Eunice Rajuili heads back to KZN

Hi there

Just to inform you as well, Eunice is moving down to Pmb. The flat is being packed up on Friday and she will be driving down on Saturday 7 May.  She will be at St Giles’ on Sunday 1 May, when Rodney and the congregation will say farewell.

Thanks  

Beth

You are running out of time

29 April 2011

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things in him who strengthens me.

Just a week ago it was Good Friday and most of us were either in church or going to church to be part of that service that reminds us of the trial and tribulations that our Saviour went through for each of us. It is amazing how fast time is going by. Each of us today are having to take stock of what we are going to do with all of our tomorrows. We do not have the time to just reflect on the past but to actively confront the future.

How we do this is dependant on our personalities and background, some of us are able to do almost anything while others of us seem to be limited in opportunities. Irrespective of this it is not what we can do in our own strength, but what Jesus Christ can do through us in His. When we compare ourselves to others we do ourselves an injustice and we are often unfair to others because of the comparison. You can do anything through Jesus Christ who has called you, to limit ourselves in this regard is to limit our calling and what Jesus wants to do through us. We do not have the time to waste for comparisons, for criticism, we simply need to get on with the job that we have to do in the name of Jesus Christ.

Be encouraged today to get on with the job.

David

Point to ponder: you are called by Jesus Christ.

Question to consider:  Are you responding to your call?

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Wait

28 April 2011

Luke 12:35-36  "Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning, and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage feast, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and knocks.”

After Easter Jesus Christ told the disciples to wait. One of the hardest things to do is to wait, to wait for something to happen, to wait for someone that is late. The discipline of waiting is not one that Christians practise today, we all seem to want things to happen at our pace instead of God’s. As we wait during this period, we wait and pray with expectation, an expectation that God will do an extraordinary thing through our prayers.

It is also a time of preparation, a time where we reflect and are cleansed through our prayers and the Easter celebrations, a time of preparation with expectation. Just as the Israelites waited for Moses after the Passover and his meeting with God on the mountain, to receive the Ten Commandments, so we wait for the Holy Spirit to be refreshed, renewed and revealed in us at Pentecost. On Ascension Day for the Israelites the law came down, and on that same day Jesus Christ ascended into heaven taking the burden of the law off all those who believed and followed Him. Ten days later Pentecost occurs, where the Holy Spirit was given to all those who follow Jesus Christ.

Be encouraged today to wait and pray for God’s mighty power to be revealed in His Church today.

David

Point to ponder: Wait on God.

Question to consider:  Are you able to wait patiently?

We are not alone

26 April 2011

John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Jesus Christ has risen from the dead and is alive today. We worship a living God and when we understand this, we understand that when we believe in Jesus Christ and that we are raised with Him to eternal life. This is not some future occurrence when we die physically, but the reality of who we are today, we are already alive in Christ. Our physical bodies may die, but we are eternal alive with Jesus Christ in the spirit.

Our journey now onwards is not that we will meet Jesus Christ in heaven but that we will meet Him in us on a daily basis. His promises to the disciples not to worry for He is with them, is the truth we should live everyday of our lives. We may suffer many things, we may have to face many problems, we may experience the joys and sadness of life, but that is what life is. When we see Jesus Christ in all these things with us, we understand that we are not excluded from life, but that we can face life with a joy in us, because Christ is in all things with us.

When we cling to this, when we look at an empty tomb, a vacant cross we are reminded that Jesus Christ did this for all of us, so that we may have eternal life with Him.

Be encouraged today no matter what, to be reminded to seek Jesus Christ today.

David

Point to ponder: Eternal life starts with Jesus Christ in you.

Question to consider: Do you remember that Jesus is with you today?

Easter wishes

Dear friends,


According to Paul, Without the resurrection, our Christian faith would be just hopeful thinking, no better than secular philosophies and fanatical religions.

May God bless you this Easter Sunday Service as you let Jesus have the final word in your life. 

 

The Rev. Emmanuel Solomon Surwumwe 

Easter

21 April 2011

Mark 15:24-25 And they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, to decide what each should take. And it was the third hour, when they crucified him.

Today throughout the western Church a time is spent celebrating the night of the Last Supper, some call it Maundy Thursday, others Tenebrae. It is a time of reflection of how all the disciples abandoned Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and He had to face His trial and crucifixion. The worship service reflects the celebration of the Passover meal, the time of prayer in the garden, followed by the flight of the disciples.

Good Friday is a time of introspection where we consider how many times we have abandoned Christ in the ways we have lived and in what we have said and done, and the great pain, humiliation, brutality and rejection that Jesus had to endure, finally death. In His suffering and death He carried the burdens of our sin, and took upon Himself the complete wrath of God that we may have eternal life with Him. Even so, we betray Him, through our lack of love, lack of repentance and lack of faith. The One who was rejected will not reject us, He bore our sufferings and our pains that we may have life with Him.

On the third day He rose, and with His resurrection so we are resurrected with Him into eternal life. No hell will prevail, for we are His, He bought us with His life, He claims us to be His own.

Be encouraged today to celebrate Easter in the fullness of Gods love, knowing that Jesus did it all for you.

David

Point to ponder: Easter is about what God has done for you.

Question to consider: Do you celebrate Easter as a holy time?

Hell exists

20 April 2011

Matthew 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

There are only two kinds of people in this world, those that follow and believe in Jesus Christ and those that do not. Those who follow Jesus Christ do those things that please Him, like forgiving others, repenting of the things they have done wrong and by loving on another. They do not lie, neither are they deceitful, they do to others as they would have it done to themselves, they do not gossip or cheat, in all they do, they do it as if the person they are doing it for is Jesus Christ Himself. The other kind of person in this world is those that do what please them and not Jesus Christ.

For those that believe and follow the ways of Jesus Christ their reward is eternal life with Jesus Christ in heaven, for those who do not their reward is eternal life without Jesus Christ in hell. Hell is not there to bring Jesus Christ to people out of fear, but is there for those fallen angels and demons who rebel against God, when we do not follow Jesus Christ we become part of the fallen world and so ally with Satan himself. Let no man fool you, hell exists, it is not a figment of the imagination.

If you could see who was in hell and the number of those you love being tormented eternally, what can you do to save them? Nothing!!! The only way for them to be saved is by following Jesus Christ while they still can, turn from your wicked ways, repent of your sin, and follow Jesus Christ alone, this is the only way to salvation from hell and judgement.

Be encouraged today to warn people that unless they change their ways and follow the ways of Jesus Christ, they will be in hell forever.

David

Point to ponder: Heaven exists, just as hell exists.

Question to consider: Do you have the courage to speak out to save others and yourself?