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“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs are the kingdom of heaven.” Matt 5:3 In A.W. Tozer’s book the pursuit of God he dedicates a chapter to the subject of ‘The blessedness of Possessing nothing’, the first beattitude. He here explains that the Lord prepared for man a world full of useful things for his delight, thing made for man’s use. But that these things have over thousands of years become more and more important to man and have become part of the man’s heart, taking the space in its heart which was created for God to reign in...

If there is one thing I can say about our team is that we never really plan too far in advance and you know what, I LOVE IT. It’s probably because we are 5 guys and alot of people may not necessary agree with the way we operate, but it has really opened up the opportunity for God to lead us and has grown our faith as well as make our journey very exciting. So needless to say a week before we would have flown into New Zealand we still weren’t sure where we were going to stay, what our...

With R50 a day for food, R50 a day for accommodation and R50 a day for transportation and that for  5 guys , we knew from the start that our time in Malaysia and Thailand was going to be a journey of faith and we knew that God was going to have provide.  And looking back he did and so much more. God blessed us more than we could have ever imagined with food, accommodation and transport, sending people over our paths to help us in times of need and giving us wisdom to make discussions. We started off in...

Hi Everyone After our month in the north of India working at dwarka Orphonage, we made our way to the south of India to catch our plane. After a 50 hour train ride we arived in Chochin and made our way to the closest beach. After a few bus ride and a tuk tuk we arrived at Chirai beach and the Indian Ocean. Me and a few of my team mates couldn't resist and dived straight in. Some were less reluctant after seeing the rivers in India and opted for the sun bathing option but everybody enjoyed the relaxing atmosfere. The south of...

The last few weeks God has revealed a lot in the word love for me. A word used so often but not always fully understood and one without which we are all lost. In Colossians 3:1-17 Paul talks about our new life in Christ and how we show put down our old sinful behaviours and set our sights on the things of heaven. This involves putting to death the sinful earthly things lurking inside of us e.g. sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires as well as to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behaviour, slander and dirty language. Instead...

" My old self has been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself to me" Gal 2:20 On the 26th Jan 2010 on a misty weekday morning I was baptist in the Indian Ocean. Making the decision to die to my old self and to live through the Holy Spirit living in me. What this means for me is captured in the above scripture. Through Christ that died for me on the the...