13. Spending time with God
Last week I spoke about spending more time with the Word of God, truly reading through it from cover to cover. Remember the Bible is not 66 different books, it...
Devotionals by: Ilze Henderson
14 August 2011
12. Spending time in the Word
Currently I am listening to a couple of teachings of renowned Christian teachers that I look up to. I admire their knowledge of the Word and their way of interpreting...
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6 August 2011
11. Take a breather
I received a lovely email about a young man and an elderly man who decided to have a competition. They wanted to see who was going to cut down the...
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30 July 2011
10. The Lord will always be there
As I said my boys are still small. And when the youngest started to walk, his favorite place in the house was the stairs. I think for any parent it...
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23 July 2011
9. Lessons from animations
My two boys are currently small and those of you with small children will know that they love watching animations. And at their age, they can watch the same animation...
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12 June 2011
15. The bricks in our lives (8)
We are currently discussing the ways in making your ‘home’ here on earth steadfast against any storm it may face. We have discussed making Jesus your foundation and your family...
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21 May 2011
12. The bricks in our lives (5)
As I have mentioned before, if your foundation (your faith) is rock solid and you built your house with Jesus as the cornerstone and time with your family as your...
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15 May 2011
11. The bricks in our lives (4)
If your house’s foundation is right (your faith in God), and your cornerstone is right (Jesus Christ), and your bricks are right (quality time with your spouse, children and close...
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8 May 2011
10. The bricks in our lives (3)
We are discussing the bricks in our lives in order to have a fulfilling life, a life that can weather any storm and still come out strong at the other...
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21 April 2011
8. The bricks in our lives
We are discussing the different things that can occupy your time and with which you build your house (your life). There are things that can be regarded as building your...
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17 April 2011
7. The stick in our lives
Last time I discussed the stick in our lives, the thing that is more solid than the straw in our lives, but less important than the bricks and that is...
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20 March 2011
4. The straw in our lives (3)
We have been discussing the different things in our lives that take up our time, but are things that will not stand the test of time when we truly face...
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27 February 2011
1. The three little pigs
I am sure that most of you know the story of the three little pigs. But for those of you who don’t, in short it is about three little piggy...
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20 February 2011
6. Soar high on wings like eagles
While I am busy writing about this theme of waiting on the Lord, He reminded me of a text verse that is so relevant to our discussion: Isaiah 40:31 –...
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13 February 2011
5. Waiting is like gardening
Waiting is difficult as I have mentioned before. When we moved into our new home four years ago we planted our garden and couldn’t wait for everything to start to...
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6 February 2011
4. Spiritual leaders that had to wait
We are still continuing on the theme of waiting on God. We’ve discussed a few examples such as David and Paul, but in fact there are quite a number of...
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31 January 2011
3. God works while we are waiting
The timing of certain things in our lives is important. I have mentioned previously that we need to be in sync, otherwise things can turn out differently as it should...
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24 January 2011
2. Waiting on the Lord to fulfil His promises
Welcome back. As we discussed in the previous blog, it is very difficult for us to wait. We don’t like waiting and we would rather jump in and start than...
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15 January 2011
1. Waiting
What do you think is one of the most common things that aggravate people? Yes, unfair treatment, yes, corruption and crime, yes, if you are being lied to, but one...
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9 January 2011
8. Expect the supernatural
We get so used to the ordinary that we seldom expect anything more. We go through the motions and do not expect something amazing to happen to us. And it...
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