Youthful4God Christian Magazine
IS THE THEME OF THE MONTH
February Issue
Editor's note Welcome to our first issue. I cannot believe that you are reading the 1st issue. It has been a milestone to finally share this with you. It’s an honour and a privilege to be sharing the different articles in this read. The purpose of Y4G (Youthful4God) online magazine is to share the good news at the comfort of our homes, offices or phones. This issue is very important because it is the foundation of the beginning of great things. We are God's children so He wants us to be as youthful with Him. Instead of being too serious when you get with God.
I love that we started the year by recognising that love is free and available to everybody. As the year goes by, there are going to be many things that will try to take away the love that is inside of you. God also says that the greatest of them all is LOVE. So we had the opportunity to speak with different amazing people to hear what love means to them. I believe this is a great read of content and it will get even better as time goes on. We need a guide of events for our lifestyle (christian). Places we can visit to spend time with other believers and also know what is happening, where and when. If you know you have the God given talent to write, do not be shy to get involved. Let us learn and explore this Christian life together. This road is not easy so we need each other to make it to heaven and have fun while on earth. I hope you learn something before having fun in this read. I hope this issue builds your christian life because that is the main purpose before anything else. Love you like crazy Lebo
CONTENT Who is Y4D
pg 4
What is Love
pg 5
Tummie's understanding of LOVE
pg 6
The Legacy Church
pg 7
Ur Plug
pg 8-9
Kingdom Shaker
pg 10
Love the Ashy's way
pg 11-13
With The Lord by Tumelo
pg 14-15
Just for fun
pg 16
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WHY YOUTHFUL4GOD Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure 1 JOHN 3:2-3 God sees us as His children, so He sees us as youthful. He wants us to come t him with that youthful behaviour to him and share it with others.
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What is love? Love between a man and a woman have or bring amazing feelings. You could feel like you have the world in your hands. You would feel loved and very important in someone’s life. Love makes you feel appreciated. It can make you do things that on a normal circumstance you will not do.; things like spending money on that person because you want to show them how you feel, not listen to the person that have been giving you advice in life on how you are wasting time on that person. You don’t listen because you are in love. This feeling is usually in the inside and cannot be seen. Some people equate it to the person’s glow or weight gained. It is said that love is blind. This is so because decisions of a person in love are made like a blind person. You do not see life without this person and you see the future with person. As women, we would see having babies with him that look exactly like him. Funny things is, how many people have you felt this way about? And there are not with you. I know! I felt like that with a number of guys but the relationship ended and I look back and wonder what sickness was I on because now that the blindness has been removed I now see clearly. If only we would feel like this towards God. The same way that we cannot live without this man/woman, why can't we feel the same way? Most people know that God is there or exists but they have not fathomed who He is. If we just took some time to know who God really is, we would know about the unconditional love that He has for us and we would also give Him the same love. We trust people to love us rather than God. Most people run to Him when they are walking through the valley of the shadow. People do not want to experience unconditional love of God, they find it very hard to have a relationship with God. God’s love is different from people’s love. His love towards us is the purest of all. It doesn’t change and never fails. We fail God because we feel He doesn’t love us. His love doesn’t change based on what you did or what you did not do. As people, when we have done something that doesn’t please Him, he doesn’t curse us. Rather He waits for us to come running back to him. God’s love is pure because it is not measured by the good you have done or wrongs you committed. It’s based on that He is loving. Period! This month let us put to action in our lives what we say. Wherever you go, start greeting people with smiles, be kind to one another, (stop asking question like when are you having a baby/when are you getting married/ you have gained weight) If you can give hugs. Compliment something in that person’s look or behavior. If you have colleagues, make a small note to them about something you like or appreciate about them. Tell your parents that you love them. I know us black people find it hard to tell your uncles and aunts that you love them….LOL!
Love By Tummie people can define Love in different ways based on your age. We had a chat with a young person to try understanding what love means to the young people.
WHO ARE YOU? My name is Tumiso Amantle Tanya Molefi. I am a young lady of 20 years old studying Business Administration at Shenyang Institute of Technology (China). I gave my life to God after I started worshiping at Hillview Church and this was end of 2018. I have since then opened all doors of every aspect of my life to him and I have seen great things happen in my life. I would like to believe I am an outgoing person but at the same time I like my own space (being by myself) always makes me so happy.
As you as you are what do you think love is? Love also means compromise, when we love someone, we are willing to compromise in order to accommodate their needs or desires and they are willing to do the same. One of my biggest dreams is to get married before I reach my thirties and all I want in a man is honestly, loyalty , unconditional love , communication, trust , funny (Someone who is happy to just hang out, have fun and laugh with you is someone worth sticking with) , maturity, safety and generosity. Someone who is a prayer warrior, with big dreams and hardworker. A man who is willing to think and learn about themselves, who is open to reflecting on the past and evolving in the present. This certain someone should be non-reactive, in the sense that they think before they act. They don’t let their instant emotions rule their actions. They are independent and self-assured, which means they aren’t looking to you to fix or complete them.
One of my biggest dreams is to get married before I reach my 30s says Tummie
Most importantly a man that will love me the same way I love him. Yes, I would forgive for cheating. Honestly, when someone cheats on you, your mind and emotions scream at you to hate, punish and never forgive. It’s hard to let go of those feelings but forgiving someone for cheating will actually benefit the faithful person more than the cheater. Forgiveness is the antidote and the only way to move on.
What do you mean maturity, safety and generosity? I want a partner that will ensure I am safe all the time be it physically, emotionally and mentally. Someone who would do anything to protect me , us and our family. Someone who is isn’t selfish and is generous enough to forgive people , to offer his help to people , someone who is giving.
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Yes , I would. Honestly, when someone cheats on you, your mind and emotions scream at you to hate, punish and never forgive. It’s hard to let go of those feelings but forgiving someone for cheating will actually benefit the faithful person more than the cheater. Forgiveness is the antidote and the only way to move on.
Church Feature
This month's CF is called Legacy Church. We are God’s legacy here on earth through Christ Jesus. Ambassador of the kingdom of heaven. Touching lives to overflow. The name was inspired by the Holy Spirit. We only do what we see our father doing. It was established on March 2019. It originates from Botswana and it will be celebrating its 1-year anniversary on March 27, 2020. Do attend to celebrate with our brothers and sisters.
Vision: To instill a kingdom mindset for kingdom focus Mission: to raise leaders and ministers of the gospel, sons and daughters of the kingdom of God and commission them to become his legacy through teaching the word with revelation and power, walking in the glory and manifestations of the supernatural. Directions to the church are as follows; coming from Molapo crossing and GICC (Gaborone International Conference center) side, take first turn left into Mogoditshane. Then turn right by the four way. Keep driving down until Kagisong hotel and conference center, take the right turn. Drive down, you will see another lodge on the left, opposite is Legacy Church. You will see the signboard. Our services are Wednesday 6pm and Sunday 9am.
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KINGDOM SHAKERS Tshepo Kgarubane, is our KS. He is son, husband and a pastor. Lets hear from him who he is. My  childhood was quite normal, coming from a family with both parents present and three siblings. I would consider that a normal family. We went to good schools, I had a privileged life. Education was a huge thing in our family as our parents wanted to afford us the opportunity that they were not afforded in their time and they were vert strict about it. I had absolutely no idea I was going to be a pastor. I did not even believe in God. I was the biggest atheist there was. I say this because anything to do with God, I would mock and discourage. I gave the word sinner a whole deeper meaning. God means relationship. He means complete surrender and rust in his love. He is everything to me. I faced a great challenge in completing my degree and that was a biggest event that tested my faith. I witnessed the Lord grant me great favor when it came to my completing my tertiary education. There was a lot of contention spiritually and physically but I stand to testify of his hand and mercy. I have seen the Lord deliver me from a sure prison term. He made a way and I was pardoned from going to jail. He will forever be way maker and He have the final say in my life. I have seen the Lord deliver me from a sure prison term. He made a way and I was pardoned from going to jail. He will forever be way maker and He have the final say in my life
Word to others For the church or any work of God to progress and have influence, we have to be kingdom minded and manifest as true sons of God. A son looks to his father and can recognize his Father’s work
Love the Ash’s’ way!By: Baruti & Ashmore Molebatsi
we met in 2009 when I was only 16 years and he 8 years my senior, we became friends. We talked on social media from time to time but there were no feelings attached to the conversations, we mainly connected because of our love for music which other people really understood. Fast forward to 2016 and mobile numbers were changed, and the dynamic of the relationship shifted.
Love is often described as a complex set of emotions, behaviors and belief associated with strong feelings of affection, protectiveness, warmth and respect for another person. Love in a marriage although it consists of all the above it comes with other complexes such as tolerance, compromise and an open mind. As Christians we believe that God is love, and we are together because God brought us together. We did not have a love at first sight kind of love, ours we grew in to, it hit us on our faces when we least expected it. We believe our ideology of love is dynamic as it changed and keeps changing with stages that we are in. My husband and I have known each other since 2009 this is mainly because we are from the same home village and our paths crossed a lot of times. Had someone told me that 10 years later we would be married with a child I down right would have denied it. From the time
When we started our relationship, we were in what is commonly known as the honeymoon phase, we were inseparable, the sweep me off my feet, butterflies in the tummy stage. We spent so much time together, at some point I lived with a friend and there were times I will be at my sisters’ house and he will pass by even if it us for 30 minutes. We enjoyed taking walks to the nearest mall and sit on the bench and talk for hours, we would sometimes sit in his car and he will be excited to play me songs that he loved. This was the romance stage, the time when a day without seeing each other would be torture. As time went on when I would visit him for a few days on end and that is when we really revealed our real selves to one another, this was the time when all the butterflies where flying away and reality was striking. We took time to adjust to each other’s personalities, this took patience and determination. I am a straight talker perfectionist and my partner is one to just “wing” it, he lives for the moment and I like order. Continue next page
This was always a problem especially for me, the biggest mistake I made was to try change him into being like me and this never ended well. We got into arguments about it and we will never reach a common ground. Although we still pretty much opposites in that perspective, of recent certain traits we possess are rubbing off on each other. He has a bit of order in his life and I have days that I just wing it. We introduced each other to things that have helped us grow as individuals and as a team. In this stage we also accomplished a lot, we became a part of each other’s lives in a deeper way. We became a partnership. We started having common goals, we somehow knew what we will eventually get married and have kids. As time went on when I would visit him for a few days on end and that is when we really revealed our real selves to one another, this was the time when all the butterflies where flying away and reality was striking. We took time to adjust to each other’s personalities, this took patience and determination. I am a straight talker perfectionist and my partner is one to just “wing” it, he lives for the moment and I like order. This was always a problem especially for me, the biggest mistake I made was to try change him into being like me and this never ended well. We got into arguments about it and we will never reach a common ground. Although we still pretty much opposites in that perspective, of recent certain traits we possess are rubbing off on each other. He has a bit of order in his life and I have days that I just wing it. We introduced each other to things that have helped us grow as individuals and as a team. In this stage we also accomplished a lot, we became a part of each other’s lives in a deeper way. We became a partnership. We started having common goals, we somehow knew that we will eventually get married and have kids. In 2018 I discovered I was pregnant; it was not intentional but the look on my husband’s face was reassuring and I knew I will be well taken care of. Of all my doctor’s appointments he missed only one when I went to register the pregnancy with an obstetrician and everyone ever since he was right there by my side. I was very moody throughout my pregnancy and never wanted to give him room to breath and go be with his friends. He put up with all my nagging and complaining, the back rubs in the middle of the night and the midnight hospital visit when I didn’t feel well. This is the sacrifice we see in relationships he put his social life on hold to be there for me. We were hit with a tragedy a few months into my pregnancy when my husband got suspended from work. This was one of the most trying times of our relationship, he became mildly depressed and was demoralised, yet I was pregnant and needed my support system to be level-headed because my emotions were all over the place. He became preoccupied with dealing with his work issues which took a toll on his well being and mine as well. When all this was going on, we had to still plan our wedding, being me, I became excited with the pregnancy and the wedding planning that I neglected my partner’s emotional needs. He exploded one day and from there on whenever he is quiet or seems distant, I will bombard him with questions which I’m pretty sure he now finds very annoying. He jokingly says I have a way of nagging him into feeling better whenever he is going through anything and wants to Continue next page be alone because I will never leave his side.
February 2019, I gave birth to our son a few weeks shy of his due date, but he was healthy, and I was too, my husband of course was in the next room as I was in theater. Him being the emotional one I had to put on a brave face when the doctor mentioned there was bit of a complication with my pregnancy and was to be operated on immediately to ensure safety of both mother and child. The support I got from my partner was magical, he came to see us at every visiting time even though he lived 30km from the hospital, he even made the 0600hrs visiting hour. The love we shared became deeper with the little human we both contributed to bringing to this world. The day we were discharged he came to us at home and every day without fail came to my parents’ home to see how we were doing. This showed selflessness and dedication which is a fundamental in any relationship. Having a child meant we had to each sacrifice not only our finances but also our time, we became a perfect family of 3. Our son became the center of our lives, but we did not let that deviate from each other. As much as we may love him, he is the result from us being a couple not us being a couple because of him.
31st August 2019 we tied the knot at the church where we first met 10 years ago, we went for a weekend retreat where we were taught a lot on marriage and the true meaning of being together. 4years of being together and 5 of which we have been married, we believe that love is unique for everyone, what necessarily works for another couple might not necessarily work for us and vice versa. We cohabited and had a child before marriage and because it works for us it doesn’t mean it is the right way to do it. For any relationship to work there need to be understanding of each other, acceptance, tolerance, trust and love amongst all others. Love is not easily defined, and it is not meant to be easy, it requires to be watered for it to blossom, it needs to be built on a strong foundation that only the two people in the relationship understands. Other people may not understand the dynamics of your relationship but the beauty of it is they don’t have to because they are not a part of it.
LOVE LIKE NO OTHER by Tumelo Lepere John 3:16 in (NIV) says For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. More often people believe that God does not care about them and their problems. This is a lie that emanates from the Satan himself that he has sown for generations Genesis 3:4-5 tells of how Satan came and told the woman how God doesn’t want her to have her eyes opened and be like God, and for generations people have said “God doesn’t care” and he doesn’t understand how miserable my life is, but he does. Our main verse has some truths about the love of God that we will look at. 1. The love of God is unconditional (“for God so loved the world…”) The world alienated from God and became hostile to him. Yet God never stopped loving everyone, He did not select only a chosen few who are deemed saints. The verse doesn’t say God loves only the good people, it says; “for God so loved the world” So God’s love clearly isn’t based on our spiritual condition or our moral inclination. It isn’t based on our behavior or our attitude toward him. Rather we see here that God’s love for mankind is universal and unconditional. He loves everyone. God loves us unconditionally through what we call grace, grace is all about God and God freely giving to us the gifts of forgiveness, mercy and love. So God’s love for us is unconditional. There is nothing we can do to make God love us more or less. But this doesn’t mean that a person can continue in sin and please God, God’s love helps us to turn from sin. (Romans 6: 1 “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?”) 2. SACRIFICE: “God gave his only son” God shows us that true love has nothing to do with what you can do for God, but everything to do with what God can do for you. When we repent and turn to God our sin is forgiven and we are transformed through Jesus who paid the price for our forgiveness. (John 15:13 “there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”.) God gave his best, Jesus. We learn that God didn’t have a backup, God didn’t have a spare. But he loved us so much that he was willing to give us Jesus. 3. GOD’S LOVE IS ACCESSIBLE: “that whoever believes in him” The good news about God’s love is that it is not limited to a selected few. It is not available only to those who are well-known in this world. It is not reserved for only the intellectual few or the power brokers or financial experts. The love of God is accessible to “whoever believes in” Jesus – the only Son of God. God’s love is so immense that he wanted to come down. And he has proven his love by the fact that he did come down and gave His life for ours. He is not a distant God who loves us only from a far-away place that is completely aloof from us. Rather he has entered into our world and he longs to enter into our lives.
In conclusion, we see that God’s love is not judgmental, Jesus was not sent to come and condemn us, he came to save us. He didn’t come to punish us, but to forgive us. He came to set us free from the bondage of sin, he came to make us the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21, We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart). So dear friends, it is important to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, for you to come into a love relationship with God. And if you are willing, invite him after hearing this about him, you can pray this short prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, Thank you for dying on the cross for my sin. Please forgive me. Come into my life. I receive You as my Lord and Savior. Now,help me to live for you the rest of this life. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen Start reading the bible (according to what you are currently struggling with) and books that would build your spiritual growth. Fast and pray when you get a change it will not come without you putting in the work.
JUST FOR FUN MATCH FROM HEAVEN
THE PERFECT MATCH Adam
Hannah
Abraham
Sapphira
Isaac
Zipporah
Moses
Eve
Elkanah
Esther
King Xerxes
Sarah
Ananias
Rebekah
Adam/Eve Abraham/Sarah Isaac/Rebekah Ananias/Sapphira Moses/Zipporah King Xerves/Esther Elkanah/Hannah
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"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." 1 Peter 4:8 NIV