by Frank Retief | Apr 17, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 vs 9 & 10. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” These are familiar words and have often been...
by Frank Retief | Apr 16, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 8. “I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.” We are still on the topic of prayer and now Luke reminds us of the teaching of...
by Frank Retief | Apr 15, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 4. “And lead us not into temptation.” Sounds strange, doesn’t it, to think of God as “leading us into temptation”. Does God do that? No! This is not what Jesus means. In praying for our sins to be forgiven we take a look at the past, what we have done! But...
by Frank Retief | Apr 14, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 4. “Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.” Nobody in the world can compute the spiritual weight the sins of human beings bring to bear on their souls. Guilt is a very powerful thing in the normal course of events, but never...
by Frank Retief | Apr 13, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 3. “Give us each day our daily bread. Life is not easy on this planet and while many have enough and more than enough to eat, there are vast numbers of people who go hungry. Certainly, in the time of Christ getting daily bread for some people was a big...