Run With Christ

I have been meaning to post this earlier but just never got round to it... but here it is and this way you can get to know me maybe a little better...I have never really shared my testimony because I never really felt like I had one. I have always grown up as a “Christian”, growing up in a Christian home. What I knew about Christianity was that Jesus died for me on the cross and rose after three days and He now lives in heaven and in my heart and I believed that (still do). So really my testimony is not what some may perceive as dramatic or even “wow” – but actually for me, it is a “wow-feeling” – the realization of actually just what it is that Jesus Christ did for me. So here it goes: I was always “fine”. I have shed tears and then I will go on smiling again. At some times my faith was strong… and other times it was neglected. Sometimes I prayed more, sometimes I prayed less. I have even blogged on this platform on times my faith was stronger or my relationship with God wa...

So in my previous post I was telling you about my tea date with Jesus and how I had a real honest conversation with Him on suffering, going through trials and tribulations and how it’s painful... If you would like to read the previous post, click here: I had tea with Jesus ) I also kept you guessing in not telling you the whole answer straight away so in this post, I get to share the rest of the wonderful answer with you. This answer showed to me though the Holy Spirit now helps me to have courage. If you are like me and you are more of a visual person, then maybe this will help you as well.  So while I had this conversation with Jesus, He also answered me through His Spirit by showing me the following over a spot of tea: I saw a sword. The sword was mighty, shiny, strong and was able to win battles but the sword has to stay sharp and therefore it was being honed – You are the sword. Whaaaaaaat? I didn’t quite know what to make of it and felt a little conf...

It was one of the colder mornings here in South Africa. After waking up, walking around in my PJ’s, I felt a little disconnected and I remember thinking   “I need to spend some time in the Word”… I walked into the living room (this is where I do most of my praying) and thought to myself  - It’s sooo cold, I would just like to have some tea… and then I decided just there and then that I am going to invite Jesus for a spot of tea because there is a few things I would like to talk to Him about. I got the tea pot and brewed some of my favourite tea. I sat down and had tea with Jesus. This was a very different approach compared to my usual way of praying. I spoke to Jesus like I would speak with my friend…(Jesus says He wants to be our friend and we are His friends – John 15:15 -  No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. ). ...

One evening (5 April 2017), I was standing in my kitchen making tuna salad. While doing that I was praying and worshiping the Lord. I prayed for the Holy Spirit to speak to me and while I was praying I saw the following: A bride was getting ready for her groom. She was doing her best to look and be her best for the groom. I saw all the time that was put in to prepare for this moment, the moment the bride will meet her groom and she will be ready. And then the words: WHAT ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST DOING? The Holy Spirit then reminded me of the verse about the 10 virgins with oil lamps (Matt 25). 5 were wise and made the necessary preparations by taking extra oil, the other 5 were foolish. When the time came that the Groom was coming, the 5 foolish girls did not have enough oil in their lamps and had to go back to get more. While they were gone, the Groom came and the 5 girls who had prepared and had the extra oil went with the Groom into the marriage fest and the doors were s...

I had this dream a while back and I have decided to share it: It was dusk but the night sky was really dark. There was no moon but I did see stars, many stars coming together in one place. All the stars in the night sky, grouped together above the earth. I grabbed binoculars to get a better look (In this dream, the binoculars were more like telescopes in the shape of normal binoculars). I looked through it and saw fiery comets and meteorites coming towards the earth with immense speed. I got such a fright, I pulled the binoculars ways from my eyes but I looked through it again. Again I saw the burning comets and meteorites approaching earth with miraculous speed and then I looked beyond the comets and meteorites (as if there was a zoom feature on the binoculars)... I saw complete chaos on earth. The planet was broken into pieces (as if torn apart) and each piece of broken earth had some sort of destruction upon it. I saw tornadoes, war, fire, destruction, negativity... absolute CHAOS...

Jesus defeated death by rising up after three days. This is marked as the final day of Easter. Final... the word bothers me. Final usually marks the end of something or the completion of something. Jesus' death made us new and therefore it is the beginning of new life. What does the word of God say? Matthew 28:1-10 (NIV) Jesus Has Risen 28 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly...