Fanie van der Merwe

Get Rich

What a fantastic verse! As another use pointed out, this was told by the wisest man who ever lived. What I have learned, though, is that we are to pursue wealth, but as a tool. The question then is:…

Proverbs 23:4 (CEVUK), Proverbs 23:5 (CEVUK)

The Greatest Fight in History

It's like a big boxing match between 2 heavyweights except Jesus now has to fight on different terms than as sovereign. God is portrayed as a fighting God Matt 27:26 ... They stripped Him ... And mocked…

Exodus 14:14 (NKJV), Matthew 4:1 (NKJV), Matthew 12:13 (NKJV), Matthew 27:26 (NKJV), Luke 11:20 (NKJV), Luke 20:7 (NKJV), Acts 2:23 (NKJV), Acts 10:38 (NKJV), Ephesians 1:4 (NKJV), 1 Timothy 6:12 (NKJV), 2 Timothy 4:7 (NKJV), Hebrews 10:5 (NKJV), 1 Peter 1:20 (NKJV), 1 John 3:8 (NKJV)

12 Mistakes to Avoid When Raising Godly Children

Home Improvement Series Part 4 God's intention is 3 fold: Companionship, Pleasure, Godly Children Mal 2:15 ... God desires Godly offspring Gen 18:19 ... So that he will direct his children ... to keep…

Genesis 18:19 (ESV), Deuteronomy 11:18 (ESV), Psalm 102:28 (ESV), Psalm 112:2 (ESV), Proverbs 22:6 (ESV), Proverbs 23:13 (ESV), Proverbs 29:15 (ESV), Malachi 2:15 (ESV), Luke 2:51 (ESV), Acts 3:25 (ESV), Ephesians 6:4 (ESV), Colossians 3:21 (ESV), 1 Thessalonians 2:11 (ESV), Hebrews 11:23 (ESV), Hebrews 12:18 (ESV)

Qualities of a Strong & Resilient Families

Home Improvement Part 2 3 Truths: 1) Strong Families are possible if we take a stand; Strong families don't just 'happen' we need to be prepared to take a stand Take a stand against temptations, disunity,…

Ruth 1:16 (MSG), Psalm 127:1 (MSG), Proverbs 27:23 (MSG), Ecclesiastes 4:12 (MSG), Matthew 12:25 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:4 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 13:6 (MSG), Ephesians 4:29 (MSG), Ephesians 5:21 (MSG), Ephesians 6:1 (MSG), Ephesians 6:10 (MSG), 1 Timothy 3:15 (MSG), James 4:1 (MSG)

How to Create a Happy Home

Home Improvement Series - Part 1 4 Things we need to remember: * It's always take longer than we planned; * It's always costs more than we thought; * It's always messier than we anticipated; * It always…

Matthew 7:24 (ESV)

12 Reasons Not To Quit

Jos 7:6-12 ... Get up, take responsibility, go on, don't quit as soon as it gets difficult ... 1) We are not born to be losers, but winners; Acts 14:21 ... Putting muscle and sinew ... 2) We won't feel…

Numbers 11:11 (NIV), Joshua 7:6 (NIV), Psalm 23:1 (NIV), Ecclesiastes 10:4 (NIV), Isaiah 43:1 (NIV), Jonah 4:1 (NIV), John 14:16 (NIV), Acts 14:21 (NIV), Romans 12:11 (NIV), Galatians 6:9 (NIV), Hebrews 12:3 (NIV), James 1:4 (NIV), James 5:10 (NIV), Revelation 2:10 (NIV)

Overcoming Superstition

Enlarging my Life Series - Part 4 What is Superstition? Def: It is any action or practice based on a false belief or false attitude. 1 Sam 9:23 Note: It has no power outside of what our superstitions…

1 Samuel 9:23 (NIV), Matthew 6:7 (NIV), John 1:14 (NIV), John 4:19 (NIV), John 5:2 (NIV), Acts 17:22 (NIV), Acts 19:11 (NIV), Romans 16:17 (NIV), Colossians 3:10 (NIV)

How to Overcome Temptation

Enlarging Our Lives Series, Part 3 --------------------------------------------- Intro: Sin is a box around our lives, it limits our potential! When did I last resist sin? Num 25:1-13. ... The men started…

Genesis 3:1 (NLT), Genesis 25:21 (NLT), Numbers 25:1 (NLT), Proverbs 29:18 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 4:10 (NLT), Luke 22:40 (NLT), John 11:16 (NLT), John 20:24 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 10:12 (NLT), James 1:13 (NLT)

6 Things to Make a Vision Fly

Vision stirs you for a response, will you respond? Matthew 14:25-32 ... Come, He said ... Immediately Jesus reached out ... God wants your to step out ... and He will be there to catch you 1. We must…

Proverbs 16:1 (NLT), Proverbs 16:3 (NLT), Proverbs 16:9 (NLT), Habakkuk 2:2 (NLT), Matthew 14:25 (NLT), Matthew 28:19 (NLT), John 4:35 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NLT)

The

1) Get past your past If we hold things, they will haunt us. 2 Cor 5:17 a new life burgeons 2) Be the exception; Matt 7:13 Between 40-45% of people make resolutions After 1 week only 75% haven't broken…

Deuteronomy 20:3 (NLT), Deuteronomy 20:8 (NLT), 2 Chronicles 20:3 (NLT), Ezra 4:5 (NLT), Nehemiah 6:9 (NLT), Psalm 17:3 (NLT), Proverbs 20:25 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 9:11 (NLT), Isaiah 65:17 (NLT), Daniel 1:8 (NLT), Matthew 7:13 (NLT), Luke 16:3 (NLT), Acts 21:13 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

How To Get Back From A Setback

2 Cor 11:23-33 - Paul faced many many setbacks ... The importance of dealing with setbacks: 1) Setbacks can have an effect on our physical and spiritual health; Ps 38:6-8 2) Our reaction to setbacks has…

Psalm 38:6 (NLT), Psalm 51:10 (NLT), Psalm 139:23 (NLT), Mark 2:5 (NLT), Mark 14:66 (NLT), Luke 19:1 (NLT), John 9:1 (NLT), John 16:33 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 4:8 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 11:23 (NLT), Hebrews 11:6 (NLT)

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Grace - God's forgiving mercy; undeserved favour; Eph 2:4 ... Because of His great love Sanctification - The setting apart of something for the purpose of God; Acts 20:32 Phil 2:12 ... Now that you are…

John 14:15 (NLT), Acts 20:32 (NLT), Romans 7:21 (NLT), Romans 8:37 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:27 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 15:10 (NLT), Ephesians 2:4 (NLT), Ephesians 2:8 (NLT), Ephesians 3:20 (NLT), Ephesians 4:1 (NLT), Philippians 1:16 (NLT), Philippians 2:5 (NLT), Philippians 2:12 (NLT), Philippians 2:13 (NLT), Colossians 1:29 (NLT), Hebrews 11:1 (NLT), 1 John 3:2 (NLT), 1 John 3:6 (NLT)

How to Get out of a Rut

Principles for Business Success Part 3: Bill Gates - Business at the speed of thought; Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2 : The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will…

Deuteronomy 8:7 (NLT), 1 Samuel 17:25 (NLT), Job 28:1 (NLT), Proverbs 12:24 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 10:8 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 11:1 (NLT)

How to Have an Edge in Business

Principles for Business Success - Part 2: ------------------------------------------------------ The definition of success: The Achievement of something desired planned or attempted 7 Obstacles to Success:…

Genesis 39:2 (NLT), Leviticus 19:23 (NLT), 1 Samuel 18:14 (NLT), 1 Chronicles 12:18 (NLT), Nehemiah 7:2 (NLT), Psalm 119:98 (NLT), Proverbs 13:23 (NLT), Proverbs 24:27 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 9:13 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 10:10 (NLT), Ezekiel 27:2 (NLT), Amos 8:5 (NLT), Luke 5:1 (NLT), Luke 10:2 (NLT)

How We Can Create The Conditions For Miracles

Truth 1: God needs us to work miracles; Acts 2:43 Truth 2: The power comes from Him but the activation comes from us; Ex 7:9 Truth 3: We can all create the conditions for miracles; Truth 4: We can all…

Exodus 7:9 (NLT), Micah 7:7 (NLT), Mark 6:3 (NLT), Mark 9:39 (NLT), Acts 2:43 (NLT), Acts 3:1 (NLT), Acts 3:12 (NLT), Acts 4:16 (NLT), Ephesians 4:28 (NLT)

How to Reap and Reach in a Tough Economy

Principles of Business Success Part 1: --------------------------------------------------- Truth 1: Our work life and spiritual life are one; Truth 2: Jesus chose ordinary people to reach the world;…

Genesis 39:23 (NLT), Nehemiah 2:20 (NLT), Proverbs 20:21 (NLT), Proverbs 22:29 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 10:10 (NLT), Daniel 6:1 (NLT), Luke 18:43 (NLT), Acts 16:13 (NLT), Colossians 3:23 (NLT), 1 Timothy 6:10 (NLT)

How to Live Through the Dark Times when Life Shuts you Out

Living in the Constant Expectation of Good Series, Part 2 The town that was marked for building a dam - Where there is no HOPE in the future, there is no work in the present! Luke 11v5-10. (Night =…

Genesis 1:14 (NIV), Psalm 25:3 (NIV), Psalm 27:1 (NIV), Psalm 31:8 (NIV), Isaiah 45:1 (NIV), Luke 11:5 (NIV), Luke 18:6 (NIV), Revelation 3:7 (NIV), Revelation 21:12 (NIV)

How to Make a New Start

Living in the Constant Expectation of Good Series, Part 1 ... bud again like a new seedling ... Job ... Samson had lost his vision, but he could feel still ... 1. Keep looking for hope, even in defeat;…

Judges 16:21 (NIV), Job 14:7 (NIV), Psalm 62:5 (NIV), Proverbs 10:28 (NIV), Proverbs 24:16 (NIV), Jeremiah 18:3 (NIV), Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV), Philippians 1:19 (NIV), Hebrews 11:32 (NIV)

Making a Better World

Series: Making a Difference! Understanding our role in making the world a better place. ------------- 1) We have to understand what God wants of believers; Micah 6:6-7 • God wants us to 'act justly &…

Deuteronomy 10:18 (NIV), Deuteronomy 10:19 (NIV), Deuteronomy 15:4 (NIV), Deuteronomy 15:5 (NIV), Deuteronomy 15:6 (NIV), Deuteronomy 15:7 (NIV), Deuteronomy 15:8 (NIV), 2 Samuel 4:4 (NIV), Job 31:13 (NIV), Job 31:14 (NIV), Job 31:15 (NIV), Job 31:16 (NIV), Job 31:17 (NIV), Job 31:18 (NIV), Job 31:19 (NIV), Job 31:20 (NIV), Job 31:21 (NIV), Job 31:22 (NIV), Job 31:23 (NIV), Job 31:24 (NIV), Job 31:25 (NIV), Job 31:26 (NIV), Job 31:27 (NIV), Job 31:28 (NIV), Psalm 146:7 (NIV), Psalm 146:8 (NIV), Psalm 146:9 (NIV), Proverbs 29:7 (NIV), Proverbs 31:8 (NIV), Proverbs 31:9 (NIV), Isaiah 58:7 (NIV), Isaiah 58:8 (NIV), Jeremiah 9:23 (NIV), Jeremiah 9:24 (NIV), Ezekiel 18:5 (NIV), Ezekiel 18:6 (NIV), Ezekiel 18:7 (NIV), Ezekiel 18:8 (NIV), Micah 6:6 (NIV), Micah 6:7 (NIV), Zechariah 7:9 (NIV), Zechariah 7:10 (NIV), Matthew 6:1 (NIV), Matthew 6:2 (NIV), Luke 11:38 (NIV), Luke 11:39 (NIV), Luke 11:40 (NIV), Luke 11:41 (NIV), Luke 11:42 (NIV), Luke 11:43 (NIV), Luke 13:10 (NIV), Luke 13:11 (NIV), Acts 10:38 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 8:13 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 8:14 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 8:15 (NIV)

Jesus as Head 3

The incredible benefits of putting Jesus at the centre of our lives: ------------- Q: "Christ is the aperture through which the immensity & magnificence of God can be seen" - J.B. Phillips 1) We are freed…

Psalm 62:10 (NIV), Luke 1:15 (NIV), Luke 1:31 (NIV), Luke 1:32 (NIV), Luke 7:28 (NIV), Luke 13:10 (NIV), Luke 13:11 (NIV), Luke 13:12 (NIV), Luke 13:13 (NIV), Luke 13:14 (NIV), Luke 14:12 (NIV), Luke 14:13 (NIV), Luke 14:14 (NIV), John 3:26 (NIV), John 3:27 (NIV), John 3:28 (NIV), John 3:29 (NIV), John 3:30 (NIV), Romans 3:20 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:17 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 4:3 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 4:4 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 4:5 (NIV), Colossians 2:6 (NIV), Colossians 2:7 (NIV), Colossians 2:16 (NIV), Colossians 2:17 (NIV), Colossians 2:18 (NIV), Colossians 2:19 (NIV), Colossians 3:23 (NIV), Colossians 3:24 (NIV), Hebrews 1:1 (NIV), Hebrews 1:2 (NIV), Hebrews 1:3 (NIV), Hebrews 2:7 (NIV), Hebrews 2:8 (NIV), Hebrews 10:1 (NIV)

Jesus as Head 2

The Benefits of restoring Jesus to the centre --------------------------- 1) He is the I AM for everything I am not; 2) Our Bible reading becomes a wonderful experience not a duty; 3) We have the confidence…

Daniel 3:19 (NIV), Daniel 3:20 (NIV), Daniel 3:21 (NIV), Daniel 3:22 (NIV), Daniel 3:23 (NIV), Daniel 3:24 (NIV), Daniel 3:25 (NIV), Zechariah 11:7 (NIV), Mark 6:47 (NIV), Mark 11:7 (NIV), John 5:39 (NIV), John 8:3 (NIV), John 8:4 (NIV), John 8:5 (NIV), John 8:6 (NIV), John 8:7 (NIV), John 8:8 (NIV), John 8:9 (NIV), John 8:10 (NIV), John 8:11 (NIV), John 20:19 (NIV), Acts 18:28 (NIV), Romans 1:1 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 1:24 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 15:3 (NIV), Galatians 1:6 (NIV), Galatians 1:7 (NIV), Galatians 1:8 (NIV), Galatians 1:9 (NIV), Galatians 4:25 (NIV), Ephesians 1:22 (NIV), Hebrews 13:20 (NIV), Hebrews 13:21 (NIV), 2 Peter 3:15 (NIV), Revelation 1:12 (NIV), Revelation 2:12 (NIV)

Sound Judgements

by Andre Olivier * Jesus said "stop judging" thus it can be done! *to judge - to look through & see beneath * Our decisions determine our destiny! 1) We must regulate our emotions; (Acts) 2) Slow down;…

Psalm 112:1 (NIV), Ecclesiastes 10:9 (NIV), Matthew 20:9 (NIV), Mark 4:16 (NIV), John 7:17 (NIV), John 7:24 (NIV), Acts 27:29 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV), 1 Corinthians 13:9 (NIV), Titus 1:15 (NIV), 1 Peter 4:7 (NIV)

Jesus as Head 1

Facts: Jesus is central to everything! 1) We will please God & found favour with Him; 2) It takes our eyes off our shortfalls & puts them on His acceptance & provision; >> At times we tend to think our…