My thoughts and my life

A reminder for today No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].   (John 1 :18 ) I am making a very interesting claim today. Jesus is God and Mark Mittelberg is going to help me with my claim. Does the Bible, which is the earliest and most historically reliable source, actually say Jesus is God? What does it tell us about Jesus and His identity? Let’s take a brief look at a few of the many passages that clearly and consistently answer that question, straight from the pages of Scripture. We’ll begin by going back an additional 700 years before the life of Christ, to the Old Testament book of Isaiah. Divine Messiah predicted in the Old Testament Isaiah 7:14 “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give bi...

A reminder for today The Lord God is my strength [my source of courage, my invincible army]; He has made my feet [steady and sure] like hinds’ feet and makes me walk [forward with spiritual confidence] on my high places [of challenge and responsibility].   (Habakkuk 3 :19 ) Yesterday afternoon it started to rain here where I work, and it just rained harder and harder. Many traffic lights were suddenly affected which cause a massive backlog in traffic with a huge congestion that piled up for miles. It was terrible, and I could not find another way out, so I was forced to sit in the traffic and wait it out. I am not a huge fan of traffic but can’t think that anyone could love to be stuck with no way out. In life we sometimes find ourselves in the same situation. We tend to get stuck in life and we suddenly have no way out. The sudden storms that arrives in our lives are huge and terrible causing a backlog in our own plans. We get irritated and annoyed and we often mak...

A reminder for today Do not let your heart be troubled (afraid, cowardly). Believe [confidently] in God and trust in Him, [have faith, hold on to it, rely on it, keep going and] believe also in Me.   (John 14 :1 ) It is Monday and I keep thinking someone took away one day of the weekend. This weekend flew by and here we are. Poof back in the work seat and rumbling down another week. It is a beautiful day outside with thick clouds hanging over Pretoria. It rained last night, and it is going to rain again today. I love it and God is just amazing.  This verse is for me today. I got a new job offer and it had me restless and uncertain for a few weeks. I asked God for guidance and wisdom in this and I was not sure for quite some time what to do and how to think about this. This weekend God gave me confirmation and peace as He guided me into my decision to not take it and to stay on my present course. I have been wanting to start my own Taekwondo school for a while ...