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"May the best day of your past Be the worst day of your future." My Dad always wished me this Irish Blessing and I want it to matter today and every other day in my life.
Thursday 6 July 2017
#Walk Carefully, God is watching!
Ephesians 5: 15 – 16 AMP “Therefore see that you walk carefully [living life with honor, purpose, and courage; shunning those who tolerate and enable evil], not as the unwise [sensible, intelligent, discerning people]’ making the very most of your time [on earth, recognizing and taking advantage of each opportunity and using it with wisdom and diligence], because the days are [filled with] evil.”
I want to prophesy over your life as well as over my own, that I want to live my life purposefully, with courage and I want to make a difference. I want to encourage my family and friends. I want to become more and more like the Lord Jesus Christ in character. I have submitted my own life into the Lord Jesus Christ’s hands. I have declared that the life-saving blood of Jesus Christ is over my life this very minute.
I proclaim that I am nothing without the Lord Jesus Christ in my own life, I have failed Him on so many levels, that I know without a doubt that I am nothing.
I want to grab hold of this day with both my hands serving Him with praise and honoring Him day and night. Giving thanks to the Father God for sending His precious Son Jesus Christ to pay a debt that I would never have been able to pay. For allowing me to have the opportunity of becoming a new creation, a child of the Most High God.
I will live my life with optimism and I will not allow negative thoughts to plague my mind any longer. For I believe that only Goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of my Lord Jesus Christ. I am a new creation in the Lord Jesus Christ. All praise and honor to His Holy Name.
Prayer
Abba Father, Lord you know my past failures, the sins that I have committed have been plaguing my life for many years. I have confessed my failures and sins to You as well as to the people I have sinned against. Father, I remind You that You have said that if we confess our sins and we bring this to You in humble prayer that You will forgive us and set us free. I have confessed my sins. Please Abba Father, I remind You to please bring me back into Your house. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen
Rainbow Gospel Radio - Hello World, Yvette's Inspiration at 12h00 CAT
Good morning, I hope you have enjoyed a great nights rest. I want to invite you to come and tune in today and listen to my program Hello World, Yvette's Inspirations
So many wonderful things have happened to me this past couple of days which I will be sharing over the air.
I know you will be encouraged. I would love to hear from you and really like for you to drop me line or send me an email.
Program Schedule: Thursday 6 June2017
South African Time: GMT +2 .01H00 – Past. Louie Ludick: Invest in other people's life’s02H00 – Past. Td Jakes: My Heart Speak Up04H00 – Past. Trevor Hudson: Witness05H00 – Rainbow: Morsels of hope06H00 – Prof. dr. Annemarie Botha: Carpe Diem07H00 – Past. Hannes Van Zyl: Revival Hour08H00 – Past. Ria van Wyk: Ambassadeurs – Wyd & Suid09H00 – Dr Gys Du Plessis: My Geestelike Lyf10H00 – Past. Riekie Knoetze: Soli Deo Gloria11H00 – Past. Riekie Knoetze: Soli Deo Gloria12H00 – Yvette van Niekerk: Hello World / Yvette’s Inspiration’s 13H00 – Dr. Lancia v d Merwe: Klippies vir my Slingervel14H00 – Ds. Johannes De Koning: Geestelike Aptyt15H00 – Prof. dr. Anne-Marie Botha: Die plek waar God ontmoet16H00 – Prof. dr. Anne-Marie Botha: Die plek waar God ontmoet17H00 – Past. Ben Loubser: Jesus by die Braambos18H00 – Past. Morne de Beer: Immanuel: God met ons19H00 – Past. Morne de Beer: Immanuel: God met ons20H00 – Maryna Vos: Fishing in Foreign Waters
♥ To Listen ♥
* http://streema.com/radios/RainbowGR
* http://www.pickradio.net/rainbow-gospel-radio
* http://tunein.com/radio/Rainbow-Gospel-Radio-s208598/
So many wonderful things have happened to me this past couple of days which I will be sharing over the air.
I know you will be encouraged. I would love to hear from you and really like for you to drop me line or send me an email.
Program Schedule: Thursday 6 June2017
South African Time: GMT +2 .01H00 – Past. Louie Ludick: Invest in other people's life’s02H00 – Past. Td Jakes: My Heart Speak Up04H00 – Past. Trevor Hudson: Witness05H00 – Rainbow: Morsels of hope06H00 – Prof. dr. Annemarie Botha: Carpe Diem07H00 – Past. Hannes Van Zyl: Revival Hour08H00 – Past. Ria van Wyk: Ambassadeurs – Wyd & Suid09H00 – Dr Gys Du Plessis: My Geestelike Lyf10H00 – Past. Riekie Knoetze: Soli Deo Gloria11H00 – Past. Riekie Knoetze: Soli Deo Gloria12H00 – Yvette van Niekerk: Hello World / Yvette’s Inspiration’s 13H00 – Dr. Lancia v d Merwe: Klippies vir my Slingervel14H00 – Ds. Johannes De Koning: Geestelike Aptyt15H00 – Prof. dr. Anne-Marie Botha: Die plek waar God ontmoet16H00 – Prof. dr. Anne-Marie Botha: Die plek waar God ontmoet17H00 – Past. Ben Loubser: Jesus by die Braambos18H00 – Past. Morne de Beer: Immanuel: God met ons19H00 – Past. Morne de Beer: Immanuel: God met ons20H00 – Maryna Vos: Fishing in Foreign Waters
♥ To Listen ♥
* http://streema.com/radios/RainbowGR
* http://www.pickradio.net/rainbow-gospel-radio
* http://tunein.com/radio/Rainbow-Gospel-Radio-s208598/
Wednesday 5 July 2017
Proactive thinking
Philippians 3: 13 KJV “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,”
Many people are hurting and have faced a couple of difficult situations, sometimes these battles are a fork in the road so to speak. I had a couple of battles that I faced in my life that was the so-called fork in the road.
The thing that caught my attention today is once I relive or think back, I become so depressed and despondent it makes me angry and I feel worthless.
What is my answer to these really bad feelings? I need to be proactive in my thinking, pushing these memories away and replacing them with happy memories or to start focusing on something new.
My proactive thoughts are now moving me to focus on the Word of God (Bible), as I page through my Bible I look for verses to help me feel happy, and move me into another state of mind.
I take practice and it is hard work because I also forget about being proactive and sometimes just feel totally sorry for myself. As I think of the words of the verse above I stretch my thoughts and I start dreaming of something that I so desire. Something that makes me happy.
Prayer
Abba Father, as we leave our hurt and pain behind from our past, we want to renew our thought life and be more proactive in our thinking. Lord, we want to stay focused on the Lord Jesus and we want to cloth ourselves with You Lord. As the blood of Jesus covers us right now we ask to help us let go of the past and move into another dimension of renewing our thought life. Amen
"Remember the Name of the LORD our God."
Psalms 20: 7 KJV “To the Chief
Musician, A Psalm of David. Some trust
in chariots, and some in horses: but we
will remember the name of the LORD our God.”
As I sit thinking and
meditating on the above verse I noticed a
word “trust” and I thought about it for a moment. We trust in our brand new vehicles and we
trust the bank with our money, we trust other people to look after our
children. So it is obvious that “trust”
is really important.
The one question I
would like to pose is this, do you trust in the LORD our God? Do you believe that God is able to do
anything you ask of Him?
I actually have been
trained from childhood never to trust anybody.
It was something my Dad used to tell all of us children. “Do not trust people.” Today, I actually struggle in trusting people
straight out. I seem to view people with
a little skepticism and suspicion. It isn’t my intention but it takes me a while
to really trust someone.
Which brings me back to
God. Do you believe that God wants us to
fully trust in Him? Well, it is clear
when King David wrote Psalms that He fully trusted in God. He didn’t worry about his chariots or his
horses, he trusted in God.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, LORD
my God, I still struggle with trusting
people, I do submit my hearts desires and problems to You in humble prayer. The problem I have is leaving them with
You. Today, I fully trust in You and
believe that You are able to solve each and every trial and tribulation that I
face. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Tuesday 4 July 2017
Wisdom in Trusting God
Proverbs 3: 5-6 NIV “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and
lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he
will make your paths straight.”
My journey has been really interesting and there are days when I
find it really difficult to trust in God.
On those days I go and make all kinds of plans and I think and worry
about the matter at hand and at the end of that day I am tired, frustrated and I
feel sick to my stomach. Are you able to
relate?
It sounds so easy when you read
these words “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding;” Many times I take my
problems to the LORD and I leave them with
the LORD and after some serious thinking and worrying I go back to the LORD and
take the problems back.
This has been something I did
for a number of years and lately, I have realized it has to change, I have to trust in
the LORD. After all, God is the creator and knows the plans for my life and
no matter how I try and influence Him to change it to suit me if that isn’t His
will for my life, it stays just as it is.
I constantly pray about my life and what I plan on doing and I am
constantly seeking God’s wisdom and guidance, I believe God has made the paths
straight on my behalf.
Prayer
LORD help me to not trust my own understanding but to trust Your
understanding and plan for my own life. Please, LORD, guide me and help me on my way
and teach me to stay focused and not fall on the way. I dedicate my life into YOUR Hands asking for
a straight path and blessings as You see fit.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Are you #suffering?
1 Peter 4: 19 DARBY “Wherefore also let them who suffer according to
the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.”
Before I gave my life to the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I heard
people tell me stories of wealth and an easy life. Then the reality of the situation came,
suffering is a process that each and every Christian needs to go through. It’s like the purifying of gold, in order to
get to the gold it goes through fire.
In the many years that I have been following and serving the Lord
Jesus Christ, it has been some ride. The times when I felt I just couldn’t make
it, those were the times that the Lord
carried me through. Do not be mislead! We
actually all have some kind of suffering, even the non-Christians and atheist endure suffering in their lives.
One thing I truly am grateful about is that I don’t have to suffer
the same way the Lord Jesus Christ suffered when He died on the cross for our
sins. I doubt I would have been able to
endure so much.
Looking at our passage we see that Peter reminds us that “who
suffer according to God’s will are to commit themselves to their faithful
Creator and continue to do good.” Doing
good is expected of each one of us. Let’s
take up our cross and bear the suffering and keep up the good work.
Prayer
Abba Father, please help us stay strong during the times we suffer
according to Your will, guide us and teach us.
Please help us to do good as You will it for our lives. In the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
It's alright to start again
Romans 5: 20 KJV “Moreover, the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:”
Looking back over my life I honestly must say that I am a master at making mistakes and messing things up. I actually don’t even have to try hard at making mistakes and messing things up. It’s easier to do something wrong before we actually do it right, is it because of our sinful nature? Yes, I think we are programmed that way.
Here’s the thing, God gives us so many chances to make things right with Him. I don’t believe we have a license to sin but because we are people and we don’t intentionally want to sin, we still do. Every day is a challenge for many people, we are all working on our positive attitudes, our words of grace and loving kindness.
The fact of the matter is that we mess up, we do and then most of the time we feel terrible about it. We just have to dust ourselves off, humble ourselves before God and asking Him for forgiveness. Because we know that where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. We are able to start again, try and try again until we get it right.
This process is ongoing we will never be perfect but we can work at doing our best in staying humble to the Lord God. Constantly praying for guidance and help each day.
Prayer
O Lord God, what a privilege it is to come into Your presence each day, knowing that Your grace abounds and that we are able to start over. We fall constantly like little children and then we cry and get frustrated and angry. We get up each day, dust ourselves off and humbly pray for YOUR abounding grace. Lord, we love you, in Jesus Christ’s name, Amen
Life is a blessing
Psalm 23: 6 TLB “Your goodness and unfailing kindness shall
be with me all of my life, and afterward I will live with you forever in your
home.”
You know each and every one of us has something to be
grateful for. When you wake up in the
morning and the house is warm and a nice hot cup of coffee greets you. Isn't that something to be grateful for?
I am so very grateful for the good things that take place in
my life, I am so grateful that the LORD still hears me when I cry out for
help. I confess that “Lord, Your
goodness and unfailing kindness shall be with me all of my life.” I believe
that I am walking in God’s goodness and His unfailing kindness I didn’t have to
buy it online or pay for it somehow. It
is a gift from God who choose me.
I am His child, I have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my
Lord and Saviour and that makes me so grateful for goodness in my day, every
day.
Stop for right there where you are, think about something
that happened to you unexpectedly, it is God’s goodness that is over your life.
Prayer
Abba Father thank You, for being patient with us and thank
You, that we are able to still come to You knowing that we are covered by the
Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank
You, for Your goodness and unfailing kindness in our lives. We bless You and bring You all the praise,
honor and we worship You for we are nothing without You. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen
Monday 3 July 2017
The Accuser
Revelations 12: 10 TLB “Then I heard a loud voice shouting
across the heavens, “It has happened at last!
God’s salvation and the power and the rule, and the authority of his
Christ are finally here; for the Accuser of our brothers has been thrown down
from heaven onto earth – he accused them day and night before our God.”
In our minds, we have many battles and also many wars. We battle against depression and we battle
against negative thoughts. Constantly we
have something coming into our minds, and if you and I don’t place a guard at
the entrance to our minds, it will be filled with all kinds of messages, and
many of those messages will be negative and condemning messages.
Joyce Meyers reminds us that we are able to control our
thinking, to be honest, I think that she is right. I still struggle with many negative thoughts
but I also have come to take control over my thoughts.
I find that I would be working and something would really irritate
me and before I realize it I would be thinking about someone that makes me so
angry.
It has been a process but I am learning to deal with these
thoughts, the minute I find myself thinking about something negative I say “stop
it now.” The minute I stop that negative
thought I try and think of something more positive and move on.
It still is a process and I want to encourage you today, it
can be done and it does work.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, help me stay focused on You, when thoughts of the
Accuser comes against me, help me stand firm.
I believe that we are covered by Your blood and that we can control out
thought life. Thank You for this
revelations, Amen.
Redeemed or Condemned?
Psalm 34: 22 AMP “The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
and none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned.”
Early in the morning, you lay in your bed listening to the
birds chirping and singing outside your window.
It’s winter here right now and I can feel the cold sneaking in. As a child of God, it is my heart's desire to
serve God, I believe that I am redeemed and that God had chosen me. When life feels tough and I sometimes feel I cannot
cope I turn my focus on to the LORD because I believe that He is my Redeemer. I feel that I am able to take refuge in Him
and that He has freely pardoned me.
Sometimes the devil will come and stand behind you shouting
in your ear, “you did this and that last night, and today you want to act all
holy than thou.” The minute you hear
this little voice of condemnation shut it up with words “The LORD redeems my soul,
I am His servant, you have no right to condemn me because the LORD is my
refuge.”
In counteracting against this little voice in your head you
are moving away from a negative thought and renewing your mind with a positive
thought. God called you and you are His.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, please will you help me focusing on my
thought life, watching my thoughts and not allowing any negative thoughts to
come and take residence in my mind. I am
in the process of learning to stay focused and working hard to keep my thoughts
in para with Your word. In the Holy Name
of Jesus Christ. Amen
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