Today's thought - 15 June 2026 (Paul)

 

So, we looked at Jacob, let’s have a quick look at Paul. Paul’s encounter as we know was on the road to Damascus. What is interesting is what he says after Jesus said to him, why are you persecuting me. The Bible says in Acts 9:

Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads (It means that resisting divine direction or fighting an inevitable truth only leads to self-inflicted pain).” So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do".

Ok so here is what we need to see here. Paul, after his encounter, simply said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”. His first words were humbly submitting to the Lord and giving his life for the Lord. I think in essence his life was dedicated to scripture and to God although he did not see the truth.

Now many Christians are Christians by definition and they go to church and they quote scripture and they will say let me pray for you, yet they still miss the truth. To my opinion living a life for Jesus is literally living the way of Jesus Christ. I think we like to sugar coat the Bible and we tend to live it half dedicated. I used to smoke when I was younger. Younger meaning twenty odd years ago and today the smell of smoke really annoys me. When I look at my life living it as a mediocre or lukewarm Christian it seems to annoy me also. Maybe I am too hard on myself, but I really despise it when I fail or I make a mistake and I have to get to my knees and beg for God’s forgiveness. I always say that I do not want to sound like a broken record player and that God should give me the strength to withstand the things I struggle with or remove it from my life. I think it boils down to the fear of the Lord. The respect we should have and live out for who He is. So, yes, I do not like it very much.

Back to Paul. So, why is Paul’s encounter so important to me. Well simply how it altered his life and his direction. How he persistently preached the gospel in hostile environments and despite pain or hurt or loss, he just pressed on and continued to take the gospel of Jesus Christ into the world. His determination in adverse circumstances is inspiring and amazing. He praised and worshipped in jail, even when he was tortured or beaten, he rejoiced and he lived a life contempt even when he had nothing to eat. His entire way of life and his commitment to the Lord is unbelievable and honestly, I feel that I can’t even stand in his shadow let alone do what he did, yet he writes in 1 Corinthians 10:13, “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it”.

Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

My dear friend. Paul’s encounter should inspire us to take up our cross and to carry the gospel into our world, our workplace, our homes, our families, our challenges and to all the people we meet each day. Time is short and the coming of our Lord is getting closer. Do not miss the opportunity to share the gospel and to win the lost at any cost. Let’s plunder hell and populate heaven.

Have an awesome day.

Today's thought - 14 June 2026 (Jacob)

 

It is Sunday and I hope you went to church or you are getting ready to go. I want to quickly look at Jacob as we continue to talk about encounters. We know Jacob had an encounter with God and he only realized this at the end of his wrestle with the Lord. The Bible says in Genesis 32 - So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” Jacob said, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed him there.

Ok I want you to see three things and I will elaborate on them.

1). So, Jacob was left alone.

2). When the divine opponent realizes He cannot easily overpower Jacob, He touches Jacob’s hip socket, instantly dislocating it. In his physical vulnerability, Jacob shifts his strategy - he stops fighting to win and instead desperately clings to his opponent, demanding a blessing.

3). Jacob’s name changed and he received a blessing. Thus, naming the place Peniel (meaning "face of God") because he survived an encounter with God face-to-face.

Now, consider this. He was alone, now there is a difference between being alone and being lonely. The latter most times gets you into trouble. So, you could say he was in his prayer closet or his place of prayer or meditation. Now his encounter with the Lord (his wrestle match) left him with a limp. A thorn in his side, a reminder of his dependence on God. Then he was blessed in this encounter and the first cause of this is reconciling with his brother Esau and reestablishing their relationship. Now hear me out I am trying to make you see something. When Moses had his encounter with God on the mountain with the burning bush he asked God, who can I say send me. In Exodus 3 - God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you”. God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, The LORD, the God of your fathers - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob - has sent me to you. This is my name forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation”.

He says the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, not the God of Israel. He says the God of Jacob and this means no matter what you have done or what you carry or guilt for the mistakes you have made, God sees you for you will become and not who you were. He sees the man/woman He saw when He created you and not the one who made mistakes. This is profound and I love it. My dear friend, an encounter with God will transform you and you will never be the same (walking with a limb) and the fire that it ignites will touch the world around you, because the fire of God cannot be contained, kept for yourself nor remain hidden. It is the fire of God, and it will leave your world upside down. So, seek the Kingdom of God above all else. Above all things and you will encounter God in a way that will transform you forever.

Have an awesome day, my friend.

Today's thought - 13 June 2026 (Heart)

 

I want to write to you about heart. First, I must apologize for not writing yesterday but honestly it was just one of those days where the attacks on me started early. I forget sometimes that these are the days I should actually write but from early on my day was a mess and finally when I got home, we received the new “Urgent Application” from my ex-wife that she and her new law team dished up. There is a section with the so-called confessions from my daughter and considering that she is only four years old and these statements are so the same that any person can see it was taught through manipulation. So, you can imagine I was just upset and it just broke me to think someone can do this to a little girl and then the whole law process that seems way to time consuming. Yes, I was upset and yes, my day ended not so great. So, I am sorry for neglecting you.

Now back to business. We are looking at encounters, and I have written to you about Jacob and Paul, and we briefly looked at their encounters and the outcome. This brings me back to the actual encounter and I have written to you that it is what drives me and it is the fire that burns in me sending me into the streets and to minister to those guys sleeping on the cold sidewalks of Pretoria.

Encounters can be brought on by God, but we can also seek encounters with the Holy Spirit, and many times those occur in our Church Services when we worship but with me it happens also in the mornings in my prayer time (closet time). Why does it happen? Simply because I desire more. I want more. I seek more. I seek first the Kingdom of heaven and its righteousness. I seek and desire more of God and when I am humble and broken before my Lord especially today when I am distressed about my little girl and all that is happening there. Then God moves and I feel the Holy Spirit’s presence so clearly and to be honest I am a bit addicted to His presence and these encounters.

There are three vital things here. One and I feel almost the most important one and that is heart. Your heart. I always ask the Lord to create in me a pure and clean heart, because I do not want to enter in my Father’s presence if my heart is not right and we know God sees your heart. Then your heart must seek and desire God. In fact, your whole heart must seek God placing Him first in all the areas of your life. Second would be simply what Jesus said and that is that in this world you will have many trials and tribulations. It is what it is, the enemy attacks what is a problem for him and you on fire for God is a problem for satan. Third and last is sin and temptation. Beware to fall back into your old ways or into temptation or sin for that hinders your progress and takes away your anointing plus it griefs the Holy Spirit and God does not like that.

Why am I writing this. It has a really basic reason that comes from a day like yesterday. If it was not for my close walk with the Holy Spirit, this whole court case/criminal case would have either destroyed me or drove me into hate and anger and who knows what the result of that would have been. Instead of anger and hate and cursing and depression I rejoice in my infirmities (any physical, emotional, or spiritual limitations, weaknesses, or frailties) for when I am weak, I am strong. For when I do not know how to handle this or react or even survive it, I am strengthened and guided by a very loving and kind Holy Spirit. It is because when I am seeking Him, He answers like this in Psalm 91:3 (TPT) - He will rescue you from every hidden trap of the enemy, and he will protect you from false accusation and any deadly curse. 

My dear friend, again I emphasise the importance of spending time in the Word and in prayer every day of your life. It is unbelievable what happens when we draw nearer to God.

Have an awesome, awesome day.

Today's thought - 11 June 2026 (Encounter)

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? (Psalm 22:1 NIV).

Have you ever felt like that? Have you ever felt that God has abandoned you and left you to fight on your own? The same David that writes this in Psalm 22 writes in Psalm 27:10 “When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take care of me”.

What changed? One moment he is in anguish and lost and the next one he is confident and strong. David as we know always desired God and he sought after God’s guidance. In an instant God can turn your life around. Jacob (meaning supplanter or heel-grabber) changed to Israel (meaning God perseveres) after an encounter with our Lord after which the twelfth tribes of Israel were born. Saul on his way to Damascus had an encounter with Jesus and he changed from a murderer who went after Christ followers to Paul who was on fire for the Gospel of Jesus to the extend that he wrote two thirds of the New Testament.

Now we looked at trust and we looked at faith. Let’s look at burdens. Peter stepped out of that boat boldly walking on water (for we walk by faith) towards Jesus. The minute his gaze shifted to the waves and the storm he began to sink. What did he do? He cried out to the Lord. Jesus grabbed him by the arm and pulled him up. Sometimes we need that type of encounter where we stop looking at the problem and turn our gaze away from the world towards Jesus so that He can take us by the arm and pull us up.

My verse is “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light”. This invitation from Jesus offers profound spiritual relief to those who are exhausted. It promises that following Him replaces the crushing weight of religious legalism and life's anxieties with a manageable, partnership-based peace. Now what does that mean?

It means that we all carry heavy physical, emotional or spiritual burdens and when we come to Him when we are exhausted by the pressures of life, anxiety, or the efforts of trying to make it through each day. Paying the bills, raising good kids, work, attacks, people and the list goes on.

Jesus invites us to take up His yoke and His teachings. His teachings are love, grace and a relationship and by following Him we step into a partnership where we do not carry these burdens alone anymore. He carries them with us (He makes it light).

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 12, “But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong”.

So, on our own we will not succeed but relying on the Lord and letting Him carry our burdens with us we will be stronger. It is in this encounter that things shift, and we change from a worldly perspective to a God perspective. Form being lost and broken too victorious and stronger. From feeling abandoned to praise and worship. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us (Romans 8:37).

My dear friend, come with me as we give it all to Him in faith and trust and let Jesus pull us from the storm into His marvellous light. You are more than a conqueror, you are a child of God and He will never ever ever leave you. Let Him carry your burden with you and resist the enemy’s lies. Trust Him and you will see your storms fade and the doors open, but you need to step into your prayer closet (room) and call Him and give it to Him. He is right there, do it now. His grace is enough and He will step in when you call and His peace will overflow in you.

Have an awesome day, I love you my friend.

Today's thought - 10 June 2026 (Protect)

 

Your prayer time (closet time) is for me one of the most important parts of my day. It is in this time that I seek my Father and I seek His Word. With my battles most mornings are me laying to my Father’s feet the desires of my heart and every morning the Holy Spirit just opens the Word and answers. I wrote to you yesterday about trust and waiting patiently for the Lord and how our faith grows in our surrender and trust in our Lord and His ways. Never ever compromise on your time in prayer with the Lord and never compromise your time in the Word of God. It is in these encounters that His fire fills me and I will go out boldly into this world and share His gospel. And never ever be ashamed or fear to share Jesus with someone. So let me paraphrase Psalm 27 a little and I pray that the Holy Spirit will bless you with this today. My dear friend, if God is for us, who can be against us.

The Lord is the very light that opens my path and directs my life. Every season He carries me so why would I fear. Even when evil people with dark hearts plan to destroy me, they will slip and fall and even when they come with lies and deceit, I will not fear and even when they seek new ways and new lawyers, I will remain confident.

There is only one thing my heart truly desires and that is to be with my Lord and walk with the Holy Spirit all the days of my life. To see His hand at work and to worship Him in church and every day for that matter.

When trouble comes, He protects me. He is my rock and my shelter and my rest. He will lift me up when my enemies surround me and, in their presence, He prepares a feast for me, and I will sing songs of victory for He is with me.

Even when the world turns its back on me, my Lord and God will never leave me, and I will continue to seek His face. He will never leave me nor forsake me. He is the great I am and I will trust Him through it all.

He will not turn me over to the malicious accusations and lies of my enemies. Instead, He will teach me His ways, and I will be confident for I will see His goodness in this season, and I will continue to serve and wait for my Lord and He will make me strong because I have the power of the Holy Spirit in me.

All things will work out for good for I know the thoughts my God has for me, and they are to give me a future and a hope. My hope remains confident in my Lord Jesus Christ, because with Him I can do all things.

Have an awesome day, my friend. I love you very much.

Today's thought - 09 June 2026 (Patience)

 

Patience is not one of my virtues. If I buy my kids gifts for Christmas, they always get them before the time. Jip, you will get your birthday gift before it is your birthday. Now, we have to take my ex-wife to court to try and force her to take my daughter to a forensic psychiatrist, which by the way was appointed by the court. We have to make a case of “contempt of court” to get her to do what the court ordered. How amazing is this and to top it off she now has a new lawyer, which means she still thinks she is going to get away with this. You see it was never about my daughter, it is all about what she wants, and I can promise you her previous lawyer probably told her she is making a mistake for God told me even her council will turn against her.

Now maybe you can understand a little of my frustration because I am worried about my little girl and she has no idea why one moment she can see her Daddy and the next not.

Now God placed patience on my mind this morning so let’s look into this a bit.

Psalm 27:14 - Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!

Psalm 40:1 - I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.

Psalm 37:7 - Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

Lamentations 3:25 - The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.

These four scriptures basically boil down to the fact that there is a reward in patience for patience grows trust and trust grows faith. So, let me paraphrase a bit. Wait patiently and serve patiently the Lord our God and be not afraid nor get upset or frustrated at the works of the wicked for God will listen to your prayers and He is good to those who wait, serve and seek Him.

Ok, now we are getting somewhere. My main verse is Jeremiah 17:7 - Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD.

Blessed are you who trust the Lord and serve Him diligently in patience. This verse goes on and this is what I want you to hear – “For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit (verse 8)”.

So, what does God say. Those who wait patiently and trust in the Lord our God will be blessed, and they will be fruitful in all their doings like a tree near water. They will not fear when trouble comes but instead prosper in all they do and they will never stop to bear fruit.

My dear friend, I know it is hard and I know it can seem impossible at times but keep trusting God and do not give up. Delight in the Lord and rejoice in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Have an awesome day.

Today's thought - 08 June 2026 (Broken)

 

I think about my little girl today, basically all the time if you ask me but she has been more on my mind since I woke and I am annoyed by the arrogance and the lies and just the whole process. If it was up to me, o boy I can tell you there would be a storm and thunder and lightning. I am reminded of John and James in Luke 9:54, “When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up?”. Honestly, I feel like that today, but Jesus did not approve of this nor would He approve of my thoughts.

But we have this promise in Philippians 4, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done”. We can take our case before God and plead with Him. Jesus told the parable of the persistent woman in Luke 18 and He said, “Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So, don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”

This is very important because when we step into God’s court and we lay our case before Him, He will be just and swift in His time and in His anger, because God says that vengeance is His.

Therefore, my scripture today is Isaiah 54, “No weapon turned against you will succeed”. So, nothing that this world brings against the righteous children of God will succeed. It is by faith that we know this and there are two vital thoughts I wish to leave with you.

One: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).

Two: He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you (Matthew 17:20).

Now faith is not what we see but what we hope for. In other words what we plead with God in His courts and then by faith we will move this mountain because God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

My dear friend, ask and you shall receive. If you can believe, all things are possible to Him who believes. Come with me today and let us trust God in all our battles, challenges and troubles. He is a just and amazing God and He will hear from the heavens, and He will come down and rescue us.

Have an awesome day.

Today's thought - 06 June 2026 (Clay)

 

You know I write this blog every day or at least I try to write it every day and I always follow what the Holy Spirit places on my heart, but I believe to make it real and to share my life and my battles with you may help you. You see I am all but perfect and I make mistakes all the time just like you. Paul writes in Romans 7, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good”.

He really goes into this matter as we are subject to our sinful nature, and we fall from time to time. Now as I spoke to the Holy Spirit this morning, He said this to me, “He (God) said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel”.

Now, God says that we are in His hands and is He not able to form us as the potter forms the clay into a perfect pot for the very purpose we are designed. Is He not able to change us and form us into the person He saw when He created us. Most certainly He is and the difference between a worldly person and Godly person is that we run to God and not to the world and that is important. When we make mistakes, we are vulnerable to the accusations of the enemy, but we are also under the blood and forgiveness of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This does not mean we can sin all we like and that it is ok, it means that we turn away from the world and towards God as He continues to form us into His design for us. It means we turn from our sins and into obedience. It means that we allow the Holy Spirit to change our hearts and renew our minds. It means that we stop living in the flesh and start living more in the spirit.

My dear friend again I say that we must work towards obedience and the will of God in all that we do, thus striving to bring glory to His name and work to fulfill our purpose and that is to share the Gospel and win the lost at any cost.

I leave you with Joshua 1:7, “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go”.

Have an awesome day, my friend.

Levels of Consciousness

 

Today's thought - 05 June 2026 (Time)

 

My verse comes from Ezekiel 29 which contains a series of prophecies pronouncing God’s judgment on Egypt and its Pharaoh for their supreme arrogance, self-deification, and betrayal of Israel.

From this jumps up my theme for time. You see some of Israel placed their hope in Egypt as this mighty force when God does not want us to place our hope and trust in people and worldly things but in Him alone. Thus, the downfall of Egypt in this passage.

Now, time is one of the things we cannot control or buy or have more of or take back, but we can waste it, lose it, abuse it, hate it, steal it and forget it. We know time has one constant and that is it never stops and only God can control time, yet He exists outside of time.

What are our time stealers? They are very familiar because they are known to all of us. Let me introduce you to some of the main characters in the story. They are shame, guilt, fear, hate, anger, anxiety and bitterness.

Why do they steal time? Well because they have the ability to occupy our thoughts, steal our purpose and destroy our lives. They can stop you from God’s blessings and put you on a path of destruction or depression that will inevitably lead to death. Maybe not physical but most definitely spiritual. It will keep you from the kingdom of heaven and put you in darkness.

In Philippians 4:6-7 we read "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

There are three main things here:

1) Do not be anxious – in other words do not worry about anything and do not allow the enemy a seat at your table (in your life). Jesus gave up His life for ALL sin. Not a specific list, all of them so there is nothing He cannot forgive.

2) By prayer present your requests – meaning go to God in prayer and ask the Lord Jesus for help. Bring it all to Him.

3) Guard your heart - Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23 NIV). This is vital for what we allow into our hearts dominate our thoughts and eventually our lives. It is either Jesus or nothing. He should be the first in all.

So, what I am trying to get at is that do not waste your time listening to the lies of the enemy. Take a stand and take your troubles and your problems and your sins to the Lord and receive His forgiveness and His peace. Stay away from worldly solutions and the wrong people. Jesus says in John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid”.

So when you leave it all with Him, His peace will come over you and that is what the enemy does not want because that makes you very dangerous to the kingdom of darkness for it allows the power and the fire of the Holy Spirit to flow in you and out of you.

My dear friend, you know Jesus died for you. Do not waste another minute playing into the hands of the enemy. Jesus did not only die for you but in Him you will find complete freedom from all that holds you back. He is the way, the truth and life.

Have an awesome day.