TO GOD BE THE GLORY

Hey Jul almal.

Die amazingste ding het gebeur. Dit het nou die maand so uitgedraai dat indien ek my tiende betaal, gaan ek nie kan uitkom die maand nie. Daar was absoluut geen manier hoe dit sou werk nie.

Ironies genoeg in die tyd lees ek Mal 3 vir my stilte tyd, en die Gees kom herhinder my net aan 'n spesifieke gedeelte van die skrif.
Kerke hou mos daarvan om klem op die eerste gedeelte te plaas, van dat jy moet gee, maar soos wat ons weet is God nie slawedrywer nie. Hy toets jou hart.
Die Gees highlight toe die gedeelte wat lees, "...toets My, en kyk hoe die hemel se skatte vir jou sal oopgaan..." (Jurie vertaling lol).

Anyway, ek betaal toe my tiende, en ek sit voor die rekenaar (ek doen die internet banking ding), en se toe vir Vader, ek gaan nie uitkom die maand nie, maar ek gaan U toets aan U woord.

Nounet het iemand R1400 in my rekening inbetaal met die caption "BLESSING".

Ons Vader ken ons harte.

Victory Weekend

Ons het die naweek wat verby is 'n wonderlike geleentheid gehad waar ons mense kon bedien met die waarhede van die skrif.
Die skrif stel dat die waarheid sal vrymaak. Partykeer is dit nodig om die waarheid te bedien sodat mense kan sien waar daar leuns in hul harte wegkruip.

Daar word vir 'n teller gevra; hoe weet jy dat 'n noot vals is? Die teller antwoord deur om te se, ek werk heeldag met die ware Jakob, so ek weet hoe moet n noot nie voel nie.
Jy word nie vry deur om die heeltyd op die valse te fokus nie, jy word vry deur om die waarheid aan te gryp.

Tydens Victory weekend behandel ons areas waar mense heel moontlik nog moet bevryding ontvang. Ons behandel temas soos: Verslawings, Geestelike verwarring, Seksuele sondes en selfs huidige Verhoudings, en die is verhoudings met God, mens en verlorenes. (Daar is vele meer as net die bogenoemde)

Lilli het 1 les toe kon aanbied wat oor Transformation gaan, en ek self het toe aangebied oor die Kruis, Geestelike verwarring asook seksuele sondes. Daar was ander sprekers ook.
Dit was baie lekker om die kans gegee te word waar ons ons byle bietjie kan slyp sodra dit kom by toekomstige teaching moontlikhede.
Dit was ook amazing om te sien hoe God werk in mense se harte.
Maar dis meer AMAZING om te weet dat dit absoluut niks te doen het met hoe mooi Lilli is en of watse styl klere ek aan het nie, maar dat dit ALS oor die VADER gaan.

Wens ek kon vele meer met jul deel.

Vrede en Vreugde.

Back to School

We had an amazing three weeks at the first Church Planting School SOUTHERN AFRICA!

We knew this would be a an unforgettable experience, but I don't think we ever thought it would be life changing! (Like our MPD coach would say: We are 'ruined'! - meaning we would never be the same)

What made this so life changing?

The first week we discussed the essence of discipleship.

And the 'magic formula' is........

Intentional Relationship.

If we were to break down discipleship into it's simplest form, it is relationship. Think about it, why did Jesus disciple His Twelve? Out of need? Out of duty? No, LOVE. I.e. relationship.

The other reason I think this was so powerful was to walk with the Faith Giants: Floyd McClung, Steve Murrell, Bennie Mostert (although only for 10 minutes, it was still powerful!) and other absolutely amazing leaders! You can't stay in their presence and not be influenced!

Jurie and I are fired up, passionate and eager to equip the saints! Let me put it this way, since we have to start the Youth from scratch, it's not always easy to know exactly where to start, what to do, where to go...but this School has given us such clear direction, that we know for sure what we have to and want to do with the Youth. We are praying currently about a specific High School in Rustenburg, we've asked around but it doesn't seem like anyone is involved with this school spiritually. So, if it is God's will, we really want to pursue this and see if we can start something there. Even one small group will be enough.

Another thing that really pierced my heart was Steve Murrells' story (He is one of the co-founders of Every Nation) and in his book - Accidental Missionary - he wrote that he is 'n reluctant leader. And I thought by myself, 'Lilli, now you have no excuse!' This guy saw himself as a reluctant leader and currently their church is 54 000 members!!!!! WOW.

He also said, he only did what he knew he could do: he knew he had to disciple and he knew how to teach. And that is what he did. He would disciple newly believers and teach them how to disciple others and so the process went on (and is still going on for the last 27 years!). As Steve said: "the same ol' strokes".

So, in essence, discipleship is very simple: Build relationship, share your story, introduce them to Christ and tell them to go and do the same.

Of course, this process can sometimes take YEARS or it can take days. We have to be obedient and sensitive to the Spirit.

It's a journey.

But our hearts are on fire.

We love God, we want to obey His call to make disciples.

May God give amazing opportunities this week to build relationship and disciple people!