by Frank Retief | Sep 8, 2013 | Thought for the day
Luke 18 v 1. Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. For many believers it is a mystery why there are times when God just does not appear to hear their prayers, or to deliver them out of some great...
by Frank Retief | Sep 7, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 6 v 26 Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, yet your Heavenly father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Our Lord appeals to the birds of the air, the lilies of the field and also the grass of...
by Frank Retief | Sep 6, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 6 v 9 This is how you should pray: Our Father in Heaven Why bother to pray, anyway? After all the universe is so big, the world we live in is so huge and busy, things happening all the time, I am so small, God is so great and so remote. Is there any value in...
by Frank Retief | Sep 5, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 6 v 14 If you forgive men when they sin against you your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. All Relationships come from God who is Himself in relationship with the Son...
by Frank Retief | Sep 4, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 6 v 7 ……they think they will be heard because of their many words It is the most common failure of human nature to realise that we cannot be accepted by God on the basis of our own human merits. Sometimes these merits may take the noble form of prayer. Jesus...
by Frank Retief | Sep 3, 2013 | Thought for the day
Matthew 6 v 5 But when you pray do not be like the hypocrites Having made the point that true prayer to God is based on a relationship with God, it is nevertheless true that for many of us prayer can still be a frustrating experience. Sometimes it seems that the...