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The activist pathway. When you’re on this spiritual pathway, you have a high level of energy. This may be one of your favourite Scriptures: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might.” But one of the dangers of relating to God best through the activist pathway is that a big chunk of your motivation can be self-fulfillment and self-satisfaction. Hence Paul wrote: “Since you are so eager to have the special abilities the Spirit gives, seek those that will strengthen the whole church” (1 Corinthians 14:12 NLT). When you are an activist, you love a fast-paced, problem-filled, complex, strenuous way of life. At the end of the day, you want to be able to say, “I ran really hard. I used every ounce of effort and zeal at my disposal, and it’s all for You, God.” One biblical example of an activist is Nehemiah. When he heard that the walls of his beloved Jerusalem were in ruins, he wept, he prayed, he petitioned the king for the resources to rebuild them, and then he rolled up his sleeves and went to work. If you are an activist, you need a cause. Without it, your spiritual life will stagnate. But here is a word of caution: Don’t get so excited about your cause that you run over people or exploit them. And here’s another word of caution: If you are an activist, you may have a hard time discerning God’s true calling from your own strong impulses to action. If that’s the case, take added time to pray and hear from God and have a qualified friend in your life whose counsel you trust. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:52:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 30 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:50 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678703 https://iono.fm/e/1678703 Geestelike paaie (5)
Die aktivispad. Wanneer jy op hierdie geestelike pad is, het jy ‘n hoë vlak van energie. Die volgende mag dalk een van jou gunsteling Skrifgedeeltes wees: ‘Doen met toewyding alles wat jou hand vind om te doen…’ Een van die gevare om egter deur die aktivispad met God te skakel, is dat ‘n groot deel van jou beweegrede selfvervulling en selftevredenheid kan wees. Daarom het Paulus geskryf: ‘So moet julle ook, as julle julle toelê op die gawes van die Gees, daarop konsentreer om uit te munt in dié gawes wat die gemeente opbou’ (1 Korintiërs 14:12 NLV). Wanneer jy ‘n aktivis is, hou jy van ‘n vinnige, probleemgevulde, komplekse, inspannende lewenswyse. Aan die einde van die dag wil jy kan sê: ‘Ek het regtig hard gehardloop. Ek het elke greintjie moeite en ywer tot my beskikking gebruik tot eer van U, God.’ Een Bybelse voorbeeld van ‘n aktivis is Nehemia. Toe hy hoor dat die mure van sy geliefde Jerusalem in puin lê, het hy geween, gebid, die koning gesmeek vir die hulpbronne om dit te herbou en toe sy moue opgerol en aan die werk gespring. As jy ‘n aktivis is, het jy ‘n saak nodig. Daarsonder sal jou geestelike lewe stagneer. Hier is egter ‘n woord van waarskuwing: Moenie so opgewonde oor jou saak raak dat jy oor mense se koppe gaan of hulle uitbuit nie. Nog ‘n woord van waarskuwing: Wanneer jy ‘n aktivis is, kan dit soms moeilik wees om God se ware roeping van jou eie sterk impulse tot aksie, te onderskei. Indien dit die geval is, neem ekstra tyd om te bid en van God te hoor en maak seker dat jy ‘n gekwalifiseerde vriend in jou lewe het wie se raad jy kan vertrou. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:51:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 30 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:58 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678698 https://iono.fm/e/1678698 Spiritual pathways (4)
The worship pathway. When you’re on the worship pathway, you resonate with the Psalmist: “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord.’” Something deep inside you feels released when praise is given. Your heart opens up and you come alive. You find yourself in tears, sometimes in moments of deep joy, because God seems so close. But here are two cautions if you’re on this pathway: (1) Don’t judge people who are not as outwardly expressive as you. Some of them grew up in churches where no one raised a finger, let alone a hand in worship. (2) Guard against an experience-based spirituality that has you always looking for the next “worship high.” C. S. Lewis wrote about the fatal sin of saying, “Encore!” by demanding that God reproduce an experience or an emotion. He said that of all prayers, this may be the one God is least likely to grant because it can lead us to worship an experience rather than the God to whom our experience points. Music, for instance, can be a great gift to worship. But because music affects our feelings so powerfully, we can grow dependent on it to produce a certain emotional response. In this case, you may need to spend some time worshiping God without music, so that your worship is based on who God is and not a matter of getting swept up in certain sounds. Also, you may need to engage more in Bible study so that your heart is deeply rooted in the knowledge of God. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:41:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 29 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:44 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678696 https://iono.fm/e/1678696 Geestelike paaie (4)
Die aanbiddingspad. Wanneer jy op die aanbiddingspad is, vind jy aanklank by die Psalmdigter: ‘Ek was bly toe hulle vir my gesê het: ‘Kom ons gaan na die huis van die Here.’’ Iets diep binne jou voel of dit vrygemaak word wanneer jy die Here lofprys. Jou hart gaan oop en jy word lewendig. Jy bevind jouself in trane en ander kere in oomblikke van diepe vreugde, want God voel so naby. Hier is egter twee waarskuwings as jy op hierdie pad is: 1) Moenie mense oordeel wat nie so openlik uiting aan hulle gevoelens gee nie. Sommige van hulle het grootgeword in kerke waar niemand ‘n vinger opgesteek het nie, wat nog te sê van ‘n hand in aanbidding. 2) Waak teen ‘n geestelikheid wat net op ervarings gebaseer word en jou altyd na die volgende ‘aanbiddingshoogtepunt’ laat soek. C.S. Lewis het ons gewaarsku oor die noodlottige sonde om die heeltyd ‘Encore!’ te sê en te eis dat God ‘n ervaring of ‘n emosie moet reproduseer. Hy het gesê dat van alle gebede, God die minste geneig mag wees om hierdie gebed te verhoor, omdat dit kan veroorsaak dat ons die ervaring, eerder as God, begin aanbid. Omdat musiek ons gevoelens so kragtig beïnvloed, kan ons daarvan afhanklik raak om ‘n sekere emosionele reaksie te produseer. In hierdie geval moet jy dalk tyd bestee om God sonder musiek te aanbid, sodat jou aanbidding op wie God is gebaseer word en dit nie net ‘n geval is waar jy deur sekere klanke meegesleur word nie. Jy moet dalk ook probeer om meer Bybelstudie te doen, sodat jou hart diep in die kennis van God gewortel is. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:40:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 29 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:02 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678695 https://iono.fm/e/1678695 Spiritual pathways (3)
The serving pathway. On the serving pathway, you find God’s presence seems most tangible when you’re helping others. You identify with the words of Jesus: “Inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these…you did it to Me” (Matthew 25:40 NKJV). And you may find that you are uncomfortable in a setting where you don’t have a role to play or a service to perform. An example of this would be Dorcas, whom the Bible says, “was full of good works and charitable deeds” (Acts 9:36 NKJV). Mother Teresa would be a modern counterpart to Dorcas. She said the primary reason she was so involved in serving was not that it was something she was supposed to do, but that it brought her joy. She often felt her own inadequacy when she was alone; but she never felt the presence of Jesus more strongly than in the presence of those she served. President Jimmy Carter has probably inspired more people as an ex-president than he did while he was in office because of his passion for servanthood through such channels as Habitat for Humanity. People on this pathway find that if they’re just attending church but have no place to serve, God begins to feel distant. They need to be “plugged in.” Two dangers faced if you are in the serving pathway are: (1) You will be tempted to judge others who don’t seem to be serving as much as you do. (2) You can get caught up in being God’s servant and forget that you’re His beloved and redeemed child. Hence you have to stretch by learning to receive love as well as to offer it. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:39:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 28 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:52 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678693 https://iono.fm/e/1678693 Spiritual pathways (2)
The relational pathway. People who follow the relational pathway find that they have a deep sense of God’s presence when they are involved in significant relationships. Jesus’ words, “For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20 NKJV), makes perfect sense to the relational type. If you are on the relational pathway, you may feel guilty when you hear other people speak of long periods of solitude with God and think: “Solitude wouldn’t be so bad if I could just bring a bunch of other people along.” You have often experienced key spiritual moments, such as being convicted of sin or being encouraged to persevere, as God speaks to you through other people. You are much more apt to practice prayer or acts of servanthood when you can do it in a relational context. When you are on the relational pathway, you tend to hear God speak to you more in a conversation than from a book. And you stagnate spiritually to the degree that you feel isolated. But there are two dangers you must guard against. One is superficiality—getting spread so thin relationally that no one gets past your external self to know you and love you and challenge you deeply. The second is becoming so dependent on the thoughts and counsel of others that you don’t develop the sensitivity and ability to hear God for yourself. “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left” (Isaiah 30:21 NKJV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:38:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 27 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:44 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678694 https://iono.fm/e/1678694 Geestelike paaie (3)
Die pad van diens. Op die pad van diens vind jy dat God se teenwoordigheid die tasbaarste is wanneer jy ander mense help. Jy identifiseer met die woorde van Jesus: ‘…Ek verseker julle: as julle iets hiervan vir een van my broers of susters gedoen het, selfs al was dit vir die heel eenvoudigste onder hulle, het julle dit vir Mý gedoen’ (Matteus 25:40 NLV). Jy mag dalk ook vind dat jy ongemaklik voel in ‘n omgewing waar jy nie ‘n rol het om te speel of ‘n diens het om te verrig nie. ‘n Voorbeeld hiervan is Dorkas, van wie die Bybel sê: ‘…Sy was altyd besig om aan ander goed te doen en armes te help’ (Handelinge 9:36 NLV). Moeder Teresa sou ‘n moderne eweknie van Dorkas gewees het. Sy was nie so betrokke by diensbaarheid omdat dit iets was wat sy veronderstel was om te doen nie, maar omdat dit haar vreugde gebring het. Sy het dikwels haar eie ontoereikendheid gevoel wanneer sy alleen was; maar sy het nooit die teenwoordigheid van Jesus sterker gevoel as in die teenwoordigheid van diegene wat sy gedien het nie. Mense op hierdie pad vind dat as hulle kerk bywoon, maar geen plek het om te dien nie, God ver verwyderd begin voel. Twee gevare wat jy in die gesig staar as jy op die pad van diens is, is: 1) Jy sal in die versoeking kom om ander te oordeel wat nie soveel soos jy dien nie. 2) Jy kan so vasgevang daarin raak om God se dienaar te wees, dat jy vergeet dat jy sy geliefde en verloste kind is. Daarom moet jy leer om liefde te ontvang sowel as om dit aan te bied. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:38:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 28 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:49 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678692 https://iono.fm/e/1678692 Geestelike paaie (2)
Die verhoudingspad. Mense wat die verhoudingspad volg, vind dat hulle ‘n diep gevoel van God se teenwoordigheid ervaar wanneer hulle by betekenisvolle verhoudings betrokke is. Jesus se woorde: ‘Waar twee of drie bymekaarkom omdat hulle my mense is, is Ek immers ook saam met hulle daar’ (Matteus 18:20 NLV), maak volkome sin vir die mens op die verhoudingspad. Wanneer jy op die verhoudingspad is, mag jy skuldig voel wanneer jy ander mense oor lang periodes van afsondering in God se teenwoordigheid hoor praat en dink: ‘Afsondering sou nie so erg wees as ek net ‘n klomp ander mense kon saamvat nie.’ Jy het al dikwels belangrike geestelike oomblikke ervaar, soos om van sonde oortuig te word of aangemoedig te word om te volhard, soos God met jou deur ander mense praat. Jy is baie meer geneig om gebed of dade van diensbaarheid te beoefen wanneer jy dit in ‘n verhoudingskonteks kan doen. Wanneer jy op die verhoudingspad is, is jy geneig om God meer in ‘n gesprek as uit ‘n boek uit met jou te hoor praat. Daar is egter twee gevare waarteen jy moet waak. Een is oppervlakkigheid - om jouself so dun verhoudingsgewys te versprei dat niemand verby jou uiterlike kan kom om jou diep te ken, lief te hê en uit te daag nie. Die tweede is om so afhanklik van die gedagtes en raad van ander te word, dat jy nie die sensitiwiteit en vermoë ontwikkel om God self te hoor nie. ‘Jy sal ‘n stem hoor sê: ‘Hier is die regte pad. Draai om en loop hierlangs’’ (Jesaja 30:21 NLV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:34:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 27 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:46 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678689 https://iono.fm/e/1678689 Spiritual pathways (1)
A spiritual pathway has to do with the way you most naturally sense God’s presence and experience spiritual growth. We all have at least one pathway that comes most easily to us. And there’s enormous freedom in identifying and embracing your spiritual pathway. It means you can focus on relating to God in that way. For the next few days, let’s look at some different spiritual pathways and see which one’s yours. First let’s examine the intellectual pathway. When you are on this pathway, you draw closer to God as you learn more about Him. You love to study Scripture. When you go to church, you often find yourself marking time during the musical worship until the sermon starts. When you are faced with a crisis or a spiritual challenge, you tend to go into analytic, problem-solving mode. You identify with the words of Jesus when He said, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your…mind” (Luke 10:27 NKJV). The danger of this pathway lies in becoming all head and no heart. Dallas Willard once observed that it is extremely difficult to be right and not to hurt everybody with it. That’s why Paul wrote: “Knowledge puffs up while love builds up” (1 Corinthians 8:1 NIV). The New Living Translation says: “While knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church. Anyone who claims to know all the answers doesn’t really know very much. But the person who loves God is the one whom God recognizes” (1 Corinthians 8:1-3 NLT). So be sure your growth in knowledge is balanced with growth in humility and love. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:33:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 26 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:58 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678688 https://iono.fm/e/1678688 Geestelike paaie (1)
‘n Geestelike pad het te make met die manier waarop jy God se teenwoordigheid die natuurlikste aanvoel en geestelike groei ervaar. Ons almal het ten minste een pad wat ons maklik vind. Daar is enorme vryheid daarin om jou geestelike pad te identifiseer en te omarm. Dit beteken dat jy op hierdie manier waarop jy met God skakel, kan fokus. Kom ons kyk vir die volgende paar dae na verskillende geestelike paaie en of ons joune kan bepaal. Kom ons kyk eerstens na die intellektuele pad. Wanneer jy op hierdie pad is, beweeg jy nader aan God soos jy meer van Hom leer. Jy is lief daarvoor om die Skrif te bestudeer. Wanneer jy kerk toe gaan, wag jy vir die musikale aanbidding om te eindig sodat die preek kan begin. Wanneer jy met ‘n krisis of ‘n geestelike uitdaging gekonfronteer word, is jy geneig om analities die probleem te probeer oplos. Jy identifiseer met die woorde van Jesus toe Hy gesê het: ‘…Jy moet die Here jou God liefhê met… jou hele verstand…’ (Lukas 10:27 NLV). Die gevaar van hierdie pad lê daarin om slegs ‘n verstand en geen hart te word nie. Daarom het Paulus geskryf: ‘…Kennis laat ‘n mens belangrik voel; die liefde, daarenteen, bou ‘n gemeente op. As jy dink jy weet alles, het jy nog nie ware kennis nie. Maar as jy vir God liefhet, dan ken God jou en jy is vir Hom belangrik’ (1 Korintiërs 8:1-3 NLV). Maak dus seker dat jou groei in kennis met groei in nederigheid en liefde gebalanseer word. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:32:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 26 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:48 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678686 https://iono.fm/e/1678686 Permissible or beneficial?
God can deliver you from anything in a single day, but you’ve got to back it up with daily discipline. If you don’t practice spiritual discipline day in and day out, your deliverance will be short-lived. You’ll fall back into whatever it was that God delivered you from. Anybody can set a life goal; the hard part is going after it every day. You get into shape one workout at a time. You get out of debt one paycheck at a time. Whatever goal you are going after, you have to take it one step at a time, one day at a time! Notice that Paul didn’t just say, “Walk not after the flesh”; he also said to walk “after the Spirit” (see Romans 8:4). Deciding you are against something is only half the battle. The other half is deciding you are for something. Dallas Willard once said, “Not going to London or Atlanta is a poor plan for going to New York.” That’s obvious, but that’s how many of us approach spiritual formation. We try to not sin by not sinning. But if you’re focused on what you shouldn’t do—you probably won’t do what you should. Jesus said, “I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18 KJV). Jesus didn’t say you will build your church. It’s not yours; it’s His. And that goes for your business, your school, your family, etc. It’s not yours; it’s His. So, the pressure is off you. And if you’re focused on walking in obedience, He will fight your battles for you! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:31:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 25 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:46 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678685 https://iono.fm/e/1678685 Geoorloof of tot voordeel?
God kan jou van enigiets in ‘n enkele dag verlos, maar jy moet dit met daaglikse dissipline ondersteun. As jy nie dag in en dag uit geestelike dissipline beoefen nie, sal jou verlossing van korte duur wees. Jy sal terugval in dit waarvan God jou verlos het. Enigeen kan ‘n lewensdoelwit stel; die moeilike deel is om dit elke dag na te jaag. Jy word een oefensessie op ‘n slag fiks. Jy delg jou skuld met een salaristjek op ‘n slag. Watter doelwit jy ook al nastreef, jy moet dit een tree op ‘n slag, een dag op ‘n slag neem! Let op dat Paulus nie net gesê het dat ons nie volgens ons sondige natuur moet lewe nie, hy het ook gesê dat ons volgens die Gees moet lewe (sien Romeine 8:4). Om te besluit dat jy teen iets is, is net die helfte van die stryd. Die ander helfte is om te besluit dat jy vir iets is. Dallas Willard het een keer gesê: ‘Not going to London or Atlanta is a poor plan for going to New York.’ Dis voor die hand liggend, maar dis hoe baie van ons geestelike dissipline benader. Ons probeer om nie te sondig deur nie te sondig nie. As jy egter op dit wat jy nie moet doen nie gefokus is - sal jy waarskynlik nie doen wat jy moet nie. Jesus het gesê: ‘…Op hierdie rots sal Ek my kerk oprig, en al die magte van die hel sal dit nie oorwin nie’ (Matteus 16:18 NLV). Jesus het nie gesê jy sal jou kerk bou nie. Dit is nie joune nie; dit is syne. Dit geld ook vir jou besigheid, jou skool, jou familie, ens. As jy op gehoorsaamheid gefokus is, sal Hy jou gevegte vir jou veg! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:30:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 25 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:01 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678683 https://iono.fm/e/1678683 Rahab: redeemed and redirected
Much could be said about Rahab without mentioning her profession. She was a Canaanite. She provided cover for the spies of Joshua. She came to believe in the God of Abraham before she ever met the children of Abraham. She was spared in the destruction of her city. She married a contemporary of Joshua’s, bore a son named Boaz, had a great-grandson named Jesse, a great-great-grandson named David, and a descendant named Jesus. Yes, Rahab’s name appears on the family tree of the Son of God. Her résumé needn’t mention her profession. Yet in five of the eight appearances in Scripture, she’s called a “harlot.” Five! It’s even attached to her name in the book of Hebrews’ Hall of Faith (chapter 11). The list includes Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses—and then, all of a sudden, “the harlot Rahab.” No asterisk, no footnote, no apology. Her history is part of her testimony. “By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish.” Think about this carefully: her profession of faith mattered more than her profession as a harlot. Maybe your past is a checkered one. Maybe your peers don’t share your faith. Maybe your pedigree is one of violence and your ancestry one of rebellion. If so, then Rahab is your model. We don’t drop scarlet cords from our windows, but we trust in the crimson thread of Christ’s blood. We don’t prepare for the coming of a Hebrew army, but we live with an eye toward the second coming of our Joshua—Jesus Christ. And the God who redeemed and redirected Rahab will do the same for you if you surrender your life to Him. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:29:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 24 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:04 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678681 https://iono.fm/e/1678681 Ragab: verlos en gelei
Baie kan oor Ragab gesê word sonder om haar beroep te noem. Sy was ‘n Kanaäniet. Sy het aan Josua se spioene skuiling gegee. Sy het in die God van Abraham begin glo voordat sy ooit die kinders van Abraham ontmoet het. Sy is gespaar toe haar stad vernietig is. Sy het met ‘n tydgenoot van Josua getrou en ‘n seun met die naam Boas, ‘n agterkleinseun met die naam Isai, ‘n agter-agterkleinseun met die naam Dawid, en ‘n afstammeling met die naam Jesus, gehad. Ja, Ragab se naam verskyn in die stamboom van die Seun van God. Haar CV hoef nie haar beroep te noem nie. Tog word sy in vyf van die agt keer wat sy in die Skrif genoem word, ‘n prostituut genoem. Dit word selfs saam met haar naam in Hebreërs se lys van geloofshelde, genoem (hoofstuk 11). Hierdie lys sluit Abraham, Isak, Jakob, Josef, Moses in - en dan skielik, ‘Ragab, die prostituut.’ Geen voetnota, geen verskoning nie. Haar verlede is deel van haar getuienis. ‘Omdat Ragab, die prostituut, geglo het… het sy nie omgekom… nie.’ Dink mooi hieroor na: haar geloofsbelydenis was belangriker as haar beroep as ‘n prostituut. Miskien is jou verlede ‘n sondige een. Miskien deel jou portuurgroep nie jou geloof nie. Miskien is jou stamboom een van geweld en jou voorouers een van rebellie. Indien wel, is Ragab jou rolmodel. Ons laat nie skarlakenrooi toue uit ons vensters hang nie, maar ons vertrou op die bloedrooi draad van Christus se bloed. Ons berei nie vir die koms van ‘n Hebreeuse leër voor nie, maar ons leef met die oog op die wederkoms van Jesus Christus. Die God wat Ragab verlos en gelei het, sal dieselfde vir jou doen wanneer jy jou lewe aan Hom oorgee. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:28:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 24 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:16 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678679 https://iono.fm/e/1678679 Always acknowledge your dependence on God
In his classic book called Prayer, Dr. O. Hallesby wrote: “Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only those who are helpless can truly pray…Prayer therefore consists simply in telling God day by day in what ways we feel helpless. We are moved to pray every time the Spirit of God…emphasizes anew to us our helplessness, and we realize how impotent we are by nature to believe, to love, to hope, to serve, to sacrifice, to suffer, to read the Bible, to pray, and to struggle against our sinful desires.” Now let’s be clear: Feeling helpless is different from feeling hopeless or worthless; it’s simply acknowledging our total dependence on God. Jesus said, “Without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5 NKJV). God will never give you an assignment that does not require His input, His favour, and His enabling grace. Every action of God in your life is designed to increase, not decrease, your dependence on Him. If you can do it without God, you should stop and ask yourself, “Is this truly of God?” Paul wrote: “We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. He has enabled us” (2 Corinthians 3:4-6 NLT). David enjoyed all the privileges of being a king, yet he wrote: “I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer” (Psalm 40:17 NKJV). So, the word for you today is - never, ever, lose your sense of dependence on God. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:27:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 23 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:12 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678678 https://iono.fm/e/1678678 Erken altyd jou afhanklikheid van God
Dr O. Hallesby het in sy klassieke boek genaamd Prayer geskryf: ‘Gebed en hulpeloosheid is onafskeidbaar. Slegs diegene wat hulpeloos is, kan werklik bid. Gebed bestaan dus eenvoudig daarin om God dag vir dag te vertel op watter maniere ons hulpeloos voel. Ons word aangemoedig om elke keer wanneer die Gees van God opnuut vir ons ons hulpeloosheid beklemtoon, te bid. Ons besef hoe magteloos ons van nature is om te glo, lief te hê, te hoop, te dien, op te offer, te ly, die Bybel te lees, te bid en teen ons sondige begeertes te stry.’ Kom ons wees duidelik: Om hulpeloos te voel, is anders as om hopeloos of waardeloos te voel; dit is bloot om ons totale afhanklikheid van God te erken. Jesus het gesê: ‘…sonder My kan julle niks doen nie’ (Johannes 15:5 NLV). God sal jou nooit ‘n opdrag gee wat nie sy insette, sy guns en sy bemagtigende genade vereis nie. Elke aksie van God in jou lewe is ontwerp om jou afhanklikheid van Hom te verhoog. As jy dit sonder God kan doen, moet jy stop en jouself afvra: ‘Is dit werklik van God?’ Paulus het geskryf: ‘Dít is die vertroue wat ons op God stel, deur die bemiddeling van Christus. Nie dat ons op eie houtjie iets kan bedink asof dit ons eie breinkind is nie. Ons bekwaamheid kom van God, wat ons bekwaam gemaak het…’ (2 Korintiërs 3:4-6 NLV). Dawid het al die voorregte van koningskap geniet, maar hy het geskryf: ‘Ek is arm en behoeftig, maar die Here dink aan my. U is my hulp en my redder…’ (Psalm 40:18 NLV). Die woord vir jou vandag is dus: moet nooit, ooit jou gevoel van afhanklikheid van God verloor nie. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:26:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 23 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:17 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678676 https://iono.fm/e/1678676 Raise the bar
After David killed Goliath, four other men, including his nephew Jonathan, killed giants that rose up against the Israelites. “In still another battle, which took place at Gath, there was a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He was also descended from Rapha. When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David’s brother, killed him” (2 Samuel 21:20-21 NIV). David had raised the bar. Witnessing the defeat of what others had previously deemed impossible gave them the strength to overcome their own giants. Until 1954, no one had ever run a mile in under four minutes, and most people assumed it was virtually impossible. But on May 6, 1954, at an Oxford University track meet, Roger Bannister completed the distance in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. He had slain the giant. Two months later, Australian John Landy broke Bannister’s record, proving that the four-minute mile was as much a psychological as a physical barrier. In the first half of the twentieth century, many people attempted to climb Mount Everest and failed. It was the unconquerable giant in the world of mountain climbers. On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, were the first humans to reach the summit. Since then, over a thousand climbers, ranging from age sixteen to sixty, have completed the expedition. David, Bannister, and Hillary all conquered giants of their day and inspired others to match and excel in their feats. You do yourself and others a disservice when you run from your giant. You need to stop being afraid to tackle hard tasks and remind yourself, “If God did it before, He can do it again, and if He did it for others, He can do it for me.” ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:24:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 22 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:13 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678675 https://iono.fm/e/1678675 Verhoog die standaard
Nadat Dawid vir Goliat doodgemaak het, het vier ander mans, insluitend sy neef Jonatan, reuse doodgemaak wat teen die Israeliete in opstand gekom het. ‘In nog ‘n geveg teen die Filistyne in Gat was daar ‘n baie groot man met ses vingers aan elke hand en ses tone aan elke voet, saam 24. Hy was ook uit die geslag van die Refaïete. Hy het Israel uitgedaag. Maar Jonatan, seun van Dawid se broer Samma, het hom doodgemaak’ (2 Samuel 21:20-21 NLV). Dawid het die standaard verhoog. Goliat se nederlaag, wat almal vroeër gedink het onmoontlik was, het hulle die krag gegee om hul eie reuse te oorwin. Tot en met 1954 het niemand al ooit ‘n myl in minder as vier minute gehardloop nie. Op 6 Mei 1954, het Roger Bannister egter die afstand in 3 minute en 59.4 sekondes afgelê. Hy het die reus verslaan. Twee maande later het die Australiër John Landy Bannister se rekord gebreek en bewys dat die vier-minuut-myl net soveel ‘n sielkundige as ‘n fisiese uitdaging is. In die eerste helfte van die twintigste eeu het baie mense probeer om Mount Everest te klim en misluk. Op 29 Mei 1953 was Edmund Hillary en sy Sherpa-gids, Tenzing Norgay, die eerste mense wat die kruin bereik het. Sedertdien het meer as ‘n duisend klimmers die ekspedisie voltooi. Dawid, Bannister en Hillary het almal reuse van hul tyd oorwin en ander geïnspireer om hul prestasies te ewenaar en daarin uit te blink. Jy doen jouself en ander ‘n onreg aan wanneer jy van jou reus wegvlug. Jy moet ophou bang wees om moeilike take aan te pak en jouself herinner: ‘As God dit voorheen gedoen het, kan Hy dit weer doen, en as Hy dit vir ander gedoen het, kan Hy dit vir my ook doen.’ ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:22:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 22 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:23 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678673 https://iono.fm/e/1678673 Be a father
In 1985 Tim Burke saw his boyhood dream come true when the Montreal Expos baseball team took him on as a pitcher, giving him an annual salary of $600,000. (Back then, that was big money for a player). After four years in the minor leagues, he was finally given a chance to play in the big leagues. And he quickly proved his worth by setting a record for the most relief appearances by any rookie pitcher. Along the way, however, Tim and his wife, Christine, adopted four children with special needs—two daughters from South Korea, a handicapped son from Guatemala, and another son from Vietnam. All of the children were born with very serious illnesses or defects, and neither Tim nor Christine was prepared for the tremendous demands such a family would bring. And with the grueling schedule of major-league baseball demands, Tim was seldom around to help. After searching his soul and deciding on his life’s true priorities, Tim did something that amazed everyone—he gave up his dream career in major league baseball. When reporters asked him to explain this unbelievable decision, he simply said, “Baseball is going to do just fine without me. But I’m the only father my children have.” Heroes are in short supply these days. And Tim Burke is one of them. Dad, you can be another one. Most investments in life involve risk and can lead to regret. But you will never regret a moment of the love, time, and effort you invest in your children. So, be a father. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:17:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 21 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:48 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678672 https://iono.fm/e/1678672 Wees ‘n vader
In 1985 het Tim Burke se kinderdroom waar geword toe die Montreal Expos-bofbalspan hom as ‘n gooier aangestel het, wat hom ‘n jaarlikse salaris van $600,000 besorg het. (Destyds was dit groot geld vir ‘n speler). Na vier jaar in die klein ligas is hy uiteindelik ‘n kans gegun om in die groot ligas te speel. Hy het vinnig sy waarde bewys deur ‘n rekord as ‘n nuweling-gooier op te stel. Intussen het Tim en sy vrou, Christine, vier kinders met spesiale behoeftes aangeneem - twee dogters van Suid-Korea, ‘n gestremde seun van Guatemala en nog ‘n seun van Viëtnam. Al die kinders is met baie ernstige siektes of gebreke gebore en nóg Tim nóg Christine was voorbereid op die geweldige eise wat so ‘n gesin sou meebring. Met die uitmergelende skedule van hoofliga-bofbal was Tim selde tuis om te help. Nadat hy sy siel deursoek het en oor sy lewe se ware prioriteite besluit het, het Tim iets gedoen wat almal verbaas het - hy het sy droomloopbaan in hoofliga-bofbal prysgegee. Toe verslaggewers hom vra om hierdie verstommende besluit te verduidelik, het hy eenvoudig gesê: ‘Bofbal sal steeds goed vaar sonder my. Maar ek is die enigste pa wat my kinders het.’ Helde is deesdae skaars. Tim Burke is een van hulle. Pa, jy kan ook een wees. Die meeste beleggings in die lewe behels risiko en kan tot spyt lei. Jy sal egter nooit ‘n oomblik spyt wees oor die liefde, tyd en moeite wat jy in jou kinders belê nie. Wees dus ‘n pa. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:16:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 21 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:55 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678670 https://iono.fm/e/1678670 Keep running!
The Bible likens the Christian life to a marathon. The writer of the book of Hebrews said: “Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured” (Hebrews 12:1-2 NKJV). Paul wrote to the Philippian believers: “There is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me” (Philippians 3:13-14 NCV). Chances are you aren’t at the starting line, nor are you at the finishing tape. You’re somewhere in the middle. When running a race, the start is always filled with such enthusiasm and energy. And the finish holds such promise as we run the final stretch and reach our goal. But the middle of the race—when we are long past the start and not sure how far away the finish might be—is what often tests us. That’s why the prophet Habakkuk wrote: “O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!” It’s in “the midst” or the middle of the race that we need encouragement, that we need our second wind, and that we need to refocus on the prize that awaits us. Those who have run before us have passed the baton through the centuries, from generation to generation—without dropping it. What are you to do? Take the baton, run, and keep running! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:15:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 20 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:46 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678666 https://iono.fm/e/1678666 Hou aan hardloop!
Die Bybel vergelyk die Christelike lewe met ‘n marathon. ‘…kom ons stroop alles af wat ons spoed vertraag, veral die sonde wat so maklik ‘n houvas op ‘n mens kry. Kom ons hardloop met volharding op die baan wat voor ons uitgestrek lê, ons oë vasgenael op Jesus, die Een op wie ons geloof vanaf die wegspring tot by die eindstreep steun. Hy het ter wille van die blydskap wat daar voor vir Hom gewag het, die kruis verduur…’ (Hebreërs 12:1-2 NLV). Paulus het aan die gelowiges in Filippi geskryf: ‘…een ding is seker: ek vergeet dit wat agter my lê, en strek my uit na dit wat voorlê. Ek jaag wenpaal toe, na die hemelse prys wat God aan my wil gee…’ (Filippense 3:13-14 NLV). Die kanse is goed dat jy nie by die wegspringplek en ook nie by die eindstreep is nie. Jy is êrens in die middel. Wanneer jy ‘n wedloop hardloop, het jy aan die begin baie entoesiasme en energie. Die einde hou ook baie belofte in terwyl ons die laaste stuk hardloop en ons doelwit bereik. Die middel van die wedloop - wanneer ons lankal verby die begin is en nie seker is hoe ver weg die einde nog is nie - is waar ons dikwels getoets word. Daarom het die profeet Habakuk geskryf: ‘…Doen dit tog ook in ons tyd, laat u dade ook in ons tyd ervaar word…’ Dit is in die middel van die wedloop wat ons aanmoediging nodig het en waar ons weer op die prys wat op ons wag, moet fokus. Diegene wat voor ons gehardloop het, het die aflosstokkie deur die eeue heen, van geslag tot geslag, oorgedra - sonder om dit te laat val. Wat moet jy dus doen? Neem die aflosstokkie, hardloop en hou aan hardloop! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:14:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 20 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:02 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678665 https://iono.fm/e/1678665 Resurrect your dream
God is the giver of dreams. “For God does speak…in a dream, in a vision…when deep sleep falls on people” (vv. 14-15 NIV). Unless you want to spend the rest of your life being unfulfilled and uninspired, take your dream out of the closet and blow the dust off. It’s easy to get caught up in the “have tos” of life—working; caring for children, spouses, and aging parents; taking care of homes, etc. But you must believe that you can resurrect your life and your dreams and believe you have the ability to tap into the enthusiasm you once felt for life. You must have the courage to face the disappointments of the past, take a good look at how you got off the path, and see where you are headed. Then you have to silence the voice in your head that says: “This is all there is. Who are you to want more from life? You can’t do it; it’s too late for you.” We give up on our dreams because we think that’s what grownups are supposed to do. But as we mature, we realize that reaching for our dreams is what makes us feel alive. The truth is that with love, prayer, and great attention, your dream, like Lazarus, can be resurrected (see John 11:43). The secret of recapturing dreams is to enjoy the pursuit of the dream rather than focus on the outcome. Achievement in this case is not about position, fame, or financial compensation, but about doing what you love. That’s what Jesus promised: “I am come that they might have life, and…have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 KJV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:13:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 19 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:48 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678664 https://iono.fm/e/1678664 Laat jou droom herleef
God is die gewer van drome. ‘Maar God praat op verskillende maniere… Hy praat deur drome en visioene, in die nag wanneer mense diep slaap’ (verse 14-15 NLV). Tensy jy die res van jou lewe onvervuld en ongeïnspireerd wil leef, moet jy jou droom uit die kas haal en die stof afblaas. Dis maklik om in die ‘moets’ van die lewe vasgevang te raak - werk; om na kinders, eggenote en bejaarde ouers om te sien; die huishouding te bestuur, ens. Jy moet egter glo dat jy jou drome kan laat herleef en glo dat jy die vermoë het om die entoesiasme wat jy eens vir die lewe gevoel het, te ontsluit. Jy moet die moed hê om die teleurstellings van die verlede in die gesig te staar en uit te pluis hoekom jy laas van die pad afgewyk het. Dan moet jy die stem in jou kop stilmaak wat sê: ‘Wie is jy om meer uit die lewe te wil hê? Jy kan dit nie doen nie; dis te laat vir jou.’ Ons gee moed op met ons drome omdat ons dink dis wat grootmense veronderstel is om te doen. Soos ons egter volwasse word, besef ons dat dit die strewe na ons drome is wat ons lewendig laat voel. Die waarheid is dat jou droom, soos Lasarus, met liefde, gebed en groot aandag, opgewek kan word (sien Johannes 11:43). Die geheim om drome te laat herleef is om die proses daarvan te geniet, eerder as om op die uitkoms daarvan te fokus. Prestasie gaan in hierdie geval nie oor posisie, roem of finansiële vergoeding nie, maar om dit te doen wat jy liefhet. Dit is wat Jesus belowe het: ‘…Ek het gekom sodat hulle lewe kan hê, ja, om dit oorvloedig te hê’ (Johannes 10:10 NLV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:12:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 19 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:10 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678662 https://iono.fm/e/1678662 Stay positive
Marcial Losada is an organizational psychologist who studies the power of positivity. He argues that we need a negative feedback loop to survive. Without midcourse corrections, we mindlessly make the same mistakes. But if you want to thrive, you also need a positive feedback loop. His studies have produced what is known as the Losada ratio: it’s the ratio of positive feedback to negative feedback in a system. It doesn’t matter whether that system is a church, a family, or your workplace, there needs to be at least 2.9 positive feedback’s for every one negative. So, what’s your ratio as a spouse, a parent, a worker, a friend? Part of the reason for the disparity is that negative feedback tends to carry more weight and last longer, so it has to be counterbalanced. A pretty good rule of thumb is this: dish out three compliments for every complaint. Instead of looking for faults, train yourself to catch people doing things right. And here are a few more things you can do to stay positive. (1) Memorize and meditate on the promises of God’s Word and anchor yourself to them. (2) Keep a gratitude journal. It will let you know how blessed and how well-off you are. (3) Cultivate the habit of sending a heartfelt note to people you appreciate. It’ll only take you two minutes, but you can make someone’s day, or even someone’s year! (4) Find a way to share “wins” with your family and in your workplace. It has the power to shift the focus and shift the culture. It’ll also anchor you to your kids and to your colleagues in a powerful new way. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:11:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 18 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:57 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678661 https://iono.fm/e/1678661 Bly positief
Marcial Losada is ‘n bedryfsielkundige wat die krag van positiwiteit bestudeer. Hy argumenteer dat ons negatiewe terugvoer nodig het om te oorleef. Sonder regstellings in die middel van die proses, maak ons gedagteloos aanhoudend dieselfde foute. As jy egter wil floreer, het mens ook positiewe terugvoer nodig. Sy studies het die sogenaamde Losada-verhouding opgelewer: dit is die verhouding van positiewe terugvoer tot negatiewe terugvoer in ‘n stelsel. Dit maak nie saak of daardie stelsel ‘n kerk, ‘n gesin of jou werkplek is nie, daar moet ten minste 2.9 positiewe terugvoer vir elke negatiewe terugvoer wees. Wat is dus jou verhouding as eggenoot, ouer, werknemer, of vriend? Negatiewe terugvoer is geneig om meer gewig te dra en langer te hou, dus moet dit uitgebalanseer word. ‘n Goeie reël is om drie komplimente vir elke klagte te gee. In plaas daarvan om na foute te soek, moet jy oefen om mense te betrap waar hulle dinge reg doen. Hier is nog ‘n paar dinge wat jy kan doen om positief te bly 1) Memoriseer en mediteer oor die beloftes van God se Woord en anker jouself daaraan. 2) Skryf in ‘n dankbaarheidsjoernaal. Dit sal jou laat besef hoe geseënd en welgesteld jy is. 3) Kweek die gewoonte aan om ‘n hartlike briefie aan mense wat jy waardeer, te stuur. Dit sal jou net twee minute neem, maar jy kan iemand se dag, of selfs iemand se jaar, maak! 4) Vind ‘n manier om ‘oorwinnings’ met jou familie en in jou werkplek te deel. Dit het die krag om die fokus te verskuif en die kultuur te verander. Dit sal jou ook op ‘n kragtige nuwe manier aan jou kinders en jou kollegas anker. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:10:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 18 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:04 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678660 https://iono.fm/e/1678660 Pray about it
Fanny Crosby, the noted hymn writer, said she never attempted to write a hymn without first kneeling in prayer. Given that she wrote about 8,000 songs, she was obviously a woman of prayer! Beloved hymns such as “Blessed Assurance,” “To God be The Glory,” and “I am Thine, O Lord” were born from times of prayer. But like many creative people, she was often under pressure to meet deadlines. One time she tried to write lyrics for a tune composed by W. H. Doane. She couldn’t seem to find the words, but then she remembered she had forgotten to pray. As she rose from her knees, she dictated—as fast as her assistant could write—the words for the famous hymn, “Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross.” Another time she had run short of money and needed exactly five dollars for a particular purpose. There was no time to call upon her publishers, so she simply prayed for the money. As she ended her prayer, she began to pace back and forth in her room, trying to get into the mood to write. Just at that time, an admirer called upon her. The two chatted briefly, and in parting, the woman pressed something into her hand. It was a five-dollar bill! Fanny fell to her knees in a prayer of thanksgiving, and upon rising, she wrote one of her most famous hymns, “All the Way My Saviour Leads Me.” The secret of Fanny Crosby’s success is not a “secret.” Before she attempted anything for God, she first sought God’s help. So, the word for you today is—pray about it! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:09:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 17 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:47 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678659 https://iono.fm/e/1678659 Bid daaroor
Fanny Crosby, die bekende gesangeskrywer, het gesê dat sy nooit ‘n gesang probeer skryf het sonder om eers in gebed te kniel nie. Aangesien sy ongeveer 8 000 liedere geskryf het, was sy duidelik ‘n vrou van gebed! Geliefde gesange soos ‘Blessed Assurance,’ ‘To God be The Glory’ en ‘I am Thine, O Lord’ is uit tye van gebed gebore. Soos baie kreatiewe mense, was sy dikwels onder druk om sperdatums te haal. Eenkeer het sy probeer om lirieke vir ‘n deuntjie wat deur W.H. Doane gekomponeer is, te skryf. Sy kon blykbaar net nie die woorde vind nie, maar toe onthou dat sy vergeet het om eers te bid. Toe sy van haar knieë af opstaan, het sy - so vinnig as wat haar assistent kon skryf - die woorde vir die beroemde gesang, ‘Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross,’ gedikteer. ‘n Ander keer het sy vyf dollar vir iets spesifieks nodig gehad, maar sy was platsak. Daar was geen tyd om haar bankier te raadpleeg nie, dus het sy eenvoudig vir die geld gebid. Toe haar gebed klaar was, het sy heen en weer in haar kamer begin loop en probeer om in die regte stemming te kom om te skryf. Net op daardie tydstip klop ‘n bewonderaar aan haar deur. Die twee het kortliks gesels en met hul afskeid het die vrou iets in Fanny se hand gedruk. Dit was ‘n vyfdollar-noot! Fanny het op haar knieë geval om God te bedank en direk daarna een van haar bekendste gesange geskryf: ‘All the Way My Saviour Leads Me.’ Die geheim tot Fanny Crosby se sukses is nie 'n ‘geheim’ nie. Voordat sy enigiets vir God probeer doen het, het sy eers God vir hulp genader. Die woord vir jou vandag is dus - bid daaroor! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:07:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 17 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:57 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678655 https://iono.fm/e/1678655 You can outgrow the problem!
Before leaving the leaders of the church at Ephesus for the last time, Paul told them: “The Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me. But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy” (vv. 23-24 NKJV). There are two ways to deal with a problem: (1) Pray and believe God to remove it, like He did with the walls of Jericho. (2) Outgrow the problem. In the 1920s, an English adventurer named Mallory led an expedition to try to conquer Mount Everest. His first two attempts failed. On his third attempt, he and most of his team were wiped out in an avalanche. Upon their return to England, the few who had survived held a banquet to honour Mallory and those who had perished. As the leader of the survivors stood to speak, he looked around the hall at the framed pictures of Mallory and the others who had died. Then he turned his back to the crowd and faced a large picture of Mount Everest, which stood looming behind the banquet table like a silent, unbeatable giant. With tears streaming down his face, he spoke to the mountain on behalf of his deceased friends: “I speak to you, Mount Everest, in the name of all brave men and women living and those yet unborn. Mount Everest, you defeated us once; you defeated us twice; you defeated us three times. But we shall someday defeat you, because you can’t get any bigger—but we can.” ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:06:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 16 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:45 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678654 https://iono.fm/e/1678654 Jy kan die probleem ontgroei!
Voordat hy die leiers van die kerk in Efese vir die laaste keer verlaat het, het Paulus vir hulle gesê: ‘Ek weet dat die Heilige Gees my in elke stad verseker dat gevangenskap en vervolging op my wag. Maar al is my lewe vir my kosbaar, reken ek dit van geen belang nie as ek maar net my lewenstaak kan voltooi en die dienswerk wat ek van die Here Jesus gekry het, kan klaar maak: dit is om die evangelie van God se genade te verkondig’ (verse 23-24 AFR83). Daar is twee maniere om ‘n probleem te hanteer: 1) Bid en glo dat God dit sal verwyder, soos Hy met die mure van Jerigo gedoen het. 2) Ontgroei die probleem. In die 1920’s het ‘n Engelse avonturier genaamd Mallory ‘n ekspedisie om Mount Everest te probeer verower, gelei. Sy eerste twee pogings het misluk. Met sy derde poging is hy en die meeste van sy span in ‘n sneeustorting uitgewis. Met hul terugkeer na Engeland het die paar wat oorleef het, ‘n banket gehou om Mallory en diegene wat omgekom het, te vereer. Die leier van die oorlewendes het tydens sy bedankingstoespraak sy rug op die skare gedraai en na ‘n groot prentjie van Mount Everest teen die muur, wat soos ‘n stil, onoortreflike reus bo hom uitgetroon het, gekyk. Met trane wat oor sy gesig stroom, het hy namens sy oorlede vriende met die berg gepraat: ‘Ek spreek tot jou, Mount Everest, in die naam van alle dapper mans en vroue wat leef en dié wat nog gebore moet word. Mount Everest, jy het ons een keer verslaan; jy het ons twee keer verslaan; jy het ons drie keer verslaan. Ons sal jou egter eendag verslaan, want jy kan nie groter word nie - maar ons kan.’ ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:05:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 16 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:01 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678650 https://iono.fm/e/1678650 God has more in store for you
The Lord charged the church at Ephesus with having “left your first love” (see Revelation 2:4) and the church of Laodicea with being “neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm” (see Revelation 3:15-16). R. T. Kendall said, “The greatest opposition to what God wants to do next comes from those who were on the cutting edge of what God did last.” Read the following Scriptures carefully and prayerfully: “Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For you do not inquire wisely concerning this” (Ecclesiastes 7:10 NKJV). “The path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day” (Proverbs 4:18 NKJV). “Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord…He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth” (Hosea 6:3 NKJV). “When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you” (John 16:13-14 NKJV). “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV). “May [you] be able to comprehend…the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:18-19 NKJV). The word for you today is—God has more in store for you. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:03:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 15 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:11 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678648 https://iono.fm/e/1678648 God het meer vir jou in gedagte
Die Here het die kerk in Efese daarvan beskuldig dat hulle hulle eerste liefde versaak het (sien Openbaring 2:4) en die kerk van Laodisea dat hulle nie warm of koud is nie, maar louwarm (sien Openbaring 3:15-16). Lees die volgende Skrifgedeeltes noukeurig en biddend: ‘Moenie sê: ‘Waarom was die ou dae beter as die huidige?’ nie. Dit is nie uit wysheid dat jy daaroor vra nie’ (Prediker 7:10 NLV). ‘Die pad van die regverdiges is soos die lig met dagbreek. Dit word al helderder totdat die volle dag aanbreek’ (Spreuke 4:18 NLV). ‘Kom laat ons die Here ken! Laat ons ons inspan om ons aan Hom toe te wy! Dan sal Hy ons antwoord. Dis so seker as die aanbreek van die nuwe dag of die koms van die reën, die lentereëns wat die grond deurweek’ (Hosea 6:3 NLV). ‘Wanneer Hy ook al kom, die Gees van die waarheid, sal Hy julle begelei in die volle waarheid. Hy sal nie uit Homself praat nie, maar net sê wat Hy hoor. Hy sal die dinge wat gaan kom, aan julle meedeel. Hy sal My verheerlik omdat Hy dit wat Hy van My ontvang het, aan julle meedeel’ (Johannes 16:13-14 NLV). ‘Vra My, en Ek sal jou ‘n antwoord gee. Ek sal jou van ongelooflike dinge vertel. Dit is nou nog vir jou ‘n geheim, en jy weet niks daarvan nie’ (Jeremia 33:3 NLV). ‘Mag julle in staat wees om saam met al God se mense te begryp hoe breed en lank en hoe hoog en diep sy liefde is. Dan sal julle Christus se liefde, wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, beleef. Mag julle heeltemal met die volheid van God vervul word’ (Efesiërs 3:18-19 NLV). Die woord vir jou vandag is – God het meer vir jou in gedagte. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:02:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 15 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:02 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678646 https://iono.fm/e/1678646 Pray for a revelation of God’s love (3)
Paul asked: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” And the answer is–nothing! Then he came up with a laundry list of worst-case scenarios, from trouble to danger and anything in between: “Trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword” (NIV). When Paul wrote “hardship,” he was back in the Mediterranean Sea during a terrible typhoon. “Persecution” pinged his memory of being stoned at Lystra and left for dead. “Trials”: Paul stood trial before Nero himself. He also went without food, was bitten by a poisonous snake, and had the clothes stripped off his back so he could be flogged. This did not happen only once or twice. Five times he received the maximum sentence—forty lashes minus one. Paul’s back was whiplashed and crisscrossed with 195 scars. Hardship has one of two effects: it either hardens or softens our hearts. And it’s that hardening or softening that makes us or breaks us. According to one poll of Londoners, 60 percent of those who survived Germany’s blitzkrieg during World War II remembered it as the happiest time of their lives. It’s the tough times that test our love. But that’s also how it’s proved. The love of Christ wasn’t proved by His miracles—it was proved on a Roman cross. And it has proven to be fail proof. So no matter what trouble, hardship, or persecution you face, this too shall pass. More importantly, Jesus is with you and Jesus is for you. Nothing, absolutely nothing, can separate you from His love! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 14 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:54 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678642 https://iono.fm/e/1678642 Pray for a revelation of God’s love (2)
Thomas Aquinas was one of the most prolific writers and thinkers of the Middle Ages. His Summa Theologica is one of history’s most exhausting and enduring theologies. But Aquinas never finished it because of something that happened on December 6, 1273, that caused him to quit writing. “All that I have written seems to be like straw,” Aquinas said, “compared to what has now been revealed to me.” Exactly what was revealed remains a mystery, but that one revelation surpassed all the knowledge he’d acquired. No matter your IQ, that’s what you need. You are not smart enough to reason your way to God. You need “the Spirit of wisdom and revelation” (Ephesians 1:17 NIV). Nothing will change your outlook, or even alter your personality, like a revelation of God’s love. But it’s so diametrically different from the way we give and receive love on a human level. First of all, His love is unconditional. There is nothing you can do to make God love you more or less because He already loves you perfectly, eternally. Even when you don’t reciprocate His love, it doesn’t deter, deflect, or diminish His love. It accentuates it. “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8 NIV). It’s easy to love others when they are at their best. But when they are at their worst? Not so much. But that’s the test of true love. Our love tends to be reactive, but God’s love is proactive. He loves us when we least expect it and least deserve it. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:58:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 13 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:53 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678645 https://iono.fm/e/1678645 Bid vir ‘n openbaring van God se liefde (3)
Paulus het gevra: ‘Kan enigiets ons ooit van Christus se liefde skei?’ Die antwoord is nee – niks nie! Nie eers ‘…dinge soos lyding of benoudheid of vervolging, honger of koue, of gevaar of doodsdreiging…’ (vers 35 NLV), sal dit regkry nie. ‘Ontbering’ het Paulus laat terugdink toe hy op ‘n skip in die Middellandse See tydens ‘n verskriklike tifoon was. ‘Vervolging’ het hom aan die feit dat hy by Listra gestenig en vir dood agtergelaat is, herinner. ‘Beproewinge’ het Paulus laat onthou dat hy voor Nero self tereggestaan het. Hy het ook honger gely, is deur ‘n giftige slang gebyt, en die klere is van sy rug afgeskeur sodat hy gegésel kon word. Dit het ook nie net een of twee keer gebeur nie. Vyf keer het hy die maksimum vonnis ontvang - veertig houe minus een. Paulus se rug is met ‘n sweep geslaan en met 195 letsels deurkruis. Ontbering het een van twee gevolge: dit verhard of versag ons harte. Dis daardie verharding of versagting wat ons maak of breek. Volgens een meningspeiling onder Londenaars het 60 persent van diegene wat Duitsland se blitzkrieg tydens die Tweede Wêreldoorlog oorleef het, dit as die gelukkigste tyd van hul lewens onthou. Dis die moeilike tye wat ons liefde toets. Dis egter ook hoe dit bewys word. Die liefde van Christus is nie deur sy wonderwerke bewys nie - dit is aan ‘n Romeinse kruis bewys. Dit het bewys dat Christus se liefde onfeilbaar is. Dus, maak nie saak watter probleme, ontbering of vervolging jy in die gesig staar nie, dit sal ook verbygaan. Jesus is by jou en Jesus is vir jou. Niks, absoluut niks, kan jou van sy liefde skei nie! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:58:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 14 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:11 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678640 https://iono.fm/e/1678640 Pray for a revelation of God’s love (1)
In the realm of general relativity, an event horizon is the point of no return. It’s the point at which gravitational pull becomes so great that it’s impossible to escape. The most obvious example is the black hole—a celestial object so massive that light can only enter but never exit its gravitational field. The escape velocity of a black hole is greater than the speed of light, which is impossible to exceed. So, once you cross its horizon, there is no turning back. God’s love is like that. The Bible says, “God is love.” The implications of that one statement will take all of eternity to unpack. Nothing pulls stronger or longer than God’s love. Love is an event horizon, and once you cross over, you can’t get back. And who would want to? Logic won’t get you to God’s love. His love is beyond logical—it’s theological. The only way to receive the love of God is via revelation. Paul wrote: “I pray that you…may…grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ…that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” The love of God is measureless. It doesn’t fit in a box, not even a box the size of the universe. And if the universe isn’t big enough, God’s love certainly won’t fit within the confines of our human logic. So how do we get it in our hearts and minds? Through a personal revelation! So, the word for you today is: pray for a revelation of God’s love. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:56:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 12 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:58 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678641 https://iono.fm/e/1678641 Bid vir ‘n openbaring van God se liefde (2)
Thomas Aquinas was een van die grootste skrywers en denkers van die Middeleeue. Sy Summa Theologica is een van die geskiedenis se blywendste teologieë. Aquinas het dit egter nooit voltooi nie as gevolg van iets wat op 6 Desember 1273 gebeur het. Hierdie gebeurtenis het veroorsaak dat hy heeltemal ophou skryf het. ‘Alles wat ek al geskryf het, lyk soos onsin,’ het Aquinas gesê, ‘in vergelyking met dit wat nou aan my geopenbaar is.’ Presies wat hierdie openbaring behels, bly ‘n raaisel, maar daardie een openbaring het al die kennis wat hy opgedoen het, oortref. Dis wat jy ook nodig het. Jy het ‘…geestelike wysheid en insig…’ (Efesiërs 1:17 NLV), nodig. Niks sal jou lewensuitkyk, of selfs jou persoonlikheid, so vinnig verander soos ‘n openbaring van God se liefde nie. Dit is egter geheel en al anders as die manier waarop ons liefde op ‘n menslike vlak gee en ontvang. Sy liefde is eerstens onvoorwaardelik. Daar is niks wat jy kan doen sodat God jou meer of minder lief het nie, want Hy het jou reeds perfek en ewig lief. Selfs wanneer jy dit nie beantwoord nie, ontmoedig of verminder dit nie sy liefde vir jou nie. Dit beklemtoon dit. ‘God laat blyk sý liefde vir ons egter daarin dat Christus vir ons kom sterf het ten spyte daarvan dat ons nog sondaars was’ (Romeine 5:8 NLV). Dis maklik om iemand lief te hê wanneer hulle op hul beste is. Dis egter nie so maklik wanneer hulle op hul slegste is nie. Dis egter die toets van ware liefde. Ons liefde is geneig om reaktief te wees, maar God se liefde is proaktief. Hy het ons lief wanneer ons dit die minste verwag en dit die minste verdien. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:56:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 13 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:08 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678639 https://iono.fm/e/1678639 Bid vir ‘n openbaring van God se liefde (1)
Op die gebied van algemene relatiwiteit, is daar ‘n punt van geen terugkeer nie. Dit is die punt waar swaartekrag so groot word dat dit onmoontlik is om daarvan te ontsnap. Die mees voor die hand liggende voorbeeld hiervan is ‘n swart gat – ‘n hemelliggaam so massief dat lig sy swaartekragveld slegs kan binnedring, maar nooit kan verlaat nie. Sodra jy sy horison oorsteek, is daar geen omdraaikans nie. God se liefde is soos hierdie punt van geen terugkeer nie. Die Bybel sê dat God die liefde self is (sien 1 Johannes 4:8). Die implikasies van hierdie enkele stelling sal ‘n ewigheid neem om te ontrafel. Niks is sterker of langer as God se liefde nie. Sodra jy dit oorsteek, kan jy nie terugkeer nie. Wie sou in elk geval wou? Logika sal jou nie tot by God se liefde kry nie. Sy liefde is meer as logies - dit is teologies. Die enigste manier om God se liefde te ontvang, is deur ‘n openbaring daarvan te kry. Paulus het geskryf: ‘Mag julle in staat wees om saam met al God se mense te begryp hoe breed en lank en hoe hoog en diep sy liefde is. Dan sal julle Christus se liefde, wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, beleef. Mag julle heeltemal met die volheid van God vervul word’ (Efesiërs 3:18-19 NLV). Die liefde van God is onmeetbaar. Dit pas nie in ‘n boks nie, nie eers in ‘n boks so groot soos die heelal nie. As die heelal nie groot genoeg is nie, sal God se liefde beslis nie binne die grense van ons menslike logika pas nie. Hoe kry ons dit dan in ons harte en gedagtes? Deur ‘n persoonlike openbaring! Die woord vir jou vandag is dus: bid vir ‘n openbaring van God se liefde. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:54:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 12 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:11 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678638 https://iono.fm/e/1678638 You can pull down that stronghold
Just as Jericho was a stronghold in Canaan, we have strongholds in our lives. Paul wrote: “The weapons of our warfare are…mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God” (vv. 4-5 NKJV). A stronghold is an “argument” or a “high thing” that “exalts itself against the knowledge of God.” It is a conviction, outlook, or belief that attempts to interfere with the truth. A stronghold is a false premise that denies God’s promise. It “sets itself up against the knowledge of God” (v. 5 NIV). It attempts to magnify the problem and minimize God’s ability to solve it. Does a stronghold have a strong hold on you? Do you speak the language of impossibility? God could never forgive me (the stronghold of guilt). I could never forgive that person (the stronghold of resentment). Bad things always happen to me (the stronghold of self-pity). I have to be in charge (the stronghold of pride). I don’t deserve to be loved (the stronghold of rejection). I’ll never recover (the stronghold of defeat). I must be good, or God will reject me (the stronghold of performance). I’m only as good as I look (the stronghold of appearance). My value equals my possessions (the stronghold of materialism). Many Christians don’t even recognize the strongholds in their lives. But you don’t have to be among them. God has given you the weapons of prayer, Scripture, the Name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus, fellowship, etc. And collectively, they have “divine power to demolish strongholds” (v. 4 NIV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:53:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 11 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:55 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678637 https://iono.fm/e/1678637 Jy kan daardie vesting vernietig
Net soos Jerigo ‘n vesting in Kanaän was, het ons vestings in ons lewens. Paulus het geskryf: ‘Die wapens van ons stryd is… die kragtige gevegstoerusting van God wat vestings kan vernietig. Daarmee vernietig ons die argumente, asook elke skans wat teen die kennis van God opgerig word. Ons neem ook elke gedagte gevange om dit aan Christus gehoorsaam te maak’ (verse 4-5 NLV). ‘n Vesting is ‘n ‘argument’ of ‘n ‘skans’ wat ‘teen die kennis van God opgerig word.’ Dit is ‘n oortuiging, uitkyk of geloof wat probeer om met die waarheid in te meng. ‘n Vesting is ‘n valse uitgangspunt wat God se beloftes ontken. Dit probeer om die probleem te vergroot en God se vermoë om dit op te los, te minimaliseer. Het ‘n vesting ‘n sterk greep op jou? God gaan my nooit vergewe nie (die vesting van skuldgevoelens). Ek kan daardie persoon nooit vergewe nie (die vesting van wrokkigheid). Slegte dinge gebeur altyd met my (die vesting van selfbejammering). Ek moet in beheer wees (die vesting van trots). Ek verdien nie om liefgehê te word nie (die vesting van verwerping). Ek sal nooit herstel nie (die vesting van nederlaag). Ek moet uitblink, anders sal God my verwerp (die vesting van prestasie). Ek is net so goed soos ek lyk (die vesting van voorkoms). My waarde is gelykstaande aan my besittings (die vesting van materialisme). Baie Christene herken nie die vestings in hul lewens nie. Jy hoef egter nie een van hulle te wees nie. God het jou die wapens van gebed, die Skrif, die Naam van Jesus, die bloed van Jesus, die Christelike gemeenskap, ens. gegee. Saam is hulle ‘die kragtige gevegstoerusting van God wat vestings kan vernietig’ (vers 4 NLV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:52:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 11 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:21 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678635 https://iono.fm/e/1678635 Don’t quit; keep going!
Someone said: “The secret of success is to be like a duck—smooth and unruffled on top, and paddling furiously underneath.” Niccolò Paganini, the well-known nineteenth-century violinist, illustrated the truth of this. His most memorable concert was marked by “furious paddling under the surface” rather than easy success. The concert was performed with a full orchestra before a packed house in Italy. Those who heard him play say his technique was incredible and his tone fantastic. Toward the end of the concert, he was astounding his audience with a very difficult composition, when one string on his violin suddenly snapped and hung limply from his instrument. Paganini frowned only briefly, shook his head, and continued to play, improvising beautifully. Then, to everyone’s surprise, including Paganini’s, a second string broke. Shortly thereafter, a third string snapped. It seemed like a slapstick comedy routine as Paganini stood before the awed crowd with three strings dangling from his Stradivarius violin. But instead of leaving the stage to repair his instrument, he stood firm. He calmly completed the difficult number on the one remaining string—a performance that won him applause, admiration, and enduring fame. Here’s another saying: “It’s when the going gets tough, that the tough get going!” Paul was such a man: “Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead, I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me through Christ to the life above.” All of us who are spiritually mature should think this way too. So don’t quit; keep going! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:51:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 10 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:48 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678634 https://iono.fm/e/1678634 Moenie tou opgooi nie; hou aan!
Iemand het gesê: ‘Die geheim van sukses is om soos ‘n eend te wees - glad en onverstoord bo die water, en woes besig om onder die oppervlak te swem.’ Niccolò Paganini, die bekende negentiende-eeuse violis, het die waarheid hiervan geïllustreer. Sy onvergeetlikste konsert was nie ‘n maklike uitvoering nie. Hy moes woes onder die oppervlak spartel om die konsert uit te voer. Die konsert is met ‘n volle orkes voor ‘n stampvol gehoor in Italië uitgevoer. Diegene wat hom hoor speel het, sê dat sy tegniek ongelooflik en sy toon fantasties was. Teen die einde van die konsert was hy besig om sy gehoor met ‘n baie moeilike komposisie te verstom, toe een snaar op sy viool skielik breek en slap van sy instrument afhang. Paganini het net gefrons, sy kop geskud en aanhou speel deur pragtig te improviseer. Toe, tot almal se verbasing, insluitend Paganini s’n, breek ‘n tweede snaar. Kort daarna breek ‘n derde snaar. Dit het soos ‘n komedie gelyk waar Paganini voor die ontsaglike skare met drie snare wat aan sy Stradivarius-viool hang, staan. In plaas daarvan om egter die verhoog te verlaat om sy instrument te herstel, het hy ferm bly staan. Hy het die moeilike stuk kalm op die een oorblywende snaar voltooi – ‘n vertoning wat hom applous, bewondering en blywende roem besorg het. Paulus was ook so ‘n man: ‘…ek vergeet dit wat agter my lê, en strek my uit na dit wat voorlê. Ek jaag wenpaal toe, na die hemelse prys wat God aan my wil gee omdat Christus Jesus dit vir my verdien het.’ Ons almal wat geestelik volwasse is, moet ook so dink. Moet dus nie opgee nie; hou aan! ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:31:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 10 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:10 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678630 https://iono.fm/e/1678630 Practice God-confidence rather than self-confidence
Pride promotes self-reliance. It tells us we can indeed do things on our own. In our attempt to walk in self-confidence, we slam the door in God’s face and shut out the work of the Holy Spirit, our Helper. Paul was educated, sophisticated, and consecrated, yet he humbly declared, “I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church. But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favour on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace” (vv. 9-10 NLT). No matter how much ability you possess, without God, it will only take you so far. Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5 NIV). So the source of our confidence should be God and not ourselves. When the plans of those walking in God-confidence go awry, they are wise enough to subordinate their desires to the sovereign will of God. They quickly remind themselves, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21 NIV). They are convinced that God has a higher purpose for their lives, and that no man can thwart it. So, practice God-confidence rather than self-confidence. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:30:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 9 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:57 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678628 https://iono.fm/e/1678628 Oefen Godvertroue eerder as selfvertroue uit
Trots bevorder selfstandigheid. Dit sê vir ons dat ons inderdaad dinge op ons eie kan doen. In ons poging om in selfvertroue te wandel, slaan ons die deur in God se gesig toe en sluit die werk van die Heilige Gees, ons Helper, uit. Paulus was geleerd, gesofistikeerd en toegewyd, maar hy het nederig verklaar: ‘Ek is werklikwaar die geringste van al die apostels, een wat die naam van ‘n apostel nie werd is nie omdat ek God se kerk vervolg het. Maar deur God se onverdiende goedheid is ek vandag wat ek is. Hy het sy goedheid nie tevergeefs aan my bewys nie. Ek het harder gewerk as al die ander – en tog was dit ook weer nie ek nie, maar God se goedheid wat my gedra het’ (verse 9-10 NLV). Dit maak nie saak hoeveel talente en vermoëns jy besit nie, sonder God sal dit jou net tot by ‘n sekere punt bring. Jesus het gesê: ‘Ek is die druiwestok, julle is die lote. Wie aan my verbonde bly en Ek aan hulle, dra baie vrugte, want sonder My kan julle niks doen nie’ (Johannes 15:5 NLV). Die bron van ons vertroue moet dus God en nie onsself wees nie. Wanneer mense wat in Godvertroue wandel se planne skeefloop, is hulle wys genoeg om hul begeertes ondergeskik aan die soewereine wil van God te stel. Hulle herinner hulself vinnig: ‘’n Mens kan hoeveel planne maak, maar op die ou einde gebeur wat die Here besluit het’ (Spreuke 19:21 NLV). Hulle is oortuig dat God ‘n hoër doel vir hul lewe het en dat geen mens dit kan dwarsboom nie. Oefen dus Godvertroue eerder as selfvertroue uit. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:29:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 9 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:57 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678627 https://iono.fm/e/1678627 God will give you knowledge and understanding
Bill Gates predicted: “There will be ‘two societies’ in the future; high-paid knowledge workers and low-paid service workers.” The saying “knowledge is power” is true. And it’s even more dynamic in the spiritual realm. The more you know about God, the more confident you’ll be. Knowledge of God’s Word can give clarity to the puzzling issues of life. When a certain religious sect tried to pull Jesus into one of their debates on a particular issue, He replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God” (Matthew 22:29 NLT). There are some truths you need to settle in your heart and let them bring peace to your spirit. For example, no one else can thwart God’s purpose for your life. “The Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” (Isaiah 14:27 NIV). You also need to settle in your mind that no matter what happens, things are working out for your good. Therefore, you can resist anxiety and worry. “We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28 NKJV). Daniel reminds us that God “gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him” (Daniel 2:21-22 NKJV). The “light” you need belongs to God. And you never have to feel insecure regarding any aspect of your knowledge when you know Him, for He knows everything. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:28:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 8 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:57 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678624 https://iono.fm/e/1678624 The life-giving Word
Jesus was called “Rabbi” eleven times in the Gospels. But He wasn’t like any other rabbi. Rabbis quoted others, but Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you…” In the gospel of John, He said it twice: “Truly, truly, I say to you…” The reason Jesus wasn’t like any other rabbi was because He was God manifested in the flesh. And Paul says, “Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:2-3 NKJV). The early church fathers had a favourite saying: “The Gospels are a river in which a gnat can swim, and an elephant can drown.” The Gospels—the record of Christ’s life and teaching—have impacted the world so much that they have been translated into 2,527 languages. The second-most-translated book, Don Quixote, has been translated into about 60 languages. To this day, the Bible remains the bestselling book of all time. In the academic world, scholars keep score of how often any articles they write are cited by other scholars. By this year’s secular score, Jesus’ intellectual impact is unprecedented. Why is this? Because when everything else fails, God’s Word works. Jesus explained it this way: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” If you are a teacher, you know that the number one question in any class is: “Will this be on the final?” If you want to pass your finals and hear, “Well done!” from the teacher, get into God’s Word each day and get God’s Word into you. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:26:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 7 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:59 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678626 https://iono.fm/e/1678626 God sal vir jou kennis en insig gee
Bill Gates het voorspel: ‘Daar sal in die toekoms ‘twee samelewings’ wees; hoogsbetaalde kenniswerkers en laagbetaalde dienswerkers.’ Die gesegde ‘kennis is mag’ is waar. Dit is selfs meer waar in die geestelike realm. Hoe meer jy van God weet, hoe meer selfversekerd sal jy wees. Kennis van God se Woord kan duidelikheid oor die raaiselagtige kwessies van die lewe gee. Toe ‘n sekere godsdienstige sekte probeer het om Jesus in een van hul debatte oor ‘n spesifieke kwessie uit te vang, het Hy geantwoord: ‘…Julle probleem is dat julle nie die Skrif ken nie. Julle besef ook nie hoe magtig God is nie’ (Matteus 22:29 NLV). Daar is ‘n paar waarhede wat jy in jou hart moet vasmaak en toelaat dat hulle vrede in jou gees bring. Byvoorbeeld, niemand kan God se doel vir jou lewe dwarsboom nie. ‘Die Here die Almagtige het besluit, en wie sal sy planne kan verander? Wanneer sy hand beweeg, wie kan dit terugbring?’ (Jesaja 14:27 NLV). Jy moet weet en glo dat ondanks enige gebeure, dinge tot jou beswil sal uitwerk. Daarom kan jy angs en bekommernis laat vaar. ‘En ons weet dat God alles ten goede laat saamwerk vir hulle wat Hom liefhet, hulle wat geroep is volgens sy doel vir hulle lewe’ (Romeine 8:28 NLV). Daniël herinner ons dat God die Een is wat: ‘…aan die wyse manne die wysheid gee en die verstand aan dié wat insig het, wat ondeurgrondelike en verborge dinge openbaar en wat weet wat in die duisternis is; by Hom is die lig’ (Daniël 2:21-22 AFR83). Die ‘lig’ wat jy nodig het, behoort aan God. Jy hoef ook nooit onseker oor enige aspek van jou kennis wanneer jy Hom ken, te voel nie, want Hy weet alles. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:26:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 8 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:06 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678623 https://iono.fm/e/1678623 Die Woord wat lewe gee
Jesus word elf keer ‘Rabbi’ in die Evangelies genoem. Hy was egter nie soos enige ander rabbi nie. Rabbi’s het ander mense se woorde aangehaal, maar Jesus het gesê: ‘Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle…’ In die evangelie van Johannes sê Hy dit twee keer: ‘Voorwaar, voorwaar Ek sê vir julle…’ (Johannes 6:47; 14:12 AFR53). Jesus was nie soos enige ander rabbi nie, want Hy was God wat vlees geword het. Paulus het gesê: ‘In ‘n eenheidsband met Christus is al die geheime skatte van wysheid en kennis te vind’ (Kolossense 2:3 NLV). Die vroeë kerkvaders het ‘n gunstelinggesegde gehad: ‘Die Evangelies is soos ‘n rivier waarin ‘n muggie kan swem en ‘n olifant kan verdrink.’ Die Evangelies – die verslag van Christus se lewe en lering - het die wêreld soveel beïnvloed dat dit in 2 527 verskillende tale vertaal is. Die tweede mees vertaalde boek, Don Quixote, is in ongeveer 60 tale vertaal. Tot vandag toe bly die Bybel die topverkoperboek van alle tye. Akademici hou rekord van hoe gereeld enige artikels wat hulle skryf, deur ander akademici aangehaal word. Volgens sulke berekeninge, is Jesus se intellektuele impak ongekend. Hoekom is dit so? Want wanneer alles anders faal, werk God se Woord. Jesus het dit so verduidelik: ‘Dit is die Gees wat lewend maak, die liggaam baat jou niks. Die woorde wat Ek aan julle gerig het, is Gees en lewe.’ As jy ‘n onderwyser is, weet jy dat die nommer een vraag in enige klas die volgende is: ‘Gaan hierdie inhoud in die eindeksamen gevra word?’ As jy jou eindeksamen met hoë punte wil slaag, moet jy jouself elke dag in God se Woord verdiep en dit deel van jou maak. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:24:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 7 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:09 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678622 https://iono.fm/e/1678622 Developing a spiritual mindset
Muscle memory isn’t stored in your muscles. It’s a procedural memory that is stored in your brain any time you repeat a muscle movement. Whether it’s putting a golf ball or playing a violin, the muscle memory becomes stronger the more it is repeated. Have you heard about the 10,000-hour rule? Psychologists say that’s the amount of time it takes to become an expert at anything. That’s encouraging because it means anybody can do it, but it’s discouraging because it means there are no shortcuts, no matter how smart or gifted you are. Just like a foreign language, developing a spiritual mindset is a learning curve. Can you imagine being frustrated on the first day of a foreign language class because you aren’t fluent? That’s how we often feel when we aren’t fluent in prayer, or strong in faith, or disciplined in our habits. Psalm 84:7 says we “go from strength to strength” (NIV). You’ll be working on this for the rest of your life, one day at a time. You’ll keep benchmarking. Your faith ceiling becomes your faith floor. And make no mistake about it—those spiritual disciplines accrue compound interest. And they pay off in terms of joy, fulfillment, and power with God. “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace” (Romans 8:5-6 NIV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:22:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 6 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:47 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678621 https://iono.fm/e/1678621 Ontwikkel ‘n geestelike denkwyse
‘Muscle memory’ word nie in jou spiere gestoor nie. Dis ‘n geheue wat in jou brein gestoor word elke keer wanneer jy ‘n spierbeweging herhaal. Of dit nou ‘n gholfhou of viool speel is, die ‘muscle memory’ word sterker hoe meer dit herhaal word. Het jy al gehoor van die 10 000-uur-reël? Sielkundiges sê dis hoeveel tyd dit neem om ‘n kenner op enige gebied te word. Dis bemoedigend, want dit beteken enigiemand kan dit doen, maar dis ontmoedigend, want dit beteken daar is geen kortpaaie nie, maak nie saak hoe slim of begaafd jy is nie. Net soos 'n vreemde taal, is die ontwikkeling van ‘n geestelike denkwyse ‘n leerkurwe. Kan jy jou voorstel om gefrustreerd te wees op die eerste dag wat jy ‘n ander taal begin leer, omdat jy nog nie die taal vlot kan praat nie? Dis hoe ons dikwels voel wanneer ons nie vlot in gebed, of sterk in geloof, of gedissiplineerd in ons gewoontes is nie. Psalm 84:8 (NLV) sê ons ‘…kragte sal vermeerder…’ Jy sal hieraan vir die res van jou lewe, een dag op ‘n slag, moet werk. Jy sal jou vordering moet aanhou meet. Moenie ‘n fout maak nie - hierdie geestelike dissiplines bou saamgestelde rente op. Hierdie rente word in terme van vreugde, vervulling en krag van God, uitbetaal. ‘Die mense wat deur hulle sondige natuur gedomineer word – hulle gedagtes word oorheers deur sondige dinge. Maar dié wat deur die Gees beheer word – hulle gedagtes is vol van die dinge wat die Gees gelukkig maak. As jou sondige natuur jou denke oorheers, lei dit tot die dood. Maar as die Gees jou denke oorheers, beteken dit vir jou ware lewe en vrede’ (Romeine 8:5-6 NLV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:21:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 6 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:05 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678619 https://iono.fm/e/1678619 How to conquer your Jericho (2)
Before conquering Jericho, God told Joshua to “circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.” Six hundred years earlier, God had inaugurated the practice of male circumcision. He told Abraham that it would be “a sign of the covenant between Me and you” (Genesis 17:11 NKJV). What was the message here? Remember whose you are! In a sense, all believers have been circumcised. Paul wrote, “When you came to Christ, he set you free from your evil desires, not by a bodily operation of circumcision but by a spiritual operation” (Colossians 2:11 TLB). That means you are now God’s child (John 1:12); Christ’s friend (John 15:15); a member of Christ’s body (1 Corinthians 12:27); a saint (Ephesians 1:1); redeemed and forgiven of all your sins (Colossians 1:14); complete in Christ, lacking in nothing (Colossians 2:10); free from condemnation (Romans 8:1-2); God’s co-worker (2 Corinthians 6:1); seated with Christ in the heavenly realm (Ephesians 2:6); God’s workmanship (Ephesians 2:10); a citizen of heaven (Philippians 3:20); adopted into God’s family (Ephesians 1:5); born of God, and the evil one cannot touch you (1 John 5:18). Again, Paul wrote: “Consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God” (Romans 6:11 NLT). So when the devil draws near, stand up to him and say: “What are you doing here? I am dead to you!” Don’t stand for his accusations, and don’t cower at his attacks. When he dredges up your past mistakes, tell him who you are “in Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:17). He has no recourse to this truth. He knows who you are. He just hopes you don’t or that you’ll forget. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:19:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 5 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:27 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678618 https://iono.fm/e/1678618 Hoe om jou Jerigo te oorwin (2)
Voordat die Israeliete Jerigo verower het, het God vir Josua gesê om die Israeliete vir ‘n tweede keer te besny. Seshonderd jaar tevore het God die praktyk van manlike besnydenis ingestel. Hy het vir Abraham gesê dat dit ‘…’n teken dat julle my verbond nakom’ (Genesis 17:11 NLV), sou wees. Wat was God se bedoeling met die tweede besnydenis? Jy moet onthou aan wie jy behoort! In ‘n sekere sin is alle gelowiges besny. Paulus het geskryf: ‘Omdat julle één is met Christus is julle ook besny, nie met ‘n besnydenis deur mense nie, maar met die besnydenis wat Christus bewerk. Hierdie besnydenis bestaan uit die wegneem van jou sondige geaardheid’ (Kolossense 2:11 NLV). Dit beteken dat jy nou God se kind (Johannes 1:12); Christus se vriend (Johannes 15:15); ’n lid van Christus se liggaam (1 Korintiërs 12:27); verlos en vergewe van al jou sondes (Kolossense 1:14); een met Christus (Kolossense 2:10); vry van veroordeling (Romeine 8:1-2); God se medewerker (2 Korintiërs 6:1); saam met Christus in die hemel gesetel (Efesiërs 2:6); God se handewerk (Efesiërs 2:10); ‘n burger van die hemel (Filippense 3:20); aangeneem in God se familie (Efesiërs 1:5); en uit God gebore en bewaar van die bose (1 Johannes 5:18), is. Weer eens skryf Paulus: ‘Julle moet dus ook verseker weet dat julle vir die sonde dood is, en nou vir God lewe deurdat julle één is met Christus’ (Romeine 6:11 NLV). Wanneer die duiwel dus naby jou kom, moenie sy beskuldigings verduur nie en moenie vir sy aanvalle terugdeins nie. Wanneer hy jou vorige foute ophaal, vertel hom wie jy in Christus is (sien 2 Korintiërs 5:17). Hy het geen verweer teen hierdie waarheid nie. Hy weet wie jy is. Hy hoop net dat jy dit nie weet nie, of dat jy dit sal vergeet. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:18:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 5 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:36 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678617 https://iono.fm/e/1678617 How to conquer your Jericho (1)
Jericho was the strongest city in the Promised Land and the first Joshua’s army had to conquer. You could say it represents the biggest challenge you’re facing right now. Because the towering walls of Jericho looked impregnable, it would have been intimidating to any would-be invader. So God told His people to remember and record what He’d done for them in the past. In essence He told them, “Before you look forward to Jericho, look backward to Jordan and what God accomplished for you there.” He said, “Take…twelve men…one man from every tribe, and command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones…out of the midst of the Jordan…And those twelve stones…Joshua set up in Gilgal [as a memorial to the parting of its waters]’” (Joshua 4:2-3, 20 NKJV). One of your best weapons against Satan’s attacks is a good memory. Don’t forget a single one of God’s blessings! The psalmist says: “He forgives your sins—every one. He heals your diseases—every one. He redeems you from hell—saves your life! God makes everything come out right” (Psalm 103:3-6 MSG). Create a trophy room in your heart. Each time you experience a victory, place a memory on the shelf. Before you face a challenge, take a quick tour of God’s accomplishments on your behalf. Look at all the paychecks He has provided, the blessings He has given, and the prayers He has answered. “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:21-23 NKJV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:17:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 4 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:02 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678614 https://iono.fm/e/1678614 Hoe om jou Jerigo te oorwin (1)
Jerigo was die sterkste stad in die Beloofde Land en die eerste stad wat Josua se leër moes verower. Omdat Jerigo se mure ondeurdringbaar gelyk het, sou dit intimiderend vir enige voornemende indringer voorgekom het. Daarom het God vir sy mense gesê om te onthou en op te teken wat Hy in die verlede vir hulle gedoen het. Hy het gesê: ‘Kies twaalf mans uit die volk, een uit elke stam en sê vir hulle: ‘Kry twaalf klippe uit die middel van die Jordaan’… by Gilgal het Josua die twaalf klippe…opmekaargestapel’ (Josua 4:2-3, 20 NLV). Josua het dit ter herinnering toe God die water van die Jordaan geskei het, opgerig. Een van jou beste wapens teen Satan se aanvalle is ‘n goeie geheue. Moenie een van God se seëninge vergeet nie! Die psalmdigter sê: ‘Dit is Hy wat my vergewe as ek verkeerde dinge doen. Hy maak my gesond. Hy red my uit die kloue van die dood… Die Here oorlaai my met al die goeie dinge in die lewe… Die Here help almal wat onderdruk word. Hy is goed’ (Psalm 103:3-6 DB). Skep ‘n trofeekamer in jou hart. Elke keer as jy ‘n oorwinning ervaar, plaas daardie herinnering op ‘n rak. Voordat jy ‘n uitdaging in die gesig staar, neem ‘n vinnige toer van die prestasies wat God namens jou bereik het. Kyk na al die salarisstrokies wat Hy voorsien het, die seëninge wat Hy gegee het en die gebede wat Hy verhoor het. ‘Maar dít sal ek ter harte neem en om dié rede bly ek hoop: deur die liefde van die Here het ons nie vergaan nie; daar is geen einde aan sy ontferming nie, dit is elke môre nuut. U trou is groot’ (Klaagliedere 3:21-23 AFR83). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:16:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 4 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:05 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678611 https://iono.fm/e/1678611 Knowing and enjoying your inheritance
We share the same inheritance as Christ! Whatever He has, we have! “Our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s” (1 John 4:17 MSG). So, if we are co-heirs with Christ, why do we struggle through life? For two reasons: (1) We don’t know about our inheritance—“The exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe” (Ephesians 1:19 NKJV). No one ever told us that instead of fighting for victory, we fight from a position of victory. If you have given your heart to Christ, He “has blessed [you] with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3 NKJV). Notice the word “has.” You already possess everything you need to be everything God desires. You have access to “every spiritual blessing.” That also means God will “equip you with all you need for doing his will” (Hebrews 13:21 NLT). (2) We don’t believe in our inheritance. Imagine what would happen if a generation of Christians lived out of their inheritance. They would turn off internet porn. The lonely would find comfort in God, not in the arms of strangers. Struggling couples would spend more time in prayer and less time in anger. Children would consider it a blessing to take care of their aging parents. “God’s power is very great for us who believe. That power is the same as the great strength God used to raise Christ from the dead” (Ephesians 1:19-20 NCV). The same indwelling Spirit that raised Christ from the dead will turn every one of your “I can’ts” into an “I can.” “I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13 NCV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:13:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 3 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:13 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678609 https://iono.fm/e/1678609 Ken en geniet jou erfenis
Ons deel dieselfde erfenis as Christus! Wat Hy het, het ons ook! ‘…In hierdie wêreld is ons situasie immers presies dieselfde as Jesus s’n...’ (1 Johannes 4:17 DB). As ons dus mede-erfgename saam met Christus is, waarom sukkel ons deur die lewe? Om twee redes: 1) Ons weet nie van ons erfenis nie. Niemand het ons ooit vertel dat ons vanuit ‘n posisie van oorwinning veg, in plaas daarvan om vir oorwinning te veg nie. Wanneer jy jou hart vir Christus gee, het Hy ‘…al die geestelike skatte wat daar in die hemel is, verniet vir ons gegee’ (Efesiërs 1:3 NLV). Jy besit reeds alles wat jy nodig het om alles te wees wat God begeer. Jy het toegang tot al die geestelike skatte. Dit beteken ook dat God jou ‘…sal toerus met alles wat nodig is om sy wil uit te voer…’ (Hebreërs 13:21 NLV). 2) Ons glo nie in ons erfenis nie. Stel jou voor wat sou gebeur as ‘n generasie Christene vanuit hul erfenis leef. Hulle sou pornografie op die internet afskakel. Die eensames sou vertroosting in God en nie in die arms van vreemdelinge vind nie. Sukkelende paartjies sou meer tyd in gebed en minder tyd in woede deurbring. Kinders sou dit as ‘n seën beskou om na hul bejaarde ouers om te sien. ‘Mag julle insien hoe enorm groot die krag is wat God gebruik in ons wat glo. Dieselfde magtige sterkte was ook aan die werk toe God Christus uit die dood opgewek het…’ (Efesiërs 1:19-20 NLV). Dieselfde inwonende Gees wat Christus uit die dood opgewek het, sal elke ‘Ek kan nie’ van jou in ‘n ‘Ek kan’ verander. ‘Ek kan onder alle omstandighede regkom deur Hom wat my krag gee’ (Filippense 4:13 NLV). ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:12:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 3 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:16 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678606 https://iono.fm/e/1678606 “The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand.” Deuteronomy 30:9 NKJV
Believe God for abundance
A young artist called her aunt one day to let her know she was leaving on a trip to a fashionable resort to try and sell her wood carvings of seabirds to the owner of a gift shop. She asked her aunt to pray that her venture would be successful. Her aunt assured her that she would pray for the largest order she had ever received! That evening, the young artist called her aunt back. Not only had the gift shop owner purchased all of her carvings, but the owner of a chain of gift shops had also ordered as many carvings as she could make! She was filled with wonder at how abundantly God had answered prayer. “Now,” she said to her aunt, “pray that I can fill his order!” Her aunt replied, “The Lord doesn’t open a door unless He expects us to walk through it successfully. When we pray for rain, don’t be surprised when you get a cloudburst!” Are you praying for God to meet a need in your life? What answer are you expecting? Be honest. Bare minimum? Meager-but-satisfactory? Or are you expecting an abundant, more-than-enough supply? Stand on God’s Word: “The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand.” Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 NKJV). Paul wrote: “God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV). So, believe God for abundance. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:11:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 2 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:54 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678605 https://iono.fm/e/1678605 Glo God vir oorvloed
‘n Jong kunstenaar het eendag haar tante gebel om haar te laat weet dat sy op pad na ‘n luukse oord is om te probeer om haar houtsneewerk van seevoëls aan die eienaar van die geskenkwinkel te verkoop. Sy het haar tante gevra om te bid dat haar onderneming suksesvol sou wees. Haar tante het haar verseker dat sy sou bid vir die grootste bestelling wat sy nog ooit ontvang het! Daardie aand het die jong kunstenaar haar tante teruggebel. Nie net het die geskenkwinkel-eienaar al haar houtsneewerk gekoop nie, maar ook soveel houtsneewerk bestel as wat sy kon maak! Sy was vol verwondering oor hoe oorvloedig God die gebed verhoor het. ‘Nou moet Tannie asseblief weer bid,’ het sy vir haar tante gesê, ‘dat ek hierde groot bestelling sal kan nakom!’ Haar tante het geantwoord: ‘Die Here maak nie ‘n deur oop tensy Hy verwag dat ons suksesvol daardeur gaan loop nie. Wanneer ons vir reën bid, moet ons nie verbaas wees as ons ‘n wolkbreuk kry nie!’ Bid jy dat God ‘n behoefte in jou lewe sal vervul? Watter antwoord verwag jy? Wees eerlik. Die absolute minimum? Karig maar bevredigend? Of verwag jy oorvloedige, meer-as-genoeg voorraad? Staan op God se Woord: ‘Die Here jou God sal jou dan voorspoedig maak in alles wat jy doen….’ Jesus het gesê: ‘Ek het gekom sodat hulle lewe kan hê, ja, om dit oorvloedig te hê’ (Johannes 10:10 NLV). Paulus het geskryf: ‘En God is in staat om aan julle elke gawe in oorvloed te gee sodat julle in elke opsig altyd van alles genoeg kan hê én ook nog oorvloedig kan wees in elke goeie werk’ (2 Korintiërs 9:8 NLV). Glo dus in God vir oorvloed. ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:10:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 2 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:04 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678603 https://iono.fm/e/1678603 P.R.A.Y. (Pause, Reverence, Ask, Yield)
In her book 30 Days to a Stronger, More Confident You, author Deborah Smith Pegues uses the word “pray” as an acronym: “Pause. I stop all activity and focus completely on God. Worship is total preoccupation…The greatest honour and respect we can give to anyone is our undivided attention…Reverence. I express my admiration for all His attributes…At this point, distractions start to pop up like dandelions…I will suddenly remember a task I need to put on my to-do list. I have learned to jot down the task in my journal and ignore the other issues for what they are—mere distractions that can be dealt with later. I have also learned that praying audibly helps to minimize wandering thoughts…Ask. I ask for forgiveness for my sins, making every effort to be specific. I pray for the power to live a Christian life and ask God to give me a passion for His Word and for prayer. I ask for His will to be done in every aspect of my life: spiritually, physically, financially, relationally, vocationally, and emotionally…Yield. I must subordinate my requests to God’s sovereign will, trusting that He knows what is best. I strive to maintain a ‘nevertheless’ attitude. Therefore, I am careful to conclude my prayer by saying, ‘Nevertheless, not my will, Lord, but Yours be done’ [see Luke 22-42]…The old adage that it is not what you know but whom you know that gives you the advantage in a situation is true—especially from a spiritual perspective. When we have a relationship with God, we understand that He is sufficient to handle any demand placed upon us.” ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:08:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 1 June 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:00 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1678601 https://iono.fm/e/1678601 ‘P.R.A.Y. (Pause, Reverence, Ask, Yield)’
In haar boek, 30 Days to a Stronger, More Confident You, gebruik die skrywer Deborah Smith Pegues die woord ‘PRAY’ as ‘n akroniem: ‘‘Pause’. Ek stop alle aktiwiteite en fokus heeltemal op God. Aanbidding verg totale fokus. Die grootste eer en respek wat ons aan enigiemand kan gee, is ons onverdeelde aandag. ‘Reverence’. Ek spreek my bewondering vir al God se eienskappe uit. Op hierdie punt begin afleidings soos kakiebosse opduik. Ek sal skielik ‘n taak wat ek op my doenlysie moet sit, onthou. Ek het geleer om gou die taak in my Bybelstudiejoernaal neer te skryf en die ander kwessies te ignoreer vir dit wat hulle is - blote afleidings wat later hanteer kan word. Ek het ook geleer dat om hoorbaar te bid, my help om dwalende gedagtes hok te slaan. ‘Ask.’ Ek vra om vergifnis vir my sondes en probeer om spesifiek daaroor te wees. Ek bid vir die krag om ‘n Christelike lewe te lei en vra God om vir my ‘n passie vir sy Woord en vir gebed te gee. Ek vra dat sy wil in elke aspek van my lewe geskied: geestelik, fisies, finansieel, verhoudingsgewys, beroepsgewys en emosioneel. ‘Yield.’ Ek moet my versoeke aan God se soewereine wil onderwerp, met die vertroue dat Hy weet wat die beste vir my is. Daarom is ek versigtig om my gebed af te sluit deur te sê: ‘Laat nogtans nie my wil nie, Here, maar u wil geld’ (sien Lukas 22:42). Die ou gesegde dat dit nie is wat jy ken nie, maar wie jy ken wat jou die voordeel in ‘n situasie gee, is waar - veral vanuit ‘n geestelike perspektief. Wanneer ons ‘n verhouding met God het, verstaan ons dat Hy voldoende is om enige eise wat aan ons gestel word, te hanteer.’ ]]> Christianity Fri, 22 May 2026 10:06:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 1 Junie 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:08 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668883 https://iono.fm/e/1668883 Today God is “with you”
To have a personal relationship with someone, there must be two-way communication. Even the most uncommunicative husband has to grunt every once in a while, or it isn’t a marriage—it’s a monologue. So, the Lord being with you, and you being with the Lord, takes place primarily in your mind. Two people may occupy the same room, but if one of them is sleeping or engrossed in television, they’re not really with each other. There must be interactive awareness. Now, as human beings, we don’t have “direct access” to each other’s thoughts. We can use words, human touch, or hand gestures to guide another person’s thoughts. But God is infinite rather than finite, so He is able to guide our thoughts directly. He can speak to us through Scripture or through the words of another person. But He can also plant His thoughts directly in our minds. “We have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16 NKJV). And this can happen anytime, anywhere. So, your mind is your meeting place with God! There’s much about God speaking to you that’s a mystery. There are no formulas. You cannot control God’s communication with you. You cannot force Him to speak by being more pious or more sincere or by working hard. Jesus told Nicodemus: “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit” (John 3:8 NKJV). This much you can be certain of today: God is with you, and He will speak to you if you take the time to listen. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:47:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 31 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:53 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668882 https://iono.fm/e/1668882 God is vandag ‘by jou’
Om ‘n persoonlike verhouding met iemand te hê, moet daar tweerigtingkommunikasie wees. Selfs die mees in homself gekeerde man moet elke nou en dan instemmend grom, anders is dit nie ‘n huwelik nie - dis ‘n monoloog. Kommunikasie tussen die Here wat by jou is, en jy wat by die Here is, vind hoofsaaklik in jou gedagtes plaas. Twee mense mag dalk dieselfde kamer deel, maar as een van hulle slaap of in die televisie verdiep is, is hulle nie regtig bymekaar nie. Daar moet interaktiewe bewustheid wees. Ons het as mense nie direkte toegang tot mekaar se gedagtes nie. Ons kan woorde, menslike aanraking of handgebare gebruik om ‘n ander persoon se gedagtes te rig. God is egter almagtig, dus is Hy in staat om ons gedagtes direk te rig. Hy kan met ons deur die Skrif of deur die woorde van ‘n ander persoon praat. Hy kan egter ook sy gedagtes direk in ons gedagtes plant. ‘…ons is ingestel om soos Christus te dink’ (1 Korintiërs 2:16 NLV). Dit kan enige tyd en enige plek gebeur. Jou gedagtes is dus jou ontmoetingsplek met God! Daar is baie omtrent God wat met jou kommunikeer wat ‘n raaisel is. Daar is geen formule nie. Jy kan nie God se kommunikasie met jou beheer nie. Jy kan Hom nie dwing om te praat deur meer vroom of opreg te wees of deur hard te werk nie. Jesus het vir Nikodemus gesê: ‘Die wind waai waar hy wil. Jy hoor sy suising, maar jy weet nie waarvandaan hy kom en waarheen hy op pad is nie. Só is dit met elkeen wat uit die Gees gebore is’ (Johannes 3:8 NLV). Hiervan kan jy vandag seker wees: God is met jou en Hy sal met jou praat as jy die tyd neem om te luister. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:46:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 31 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:49 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668881 https://iono.fm/e/1668881 Ask God for a dream
Job the patriarch said: “For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night…while slumbering on their beds, then He opens the ears of men” (Job 33:14-16 NKJV). A dream can be an important message from God or an answer to your prayer. God gave Paul a dream in which a man from Macedonia appeared to him saying, “Come over and help us” (see Acts 16:9). And Paul went there and preached the gospel. Solomon’s reign as king of Israel begins with these words: “In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee” (1 Kings 3:5 KJV). Solomon asked God for great wisdom, and God gave him wisdom, honour, and riches. Would God still speak to us today in dreams? Yes. He says: “I am the Lord, I change not” (Malachi 3:6 KJV). The Hebrew word for dream is “chalom.” It has five meanings: (1) “To bind firmly.” This pictures you being wrapped securely in God’s love. (2) “To be or make plump.” In the Bible, fatness or plumpness is a picture of health, well-being, and prosperity. (3) “A sense of dumbness.” When God gives you a dream, He is sharing with you information about things of which you are ignorant. (4) “To be in good liking.” When God gives you a dream, He is showing favour toward you. (5) “To recover.” When God gives you a dream, He is working on restoring what you have lost. So, ask God for a dream. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 30 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:07 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668879 https://iono.fm/e/1668879 Vra God vir ‘n droom
Die patriarg Job het gesê: ‘Maar God praat op verskillende maniere. Ons kom dit net nie agter nie. Hy praat deur drome en visioene, in die nag wanneer mense diep slaap’ (Job 33:14-15 NLV). ‘n Droom kan ‘n belangrike boodskap van God of ‘n antwoord op jou gebed wees. God het vir Paulus ‘n droom gegee waarin ‘n man van Masedonië aan hom verskyn en gesê het: ‘…Kom oor na Masedonië toe en help ons’ (Handelinge 16:9 NLV). Paulus het daarheen gegaan en die evangelie verkondig. Salomo se heerskappy as koning van Israel begin met hierdie woorde: ‘Daardie nag het die Here in Gibeon in ‘n droom aan Salomo verskyn en God het gesê: ‘Wat wil jy hê? Vra, en Ek sal dit vir jou gee!’’ (1 Konings 3:5 NLV). Salomo het God vir groot wysheid gevra en God het hom wysheid, eer en rykdom gegee. Praat God vandag nog in drome met ons? Ja. Hy sê: ‘Ek is die Here, Ek verander nie…’ (Maleagi 3:6 NLV). Die Hebreeuse woord vir droom is ‘chalom.’ Dit het vyf betekenisse: 1) ‘Om stewig te bind.’ Jy is veilig in God se liefde toegdraai. (2) ‘Om mollig te wees of te word.’ In die Bybel is vetheid of molligheid ‘n beeld van gesondheid, welstand en voorspoed. (3) ‘‘n Gevoel van onkunde.’ Wanneer God jou ‘n droom gee, deel Hy inligting met jou oor dinge waarvan jy onkundig is. (4) ‘Om in voorkeur te wees.’ Wanneer God jou ‘n droom gee, betoon Hy guns aan jou. (5) ‘Om te herstel.’ Wanneer God jou ‘n droom gee, werk Hy daaraan om dit wat jy verloor het, te herstel. Vra dus vir God vir ‘n droom. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:44:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 30 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:14 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668877 https://iono.fm/e/1668877 God is working in you, with you, and through you
Just before He was arrested and taken to the cross, Jesus prayed: “[Father], I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.” When it comes to recognizing and responding to God’s presence in our lives, Christian author, John Ortberg, says he lives by these twelve truths: (1) God is always present and active in my life, whether or not I see Him. (2) Coming to recognize and experience God’s presence is learned behavior; I can cultivate it. (3) My task is to meet God in this moment. (4) I’m always tempted to live “outside” this moment. When I do that, I lose my sense of God’s presence. (5) Sometimes God seems far away for reasons I don’t understand. Those moments, too, are opportunities to learn. (6) Whenever I fail, I can always start again right away. (7) No one knows the full extent to which a human being can experience God’s presence. (8) My desire for God ebbs and flows, but His desire for me is constant. (9) Every thought carries a “spiritual charge” that moves me a little closer to or a little further from God. (10) Every aspect of my life, work, relationships, hobbies, errands—is of interest to God. (11) My path to experiencing God’s presence will not look quite like someone else’s. (12) Straining and trying too hard do not help. So, the word for you today is—God is working in you, with you, and through you! ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:43:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 29 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:01 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668875 https://iono.fm/e/1668875 Try fasting
God gave His people the following reasons for fasting: “To loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke” (v. 6 NKJV). Fasting is one of the best ways to break the power of the flesh. If you can say no to food, you can say no to just about anything. No matter what addiction you struggle with, fasting is the way to break the yoke of bondage. No matter what cause you care about, fasting invites the favour of God. When you abstain from food to seek God, it shows Him you’re serious. And He takes you seriously if the cause honours Him. Some spiritual breakthroughs are possible only with the combination of prayer and fasting. When you fast and pray, the synergy is more than the sum of its parts. If you feel like your dream is in a holding pattern, try fasting. If your marriage is in trouble and you need things to turn around, try fasting. If your heart is breaking for your kids, try fasting. If you need a breakthrough, try fasting. If you need to make a big decision, try fasting. Fasting breaks strongholds and yields breakthroughs. It’s the way we declare to God that we need Him and want Him more than food itself. It takes tremendous discipline to give up food, but doing so cultivates discipline in other areas of our lives. The best way to kill sinful desires is by starving them to death. That’s precisely what fasting does. It doesn’t just weaken your physical body; it also weakens your sinful flesh and simultaneously strengthens your spirit. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:42:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 28 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:54 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668876 https://iono.fm/e/1668876 God werk in jou, met jou en deur jou
Net voor Hy in hegtenis geneem en na die kruis geneem is, het Jesus gebid: ‘Ek het u Naam aan hulle bekend gemaak, en Ek sal dit verder bekend maak, sodat die liefde wat U aan My bewys het, in hulle kan wees en Ek ook in hulle.’ Wanneer dit by die erkenning van en reaksie op God se teenwoordigheid in ons lewens kom, sê die Christelike skrywer John Ortberg dat hy volgens hierdie twaalf waarhede leef: 1) God is altyd teenwoordig en aktief in my lewe, of ek Hom nou sien of nie. 2) Om God se teenwoordigheid te herken en te ervaar, is aangeleerde gedrag; ek kan dit kweek. 3) My werk is om God in hierdie oomblik te ontmoet. 4) Ek is altyd in die versoeking om ‘buite’ hierdie oomblik te leef. Wanneer ek dit doen, verloor ek my aanvoeling van God se teenwoordigheid. 5) Soms lyk God ver weg om redes wat ek nie verstaan nie. Daardie oomblikke is ook geleenthede om te leer. 6) Wanneer ek misluk, kan ek altyd dadelik weer begin. 7) Niemand weet die volle mate waarin ‘n mens God se teenwoordigheid kan ervaar nie. 8) My begeerte na God eb en vloei, maar sy begeerte na my is konstant. 9) Elke gedagte dra ‘n ‘geestelike lading’ wat my ‘n bietjie nader aan of ‘n bietjie verder van God af beweeg. 10) Elke aspek van my lewe - werk, verhoudings, stokperdjies en bewegings - is vir God van belang. 11) My pad om God se teenwoordigheid te ervaar, sal nie presies soos iemand anders s’n lyk nie. 12) Dit help nie om te hard te probeer nie. Die woord vir jou vandag is dus - God werk in jou, met jou en deur jou! ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:42:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 29 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:16 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668874 https://iono.fm/e/1668874 Probeer om te vas
God het vir sy mense die volgende redes gegee om te vas: ‘...om dié wat onregverdig gevange gehou word, te bevry, om die juk wat op mense druk, af te haal, om verdruktes vry te maak, om elke juk te breek’ (vers 6 AFR83). Om te vas is een van die beste maniere om die mag van die vlees te breek. As jy vir kos kan nee sê, kan jy vir omtrent enigiets nee sê. Maak nie saak met watter verslawing jy sukkel nie, vas is die manier om die juk van slawerny te breek. Wanneer jy jouself van kos weerhou om God te soek, wys dit vir Hom dat jy ernstig is. Hy neem jou ook ernstig op as die saak Hom eer. Sommige geestelike deurbrake is slegs met die kombinasie van gebed en vas moontlik. Wanneer jy vas en bid, is die sinergie meer as die som van sy dele. As jy voel dat jou droom nie vorder nie, probeer om te vas. As jou huwelik in die moeilikheid is, probeer om te vas. As jou hart vir jou kinders breek, probeer om te vas. As jy ‘n deurbraak nodig het, probeer om te vas. As jy ‘n groot besluit moet neem, probeer om te vas. Wanneer jy vas, word vestings afgebreek en deurbrake gemaak. Dis die manier waarop ons aan God verklaar dat ons Hom nodig het en Hom meer as kos self nodig het. Dit verg geweldige dissipline om kos op te gee, maar om dit te doen, kweek dissipline in ander areas van ons lewe. Die beste manier om sondige begeertes dood te maak, is deur hulle uit te honger. Dis presies wat vas doen. Dit verswak nie net jou fisiese liggaam nie; dit verswak ook jou sondige vlees en versterk terselfdertyd jou gees. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:41:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 28 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:03 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668872 https://iono.fm/e/1668872 Christ can satisfy your soul
She lived in Samaria, had been married five times, and was now living with a man who was not her husband. Maybe gossipers wagged their tongues about her. How else would you explain her midday appearance at the well? Other women fill their buckets at sunrise, but this woman opted for noon, preferring the heat of the sun over the heat of their scorn. Were it not for the appearance of a stranger, her story would have been lost in the Samaritan sands. But He entered her life with a promise of living water that would quench the thirst of her soul. He wasn’t put off by her past. He told her: “‘Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.’ The woman said to Him, ‘Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst’…The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, ‘Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?’ Then they went out of the city and came to Him…And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, ‘He told me all that I ever did’” (John 4:13-15, 28-39 NKJV). No one else was willing to give her a chance, but Jesus gave her the chance of a lifetime. And what He did for her, He will do for you. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:35:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 27 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:46 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668870?v=2 https://iono.fm/e/1668870?v=2 Christus kan jou siel bevredig
Sy het in Samaria gewoon, was vyf keer getroud en het nou saam met ‘n man gewoon wat nie haar eggenoot was nie. Miskien het mense vreeslik oor haar geskinder. Hoekom anders sou sy op die hitte van die middag by die put gaan water haal het? Ander vroue het hul waterkruike met sonsopkoms gaan volmaak, maar hierdie vrou het die hitte van die son bo die hitte van hulle minagting verkies. As dit nie vir die verskyning van ‘n vreemdeling was nie, sou haar verhaal vir ewig verlore gegaan het. Hy het egter haar lewe binnegekom met ‘n belofte van lewende water wat die dors van haar siel sou les. Hy het vir haar gesê: ‘…Elkeen wat van hierdie water drink, sal weer dors word. Wie egter van die water drink wat Ek hom gee, sal nimmer as te nooit weer dors word. Die water wat Ek vir hom sal gee, sal ‘n fontein in hom word waarvan die water vir altyd sal bly opborrel.’ Die vrou sê toe vir Hom: ‘Meneer, gee my van hierdie water sodat ek nie weer dors word en hierheen hoef te kom om water te skep nie’… Die vrou het haar waterkruik net daar gelos, na die dorp toe gegaan en vir die mense gesê: ‘Kom kyk self – ‘n man het my alles vertel wat ek al gedoen het. Is hy nie die Messias nie?’… Uit daardie dorp het baie van die Samaritane in Jesus begin glo op grond van die vrou wat met oortuiging kom vertel het: ‘Hy het my alles vertel wat ek gedoen het’’ (Johannes 4:13-15, 28, 39 NLV). Niemand anders wou haar ‘n kans gee nie, maar Jesus het haar die kans van ‘n leeftyd gegee. Wat Hy vir haar gedoen het, sal Hy vir jou ook doen. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:34:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 27 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:54 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668867 https://iono.fm/e/1668867 The touch of His hand
In her book A Slow and Certain Light, Elisabeth Elliott wrote: “When I lived in the Forest of Ecuador, I usually traveled on foot…Trails often led through streams and rivers which we had to wade, but sometimes there was a log high above the water which we had to cross. I dreaded those logs and was always tempted to take the steep, hard way down into the ravine and up the other side. But the Indians would say, ‘Just walk across, senorita,’ and over they would go, light-footed and confident. I was barefoot as they were, but it was not enough. On the log, I couldn’t keep from looking down at the river below. I feared I would slip. I had never been any good at balancing myself…so my guide would stretch out a hand, and the touch of it was all I needed. I stopped worrying about slipping. I stopped looking down at the river or even the log and looked at the guide, who held my hand with only the slightest touch. When I reached the other side, I realized that if I had slipped, he would have held me. His being there, and his touch, were all I needed.” That’s all you need too: to experience God’s presence and feel His touch. Daniel wrote: “The one having the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me. And he said…‘Beloved, fear not! Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong!’ So when he spoke to me I was strengthened, and said, ‘Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me’” (vv. 18-19 NKJV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:33:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 26 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:55 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668864 https://iono.fm/e/1668864 Sy hand se aanraking
Elisabeth Elliott skryf in haar boek, A Slow and Certain Light, die volgende: ‘Toe ek in die woude van Ecuador gewoon het, het ek gewoonlik te voet gereis. Paadjies het dikwels deur strome en riviere gelei wat ons moes oorsteek, maar soms was daar ‘n primitiewe brug hoog bo die water wat ons moes oorsteek. Ek het daardie brûe gevrees. Die plaaslike inwoners sou egter sê: ‘Loop net oor, señorita,’ en sou die brug ligvoets en vol selfvertroue oorsteek. Ek was ook kaalvoet soos hulle, maar dit was nie genoeg nie. Op die brug kon ek nie ophou om na die rivier onder my te kyk nie. Ek was bang ek sou gly. My balans was nog nooit goed nie, dus sou my gids sy hand uitsteek om my te help. Hierdie aanraking was al wat ek nodig gehad het. Ek het myself ophou bekommer dat ek gaan gly. Ek het opgehou om afwaarts na die rivier te kyk en eerder na die gids gekyk, wat my hand met net die geringste aanraking vasgehou het. Wanneer ek die ander kant bereik het, het ek besef dat as ek gegly het, hy my sou vang. Sy teenwoordigheid en sy aanraking, was al wat ek nodig gehad het.’ Dis al wat jy ook nodig het: om God se teenwoordigheid te ervaar en sy aanraking te voel. Daniël het geskryf: ‘Die een wat soos ‘n mens lyk, het toe weer aan my geraak en my sterk gemaak. ‘Moenie bang wees nie,’ sê hy weer vir my. ‘God is lief vir jou. Wees rustig. Wees sterk.’ Terwyl hy met my gepraat het, het ek sterk geword. Ek het vir hom gesê: ‘Meneer kan maar nou met my praat. Ek is sterk genoeg’’ (verse 18-19 NLV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:32:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 26 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:47 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668863 https://iono.fm/e/1668863 Overcoming workaholism
One of Satan’s tactics is to take us from one extreme to the other—from laziness to workaholism. Understanding the difference between being a hard worker versus a workaholic is key. Hard workers have the wisdom to set limits on how much they will do in the course of a day. In her book 30 Days to a Stronger, More Confident You, Deborah Smith Pegues wrote: “I was in denial about my propensity toward workaholism until I realized that I had too many of the telltale symptoms: I worked late the majority of the time. Most of my conversations revolved around the issues at the office. I rarely took lunch breaks. I was always multitasking; I rarely performed any task single-mindedly. If I talked on the phone, I would also use the time to tidy the house. If I watched television, I also organized papers, and on and on it went. When I tried relaxing, I would think of all the things I should be doing. My to-do list had more items on it than I could possibly achieve during a single day. I was a slave to my overcommitted calendar; I left little or no downtime. Everybody seemed to move too slowly. I was always rushing to the next appointment. I looked forward to the accolades I received for performing well. I found little time to nurture my friendships…Today, I try to engage only in those activities I feel are part of God’s plan for my life.” What great advice! Jesus said to His hard-working disciples: “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Is the Lord saying the same thing to you? ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:31:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 25 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:46 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668861 https://iono.fm/e/1668861 Oorkom werksverslawing
Een van Satan se taktieke is om ons van die een uiterste na die ander te neem - van luiheid na werksverslaafdheid. Dis belangrik om die verskil tussen ‘n harde werker en ‘n werksverslaafde te verstaan. Harde werkers het die wysheid om perke te stel aan hoeveel hulle gedurende ‘n dag kan doen. In haar boek, 30 Days to a Stronger, More Confident You, skryf Deborah Smith Pegues: ‘Ek was in ontkenning oor my werksverslawing totdat ek besef het dat ek heelwat van die kenmerkende simptome het: Ek het die meeste van die tyd laat gewerk. Die meeste van my gesprekke het om die probleme by die kantoor gedraai. Ek het selde middagete geneem. Ek was altyd besig om veelvuldige take te verrig; ek het selde enige taak doelgerig uitgevoer. As ek oor die telefoon gepraat het, het ek ook die tyd gebruik om die huis op te ruim. As ek televisie gekyk het, het ek ook papiere georganiseer, en so aan en so meer. Wanneer ek probeer ontspan het, het ek gedink aan al die dinge wat ek eintlik moes doen. My doenlysie het meer items daarop gehad as wat ek moontlik gedurende ‘n enkele dag kon bereik. Ek was ‘n slaaf van my oortrokke kalender; ek het min of geen tyd vir ontspanning gehad nie. Ander mense het te stadig beweeg. Ek het altyd na die volgende afspraak gejaag. Ek het uitgesien na die toekennings wat ek vir goeie prestasie ontvang het. Vandag probeer ek slegs by die aktiwiteite wat ek voel deel van God se plan vir my lewe is, betrokke raak.’ Dis wonderlike raad! Jesus het vir sy hardwerkende dissipels gesê: ‘…Kom julle nou self eenkant toe na ‘n stil plek en skep ‘n bietjie asem.’ Sê die Here dieselfde vir jou? ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:30:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 25 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:55 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668860 https://iono.fm/e/1668860 God is “at work in you”
God is at work “in you.” What is He working on? Your “will.” What does He want you to do? “Act according to His good purpose.” How does He accomplish this? Through your mind: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5 NKJV). God can speak to you audibly, through circumstances, or through another person. But because God can give you His thoughts or guide your thoughts, your mind is the meeting room where He will most often communicate with you. That’s why Satan will try to place evil thoughts in your mind. If he cannot succeed, he will try to fill your mind with fear and worry. If that doesn’t work, he’ll settle for having you watch hours of “worthless things” on television or the Internet. The Psalmist prayed: “Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things” (Psalm 119:37 NKJV). In order to hear from God and recognize what He’s saying to you, you must make your mind a protected environment. And one more thing: Your desire to hear from God must take precedence over every other desire you have. Social reformer Dorothy Day, who did much work on behalf of the poor in the twentieth century, spoke of what she called her “notions”—ideas that had the unmistakable stamp of God’s authorship in her mind. George Fox and the Quaker tradition called them “concerns.” Others speak of “promptings” or “leadings.” The good news is if you truly want to hear from God, and you’re willing to prioritize your life accordingly, He’ll speak to you. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:29:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 24 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:02 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668859 https://iono.fm/e/1668859 God werk in jou
God werk in jou. Waaraan werk Hy? Jou wil. Wat wil Hy hê moet jy doen? Om na sy welbehae te werk. Hoe doen Hy dit? Deur jou gedagtes: ‘Julle gesindheid moet soos Jesus Christus s’n wees’ (Filippense 2:5 NLV). God kan hoorbaar deur omstandighede of deur ‘n ander persoon met jou praat. Omdat God egter vir jou sy gedagtes kan gee of jou gedagtes kan lei, is jou gedagtes die vergaderkamer waar Hy meestal met jou sal kommunikeer. Daarom sal Satan probeer om bose idees in jou gedagtes te plaas. As hy nie daarin slaag nie, sal hy probeer om jou gedagtes met vrees en bekommernis te vul. As dit ook nie werk nie, sal hy tevrede daarmee wees om jou ure lank na ‘waardelose dinge’ op televisie of die internet te laat kyk. Die Psalmdigter het gebid: ‘Weerhou my van waardelose dinge…’ (Psalm 119:37 NLV). Om van God te kan hoor en te verstaan wat Hy vir jou sê, moet jy jou gedagtes ‘n beskermde omgewing maak. Jou begeerte om van God te hoor moet voorrang bo elke ander begeerte wat jy het, geniet. Die sosiale hervormer Dorothy Day, wat baie werk namens die armes in die twintigste eeu gedoen het, het gepraat van wat sy haar ‘nosies’ genoem het - idees wat die onmiskenbare stempel van God se outeurskap in haar gedagtes gehad het. George Fox en die Kwaker-tradisie het dit ‘besorgdhede’ genoem. Ander praat van ‘aansporings’ of ‘leidings.’ Die goeie nuus is dat indien jy werklik van God wil hoor en jy bereid is om jou lewe dienooreenkomstig te prioritiseer, sal Hy met jou praat. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:28:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 24 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:57 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668858 https://iono.fm/e/1668858 He’s the God of new beginnings
Our God is the God of new beginnings! The Bible says: “Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.” It is never too late for a new beginning. And what’s even more remarkable is that God uses people like us to help others find a new beginning. The Bible contains many accounts of men and women who got a second chance and, by God’s grace, used it well. Like Peter, who denied Jesus but went on to become a leader in the New Testament church. Or David, who committed adultery and murder, yet his psalms are a major part of one of the most quoted books in the Bible. And what about Jonah? He got a do-over! “The word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time” (Jonah 3:1 NKJV). Sin can wreck hearts, homes, plans, and people. But the good news of the gospel is that sin can never keep God from loving or reaching for us. And we should never stop loving and reaching for others. “If a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness” (Galatians 6:1 NKJV). The Greek word for restore is a medical term that means “to set a broken bone.” When a doctor resets a broken bone, he realigns it and then puts it in a cast for about six weeks. During that time, God does the actual healing. Your job is to find broken people who need a second chance and help to restore them. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:27:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 23 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:44 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668857 https://iono.fm/e/1668857 Hy is die God van nuwe begin
Ons God is die God van nuwe begin! Die Bybel sê: ‘weet dan dat hy wat ‘n sondaar op sy dwaalweg laat terugdraai, hom uit die dood red en maak dat ‘n klomp sondes bedek word.’ Dit is nooit te laat vir ‘n nuwe begin nie. Wat egter nog merkwaardiger is, is dat God mense soos ons gebruik om ander te help om ‘n nuwe begin te vind. Die Bybel bevat baie verhale van mense wat ‘n tweede kans gekry het en deur God se genade hierdie kans goed benut het. Soos Petrus, wat Jesus verloën het, maar ‘n leier in die Nuwe Testamentiese kerk geword het. Of Dawid, wat egbreuk en moord gepleeg het, maar psalms geskryf het wat vandag nog wêreldwyd aangehaal word. Wat van Jona? Hy het ‘n tweede kans gekry! ‘Die Here het ‘n tweede keer met Jona gepraat’ (Jona 3:1 NLV). Sonde kan harte, huise, planne en mense verwoes. Die goeie nuus van die evangelie is egter dat sonde God nooit kan keer om ons lief te hê of na ons uit te reik nie. Ons moet ook nooit ophou om ander mense lief te hê en na hulle uit te reik nie. ‘…wanneer iemand iets doen wat verkeerd is, moet julle wat deur die Gees gelei word, daardie persoon nederig reghelp…’ (Galasiërs 6:1 NLV). Die Griekse woord vir vernuwe is ‘n mediese term wat beteken ‘om ‘n gebreekte been te genees.’ Wanneer ‘n dokter ‘n gebreekte been behandel, herstel hy die breuk en sit ‘n gipsverband aan wat vir ongeveer ses weke moet aanbly. Gedurende daardie tyd doen God die werklike genesing. Jou werk is om gebroke mense te vind wat ‘n tweede kans benodig en hulle help om te genees. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:26:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 23 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:01 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668856 https://iono.fm/e/1668856 Know who you are
Who are you? It seems like a simple question but is often one of the most challenging to answer. To know who you are and what you stand for, to be aware of how you’re perceived by others and how you present yourself to the world, is one of the most important aspects of a well-lived life. This could be called your “personal brand.” Your brand consists of attributes that are present for every encounter you have with work colleagues, family, or friends. You could call them “deliverables,” virtues you bring to all your social and business interactions. You may take your deliverables for granted but consider writing down your own personal mission statement. What is your purpose? What are you about? What is your vision? Does your life truly reflect what’s important to you and how you want others to see you? So often, we live our lives based on what those around us think we should be or do. We follow the path we’ve seen others take, or we pursue what the media defines as success. Eventually, and sometimes surprisingly, we may find ourselves frustrated, angry, and disappointed in life. Have you ever heard business professionals lament about climbing to the top of the corporate ladder, only to find that it was leaning against the wrong building? They were so busy keeping up with what they thought they were supposed to be doing that they never stopped to ask themselves what they actually wanted to do. Be like Paul: Know who you are, honour your personal brand, and say, “By the grace of God, I am what I am.” ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:25:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 22 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:46 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668854 https://iono.fm/e/1668854 You have full forgiveness
How many times must the apostle Paul, who was once known as Saul the persecutor of Christians, have had flashbacks to Stephen’s stoning? Or the countless other Christians he hunted down like animals? Paul was an eyewitness, which means those snapshots were sealed into his visual cortex. When he closed his eyes, those images could have haunted him for the rest of his life. By today’s standards, Saul was a terrorist—but he had an encounter with Christ that blinded him. He regained his physical sight after three days, but the grace of God enabled him to turn a blind eye to his forgiven sin forever. If God turns a blind eye to confessed sin, shouldn’t we? That doesn’t mean we deny our sin or ignore it. If you underestimate your sinfulness, you depreciate the grace of God. Paul called himself the chief of sinners (see 1 Timothy 1:15). Perhaps that’s why he appreciated the grace of God so much. The reason many of us label others by their sin is because it makes us feel better about ourselves. We think: “I may not be perfect, but at least I haven’t done that!” But Paul was explicit: “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23 KJV). God doesn’t grade your sins like the legal system, as misdemeanors and felonies. No, you are either in sin or in Christ. You’re either guilty or you are fully forgiven. Not only have your sins—past, present, and future—been atoned for, but at the point of believing faith, God forgave you and credited your account with the righteousness of Christ. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:24:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 21 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:49 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668855 https://iono.fm/e/1668855 Weet wie jy is
Wie is jy? Dit klink soos ‘n eenvoudige vraag, maar dis dikwels een van die uitdagendste vrae om te antwoord. Om te weet wie jy is en waarvoor jy staan, om bewus te wees van hoe jy deur ander beskou word en hoe jy jouself aan die wêreld voordoen, is een van die belangrikste aspekte van ‘n vervulde lewe. Dit kan jou ‘persoonlike handelsmerk’ genoem word. Jou handelsmerk bestaan uit eienskappe wat by elke ontmoeting wat jy met werkskollegas, familie of vriende het, teenwoordig is. Dit is eienskappe wat jy na al jou sosiale en sake-interaksies bring. Jy mag dalk jou eienskappe as vanselfsprekend aanvaar, maar oorweeg dit om jou eie persoonlike missieverklaring neer te skryf. Wat is jou doel? Waarvoor staan jy? Wat is jou visie? Weerspieël jou lewe werklik dit wat vir jou belangrik is en hoe jy wil hê ander mense jou moet sien? So dikwels leef ons ons lewens volgens dit wat diegene rondom ons dink ons moet wees of doen. Ons volg die pad wat ons ander sien loop, of ons streef na wat die media as sukses definieer. Uiteindelik, en soms verrassend, vind ons onsself waar ons gefrustreerd, kwaad en teleurgesteld deur die lewe beweeg. Sommige sakelui kla dat hulle die bopunt van die korporatiewe leer bereik het, net om uit te vind dat die leer teen die verkeerde gebou leun. Hulle was so besig om tred te hou met wat hulle gedink het hulle veronderstel is om te doen, dat hulle nooit hulself af gevra het wat hulle eintlik wil doen nie. Wees soos Paulus: Weet wie jy is, eer jou persoonlike handelsmerk en sê: ‘Deur die genade van God is ek wie ek is.’ ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:24:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 22 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:53 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668852 https://iono.fm/e/1668852 “Overnight success” usually takes many years
Country-music star Randy Travis and his manager, Lib, remember the lean days of his career—all 3,650 of them. For ten years, Lib did whatever it took to keep her club open long enough for somebody to discover Travis’s talent. For his part, Randy sang his heart out. And when he wasn’t singing, he was frying catfish and washing dishes in the kitchen. Then it happened. His break came, and everything seemed to click for him. He had a hit called “On the Other Hand,” an album contract, a tour offer, and a movie deal. He was hot! Suddenly, everyone seemed to be calling him an overnight success. But Randy recalls it differently: “We were turned down more than once by every record label in Nashville. But I’m the kind of one to believe that if you work at something long enough, and keep believing, sooner or later it will happen.” Randy Travis went on to become an American music legend, winning three Grammies and seven Dove Awards and being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. But it didn’t come easily or happen overnight. It happened because he worked hard, remained faithful through the tough times, and trusted God to come through for him. Jesus said: “Whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” And here’s something you need to keep in mind: It will happen in God’s time, and on His schedule. Your part is to keep walking by faith and trusting Him to bring it to pass. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:22:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 20 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:49 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668853 https://iono.fm/e/1668853 Jy is ten volle vergewe
Hoeveel keer het die apostel Paulus, wat eens as Saulus, die vervolger van Christene bekend was, terugflitse van Stefanus se steniging gehad? Of die tallose ander Christene wat hy soos diere gejag het? Paulus was ‘n ooggetuie van hierdie gebeure, wat beteken dat daardie beelde in sy visuele korteks vasgevang was. Wanneer hy sy oë toegemaak het, kon daardie beelde vir die res van sy lewe by hom gespook het. Volgens vandag se standaarde was Saulus ‘n terroris - maar hy het egter ‘n ontmoeting met Christus gehad wat hom verblind het. Hy het sy fisiese sig na drie dae herwin, maar die genade van God het hom in staat gestel om vir ewig ‘n blinde oog vir sy vergeefde sonde te draai. As God ‘n blinde oog vir belyde sonde draai, moet ons dit nie ook doen nie? Dit beteken nie dat ons ons sonde ontken of dit ignoreer nie. Paulus het homself die ergste sondaar genoem (sien 1 Timoteus 1:15). Miskien is dit hoekom hy die genade van God so waardeer het. Die rede waarom baie van ons ander mense volgens hul sonde etiketteer, is omdat dit ons beter oor onsself laat voel. Ons dink: ‘Ek is dalk nie perfek nie, maar ek het dít ten minste nie gedoen nie!’ Paulus was egter ferm: ‘Ons het immers almal gesondig. Ons almal het God beroof van die eer wat Hom toekom’ (Romeine 3:23 NLV). God kategoriseer nie jou sondes soos die regstelsel as oortredings of misdade nie. Nee, jy is óf in sonde, óf in Christus. Jy is óf skuldig, óf jy is ten volle vergewe. Nie net is jou sondes - verlede, hede en toekoms - versoen nie, maar deur jou geloof het God jou vergewe en jou rekening met die geregtigheid van Christus uitgewis. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:22:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 21 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:10 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668851 https://iono.fm/e/1668851 ‘Oornagsukses’ neem gewoonlik baie jare
Die country-musiekster Randy Travis en sy bestuurder, Lib, onthou die maer dae van sy loopbaan - al 3 650 van hulle. Vir tien jaar lank het Lib alles moontlik gedoen om haar klub lank genoeg oop te hou sodat iemand Travis se talent kon ontdek. Randy het sy hart uitgesing. Wanneer hy nie besig was om te sing nie, het hy kos vir die klante gemaak en skottelgoed in die kombuis gewas. Toe gebeur dit. Sy deurbraak het gekom en skielik het alles begin sin maak. Hy het ‘n treffer genaamd ‘On the Other Hand’ gehad en ‘n album kontrak, ‘n toer aanbod en ‘n fliekkontrak losgeslaan. Hy was witwarm! Skielik het almal hom ‘n oornagsukses genoem. Randy onthou dit egter anders: ‘Ons is meer as een keer deur elke platemaatskappy in Nashville afgekeur. Ek is egter die soort persoon wat glo dat as jy lank genoeg aan iets werk en aanhou glo, dit vroeër of later sal gebeur.’ Randy Travis het ‘n Amerikaanse musieklegende geword, drie Grammies en sewe Dove-toekennings gewen en is in die Country Music Hall of Fame opgeneem. Dit het egter nie maklik gekom of oornag gebeur nie. Dit het gebeur omdat hy hard gewerk het, getrou deur die moeilike tye gebly het en God vir sy sukses vertrou het. Jesus het gesê: ‘…alles wat julle in die gebed vra, sal julle ontvang, mits julle God daarmee vertrou.’ Jy moet egter die volgende in gedagte hou: Dit sal op God se tyd en volgens sy skedule gebeur. Jou taak is om deur geloof te bly wandel en Hom te vertrou om dit te laat gebeur. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:21:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 20 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:55 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668850 https://iono.fm/e/1668850 Are you washing your nets?
Why would fishermen wash nets that hadn’t been used? The answer is they were quitting because of an overnight problem. “We have fished all night and caught nothing” (see v. 5). Their expectations had been destroyed. They believed that the way things were was the way they’d be. They were beaten! That’s when Jesus showed up. He came to where they were; He walked right into the middle of their disappointment with a solution. First, He asked them for their boat and used it to preach to the crowd and heal the multitudes. Child of God, turn everything over to Him—all you have, all you are, and all you’ll ever be—and let Him use you for His highest purposes. Next, He gave them a word that only faith could receive: “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a draught” (Luke 5:4 KJV). Can you see now why He has to wait until you’ve done everything you know to do? Only then are you ready to listen; even though His Word doesn’t seem to make sense, you’re ready to obey without question. Are you discouraged today? Is it your ministry, your marriage, your job, or your health? You may be washing your nets, but it’s not over. Who told you God wasn’t going to bless you again? Who told you He wasn’t going to bring victory out of your ashes? It’s not over until He says it’s over. If He can fill empty nets for those discouraged disciples, then you don’t have a problem He can’t take care of. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:18:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 19 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:48 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668847 https://iono.fm/e/1668847 Was jy jou nette?
Waarom sou vissermanne hulle nette, wat nie gebruik is nie, was? Hulle het tou opgegooi omdat hulle oornag niks daarmee uitgerig het nie. ‘…Ons het die hele nag hard gewerk en het niks gevang nie…’ (vers 5 NLV). Hulle was verslae! Jesus het egter toe opgedaag. Hy het gekom tot waar hulle was; Hy het reg in die middel van hul teleurstelling met ‘n oplossing ingestap. Eers het Hy vir hulle gevra om hulle boot te gebruik om vir die skare te preek en die menigtes te genees. Kind van God, gee alles aan Hom oor - alles wat jy het, alles wat jy is en alles wat jy ooit sal wees - en laat Hom toe om jou vir sy hoogste doeleindes te gebruik. Daarna het Hy vir hulle ‘n woord gegee wat slegs deur geloof ontvang kon word: ‘…Vaar nou dieper in en gooi jou nette uit, en jy sal baie vis vang’ (Lukas 5:4 NLV). Verstaan jy nou hoekom Hy wag tot jy alles gedoen het waaraan jy kan dink? Slegs dan is jy gereed om te luister. Al lyk dit of sy Woord nie sin maak nie, is jy dan gereed om dit sonder vrae te gehoorsaam. Is jy vandag mismoedig? Is dit jou bediening, jou huwelik, jou werk of jou gesondheid wat jou moedeloos maak? Jy is dalk besig om jou nette te was, maar dis nie verby nie. Wie het vir jou gesê God gaan jou nie weer seën nie? Wie het vir jou gesê Hy gaan nie oorwinning uit jou wanhoop voortbring nie? Dis nie verby totdat Hy sê dis verby nie. As Hy die leë nette van daardie mismoedige dissipels kon vul, dan is daar nie ‘n probleem van jou wat Hy nie kan oplos nie. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:17:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 19 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:49 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668846 https://iono.fm/e/1668846 The worst failure…is failure to try
It’s impossible to live successfully without taking risks. Leo Buscaglia wrote: “To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement…To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk being called naïve. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair, and to try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing…Only the person who risks is truly free.” Franklin Roosevelt spent much of his life battling illness and was confined to a wheelchair. Yet he became one of America’s greatest presidents. He said: “It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” In The Pursuit of Excellence, Ted W. Engstrom gives this advice about the importance of trying: “Starting today, you can begin to enjoy using and developing your gifts…If you’ve always wanted to write, then write something, a short article, a poem, an account of your vacation. Write it as if you were going to be published; then submit it somewhere. If you’re a photographer, gather your best pictures together and submit them as entries in a contest. If you think you’re a fair tennis player or golfer, enter some tournaments and see how you do. You may not win the top prize but think how much you’ll learn and experience just by trying. The worst failure…is failure to try!” ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:16:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 18 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:48 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668845 https://iono.fm/e/1668845 Die grootste mislukking is om nie te probeer nie
Dit is onmoontlik om suksesvol te leef sonder om risiko's te neem. Leo Buscaglia het geskryf: ‘Om te lag is om die risiko te loop om dwaas voor te kom. Om te huil is om die risiko te loop om sentimenteel voor te kom. Om lief te hê is om die risiko te loop om nie liefde terug te ontvang nie. Om te lewe is om die risiko te loop om te sterf. Om te hoop is om die risiko te loop om wanhoop te ervaar en om te probeer is om die risiko te neem om te misluk. Risiko's moet egter geneem word, want die grootste gevaar in die lewe is om niks te waag nie. Slegs die persoon wat waag, is werklik vry.’ Franklin Roosevelt het ‘n groot deel van sy lewe teen siekte geveg en was aan ‘n rolstoel gekluister. Hy het gesê: ‘Dit is gesonde verstand om ‘n manier te kry en dit uit te probeer. As dit misluk, erken dit openlik en probeer ‘n ander manier. Maar bowenal, probeer net.’ In sy boek, The Pursuit of Excellence, gee Ted W. Engstrom hierdie raad oor die belangrikheid om te probeer: ‘Vanaf vandag kan jy begin om jou gawes te geniet, te gebruik en te ontwikkel. As jy nog altyd wou skryf, skryf dan iets – ‘n kort artikel, ‘n gedig, ‘n verslag van jou vakansie. Skryf dit asof dit gepubliseer gaan word. As jy ‘n fotograaf is, maak jou beste foto’s bymekaar en skryf vir ‘n kompetisie in. As jy dink dat jy ’n goeie tennisspeler is, neem dan aan ‘n paar toernooie deel en kyk hoe jy vaar. Jy wen dalk nie die prys nie, maar dink net hoeveel jy sal leer en ervaar deur net te probeer. Die grootste mislukking is om nie te probeer nie!’ ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 18 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:07 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668842 https://iono.fm/e/1668842 The way up, is down
God will not tolerate pride from anyone. If self-exalted ones refuse to humble themselves, they leave God no other choice than to do it for them. One day, pride got the better of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon: “As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor” (Daniel 4:30 NLT). That was raw, unvarnished, arrogant pride. A year earlier, Daniel had told the king through the interpretation of his dream that he should change his ways. But he had ignored Daniel’s warning. Now God said enough was enough and interrupted his proud moment: “While these words were still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, ‘O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer the ruler of this kingdom’” (Daniel 4:31 NLT). During the next seven years, Nebuchadnezzar lost his sanity and was reduced to the status of an animal in the forests. That’s how low pride brought him! Someone once said, “A man wrapped up in himself makes a pretty small package.” Only when Nebuchadnezzar humbled himself did God have mercy on him and give him back his sanity and his reign. That’s when he declared God’s sovereignty over all kings and kingdoms: “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honour the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud” (Daniel 4:37 NLT). So be humble! ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:13:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 17 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:56 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668841 https://iono.fm/e/1668841 Die pad boontoe, is afwaarts
God sal nie trots van enigiemand duld nie. As selfverhewe mense weier om hulself te verootmoedig, laat hulle God geen ander keuse as om dit vir hulle te doen nie. Eendag het trots die oorhand oor Nebukadnesar, die koning van Babel, gekry: ‘…hy [het] op die dak van sy koninklike paleis in Babel rondgeloop. Hy spog toe by homself: ‘Ek het hierdie grote Babel met my eie mag as my koninklike tuiste opgebou om ‘n teken te wees van my grootheid’’ (Daniël 4:30 NLV). Dit was rou, onverbloemde, arrogante trots. ‘n Jaar tevore het Daniël die koning se droom vir hom uitgelê en gesê dat hy sy weë moet verander. Die koning het egter Daniël se waarskuwing geïgnoreer. God het op daardie oomblik gesê genoeg is genoeg en sy trotse oomblik onderbreek: ‘Terwyl die koning nog besig was om so te praat, het ‘n stem van bo uit die lug gekom: ‘Koning Nebukadnesar, hier is ‘n aankondiging vir jou: Jou koningskap word van jou af weggevat!’’ (Daniël 4:31 NLV). Gedurende die volgende sewe jaar het Nebukadnesar sy verstand verloor en is hy tot die status van ‘n dier in die bos gereduseer. Dit is hoe laag trots hom laat val het! Iemand het eenkeer gesê: ‘’n Man wat te ingenome met homself is, is maar vervelige geselskap.’ Eers toe Nebukadnesar homself verootmoedig het, het God hom genade bewys en hom sy verstand en sy heerskappy teruggegee. Dit is toe dat hy God se soewereiniteit oor alle konings en koninkryke verklaar het: ‘As gevolg hiervan loof en verheerlik en vereer ek, Nebukadnesar, die Koning van die hemel. Alles wat Hy doen, is waar. Wat Hy doen is reg. Almal wat hoogmoedig is kan Hy verneder’ (Daniël 4:37 NLV). Wees dus nederig! ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:12:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 17 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:13 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668839 https://iono.fm/e/1668839 Live like you believe it! (2)
The Archbishop of Canterbury was acquainted with an actor named Mr. Butterton. One day he asked Butterton, “What is the reason you actors on stage can affect your congregations with the speaking of things imaginary, as if they were real, while we in church speak of things real, which our congregations only receive as if they were imaginary?” Butterton replied, “We actors on stage speak of things imaginary as if they were real, and you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary.” The world needs Christians who speak like they believe what God said in His Word is true, and who live accordingly. When Abraham was eighty, God promised him he would father a son. Twenty years later, it hadn’t happened, but Abraham was standing firmly on God’s Word: “He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform” (vv. 20-21 NKJV). William James, the first educator to offer a course in psychology, said, “If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.” He also said, “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” Saint Augustine said, “God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.” If you fully grasp the truth of this, it’ll set you free from fear because that’s what God’s perfect love does (see 1 John 4:18). God can’t love you any more or any less because He already loves you unconditionally, eternally. You just need to live like His beloved. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:11:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 16 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:54 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668838 https://iono.fm/e/1668838 Leef asof jy dit glo! (2)
Die Aartsbiskop van Canterbury het ‘n akteur genaamd mnr. Butterton geken. Eendag het hy vir Butterton gevra: ‘Hoe kry julle akteurs op die verhoog dit reg om julle gehore te beïnvloed deur van denkbeeldige dinge te praat asof dit werklik is, terwyl ons in die kerk van werklike dinge praat, wat ons gemeentes aanhoor asof dit denkbeeldig is?’ Butterton het geantwoord: ‘Want ons akteurs op die verhoog praat van denkbeeldige dinge asof dit waarlik werklik is en julle op die kansel praat van werklike dinge asof dit maar denkbeeldig is.’ Die wêreld het Christene nodig wat praat asof hulle glo dat dit wat God in sy Woord sê, waar is en wat daarvolgens leef. Toe Abraham tagtig jaar oud was, het God hom belowe dat hy ‘n seun sou verwek. Twintig jaar later het dit nog nie gebeur nie, maar Abraham het ferm op God se Woord gestaan: ‘Abraham het nie getwyfel aan God se belofte nie; inteendeel, sy geloof het sterker geword en so het hy die eer aan God gegee. Hy was absoluut daarvan oortuig dat God enigiets kon doen wat Hy beloof het’ (verse 20-21 NLV). William James het gesê: ‘As jy ‘n sekere karaktereienskap wil hê, moet jy optree asof jy dit reeds het.’ Hy het ook gesê: ‘Tree op asof dit wat jy doen ‘n verskil maak. Dit doen.’ Sint Augustinus het gesê: ‘God het elkeen van ons lief asof daar net een van ons is.’ As jy die waarheid hiervan ten volle begryp, sal dit jou van vrees bevry, want dit is wat God se perfekte liefde doen (sien 1 Johannes 4:18). God kan jou nie meer of minder liefhê nie, want Hy het jou reeds onvoorwaardelik en ewig lief. Jou werk is om soos sy geliefde te leef. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:10:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 16 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:05 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668837 https://iono.fm/e/1668837 Live Like you believe it! (1)
A fascinating experiment was conducted a half century ago. Three men tested their strength on a gripping machine, with an average measure of 101 pounds of pressure. Then the participants were hypnotized, and the experimenter told them, “You cannot grip because you are weak.” Under the power of suggestion, their average grip strength fell to 29 pounds of pressure. Then the experimenter said, “Now you can grip.” Their average grip increased to 145 pounds of pressure. Their strength was increased fivefold when they said, “I can,” versus when they said, “I can’t.” It helps to think of Scripture as a script. While the reality of your circumstances often feels as if you are off script, you’ve got to take your cues from God’s Word. You’ve got to live as if you are who God says you are, you have what God says you have, and you can do what God says you can do. If you believe the enemy’s lies, you’re in deep trouble. But if you believe God’s Word, it’ll get you and keep you out of trouble. When you’re lonely, don’t forget His promise, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5 NKJV). When you feel like you’ve lost your way, remember His words: “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps” (Proverbs 16:9 NKJV). When you’re battling illness, you can stand on His promise: “‘For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord” (Jeremiah 30:17 NKJV). The word for you today is—live as if you believe it! ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:05:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 15 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:50 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668832 https://iono.fm/e/1668832 Leef asof jy dit glo! (1)
‘n Halfeeu gelede is ‘n fassinerende eksperiment uitgevoer. Drie mans het hul krag op ‘n masjien getoets, met ‘n gemiddelde meting van 101 pond druk. Toe is die deelnemers gehipnotiseer en die navorser het vir hulle gesê: ‘Julle kan nie groot druk uitoefen nie, want julle is swak.’ Onder die krag van suggestie het hul gemiddelde krag tot 29 pond druk gedaal. Toe sê die navorser: ‘Nou het julle krag weer baie toegeneem.’ Hul gemiddelde krag het tot 145 pond druk toegeneem. Hul krag is vyfvoudig verhoog toe hulle gesê het: ‘Ek kan,’ teenoor toe hulle gesê het: ‘Ek kan nie.’ Dit help om aan die Skrif as ‘n padkaart te dink. Die werklikheid van jou omstandighede laat jou dikwels voel asof jy van die pad afwyk, maar dan moet jy vir leiding in God se Woord soek. Jy moet leef asof jy is wie God sê jy is, jy het wat God sê jy het en jy kan doen wat God sê jy kan doen. As jy die vyand se leuens glo, is jy diep in die moeilikheid. As jy egter God se Woord glo, sal dit jou uit die moeilikheid red en hou. Wanneer jy eensaam is, moenie sy belofte vergeet nie: ‘…Ek sal jou nie los nie. Ek sal jou nie in die steek laat nie’ (Hebreërs 13:5 NLV). Wanneer jy voel asof jy koers verloor het, onthou sy woorde: ‘’n Mens beplan sy koers, maar die Here bepaal sy bestemming’ (Spreuke 16:9 NLV). Wanneer jy teen siekte worstel, kan jy op sy belofte staan: ‘’Ek sal jou gesond maak en jou wonde genees,’ sê die Here…’ (Jeremia 30:17 NLV). Die woord vir jou vandag is - leef asof jy dit glo! ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:04:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 15 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:04 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668824 https://iono.fm/e/1668824 Will you hear Christ, or the crisis?
Jesus told His disciples: “Let us go over to the other side.” Next, we read: “A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat” (v. 37 NIV). The disciples turned to Jesus and found Him sound asleep! They screamed, “Don’t you care if we drown?” (v. 38 NIV). Jesus woke up, commanded the storm to shut up, and then said to the disciples, “Do you still have no faith?” (v. 40 NIV). What a stunning rebuke! The sea was raging; the water was churning. Why did Jesus scold them? Simple: they didn’t take Him at His Word. He said they were going to the other side. He didn’t say, “We are going to the middle of the lake to drown.” Jesus had declared the outcome. But when the storms came, the disciples heard the roar of the winds and forgot His Word. Storms are coming your way too. Winds will howl, your boat will be tossed, and you will have a choice: Will you hear Christ or the crisis? Will you heed the promises of Scripture or the noise of the storm? God told Joshua to “meditate in [Scripture] day and night” (see Jos 1:8). The word meditate means to “mutter” over what you’re reading. The image is one of a person reciting, rehearsing, and reconsidering God’s Word over and over. Paul says: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another” (Colossians 3:16 NKJV). Begin with a prayer: “God, please speak to my heart today as I read.” Then read with an open heart until the message hits you. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:01:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 14 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:59 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668822 https://iono.fm/e/1668822 Sal jy na Christus of na die krisis luister?
Jesus het vir sy dissipels gesê: ‘…Kom ons vaar oorkant toe.’ Volgende lees ons: ‘Daar het ‘n hewige stormwind opgekom. Groot golwe het teen die boot gebreek…’ (vers 37 NLV). Die dissipels het na Jesus gedraai en gesien dat Hy vas aan die slaap is! Hulle het geskree: ‘…Leermeester, skeel dit U niks dat ons besig is om te vergaan nie?’ (vers 38 NLV). Jesus het wakker geword, die storm beveel om te bedaar en toe vir sy dissipels gesê: ‘…Hoekom is julle so verskrik? Vertrou julle My nog steeds nie?’ (vers 40 NLV). Wat ‘n verstommende teregwysing! Waarom het Jesus hulle berispe? Eenvoudig: hulle het Hom nie op sy Woord geneem nie. Hy het gesê dat hulle na die oorkant toe gaan vaar. Hy het nie gesê: ‘Ons gaan in die middel van die see verdrink,’ nie. Jesus het reeds die uitkoms aangekondig. Toe die storms egter kom, het die dissipels die gebrul van die winde gehoor en sy Woord vergeet. Jy sal ook storms ondervind. Winde sal huil, jou boot sal rondgeslinger word en jy sal ‘n keuse hê: Sal jy na Christus of na die krisis luister? Sal jy ag op die beloftes van die Skrif of op die geraas van die storm slaan? God het vir Josua gesê om dag en nag oor die Skrif te mediteer (sien Josua 1:8). Die beeld is een van ‘n persoon wat God se Woord oor en oor opsê, oefen en oorweeg. Paulus sê: ‘Die boodskap van Christus moet in sy volle rykdom in julle bly. Leer en onderrig mekaar met alle wysheid…’ (Kolossense 3:16 AFR83). Begin met ‘n gebed: ‘O God, spreek asseblief vandag tot my hart terwyl ek u Woord lees.’ Lees dan die Skrif met ‘n oop gemoed, totdat die boodskap jou tref. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 14 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:54 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668820 https://iono.fm/e/1668820 The whole world must hear God’s Word
In 1993, a group called AD2000 United Prayer Track came up with an innovative idea. To help realize their goal of “a church for every people and the gospel for every person by AD2000,” they established a program called “Praying through the Window.” The “window” referred to an area on the globe from ten degrees to forty degrees north of the Equator, from North Africa and Southern Spain eastward to Japan and the northern Philippines. Almost three billion people live in this area, where the most prominent religions are Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism. For the entire month of October 1993, and again in 1995, millions of Christians prayed for the people in “the 10/40 window.” The goal was that new churches be established, and new missionaries sent to these areas. In 1993 alone, the number of churches in Albania grew from 50 to more than 300, and the number of Christian fellowship groups formed in India rose from an average of three to seventeen each day. If your world consists only of your loved ones, your job, and your church, ask God to open your eyes to the world beyond your world. Begin praying that He will move in those nations. “Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession” (Psalm 2:8 NKJV). You say, “Can we realistically believe that the world will turn to Christ?” Read this: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You” (Psalm 22:27 NKJV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:59:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 13 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:57 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668818 https://iono.fm/e/1668818 When you long for companionship
God recognized our need for companionship when He said, “‘It is not good for the man to be alone’…Then…God made a woman…and he brought her to the man” (vv. 18, 22 NIV). Most of us are social beings who are at our best around others. We garner energy and support from them. But there are those who feel a sense of shame over admitting their loneliness. They long for people to share their lives with but feel they must pretend they don’t need anyone. You should not feel shame for wanting love and social connection. Admitting your desire to be loved and taking a step toward involvement actually requires courage. Accepting that you are a person who needs to connect is healthy. But problems arise when your need for companionship controls you. When you compromise your values in order to be accepted, the results are always negative. Clinging to other people without understanding who they are or what they represent is unhealthy. And the ramifications can have not only lifelong effects but sometimes also life-threatening consequences. Wise decisions about relationships are never to be made with a mind ruled by fear of loneliness or desperation. If that’s where you are, being single is a better alternative right now. It need only be temporary. So do these three things: (1) Ask God to guide you: “God sets the lonely in families” (Psalm 68:6 NIV). (2) Live by the values you’d want your loved one to hold as well. (3) Start with what you have to give and share with others, rather than with your unmet needs. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:58:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 12 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:48 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668819 https://iono.fm/e/1668819 Die hele wêreld moet God se Woord aanhoor
In 1993 het ‘n groep genaamd AD2000 United Prayer Track met ‘n innoverende idee vorendag gekom. Om hul doelwit van ‘’n kerk vir elke volk en die evangelie vir elke persoon teen 2000 NC’ te help verwesenlik, het hulle ‘n program genaamd ‘Praying through the Window’ gestig. Die ‘venster’ het na ‘n gebied op die aardbol van tien grade tot veertig grade noord van die ewenaar, van Noord-Afrika en Suid-Spanje ooswaarts tot Japan en die noordelike Filippyne, verwys. Byna drie miljard mense woon in hierdie gebied, waar die prominentste godsdienste Boeddhisme, Islam en Hindoeïsme is. Vir die hele maand van Oktober 1993, en weer in 1995, het miljoene Christene vir die mense in ‘die 10/40-venster’ gebid. Die doel was dat nuwe kerke gestig en nuwe sendelinge na hierdie gebiede gestuur word. In 1993 alleen het die aantal kerke in Albanië van 50 tot meer as 300 gegroei en die aantal Christelike gemeenskapsgroepe wat in Indië gevorm is, het van ‘n gemiddeld van drie tot sewentien per dag gestyg. As jou wêreld slegs uit jou geliefdes, jou werk en jou kerk bestaan, vra God om jou oë vir die buitewêreld oop te maak. Bid dat Hy in daardie nasies sal beweeg. ‘Vra My, en Ek gee vir jou nasies as erfporsie, die einde van die aarde as jou besitting’ (Psalm 2:8 NLV). Jy vra: ‘Kan ons realisties glo dat die hele wêreld na Christus sal draai?’ Lees die volgende: ‘Die hele aarde sal die Here erken en na Hom toe terugkeer. Mense uit elke nasie sal Hom weer dien’ (Psalm 22:28 NLV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:58:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 13 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:07 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668817 https://iono.fm/e/1668817 Wanneer jy na geselskap verlang
God het ons behoefte na geselskap erken toe Hy gesê het: ‘…Dis nie goed dat die mens alleen is nie… die Here God [maak] ‘n vrou en bring haar na die mens toe’ (verse 18, 22 NLV). Die meeste van ons is sosiale wesens wat op ons beste funksioneer wanneer ons in ander mense se geselskap is. Ons kry energie en ondersteuning van hulle. Daar is egter mense wat skaam voel om te erken dat hulle eensaam is. Hulle smag na mense om hul lewens mee te deel, maar voel dat hulle moet voorgee dat hulle niemand nodig het nie. Jy moet nie skaam voel omdat jy liefde en sosiale konneksie wil hê nie. Dit verg moed om jou begeerte na geselskap te erken en ‘n stap te neem om betrokke by mense te raak. Probleme begin egter ontstaan wanneer jou behoefte aan geselskap jou begin beheer. Wanneer jy jou waardes in gevaar stel om aanvaar te word, is die gevolg altyd negatief. Om aan ander mense vas te klou sonder om te verstaan wie hulle is of wat hulle verteenwoordig, is ongesond. Wyse besluite oor verhoudings moet nooit met ‘n gemoed wat deur vrees vir eensaamheid of desperaatheid beheer word, geneem word nie. As dit is waar jy jouself vandag bevind, is dit beter om eerder vir nou enkellopend te wees. Dit hoef net tydelik te wees. Doen dus hierdie drie dinge: 1) Vra God om jou te lei: ‘God gee aan die eensame ‘n tuiste…’ (Psalm 68:7 NLV). 2) Leef volgens die waardes wat jy wil hê jou geliefde ook moet hê. 3) Moenie toelaat dat jou onvervulde behoeftes jou soeke na geselskap lei nie, maar eerder deur dit wat jy het om te gee en met ander te deel. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:57:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 12 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:00 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668815 https://iono.fm/e/1668815 Growing through life’s tests
James writes: ‘Be glad, even if you have a lot of trouble. You know that you learn to endure by having your faith tested. But you must learn to endure everything, so that you will be completely mature and not lacking in anything. If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given you…But when you ask…you must have faith…Anyone who doubts is like an ocean wave tossed around in a storm. If you are that kind of person, you can’t make up your mind, and you surely can’t be trusted. So don’t expect the Lord to give you anything at all’ (vv. 2-8). Note three things in this Scripture: 1) Your faith grows when it’s tested. You’ll never know the strength of your anchor until you feel the blast of the storm. 2) God will give you wisdom to handle the test. Now, He won’t answer all your ‘whys’. So instead of questioning Him, you need to pray, ‘Lord, how do You want to use this trial to develop me spiritually? How can I co-operate with You to reap the maximum benefit? What changes do You desire to bring about in my life?’ Those are questions God will answer. 3) You must be willing to obey. It’s possible to ask God for wisdom, then debate, stall, or mess around trying to decide whether or not to obey Him. ‘If you’re that kind of person…don’t expect the Lord to give you anything at all.’ When God gives you His wisdom, your first response should be: ‘Speak, for your servant is listening’ (1 Samuel 3:10 NIV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:56:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 11 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:55 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668814 https://iono.fm/e/1668814 Groei deur die lewe se toetse
Jakobus skryf: ‘…wanneer julle in allerhande beproewings beland, moet julle eintlik baie bly wees. Julle weet mos: Wanneer ‘n mens se geloof ‘n toets deurstaan, veroorsaak dit dat jy kan volhard… Dan sal julle julle lewensdoel bereik en geestelik gesond wees... Vra vir God as jy nie kan agterkom wat Hy wil hê jy moet doen nie… Maar, as ‘n mens bid, moet jy die vertroue hê dat God sal antwoord, want iemand wat twyfel, is soos ‘n brander in die see wat deur die wind aangejaag en heen en weer gedryf word. So iemand kan mos nie dink dat hy iets van die Here sal ontvang nie. Hy is iemand wat nie tot ’n besluit kan kom nie; op so iemand kan jy nie peil trek nie’ (verse 2-8 NLV). Let drie dinge in hierdie Skrifgedeelte op: 1) Jou geloof groei wanneer dit getoets word. Jy sal nooit die krag van jou anker ken totdat jy die krag van die storm voel nie. 2) God sal jou die wysheid gee om die toets te hanteer. Hy sal nie noodwendig al jou ‘hoekoms’ beantwoord nie. Jy moet dus eerder bid: ‘Here, hoe wil U hierdie toets gebruik om my geestelik te ontwikkel? Hoe kan ek met U saamwerk om die grootste voordeel hieruit te trek? Watter veranderinge wil U in my lewe teweegbring?’ 3) Jy moet gehoorsaam wees. Dit is moontlik om God vir wysheid te vra en dan daaroor te debatteer, te talm en tyd te mors terwyl jy probeer besluit of jy Hom moet gehoorsaam. ‘So iemand kan mos nie dink dat hy iets van die Here sal ontvang nie.’ Wanneer God jou sy wysheid gee, moet jou eerste reaksie wees: ‘…Ja, Here, u dienaar luister’ (1 Samuel 3:10 NLV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:55:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 11 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:01 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668810 https://iono.fm/e/1668810 You are an agent of reconciliation
Paul wrote: “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God” (vv. 17-20 NIV). Sometimes our first reaction to learning that a fellow believer has fallen is to rush to the phone and say, “Did you hear about?” Or point an accusing finger. Or distance ourselves from that person at the very time he or she needs our prayers, love, and support. The Bible says: “Above all things have fervent love for one another, for ‘love will cover a multitude of sins’” (1 Peter 4:8 NKJV). If the hurting cannot find mercy in the family of God, where are they going to find it? Rather than join those who point accusing fingers, we should be known as those who extend a helping hand. Jesus did that with Simon Peter: “Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren” (Luke 22:31-32 NKJV). Just as God has repeatedly extended His grace to you when you have fallen short of the mark, He is calling you to extend that same grace to others. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:54:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 10 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:52 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668809 https://iono.fm/e/1668809 Jy is ‘n agent van versoening
Paulus het geskryf: ‘Daarom – iemand wat één is met Christus, is ‘n nuwe skepping. Die ou dinge is verby, kyk, die nuwe is hier! Hierdie hele nuwe werklikheid kom van God af, wat ons deur Christus met Homself versoen en aan ons die bediening van die versoening gegee het. Die boodskap van versoening bestaan daarin dat God deur Christus die wêreld met Homself versoen het en nie die mense se oortredings teen hulle hou nie. Die boodskap van die versoening het Hy aan ons opgedra om te gaan verkondig. Ons tree op as ambassadeurs vir Christus terwyl God deur ons ‘n appèl aan julle rig. Ons smeek julle ter wille van Christus: Kom tot versoening met God!’ (verse 17-20 NLV). Soms is ons eerste reaksie wanneer ons hoor dat ‘n medegelowige geval het, om na die foon te hardloop en te sê: ‘Het jy daarvan gehoor?’ Of om ‘n beskuldigende vinger te wys. Of om onsself van daardie persoon te distansieer op die presiese tydstip wanneer hy of sy ons gebede, liefde en ondersteuning nodig het. Die Bybel sê: ‘Die belangrikste van alles is dat julle mekaar onselfsugtig moet liefhê… Sulke liefde maak baie sondes toe’ (1 Petrus 4:8 NLV). Eerder as om by diegene aan te sluit wat beskuldigende vingers wys, moet ons bekend staan as mense wat ‘n helpende hand uitsteek. Jesus het dit met Simon Petrus gedoen: ‘…die Satan het ernstig geëis om julle soos koring te kan sif, maar Ek het vir jou gebid dat jou geloof jou nie moet begewe nie. As jy weer tot inkeer gekom het, moet jy jou medegelowiges gaan ondersteun’ (Lukas 22:31-32 NLV). Net soos God herhaaldelik sy genade aan jou bewys wanneer jy te kort skiet, roep Hy jou om dieselfde genade aan ander te bewys. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:53:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 10 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:59 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668808 https://iono.fm/e/1668808 Just play your part
If you study famous musicians, you’ll often find that they learned their craft by playing in a band or orchestra. That’s because certain skills—learning to blend with other instruments, keeping tempo, learning to play louder or softer, following the conductor’s lead—can only be learned by playing with others. And what’s true of a band or orchestra is even truer of a community of believers. Jesus illustrated this in His famous parable of the talents (see Matthew 25:14-30). One man was given five talents and ended up with ten. Another man was given two talents and ended up with four. A third man was given one talent, and he buried it. In a sense, Jesus was talking about people playing their parts and how important that is to God’s kingdom. Not everyone plays the same instrument, and not everyone has the same part. Some instruments are louder than others, and some parts are bigger than others. It’s not how much you have that matters to Jesus; it’s what you do with what you have that matters to Him. There are no insignificant talents in God’s kingdom. Our talents may differ in amount, but they all come from the same source. All Christ wants you to do is play your part. He does not expect the same results, but He does expect the same effort. He never compares you with anyone else. He compares you only with you. He doesn’t look at what you have; He looks at what you do with what you have. So just play your part. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:52:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 9 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:40 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668807 https://iono.fm/e/1668807 Doen net jou deel
Wanneer jy bekende musikante bestudeer, sal jy dikwels vind dat hulle hul kuns aangeleer het deur in ‘n orkes te speel. Dit is omdat sekere vaardighede - om te leer om met ander instrumente saam te smelt, tempo te handhaaf, om harder of sagter te speel, die dirigent se leiding te volg - slegs aangeleer kan word deur saam met ander mense te speel. Wat waar is van ‘n orkes, is selfs meer waar van ‘n gemeenskap van gelowiges. Jesus het dit geïllustreer in sy bekende gelykenis van die talente (sien Matteus 25:14-30). Aan een man is vyf talente gegee en het uiteindelik tien gekry. Aan ‘n ander man is twee talente gegee en het uiteindelik vier gekry. Aan ‘n derde man is een talent gegee, wat hy gaan begrawe het. In ‘n sekere sin het Jesus oor mense wat hulle deel doen en hoe belangrik dit vir God se koninkryk is, gepraat. Nie almal speel dieselfde instrument nie en nie almal vertolk dieselfde rolle nie. Sommige instrumente is harder as ander en sommige rolle is groter as ander. Dit is nie hoeveel jy het wat vir Jesus saak maak nie; maar wat jy met dit wat jy het, doen. Daar is geen onbeduidende gawes in God se koninkryk nie. Ons gawes mag dalk in grootte verskil, maar kom almal van dieselfde bron af. Al wat Christus wil hê jy moet doen, is om jou deel te doen. Hy verwag nie dieselfde resultate nie, maar Hy verwag wel dieselfde inspanning. Hy vergelyk jou nooit met iemand anders nie. Hy vergelyk jou net met jouself. Hy kyk nie na wat jy het nie; Hy kyk na wat jy doen met dit wat jy het. Doen dus net jou deel. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:50:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 9 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:01 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668806 https://iono.fm/e/1668806 Today God is with you
When you face a crisis it’s easy to lose perspective. It happened to two of Christ’s disciples on the Emmaus Road. Discouraged about His death, they were ‘going over all these things that had happened. In the middle of their…questions, Jesus came up and walked along with them. But they were not able to recognise who he was’ (vv. 14-16 MSG). When you take your eyes off Jesus, you start to feel helpless about your situation. Dr Michael Youssef says: ‘Facing a major crisis, I tend to be the kind of person whose vision becomes blurred. My perceptions are shot. My contemplations are one-sided. I often shut out the very people who can deliver me, just like those two disciples…Their vision was blurred about the person who was walking with them and talking to them. The one whose death they were mourning was alive…but they didn’t realise it because their focus was on the wrong thing.’ But everything changed the minute they recognised Jesus. ‘Within the hour they were on their way back to Jerusalem. There…the two…told…how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along…and how they had recognised him as he was breaking the bread’ (vv. 33-35 NLT). Note the words ‘within the hour’. In an instant they went from fear to courage, pain to joy, and despair to hope. Paul wrote, ‘I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened’ (Ephesians 1:18 NIV). When you stop focusing on the problem and fix your eyes on Jesus, you get 20/20 vision and you’re filled with hope. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:49:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 8 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:02 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668802 https://iono.fm/e/1668802 God is vandag by jou
Wanneer jy ‘n krisis in die gesig staar, is dit maklik om perspektief te verloor. Dit het met twee van Christus se dissipels op die Emmauspad gebeur. Ontmoedig oor sy dood, was hulle ‘…ernstig aan die gesels oor die gebeure van die afgelope naweek. Terwyl hulle met swaar harte geloop en praat het, het Jesus by hulle aangesluit en saam met hulle verder gestap. Maar hulle het Hom nie herken nie’ (verse 14-16 DB). Wanneer jy jou oë van Jesus afhaal, begin jy hulpeloos oor jou situasie voel. Dr Michael Youssef sê: ‘Wanneer ek ‘n groot krisis in die gesig staar, is ek geneig om die soort persoon te wees wat se visie vaag word. My persepsies word verdraai. My argumente word eensydig. Ek sluit dikwels die einste mense wat my van die probleem kan verlos uit, net soos daardie twee dissipels gedoen het. Hul visie oor die persoon wat saam met hulle geloop en met hulle gepraat het, was vaag. Die een wie se dood hulle betreur het, was lewend, maar hulle het dit nie besef nie, want hulle het op die verkeerde dinge gefokus.’ Alles het egter verander die oomblik toe hulle Jesus herken het. ‘Hulle het daar en dan opgestaan en na Jerusalem toe teruggegaan… Toe vertel hulle wat op die pad gebeur het en hoe Hy aan hulle bekend geword het deur die breking van die brood’ (verse 33-35 NLV). In ‘n oomblik het hulle vrees in moed, hulle pyn in vreugde en hulle wanhoop in hoop verander. Paulus het geskryf: ‘Ek bid verder dat God julle geestelike oë sal oopmaak…’ (Efesiërs 1:18 DB). Wanneer jy ophou om op die probleem te fokus en jou oë op Jesus vestig, kry jy 20/20-visie en word jy met hoop vervul. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:46:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 8 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:46 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668801 https://iono.fm/e/1668801 Free from guilt and condemnation
Satan is called “the accuser of our brethren” because he tries to remind us of everything we’ve done wrong. Why? So that all our emotional energy is spent on the past, and we’ve nothing left over to dream God-sized dreams or fulfill our God-given assignment in life. The irony of his accusations is this: he leaves our unconfessed sins alone. Why wake a sleeping dog? He’d rather you don’t deal with unconfessed sin at all. His accusations pinpoint confessed sin—sins that have already been forgiven. That is why they are false accusations; the sins have already been acquitted. Now let’s stop and make a critical distinction. Condemnation is feeling guilty over confessed sin, whereas conviction is feeling guilty over unconfessed sin. Conviction is the way we get right with God and get on with our lives. So, learn to tune in the convicting voice of the Holy Spirit and tune out the condemning voice of the enemy. The Bible says: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9 NKJV). If we plead innocent, we’re guilty as charged. Even Jesus our advocate can’t come to our defense. But if we plead guilty as charged, we’re found innocent, and we come under God’s protective custody. Our record of wrong is completely expunged. And there is no double jeopardy—you cannot be tried twice for the same sin. Once confessed, your sins are forgiven once and for all. The sinless Son of God took the blame, took the hit, and took the fall for you (see 1 John 3:5). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:45:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 7 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:43 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668800 https://iono.fm/e/1668800 Vry van skuld en oordeel
Satan word ‘die aanklaer van ons medegelowiges’ genoem omdat hy probeer om ons aan alles wat ons verkeerd gedoen het, te herinner. Hoekom? Sodat al ons emosionele energie aan die verlede bestee word en ons niks oor het om groot drome mee te droom of ons Godgegewe lewensopdrag mee te vervul nie. Die ironie van sy beskuldigings is die volgende: Hy laat ons onbelyde sondes met rus. Hoekom slapende honde wakker maak? Hy wil jou nie aan jou onbelyde sonde herinner nie. Hy herinner jou aan sondes wat jy reeds bely het - sondes wat reeds vergewe is. Daarom is dit valse beskuldigings; die sondes is reeds vrygespreek. Ons moet egter ‘n kritiese onderskeid tref. Veroordeling is om skuldig oor belyde sonde te voel, terwyl oortuiging nodig is om oor onbelyde sonde skuldig te voel. Oortuiging is die manier waarop ons die saak met God regmaak en met ons lewe aangaan. Leer dus om op die oortuigende stem van die Heilige Gees te fokus en die veroordelende stem van die vyand te ignoreer. Die Bybel sê: ‘As ons egter ons sondes bely, Hy is betroubaar en regverdig om ons sondes te vergewe en ons skoon te maak van elke verkeerde optrede’ (1 Johannes 1:9 NLV). As ons onskuldig pleit en nie ons sondes bely nie, is ons skuldig aan dit waarvan ons aangekla word. As ons egter oor ons sondes skuldig pleit, word ons onskuldig bevind en God bewaar en beskerm ons. Ons rekord van sonde word heeltemal uitgewis. Jy kan ook nie twee keer vir dieselfde sonde verhoor word nie. Sodra jy dit bely het, word jou sonde eens en vir altyd vergewe. Die sondelose Seun van God het die skuld geneem, die houe verduur en die val namens jou gedra (sien 1 Johannes 3:5). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:40:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 7 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:12 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668799 https://iono.fm/e/1668799 “‘Give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke’…And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb.” Joshua 14:12-13 NKJV
Live for a cause greater than yourself
When Moses sent Caleb to spy out the Promised Land, Caleb saw something that troubled him: the town of Hebron. Abraham buried his wife there. He was buried there. So were Isaac and Jacob. Hebron was a sacred site. Now it was inhabited by their enemies, and it bothered Caleb. It was more than he could take, so he asked Moses for Hebron. He didn’t ask for Jerusalem, perched on Mount Moriah; or the Valley of Eschol, where grapes grew as large as plums; or Jericho, where the Jordan River flowed. He wanted Hebron, whose soil had known the visitation of angels and whose earth entombed the holiest family. “Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb.” Caleb wanted to do something great for God. He lived with a higher call. Perhaps the reason your problems feel so great is that your call is too small. Max Lucado tells of a doctor friend who makes regular medical trips to a remote jungle clinic to treat the disadvantaged. He’s a retired surgeon with ample income. He could spend every day of his life in ease and luxury. But he focuses on supporting the health clinic for his own good: “I need a cause that is greater than cable TV and Cadillacs,” he said. “If I focus on my comfort, nothing can satisfy me. But when I focus on the concerns of God, I am a happy man.” Do you have a holy cause? A faith worth preserving? A mission worth living for? Ask God to give you a “Hebron” to claim for His glory. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:39:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 6 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:45 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668795 https://iono.fm/e/1668795 It came to pass—it does not stay
There is a little phrase repeated 436 times in the Bible: “It came to pass.” Whatever trial you are going through today, remind yourself, “It came to pass—not stay.” If the fulfillment of the vision God gave you seems to be taking longer than you thought, remind yourself “it will come to pass!” In his biography, God in My Corner, the two-time world heavyweight champion George Foreman tells a story about an elderly woman who was asked her favourite Scripture verse. She replied: “And it came to pass.” She explained why: “I know that whenever a trial comes, it doesn’t come to stay; it comes—to pass.” And the Scripture on the flipside of this coin reads: “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion” (Philippians 1:6 NIV). In other words, He will bring it to pass! Either way, God always finishes what He starts. “The vision is yet for an appointed time…Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come [to pass]” (Habakkuk 2:3 NKJV). Battling an illness that threatened his life, and enemies who wanted to take his throne, David turned to the Lord for help. And God didn’t disappoint him. Read these two Scriptures and stand on them: “Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning” (Psalm 30:5 NLT). “You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!” (Psalm 30:11-12 NLT). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:37:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 5 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:05 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668796 https://iono.fm/e/1668796 Lewe vir ‘n saak groter as jouself
Toe Moses vir Kaleb gestuur het om die Beloofde Land te gaan verken, het Kaleb iets gesien wat hom gepla het: die dorp Hebron. Abraham het sy vrou daar begrawe en hy is self daar begrawe. So ook Isak en Jakob. Hebron was ‘n heilige plek. Nou het hulle vyande dit egter bewoon. Dit was meer as wat hy kon verduur, dus het hy Hebron vir Moses gevra. Hy het nie gevra vir Jerusalem, geleë op die berg Moria; of die Eskol-vallei, waar druiwe so groot soos pruime gegroei het; of Jerigo, waar die Jordaanrivier gevloei het nie. Hy wou Hebron hê, wat se grond deur engele besoek is en in wie se aarde die heiligste familie begrawe was. ‘Josua het hom geseën. Hy het vir Kaleb… Hebron gegee.’ Kaleb wou iets groots vir God doen. Hy het volgens ‘n hoër roeping geleef. Miskien is die rede hoekom jou probleme so groot voel, dat jou roeping te klein is. Max Lucado vertel van ‘n doktervriend wat gereeld mediese reise na afgeleë klinieke onderneem het om die plaaslike minderbevoorregtes te behandel. Hy was ‘n afgetrede chirurg met ‘n ruim inkomste. Hy kon elke dag van sy lewe in gemak en luuksheid deurbring. Hy het egter daarop gefokus om hierdie afgeleë gesondheidsklinieke vir sy eie beswil te ondersteun: ‘Ek het ‘n saak nodig wat groter is as laat slaap, televisie kyk en blokraaie invul,’ het hy gesê. ‘As ek op my eie gemak fokus, kan niks my tevrede stel nie. Wanneer ek egter op God se belange fokus, is ek ‘n gelukkige man.’ Het jy ‘n heilige saak om voor te leef? ‘n Geloof in iets om te koester? ‘n Sendingsreis om voor te leef? Vra God om jou ‘n ‘Hebron’ te gee om tot sy eer op te eis. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:37:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 6 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:11 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668794 https://iono.fm/e/1668794 Dit gaan verby – dis nie vir ewig nie
Maak nie saak watter beproewing jy vandag deurmaak nie, herinner jouself: ‘Dit gaan verby – dis nie vir ewig nie.’ As die vervulling van die visioen wat God jou gegee het, langer neem as wat jy gedink het, herinner jouself: ‘Dit gaan nog gebeur!’ In sy biografie, God in My Corner, vertel die tweemalige wêreldswaargewigkampioen George Foreman ‘n verhaal van ‘n bejaarde vrou wat oor haar gunsteling Bybelvers uitgevra is. Sy het geantwoord: ‘Ons swaarkry in hierdie lewe is maar gering en gaan verby…’ Sy het verduidelik hoekom: ‘Ek weet dat wanneer ek deur ‘n beproewing gaan, dit nie daar is om te bly nie; dit kom – en dit gaan weer verby.’ Die ander kant van hierdie muntstuk is as volg: ‘Ek is oortuig dat God die goeie werk wat Hy in julle begin het, sal voortsit totdat Hy dit voltooi op die dag wanneer Jesus Christus terugkom’ (Filippense 1:6 NLV). Met ander woorde, Hy sal die slegte tye laat verbygaan en dit in vreugde laat eindig! God voltooi altyd wat Hy begin. ‘Die dinge wat Ek beplan, gaan nie nou dadelik gebeur nie. Stadig maar seker breek die tyd aan wanneer die visioen waar sal word…’ (Habakuk 2:3 NLV). Terwyl hy teen ‘n lewensgevaarlike siekte gestry het en sy vyande sy troon wou oorneem, het Dawid hom tot die Here vir hulp gewend. God het hom nie teleurgestel nie. Lees hierdie twee Skrifgedeeltes en staan daarop: ‘…In die nag vloei die trane, maar in die oggend is daar vreugde’ (Psalm 30:6 NLV). ‘U het my droefheid verander in ‘n dans van vreugde. U het my rouklere weggeneem en my met vreugde geklee. Daarom sal ek sing tot u eer en nie swyg nie. Here my God, ek sal U dank vir altyd’ (Psalm 30:12-13 NLV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:36:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 5 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:09 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668793 https://iono.fm/e/1668793 Confidants, constituents, comrades
Nearly all key relationships in your life can be broken down into three categories: confidants, constituents, and comrades. Let’s look at each. (1) Confidants. These are the people whose relationships with you are lifelong. They love you unconditionally, stand by you, and have your back in good times and bad. Your best interest is their number one priority. They never seek to use what they know about you for their own gain or throw your secrets back in your face. Paul said concerning Timothy: “I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. But you know his proven character” (Philippians 2:20-22 NKJV). (2) Constituents. These people share the same goals, values, and principles you have, but they aren’t always there for you. But having constituents in your life is important. They contribute energy, passion, and enthusiasm. And you can work with them to accomplish common goals and build bridges. Just be sure not to expect constituents to have the loyalty of confidants. They are with you for a reason and a season, and then they move on. (3) Comrades. These are the people who are attracted to you because of what they are against. They may not get to know you, or even like you, but on the field of battle, they join you as soldiers to defeat a common enemy. Once the fight is over, the relationship ends or at least cools. Your only bond is your common enemy. So, get to know who’s in your life: confidants, constituents, and comrades. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:35:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 4 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:59 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668792 https://iono.fm/e/1668792 Vertrouelinge, ondersteuners, kamerade
Byna alle sleutelverhoudings in jou lewe kan in drie kategorieë verdeel word: vertrouelinge, ondersteuners en kamerade. Kom ons kyk na elkeen. 1) Vertrouelinge. Dit is die mense wie se verhoudings met jou lewenslank duur. Hulle is onvoorwaardelik lief vir jou, staan by jou en staan agter jou, in goeie en slegte tye. Jou beste belang is hul nommer een prioriteit. Hulle probeer nooit om wat hulle van jou weet vir hul eie gewin te gebruik, of jou geheime in jou gesig terug te gooi nie. Paulus het aangaande Timoteus gesê: ‘Timoteus is immers die enigste persoon wat met dieselfde opregte gesindheid as ek aandag sal gee aan julle belange. Al die ander soek net hulle eie belang en nie dit wat vir Jesus Christus saak maak nie. Julle weet egter hoe Timoteus homself bewys het…’ (Filippense 2:20-22 NLV). 2) Ondersteuners. Hierdie mense deel dieselfde doelwitte, waardes en beginsels as jy, maar hulle is nie altyd daar vir jou nie. Dis egter belangrik om ondersteuners in jou lewe te hê. Hulle dra energie, passie en entoesiasme by. Jy kan saam met hulle werk om gemeenskaplike doelwitte te bereik en brûe te bou. Maak net seker dat jy nie verwag dat ondersteuners dieselfde lojaliteit as vertrouelinge sal hê nie. Hulle is vir ‘n rede en ‘n seisoen by jou betrokke en dan beweeg hulle aan. 3) Kamerade. Dit is die mense wat as gevolg van ‘n gemeenskaplike saak tot jou aangetrokke is. Hulle leer jou dalk nie ken nie, of hou dalk nie van jou nie, maar op die slagveld sluit hulle by jou aan om ‘n gemeenskaplike vyand te verslaan. Sodra die geveg verby is, eindig die verhouding of dit koel ten minste af. Jou enigste band is jou gemeenskaplike vyand. Leer dus die mense wat in jou lewe is ken: vertrouelinge, ondersteuners en kamerade. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:34:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 4 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:12 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668787 https://iono.fm/e/1668787 Embrace “the whole counsel of God”
More than a hundred years ago, William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, spoke prophetically when he said, “The chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, heaven without hell.” That’s as true now as it was then. Paul exhorted the leaders of the Ephesian church to declare, “The whole counsel of God.” He said: “Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears” (vv. 28-31 NKJV). On the eve of his execution, Paul handed off the baton to his successor Timothy with these words: “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine…they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables…be watchful…fulfill your ministry” (2 Timothy 4:2-5 NKJV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:32:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 3 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:44 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668785 https://iono.fm/e/1668785 “want ek het nie weggeskram daarvan om die volle plan van God aan julle te verkonding nie.” Handelinge 20:27 NLV
Neem die volle plan van God ter harte
Meer as honderd jaar gelede het William Booth, die stigter van die Heilsleër, profeties gesê: ‘Die grootste gevaar wat die komende eeu in die gesig staar, sal godsdiens sonder die Heilige Gees, Christendom sonder Christus, vergifnis sonder bekering, verlossing sonder wedergeboorte, politiek sonder God en die hemel sonder die hel wees.’ Dit is vandag net so waar as wat dit toe was. Paulus het die leiers van die kerk in Efese vermaan om ‘…die volle plan van God…’ ter harte te neem. Hy het gesê: ‘Pas julleself op en die hele kudde oor wie die Heilige Gees julle as ouderlinge aangestel het. Julle moet as herders die kerk van God versorg, dié kerk wat Hy vir Hom verkry het deurdat sy eie Seun gesterf het. Self weet ek dat daar ná my vertrek wrede wolwe onder julle sal indring, en hulle sal die kudde nie spaar nie. Selfs uit julle eie geledere sal daar mense na vore kom wat, deur verdraaide dinge te verkonding, die gelowiges sal probeer verlei om hulle te volg. Daarom: Wakkerloop! Onthou dat ek vir drie jaar lank sonder ophou vir elkeen van julle die regte koers aangedui het, dag en nag, met trane’ (verse 28-31 NLV). Op die vooraand van sy teregstelling het Paulus die aflosstokkie aan sy opvolger Timoteus met hierdie woorde oorhandig: ‘Verkondig die woord van God. Hou daarmee vol, of die tyd daarvoor geleë is of nie. Jy moet jou mense met geduld reghelp, weerlê en bemoedig met gesonde onderrig. Want daar kom ‘n tyd wanneer mense nie meer na die regte onderrig sal luister nie… Hulle sal die waarheid verwerp en vreemde mites navolg. Maar jy moet in elke situasie jou teenwoordigheid van gees behou… Voltooi die bediening wat God jou gegee het’ (2 Timoteus 4:2-5 NLV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:31:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 3 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:10 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668782 https://iono.fm/e/1668782 “The tongue is a flame of fire.” James 3:6 NLT
Having a Spirit-controlled tongue (2)
The Bible says, “A tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And…the tongue is a flame of fire” (vv. 5-6 NLT). People living in hot climates know the danger of ravaging bushfires driven by desert winds and can readily identify with these words: “See how great a forest a little fire kindles!” (v. 5 NKJV). A single spark from a match has started many massive fires. Spreading faster and farther than we might ever imagine, that kind of fire destroys homes and businesses worth millions of dollars, leaving a scorched landscape and devastated lives. Similarly, how many reputations have been ruined by a careless word? The impact of our words spreads far and fast, especially in our digital age. A word tweeted anywhere can be retweeted all over the world in seconds. Like a fire, that word can get out of control and do irreparable damage. Hence James wrote: “No man can tame the tongue” (v. 8 NKJV). But God can. “The fruit of the Spirit is…self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV). The Holy Spirit can take a tongue that peddles gossip and turn it into one that brings glory to God. He can take a tongue that spews bitterness and turn it into one that speaks blessing. Gossip is saying something behind someone’s back that you would never say to that person’s face. Flattery is saying something to someone’s face that you would never say behind the person’s back. And both are wrong. So, let’s join the Psalmist in praying: “May these words of my mouth…be pleasing in your sight, Lord” (Psalm 19:14 NIV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 2 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:52 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668781 https://iono.fm/e/1668781 ‘n Tong wat deur die Gees beheer word (2)
Die Bybel sê: ‘…’n Klein vuurtjie kan ‘n groot bos aan die brand steek. Die tong is ook ‘n vuur…’ (verse 5-6 NLV). Mense wat in ‘n warm klimaat woon, ken die gevaar van verwoestende bosbrande wat deur woestynwinde aangedryf word. ‘n Enkele vonk van ‘n vuurhoutjie het al baie verwoestende brande begin. Hierdie soort vuur versprei vinniger en verder as wat ons ooit kan dink, vernietig huise en besighede ter waarde van miljoene rande en laat ‘n verskroeide landskap en verwoeste lewens agter. Hoeveel reputasies is al deur so ‘n sorgelose woord verwoes? Die impak van ons woorde versprei wyd en vinnig, veral in hierdie digitale era waarin ons leef. ‘n Woord wat getwiet word, kan binne sekondes oor die hele wêreld hertwiet word. Soos ‘n vuur, kan daardie woord buite beheer raak en onherstelbare skade aanrig. Daarom het Jakobus geskryf: ‘…geen mens kan die tong tem nie’ (vers 8 NLV). God kan dit egter doen. ‘Maar as die Gees ons lewe beheer, is die gevolg… selfbeheersing…’ (Galasiërs 5:22-23 NLV). Die Heilige Gees kan ‘n tong wat skinderstories versprei in een wat God verheerlik, verander. Hy kan ‘n tong wat bitterheid spoeg neem en dit in een wat seën spreek, verander. Om te skinder is om iets agter iemand se rug te sê wat jy nooit in daardie persoon se gesig sou sê nie. Om te vlei is om iets in iemand se gesig te sê wat jy nooit agter daardie persoon se rug sou sê nie. Albei is egter verkeerd. Laat ons dus saam met die Psalmdigter bid: ‘Mag die woorde van my mond… vir U aanneemlik wees…’ (Psalm 19:15 NLV). ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:29:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 2 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:59 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668780 https://iono.fm/e/1668780 Having a Spirit-controlled tongue (1)
The Bible says: “If we could control our tongues, we…could also control ourselves in every other way. We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth” (vv. 2-3 NLT). If you’ve ever bridled a horse, you know the bridle that slips over the horse’s head and behind its ears has a “bit,” a metal bar that goes in its mouth and lies on top of its tongue. When the rider wants the horse to stop, he pulls back on the reins and the bit presses down on its tongue. The rider who controls the horse’s tongue can actually control the horse’s whole body—steer it to the right or left, and bring it to a stop with a simple pull of the reins. Likewise, your tongue needs to come under the control of the Holy Spirit. A horse can’t bridle itself; the one who masters it puts on the bridle. Try as you might, you can’t control your tongue through your own efforts. Haven’t you said things you wish you could take back? Haven’t you caused trouble for yourself and others by some of the things you’ve said? And haven’t you said things that, in hindsight, you can’t believe actually came out of your mouth? The trouble is that what you say does not originate in your mouth but in your heart: “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34 NKJV). So having a Spirit-controlled tongue is the result of being Spirit-filled and having a heart committed to doing God’s will in every circumstance. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:27:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 1 May 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:39 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1668779 https://iono.fm/e/1668779 ‘n Tong wat deur die Gees beheer word (1)
Die Bybel sê: ‘Ons maak almal baie foute. Maar ‘n mens wat sy tong in toom kan jou, kan dit ook met sy hele liggaam regkry. Net met ‘n stang in sy bek kan ons ‘n hele perd draai en laat koers kry waarheen ons wil’ (verse 2-3 NLV). As jy al ooit ‘n perd opgesaal het, weet jy dat die toom wat oor die perd se kop gepas word, ‘n stang het wat in sy bek gaan en bo-op sy tong lê. Wanneer die ruiter wil hê die perd moet stop, trek hy die teuels terug en die stang druk die perd se tong af. Die ruiter wat die perd se tong beheer, kan eintlik die perd se hele liggaam beheer - hom na regs of links stuur en dit tot stilstand, met ‘n eenvoudige trek aan die teuels, bring. Net so moet jou tong onder die beheer van die Heilige Gees wees. Hoe hard jy ook al probeer, jy kan nie jou tong deur jou eie inspanning beheer nie. Het jy al dinge gesê wat jy wens jy kon terugneem? Het jy al probleme vir jouself en ander veroorsaak deur die dinge wat jy gesê het? Het jy al dinge gesê wat jy, as jy daarop terugkyk, nie kan glo dat dit uit jou mond gekom het nie? Die probleem is dat wat jy sê nie in jou mond ontstaan nie, maar in jou hart: ‘…Waar die hart van vol is, loop die mond van oor’ (Matteus 12:34 NLV). Jy moet dus met die Gees vervul wees en ‘n hart hê wat daartoe verbind is om God se wil in elke omstandigheid te doen, om ‘n tong te hê wat deur die Gees beheer word. ]]> Christianity Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:25:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 1 Mei 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:44 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658941 https://iono.fm/e/1658941 Paid in full
There is a saying in baseball: “Three strikes and you’re out.” We tend to play life the same way. We give people two or three chances, but no more. But God never gives up on us. It’s not in His nature. When Peter asked Jesus how many times he should forgive his brother, Jesus set the gold standard. Peter answered his own question by saying, “Seven times.” But Jesus ups the ante to seventy times seven (see v. 22 NLT). Then He ups the ante even more with a story of a master who forgave his servant a ten-thousand-talent debt. Let’s do a currency exchange. One talent totaled 180 months’ wages—that’s fifteen years! And that’s just one talent. So a 10,000-talent debt totaled 150,000 years of wages. Using today’s average life expectancy, it would have taken his servant 2,232 lifetimes to pay off the debt. Of course, the average life expectancy in the first century was less than half of what it is now, so it would have taken twice as many lifetimes to pay off the debt. But instead of years, let’s put this debt into dollars. Using a minimum wage of $7.25, let’s take a nine-to-five job, Monday through Friday. That’s an annual income of $15,080. That might not seem like much, but when you multiply it by 150,000 years, it totals $2,262,000,000. (Three commas means billions.) Now here’s the thing: by virtue of what Christ accomplished on the cross, your sin debt—past, present, and future—is paid in full. That’s a truth you can be confident in and stand on. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:30:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 30 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:03 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658939 https://iono.fm/e/1658939 Ten volle betaal
Daar is ‘n gesegde in bofbal wat lui: ‘Three strikes and you’re out!’ Ons is geneig om die lewe op dieselfde manier te speel. Ons gee mense twee of drie kanse, maar niks meer nie. God gee egter nooit moed op met ons nie. Dit is nie in sy aard nie. Toe Petrus vir Jesus gevra het hoeveel keer hy sy medegelowiges moes vergewe, het Jesus die goue standaard gestel. ‘…Ek sê vir jou: Jy moet hom nie net sewe maal vergewe nie, maar sewentig maal sewe maal’ (vers 22 ABA). Jesus vertel dan die gelykenis van ‘n koning wat sy dienaar se skuld van tienduisend talente kwytgeskeld het. Een talent het altesaam 180 maande se lone beloop - dis vyftien jaar se lone! En dis net vir een talent. ‘n Skuld van 10 000 talente sou dus altesaam 150 000 jaar se lone beloop. Met vandag se gemiddelde lewensverwagting sou dit sy dienaar 2 232 leeftye geneem het om die skuld af te betaal. Natuurlik was die gemiddelde lewensverwagting in die eerste eeu minder as die helfte van wat dit nou is, so dit sou twee keer soveel leeftye geneem het om die skuld af te betaal. Kom ons sit nou hierdie skuld in rande om. Deur ‘n minimumloon van R28.79 te gebruik, kan ons aanneem dat ‘n gemiddelde persoon Maandag tot Vrydag, van nege tot vyf werk. Dis n jaarlikse inkomste van R67 638.60. Dit lyk dalk nie na veel nie, maar as jy dit met 150,000 jaar vermenigvuldig, is dit altesaam R10,105,290,000 (drie kommas beteken miljarde). Die wonderlike waarheid is dat op grond van wat Christus aan die kruis bereik het, is jou sondeskuld - verlede, hede en toekoms - ten volle betaal. Dis ‘n waarheid waarin jy vertroue kan hê en waarop jy kan staan. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:29:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 30 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:24 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658938 https://iono.fm/e/1658938 Rely on God, not yourself
Several men went on a mission trip to Haiti where they met a nineteen-year-old young man who loved Christ deeply. So they invited him to visit them in America and paid for his trip. The young Haitian felt as if he were in another world. He’d never slept between sheets, had three meals a day, used indoor plumbing, or tasted a hamburger. When it was time to return to Haiti, they asked him for his impressions of what he’d experienced, and he replied: “I have really enjoyed my time here with you. But I am also very glad to be going home. You have so much in America that I’m beginning to lose my grip on my day-to-day dependency on Christ.” Paul spoke of a time of trouble in Asia in which he was “crushed and overwhelmed” (2 Corinthians 1:8 NLT). Then he wrote: “As a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God” (v. 9 NLT). And God wants to bring you to that place also. Yes, He wants you to use the gifts and resources He has provided, but His desire is that you rely completely on Him. Only then can He provide everything He desires to give you, because then you will be open, ready, and mature enough to receive it. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear [reverence, respect, obey] the Lord” (Proverbs 3:5-7 NLT). ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:28:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 29 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:41 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658936 https://iono.fm/e/1658936 Vertrou op God, nie op jouself nie
‘n Groep mans het op ‘n sendingreis na Haïti gegaan waar hulle ‘n negentienjarige jongman ontmoet het wat Christus diep liefgehad het. Hulle het hom genooi om hulle in Amerika te besoek en vir sy reis betaal. Die jong Haïtiaan het gevoel asof hy in ‘n ander wêreld beland het. Hy het nog nooit tussen lakens geslaap, drie maaltye per dag gehad, binnenshuise loodgieterswerk gebruik of ‘n hamburger geproe nie. Toe dit tyd was om na Haïti terug te keer, het hulle hom oor sy indrukke en alles wat hy ervaar het, uitgevra. Hy het geantwoord: ‘Ek het my tyd hier saam met julle baie geniet. Maar ek is ook baie bly om huis toe te gaan. Julle het soveel luukshede in Amerika dat ek my greep op my daaglikse afhanklikheid van Christus begin verloor het.’ Paulus vertel van ‘n tyd van swaarkry in die provinsie Asië waarin hy begin moed verloor en oorweldig gevoel het (sien 2 Korintiërs 1:8). Hy skryf egter verder: ‘…Ons kon onsself nie meer help nie. Ons kon net vertrou op God…’ (vers 9 ABA). God wil jou ook op daardie plek bring. Ja, Hy wil hê jy dat jy die gawes en hulpbronne wat Hy voorsien het moet gebruik, maar sy begeerte is dat jy ten volle op Hom sal staatmaak. Slegs dan kan Hy alles voorsien wat Hy begeer om vir jou te gee, want dan sal jy ontvanklik, gereed en volwasse genoeg wees om dit te ontvang. ‘Vertrou op die Here met alles wat jy het. Moenie staatmaak op jou eie insigte nie. Vra na die wil van God in alles wat jy doen. Hy sal die regte pad vir jou wys. Moenie jouself oorskat nie. Hou eerder die Here voor oë en vermy wat sleg is’ (Spreuke 3:5-7 NLV). ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:27:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 29 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:06 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658935 https://iono.fm/e/1658935 Overcoming envy
Unlike jealousy, which is the fear of being displaced, envy is ill-will toward those who possess something you want. Jealousy says, “I’m afraid you are going to take what I have.” Envy says, “I want what you have, and I resent you for having it!” Envy is one of the most frequently concealed emotions. You may be more likely to admit to an uncontrollable temper, a phobia, or any other negative emotion than to acknowledge that you are envious. Envy inevitably leads to resenting and criticizing the person you envy. And once you allow envy and resentment to enter your heart, they act like free radicals producing an emotional cancer. Eventually they will manifest themselves in some destructive way, whether it is in the form of taking mood-altering substances, overeating, shopping excessively, lashing out, being sarcastic, or physically harming others. If you harbor envy toward someone, it’s time to deal with it. David wrote: “You desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:6-7 NIV). If you covet what someone else has, ask yourself, “Am I willing to pay the price they paid to obtain it?” The world has a saying: “There is no such thing as a free lunch.” Everything—except salvation—has a price tag. So, whether you want to be thin, rich, educated, or whatever, stop envying the success of others, and ask God to help you succeed in the assignment He has given you for your life. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:26:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 28 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:58 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658934 https://iono.fm/e/1658934 Oorkom afguns
Afguns is ‘n wrok teenoor diegene wat iets besit wat jy wil hê. Jaloesie sê: ‘Ek is bang jy gaan neem wat ek het.’ Afguns sê: ‘Ek wil hê wat jy het en ek neem jou kwalik omdat jy dit het!’ Afguns is een van die mees versteekte emosies. Jy is meer geneig om ‘n onbeheerbare humeur, ‘n fobie of enige ander negatiewe emosie te erken, as om te erken dat jy afgunstig is. Afguns lei onvermydelik tot ‘n wrok en kritiek teenoor die persoon wat jy beny. Sodra jy toelaat dat afguns en wrokkigheid jou hart binnedring, begin dit emosionele kanker word. Uiteindelik sal dit op ‘n vernietigende manier manifesteer, soos om dwelms te neem wat jou bui verander, te veel te eet, oormatige inkopies te doen, woedeuitbarstings, om sarkasties te wees of ander mense fisies leed aan te doen. As jy afguns teenoor iemand koester, is dit tyd om dit te hanteer. Dawid het geskryf: ‘Maar U verwag waarheid uit die hart. Diep in my binneste maak U u wysheid bekend. Neem weg my sonde met hisop sodat ek skoon kan wees, was my dat ek witter as sneeu kan wees’ (Psalm 51:8-9 NLV). As jy iets wat iemand anders het begeer, vra jouself af: ‘Is ek bereid om dieselfde prys te betaal as wat hulle betaal het om dit te verkry?’ Daar is ‘n gesegde: ‘Daar is nie so iets soos 'n gratis middagete nie.’ Alles - behalwe verlossing - het ‘n prys. Dus, of jy nou maer, ryk, geleerd of wat ook al wil wees, hou op om afgunstig op ander mense se sukses te wees en vra God om jou te help om te slaag in die opdrag wat Hy jou vir jou lewe gegee het. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:25:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 28 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:10 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658933 https://iono.fm/e/1658933 Learn to listen to God
If you are serious about having a truly interactive relationship with the Lord in which you speak to one another and hear from one another, you will need to spend quality, uninterrupted time opening your heart to Him. When Samuel finally prayed, “Speak, for Your servant hears,” the Bible says, “Then the Lord said to Samuel.” All too often, our prayer is “Listen, God, for Your servant is speaking.” Listening to God can involve a variety of practices: reading His Word, spending time in solitude and silence, and hearing from God just like a seasoned friend you trust. Here’s an example: “As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, ‘Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.’ And he went on. ‘But you stand here awhile, that I may announce to you the word of God’” (1 Samuel 9:27 NKJV). One of the most effective ways of hearing from God is through meditating on His Word. You say, “But I don’t know how to meditate.” If you know how to worry, you know how to meditate. In both worry and meditation, your thoughts and focus are given to a certain thing. When you meditate on God’s Word, you’re focusing your thoughts on the right thing! God told Joshua: “This Book…shall not depart from your mouth [speak it regularly], but you shall mediate [focus] in it day and night, that you may observe to do [act on it] according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success” (Joshua 1:8 NKJV). ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:24:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 27 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:49 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658930 https://iono.fm/e/1658930 Leer om na God te luister
As jy ernstig daaroor is om ‘n werklik interaktiewe verhouding met die Here, waarin julle met mekaar praat en van mekaar hoor, te hê, sal jy kwaliteit, ononderbroke tyd met Hom moet bestee om jou hart vir Hom oop te maak. Toe Samuel uiteindelik gebid het: ‘Ja, Here, u dienaar luister,’ sê die Bybel dat die Here vir Samuel geantwoord het. Dikwels is ons gebed eerder: ‘Luister, Here, want u dienaar spreek.’ Om na God te luister kan ‘n verskeidenheid praktyke behels: om sy Woord te lees, tyd alleen en in stilte in sy teenwoordigheid deur te bring en van God te hoor, net soos ‘n ervare vriend wat jy vertrou. Hier is ‘n voorbeeld daarvan: ‘Toe hulle buite die dorp kom, sê Samuel vir hom: ‘Gee die jong man opdrag om vooruit te loop, maar jy moet hier bly staan, want ek het ‘n boodskap van God vir jou’’ (1 Samuel 9:27 NLV). Een van die effektiefste maniere om van God te hoor, is deur oor sy Woord te mediteer. Jy sê: ‘Maar ek weet nie hoe om te mediteer nie.’ As jy weet hoe om jou te bekommer, weet jy hoe om te mediteer. In beide bekommernis en meditasie word jou gedagtes en fokus op ‘n sekere ding geplaas. Wanneer jy oor God se Woord mediteer, fokus jy jou gedagtes op die regte ding! God het vir Josua gesê: ‘Hou hierdie wetboek altyd by jou. Dink dag en nag daaroor na sodat jy alles kan doen wat daarin geskryf is. Jy sal dan sukses behaal op jou pad. Jy sal voorspoedig wees’ (Josua 1:8 NLV). ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:23:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 27 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:54 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658928 https://iono.fm/e/1658928 Stay true to the truth of God’s word
The Bible says, “If you know people who have wandered off from God’s truth, don’t write them off. Go after them. Get them back and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction” (vv. 19-20 MSG). That means it’s possible for a true believer to do this. It also means we must never put our convictions on the shelf. If we don’t make a deliberate effort to stay close to the truth of God’s Word, we will wander from it. After all, we live in a world with lots of distractions. Today many people are on a quest for “unity at all costs” and are therefore devaluing the importance of the truth as revealed in God’s Word. Knowing he would soon die as a martyr for his faith, the apostle Paul wrote to his successor Timothy: “Continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of” (2 Timothy 3:14 NIV). Then in 2 Timothy 4:2-5, he encouraged Timothy: “Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship…discharge all the duties of your ministry” (NIV). So the word for you today is—stay true to the truth of God’s Word. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:03:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 26 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:44 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658914 https://iono.fm/e/1658914 Bly getrou aan die waarheid van God se Woord
Die Bybel sê: ‘Liewe Christene, sê nou een van julle raak die koers byster en iemand sou hom reghelp, wat dan? Wel, iemand wat so ‘n persoon weer op die regte pad help, help hom om nie sy lewe weg te gooi nie’ (vers 19 DB). Dit beteken dat ons ander mense moet help. Dit beteken ook dat ons nooit ons oortuigings eenkant toe moet skuif nie. As ons nie ‘n doelbewuste poging aanwend om naby die waarheid van God se Woord te bly nie, sal ons daarvan afdwaal. Ons leef immers in ‘n wêreld met baie afleidings. Vandag is baie mense op soek na antwoorde en aanvaarding en onderskat dus die belangrikheid van die waarheid soos dit in God se Woord geopenbaar word. Die apostel Paulus het aan sy opvolger Timoteus geskryf: ‘Jy moet getrou bly aan die dinge wat jy geleer het. Jy weet dit is waar, want jy weet jy kan dié vertrou wat jou geleer het’ (2 Timoteus 3:14 NLV). Hy het ook vir Timoteus aangemoedig: ‘Verkondig die woord van God. Hou daarmee vol, of die tyd geleë is of nie. Jy moet jou mense met geduld reghelp, weerlê en bemoedig met gesonde onderrig. Want daar kom ‘n tyd wanneer mense nie meer na die regte onderrig sal luister nie. Hulle sal hulle eie begeertes volg en leermeesters soek wat net verkondig wat hulle wil hoor. Hulle sal die waarheid verwerp en vreemde mites navolg. Maar jy moet in elke situasie jou teenwoordigheid van gees behou. Moenie bang wees om vir die Here te ly nie... Voltooi die bediening wat God jou gegee het’ (2 Timoteus 4:2-5 NLV). Die woord vir jou vandag is dus - bly getrou aan die waarheid van God se Woord. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:01:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 26 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:03 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658913 https://iono.fm/e/1658913 The challenges and rewards of leadership
As a leader, you must understand what you do well and know where you need assistance. Your strengths and weaknesses don’t make you wrong or right; they just make you who you are. If you’ve ever heard the saying, “No man is an island,” it was probably said about a great leader. Few people achieve success on their own. Consider an actor in a play. He may be the one out front in the spotlight; with perfect hair, makeup, and costume; reciting poignant lines and getting all the applause. But he didn’t do it alone. He had to rely on the costume designer for the outfit he wore, the hair and makeup artists who made him look flawless, the playwright who wrote the words, and the lighting and sound crews who set the stage, etc. Good leaders are wise enough to surround themselves with people who have strengths that complement theirs. They are still in charge, but they have teams that help them achieve their vision. You are a leader in some area of your life—home, family, work, church—and you know leadership has its challenges. While there are certainly many benefits, a leader has to deal with conflict, controversy, and naysayers who think they know better. This comes with the territory. But you can’t let others keep you from achieving your goals. Not everyone will be your cheerleader. That’s just a fact of life. If you are going to be an effective leader, hold fast to your vision, build a great team to help you, and stand on God’s promise: “I have called [you]…and [your] way will prosper.” ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 25 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:51 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658912 https://iono.fm/e/1658912 Die uitdagings en belonings van leierskap
As leier moet jy verstaan waarmee jy goed is en weet waar jy hulp benodig. Jou sterk- en swakpunte maak jou nie verkeerd of reg nie; hulle maak jou net wie jy is. Min mense behaal op hul eie sukses. Dink aan ‘n akteur in ‘n toneelstuk. Hy is dalk die een wat in die kollig is; met perfekte hare, grimering en kostuum; wat aangrypende woorde voordra en al die applous kry. Hy het die toneelstuk egter nie alleen op die planke gebring nie. Hy moes op die kostuumontwerper vir die uitrusting wat hy dra, die haar- en grimeerkunstenaars wat hom foutloos laat lyk, die dramaturg wat die woorde geskryf het en die beligting- en klankspanne wat die verhoog voorberei, staatmaak. Goeie leiers is wys genoeg om hulself met mense wat sterkpunte het wat hulle s'n aanvul, te omring. Hulle is steeds in beheer, maar hulle het spanne wat hulle help om hul visie te bereik. Jy is ‘n leier in ‘n sekere area van jou lewe - huis, familie, werk, kerk - en jy weet dat leierskap uitdagings het. Alhoewel daar beslis baie voordele aan die pos verbonde is, moet ‘n leier ook konflik, kontroversie en teenstanders wat dink dat hulle beter weet, hanteer. Dit is deel van die posbeskrywing. Jy kan egter nie toelaat dat ander mense jou daarvan weerhou om jou doelwitte te bereik nie. Nie almal sal jou aanmoedig nie. Dis maar net ‘n feit van die lewe. As jy ‘n effektiewe leier wil wees, moet jy vashou aan jou visie, ‘n wonderlike span bou om jou te help en op God se belofte staan: ‘…Ek het [jou] laat kom. [Jy] sal suksesvol wees in wat [jy] moet doen.’ ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:57:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 25 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:58 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658909 https://iono.fm/e/1658909 Experiencing God’s peace
Within a matter of seconds, Vicky’s life was shattered. A trapeze artist, she lost control of the fly bar and landed head-first in the net. She broke her neck between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae and became paralyzed, a quadriplegic. Three years after the accident, she had fallen into deep despair and self-pity, determined to take her life. Her attempt failed, and she ended up in a psychiatric hospital. On the fourth anniversary of her fall, she and her husband separated, and bitterness set in. One day, a home-health aide was assigned to help Vicky. Her name was Mae Lynne, a strong Christian who introduced Vicky to Jesus Christ and the Bible. Vicky began to learn how to stand firm in her faith and walk in obedience to God. In addition, a pastor faithfully taught her God’s Word for two years. Then Vicky began a ministry of encouragement by writing letters each week to prison inmates and others with disabilities. The more joy she brought to them, the more she experienced herself. She jokes, “Quadriplegics aren’t supposed to have this much joy, are they?” Vicky still uses a wheelchair, becomes dizzy at times, and has occasional respiratory problems. But she has a deep inner peace and strength because of her relationship with Jesus. And you can have it too. Job said: “Acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up” (Job 22:21-23 NKJV). ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:51:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 24 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:02 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658906 https://iono.fm/e/1658906 Ervaar God se vrede
Binne sekondes was Vicky se lewe aan skerwe. As sweefkunstenaar het sy beheer verloor en kop eerste in die veiligheidsnet beland. Sy het haar nek tussen die vyfde en sesde nekwerwels gebreek en was verlam, ‘n kwadrupleeg. Drie jaar na die ongeluk het sy in diepe wanhoop en selfbejammering verval, vasbeslote om haar lewe te neem. Haar poging het misluk en sy het in ‘n psigiatriese hospitaal beland. Op die vierde herdenking van haar ongeluk het sy en haar man geskei en bitterheid het by haar ingetree. Eendag is ‘n assistant aangestel om Vicky te help en te versorg. Haar naam was Mae Lynne, ‘n ware Christen wat Vicky aan Jesus Christus en die Bybel bekendgestel het. Vicky het begin leer hoe om in haar geloof vas te staan en in gehoorsaamheid aan God te wandel. Daarbenewens het ‘n pastoor haar twee jaar lank getrou van God se Woord geleer. Vicky het toe ‘n bediening van bemoediging begin deur elke week briewe aan gevangenes en ander mense met gestremdhede, te skryf. Hoe meer vreugde sy vir hulle gebring het, hoe meer vreugde het sy self ervaar. Sy skerts: ‘Kwadrupleë is nie veronderstel om soveel vreugde te hê nie, nè?’ Vicky gebruik steeds ‘n rolstoel, word soms duiselig en het af en toe asemhalingsprobleme. Sy het egter ook ‘n diep innerlike vrede en krag as gevolg van haar verhouding met Jesus. Jy kan dit ook hê. Job het gesê: ‘Onderwerp jou aan God, dan sal jy vrede hê en sal alles met jou goed gaan. Luister na sy voorskrifte en bêre hulle in jou hart. As jy terugkeer na die Almagtige en jou lewe skoonmaak, sal jy herstel word’ (Job 22:21-23 NLV). ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:50:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 24 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:04 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658904 https://iono.fm/e/1658904 Healing for anxiety
Paul wrote: “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand” (Philippians 4:6-7 NLT). Jesus said: “Don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need” (Matthew 6:31-33 NLT). Instead of meditating on our problems, we need to meditate on how good and loving our God really is. When we keep our minds on our problems, we create anxiety. But when we keep our minds on the promises of God, we get infused with His peace. So, allow the promises of God to heal your soul of worry and stress by focusing on His goodness and willingness to show Himself strong on your behalf. “The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him” (2 Chronicles 16:9 NLT). Our heavenly Father loves us dearly and already knows everything we need. When we take hold of that truth, fear and doubt fall by the wayside. Confession: “I don’t give in to needless worry. I pray about problems rather than complain about them. God hears my prayers, and I thank Him for all He has provided for me. I experience God’s peace because I know He hears me and has already answered my prayers in Christ.” ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:49:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 23 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:00 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658901 https://iono.fm/e/1658901 Prayer is your connection to God
The remora fish has an oval sucking disc on the top of its head that allows it to attach itself to the underside of a shark. Once attached, the remora does not have to worry about food, transportation, or safety. It feeds on the food that falls from the shark’s mouth. Of course, it has the option of swimming on its own, but when it decides to attach to the shark, it goes where the shark goes. It does not attempt to go in a direction contrary to the shark. Protection? It’s a non-issue for one that’s connected to such a powerful creature. The remora is secure, and it knows the shark can take it places it could never go alone. Doesn’t this sound like the relationship God desires His children to have with Him? He wants us to feed on the words that come from His mouth. He wants us to go with Him where He leads and not take off on independent excursions, hoping He will tag along. He wants us to live with the assurance that He will protect not only our lives, but also our relationships and all that pertains to us. Oh, that we would emulate the remora! We would then find ourselves securing our attachment to God on a daily basis through prayer. He is waiting to carry us to places we fear going alone. The prophet Isaiah admonished the Jewish leaders: “Cry to God all day and all night for the fulfillment of his promises.” So, the word for you today is this—prayer is your connection to God. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:48:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 22 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:45 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658903 https://iono.fm/e/1658903 Genesing vir angs
Paulus het geskryf: ‘Moet oor niks bekommerd wees nie, maar bid oor alles. Vra alles wat julle nodig het van God, terwyl julle Hom ook dank vir alles wat Hy doen. As julle so bid, sal julle God se vrede beleef. Hierdie vrede is wonderliker as wat ‘n mens ooit kan dink…’ (Filippense 4:6-7 NLV). Jesus het gesê: ‘Moet julle dus nie bekommer en vra: ‘Wat sal ons tog eet?’ of: ‘Wat sal ons drink?’ of: ‘Wat sal ons aantrek?’ nie. Dit is die ongelowiges wat oor hierdie soort dinge begaan is. Julle hemelse Vader weet tog dat julle dit alles nodig het. Nee, maak die koningsheerskappy van God en dit wat voor Hom reg is, julle heel eerste prioriteit; dan sal God vir julle al hierdie ander dinge as ‘n bonus byvoeg’ (Matteus 6:31-33 NLV). Wanneer ons ons gedagtes op ons probleme fokus, ervaar ons angs. Wanneer ons egter ons gedagtes op die beloftes van God fokus, word ons met sy vrede deurdrenk. Laat dus die beloftes van God jou siel van bekommernis en stres genees deur op sy goedheid en bereidwilligheid om namens jou sterk te wees, te fokus. ‘Die Here kyk oor die hele aarde om hulle te help wat met hulle hele hart op Hom vertrou…’ (2 Kronieke 16:9 NLV). Ons hemelse Vader het ons innig lief en weet reeds alles wat ons nodig het. Bely die volgende: ‘Ek gee nie aan onnodige bekommernis toe nie. Ek bid oor probleme eerder as om daaroor te kla. God verhoor my gebede en ek dank Hom vir alles wat Hy vir my voorsien het. Ek ervaar God se vrede omdat ek weet dat Hy my hoor en reeds my gebede in Christus geantwoord het.’ ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:48:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 23 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:02 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658900 https://iono.fm/e/1658900 Gebed is jou skakel met God
Die remora-vis het ‘n ovaalvormige suigskyf bo-op sy kop wat hy gebruik om aan die onderkant van ‘n haai vas te suig. Sodra die remora aan die haai vas is, hoef hy nie oor kos, vervoer of veiligheid bekommerd te wees nie. Hy voed op die kos wat uit die haai se bek val. Natuurlik het hy die opsie om self te swem, maar wanneer hy besluit om aan die haai vas te suig, moet hy gaan waar die haai gaan. Hy probeer nie om in ‘n ander rigting as die haai te beur nie. Beskerming? Dis nie ‘n probleem vir iemand wat aan so ‘n kragtige wese verbind is nie. Die remora is veilig en weet die haai kan hom na plekke neem waarheen hy nooit alleen sou kon gaan nie. Klink dit nie na die verhouding wat God begeer sy kinders met Hom moet hê nie? Hy wil hê ons moet op die woorde wat uit sy mond kom, voed. Hy wil hê ons moet saam met Hom gaan waar Hy ons lei en nie op onafhanklike uitstappies met die hoop dat Hy sal saamgaan, gaan nie. Hy wil hê ons moet met die versekering leef dat Hy nie net ons lewe nie, maar ook ons verhoudings en alles anders in ons lewe, sal beskerm. Was ons maar soos die remora-vis! Dan sou ons daagliks deur gebed aan God verbind wees. Hy wag om ons na plekke te lei waarheen ons te bang is om alleen te gaan. Die profeet Jesaja het die Joodse leiers vermaan: ‘…Julle wat die Here herinner aan sy beloftes, moenie rus nie.’ Die woord vir jou vandag is dus - gebed is jou skakel met God. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:45:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 22 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:47 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658898 https://iono.fm/e/1658898 God forgives and forgets (4)
God has a remarkable memory. The Omniscient One doesn’t just know everything; He also remembers everything. In fact, He remembers it before it happens! Every moment of your life was ordained in God’s imagination before it became a memory—every laugh, every dream, and every sacrifice. The Psalmist wrote: “You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed” (Psalm 139:16 NLT). Nothing is lost on God, not even your tears. He doesn’t just remember them; He collects them in a bottle (see Psalm 56:8 NKJV). There’s only one thing that God can and will forget: confessed sin. So, when you confess sin that’s already been confessed, you’re reminding God of something He’s already forgotten (see Isaiah 43:25). The reason we bring it back up is that even though we are forgiven, we don’t feel forgiven. What’s the answer? Don’t give your feelings a voice or a vote, or they will mislead you. Stand in faith, believing what God says in His Word. “I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me” (Jeremiah 33:8 NKJV). The apostle John put it this way: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9 NKJV). Maybe you’ve struggled with addiction, or your marriage ended in divorce, or you’re in prison for a crime you committed. What should you do? Repent, renounce your sin, receive God’s mercy, and begin to live free from guilt and condemnation. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:44:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 21 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:08 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658896 https://iono.fm/e/1658896 God vergewe en vergeet (4)
God het ‘n merkwaardige geheue. Die Alwetende Een weet nie net alles nie; Hy onthou ook alles. Trouens, Hy onthou dit nog voordat dit gebeur het! Elke oomblik van jou lewe is in God se gedagtes bepaal nog voordat dit ‘n herinnering geword het - elke lag, elke droom en elke opoffering. Die Psalmdigter het geskryf: ‘U het my gesien voor ek gebore is. In u boek is alles opgeteken; elke dag is bepaal voordat een van hulle daar was’ (Psalm 139:16 NLV). Daar is net een ding wat God kan en sal vergeet: sonde wat bely is. Dus, wanneer jy sonde bely wat jy reeds bely het, herinner jy God aan iets wat Hy reeds vergeet het (sien Jesaja 43:25). Die rede waarom ons dit weer ophaal, is dat alhoewel ons vergewe is, ons nie vergewe voel nie. Wat is dus die antwoord? Moenie jou gevoelens ‘n stem gee nie, anders sal hulle jou mislei. Staan in geloof en glo wat God in sy Woord sê. ‘Ek sal hulle rein maak van die sonde wat hulle teen My gedoen het. Hulle het verkeerd gedoen en was opstandig teenoor My, maar Ek sal hulle daarvoor vergewe’ (Jeremia 33:8 NLV). Die apostel Johannes het dit so gestel: ‘As ons egter ons sondes bely, Hy is betroubaar en regverdig om ons sondes te vergewe en ons skoon te maak van elke verkeerde optrede’ (1 Johannes 1:9 NLV). Miskien het jy met verslawing gesukkel, of jou huwelik het in ‘n egskeiding geëindig, of jy is in die tronk vir ‘n misdaad wat jy gepleeg het. Wat staan jou te doen? Bekeer jou, bely jou sonde, ontvang God se genade en begin vry van skuldgevoelens en veroordeling leef. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:43:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 21 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:08 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658894 https://iono.fm/e/1658894 God forgives and forgets (3)
The English word for new is the Hebrew word hadas. It doesn’t just mean again and again, as amazing as that would be. It’s new, as in different. It means never before experienced. Today’s mercy is different from yesterday’s mercy, or the day before that, or the day before that! Just as the seasonal flu vaccine changes from year to year, God’s mercy changes from day to day. It’s a new strain of mercy. Why? Because you didn’t sin today the way you did yesterday! Try this little exercise: figure out how old you are—not in years but in days. Whatever number you come up with isn’t just your age in days; it doubles as the sum total of different kinds of mercy that you have received life-to-date. By the time you are twenty-one, you have experienced 7,665 unique mercies. When you hit midlife, it numbers about 14,600. And by the time you hit retirement, God has shown mercy to you about 23,725 times! And His mercy for you is is a tailored mercy that perfectly fits your sin, your shortcomings, your needs, and your mistakes. His mercy fits like a glove! In Scripture, the word manifold means “multifaceted.” Mercy and grace are not the same thing. Mercy is not getting what you do deserve, and grace is getting what you don’t deserve. The apostle Peter spoke about “the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10 NKJV). Like snowflakes, God’s grace never crystallizes the same way twice. That’s what makes it so amazing! ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:42:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 20 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:11 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658893 https://iono.fm/e/1658893 God vergewe en vergeet (3)
Die Hebreeuse woord vir nuut is hadas. Dit beteken dis anders. Dit beteken dat jy dit nog nooit vantevore ervaar het nie. Vandag se genade verskil van gister se genade, of die dag daarvoor, of ook die dag daarvoor! Net soos die seisoenale griepentstof van jaar tot jaar verander, verander God se genade van dag tot dag. Dis ‘n nuwe soort genade. Hoekom? Omdat jy nie op dieselfde wyse vandag gesondig het as wat jy gister gedoen het nie! Probeer hierdie klein oefening: Tel hoe oud jy is - nie in jare nie, maar in dae. Watter getal jy ook al kry, is nie net jou ouderdom in dae nie; dis ook die somtotaal van die verskillende soorte genade wat jy tot op hede in jou lewe ontvang het. Teen die tyd wat jy een-en-twintig is, het jy 7 665 unieke genadebewyse ervaar. Wanneer jy jou middeljare bereik, is dit ongeveer 14 600. Teen die tyd wat jy aftree, het God omtrent 23 725 keer genade aan jou bewys! Sy genade vir jou is maatpas en perfek vir jou sonde, jou tekortkominge, jou behoeftes en jou foute. Sy genade pas soos ‘n handskoen! Genade en barmhartigheid is nie dieselfde ding nie. Barmhartigheid is om nie dit te kry wat jy verdien nie, en genade is om dit te kry wat jy nie verdien nie. Die apostel Petrus praat van ‘…God se ryk en onverdiende goedheid…’ (1 Petrus 4:10 NLV). Soos sneeuvlokkies, kristalliseer God se genade nooit twee keer op dieselfde manier nie. Dis wat dit so wonderlik maak! ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:41:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 20 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:00 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658892 https://iono.fm/e/1658892 God forgives and forgets (2)
The Israelites had celebrated the Passover as a way of commemorating their exodus from Egypt. The evening before the exodus, the Israelites were instructed to sacrifice a lamb without defect and to mark their doorframe with its blood. Then, when the Death Angel passed through Egypt, he would pass over their home. Little did Jesus’s disciples know that they were eating the Passover meal with the Passover Lamb. Jesus rebooted their understanding of the bread and the cup, explaining that they represented His body and blood. And because of what He accomplished at Calvary’s cross, we come under the protective custody of the blood of the Lamb. Like the Passover, communion is a commemoration of our exodus from slavery. We were slaves to sin, but Christ set us free. Whenever we go to the Lord’s Table, we make a beeline to the foot of the cross—the place where sin met its match. We remember that our sin is nailed to the cross. Are you having a hard time forgetting your sins and failures? Does the devil keep reminding you of them? Stand on God’s Word and serve him an eviction notice. In the Old Testament, God said: “I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” In the New Testament, God said: “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more” (Hebrews 8:12 NKJV). Scripture tells us what God does with our sins: “You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:19 NKJV). ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:39:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 19 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:46 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658890 https://iono.fm/e/1658890 God vergewe en vergeet (2)
Die Israeliete het die Pasga as ‘n manier om hul uittog uit Egipte te herdenk, gevier. Die aand voor die uittog is die Israeliete opdrag gegee om ‘n lam sonder gebrek te offer en hul deurkosyn met sy bloed te merk. Dan, wanneer die Doodsengel deur Egipte gaan, sou hy by hul huis verbygaan. Jesus se dissipels het nie besef dat hulle die Pasgamaaltyd saam met die Pasgalam (Jesus) eet nie. Jesus het hul begrip van die brood en die beker verander en verduidelik dat dit sy liggaam en bloed verteenwoordig. As gevolg van dit wat Hy by Golgota se kruis bereik het, leef ons onder die beskermende bewaring van die bloed van die Lam. Soos die Pasga, is die nagmaal ‘n herdenking van ons uittog uit slawerny. Ons was slawe van sonde, maar Christus het ons vrygemaak. Wanneer ons by die Here se Tafel gaan sit, is dit soos om aan die voet van die kruis te gaan sit - die plek waar sonde sy moses teëgekom het. Ons onthou dat ons sonde aan die kruis vasgespyker is. Sukkel jy om jou sondes en mislukkings te vergeet? Hou die duiwel aan om jou daaraan te herinner? Staan op God se Woord en beteken ‘n uitsettingsbevel op hom. God het in die Ou Testament gesê: ‘…Ek sal al hulle oortredings en hulle sondes vergewe. Ek sal nooit eers weer daaraan dink nie.’ In die Nuwe Testament het God gesê: ‘Ek sal My ontferm oor hulle ongeregtighede en Ek sal nooit weer aan hulle sondes dink nie’ (Hebreërs 8:12 NLV). Die Skrif vertel ons wat God met ons sondes doen: ‘…U sal ons sonde onder u voete vertrap, dit weggooi in die diepte van die see!’ (Miga 7:19 NLV). ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:38:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 19 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:01 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658886 https://iono.fm/e/1658886 God forgives and forgets (1)
God forgives and forgets. Amazing, isn’t it? He remembers everything you’ve done right while forgetting everything you’ve done wrong. Yet, while God cannot remember our confessed sin, we have a much harder time forgetting it. We tend to remember our mistakes more readily than our successes. That’s why it’s harder to forgive ourselves than to receive God’s forgiveness. We tend to remember what we should forget while forgetting what we should remember. That inability to forget the sin we’ve confessed is part of our sin nature itself. The fall fractured the image of God in us, including the amygdala. That’s the part of the brain responsible for storing emotional memories. The strength of the memory is dictated by the strength of the emotion. We quickly forget the moments that don’t make a blip on our emotional radar. Strong emotions, such as shame, take sinful snapshots and poster-size them. They get blown out of proportion in the darkroom of the mind. Are you struggling to forget what God has forgiven? Read these Scriptures carefully and prayerfully: “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins” (Isaiah 43:25 NKJV). “I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you” (Isaiah 44:22 NKJV). “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins…I will remember no more” (Hebrews 8:12 NKJV). God has forgiven and forgotten your sin—it’s time for you to agree with Him and do the same thing. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:37:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 18 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:06 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658885 https://iono.fm/e/1658885 God vergewe en vergeet (1)
God vergewe en vergeet. Hy onthou alles wat jy reg gedoen het terwyl Hy alles wat jy verkeerd gedoen het, vergeet. Dit is egter vir ons baie moeiliker om ons belyde sonde te vergeet, selfs al onthou God dit nie. Ons is geneig om ons foute makliker as ons suksesse te onthou. Daarom is dit moeiliker om onsself te vergewe as om God se vergifnis te ontvang. Ons is geneig om te onthou wat ons moet vergeet, terwyl ons vergeet wat ons moet onthou. Hierdie onvermoë om die sonde wat ons bely het te vergeet, is deel van ons sondige aard. Die sondeval het die beeld van God in ons gebreek. Die amigdala is die deel van die brein wat vir die berging van emosionele herinneringe verantwoordelik is. Die sterkte van die herinnering word deur die sterkte van die emosie wat daaraan gekoppel is, bepaal. Ons vergeet vinnig die oomblikke wat nie ‘n flits op ons emosionele radar maak nie. Sterk emosies, soos skaamte, neem egter sondige foto’s en plak dit op plakkate in ons binneste vas. Hulle word buite verhouding in die donkerkamer van die gees opgeblaas. Sukkel jy om te vergeet wat God vergewe het? Lees dan hierdie Skrifgedeeltes aandagtig en biddend: ‘Ek, ja, Ek alleen, is die Een wat julle sonde uitwis. Ek doen dit ter wille van Myself en dink nie weer daaraan nie’ (Jesaja 43:25 NLV). ‘Ek het jou sondes weggevee soos wolke verdwyn. Ek het jou oortredings verstrooi, jou sondes soos wolke wat verdwyn. Keer terug na My toe, want Ek het jou gered’ (Jesaja 44:22 NLV). ‘Ek sal My ontferm oor hulle ongeregtighede en Ek sal nooit weer aan hulle sondes dink nie’ (Hebreërs 8:12 NLV). God het jou sonde vergewe en vergeet - dis tyd dat jy met Hom saamstem en dieselfde doen. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:36:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 18 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 2:15 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658883 https://iono.fm/e/1658883 Be confident of God’s love for you
When you fail, God’s love for you does not fail. And to enjoy the fullness of what He wants you to have, you must believe that. The knowledge of God’s love will carry you through to victory when the powers of hell are against you. The knowledge of God’s love will carry you through life’s storms and into a place of peace. God’s love is not restricted to the days when you have performed well. He loves you just as much during the times when you fail. You need to be confident of His love, especially when you have trials and the devil is accusing you and saying, “Well, you must have done something wrong.” God’s love is not doled out on a merit system. You did nothing to deserve His love; therefore, you can do nothing to forfeit it. John wrote: “We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect [mature]. So, we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. [We are clothed in Christ’s righteousness.] Such love has no fear, because [God’s] perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced [and embraced] his perfect love” (1 John 4:16-18 NLT). So be confident of God’s love for you. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:35:00 +0200 0 0 Word for Today - 17 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:56 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag https://iono.fm/e/1658881 https://iono.fm/e/1658881 Wees oortuig van God se liefde vir jou
Wanneer jy misluk, misluk God se liefde nie vir jou nie. Jy moet dit egter glo om die volheid van dit wat Hy vir jou het, te geniet. Die wete van God se liefde sal jou tot oorwinning dra wanneer die magte van die hel teen jou is. Die wete van God se liefde sal jou deur die lewe se storms en na ‘n plek van vrede dra. God se liefde is nie tot die dae wanneer jy goed presteer beperk nie. Hy het jou net so lief gedurende die tye wanneer jy misluk. Jy moet oortuig van sy liefde wees, veral wanneer jy deur beproewing gaan en die duiwel jou beskuldig en sê: ‘Wel, jy moes iets verkeerd gedoen het.’ God se liefde word nie op ‘n merietestelsel uitgedeel nie. Jy het niks gedoen om sy liefde te verdien nie; daarom kan jy niks doen om dit te verbeur nie. Johannes het geskryf: ‘Ons leef uit die wete en is absoluut oortuig daarvan dat God ons liefhet. God is die liefde self en almal wat uit dié liefde leef, leef in ‘n hegte verhouding met God en God met hulle. Hiertoe is God se liefde ten volle in ons verwesenlik, dat ons vrymoedigheid kan hê op die oordeelsdag. Want dan sal ons ook in hierdie wêreld wees soos Hý is. Ware liefde het nie plek vir vrees nie; volwasse liefde dryf die vrees uit omdat vrees nog met straf behep is, en wie aanhou vrees, het nog nie dié volwasse liefde bemeester nie’ (1 Johannes 4:16-18 NLV). Wees dus ten volle oortuig van God se liefde vir jou. ]]> Christianity Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:29:00 +0200 0 0 Woord vir Vandag - 17 April 2026 0 0 Radio Pulpit full 1:53 Word for Today / Woord vir Vandag