Nadat Petrus daardie preek in Handelinge hoofstuk 2 op Pinksterdag gepreek het, eindig hy hiermee: Hand 2:36 “Laat dan die hele huis van Isreal sekerlik weet dat God Hom Here en Christus gemaak het, hierdie Jesus wat julle gekruisig het.”

After preaching his sermon on the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter 2, Peter ends as follows: Acts 2:36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ – this Jesus whom you crucified.”

Die oorspronklike artikel is geskryf een maand ná die verpligte besetting van ons plaas deur die Zimbabwiese regering. Ons is drie maande gegee om van die plaas af te wees; hierdie was dus ‘n maand in daardie tyd in geskryf. Ek het hierdie geskryf om mense te help verstaan watter diep geestelike stryd ‘n mens tydens so ‘n traumatiese tyd deurgaan. Ek vertrou dat hierdie ‘n bemoediging vir jou sal wees, waar jy ookal in jou persoonlike stryd mag wees.

The original article was written one month after the compulsory acquisition of our farm by the Zimbabwean government. We were given three months to move off the farm, so this was written one month into that time. I wrote this to help people understand the deep spiritual battle that one goes through at such a traumatic time. I trust that it will be an encouragement to you, whatever your personal battle might be.

Swakheid is nie juis die gewildste of mees gesogte eienskap nie en swakkelinge word gewoonlik bespot of op neergesien. Die lelike of nietige mense word nie in advertensies gebruik nie – wat beteken dat slegs ‘n klein minderheid die groot skerms haal. Die groter meerderheid van ons is net gemiddeld – vanuit die wêreld se oogpunt natuurlik.

Weakness is not hailed as the most popular, sought-after attribute, and weaklings are usually mocked or looked down upon. The ugly or puny ones are not normally used for advertising - which means that it is only a small minority who make it to the big screens. Most of us are really only mediocre - that is of course from the world's point of view. Paul, the apostle, writes often about his own weakness.

Hierdie artikel is uit die oorspronklike artikel wat ek op 11 Januarie 2004 geskryf het, aangepas. Dit was die begin van die finansiële ineenstorting van die Zimbabwiese dollar wat op die onregverdige plaas besettings gevolg het. Die Reserwe Bank se beleidsverklaring op 12 Desember 2003 het die rentekoerse op oortrokke rekeninge oornag van 45% na ʼn astronomiese 600% per jaar laat styg. Talle maatskappye het oornag bankrot gespeel en my maatskappy en boerdery het ook amper deurgeloop. Dit was net deur die genade en bonatuurlike ingryping van die Here deur ‘n woord van wysheid wat die Heilige Gees my in daardie tyd gegee het dat ons bankrotskap vrygespring het.

This article was adapted from the original article which I wrote on 11 January 2004. It was at the beginning of the financial collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar, which followed the iniquitous farm invasions. The Reserve Banks’ policy statement on 12 December 2003 had caused interest rates of overdrafts to rise overnight to an astronomical figure of 600%. Many companies went bankrupt overnight, and my company and farm also faced imminent bankruptcy. It was only by the grace of God that we were saved from bankruptcy through a supernatural intervention by God and wisdom which He gave me.

Psa 30:12 “U het my weeklag vir my verander in ’n koordans, U het my roukleed losgemaak en my met vreugde omgord.” Hoe wonderlik is dit nie hoe God dinge vir ons kan omdraai nie. Die vorige artikel wat ek geskryf het, het ek ook vroeg een Sondag oggend geskryf, en die titel was “Nog ‘n blik op Habakkuk”.

In daardie artikel het ek oor die verskriklike droogte gepraat wat ons deurgemaak het, en ons behoefte om in geloof te leef en God te vertrou om, ten spyte van die droogte, in ons daaglikse behoeftes te voorsien. Later daardie dag het ons 15mm reën uit die goeie hand van God ontvang. Die volgende dag het ons 23mm gehad en die dag daarna 41mm. Die laaste reenbui het so skielik gekom dat die reën nie kans gekry het om in die grond in te trek nie, en die meeste daarvan het afgeloop en binne een dag die dam wat ek gebou het, byna volgemaak! ‘n Sikloon het ons oor die daaropvolgende twee weke getref en ons het ‘n gemiddeld van ongeveer 25mm reën per dag gehad. Die damme het oorgeloop en die grond was goed deurweek.

Psa 30:11 “Thou has turned for me my mourning into dancing: Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.” (KJV) How wonderfully God is able to turn things for us. The last article I wrote was also early on a Sunday morning, called “Another look at Habakkuk”. In it, I spoke of the terrible drought that we had been experiencing, and our need live by faith and to trust God to supply our needs despite the drought. Well, later that very day we received 15mm of rain from the good hand of the Lord. The next day we had 23mm, and the next we had 41mm. The last downpour had come so suddenly that the rain did not have time to soak in, and most of it ended as run-off, and in one day almost filled the dam I had built! Over the next two weeks, a cyclone hit us, and we had an average of about 25mm of rain per day. The dams filled to spilling, and the ground was thoroughly soaked.

In 2002 as ‘n bemoediging aan boere gedurende die Zimbabwiese plaasbesettings geskryf

Mat 6:22 “Die lamp van die liggaam is die oog. As jou oog dan reg (enkelgesind) is, sal jou hele liggaam verlig wees. 6:23 “Maar as jou oog verkeerd is, sal jou hele liggaam donker wees. As dan die lig in jou donkerheid is, hoe groot is die donkerheid nie!

This article was adapted from the original article which I wrote on 11 January 2004. It was at the beginning of the financial collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar, which followed the iniquitous farm invasions. The Reserve Banks’ policy statement on 12 December 2003 had caused interest rates of overdrafts to rise overnight to an astronomical figure of 600%. Many companies went bankrupt overnight, and my company and farm also faced imminent bankruptcy. It was only by the grace of God that we were saved from bankruptcy through a supernatural intervention by God and wisdom which He gave me.

In hierdie artikel bespreek hy die gebeurtenisse en tydsberekening van die veelgeprofeteerde eindtyd konflik, en dan sluit hy met die volgende vermaning aan sy lesers af: “As daar ooit ‘n tyd was om ons huis in orde te kry, is dit nou!!!”

In this article he discussed the events and timing of the much-prophesied end time conflict, and then he ended with the following admonition to his readers, “If there ever was a time to put our house in order, it is now!!!”