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A Reformation of LOVE

A Reformation of LOVE

The type of love Jesus taught was like nothing anyone ever experienced on earth. We all need to be reformed in our understanding and expectation of divine LOVE. Most of our greatest hurts and offences is when we realize that our loved ones do not love us back ~ the way

Rightwiseness: The power of God

Rightwiseness: The power of God

Sometimes we preach to warn, or correct, at other times we comfort and exhort, sometimes we inform and teach, today I believe the Holy Spirit wants to release faith for the impossible! To challenge us and convince us to accept and walk in all that He has destined for us.

His glory revealed in Earthen vessels.

His glory revealed in Earthen vessels.

https://youtu.be/d8qTu1nTz1k The predominant worldview of Mainstream Media is the glorification of victimhood. The Bible offers a more compassionate solution. Redemption! Overcome in spite of hardship and difficulty! In this, He is most glorified in us! His Glory in Earthen vessels! From time to time, one should be

Reset Your Focus

Reset Your Focus

Learn how to reset your focus from the best life ever lived, and achieve your God-given destiny! The Light of the World (Luke 11:34,36) The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if

The real meaning of Christmas - The Incarnation

So many songs, movies, and poems about Christmas are not about the birth of the saviour of the World. The permeating modern theme is said to celebrate the spirit of Christmas – giving and sharing. Fundamentalist points to the pagan origin of many of these practices and traditions like Santa clause

False Loyalty

How the enemy is using misguided loyalty to keep you in bondage Confused about your loyalty to an evil employer, compromising friend, wandering church leader, manipulative family? LEARN from Jesus to CHOOSE RIGHT over false loyalty to the traditions of man! Definition: Misplaced loyalty (or mistaken loyalty, misguided loyalty or

How to deliver yourself from spiritual oppression

How to deliver yourself from spiritual oppression

Expelling Spiritual Oppression. How to deliver yourself from spiritual oppression and be set free from a bad spirit. Like illegal squatters, a bad spirit can gain power in one’s life to influence and darken all we say and do. You need to take authority, it is time to clean

How to not take offence

How to not take offense

HOW to not take offence begins with a quality decision to stand without offence before God. It is inevitable that people betray, reject, falsely accuse, wrong, treat you unfairly, or sin against you. The Only Biblical Judgement is Confrontation “…speaking the truth in LOVE…” (Eph. 4:15) – be accurate in

The Realm of Faith

The Realm of Faith

MOST people only have occasional vacations in Faithland. We need to migrate, move positions, change residence and choose to permanently make our home in HIM. Imagine you are transported to a whole other universe, a planet different in atmosphere and geography. Like swimming underwater or being in space, you will

Spiritual Intelligence – The mind Of Christ

Spiritual Intelligence – The mind Of Christ

There is a common consensus that we are the product of our thinking. The way a person thinks determines who they are. “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (Prov 23:7). All thinking starts with an axiom, hypothesis, assumption, idea, structure, filter, basis, or premise. In

Sanctuary of Assembly

The Will of God - A Holy Sanctuary

https://youtu.be/LB0Qy2HtusU Since the beginning of time, God is seeking a people who could be His holy sanctuary and dwelling place. The story of God’s people provides us with a roadmap for our spiritual growth as an individual but also for the greater body of Christ. Removed

Breath Is Life.

Breath Is Life.

Breath Is Life Currently, many people feel emotionally, mentally and financially out of breath and short of breath. It’s like we’ve lost our rhythm. Jesus Christ is the breath of our lives and came to give life, and life in abundance (John 10:10). Healthy emotions, relationships, business

PRAYER – the drama of a quiet time with God

PRAYER – the drama of a quiet time with God

Key verse: 2 Chronicles 7 verse 14 Salutation Thank you, Pastor Jan, for your kind and gracious welcome. Allow me to greet the online congregation and other viewers. Thank you for your time and interest. My sermon tonight will be more of a reflective meditation than a traditional sermon. I

Biblical Antivirus

Biblical ANTIVIRUS against destructive thoughts and ideas

https://soundcloud.com/janoosthuizen/bybelse-antivirus-vir-gedagtes-wat-verwoes Most people remember INCEPTION the mind-bending dream-within-a-dream film about corporate espionage. It tells the story of a thief called Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) who extracts corporate secrets using dream-sharing technology and the science of planting an idea in someone’s mind. Cobb says in the

The Power Of The Blood Of Christ

The Power Of The Blood Of Christ

https://soundcloud.com/janoosthuizen/the-power-of-the-blood-of-jesus Since my own recovery from Covid 19, the reality of abnormal blood clotting, and in some cases a massive inflammatory reaction, has begun to shift my focus to the importance of healthy blood circulation, and blood pressure. It is well known how to maintain a

Building a Spiritual Profile

The sons of Sceva could not drive out the demons, instead the demons drove them out. What! These people were doing supernatural stuff, but they had no spiritual authority. Their spiritual profile was thus non-existing. What is your Spiritual Profile? STUDY: Acts 19:11-20 When one study this chapter from

We are all searching for Eternity.

We are all searching for Eternity.

We are all searching for eternity, for the good life, fine dining, financial success, prominence, significance, for a better life, immortality. Gerhard was an exceptional and experienced explorer, an adventurer searching for truth. At the time of his regeneration process from drugs, he told me. One can achieve a 10

Relevant Christianity: Being the collective messiah versus waiting for one?

Relevant Christianity: Being the collective messiah versus waiting for one?

https://soundcloud.com/janoosthuizen/die-hedendaagse-mesiaanse-werk In times of crisis, we all hope for a messiah! A solitary super-mensch who will single-handedly save us from our predicament. This one-man saviour is a popular theme for most Hollywood movies we watch. The plot usually centres on an epic battle against totalitarian regimes,

What Happens to Christians when they Die

What Happens When Christians Die?

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints” (Ps. 116:15) Death is the one thing we are most certain of, yet we are most ill-prepared for. Is there an afterlife? How does one prepare for it? How is one certain of resurrection? Particularly we

Generational Blessings and Curses

Generational Blessings and Curses

https://soundcloud.com/janoosthuizen/generational-blessings-curses Generational blessings and curses and what to do about it! All life is generational. Some of it is a blessing, and some of it is a curse. Most people do not take well to the statement: “You’re just like your mother or your father”

The Creative Power of our Words

The Creative Power of our Words

https://soundcloud.com/janoosthuizen/die-kreatiewe-krag-van-jou-woorde Jordan B Peterson relates the power of words with a story of an anti-social, lonely man who for 10 years would take up 90% of an hour psychotherapy session. He was not accustomed to the subtleties of social interaction, so his behaviours, verbal and nonverbal,

Lessons on accurate Interpretation

Lessons on accurate Interpretation

https://soundcloud.com/janoosthuizen/7-lessons-on-accurate-interpretation-of-the-bible-life-timing-facts We live in the age of a staggering information overload: Currently, there are a total of 1.86-billion websites on the internet, over two-billion YouTube Channels, 2.85-billion active Facebook users, and two-billion people sending information to the most popular communication platform Whatsapp. In addition,

Redeem your time

Redeem Your Time

https://soundcloud.com/janoosthuizen/redeem-your-time Not enough time in your day? Feel you have become a slave of time? Redeem your time by eliminating the following 7 major time traps. “Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.” (Col 4:5) “See then that you walk circumspectly,

Communication is more than words.

Communication is more than words.

https://youtu.be/QJ4reM6b8Mg Communication certainly is more than words: we communicate through music, art, food, clothing, house decoration, and acting. There are more than 100 types of digital communication.[1] Blogs, infographics, vlogs, podcasts, cartoons, animations, apps etc. Advertisers contend for your attention, to communicate their message to you

Discover the well of God's Provision within

Spencer Johnson wrote a book called “who have moved my cheese”, giving us a beautiful metaphor of mice in a maze dealing with change. Someone decides to moved the cheese, the mice either continue to go look for the cheese at the same place and eventually die, or begin the