseph’s
side (Matthew 1:12) and Mary’s side (Luke 3:27).
Practical Application: The Book of Haggai draws attention to common problems most
people face even today. Haggai asks us 1) to examine our priorities to see if we are
more interested in our own pleasures than doing the work of God; 2) to reject a
defeatist attitude when we run into opposition or discouraging circumstances; 3) to
confess our failures and seek to live pure lives before God; 4) to act courageously for
God because we have the assurance that He is with us always and is in full control of our
circumstances; and 5) to rest secure in God’s hands knowing that He will abundantly
bless us as we faithfully serve Him.

Inleiding tot die Bybel – Bybel Samevatting

Opsomming van die boek
Haggai
Skrywer: Haggai 1:1 identifiseer die skrywer van die boek Haggai as die profeet Haggai.
Datum van Skrywe: Die Boek Haggai is geskryf in ongeveer 520 vC.
Doel van Skrywe: Haggai het probeer om die volk van God uit te daag oor hulle
prioriteite. Hy het hulle opgeroep om God te eerbiedig en te verheerlik deur die tempel
te bou ten spyte van plaaslike en amptelike teenstand. Haggai het hulle geroep om nie
moedeloos te wees nie, want hierdie Tempel sou nie heeltemal so ryklik versier wees
soos Salomo s’n nie. Hy het hulle vermaan om van die onreinheid van hulle weë af te
draai en op God se soewereine mag te vertrou. Die Boek Haggai is ‘n herinnering aan
die probleme wat die volk van God in hierdie tyd in die gesig gestaar het, hoe die
mense moedig op God vertrou het en hoe God in hulle behoeftes voorsien het.
Sleutelverse:
Haggai 1:4 , “Is dit vir julle ‘n tyd om in julle paneelhuise te woon terwyl hierdie huis ‘n
puinhoop bly?”
Haggai 1:5-6 So sê die Here die Almagtige: Dink noukeurig aan jou weë. Jy het baie
geplant, maar min geoes. Jy eet, maar het nooit genoeg nie. Jy drink, maar het nooit jou
Jy trek klere aan, maar is nie warm nie, jy verdien loon, net om dit in ‘n beursie met gate
in te sit.'”
Haggai 2:9 , “Die heerlikheid van hierdie huidige huis sal groter wees as die heerlikheid
van die vorige huis, sê die Here die Almagtige, “En op hierdie plek sal Ek vrede gee,”
spreek die Here die Almagtige.
Kort opsomming: Sal die volk van God hul prioriteite heroorweeg, moed skep en op
grond van God se beloftes optree? God het probeer om die mense te waarsku om ag te
slaan op Sy woorde. Nie net het God hulle gewaarsku nie, maar Hy het ook beloftes
deur sy dienaar Haggai aangebied om hulle te motiveer om Hom te volg. Omdat die
volk van God hulle prioriteite omgekeer het en nie daarin geslaag het om God in die
eerste plek in hulle lewens te plaas nie, is Juda in Babiloniese ballingskap gestuur. In
reaksie op Daniël se gebed en in vervulling van God se beloftes, het God Kores die
Persiese koning beveel om die Jode in ballingskap toe te laat om terug te gaan na
Jerusalem. ’n Groep Jode het met groot vreugde na hul land teruggekeer, God eerste in
hul lewens gestel, Hom aanbid en die Tempel van Jerusalem begin herbou sonder die
hulp van die plaaslike mense wat in Israel gewoon het. Hulle moedige geloof is vir
ongeveer 15 jaar lank teengestaan deur die plaaslike mense sowel as die Persiese regering.
Voorafskaduwings: Soos met die meeste van die boeke van die minderjarige profete,
eindig Haggai met beloftes van herstel en seën. In die laaste vers, Haggai 2:23 , gebruik
God ‘n duidelike messiaanse titel met verwysing na Serubbabel, “My Kneg” (Vergelyk 2
Samuel 3:18 ; 1 Konings 11:34 ; Jesaja 42:1–9 ; Esegiël 37:24 , 25 ). Deur Haggai beloof
God om hom soos ‘n seëlring te maak, wat ‘n simbool van eer, gesag en mag was, ietwat
soos ‘n koning se septer wat gebruik word om briewe en verordeninge te verseël.
Serubbabel, as God se seëlring, verteenwoordig die huis van Dawid en die hervatting
van die messiaanse lyn wat deur die Ballingskap onderbreek is. Serubbabel het die
Dawidiese linie van konings hervestig wat sou kulmineer in die duisendjarige
heerskappy van Christus. Serubbabel verskyn in die lyn van Christus aan beide Josef se
kant ( Matteus 1:12 ) en Maria se kant ( Luk 3:27 ).
Praktiese toepassing: Die boek Haggai vestig die aandag op algemene probleme wat
die meeste mense vandag nog ondervind. Haggai vra ons 1) om ons prioriteite te
ondersoek om te sien of ons meer belangstel in ons eie plesier as om die werk van God
te doen; 2) om ‘n defaitistiese houding te verwerp wanneer ons in opposisie of
ontmoedigende omstandighede te staan kom; 3) om ons mislukkings te bely en te
streef om rein lewens voor God te lei; 4) om moedig vir God op te tree omdat ons die
versekering het dat Hy altyd by ons is en in volle beheer van ons omstandighede is; en
5) om veilig in God se hande te rus met die wete dat Hy ons oorvloedig sal seën terwyl
ons Hom getrou dien.

We are Currently reading and Listening to the Bible, a Chapter a Day !

The total number of chapters in the Bible is 1,189. There are 929 chapters within 39 books of the Old Testament and 260 chapters within the 27 books of the New Testament.