Only Believe

Random Thoughts

2009-06-09T06:34:00.000-07:00

So, the Super 14 has come and gone, the Blue Bulls won (what else, they are the best after all) and now we're waiting for the Soccer Confederations Cup to start in a few days time.

Winter is here in full force, snow on the mountains, cold winds and overcast skies. Ideal weather for soup, pancake, nice warm hot chocolate or Milo and warm blankets in front of the TV.

Lots have been happening in my life lately and there is a few things on the horison that I'm really getting excited about (really excited) - I can't go into too much detail just yet, but keep watching this space and all will be revealed in due time.

In the meantime, I'm busy with a lot of planning, so off I go to do some work.

Have a nice day wherever you are and remember to always live life to the fullest.

Have the courage to be responsible and acountable for what you decide to do...

Super14 2009 - Bulls vs Chiefs

2009-05-27T05:55:00.000-07:00

So, this weekend is big rugby in Bulls Country (Pretoria), here is some pics of them in action. Go Bulls!!

Mighty Men Conference 2009

2009-05-26T00:53:00.000-07:00

Below is the testimony of a medic who were at the recent Mighty Men Conference 2009. It is just amazing.

Impressions of a Medic at Mighty Men 09 - 28 April 2009

3 months ago the deal was finalized. I would supply the medical cover at this year’s event. I was competing against a rival company, and was prepared to equal their quote for 3 vehicles on site. I promise 3 vehicles, but would throw in a field hospital, 2 quads and 10 outstations in at the same price. These would be manned from Friday morning to Sunday night. Having done the event last year, I knew what I was letting myself in for. After all, last year we had 65 000 men attending, and we coped with them with our 10 medics, all volunteers. With the 200 000 expected, we would have many more volunteers, and the money we would be paid, would cover our disposables and travelling expenses, as well as our meals. I planned to discount whatever we did not spend, as this was an event I would not do for money…..

3 days to go. I have not slept very well for the last 3 weeks. I have searched high and low for medics, but have only 3. Myself and one ambulance that I am standing down from my operations. I phone my stepson, who is one of the ambulance staff and plead with him to find me more staff. Even the medics who attended last year have pulled out. I have phoned my competitors and asked them to take over the event; assuring them that the exposure they will get far exceeds the little money they will get paid. Again I am turned down.

Then I receive a SMS from my step-son: “DEPEND ON IT – GOD KEEPS HIS WORD. DOUBT IS A DEMONIC DETOUR. WHEN YOU GET TO WHERE GOD WANTS YOU TO BE, HIS PROVISION WILL ALREADY BE IN PLACE, NO TURNING BACK“.
OK, But I have already prayed and asked…. I am now in panic mode, and I change my requirements from Christian Male Volunteers to Christian Male Medics that will be paid, and eventually to any Male Medic who is prepared to work for money. This will be financial ruin, but I no longer care.

One Day to go. Thursday morning I receive a message that my North Coast manager has managed to find some medics, as has someone in Durban, and 5 are available in Pietermaritzburg. I proceed to Mighty Men to set up the Field Hospital for Friday morning. Buy sunset the first patients arrive, even though we are only on duty from Friday. Already 60 000 men are on site. My ambulance is dispatched immediately to cover the event during the night, and by sunrise 6 patients have been treated, all minor ailments.

Friday morning dawns, without any sleep. Two medics from Durban do not show up, two from North Coast and 3 from Pietermaritzburg. I am left with 20. Not quite what I was hoping for, but manageable all the same. I hate myself for doubting in the first place. However, I am the only paramedic, and should we have to move a serious patient, the event will be left with nothing but ambulance staff. It will just have to do! By 10am the patients are starting to arrive. Flu, runny tummy, asthma, allergy, silly things that mean a lot to the patient, but are not what we are trained for. We need the serious stuff to make our life worth while….. A Provincial Ambulance response vehicle pulls up with a doctor, required by Disaster Management to be in the OPS CENTER in case of disaster. This center is based about 10 meters from our field hospital. The Doctor strolls in and introduces himself in a heavy Zulu accent. Great I think, just what I need, an intern who is forced to do his work at a provincial ambulance service. He promptly announces to the organizers and police manning the OPS Center that should they require him; he will be at the field hospital, and promptly starts to scratch through our equipment. I am too busy to arrange medics at the outstations to worry about him at this stage anyway.
By the time I have everyone arranged, stations worked out, instructions given, I become aware that the Doctor is the only one in the tent, treating patients. I wander across for a closer look, and discover that he is not just handing out the few medications we have, but is actually examining the patients with their aches and pains, and actually treating them. “This simply wont do” he announces, and drives off to Greytown and returns shortly afterwards with half the hospital pharmacy, handing out anti-biotics and medications that you need to study at least 7 years just to pronounce. Wow, now this is what was needed in the first place. In addition, he unpacks ventilators, heart monitors, vital signs monitors etc from his vehicle. When the going gets really tuff, another doctor arrives to help out. Another 3 doctors treat patients at the outposts….”his provision will already be in place!!!!!”

Friday night Angus does an altar call and sees literally 1000’s give their live to the Lord. Awesome! Out the corner of my eye I catch one of my medics holding his hand high up. Wow, and I wanted only Christian medics here. The night offers little sleep. Some patients need hospitalization. There are some broken bones from falls on the motorcycles, some medical cases, all stable, none life threatening. When things do quieten down, I am amazed to see medics sitting in small groups, bible in hand. Words are falling on fertile land everywhere. Another piece of the Lords way falls into place. God has a plan with everything. His way…not ours. Why is this repeated over and over again and again I am still surprised by it.

Saturday morning breaks cool and clear. Soon the heat takes over, but all runs well. The medics are doing their job, the doctor is amazing. The service is electrifying. Men are called to honor God, to put him first, to honor their family. Angus talks of the war that the devil is waging against all believers. We need to be fit to fight the war. He does pushups, runs on the stage, tells us that God loves us and wants a personal relationship with us, and tells us that God talks to us. He tells us to read the bible, and makes us promise that we will. “Good people don’t go to heaven, BELIEVERS go to heaven!”
He tells us how he has had a restless night with no sleep. He has had a fever, but after his wife prayed for him, the fever has left him. He tells us that he is tired, but must fight the war. After 2 hours he is visibly exhausted and after praise and worship we make our way back, slowly, between 200 000 men. No sooner do we reach out tent when a marshal rushes over with the news that we are needed urgently at the main stage for a patient who had collapsed. We make our way back through the endless crowds, eventually reaching the stage, only to find one of our ambulances already there. I find it strange that the patient is under the stage, but push through anyway. Maybe they needed the shade for the patient. Near the entrance I find an elderly gentleman lying on the floor. He is covered in sweat, already has a drip up, and has an oxygen mask on. I kneel down next to him to asses him, and discover it is Angus. Even lying there, he keeps telling us that this is a war; the Devil will attack every where. He explains that he is exhausted! Whilst still lying on the floor he makes plans for the night service. He will take it easy tonight; maybe even sit on a chair whilst preaching. We all know that this will be impossible for him. Even so, we remove the drip and help him to his feet. Outside the stage area, men are praying and singing, and shout and clap when Angus appears. He is taken to his house by car, still weak.

30 minutes after we arrive back at the tent, another usher appears. We need a stretcher urgently at Angus’s house. No other information. Could be someone who has come for prayer, or could be Angus himself. We fly through the crowds. Security men let us through, and we grab the stretcher and jump-bags before rushing into his modest house. The walls are thick, with small windows, and little light. We are spotted and chased out. Once we get out into the light, we are recognized and sent around the house to the front lawn. There we find Angus, on his side, unresponsive, our Zulu Dr and another Dr at his side. The heart monitor is already attached, a new drip running full speed. I ask the doctor for an update. He informs me that Angus collapsed, and glances at the monitor. One look and my worst fears are realized. The rhythm is very abnormal, with an Inverted “T” wave, typically found with a Heart Attack. I look at the Blood Pressure monitor – More bad news, it reads 80 / 40. The oxygen mask is already on, with all holes masked up to try and increase the concentration of Oxygen delivered to Angus. I have seen this many times before. I know what happens next. These are the precious few seconds we are given to prepare for the inevitable. CPR is just seconds away. Angus has already received his “Disprin” and TNT Spray to dilate blood-vessels around the heart and assist with the breaking down of blood-clots. He is deeply unconscious. I know the drill, so I pull out my Drug bag and break open the resuscitation drugs we will need shortly. Adrenaline in one syringe, Atropine in another with Calcium Gluconate in a third. To counteract acidosis that occurs during CPR, I set up the Sodium BiCarbonate Drip, but don’t attach it yet. Angus is still going, barely, which gives me a chance to select the tube that will shortly go down his throat to assist in his breathing. I check the equipment to do this with. He is still going, barely. I pull out the paddles from the heart machine, and place the gel next to it. This will be needed to deliver the shocks to his chest to attempt the re-starting of his heart. At this stage Angus’s blood-pressure remains low, despite the drip running full-out. I select another, smaller drip and add to it 4 ampoules of adrenaline. Sometimes this helps to increase the blood-pressure. It seems to be working. His blood-pressure climbs slowly to 100 / 60, still dangerously low, but better. Now we need to decide on how to move him to a specialist as quickly as possible. A helicopter has already landed, but a quick inspection shows that we cannot lie Angus down anywhere inside the cramped aircraft, and his condition is too critical to take a chance. A medical Helicopter is required, and is summonsed. How lucky that I know the manager personally, and can dispense with all formalities of protocols and Guarantees of payments. Is this luck? It leaves immediately.
In the distance, I hear the call over the massive speakers for the men to get together and pray. Tens of Thousands heed the call and move in that direction. Thousands more collect around Angus’s house. Loud prayers are heard everywhere. I am acutely aware of the chill in the air, the clouds that are suddenly building up. THIS IS WAR keeps going through my mind. If this is a war, I am living in the middle of it. This servant of GOD is being struck down.
Angus slowly regains consciousness. His family is by his side. There is no panic, no fear. I have never experienced this before. They are just by his side, holding his hand. Such peace. There is no doubt in anybody’s mind that Angus is about to meet the Lord. The helicopter lands and another paramedic jumps out. Caleb, one of the best paramedics I know and trust. After a quick handover, Angus is loaded into the Helicopter and takes off. I can still see his face, straining to look out, waving with both hands. I feel exhausted, and spend a long time picking up the medical waste. With a heavy heart I get back to the tent. I am dismayed at the number of people packing up their tents and leaving. At the same time, I have no doubt that Angus will not be back soon, if at all. However, I know that I am not here to meet Angus. I am here to meet Jesus. That night, rumors spread that Angus has been discharged. However, I know better. I was there, I had seen the cardiac rhythm, had seen the low blood-pressure, and had personally infused the adrenalin. Either way, I attend the night meeting, and find peace and joy in knowing God.

The next morning I am summonsed to set up a station under the stage. Angus will preach! How can that be? Obviously he has forced himself out of hospital, and barely clinging to life, will now attempt a sermon in spite of his condition! How wrong I am. He arrives with his family and friends, is full of life, kneels and prays before going up to the stage to present his sermon. He talks of his day lying helpless on his lawn, and asks if we are ready to meet the Lord? He was close to meeting him yesterday, but he was healed. The cardiologist ran stress tests; they ran blood tests, and every other conceivable test. Final diagnosis – NOTHING. NO ABNORMALITIES DETECTED. No abnormal chemical levels, no traces of heart damage, NOTHING. He is discharged 3 hours after arriving at the hospital. Either I need to go back to study, because after 25 years I have no idea what I am doing, or accept that God is capable of great miracles. Personally, I believe the latter.

Angus has his preach, and many more give their lives to the Lord. It is a war, and those that left before Sunday, are the casualties of this war. Those that stayed saw the greatness of our God. Those that came to meet Angus, were disappointed. Those that came to meet God, met him.

Sunday afternoon comes, and we pack up. We are exhausted, but feel alive. My body tells me it’s been through hell. Every joint aches, every muscle complains. It feels like it has been at war. My sole is alive and on fire. God is mighty, He is good. I pay my medics. Total cost? EXACTLY the amount quoted 3 months before the event!!! Travelling costs, meals and disposables will be recovered from the few ambulance transfers done by the ambulance. “….his provision will ALREADY be in place” just does not want to get out of my mind.

At the debrief, we hear of testimonies of men who’s business back home improved dramatically whilst he was serving at Mighty Men, we hear of SMS’s that were received before Angus’s collapse of impending danger, people phoning from around the world with prayers and words of encouragement. What an awesome GOD we serve! We are warned or the devils attack in the week to come, where he will try and destroy all the good that has been done. Already there is talk of Angus having been flown to Hospital with a stroke and that this was done only for money etc. The Devil is at work, and THIS IS WAR. OUR GOD IS GOOD….ALL THE TIME!!!!

In total we treated close to 200 patients. Dr Ntuli was awesome. The experience was great. It allowed me to serve with the gift that God has given me. It allowed me to grow in my faith. Would I do it again? ANYDAY! Should we do it again? The devil will have won the battle in the end if we don’t.

Hans Hartmann
Paramedic
Believer

Proverbs 31

2009-03-06T09:49:00.000-08:00

A good woman is hard to find,

and worth far more than diamonds.

Her husband trusts her without reserve,

and never reason to regret it.

Never spiteful, she treats him generously

all her life long.

She's up before the dawn, preparing breakfast

for her family and organizing her day.

First thing in the morning, she dresses for work,

rolls up her sleeves, eager to get started.

She senses the worth of her work,

is in no hurry to call it quits for the day.

She's skilled in the craft of home and hearth,

diligent in homemaking.

She always faces tomorrow with a smile.

When she speaks she has something worthwhile to say,

and she always says it kindly.

She keeps an eye on everyone in the household,

and keeps them busy and productive.

Her children respect her and bless her;

her husband joins in with words of praise:

"Many women have done wonderful things,

but you've outclassed them all!"

Charm can mislead and beauty soon fades.

The woman to be admired and praised

is the woman who lives in the Fear-of-God.

Laminin

2008-08-14T09:55:00.000-07:00

Was I stunned last night when my mother came home from church and told me to Google the word 'Laminin'...

Go on, go and Google it, you will be blown away.

A women's heart

2008-07-27T09:03:00.000-07:00

A women's heart should be so hidden in Christ,

that a man should have to seek Him first to find her"

The Interview with God

2008-02-19T21:42:00.000-08:00

I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.

“If you have the time” I said.

God smiled. “My time is eternity.”“What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?”

God answered...“That they get bored with childhood,they rush to grow up, and then long to be children again.”
“That they lose their health to make money...and then lose their money to restore their health.”
“That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor the future.”
"That they live as if they will never die, and die as though they had never lived.”

God’s hand took mine and we were silent for a while.

And then I asked...“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons you want your children to learn?”

“To learn they cannot make anyone love them. All they can do is let themselves be loved.”
“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others.”
“To learn to forgiveby practicing forgiveness.”
“To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in those they love, and it can take many years to heal them.”
“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most,but is one who needs the least.”
“To learn that there are people who love them dearly, but simply have not yet learned how to express or show their feelings.”
“To learn that two people can look at the same thing and see it differently.”
“To learn that it is not enough that they forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.”

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly. "Is there anything else you would like your children to know?"

God smiled and said, “Just know that I am here... always.”

-author unknown

You are just like Adam & Eve

2007-11-05T11:14:00.000-08:00

You're Just Like Adam and Eve!

God had commanded Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...

"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." -Genesis 2:17

Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit anyway...

"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." -Genesis 3:6

God was displeased. As a result, Adam and Eve were punished and driven out of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:16-19, 22-24). Sin had now entered the human race and mankind became sinful by nature...

"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" -Romans 5:12

We are all prone as human beings to do the things we know we're not supposed to do. God stereotypes humanity in Ephesians 2:2, calling us by nature the "children of disobedience" and the "children of wrath." Listen to the words of the Word of God...

"They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." -Romans 3:12

We are ALL sinners deserving of death...

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." -Romans 6:23

The Bible warns us about a "second death," a lake of fire...

"Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power..." -Revelation 20:6

"And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." -Revelation 20:14-15

All Christ-rejecters WILL be cast into the lake of fire to burn in torment for all eternity...

"In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:" -2nd Thessalonians 1:8

The way to be saved is through the Gospel of Jesus Christ...

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." -Romans 1:16

The Gospel is the atoning work of Christ: His death, burial and resurrection...

"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" -1st Corinthians 15:1-4

Jesus shed His blood to pay for our many sins...

"...and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." -1st John 1:7

"In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:" -Colossians 1:14

If you are willing to confess your sinful condition to God, then you only need to believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved. Simply come to the Saviour and ask Him to forgive your sins and take you to heaven...

"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." -Romans 10:13

There is no magic in a prayer to save you. Salvation is a supernatural act of a Divine God in response to your faith. We are not saved because we pray a prayer, we are saved because we believe upon Jesus Christ as our Saviour (Acts 16:31). Salvation is of God, not man...our only part is to believe upon the Lord. Good works cannot save us...

"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness." -Romans 4:5

The ONLY Way to heaven is through the Saviour, Jesus Christ...

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." -John 14:6

Oh won't you come to the Saviour right now? Jesus wants to save you and has promised never to turn anyone away who comes to Him...

"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." -John 6:37

It's so simple to be saved: you are a sinner, and Jesus is the Saviour. If you'll simply turn from your unbelief and trust upon Jesus Christ 100% to save and forgive you...then you will indeed become a born again child of God. Listen to the beautiful words of Isaiah 45:22

"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." -Isaiah 45:22

Look and live my friend...look to Jesus and live!

Psalm 37 v 3 - 11

2007-08-12T06:23:00.000-07:00

v3 Have faith in the Lord, and do good; be at rest in the land, and go after righteousness.
v4 So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
v5 Put your life in the hands of the Lord; have faith in him and he will do it.
v6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.
v7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
v8 Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.
v9 For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.
v10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.
v11 But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

AMEN

You are unique

2007-06-29T10:47:00.000-07:00

Never try so hard to fit in... When U were BORN to STAND OUT...

You made all the delicate inner parts
of my body and knit me together
in my mothers womb
Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex.
Your workmanship is marvelous and how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the darkened womb,
You saw me before I was even born.
Every day of my life was recorded in Your book.
Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
How precious are Your thoughts about me, oh’ God,
they are innumerable.
I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand.
And when I wake up in the morning You are still with me.
(Col. 2)

Fully Rely On God

2007-06-28T04:57:00.000-07:00

Have Faith...
Believe...

HOW?

The devil cause us to doubt and we look at our circumstances instead of looking to God.

Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,the evidence of things not seen.

Lets analize this verse:
Faith = * Substance of things hoped for
* Evidence of things not seen

What is substance?
- Material
- Buildingblocks
- Bricks

We need this substance (Faith) in order to be able to believe. Without faith it is impossible to please God.

Evidence = When others can see what you have received through faith.

Two things are needed for faith: Substance & Evicence

Rom 10:8 But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);

The word of faith should be in your heart and mouth, you must believe with your heart and confess with your mouth, this is your legal standing before God.

Stop contradicting the heart by what you speak with your mouth.

Faith without works is like the body without the spirit. Here is the steps:
1. Believe with your heart
2. Confess with your mouth
3. Walk in the word of God

Mar 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

If we believe and know that God hears our prayers, we have received. It may take a while to materialize in the physical world, but remember; It is as you believe that it shall be done unto you. God wants to see the true state of your heart, He tests the heart.

How many times do you confess negatively over what you believe in your heart?

Focus on the spiritual and turn away from the physical. How? How can you give thanks for something that you don't have yet?

All things belong to us, so we must give thanks unto God. Put faith into practice. Stop wanting to see first before you believe, first believe and you will be amaized at the results. Start to worship God in spirit and truth. God will honor you.

Rest in the provision that God has for you, He said you have it, so you must believe that you have it. He will move heaven and earth for you if you dare believe in Him.

Always guard the words of your mouth:

-Look }
-Believe } The Word of God
-Confess }

Loving one another

2007-06-21T02:06:00.000-07:00

Mat 22:35 And one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, testing him, and saying,
Mat 22:36 Master, which is the chief rule in the law?
Mat 22:37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and greatest rule.
Mat 22:39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
Mat 22:40 On these two rules all the law and the prophets are based.

The above scriptures is the Old Testament way of loving, not the New Testament way of loving. It is the Law (the Ten Commandmends grouped together)

The first 5 Commandmends is about us loving God (Mat 22:37 And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.)

The second 5 Commandmends is about us loving our neighbour as ourself (Mat 22:39 And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.)'

Love is the foundation for the Kingdom of God because God is Love.

So what is the New Testament way of loving then? It is a new commandmend given to us by the Lord, to love one another as He loves us.

Do people know you are a dissiple for Jesus? How will they know? By our love towards one another.

John 13:34 I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
Joh 13:35 By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

Joh 15:12 This is the law I give you: Have love one for another, even as I have love for you.

If we love the Lord we will keep His commandment to love one another. We don't have to do it in our own strength, He is using His strenght and love to work through us, we must just be willing. God is fully capable of loving through you if you stand aside and let Him get to work. God wants to take over your live. All or nothing, not just some piece of you.

If God is in you, you must love, you have no choice. And to love completely, you must forgive.
If you have unforgiveness towards others, you don't love God. Without God you can do nothing, only He can help you to forgive and love.

God = Love (they are one)

John 17 - Jesus prayed for you
- He has compassion for you
- He wept for you

Are you willing for Him to work through you so you can pray for others, have compassion for others and weep with/for others?

Allow the love of God to flow through you and rest in His provision for you. And remember: there is only one way that you can claim to know God - when you do what He has commanded: LOVE ONE ANOTHER!

How can a woman not love the Lord?

2007-05-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

How can a woman not love the Lord?

He is a gentleman,
He is confident
He is a provider and protector
He is rich and powerful
He owns everything; there is nothing He wouldn't do for me
He perfects all things concerning me
He anticipates my wants and needs.
Every day He tells me and shows me how much He loves me
I don't have to perform in order to earn His love
He keeps all of his promises
No one can influence His opinion of me
He is the ultimate intimate partner
He can't "disown" me because I am a part of Him
He prepares a table before ME (Selah)
He covers me and doesn't expose me
He wrote his loving words down so that I'll never forget how He
Feels about me!

NOW THAT'S LOVE!!!
Any man, who wants pointers on how to love a woman, should study GOD!
Wake up every day and thank God for being the best "man" in your life!