Born Again by the Will of GOD!

What does it mean to be born again?  A lot of people are extremely cynical about the terminology.

In fact, what it is to be born again, is to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of our lives, and to be born into the family of GOD.  In other words we renounce our sinful birth, through the repentance of our sins.  We are then born again, not by the will of our earthly fathers, but through the Will of GOD.

When we accept Jesus as our Redeemer, and our sins are forgiven, we are then co heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven with Jesus.

Jesus becomes in effect, our older brother to our FATHER GOD.

Of course, this is a simplification.  Because Jesus is GOD.  But to explain the familial bonds I have used this analogy.

So do not think that the term "born again" means to become a "happy clappy".

In fact it is quite the opposite.  To be born again into the family of GOD, truly born again, comes with a massive responsibility.

No longer can we act off our own will, it must be our fervent prayer that the Will of GOD be done in our lives rather than our own will.  We give up the rights to decide for ourselves, and give everything to GOD for HIM to guide us.  No longer do we just make decisions.  We ask GOD to guide us.

And as our pastor said today, if we want to know the Will of GOD then read HIS Word.  Talk to HIM in prayer, and best of all, wait for the answers.  Do not rush ahead regardless.  So this is a complete change of life for us if we are truly born again.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, thank YOU that I have been "born again" by THY Will and now let THY WILL only be done in my life.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of my Redeemer, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!  

The love of GOD!

 God loves you and GOD loves me.  GOD also loves HIS only Son Jesus.  And yet GOD sent HIS Son to this world to be born of a virgin, to live a sinless life and to die on a Cross for your and my sins.

I simply cannot imagine the anguish both GOD and Jesus felt in having to do this dreadful thing.  GOD did not want to send HIS Son to die. 

But we serve a JUST GOD, a MERCIFUL GOD, a RIGHTEOUS GOD, a HOLY GOD. 

Would it be fair if a person who lives their whole life murdering others walked away scot free?

Would we feel it just if we were punished for small crimes and other got off from big crimes?

Exactly. And our FATHER knowing that we are going to sin in our lives, because of our sinful natures, had to devise a plan that could and would redeem us all for once and for all.  Because in our own strength, we simply are unable to meet the Holiness of our FATHER.  

All we have to do to accept this enormous GRACE of GOD is to believe that Jesus did come to this earth, added humanity to His deity, lived a sinless life, and died on that Cross.  And we need to know that GOD, in HIS Grace gave us a redemption of our sins through this. 

Along with the belief in Jesus comes repentance.  We need to repent.  And I have written about this in great detail.  We cannot repentant if we are not truly sorry.  Our FATHER can read our hearts.

Today, accept the GRACE of GOD.  Believe and repent. You will never regret this decision.  It is life changing indeed!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU so much for YOUR enormous GRACE.  I thank YOU for my Redeemer Jesus Christ.  FATHER, I come before YOU with a truly repentant heart.  I am so sorry for all my sins.  I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay graciously GOD blessed today!

We need to confess our sins to GOD!

 Dearest Readers, our GOD is Omniscient (knowing everything), Omnipotent (GOD has all the power), Ominpresent (GOD is everywhere).  So why should we confess our sins if GOD knows everything, has all the power and is everywhere and sees everything?

Because when we confess our sins to GOD, GOD knows that we are acknowledging to HIM that we know where and when we have sinned.  This is so important.  GOD wants us to be repentant.  GOD wants to change our hearts to be soft and remorseful, to be more like Jesus, so that we no longer continue in our sin.

If we continually use bad language, that is not repentance.  If we continually hurt others, that is not repentance. If we continue to tell lies, that is not repentance. If we continually sin in a certain fashion, whatever it is, then we are not repentant.

This is why it is so vitally important to come before our FATHER, on our knees and confess our sins, accepting responsibility and desiring to change.

True repentance is a complete turning away from the sin that we habitually do.  

And if we are truly repentant, the Holy Spirit will convict us when we sin in the same way again, to stop it.  The Holy Spirit will convict us to confess these sins to GOD and to ask for forgiveness.

If this is not happening to you, then you need to ask GOD anew to forgive you and to fill you anew with the Holy Spirit. 

We must accept that Jesus died on that Cross and took all our sins with Him. He was punished for these sins.

If we continue to sin in the same fashion, over and over and do not ever ask GOD to forgive us, we are denying the act of the Grace of GOD through the crucifixion of Jesus to save us from an eternity in hell.  

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that I am under YOUR Grace and favour.  FATHER, today I ask that YOU forgive me where I continually sin.  Fill me anew with YOUR Holy Spirit and let the Holy Spirit convict me to stop sinning.  I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of my Redeemer, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly amazingly Jesus Blessed today!

The Glory of GOD

 Dear Readers, as we all seem to be labouring under tremendous stresses, load shedding, economic hardships, friendships that are under strain, we sometimes feel disconsolate.

But what we need to do, is to look up.  Because the times are drawing ever closer to the time when Jesus will appear in the clouds to fetch us all home.

Jesus has gone to His FATHER's house to prepare many mansions.  And if we will but believe and repent, there is one there for you and I.

Paul must sometimes have felt at the end of his tether.  He was stoned, beaten and jailed many times.  So when he wrote this, he understood sufferings.

Yet, Paul wrote that the sufferings were not worth comparing to the glory that is going to be revealed to us when we finally meet our Saviour.

Maranatha! Indeed, Oh Lord Come!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, today I thank YOU that through all the pain and suffering on earth, there is hope in YOU.  I thank YOU for this immense grace that YOU have shown to us in sending Jesus Christ to save us all.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!

The darkness has not overcome the LIGHT of the world!

 Jesus is the Light of the world.  Try as he might, the darkness have not overcome the Light. 

We are subjected daily to the issues of living a life on earth.  We have difficulties to overcome and we have to use all of our strength not to succumb to the darkness that surrounds us.

In these very trying times, we need to remember that Jesus is the Light of this world.  With Jesus on our side, we can do anything.  All we have to do is to believe and to know that Jesus has overcome this darkness on our behalf.

Once we have accepted Jesus, it does not mean that our lives get any easier, but it does mean that we can cast our worries onto Jesus.  Jesus will always be with us.  In every situation, no matter how dire, we find ourselves, we need to remember to pray to Jesus.

He gives us the peace that surpasses all understanding, if we will but believe in His strength and His power.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that I have Jesus with me every minute of my day and my night.  I thank YOU that I am able to give my burdens to Jesus.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of my Lord and my Saviour, my Redeemer, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay amazingly Jesus Blessed today!

The Word became flesh!

 Our FATHER sent us HIS perfect Son, full of grace and truth.  Jesus is THE TRUTH.

Jesus came to fill the earth with His Light.  Jesus is THE LIGHT.

Jesus came to show us the way to the FATHER.  Jesus is THE WAY.

Jesus came to give us eternal life in Heaven.  Jesus is THE LIFE.

And here is the thing.  There is no way to get to Heaven, no other religion, no other belief, no good deeds, nothing we can do to get to Heaven, except that we believe that Jesus is the Messiah.  We have to believe that Jesus is the Only Son of GOD.  There is no other way to get to Heaven.

Once we have accepted this truth and believe, we need to repent.  And that means we need to turn one hundred and eighty degrees away from our sins.  We need to be truly sorry that we sinned.  

GOD reads our hearts, and if we do not really believe or we not truly repentant, GOD knows and we will not get to Heaven.

Choose Jesus today.  Before it is too late.  Tomorrow may not come.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I believe in Jesus as my only Redeemer.  FATHER I truly repent of my sins.  FATHER I forgive all those who have sinned against me.  I pray all of this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay faithfully, repentantly Jesus blessed today!

The undisputable deity of Jesus!

 Dear Readers, in this passage above, John makes it blatantly clear that Jesus is GOD.  He knew Jesus and he spent a lot of time with Jesus.

This verse is so clear that in the beginning was the Word.  (Jesus).  And the Word spoke the entire universe into existence.

Jesus came to earth and added humanity to His deity to save us from our sins.

Jesus came with one purpose, the spill His blood so that all of us can be saved.

What do we need to do?

We need to believe in the deity of Jesus.  We need to admit that we are sinners and we need to confess our belief and our sin to GOD.  Then we are saved from a life in hell.

And there is only one way to get to Heaven and that is through Jesus.  There simply is no other way.

Today, believe, repent and confess and be saved.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER thank YOU for YOU grace in sending Jesus Christ to save me from a life in hell.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truly Jesus Blessed today!

In the beginning was Jesus!

 We should never forget that Jesus came to this earth and ADDED humanity to His Deity.

Jesus is GOD and this is confirmed by the Apostle John.  John starts his Gospel by stating the facts.

In the beginning was the Word, (Jesus) and the Word (Jesus) was with GOD and the Word (Jesus) was GOD.

So Jesus is not a prophet, or a messenger sent to give us a prophecy.  Jesus, GOD, came to earth, born of a woman, but not of a man, because the Holy Spirit came over Mary and she conceived Jesus.

Jesus lived a sinless life on earth so that He could die a death of atonement.  Only by blood can atonement be made.  And the blood has to be that of a sinless person or animal.

Go back to the Old Testament laws.  The scapegoat, (a young unblemished goat) was sprinkled with the blood of a lamb and sent to the desert to atone for sins.

Jesus is the lamb.  But His blood was shed for you and me so that we might be forgiven.

And, goodness, we need forgiveness.  None of us can say we have not sinned.  None of us can say we are good.  So we could never get to Heaven without Jesus and without repentance of our sins.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, thank YOU for Jesus.  Thank YOU that YOUR grace and mercy have saved a wretch like me from my sinful ways.  FATHER forgive me as I forgive those who sin against me.  I thank YOU for YOUR grace in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay graciously GOD blessed today!

Follow Jeandre and Kelly in California at Sun Valley Community Church.

Dear Readers Jeandre Fourie, my son in law has taken over Sun Valley Community Church in LA as a fully ordained pastor.

As many of you know, Jeandre is an incomplete quadriplegic. This was due to an accident in 2015. Jeandre was playing professional golf and fell off a zip line and broke his neck. C6 was shattered and the spinal column suffered a lateral anterior tear 5 cm long.

During his first week in hospital, the Lord spoke to Jeandre and Jeandre gave his life to GOD.

From there, Jeandre's life has changed completely.

Through the grace of GOD, Jeandre walks with the aid of crutches and although he is an incomplete quadriplegic, he will tell you that this accident was the best thing that ever happened to him as he met the Lord.

He studied theology through SATS and is now a fully ordained pastor. Jeandre and Kelly have committed their lives to serving the Lord.

They were called to California by Pastor Anton Bosch and his Church. They have been there now for 7 months learning the ropes. Anton and his wife Ina have retired to Wisconsin and have left California on the 1st May and Jeandre has taken over the pastoral duties in the Church.

This whole scenario is a divine plan of GOD and I would invite you all to please share the following link with friends and family and please subscribe to the You tube channel set up by Jeandre for this Church in California.

https://youtube.com/@sunvalleycommunitychurchla

They also have a blog to which you can subscribe

https://jeandrefourie.org/.../testimony-update-from-los.../

Please let us support them in their Christ blessed efforts.

Take up our crosses!

 My greatest pleasure in life is Jesus.  I know that Jesus is always with me.  He is my rock and my salvation.

A few years back, our family went through tumultuous times.  I remember walking out one evening and looking up and talking to GOD.

Right there and then, I realised that without a shadow of doubt, I was not alone. Jesus is always with me.  GOD is always with me and I am filled with the Holy Spirit. 

The last few years have strengthened my conviction that without Jesus we are empty barrels, wondering about on earth with zero real purpose.  Waiting to live out our empty lives and then to die.

Once we realise that Jesus is always with us, we find that we want to know Jesus more and we want to know GOD more.

This is our true purpose in life. 

We need to die to self and to start living for Jesus. 

In order to take up our crosses daily, we need to feed our faith.  That is achieved through the reading of the Word of GOD.  We need to build our relationship with GOD, that is done through prayer.  

Lastly we need to use what we know about GOD and to tell others about Jesus and to show the world daily that there is hope for all of us.  Our hope is in Jesus!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, thank YOU that YOU are always with me.  Thank YOU for YOUR grace and favour.  Thank YOU for my family and my friends.  Thank YOU for all my blessings.  Thank YOU for a home to live in and food to eat and clothing to wear.  Thank YOU most of all for loving me and for forgiving me of my sins.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay purposefully Jesus blessed today!

Truth in the Bible!

 Our FATHER in Heaven knows that we cannot live perfect lives, try as we might.

Throughout the old Testament, we read constantly about the sinning ways of all of humanity.  Despite the Israelites having been led out of captivity from Egypt by a messenger from GOD, they continued to disbelieve and sin.

GOD therefore put HIS perfect plan into place and that required that blood be shed to absolve us all from our sins.

Jesus was the perfect, unblemished lamb.  And to fulfil the old Testament prophecy recorded in Isaiah, Jesus was to be crucified.  No bones would be broken.  He would be pierced for our transgressions, and His clothing would be kept in one piece.

All of this was fulfilled.  And when it was done, Jesus asked GOD to forgive those who had caused this terrible suffering and subsequent death.

When I read this, I am filled with such sadness.  Jesus died for you and for me. 

Jesus suffered for you and for me.  Jesus is the only Truth, the only Way and the Only life.  And all of this for you and for me.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, thank YOU for Jesus and for YOUR grace in sending Jesus to save a wretch like me from my sins.  FATHER forgive me as I forgive all those who sin against me.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay truthfully Jesus blessed today!