What have you done for Him lately

we were not created to be alone. our purpose in live is to have a relationship with God. God created the earth and everything in it and out there to give us, His Beloved a perfect place to live. He did everything possible to make us comfortable. Then, out of the dust of the earth he created man and He took His own breath and Breathed it in us. Why? because He wanted someone the share the splendor of His creation with. Someone to walk with Him, and talk with Him. But what does man do? the first chance he gets he turns on God. he thinks its better to listen to someone that's already fallen from grace. and for the next few thousand years His got this constant battle to try and win back the affection of this failure He created. if i was in His shoes I'd wipe them all out. but i am not. God loved this failure so much that He Sent his most prise possession to be sacrificed in our place. when Jesus was praying in the garden He was under so much stress that His sweat turned to blood. medically this does exist. in extreme cases of stress the vanes in the pours burst and blood mixes with sweat. but do you know what Jesus was praying? He was praying for our salvation. he knew what was going to happen and He did ask if there was another way out but with that he also said that not His will but God's will be done. here's this failure, piece of trash, waist of space, no good human being, and what does the Almighty God, Creator of everything do? He saves us by giving up His son. so now i want to know, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR HIM LATELY? do you crucify the Lord with your sins over and over and over again, do you make Him sad by refusing to have a relationship with him, do you abuse His love and grace by just calling on Him in times of need. or do You fellowship with Him, do you walk hand in hand with Him through the garden, to you call on Him, not only when live offers you lemons but also when you've made lemonade. Do you love Jesus the way He loves you? do you, really? are you willing to die for another, are you willing to give up your comforts to follow Him to the ends of the earth. do you believe in His promises He gave us. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR HIM LATELY?

prophetic gifts

For my birthday I received two prophetic gifts from our prophetic school.

1. A prophetic gift is something you receive from someone that holds a prophetic meaning. The person prays about what the Lord wants to tell you and then gives a gift according to the word. It can be something little and insignificant but combined with the word, holds great meaning. For instance, say you receive word for someone that he is the salt of the earth and light to the world, the gift might be a salt shaker and a candle.

2. The prophetic school is a teaching session held weekly at our church that teaches about the Gifts of the Spirit, the 5 ministries and things like that. It’s not a school for prophets. A prophet isn’t something you become after completing a course, only God can appoint prophets.

The gifts I received were the following

1. A bunch of black swan feathers

Meaning: truth, honesty, without deception.
This person is sincere, the same on the inside as on the outside.
(Is 53:9 and 1Pet 2:22)
A white swan is white on the outside and dark on the inside, a black swan is dark in and out.

2. Another gift I received was a bead necklace. With pink beads.

Meaning: Pink: the colour of the tribe of Joseph (onyx stone)
Spiritual Meaning: First Love (Rev 2:4; Mark 12:30; 1John 4:19)
It is a reminder to you that Jesus is your First Love. If He remains your first love nothing will be a burden to you.

Promise: It shows that you can expect an increase in physical and/ or spiritual blessings (Gen 30:23, 24)

Emotional: Pink is mostly associated with femininity and romance. It shows that the person is relaxed and affectionate.
It can also point to someone in love and/ or ready for love. It also holds the promise of romance in his/ her life (Duet 8:3)

Symbolic: it is the colour of the tribe of Joseph which means increase or to be added to.

This truly blessed my life.

what a humbling act

Joh 13:4 & 5

So he rose from the table, took off his outer garment, and tied a towel around his waist.
Then he poured some water into a washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist.

Jesus humbled himself and served them like their servant. Though he was the Son of God, he did not claim his right. Rather he gave up his right and humbled himself to serve smelly and proud disciples

Yesterday at work a colleague called me to go see something out in the teagarden. There under a tree at a bench sat two ladies. Well actually one was sitting, the other was kneeling. The latter was busy washing the first’s feet. Afterward she poured some anointing oil on them and anointed it. I stood there watching in amazement. The lady who called me in the first place didn’t understand what they were doing. To me it was just a reminder. A reminder that we should be more like Jesus by serving. And a reminder that I shouldn’t be ashamed of my faith and I should practice it more freely.

The next chapter

So now i was baptized and i excepted Jesus into my life. Now what. I started attending the youth meetings o friday nights. Right through high school i was a active member of the youth group.

i really had a desire to join a service year after school and so with a lot me faith and prayer i got excepted into one. A service year is a year you give to Jesus. You go round with the group to schools and other congregations and we spread the word me God through dance music and drama.

it was the best year me my life. But unfortunately all good things has to come to an end. And i moved back home. I became a sunday school teacher. And that guess is the next chapter

where it all began

I grow up in a Christian home. As a child we attended the local Anglican Church. I loved the old building with its moss stained stone path, stained windows and hard wooden pews. But that is where it ended. I hated sitting still forever and the smell of incense the alter boys burnt. And after church, when we got home, we usually got a hiding for not sitting still, but next Sunday we would get up at 6 again, get dressed in the itchy grey dress with white knee high socks and sandals and go again. I don’t think I ever rebelled against going, its something you had to do. Like brushing your teeth at lest 4 times a week.

Then when I was about 12 my parents started going to another church. The Apostolic Faith Mission, all of a sudden everything changed. It’s like going from listening to classical music to listening to hard rock music. Out went the itchy grey dress and hard wooden pews and thankfully stinky incense. We could wear pants and clap hands and they even had a set of drums. While the pastor was preaching the people would shout stuff out like HALLALUJAH!! And GLORY!!! Wow! But something still remained; we still got in trouble for not sitting still and keeping quiet in church. How unfair I thought, the other people jump up and shout in church but I’m not allowed to whistle.

I thought I was going to heaven, I go to a Christian church and learn about Jesus and sit still and listen. I was wrong. Then one day my Sunday school teacher came to visit me at home, I think I was sick or it was my birthday, which I can’t remember. She asked me if I knew who Jesus was; I said yes, I learned about Him in school and at church. She asked if I’ve invited Him to live in my heart. What? He would never fit in there. But she explained that I must invite Him to be in control of my life, and she explained how He prayed for my sins by dying on the cross. So I asked Jesus into my life and I asked Him to forgive my sins and help me to do the right thing. A couple of months I got baptized and that is where it all began.