Jesus, the Light of the world.

Hello all you wonderful people out there.

Don't know about you, I love Jesus. He is the light of my life and the light of the world. Without Him we would all be in darkness. His faithfulness is from everlasting to everlasting. He is dependable, He never changes, He is consistent in all His ways.
He will never leave you, nor forsake you, His understanding no one can fathom, He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak, youth may get tired and weary and young men stumble and fall but those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

What promises from Jesus, the Light of the World.

Take hold of Him and His word today and start living a victorious life.

Blessings from Amsterdam in transit to Dublin.

Rose.

Dublin.

Welcome to my Blog.

Maybe you are one of the people that received an invite from Johann Visagie from Every Nation Church in Dublin to attend a meeting on Thursday evening 3rd February @ 7.30pm. Its going to be wonderful to meet all of you.

I know Johan put a link for you to this blog and I'm glad you've dropped in to visit my page.

I'm counting the days till I get onto the plane now.
Its going to be a huge temperature change for me.
Its summer in Cape Town, South Africa and averaging about 30degs some days....and now to pack coats and jerseys for the 5 or 7 degs in Dublin boggles the mind and everyday I try convince myself it must be a mistake, surely I won't need all these warm clothes but its true, we are in summer and you are in winter.
May the days ahead of you be filled with the purposes of God and may you be dressed and equipped for the unfolding destiny of your life in God.

Till then.
Blessings
Rose.

2011

Hi Everyone, so here we are at the beginning of a new year with many dreams and expectations.
Some are just relieved that they got through 2010 and are thinking things can only get better. Others have been looking at the bigger picture and are stretching into their 3, 5, 7 or 10year plan for life. Which ever side you are standing on our God is in control and He delights in blessing His children.

I googled 2011 prophecies, which I have never done in years past up until now and its rather sad to see all the doom and gloom words and predictions about the end of the world. Im so glad we have a Father who leads us into all truth, He says in Matthew 24v6, there will be wars and rumours of wars but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such thing must happen but the end is still to come.

In John4v35 it says Do not say, there are still 4 month and then comes the harvest? Behold I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields for they are already white for harvest!

Matthew 24v36 say of that day and hour no one knows, no not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

We are called to work while it is yet day as the time will come when no man can work as the end will come and we are also encouraged that whatever our hand finds to do, do it with all our might.
Predictions of a terrible end only puts people into the place of paralysis and hinders us from running the race with endurance. Hebrews 12v1+2 says, Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

May 2011 be the year of personal adjustment with God. May we walk humbly before our God and may we preach the gospel to all men. Let us not get sidetracked with mans words but rather incline our ears to hear the Fathers command and be yeilded to His plan and purpose for our lives. The joy of the Lord is our strength and a merry heart is like medicine to the bones.

I pray Gods will for our lives and that we will know the joyful sound. He who has begun a good work in us will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Blessings, love and grace in Jesus our King.
Rose.

The day and the hour.

Hi Friends. Sorry that I have been so quiet. Can you believe it.....8 days to Christmas. It is a true saying time and tide waits for no man. It was just the other day that there was all of the build up to the world cup and now we are looking back over the past months and quickly even the afterglow is fading into the past.

Funny how we always want something to look forward to and yet do not live in the moment. sometimes I even find myself pushing into my next birthday just 2 months after I have enjoyed the last one. If someone asks me how old I am I tend to say next birthday I will be.....whatever age I will be next birthday. How crazy is that. why dont I just say how old I am at the time rather than say what I will be in 10months time...pretty crazy.
Any how back to Christmas. Whether you are going to be at home or away on holiday I trust you will all be blessed in celebrating the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Let us not forget the reason for the season.
Isnt it awesome that God sent His only Son to earth to be born as a baby, to be our saviour, that Jesus was willing to die on the cross for us that we may have eternal life. That is mind blowing. I dont know about you, but I am overwhelmed by the plan and purposes of God for our lives. Jesus truelly is the best present of all.
Let us take hold of the day and the hour and harness the moment of celebration with family and friends this Christmas. We have so much to be grateful for. take time for thanksgiving and dont forget to bless someone less fortunate. Its the small things that make a big difference. Stop,pause and say thank you to God and also to those around you.   Happy Christmas friends. May you experience Gods love, grace and kindness this Christmas season and may the gift of eternal life be a reality. Those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved. Invite Jesus into your life this Christmas it will be the best decision you have ever made.

Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus I invite you into my life today and ask you to forgive me of my sins, may the blood of Jesus cleanse me and heal me of all my diseases, may the Holy Spirit fill me with truth and may I walk in your ways from this day forth in Jesus Name amen.

As you pray this prayer Jesus doesnt only forgive you of your sins He makes you a part of His family and He has written your name in the Book of Life and you will live with Him forever. How awesome is that.
He really is the Best present of all.  God Bless you.

love Rose.

Interruptions and delays.

I'm sitting ín the back garden reading a book on one of the revivalists and cross referencing somethings in my bible. Mmmm I can hear my husband Lionel in the kitchen and he has switched off the washing machine so that he can switch on the kettle for a cup of coffee which he will take back to the computer with him, where he is working away at another paper or article.
The coffee is made and I hear his footsteps going down the passage to take up his place in front of the computer monitor for him to continue what he loves best and that is to write, but alas the washing machine has been forgotten and stands in silence no longer being useful and completing its cycle to produce clean and freshly laundered bedding.
It makes me think so much about the cycle of life and how in a given season we feel can feel so useful and fulfilled and in charge of our lives and circumstances, our internal motor is running and passion is producing a God filled life when suddenly it feels like someone came past and switched the off the switch and you feel like God has forgotten you and all is lost...
I don't know if Lionel will remember that he switched off the washing machine or if he will come back into the kitchen for a second cup of coffee to switch the machine back on any time soon.
Praise God that we are not mechanical machines that are switched on and off randomly or at a whim of some higher power.
Our God is a relational Father who has inscribed our names on the palm of His hand. He is selfless and sent His only Son to die for our lives, past, present and future. He has come to give us life and that is life in abundance.
Don't fight the season you are in but surrender to God who will cause you to triumph in all things.
I once heard a prophetic preacher talk on the 2 ways God displays Himself, its either in hiddness or in manifestation.
Hideness is just that....its when God seems to be hiding away and you think He has forgotten you with your vision, passion and pursuit of Him and life. Its a time to draw closer to God, to seek Him until you find Him. As you are in hot pursuit of Him He turns the tables and starts pursuing you...once again you feel like the lights have gone on and life is in a near gear and the darkness of delayed dreams are pushed aside and you run with the Father. The 2nd display is Manifestion.... This is when God seems to be all over you nd arokund you everything you do or say has His blessing. Just know that these two seasons or displays of God work together. There is a time for everything under the sun. A time to laugh and a time to cry.
Keep the faith ì dear friends. Don't cut sort. Your faith, patienceand perseverance in God will produce the rewards of a life hidden in Him and you will be effective in all things.
Stand strong, hold onto faith and watch the salvation of your God.l
B

Personal Adjustment.

During 2009 I heard the Lord say in my spirit that 2010 was going to be a gateway year into the supernatural and the choices we make in this next season will determine where we are heading and positioned for the future.
2010 is nearly spent and just last month I was once again enquiring of the Lord why it seemed so dark and difficult with many of His children feeling discouraged and the Lord impressed on me that this is a short period of personal adjustment in the lives of His people to prepare us for His shift and outpouring.
So if you have felt like you have lost the plot you havent.  All that God has promised you is still to come. He will not forsake His children or delay what He has declared over your life and written about your life in the book of days.
Read Ps139 and Jer 29 and you will see that He has promised us that He has given us a hope and a future, a plan to bless us and not to harm us. Yes my friends if God be for us who can be against us. Nothing can ever seperate us from the love of God. Not life nor death, not powers or principalities, not what has happened in the past nor what is ahead in the future. God has stored up good things for those who love Him and are called by His name. We children of the living God so fear not. Press in and look full into His wonderful
face and the things of the earth will grow strangely dim in light of His glory and grace.
Yes, there are some adjustments but the future is glorious. 2011 will see us being placed perfectly into the call and purposes of God and we will experience His supernatural presence as the glory of the Lord covers the earth as the waters even cover the sea.
So do not faint and do not give up but instead gird up your loins and allow the Almighty and Powerful God who is the lover of your soul to connect you once again with your original mandate.
Remember the fervent and effectual prayers of the saints avail much.

We are called by God and He has full confidence in us so press on and access the doors of God for this new season.
 Remember Ps 23 says Goodness and Mercy will follow you ALL the days of your life.
Untill next time.

Rose..

Chit Chat.

Hello fellow friends. How you all doing? Sorry I have not written in a number of sunny days. That's because we havnt had too many sunny days lately. Apparently we are going to have a wet summer or so I have heard. Its apparently part of the weather cycle we are entering into. Now that's going to be interesting to see. The weather reports are never all that reliable anyhow so its going to be a surprise..... Yes, we will be surprised when they say 80 % rain and it hardly even drizzles and a surprise the days they say a nice clear summers day and there is a huge down pour. If you live in the far south you know not to take to much notice of what is said because you can leave home with a huge woollie jersey because of the black south easter and get into Cape Town centre and its stifling hot. Do you remember those days that there were gale force winds on the foreshore and on the front page of the newspaper in the evening there would be photos of woman hanging onto street posts to stop themselves been blown into the sea. We don't see that much anymore as more building have gone up and the wind tunnels of open spaces have become less and less,
Then there is the other side of the story after a long hot working day in town, you head to the station in central Cape Town and all the way home you build the dream of a early evening swim or walk on the beach when you get home. You can almost smell the sea and imagine the ideal setting and when you get there you are met, yes you guessed it, by gale force winds and the swim is now in the past. We used to say Fish Hoek was wrongly named and that it should have been called Windhoek.
Ok, enough chit chat or maybe I should say small talk about the weather. Enjoy tomorrow being the first day of the working week and whatever the weather, celebrate life. Life is far to short to be miserable. Till next time, keep smiling.
Rose.