Ons praat heeldag met onsself. Ons noem dit ‘n self-gesprek. Ons skep ‘n verhaal van ons lewens, wat ons oor en oor en oor aan onsself herhaal. Dit beïnvloed nie net ons ...

Kan ek jou vandag ‘n vraag vra? Wat is jou planne vir môre en oormôre … en volgende week, en volgende maand en volgende jaar? Party mense beplan baie deeglik, ander beplan ...

Ek is anderdag stomgeslaan deur iets wat Des Ong, vir my gesê het. Hy het gesê: “Ek is moeg daarvoor dat mense ’emosionele intelligensie,’ of EQ, as ‘n ...

Onthou jy, hoe moeilik daardie jare gevoel het, toe jy ‘n tiener was? Daar was jy – nog vis nog vlees. Dit was dikwels so verwarrend en niemand het jou verstaan nie. . ...

Jy het ongetwyfeld al gehoor dat om iemand te verstaan, jy jouself in sy posisie moet plaas. Met ander woorde, probeer om die saak vanuit sy perspektief te sien, voordat jy ...

Dit is regtig ontstellend hoe dikwels ons ander mense oordeel en veroordeel. Ons oordeel hulle op grond van hoe hulle lyk, hul gesigsuitdrukkings, hul lyftaal, wat hulle sê en ...

Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working.  A Relationship.  Just how they feel about themselves.  ...

Dit verbaas my hoe twee mense twee heeltemal verskillende dinge kan sien, wanneer hulle na dieselfde kwessie, na dieselfde saak, selfs na dieselfde voorwerp kyk. Hoekom gebeur ...

Ek is heeltemal oortuig daarvan dat ons nooit, ooit, genoeg oor die opstanding van Jesus Christus kan nadink en daaroor praat nie. Want die feit dat Jesus uit die dood opgestaan ...

Was jy al ooit bang? Ek was! Ja, ek weet, dit is ‘n natuurlike, ingeboude reaksie om ons veilig te hou. Maar as ons te lank in daardie toestand leef, kan dit ons heeltemal ...

Power and suffering are not two words that we use all that often in the one sentence, and yet when we’re suffering is precisely when we need God to unleash His incomprehensibly ...

As a father, there have been many times over the years when I’ve wished that I could impart to my children the wisdom of my years and the power of what I’m able to do for ...

Enige huwelikspaar sal vir jou vertel dat argumente een ding is, maar wanneer jy daardie onenigheid vir ‘n lang tyd in stilte laat broei, word dit ‘n ramp. Dit is die pad ...

Invariably, whenever we have something to hide, it involves sin. Not always, but most times. If you have something that you want to hide from people, then the most important ...

Just about everybody I talk to is able to point to something in their lives that’s just not working.  A Relationship.  Just how they feel about themselves.  ...

We’ve all done things we’re not proud of. I have, you have. The question though, for each one us, is this: will we keep on doing those things, or will we come out of the ...

We love getting good news, no matter what’s going on in our lives. But the best time to get good news is when things aren’t going all that well; when we’re down in a valley ...

Het jy al ooit in jou omstandighede magteloos en vasgevang gevoel? Dit voel asof jy gevange gehou word in ‘n dwangbaadjie, nè? Dit voel asof niks ooit gaan verander nie; ...

Have you ever wondered to yourself, “What brings God joy?” I mean, we’re made in His image and we experience joy in our lives. So it stands to reason that He does too. What ...

How often in our lives have you and I put off something that we know would be good for us and yet somehow, we just never paid it enough attention? Somehow, we never got around to ...

How often have you heard of people who’ve won the lottery –  millions, even tens of millions of dollars – only to squander it all, What a dream – to win millions. What a ...

There are times in our lives when we need to step up and do something for someone else; something that’ll cost us dearly; something that’ll involve a lot of sacrifice. And ...

One of the things that the Bible promises us over and over again, is spiritual victory. We aren’t just conquerors God tells us, but more than conquerors. Spiritual victory is ...

Sometimes, to get what you want in this world, you just have to go and take it. Sometimes, to get what you want, you have to beat the other guy. And that … that’s the thinking ...

Fights and arguments – who needs them? Who wants them? Conflict is a terrible thing that robs us of our peace and our joy. And how easy is it to blame the other guy? I mean … ...

The main reason that we find ourselves in conflict situations is that we want one thing, and the other person wants quite the opposite. It’s a well-worn path, the one that leads ...

Most of us, in an honest moment, would admit that we’re not as wise as we’d like to be; that we have more to learn to become the sort of person that intuitively we know God ...

Jealousy and selfishness are two of the most basic of all human emotions. Indeed, they manifest from a very early age – pretty much from when a child begins to be able to ...

Rightly or wrongly (mostly wrongly) we have a hierarchy of sin, of bad behaviour, in our heads. Murder, theft, adultery – they’re really bad. Selfishness, jealousy, boasting ...

By and large, we associate growing older with growing wiser. I mean, that’s what’s meant to happen. But actually, a direct correlation between age and wisdom isn’t a given. ...

One of the things that the Bible promises us over and over again, is spiritual victory. We aren’t just conquerors God tells us, but more than conquerors. Spiritual victory is ...

Wouldn’t it be nice to become an overnight success.  I think that’s pretty much everyone’s secret dream. Success without the hard work, by next Thursday. Just perfect! ...

So did you choose God, or did He choose you? Which came first, the chicken or the egg? It’s a perplexing question, but not an imponderable one. So, if you’re ready, let’s ...

Have you ever felt that God is against you, that He’s not on your side anymore, that He just keeps on putting obstacle after obstacle in front of you,  adversity heaped on ...

Despite all the incredible advances in science down through the centuries – putting a man on the moon, inventing supercomputers that fit in the palm of your hand – the reality ...

Having done the whole “kids” thing in my younger years, I wasn’t sure how I’d handle becoming a grandfather. Really, it bothered me. But the moment I laid eyes on her, ...

The world that God’s created for us to enjoy is so rich and abundant: Millions of plants and animals. Billions of colours. The incredible diversity of flavours in food. So many ...

Here’s a crazy statistic: there are over twenty thousand Christian denominations in the world today. Twenty thousand! That’s nuts. So, with all those different perspectives, ...

That feeling of complete inadequacy before God is one that many, many people have experienced, me included. How about you? You know you’re not worthy. You know you’ll never be ...

People talk about “Jesus” – but what was He about.  Why did He come to planet Earth.  Bottom Line – Why did He come for Me?  I mean He’s got to be ...

So do you mind if I ask you, is the life you’re leading a life that’s truly worth living? Are you filled with a sense of joy that you just can’t put into words? Or is it ...

Why is it that God, in His Word, appears sometimes to say the same thing over and over again? It’s tempting, isn’t it, to skip over bits of it as we think to ourselves … ...

Het jy al ooit gewonder hoe jou lewe vandag sou lyk, as Jesus jou nie langs jou pad ontmoet het nie? As jy nie sy stem, wat jou na sy vryheid, sy vrede en sy ewigheid roep, gehoor ...

The thing that I love most about God is the depth of the passion in His heart to set the likes of you and me free from the oppressive power of sin, that for all too long has ...

I believe with all my heart that today God means to set you free from the sin that’s been racking your life, because what Jesus did for you was, and is, for real. Dead to the ...

Today we’re going to dive into one of my favourite passages in the New Testament – because it’s the turning point from our old lives racked by sin to our new lives free from ...

It’s quite a conundrum, this Easter story that we’ve just celebrated over the last few days. On the one hand, Jesus’ death and resurrection has set us free from the power of ...

Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...

This is the day we’ve been waiting for… the day that so shocked the disciples, the day that completely upended all of human history, the day when, with overwhelming joy in our ...

I don’t know if you’ve ever thought all that much about the day after Jesus’ death. But it was a sombre day indeed as His disciples were hit by the tsunami of the reality of ...

Here we are … It’s Good Friday. The worst and the best day on the Christian calendar. The worst, because Jesus was nailed to that bloody Cross and died. The best, because ...

I wonder if you’ve ever heard of “Maundy Thursday”. Well, today’s that day, the day before Good Friday, when we commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus for the likes ...

In just a couple of days, on so-called “Good Friday”, we’ll be remembering what Jesus did for us on that blood-drenched Cross – the price He paid, the sacrifice He made, ...

When was the last time you truly blew it – you fell so hard that you could barely get up again? And even when you did get up, you were so afraid to look God in the eye and ask ...

Het jy al ooit, wanneer jy die verkeerde ding gedoen het, probeer om jou optrede – voor mense en in jou eie oë te regverdig? Dit word selfregverdiging genoem. Hoekom dink ...

Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...

In vergelyking met die res van jou liggaam, is jou tong nie besonder groot nie; nie so groot soos ‘n hand of ‘n voet nie, nè? Maar al is hy hoe klein, kan hy ‘n ...

Wanneer ek en jy terugdink aan ons lewens, kan ons almal geleenthede onthou waar ons dinge gesê het wat mense seergemaak het – ons leuens, kritiek en vernedering – wat hul ...

Kan ek jou vra: hoe behandel jy mense … mense by die werk, jou gesin by die huis, jou bure? As jy na hulle kyk, sien jy hulle as mense, of behandel jy hulle as voorwerpe? Jou ...

As ‘n nuwe Christen, het ek gewonder hoekom Jesus vir my moes sterf. Hoekom moes Hy om my onthalwe deur al die lyding gaan? Ek is immers nie ‘n misdadiger nie. Ek het nie ...

Satan het ‘n brandende begeerte om nare speletjies met jou hart en jou verstand te speel. Moenie toelaat dat hy jou onverhoeds betrap nie, want hy is besig om jou van God af ...

Every now and then, we find ourselves in a position where people are plotting against us.  Murmuring.  Whispering.  It hurts a lot. We feel isolated and it can be ...

Most of the time, when it comes to this whole Easter thing, the bit we remember most is the bit where Jesus died on the Cross, to pay for our sin. And that’s certainly a ...

Kan ek jou vandag vra, wat is die een ding in jou lewe wat jy sou sukkel om op te gee, as God dit van jou eis? Watter besitting, watter posisie, watter gewoonte … sou jy sukkel ...

Was jy al ooit te lank in die son? Ek onthou hoe ek as kind ‘n paar keer bloedrooi gebrand het. My ma het my met olyfolie gesmeer om die pyn te laat bedaar. Daardie olie, ...

Wanneer ons deur moeilike tye gaan en wanneer ons die gevolge van ons eie sonde dra, is dit maklik om te dink dat God daar bo in die gemak van die hemel sit, en Homself verlekker ...

Dinge in die lewe kan soms sleg skeefloop. Die een oomblik gaan dit goed en dan gaan dit ellendig. Dit wissel van ‘n tyd van oorvloed tot ‘n tyd van hongersnood; van ...

Elke verhouding in ons lewens loop die risiko om een of ander tyd af te koel en afsydig te raak. Wat eens ‘n lewensbelangrike, passievolle, lonende verhouding was – hetsy ...

Sometimes, we think we’re going along just fine – and then we react to something, and all of a sudden, we realise, we’re carrying around a bunch of hang-ups.  ...

Monogamie is een van die Christendom se grootste bydraes tot die samelewing waarin ons vandag leef. Dit het ongelooflike voordele meegebring, omdat dit van mans vereis om liefde ...

Goed, vandag … vandag kry jy ‘n super dosis van die polities aanvegbare medisyne. En dit kom reguit uit God se Woord. Trouens, dit is ‘n twispunt tussen ‘n Bybelse ...

Enige sielkundige sal jou vertel dat, ten spyte van al die geslagteliksheidkwessies wat in sommige kringe aangevuur word, daar ‘n paar baie fundamentele en kragtige ...

Het jy al ooit ‘n ou boek opgetel, dit gelees en by jouself gedink, my aarde, dit is so outyds! Daardie sienswyse van toentertyd … is vandag darem absoluut irrelevant. ...

Dit wil voorkom asof daar twee soorte mense in hierdie wêreld is. Dié met ’n leerbare gees, en dié daarsonder. Diegene wat oop is daarvoor om hulle foute te erken, uit hulle ...

Sometimes we can find ourselves wandering in a spiritual wilderness.  We’ve all been there at some stage in our life.  And when we are there – it’s as though the ...

My ma het elke oggend ‘Die Sterre Voorspel’ in die koerant gelees. Dit is iets waaroor ons gereeld, toe ek ‘n kind was, oor ‘n koppie tee gesels het. Daar kan tog ...

Sê my, wat laat jou woede van tyd tot tyd opvlam? Ons het almal snellers wat ons ons beheer oor ons emosies laat verloor. Wanneer die adrenalien deur ons are pomp, kan ons sommer ...

Het jy al ooit gevoel: “Ek het eenvoudig nie genoeg geloof om deur hierdie moeilike situasie te kom nie?” Net wanneer jy dit die nodigste het, en jy jou daar buite in ...

As jy soos ek is, hou jy van ‘n bietjie orde in jou lewe. Ek dink ons almal hoop dat die lewe sal sin maak; dat dit voorspelbaar sal wees; dat mense dinge vanuit ons ...

Sukses is ‘n woord wat ons almal graag gebruik. Wie wil nie suksesvol wees met alles wat hulle aanpak nie? Maar wees versigtig, al klink dit ook hoe aanloklik, is sukses ...

The big mistake we make in this life is that we think that happiness and joy are the same thing. They simply aren’t. Happiness relies on our circumstances, and they can change, ...

Om met ons politieke leiers te spot, het vir baie mense in die samelewing deesdae ‘n soort van nasionale tydverdryf geword. Om nie eens te praat van hoe ons almal gereeld oor ...

Jy weet hoe dit gaan. Alles gaan klopdisselboom met nege uit die tien belangrike dinge in jou lewe – jou verhoudings, gesondheid, finansies. . .Maar daar is daardie een vlieg in ...

Daar is soveel verskillende maniere om die mense rondom ons lief te hê. En God begeer dat ons mekaar met liefde moet behandel. Nou-ja, wat doen jy as ‘n verhouding tot niet ...

Het jy al ooit ‘n punt bereik waar jy net eenvoudig genoeg gehad het van iemand in jou lewe? Dalk is dit ‘n lid van jou uitgebreide familie, of dalk iemand met wie jy ‘n ...

In vandag se tyd is die verwagting dat wanneer jy in iets belê, jy ‘n opbrengs moet kry. Dit is tog immers wat die wêreldekonomie, aan die gang hou. Ek leen jou geld, en ...

The big mistake we make in this life is that we think that happiness and joy are the same thing. They simply aren’t. Happiness relies on our circumstances, and they can change, ...

The big mistake we make in this life is that we think that happiness and joy are the same thing. They simply aren’t. Happiness relies on our circumstances, and they can change, ...

Ek wil jou vandag ‘n vraag vra: Hoe gereeld dink jy na oor hoe jy lewe? Hoe gereeld dink jy na oor die manier waarop jy op verskillende situasies, goeies of slegtes, en op ...

Indien jy daagliks by my aansluit vir hierdie FRESH of VARS-boodskap – hetsy per e-pos of op televisie, oor die radio of deur een van die vele digitale kanale – het jy ...

Stel jou voor dat jy ‘n kosbare, soliede goue beker in ‘n vullishoop ontdek. Jy tel dit op – dit is vieslik, dit is bevlek, dit het ‘n hap uit. Jy begin dit ...

Daar is deesdae baie druk op Christene om hul geloof –  hul begrip van die Evangelie van Jesus Christus – in ‘n nuwe baadjie te klee; hulle moet die ‘outydse ...

Wanneer iets werklik belangrik is, is dit die moeite werd om dit te herhaal, nè? En wat vandag vir my en vir jou en vir enigiemand anders wat in Jesus glo, werklik belangrik is, ...

It’s always interesting to tap into the experiences of other people, particularly when those experiences are close encounters with God.  And that’s exactly what this ...

Jesus het baie beloftes aan sy dissipels gemaak. Een van daardie beloftes, waarop ons met uitroepe van lof en hallelujas, kan staan, is, dat as hulle Hom vervolg (wat gebeur het) ...

Sê my, hoe verander jy ‘n waarheid – selfs ‘n Bybelse waarheid – in ‘n leuen? Maklik! Jy sny dit in die helfte, of haal dit uit konteks aan of ...

Daar is ‘n risiko, ja, ‘n enorme groot risiko, dat hoe meer ons in ons verhouding met Jesus groei, en hoe meer ons lees en die Bybel leer ken, hoe groter is die kans ...

Kan ek jou vandag vra, wat daar in jou lewe is wat jou geloof in Jesus op hierdie oomblik laat wankel? Watter gebeurtenis, watter twyfel, watter bekommernis, watter vrees, watter ...

Die ewigheid lyk onbereikbaar ver weg, nie waar nie? Hoekom is dit? Wel, waarskynlik omdat ons so besig is met die alledaagse geroesemoes, dat die moontlikheid van die ...

So much of what happens in our lives – is dictated by what’s going on in our hearts. And so many people want to be close to God – yet they pay no attention to what’s going ...