by Peter James | Oct 22, 2025 | All Articles, Guest
“…If you don’t speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!”[1] We started with the story of Queen Esther last month. Today, I will refresh us all on the importance of...
by Peter James | Oct 8, 2025 | All Articles, Guest
“…If you don’t speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!”[1] A few articles ago, we looked at the topics ‘Destiny’ and ‘Following the Herd.’ In these two articles,...
by Peter James | Aug 4, 2025 | Guest
Love is patient and kind, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude.Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered.It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do.Love rejoices in the truth,but not in evil.Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting.Love...
by Peter James | Apr 30, 2025 | Guest
We left off Part One with this statement: The rubber on the road is this: Jesus said His solution was: “…And he said that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.”[1] “…But more than anything else, put God’s work first and do what...
by Peter James | Apr 14, 2025 | Guest
Matthew 6: 25-35 “I tell you not to worry about your life. Don’t worry about having something to eat, drink, or wear. Isn’t life more than food or clothing? Look at the birds in the sky! They don’t plant or harvest. They don’t even store grain...
by Raymond Pienaar | Mar 5, 2025 | All Articles, Guest
Imagine having the power to say ‘No’ to sin and living a victorious Christian life. It’s possible, and we have the tools to make it happen. Our Christian walk needs to become more practical. When our old nature died with Jesus, we gained the power to say...
by Peter James | Feb 18, 2025 | All Articles, Guest
Genesis 49:10 Shiloh is a biblical character. The name ‘Shiloh ’ appears in the Hebrew Bible and holds significant importance. It is often associated with a place but is also interpreted as a messianic title or a reference to a future ruler. In Genesis 49:10, the...
by Peter James | Feb 5, 2025 | All Articles, Guest
Psalm 22:9-10 “Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts. On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother’s womb you have been my God.” Do you believe in ‘Destiny”? I do, but probably not in the way that you imagine I...
by Raymond Pienaar | Jan 15, 2025 | Guest, All Articles
Summarizing part One: The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news about the Kingdom of God, where everything operates according to God’s perfect will. It is not just Jesus dying for our sins or saving us, but a transformative message revealing our true nature....
by Raymond Pienaar | Dec 25, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
Have you ever asked anyone what the Gospel of Jesus Christ is? I have. It was very interesting to hear some of the answers. Some said, “the Gospel is Jesus dying for my sins” – others said “the Gospel is when Jesus saved me from my sins” and one said, “it’s the first...
by Peter James | Dec 11, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
“They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in...
by Simon Pienaar | Nov 27, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
Summarizing Part One: Surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, let us shed every hindrance and run the race with patience, looking to Jesus, who endured the cross and now sits at God’s right hand. Just as training for an IRONMAN requires sacrifice and dedication, so...
by Simon Pienaar | Nov 13, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author...
by Peter James | Oct 16, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
What Dying to Self Looks Like “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”[1] God told me I should read the...
by Peter James | Oct 2, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
Esau Sells His Rights as the First-Born Son As Jacob and Esau grew older, Esau liked the outdoors and became a good hunter, while Jacob lived the quiet life of a shepherd. Esau would take the meat of wild animals to his father Isaac, so Isaac loved him more, but Jacob...
by Simon Pienaar | Sep 18, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
Father God, I thank you for this opportunity today – that we can freely gather to worship You. We ask that you would open our ears and our hearts to hear from you. We pray that your name will be glorified… We are all going through something which feels negative right...
by Peter James | Sep 4, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
The Lord God gives me the right word to encourage the weary. Each morning he awakens me eager to learn his teaching; he made me willing to listen and not rebel or run away. I let them beat my back and pull out my beard. I didn’t turn aside when they insulted me and...
by Peter James | Jul 31, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
Israel, you have no right to argue with your Creator.You are merely a clay pot shaped by a potter. The clay doesn’t ask,”Why did you make me this way? Where are the handles?”Children don’t have the right to demand of their parents,...
by Eric Smith | Jul 17, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
If the Holy Spirit and Jesus dwell within me, why do I feel so powerless? Have you ever asked that question? I have. I used to repair computers, and often got called out to see to a machine that the customer said was dead, even after having asked the question “Is the...
by Peter James | Jul 3, 2024 | Guest, All Articles
“Forget what happened long ago! Don’t think about the past. I am creating something new. There it is! Do you see it? I have put roads in deserts, Streams in thirsty lands.[1]” “I live in…” you might respond. No, I don’t mean reside; where does your mind dwell, the...
by Peter James | Jun 5, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
Let us journey through some Bible verses that many folk find challenging to apply to their lives. Always remember a couple of points before we dive into the scriptures: See yourself as a child sitting on the lap of a loving parent (God) reading to you. Occasionally,...
by Peter James | May 10, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
Today, we discuss the ‘End Times’ and ‘Mark of the Beast.’ But first, let me begin by looking at a non-biblical viewpoint of the herd mentality. The expression ‘herding mentality’ is relatively modern, whereas expressions like ‘mob behavior’ date further back in our...
by Peter James | Apr 10, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
I have two primary reasons why I believe in something that my five senses deny:Firstly, I have a life of peace, satisfaction, and joy.Secondly, I have a reassurance of my eternal destination.For these two reasons, do I need to take note of my five senses? The world...
by Peter James | Mar 27, 2024 | All Articles, Guest
I can think of, among many, two reasons why the Bible is relevant to you and me today, as it was when God spoke to the prophets long ago. Firstly, because God said so: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” [1] “The grass...
by Peter James | Mar 20, 2024 | Guest, All Articles
Someone asked me. ‘You’re a Christian right? How do you know that all this talk of God and the Bible are for real? I mean, imagine if when you die you discover there is no truth in what you believed?’ Well I’d rather not arrive after death as an unbeliever and having...
