Gebed vir die eksamen

Dankie vir alles wat U vir my en diegene rondom my doen.
Ek weet dat u my so baie seën, 

maar ek wil vra dat U my sal help om te fokus

wanneer ek eksamen skryf. 

Ek het U hulp nodig om die inligting wat ek moet leer

goed te kan onthou en toe te pas wanneer ek skryf. 

Ek het U nodig om my te help om meer selfversekerd te wees

wanneer ek in die eksamenlokaal instap

en om te ontspan, sodat ek kan konsentreer.
Here, help asseblief die mense om my om te verstaan

dat ek moet fokus en studeer. 

Here, ek vra dat u my lei om na die regte plekke te kyk

en op die regte plekke te fokus. 

Daar is soveel inligting voor my,

en ek weet ek sal notas hê, 

maar help my om dit te lees op 'n manier wat sin maak.

Help my om die inligting duidelik te sien,

want dit sal my help om te slaag.
Here, help my ook dat wanneer ek in die eksamenlokaal instap,

ek vrede in my gemoed sal hê met die wete dat ek my bes gedoen het

om voor te berei vir die eksamen. 

Ek bid Here, vir U leiding wanneer ek eksamen skryf.
Here, dankie vir al die seëninge wat U in my lewe geplaas het.
Dankie dat U hier is in hierdie tyd wanneer ek 'n bietjie oorweldig voel.
Dankie dat U altyd daar is en my toelaat om op U te vertrou.
Ek prys U Heilige naam.
Amen.

[Dankie, Anoniem, dat jy hierdie met ons deel.]

Ek het amper u Seun vir 50c verkoop!

'n Paar jaar gelede het 'n predikant van die platteland 'n beroep na die stad aanvaar.

Een spesifieke dag moes hy per bus na die middestad gaan. Nadat hy vir sy kaartjie betaal het, en 'n sitplek gekry het, het hy gesien dat die busbestuurder hom 50c te veel kleingeld gegee het.

Hy het gewik en geweeg. Sal hy dit nou terug gee of nie? Dis net 50c! Hy het 'n bietjie daaroor nagedink en besluit om die 50c terug te gee.
 
Toe die bus stop, het hy vorentoe geloop en voordat hy uitklim die 50c vir die bestuurder teruggegee. Die bestuurder het opgekyk en gevra: "Is u nie die nuwe dominee van die platteland nie?"
"Ja" antwoord die dominee verbaas dat iemand hom hier sou ken.
Die busbestuurder sê toe: "Ek het die laaste ruk baie gewonder oor waar ek kerk toe moet gaan om te aanbid. Ek wou net sien wat u sou doen, as ek u te veel geld gee. Ek sien u Sondag"
 
Van die bus af, moes die predikant vir 'n oomblik aan die lamppaal vashou.
"O Here!" het hy uitgeroep.
"Ek het amper u Seun vir 50c verkoop!"
 
Ons lewens is dikwels die enigste Bybel wat mense ooit sal lees. Dis skrikwekkend om te weet hoe baie mense ons as Christene dophou en sonder dat ons weet, ons toets.
 
Wees dus altyd versigtig oor wat jy sê en wat jy doen. Onthou: jy dra die Naam van Jesus Christus op jou skouers as jy jouself 'n Christen noem!

[Dankie, ds. Ensie!]

An acrobat, a wheelbarrow, and a challenge of faith

Can you imagine a tightrope stretched over a quarter of a mile and spanning the breadth of Niagara Falls? The thundering sound of the pounding water drowning out all other sounds as you watch a man step onto the rope and walk across!

This stunning feat made Charles Blondin famous in the summer of 1859. He walked 160 feet above the falls several times back and forth between Canada and the United States as huge crowds on both sides looked on with shock and awe. Once he crossed in a sack, once on stilts, another time on a bicycle, and once he even carried a stove and cooked an omelet!

On July 15, Blondin walked backward across the tightrope to Canada and returned pushing a wheelbarrow.

The Blondin story is told that it was after pushing a wheelbarrow across while blindfolded that Blondin asked for some audience participation. The crowds had watched and "Ooooohed" and "Aaaaahed!" He had proven that he could do it; of that, there was no doubt. But now he was asking for a volunteer to get into the wheelbarrow and take a ride across the Falls with him!

It is said that he asked his audience, "Do you believe I can carry a person across in this wheelbarrow?" Of course the crowd shouted that yes, they believed!

(Later in August of 1859, his manager, Harry Colcord, did ride on Blondin's back across the Falls.)

The Charles Blondin Story - a Picture of Faith

The story of Charles Blondin paints a real life picture of what faith actually is. The crowd had watched his daring feats. They said they believed, but their actions proved they truly didn't.

It's one thing for us to say we believe in God. It's true faith though when we believe God and put our faith and trust in His Son, Jesus Christ.

Don't worry, Jesus has carried many across to Heaven's gates. He can be trusted! It was then that Blondin posed the question - "Who will get in the wheelbarrow?' Of course...none did.

[Read the story HERE and HERE.]

Verskillende soorte Christene ...

Baie Christene is soos kruiwaens - onbruikbaar, tensy hulle gestoot word.

Sommige is soos `n kano - hulle moet gedurig aangedryf word. 

Sommige is soos `n vlieër - as jy hulle nie aan `n tou vashou nie, vlieg hulle weg. 

Sommige is soos `n rugbybal - jy weet nooit in watter rigting hulle gaan spring nie. 

Ander is weer soos ballonne - vol wind en gereed om te ontplof. 

Party is soos `n sleepwa - hulle moet gedurig getrek word. 

Sommige is soos neonligte - hulle gaan gedurig aan en af. 

En dan is daar dié wat soos `n goeie horlosie is - oop, pure goud, in stilte besig om die goeie werk te doen. 

'n Groot geskenk ...

 

Salt -vs- Rice ...

If you were to cook 3 cups of rice, would you add 3 cups of salt to it? Certainly not!

So, in every preparation of rice, the grains of rice always outnumber the salt, yet a little salt makes a huge difference/impact in the overall outcome.

In the room in which you currently are, look up at the ceiling ...
What is the size of the bulb compared to the size of the room? It is probably a ratio of 1:5000. Yet, darkness flees the entire space once the small bulb is flipped on.

If I am the salt of the earth, and the light of the world, then "little me" has the ability to make big things happen ...

Sometimes, because we feel outnumbered or overwhelmed at the sheer magnitude of evil or wrong-doers, we then choose powerlessness, and decide to go with the flow, not standing up for what we believe is right.

LITTLE doesn't mean insignificant. You are significant. Your presence should make a BIG difference. Stop waiting to be on the side of the majority. They may be the majority, but they are the trivial majority, and you are the impact minority.

They are the RICE of the world, and you are the SALT of the world..
They are the ROOM and you are the LIGHT.
Make your influence felt!

Remember:
You are the world's seasoning, to make it beautiful...
So if we can just do the right seasoning to make even one life beautiful our life is worth living.
Onward and Upwards! Be the SALT in someone's life today.

Speak in such a way ...

I am always worried

When God bless you financially

 

Your sign

Love God ...

I can't do it ...

Luister en praat

Drie redes om te luister

• Almal het 'n storie: Luister na iemand se verhaal, wees oop om te hoor van 'n ander ervaring of selfuitdrukkings as u eie.
• Leer is belangrik: Brei u kennis uit, kyk na relevante programme, sluit aan by 'n organisasie as 'n helper/vrywilliger.
• Aksie is mag: Wees 'n aktiewe krag vir verandering. Wees oop vir besprekings in 'n veilige ruimte. Luister na maniere om waarde toe te voeg tot die gemeenskap.

Drie redes om te praat

• Jy maak saak: Deel u verhaal, u lewenservaring en definieer u eie verwagtinge.
• Besit u mag: Jy ken jou - beter as enigiemand anders! U stem, opinie en insette is nodig. Sluit aan by 'n groep of organisasie by die kerk of gemeenskap.
• Walk the Talk: Wees beskikbaar om ander te help groei - bondgenote, vriende/familie of kollegas. Wees vriendelik, wees vrymoedig en wees jy!

[Lees HIER vir inspirasie - raak betrokke]

Liewe Lidmaat ...

God verhoor gebede ...

 

Hoop

 

Die Here sal jou seën

 

Hoop

 

Clay Balls

A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man so he took the bag out of the cave with him.

As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it until he dropped one of the balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone.

Excited the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure.

He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he just threw it away.

It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling so we discount it. We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person by God.

There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.

May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay.

May we see the people in our world as God sees them.

[Author Unknown]

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