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LAVIE TEMA VIR FEBRUARIE: JY SAL GEEN ANDER GOD AANBID NIE PROFILE:DRAKENSTEIN PALLIATIVE HOSPICE WHY WE NEED A CHURCH FAMILY

4-YEAR-OLD PROPHESIES, PARALYSED MAN WALKS AGAIN Februarie 2014

MAAK ‘N VERSKIL hulle deelneem en dan kry hulle ook hul kos pakkies.

Drakenstein Palliatiewe Hospice kantoor in die Paarl

Enigiets wat jy wil hê mense moet weet? Mense dink nog steeds wanneer ‘n Hospice kar voor iemand se huis staan is die persoon besig om te sterf. Maar ons probeer met die gemeenskap deel dat wanneer die dokter jou diagnoseer byvoorbeeld met kanker, en jy het baie pyn, moenie huiwer om te kom na Hospice nie. Want ons is daar vir pyn kontrole. Soos die plaasmense, hulle sterf soms so op hulle eie. Maar ons is daar om te sien dat hulle sterf met waardigheid.

En dan het ons ook maatskaplike werkers wat in gaan as daar probleme is. Ons kyk na die pasiënt in geheel, nie net na die pasiënt nie maar ook na sy familie. Ons probeer alle vlakke Hierdie maand het ons die Drakenstein Palliatiewe Hospice in aanraak, geestelik, emosioneel en fisies. die Paarl besoek om bietjie meer uit te vind hoe hulle ‘n verskil maak in die gemeenskap. Ons het met Myrtle du Plessis gepraat oor wat by hierdie hospice gebeur. Butterfly House is geleë in ‘n gebied van Drakenstein waar die mees Wat doen Hospice? kwesbare mense leef. Gebou in Ons doen versorging in die gemeenskap. Die versorging word 2008 in respons op die behoeftes by die pasiente se huise gedoen. Dit strek vanaf Paarl, van die pasiënte en hul families in die Wellington, Mbekweni, Saron, en al die omliggende gebiede. gebied. Ons doen dan vrywillige diens, so ons is eintlik afhanklik van donasies. Hoe sal iemand sorg vanaf julle kry? Wanneer ons ‘n versoek kry van ‘n pasiënt, dan gee ons vir hulle ‘n verwysingsvorm, die vorm word dan ingevul deur ‘n dokter of deur die hospitaal. Wanneer ons dit terug ontvang gaan die suster eers uit om die passient te evalueer en alles in plek te kry. Sy sal dan een van die tuisversogers uit stuur om die verdere diens te doen. Wat het julle nodig? Ons is afhanklik van donasies. Ons soek maar elke dag borge. Ons het ‘n paar gereelde skenkers en ons salarisse is ook eintlik afhanklik van hulle. En dan ook enige vorm van donasie is welkom, klere, boeke, wat gaan aan ons winkels wat dit dan verkoop. Hoe lank is Hospice al aan die gang? Hospice is nou al 23 jaar hier. Ons het begin met een suster en een maatskaplike werker. In 2003 het ons drie versorgers gehad en drie susters.En ons het nou gegroei tot 36 versorgers en 6 verpleegkundiges.

iBhabhathane is geleë in Mbekweni en is waar programme aangebied word vir pasiënte en hul families. iBhabhathane is die tuisbasis van 9 Home Based Versorgers wat in en om Mbekweni werk.

Kom kyk bietjie deur wonderlike winskopies net om die hoek by die Hospice winkels in die Paarl en Wellington.

Die Hospice winkels is ‘n baie belangrike deel van die fondsinsameling om die die Hospice aktiwiteite aan die gang te hou. Hierdie fondse ondersteun brandstofkostes, Ons het ook die Butterfly House in Fairyland. Daar doen ons instandhouding, salarisse en administrasie. programme vir oor die 400 kinders elke dag. Kos word voorsien aan die kinders. Dit is ‘n baie goeie program wat ons Die winkels verkoop klere, bric-abrac, boeke, skoene en alle het by Butterfly House, want behalwe die kos wat ons uitdeel, soorte goed teen ‘n redelike prys aan die gemeenskap. Help het ons ‘n groep wat ons noem die Khula groep wat vir die ons om mense te help wat nie hulself kan help nie. kindertjies goed leer, help lees en skryf. Daar is ‘n groep wat na Maak ‘n donasie, maak ‘n verskil ure vir die kinders verskillende tipe dansies leer. Daar is ook Drakenstein Palliative Hospice rekenaar klasse wat aangebied word en na ure is daar ‘n onderwyser wat kom en die kinders in die gebied kan hulle Standard Bank huiswerk daar sit en doen. Die ouderdomme strek so van 3 jaar Branch Code 050210 tot by 18 jaar oud. Ons maak ook vir ons pasiënte se kinders Acc no 072154446 voorsiening. Ons het ‘n dag groep wat twee keer ‘n week in SWIFT code SBZAZAJJ kom. In die middag gaan die bussie die kinders haal en dan neem hy hulle weer weg met hul pakkie kos. Omdat ons pasiënte so siek is kom hulle nie uit nie, so vir hulle het ons ook ‘n dag groep. Die bussie gaan haal die pasiënte by hul huise en dan is daar verkillende programme waaraan 2

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THE DEAL

young boy had just gotten his driving permit. He asked his father, who was a minister, if they could discuss the use of the car. His father took him to his study and said to him, "I'll make a deal with you. You bring your grades up, study your bible a little and get your hair cut and we'll talk about it." After about a month the boy came back and again asked his father if they could discuss use of the car. They again went to the father's study where his father said, "Son, I've been real proud of you. You have brought your grades up, you've studied your bible diligently, but you didn't get your hair cut!"

The young man waited a moment and replied, "You know Dad, I've been thinking about that. You know, Samson had long hair, Moses had long hair, Noah had long hair, and even Jesus had long hair...." To which his father replied...."Yes, and they WALKED everywhere they went!"

A joke about Creation An atheist scientist came to God and said, “We’ve figured out how to make a man without you.” God said, “OK, let me see you do it.” So the atheist bent down to the ground and scooped up a handful. But God stopped him and said, “Oh, no you don’t. Get your own dirt!”

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Jy mag geen ander gode voor My aangesig hê nie

don't see him as a Father, kissing us on the forehead, sitting with us on the couch, telling us how much he loves us, and telling us that every law is a board in the fence to preserve our life so that we can run freely without being harmed, then we will altogether reject a loving Father who wants life for his kids.

od het die Tien Gebooie in 'n spesifieke volgorde gegee. Every one of God's laws is just a plank in the fence, and when Hulle volg in so 'n manier dat die eerste een die tweede you see it, remember that your Father loves you. And freedom een in staat stel, en so aan. Die res van die Tien Gebooie volg is not freedom to jump the fence, but freedom to play in the vanuit die eerste twee. As jy die eerste twee Gebooie yard. gehoorsaam, sal die ander volg want alle sonde kom neer op Baie mense dink aan snaakse standbeelde of klein ornamente die kwessie van aanbidding en afgodery. Die eerste gebod, “Jy as daar verwys word na ander gode of afgode. Goed wat ver mag geen ander gode voor My aangesig hê nie,” is die van ons af is of miskien net in die Bybelse tyd was. Maar fondasie vir al God se gebooie. Dit lig ons in oor hoe ons die moenie mislei word nie, valse gode bestaan vandag nog en ander Gebooie gaan benader tydens hierdie jaar in Lavie. hulle is om ons en tussen ons. En ongelukkig aanbid ons hulle In Christus het God die wet vervul en ons vrygemaak. Nog nogsteeds. Satan het maar net ou demone as nuwe steeds verkies baie van ons om slawe van sonde en rebellie te spritualiteit ge-rebrand. wees. Net soos die kinders van Israel, wandel ons die woestyn God sê daar is net een God. Hy alleen, Hom as die middelpunt. in sirkels, vas gevang. Die waarheid is, ons kan nie vry wees Die eerste gebod verlos ons van die lok van leë beloftes wat en lewe voordat ons nie besef dat daar net een God is, en dat deur valse gode belowe word. Vra die volgende vrae om jou te dit nie ons is nie. God is ons Vader en Hy begeer dat ons ware help om hierdie valse gode te identifiseer. vryheid moet ervaar wat kom deur in sy liefdevolle wil te leef. ? Vir wie of wat lewe jy? Die beste vergelyking wat ek al gehoor het om die ? Sonder wie of wat kan jy nie lewe nie? belangrikheid van die Tien Gebooie in vandag se tyd te ? Na wie of wat hardloop jy in tye van nood? beklemtoon kom van 'n Amerikaanse pastoor, Mark Driscoll. ? Wat veroorsaak jou grootste vreugde en jou diepste Hy verduidelik dit so: hartseer? “So, I've got five kids. I love them with all my heart. We moved

? Wie of wat is die middelpunt van jou lewe? into a house some years ago and I'm in the house studying. I've got the window cracked for fresh air and I hear the weirdest My gebed is dat Christus enige ander gode sal vervang wat in sound. It was like this clunk, clunk-clunk, clunk-clunk. I'm like, jou lewe regeer, want net Christus kan die hoop, die doel, die “What?” I go outside, and I hear the noise up the street. liefde, die versekering, die vrede en die lewe wat ons almal so graag begeer, voorsien. Hierdie begeertes oortref alle Now, one of my sons had one of those little Jeeps, one of those tydperke en Jesus was, is en sal altyd die antwoord wees. plug-in, power-them-up kid Jeeps with the hard tires on it. And Valse gode belowe dit wat net die ware God kan voorsien. he's far away from our house, leaving, OK? And the clunk, clunk, clunk is him driving on the gravel. And he's about four, so I run after him, stand in front of him, “Whoa, buddy, where you going?” He's like, “I'm going to get doughnuts.” I said, “Hey, buddy, you can't go get doughnuts,” and he's like, “I'll be back Lees Filippense 4:6-13 later.”

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Now, in his mind, this is great freedom. Finally, a vehicle, right? But that much freedom will lead to his suffering. I mean, he was literally ready to merge onto a street that has, like, a forty-milean-hour speed limit. As his father, I realized that freedom will harm him. So it wasn't very long thereafter, what do you think I built? A fence, OK? Now, you know, if my kid had gone to college and, you know, studied Kant, he could have stood in the yard, looked at the fence, “Look at this oppression that limits my freedom of choice and my ability to express myself. Look at the limitations that my unkind father has burdened me with.” As a father, I would say, “Actually, this is an act of love. If you hop the fence, you're going to get hurt. If you wander off property, you're going to get hurt. I want you to enjoy the whole yard, but don't leave your father's household because it will be to your ruin.” We don't know this because we're rebels. We don't remember this because we are fatherless. We didn't have a dad or we didn't have a dad like God. And when God gives us laws, if we 4

Ek is tot alles in staat deur Hom wat my krag gee. Fil 4:13

ns is in ‘n volskaalse geestelike oorlog gewikkel soos nog nooit tevore nie. Dit is amper soos die laaste geveg voor die wederkoms van ons Here Jesus Christus, en Satan wil ons kaap. Oral waar ek gaan, sê almal met wie ek praat dieselfde ding, veral mans en vroue wat die leiding neem in die voorste linie van die geloof: Dit is gevaarlik om in daardie posisie te wees, maar deur die goeie stryd te stry en jou lewe en reputasie op die spel te plaas vir Jesus, sal jy deur die vyand gewond word. Hierdie wonde van eer is nie wonde waaroor ek en jy skaam hoef te voel nie. Dit verg moed om die evangelie te verkondig aan ‘n generasie wat nie wil hoor wat ons te sê het nie. Baie van ons wonde is aan ons binnekant - hartseer. Miskien het die pastoor in die kerk waarin jy so hard werk jou teleurgestel. Miskien het hy egbreuk gepleeg of geld gesteel, of miskien het hy net heeltemal die pad byster geraak. Dit is moeilik om hierdie teleurstelling en verraad te verwerk, maar ons moet voortgaan; ons moet sterk staan en in God glo vir die oorwinning in Jesus Christus.

Woord & Apologetiek Wil jy nie daar wees nie, my vriend? Ek wil jou vandag vermaan. Staan op! Lig daardie slap arms op. Versterk daardie swak knieë. Wees deel van die wedloop. Vra Jesus om jou wonde te verbind. Vergewe die mense wat jou seergemaak en teleurgestel het. Hulle het dit nie bedoel nie; hulle is mislei. Die wonde wat jy in die stryd om God se heerlikheid opdoen, sal deur Jesus beloon word. Hy sal jou naam roep en jou ‘n wit kleed en ‘n kroon van geregtigheid gee. En die vrede van God wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, sal oor julle harte en gedagtes die wag hou in Christus Jesus (Fil 4:7). Die stryd is egter nog nie verby nie! Onthou, wanneer Jesus aan jou kant is, behaal jy altyd die oorwinning.

other, teach each other, accept each other, honor each other, bear each other’s burdens, forgive each other, submit to each other, be devoted to each other, and many other mutual tasks. This is biblical membership! These are your “family responsibilities” that God expects you to fulfill through a local fellowship. Who are you doing these with? It may seem easier to be holy when no one else is around to frustrate your preferences, but that is a false, untested holiness. Isolation breeds deceitfulness; it is easy to fool ourselves into thinking we are mature if there is no one to challenge us. Real maturity shows up in relationships. We need more than the Bible in order to grow; we need other believers. We grow faster and stronger by learning from each other and being accountable to each other. When others share what God is teaching them, I learn and grow, too.

Liewe Vader, ek is uitgeput en doodmoeg van baklei. Versterk my; gee my groter geloof. Genees my wonde. Ek vra van U genesing en vrede. Verleen my u guns in die stryd wat ek op die oomblik stry. Wys my hoe om my probleme te hanteer, sodat ek The Body of Christ needs you. God has a unique role for you to play in his family. This is called your “ministry”, and God has dit met behulp van u krag en genade kan oorwin. Amen. gifted you for this assignment: “A spiritual gift is given to each of Deur Angus Buchan vanuit Indruk us as a means of helping the entire church.”1 Cor.12:7(NLT). Your local fellowship is the place God designed for you to discover, develop, and use your gifts. You may also have a wider ministry, but that is in addition to your service in a local body. Jesus has not promised to build your ministry; he has church family identifies you as a genuine believer. I promised to build his church. can’t claim to be following Christ if I’m not committed to any specific group of disciples. Jesus said, “Your love for one You will share in Christ’s mission in the world. When Jesus another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John walked the earth, God worked through the physical body of 13:35(NLT). When we come together in love as a church family Christ; today he uses his spiritual body. The church is God’s from different backgrounds, race, and social status, it is a instrument on earth. We are not just to model God’s love by powerful witness to the world. You are not the Body of Christ on loving each other; we are to carry it together to the rest of the your own. You need others to express that. Together, not world. This is an incredible privilege we have been given together. As members of Christ’s body, we are his hands, his separated, we are his Body. feet, his eyes, and his heart. He works through us in the world. A church family moves you out of self-centered isolation. We each have a contribution to make. Paul tells us, “He The local church is the classroom for learning how to get along creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he in God’s family. It is a lab for practising unselfish, sympathetic does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we love. As a participating member you learn to care about others had better be doing.”Eph.2:10(Msg). and share the experiences of others: “If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it. Or if one part of our A church family will help keep you from backsliding. None body is honored, all the other parts share its honor.”1 Cor. of us are immune to temptation. Given the right situation, you 12:26(NCV). Only in regular contact with ordinary, imperfect and I are capable of any sin. God knows this, so he has believers can we learn real fellowship and experience the New assigned us as individuals the responsibility of keeping each Testament truth of being connected and dependent on each other on track. The Bible says, “Encourage one another daily. . other. Biblical fellowship is being as committed to each other as .so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” we are to Jesus Christ. God expects us to give our lives for Heb.3:13(NIV). “Mind your own business” is not a Christian each other. Many Christians who know John 3:16 are unaware phrase. We are called and commanded to be involved in each of 1 John 3:16: “Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we other’s lives. If you know someone who is wavering spiritually ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” This is the kind of right now, it is your responsibility to go after them and bring sacrificial love God expects you to show other believers - a them back into the fellowship. James tells us, “If you know people who have wandered off from God’s truth, don’t write willingness to love them in the same way Jesus loves you. them off. Go after them. Get them back.” James 5:19(Msg). A church family helps you develop spiritual muscle. You A related benefit of a local church is that it also provides the never grow to maturity just by attending worship services and spiritual protection of godly leaders. God gives shepherd being a passive spectator. Only participation in the full life of a leaders the responsibility to guard, protect, defend, and care local church builds spiritual muscle. The Bible says, “As each for the spiritual welfare of his flock. We are told, “Their work is part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so to watch over your souls, and they know they are accountable that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of to God.”Heb.13:17(NLT). Satan loves detached believers, love.”Eph.4:16b(NLT). Over fifty times in the New Testament unplugged from the life of the Body, isolated from God’s family, the phrase “one another” or “each other” is used. We are and unaccountable to spiritual leaders, because he knows commanded to love each other, pray for each other, encourage they are defenceless and powerless against his tactics. each other, admonish each other, greet each other, serve each By Rick Warren from The Purpose Driven Life

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ns is baie opgewonde vir wat Christus in stoor het vir sy kerk in 2014. Ons visie bly om uit te reik na ons onmiddellike gemeenskap, om hoop te bring deur positiewe, e is a former high school basketball star who set records at Woord-gebasserde boodskappe en inspirerende stories, his school and in the state of Indiana, USA. Looking lering te bring oor basiese Christelike beginsels en om eenheid forward to his sophomore year playing for Hope College, he tussen alle gelowiges te bewerkstellig. pushed himself to stay in peak physical condition. While engaged in the so-called “insanity workout,” he heard a loud Wats nuut? pop in his back – and within hours he knew something was Die jaar het ons ‘n nuwe tema. Laas jaar was dit die vrug van horribly wrong. die Heilige Gees. Hierdie jaar gaan ons die Tien Gebooie “October 28th changed my life,” Joel Haler, 20, told a packed behandel en bespreek. Jesus se genade en liefde word selfs in New Covenant Worship Center, where his father, Eric, is the die Tien Gebooie geillustreer. senior pastor. After he heard the pop, the pain and weakness in his legs gradually intensified over the next several hours. By Daar is ook hierdie maand ‘n profiel blad waar ons ‘n nightfall, he checked himself into the ER because he had onderhoud gaan voer met mense wat ‘n verskil in ons dorp trouble walking. “By the end of the next day I was paralysed maak. Die doel hiermee is om te sien waar jy kan uithelp en from the waist down,” he recounts. Doctors performed MRIs; betrokke raak as jy nog nie betrokke is nie en om mense so he was transferred from hospital to hospital. He had two spinal bietjie te motiveer om betrokke te raak as hulle nog nie taps, which resulted in headaches worse than migraines. betrokke is nie. Various theories emerged Die Kinderkerk, King’s Kids, deel ook hierdie jaar ‘n blad met “We don’t know what’s going on,” doctors informed him initially. Elev8 Youth en daar kan u elke maand, as u kinders het, Various theories emerged. They said he might have Guillain inligting kry oor wat alles gebeur by die Kinderkerk en by Elev8 Barre syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease triggered by an Youth. infection, which causes non-trauma-related paralysis. Other doctors wanted to do exploratory surgery, believing there may In 2014. . . Die Here sal julle seën en julle beskerm; die Here sal have been a trauma associated with the loud pop that triggered tot julle redding verskyn en julle genadig wees; die Here sal his condition. Lacking conclusive answers, there was one thing julle gebede verhoor en aan julle vrede gee! (Num. 6:24-26) doctors were certain about: if sensation ever returned to his legs, he would have to re-learn how to walk. Confined to a wheelchair for the first time in his life, as the weeks rolled by with no change in his condition, Joel had plenty of time to think. Negative thoughts overwhelmed him. “I went to the lowest of the low,” he recalls. “I was letting my mind run wild.” oenie die Real Marriage reeks, wat elke Sondagaand tydens Februarie gaan plaas vind, mis nie. Dit is ook nie Seeking to numb his emotional pain, he turned to an old net vir getroudes nie maar vir almal, verloofdes, die wat in nemesis – pornography. “As I got more and more frustrated, I verhoudings is en die wat single is wat graag eendag wil trou. wanted to pleasure myself,” Joel confesses. “I wanted to look at pornography because I had nothing else.” Nooi al jou vriende en familie. “But God wanted to bring deliverance and close that door from my past.”

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Joel also realised he had been a people-pleaser his entire life, which led to compromises in his walk with God. “My peoplepleasing opened up doors to the evil one,” he admits. “As a pastor’s son, I wanted people to think I had it all together, so I put up a front.” “I felt like I was going through a mid-life crisis at the age of 20,” he says. Then Joel visited the Ronald McDonald house in his wheelchair, and saw children struggling with life-threatening diseases such as brain tumors and leukemia. Their remaining time on earth seemed precarious at best. “When I saw the children suffering, it broke my heart.” Faith in wrong things Joel realised he had put his faith and trust in the wrong things. “I had pride in my accomplishments, my status, my personality and popularity,” he said. “I loved working out and making my body look good. Even in a wheelchair, I was working out every day at the YMCA. I still wanted to look good.” As the vanities of life were stripped away and he faced his new reality, God challenged him to see his true identity in Christ. 6

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How could God use my misery, my situation, to bring glory to Himself? Joel wondered. One day, as Joel struggled with depression, God impressed these words on his heart: I am setting the stage. Are you really? Joel laughed. Show me the stage. Then God spoke to his heart again: Stop having a pity party for yourself and look at Me. This is small. Look at what I have created.

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Began to walk At 5:15, he decided to walk to his parents’ bedroom. “I swung my legs out of bed,” his feet hit the floor, and he began to walk. He turned on the kitchen light, then appeared in their doorway. “I thought it was my wife getting up, but she was still beside me in bed,” father Eric says.

As Joel considered the immensity of the universe God created, His wife looked up, saw Joel’s silhouette and thought it might be their other son, Abraham. “Abe, is that you?” he recognised he had an she called out. immature faith. He recognized God wanted to Then she realized God brought the miracle they show him what real faith longed for. “Joel, Joel. You’re walking! You’re looked like. Then came a walking!” she cried out. moment of surrender. He Mom and dad jumped out of bed and embraced knew he had no control over Joel, and they began to bawl like babies. getting his legs back. “I finally “For 10 or 15 minutes we held Joel, rejoicing in let go,” Joel recalls. “I give up. the Lord,” Eric says. I give it all to you God.” “I have not stopped giving thanks,” Joel reports. Shortly after his consecration “God is so good. What the enemy was using to and re-submission to God, destroy me, God used for good. We serve an people in his church and the amazing God and he still performs miracles.” community began to have dreams and visions about him walking again. Originally published in God Reports Vivid dream In early January 2014, Joel had a vivid dream in which he was at a basketball game, and the team ran out prior to the beginning of the game. They ran through a tunnel, and Joel led his team as he smashed through a large piece of paper held up by cheerleaders that had ‘J 23’ written in large, bold letters.

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He woke up pondering his unusual dream, wondering about If you can play an instrument or you can sing, please contact the meaning of ‘J23.’ He decided to read through the 23rd Alecia Smith (081 043 2320) for auditions to play in the church chapter of every book in the Bible that starts with a ‘J.’ While he worship band. uncovered some great truth in the chapters, nothing seemed to resonate with his situation. Then something very unusual happened at church the next Sunday, January 12. A four-year-old boy, Braxton Farmer, came up to him and said, “Joel, you’re gonna walk on a Thursday.” Amazed at what had come from the mouth of a child, he tried to correlate ‘J 23’ and ‘Thursday.’ He pulled out a calendar to see if June 23rd or July 23rd fell on a Thursday. They didn’t . It As jy ‘n instrument kan speel of kan sing, kontak asseblief vir couldn’t be January 23rd, he thought. That’s only a week and a Alecia Smith (081 043 2320) vir oudisies om in die aanbiddings half away. Then he opened his calendar to January. “January span te speel of the sing. 23rd falls on a Thursday!” he cried out loud. This amazing prophetic revelation – delivered through a dream and by the lips of a child – energised his faith for God to do something amazing.

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On Wednesday, January 22, Joel and his parents fasted throughout the day. “I was standing on faith,” he says, Anyone who can write or take pictures are welcome to help out. “because I had nothing else but God.” As he turned in for bed at This will only be for church events, writing an article on the the end of the day, his anticipation was high. “I wasn’t sleepy,” event and taking pictures of the event. This will not be every he reports. “I wanted to be awake if it happened.” month, but just for the times there are events you will be “At 3 a.m. I began to feel tingling in my toes,” Joel says. This is needed. Please contact Lavie at antdyoung@gmail.com if you awesome, he thought to himself; Here we go. The strange would like to help out. prickling sensation began to move up his leg, but with it, came excruciating pain and heat. Sharp, shooting pains lasted for an Enigiemand wat kan skryf of foto’s neem is welkom om te help. hour and a half – until the tingling reached his hips. Hierdie sal slegs vir kerk gebeure wees, die skryf van ‘n artikel “I have never been so satisfied with pain, because I hadn’t felt oor die kerk gebeure en om foto’s daarvan te neem. Dit sal ook anything in three months,” he says. About 20 minutes later the nie elke maand wees nie, maar net as daar enigiets gebeur by pain subsided. Joel pinched himself. Is this the real deal? Then die kerk. Kontak asseblief Lavie by antdyoung@gmail.com as u wil help. he wiggled his toes. 7

Missions Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for GOD'S WORD® Translation welfare and not for Esther 4:14 The fact is, even if you remain silent now, someone else will evil, to give you a help and rescue the Jews, but you and your relatives will die. future and a hope. And who knows, you may have gained your royal position for a The word HOPE time like this." has been ringing in my mind and heart This is OUR time! RISE AND SHINE for most part of the December holidays. 2013 was an exceptionally difficult and New Life Version (NLV) strenuous year for Gavin and myself. We were continuously Isaiah 60 “Rise up and shine, for your light has come. The shining- challenged in many aspects of our lives. By the end of the year greatness of the Lord has risen upon you. For see, darkness we were tired and burnt out. But Gods promises are never will cover the earth. Much darkness will cover the people. But empty – He renewed our strength and restored our hope. the Lord will rise upon you, and His shining-greatness will be seen upon you. Nations will come to your light. And kings will Isaiah 40:31 But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall see the shining-greatness of the Lord on you. run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. CROSSING BORDERS WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME BACK OUR 'FAMILY IN CHRIST.' A YEAR FILLED WITH PROMISE.

Sharing my heart's hurts with dear friends in the church I soon learnt that there were MANY who too were going through similar struggles and needed spiritual encouragement. The Lord brought my attention to the following scripture. Romans 5:4 And endurance produces character, and character produces hope. When the doubts come, and the darkness fills your mind, I urge you dear friends; meditate on the following: Psalm 71:14 But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. The theme for Crossing Borders this year will be HOPE. We believe that in this year many doors will be opened. Families will be restored and that God will make a way where there seems to be no way. One hope ONE GOD.

Many of us may feel worn out from 'battle' and weary from wondering in our own spiritual desert during 2013.Our time of fiery tests and trials have been for such a moment as THIS! When soldiers are training for battle they are tried and tested until their maximum potential shines through.God does the same with us, we are like an uncut diamond in his hand, being polished and shaped on a daily basis. “Rise up and shine, for your light has come.”

NEWS The reconstruction of C.B is currently underway. Pastor Rudi and I came together at the end of last year to discuss further improvement and came to this conclusion – the walls will come down! We will be rebuilding Crossing Borders from the ground up. Please be patient with us while we find our bearings.

Proclaim and declare Gods promises on your life in 2014. Step Winston Churchill once said: To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. up and speak out. King James Version (KJV) Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

WHEN THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, THERE IS HOPE.

May we be purposefully vigilant this year, determined in prayer and boldly intercede for our brothers and sisters in It is easy to miss out on God's calling on our lives when we do Christ. NOT KNOW his promises that are found in the Word of God. Love and blessings Crystal Young 2014 the year of HOPE 8

ELEV8 YOUTH & KING’S KIDS

roete aan al ons Kings Kids maats en ouers.

Die onderwysers van Kings Kids wens graag elkeen 'n geseënde 2014 toe. Ons is baie opgewonde, want daar gaan binnekort twee nuwe maats, Ben en Betsie, by ons aansluit wat groot verrassings vir almal gaan inhou!

ierdie jaar is daar 'n verwagting in mense se harte oor wat God gaan doen en wat God alreeds doen. By Elev8Youth sien ons regtig uit na die nuwe seisoen waarin ons beweeg. Vroeg in 2014 het ons struktuur verander met Waldo hulle wat verhuis het, maar die struktuur wat hulle in plek kom sit het, gaan ons verseker tot hoër hoogtes neem. Die tye vir jeug op Vrydae is van 18:15 tot 21:00. Ons beplan om vroeg bymekaar te kom en bietjie saam te kuier, voor ons met jeug begin. Vrydae se fokus gaan opleiding, restorasie en leierskap wees. Ons wil hê die jongmense moet 'n verwagting en opgewondenheid kry oor wat God doen en wil doen deur hul lewens. Die eerste kwartaal gaan ons die fondasie lê vir die res van die jaar se jeug. Ons wil regtig die ouers aanmoedig om Vrydae hulle kinders te bring. Kom deel in dit waarmee God besig is in jongmense se lewens. Ons sien uit om die jeug daar te hê. Jeug datums vir Februarie: 7 Feb - Geen Jeug (Lig en Lewe Leierskap Naweek)

Al die Laerskoolkinders gaan Sondagoggende net na offerhande na die braaikamer waar ons lekker gaan sing en ons verjaardag maats gaan gelukwens. Dit is vir ons belangrik dat die kinders van kleins af die Here sal loof en prys op hulle vlak. Die groter kinders sal die lofprysing en aanbidding in die kerk bywoon voordat hulle na hul klasse verdaag. Daar is heerlike verrassings wat wag op ons maats hierdie jaar en ons wil graag ons ouers aanmoedig om hulle kinders elke Sondag na die kinderkerk toe te bring. Ouers sal onthou dat hulle voor God beloof het om hul kinders vir Hom groot te maak – die Kinderkerk wil graag ouers help in hierdie groot taak. Ons vra elke ouer om saam te bid vir ons kinders en onderwysers. Romeine 8 vers 37: “ Maar in al hierdie dinge is ons meer as oorwinnaars deur Hom wat ons liefgehad het” “Watch this space!!!!!” HIER KOM GROOT DINGE!!!!!

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