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You may feel unimportant or underwhelming, you may feel like you've wasted much of your life, but I'm telling you today that if you are a Christian – YOU are part of an unstoppable mission - MISSION UNSTOPPABLE!!!

Acts is the history of God's Spirit working through God's people to accomplish God's Mission to put it simply.

As you read through Acts you see God's Spirit is unstoppable.]]>
You may feel unimportant or underwhelming, you may feel like you've wasted much of your life, but I'm telling you today that if you are a Christian – YOU are part of an unstoppable mission - MISSION UNSTOPPABLE!!!

Acts is the history of God's Spirit working through God's people to accomplish God's Mission to put it simply.

As you read through Acts you see God's Spirit is unstoppable.]]> 5579542 no no Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:32:20 +0100 2021-02-01T16:45:01+01:00 18:21 https://hearthis.at/thecrunch/the-meaning-of-the-rainbow-vlog-3-podcast/
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When people are out for their daily exercise these days – especially in Italy & now the UK - you can’t help noticing the pictures of rainbows children have painted and put up in their windows... I see these being posted on social media.

The idea started in Italy and spread to many different countries as a symbol of hope in dark times — the message seems to be that although we’re in a storm at the moment, it will pass. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Lovely sentiments, no doubt. Incredibly positive and nice. But what if there is no light at the end of the tunnel?

What if the storm doesn’t blow over?
What if the situation just gets worse and worse until things fall apart completely?]]>
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When people are out for their daily exercise these days – especially in Italy & now the UK - you can’t help noticing the pictures of rainbows children have painted and put up in their windows... I see these being posted on social media.

The idea started in Italy and spread to many different countries as a symbol of hope in dark times — the message seems to be that although we’re in a storm at the moment, it will pass. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

Lovely sentiments, no doubt. Incredibly positive and nice. But what if there is no light at the end of the tunnel?

What if the storm doesn’t blow over?
What if the situation just gets worse and worse until things fall apart completely?]]> 4864762 no no Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:28:48 +0200 2020-06-16T18:28:48+02:00 27:11 https://hearthis.at/thecrunch/a-christian-approach-to-social-media-cyberhitchhiker-28-april-2020/ It’s become an integral part of life - from work - to advertising - to entertainment. We see people scrolling on their devices in public, at home and at work. It’s a tool that can be handled well and used for good or abused and cause harm. I stress this point because technology itself is not "EVIL". It is the person using it that decides whether it can be a tool used for something positive or negative.

As a Christian I am used to Fasting. It can be as a Church, we set aside a time to Fast together. It can also be when I am searching for direction or guidance on what God is wanting from me as His Child.]]> It’s become an integral part of life - from work - to advertising - to entertainment. We see people scrolling on their devices in public, at home and at work. It’s a tool that can be handled well and used for good or abused and cause harm. I stress this point because technology itself is not "EVIL". It is the person using it that decides whether it can be a tool used for something positive or negative.

As a Christian I am used to Fasting. It can be as a Church, we set aside a time to Fast together. It can also be when I am searching for direction or guidance on what God is wanting from me as His Child.]]> 4648504 no no Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:17:03 +0200 2020-04-29T12:17:03+02:00 25:57 https://hearthis.at/thecrunch/covid-19-a-christian-perspective-cyberhitchhiker-podcast/
Remember the Gospel
Like most of you, I’m sitting indoors – locked down - not going outside - distancing myself from people.
I don’t see this time as a hinderance to me doing what we are all called to do.

As created beings our first and foremost desire should be what we were created for – To worship our Lord in Spirit & in Truth – with every fiber of our being.

Here are five ways I’ve been encouraged to reflect upon how this pandemic points us to the gospel.
And hopefully in my next devotion I can speak about a Christian Approach to Social Media.

1. It is good to be confronted with the delusion of human independence and self-sufficiency.
It’s only taken a single virus to shut us down. I live in Durban – Sunford – Phoenix to be exact. Cities across the world have become like ghost towns - churches have been shut down, businesses have been shut down, restaurants are closed, families are separated from one another, friends can’t gather anymore.
It’s an amazing thing, and it reminds us that we were created to be dependent—dependent on the Creator.
There is no such thing as human independence or human self-sufficiency. In fact, it reminds me that the progress, the move of grace in our hearts and lives, is not from dependence to independence but from independence to greater dependence on God.
The more you grow in grace, the more you understand the wisdom of the word; the more you understand your own heart; the more you understand the folly of this world & the more you run in joyful, submissive dependency on God – or at least you should.

2. God’s sovereign power & glory shine brighter when we are weak, & life seems out of control.
Isn’t it amazing that although things, to us, seem out of control—and in many ways, humanly, are out of control—there is one who sits on the throne of the universe?
He is the definition of everything that’s wise, good, true, holy, righteous, and almighty, and he is in careful control of his world.
We don’t always comprehend what that means, but there is one who rules the world, who is not afraid at this moment, who is not weak, who is not confused, who has no mystery, and who never experiences surprises.
We don’t always know why he does what he does, but we know who HE IS, and we know what he has promised his children.

3. The greater global pandemic is not COVID-19. It's sin.
As this pandemic has spread from country to country until the entire globe is affected and is shutting down in an attempt to squash its power and its spread, we’re reminded that there is an even greater, darker, more dangerous pandemic.
It gets everyone—it gets everyone from birth. It is the deepest, darkest infection. It is the ultimate disease. It’s called sin. It’s more dangerous and more destructive than COVID-19 will ever be.
But this is what’s amazing: there is a cure.
God looked at his world in awesome mercy and love and decided he would not let us die from this disease. He sent his son to live as we could not live, to die an acceptable death, and to rise again—conquering sin and death so that there would be a cure for the ultimate disease. The cure is found in the person and work of the Lord Jesus, through his amazing grace.
Celebrate Grace. Celebrate that something more dangerous and more deadly than this pandemic will ever be has been cured by the power of the grace of Jesus. What a good & amazing thing.
There is a sure promise that there will be a day when all such things will end - forever - and we will be in a place where there will be no more sickness and no more suffering.

4. Though we are separated from others, nothing can separate us from the love of God.
We are all practicing social distancing now and sadly, we have to be separate from one another on Sundays as well.
Sitting and watching our church services online, on the TFC CARES FAMILY CHURCH FB PAGE is not the same—it’s not the same as meeting with brothers and sisters, hugging them warmly, shaking hands, singing together, hearing the voice of others into our ears, people singing to one another, reminding one another of the grace of the gospel.
It’s not the same. And we’re all feeling the remorse of our separation.
It’s wonderful to remember that no pandemic—that nothing in all of creation—is able to separate us from God and his boundless love. In fact, in these moments God doesn’t separate himself from us. He doesn’t turn his back on us, but he draws near.
He draws near to the weak. He draws near to the brokenhearted. He draws near in love and grace, empowering us to face what we could not face without him.

5. We are not alone.
Scripture reminds us that in these moments we don’t have to shoulder these burdens alone by ourselves. When we are weary and we are distraught, we have a place to go. Jesus welcomes us when we’re weary to come to him and cast our cares on him.
He will shoulder our burdens because he really does care for us. In these moments, it’s tempting to doubt God’s goodness, to doubt his wisdom, to doubt his power, to doubt his ability to control. And you see, what’s deadly about that is when you doubt God’s goodness, you quit running to him for help because you don’t tend to go for help to someone you no longer trust.]]>
Remember the Gospel
Like most of you, I’m sitting indoors – locked down - not going outside - distancing myself from people.
I don’t see this time as a hinderance to me doing what we are all called to do.

As created beings our first and foremost desire should be what we were created for – To worship our Lord in Spirit & in Truth – with every fiber of our being.

Here are five ways I’ve been encouraged to reflect upon how this pandemic points us to the gospel.
And hopefully in my next devotion I can speak about a Christian Approach to Social Media.

1. It is good to be confronted with the delusion of human independence and self-sufficiency.
It’s only taken a single virus to shut us down. I live in Durban – Sunford – Phoenix to be exact. Cities across the world have become like ghost towns - churches have been shut down, businesses have been shut down, restaurants are closed, families are separated from one another, friends can’t gather anymore.
It’s an amazing thing, and it reminds us that we were created to be dependent—dependent on the Creator.
There is no such thing as human independence or human self-sufficiency. In fact, it reminds me that the progress, the move of grace in our hearts and lives, is not from dependence to independence but from independence to greater dependence on God.
The more you grow in grace, the more you understand the wisdom of the word; the more you understand your own heart; the more you understand the folly of this world & the more you run in joyful, submissive dependency on God – or at least you should.

2. God’s sovereign power & glory shine brighter when we are weak, & life seems out of control.
Isn’t it amazing that although things, to us, seem out of control—and in many ways, humanly, are out of control—there is one who sits on the throne of the universe?
He is the definition of everything that’s wise, good, true, holy, righteous, and almighty, and he is in careful control of his world.
We don’t always comprehend what that means, but there is one who rules the world, who is not afraid at this moment, who is not weak, who is not confused, who has no mystery, and who never experiences surprises.
We don’t always know why he does what he does, but we know who HE IS, and we know what he has promised his children.

3. The greater global pandemic is not COVID-19. It's sin.
As this pandemic has spread from country to country until the entire globe is affected and is shutting down in an attempt to squash its power and its spread, we’re reminded that there is an even greater, darker, more dangerous pandemic.
It gets everyone—it gets everyone from birth. It is the deepest, darkest infection. It is the ultimate disease. It’s called sin. It’s more dangerous and more destructive than COVID-19 will ever be.
But this is what’s amazing: there is a cure.
God looked at his world in awesome mercy and love and decided he would not let us die from this disease. He sent his son to live as we could not live, to die an acceptable death, and to rise again—conquering sin and death so that there would be a cure for the ultimate disease. The cure is found in the person and work of the Lord Jesus, through his amazing grace.
Celebrate Grace. Celebrate that something more dangerous and more deadly than this pandemic will ever be has been cured by the power of the grace of Jesus. What a good & amazing thing.
There is a sure promise that there will be a day when all such things will end - forever - and we will be in a place where there will be no more sickness and no more suffering.

4. Though we are separated from others, nothing can separate us from the love of God.
We are all practicing social distancing now and sadly, we have to be separate from one another on Sundays as well.
Sitting and watching our church services online, on the TFC CARES FAMILY CHURCH FB PAGE is not the same—it’s not the same as meeting with brothers and sisters, hugging them warmly, shaking hands, singing together, hearing the voice of others into our ears, people singing to one another, reminding one another of the grace of the gospel.
It’s not the same. And we’re all feeling the remorse of our separation.
It’s wonderful to remember that no pandemic—that nothing in all of creation—is able to separate us from God and his boundless love. In fact, in these moments God doesn’t separate himself from us. He doesn’t turn his back on us, but he draws near.
He draws near to the weak. He draws near to the brokenhearted. He draws near in love and grace, empowering us to face what we could not face without him.

5. We are not alone.
Scripture reminds us that in these moments we don’t have to shoulder these burdens alone by ourselves. When we are weary and we are distraught, we have a place to go. Jesus welcomes us when we’re weary to come to him and cast our cares on him.
He will shoulder our burdens because he really does care for us. In these moments, it’s tempting to doubt God’s goodness, to doubt his wisdom, to doubt his power, to doubt his ability to control. And you see, what’s deadly about that is when you doubt God’s goodness, you quit running to him for help because you don’t tend to go for help to someone you no longer trust.]]> 4616133 no no Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:31:14 +0200 2020-04-20T18:31:14+02:00 20:05