Dis hoe GOD se genade en liefde in die wêreld versprei – deur jou en my! Jesus het vir ons duidelik kom wys dat Hy Sy geur orals aan alle mense versprei het. In Sy geselskap was die armes en die verstotenes, die sondaars en die prostitute almal welkom. Want Hy het geweet dat die geur wat Hy versprei in hulle lewens ’n verskil kan maak. Netso moet jou manier van lewe, jou liefde vir jou naaste (én verste!) die geur van Jesus versprei!

Some prophets are called to comfort the afflicted (see Isa. 40:1). Others afflicted the comfortable. That was Amos’s irksome assignment. The temptations people face during times of prosperity are different om the temptations they face when times are hard (Prov. 3:7-9). During hard times God tests our faith. During good times he tests our character.

The new nature does not have to become sinless, it is sinless. It is Christ in you the hope of glory. It is born of the Spirit. It is born of the Word of God. It is born of God. It cannot sin. Nor does it ever even desire to sin, no not the least little bit. Your new nature loves the law of God, the righteousness of God and everything about God.

Dink aan jouself as die skrynwerker. Dink aan u huis. Elke dag slaan u 'n spyker, plaas 'n plank of rig 'n muur op. Bou verstandig. Dit is die enigste lewe wat u ooit sal bou. Al leef jy dit net vir een dag meer, verdien dit daardie dag om genadig en met waardigheid geleef te word. Die plaatjie aan die muur sê: "Die lewe is 'n doen-dit-self-projek." Wie kan dit duideliker sê? Jou lewe vandag is die resultaat van jou houding en keuses in die verlede. Jou lewe môre sal die gevolg wees van u houding en die keuses wat u vandag maak.

Walking in the Spirit is, for all intents and purposes, exactly the same as living out from your new nature, the new creation that you are. You have a new self that is created in righteousness and truth and when you tap into this and 'put it on' you live in righteousness and truth. The new nature is the nature of Christ and cannot sin, nor is it able to do so because it is born of God and not of the flesh

Pray that God will awaken your spirit to the love of God, opening your 'faith senses', that is your spiritual eyes and spiritual ears, to the goodness and wonder and kindness of the Savior. Press in to inherit these things. Stir up your faith to lay hold of the promises that are yours as part of the eternal covenant.

The New Covenant calls us to be Spirit-Followers rather than Law-Keepers or Flesh-Indulgers.

In our modern lives we have become spiritually dull. We are unsure whether it is God, the Devil or our own desires that are leading us. We are lost and confused and have great difficulty following the Holy Spirit so we often revert to Law, or to our own strength and reason or even to despair. But God CAN be trusted and He can and does lead His people.

Jy kan nie altyd die situasie kies waarin jy jou bevind nie, maar jy kan wel kies hoe jy dink en optree.

In die tuin van eden was die mens in volmaakte liefde. Na ons uitgewerp is, is verwerping ons grootste vrees en aavaarding ons diepste behoefte. Jesus versoen die gees mens, maar ons dien God nog uit die plek van verwerping.