Loneliness can be meaningful

2 Kings 20:5 - "I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you".

You don'have to be lonely when you have Abba, Our Father, in your heart, whatever the reasons are:

"Aloneness can lead to loneliness. God's preventative for loneliness is intimacy - meaningful, open, sharing relationships with one another. With Christ, we have the capacity for the fulfilling sense of belonging which comes from intimate fellowship with God and with other believers". (Neil. T. Anderson)

If you have made mistakes, apologise, and move on. Don't carry it with you. Reach out to someone else that may be in the same situation as you, this might just make a small difference in their lives and you may just be surprised, that your loneliness may change to something meaningful.

When you reach out to someone else, your problems seems to vanish. Ask God to help you to do your best in everything you do, and not to get side tracked by negative thoughts.

Pray for someone you know who has not yet committed her/his life to Christ and her/his loneliness might just change into something uplifting.

 "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" - read Romans 10:13

Sometimes, when we are in such a deep depression because of loneliness, nothing makes sense anymore - we refuse to speak so anyone and just wants to be left alone. - this is the time that we must put our trust in Him and thank God for loving us so much. Let God draw near to you today, surrender your heart to Him and rest in His care.

My wish for you: "May you be blessed every day with abundant peace, grace, mercy and love".

 

My prayer: "Dear Lord, I come to You when I am weak, leaning on You so that I can rest labors and looking to you for help".

Amen!

Letter to God by / Brief aan God

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for giving your Son to the world so that we can be free of Sin.

 

I am writing this letter to You with all my love, faith and hope.  I have walked a long and sometimes hard road over the years and have to admit that I were not always faithful to Your word, but for some reason you hold onto my hand and never let go.

 

I also know that the road won't be full of roses going forward, but I have the peace and assurance that You will hold onto my hand.

You have saved me from so many things. The time that I lost my job and with all the mergers with so many banks, You were trueful to Your word and have looked after me daily. Going through divorce, and I wanted to throw in the towel, You raised me up, hold me tight and show me the light. I don't know how I would have survived without You.

Thank you for your blessings that I received every minute. My life belongs to You and I love You very much.

Lord Jesus, I praise You for making it possible for me to be onbes mind wit other Christians, in spit of our difference, and that Your blood washed me clean of sin and makes me new. Amen

Tye wat ek alleen en eensaam was, het U die lig laat skyn oor bly en met U heilige stem in my hart hoop gegee vir die toekoms. Ek rig my oe op U elke dag en weet day my roepstem beantwoord sal word. Ek weet ek fraak baie ongeduldig as dinge nie gebeur wanneer ek dit wil he nie, maar op U tyd en wil.

Ek is U ewig dankbaar vir die krag wat ek van U ontvang het, sonder dit sou ek nie op my eie kon aangaan nie. Wat 'n wonderlike hemelse Vader is U.

 

Dankie vir 2 pragtige dogters en 2 kleindogters wat U aan my toe vertrou het. erk vra dat U hulle sal seen en elke dag saam met hulle sal wees.

Psalm 23 :4 - Al gaan ek deur donker dieptes, sal ek nie bang wees nie, want U is met my. In U hande is ek veilig.

Tot U Here, rig ek my, my God, op U vertrou ek. Laat my vertroue tog nie vergeefs wees nie. Amen

Beloftes van God

Bekommernisse: Moet nooit toelaat dat enigiets of iemand God se plek in jou lewe inneem nie.

Wie van julle kan deur hom te bekommer sy lewe met een enkele uur verleng - Matteus 6:27

 Dankbaarheid: Ons moet vir God dankie se vir elkeen van sy seeninge.

Wees in alle omstandighede dankbaar, want dit is wat God in Christus Jesus van julle verwag - 1 Tessalonisense 5:18

Gebed: Maak seker dat al jou gebede op God gefokus is.

Die Here sal jou genadig wees as jy na Hom roep om hulp. Hy sal jou gebed verhoor sodra Hy dit hoor. - Jesaja 30:19

Geduld: As jy getrou is aan jou roeping as volgeling van Jesus, sal jy nooit ongeduld toon wanneer jy met die nood and ander te doen het nie.

'n Verstandige mens beteuel sy humeur en stel sy eer daarin om vergewensgesind te wees. - Spreuke 19:11

Hoop: Hou die hoop brandend in jou hart en vas aan die sekerheid daarvan.

Wees daarom verstandelik wakker en nugter, en vestig jou hoop volkome op die genade wat julle deel sal word by die wederkoms van Jesus Christus. - 1 Petrus 1:13

Liefde: Laat ons ons lewe in liefde leef onder die leiding van God.

God het die wereld so lief gehad dat Hy sy enigste Seun gegee het, sodat die wat in Hom glo, nie verlore sal gaan nie, maar die ewige lewe sal he. - Johannes 3:16

Geloof: Dit is juis in oomblikke van terneergedrukheid en depressie dat ons die Here moet loof.

Ek wil U lof verkondig, my God en Koning, ek wil U Naam altyd loof. Elke dag wil ek U loof, ek wil U Naam altyd prys. Die Here is groot, alle lof kom Hom toe.

Vrede:  Dit vorm 'n belangrike komponent in 'n Christen se karakter. Hierdie vrede stel ons instaat om met ons medemens te lewe.

Geseend is die vredemakers, want hulle sal kinders van God genoem word. - Matteus 9.9

Se nee vir kommer en laat vertroue opnuut in jou siel bot

Reik uit vir hulp;

Beheer jou emosies;

Maak vrede jou anker;

Kweek vertroue;

Klou aan gebed as reddingsboei;

Leef in dankbaarheid;

Draai jou rug op wat was;

Word stil en moenie toelaat dat vrae, bekommernisse en vrese jou gees van Hom afsluit nie.

The Giving Time - Christmas - Goodness, Peace and Joy

Of all the months of the year, December can be singled out as the month of love.
Since my childhood I have been in wondered by the story of Christmas, expectations, the wise men, the wonder, gifts, new dresses and Father Christmas.

Today, I am still in wonder - but now it is about the Child that was born to set us free and to forgive our sins.

Perhaps today you wish to offer God a tangible gift. Therefore, find someone in need this Christmas and give that person gifts, food and clothes, because if we do that, we are in fact giving to God. Thus, this Christmas, offer Jesus your prayers and possessions, and fasten your hope on Him and Thank God for His Son - a gift so wonderful.
Christmas is the time when we build our own relationships. Families and friends comes together to celebrate and reconciles Christmas.
Make it your aim this Christmas to obey God and to spread His goodness, peace and joy among all.
The fact that Jesus came to the world and died on the cross is the most major revelation of God's love for humankind. God proves His love for you in Jesus.

The world is experiencing a dark period at present. There is more bad news than good. Violence and crime are threatening to get out of hand and the economy is fragile. At this Christmas, we need Jesus more that ever before. Let us shine the light for Jesus in people's live, Let live in God's light and pass it on to everyone we come in contact with.



Decide this Christmas to live in such a way that you make Jesus' life visible through your conduct and share God's love with people around you.

Lord Jesus, I want to glorify You as my Saviour, my Messiah and my King. Please grant me Your peace this Christmas season.
Amen.

Month November - Dealing with Stress

The time we reach November many of us are stressed and tense.

And there are still far too many things to do.

God, you know me so well that I don't even need to tell you how anxious, tense and stressed I am at present.

Like Job, I feel as if my life is hanging by a thread;

I am exhausted, irritated and worn out. I neglect my quite time,

because there is so much to do..

Please help me to live one day at a time.

I now want to come to You with all my anxiety and tension and lay it at Your cross.

Thank You that You are always there to carry me.

I need Your courage and power so much today - please give me inner strengh that You promised in Your word.

I want to hold onto You,

Please give me peace -You are my peace, Lord.

Thank you for your reassurance that You will help me.

Lord, please forgive me for all the times I was upset because my selfish plans didnot work out.

Make me willing to fall in with Your plans for my life.

Forgive me for trying to be such a perfectionist and thinking that I can manage everything myself.

Make me calm and content to just do my best.

Thank You Lord. 

"Nina Smit"