Saturday, 21 September 2013

Drie prentjies van Abraham se lewe om na te volg:

Abraham het baie na aan die Here God gelewe en die drie uitstaande kenmerke van sy lewe was: 

1.     Hy het altare opgerig waar hy die Here aanbid en geloof het vir Sy goedheid en guns aan hom en sy nageslag bewys. (Gen. 12:7-8)
2.    Hy het in tente gewoon om te wys hy is ‘n pelgrimsreisiger.  Hy het ‘n tydelike huis en is ‘n reisiger op weg na die Ewigheid. (Gen. 13:3)
3.    Hy het putte gegrawe om vir sy mense en diere van water te voorsien. (Gen. 26:15)
Watter prentjies in jou lewe wys vir mense dat jy die Here aanbid, dat jy ‘n reisiger is op pad na die ewigheid en dat jy lewende water aan ander gee sodat hulle kan lewe?
Hoe kan jy dit doen?
1.     Maak erns met jou verhouding met die Here en hoe jy Hom aanbid.  Hou gereeld stiltetyd waar jy jou verhouding met die Hemelse Vader kan verryk. 
2.    Reis lig in hierdie wêreld!  Moenie toelaat dat die wêreldse prag en praal jou insluk nie.  Moenie verval in kooplus en alles koop wat jou oë sien nie.  Leef eenvoudig en help jou kinders en kleinkinders om lig te reis.  Maak vir jou skatte in die Hemel bymekaar waar mot en roes en inbrekers dit nie kan verniel nie!
3.    Voed en versterk ander met die Lewende Water van Jesus Christus.  Bid vir die geestelike lewens van jou kinders en kleinkinders en agter-kleinkinders.  Deel traktaatjies uit aan ander en deel die Goeie Nuus van Jesus Christus wat gesterf het vir ons sonde aan ander sodat hul van die Lewende Water kan drink en gered kan word.
(Vergelyk Mnr. Sam Doherty se boek bl. 24 van “God’s Word for God’s workers” volume 2.  Indien jy die boek gratis wil aflaai, kan jy dit doen deur op “CEF BOOK MINISTRY” in te gaan) 
Mr. Sam Doherty talk in his book “God’s Word for God’s Workers” volume 1 about Abraham who was an altar builder, a tent dweller and a well digger.  You can download the book for free from “CEF book ministry”

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Ten young people in the Bible


Examples of 10 young people in the Bible that learnt lessons that children can follow: (compare Children's ministry Resource Bible page 774)

Nr.
Young person
Bible verses
Lessons
What can you do?
1
Isaac
Gen.22:1-14
Isaac learnt to submit to God and his father Abraham
Submit your ways to the Lord and He will help you
2
Joseph
Gen.37:4-28
Joseph trusted God to help him when his brothers and Egyptians treated him badly
Do not try to get even when you are treated badly, trust God and tell Him about everything.  Stand on His promise in Hebr. 13:5-6
3
Moses
Ex.2:2-10
Moses had wealth and power in the palace in Egypt where he grew up, but he preferred to serve the true God
JOY – means put Jesus first, others second and yourself last
4
Samuel
1 Sam.3:3-10
Eli told Samuel that God was calling him and that he had to ask:  “Speak Lord, your servant is listening”
Listen to what God is teaching you.  When you are on the wrong way – He will be like a voice behind you telling you what to do. (Isaiah 30:21)
5
David
1 Sam. 17:34-37
God delivered David from wild animals when he was looking after sheep in the veld. He realized that God will help him to conquer Goliath
You can trust God to help you in dangerous situations.  He will take care of you if you believe in Him and trust Him completely
6
Naäman’s maid
2 Kings 5:1-3
This little girl was a captive in a foreign land and told Naäman that her God will be able to heal him
Be a witness to other people about God’s goodness in your life, even in difficult situations
7
Daniel
Dan. 1:3-20
Daniel and his friends preferred to live a life gloryfying God instead of change to their ungodly surroundings in Babylon
Stay true to God, even if you are in the minority.  He will help you as He helped Daniel and his friends – even in a lion’s den and a fire!
8
Rhoda
Acts 12:12-16
Rhoda was praying, with the adults, for Peter in prison. She recognized Peter’s voice when he was at the door after he was set free from prison by an angel.  She joyfully told the people about Peter at the door!
Be part of God’s family when they pray.  Pray with faith and wait for the answer from God.  He answers: “Yes, no or wait a while”
9
A boy
John 6:5-11
A little boy gave his fishes and loaves of bread to Jesus and Jesus multiplied them so that over 3000 people could be fed with them!
Bring what you have to Jesus and trust Him to multiply your gifts and use them to extend the Kingdom of God.
10
Timothy
2 Tim. 3:15
Timothy had a mother and grandmother who believed in Jesus and taught him the Scriptures. He believed what he was taught and obeyed God’s commandments and became a missionary with Paul
Listen to the teaching of believer parents, teachers, pastors.  Read your Bible and obey what the Bible teaches you.  Tell others about the Good News of Jesus Christ and be a missionary!

 

Huisvergaderings:

Met ons gesin van 7 het ons dit nodig geag om van tyd tot tyd huisvergaderings te hou. 
Ons het ‘n agenda saamgestel en elkeen kon punte op die agenda sit wat hul graag wou bespreek. Met so ‘n huisvergaderings word sake bespreek wat die gesin raak en kan almal  saam oor oplossing besin.  Hierdie vergaderings het vir ons as gesin nader aan mekaar gebring.
 
 Voorstelle vir huisvergaderings:
  1.  Hou ‘n huisvergadering eenkeer per kwartaal –  ‘n goeie tyd is aan die begin van ‘n nuwe kwartaal nadat  almal weet hoe hul program vir nuwe kwartaal lyk. Kies elke keer ‘n ander voorsitter en sekretaris/sekretaresse vir volgende vergadering (mits kinders oud genoeg is om so ‘n rol te vervul – anders hanteer ouers die rolle)
  2. Plaas ‘n oop agenda op die yskas en laat almal punte op agenda plaas wat hul graag wil bespreek bv.  
AGENDA  
Opening en terugvoering van elkeen teenwoordig oor hoe dit gaan.
Spreek waardering uit vir positiewe dinge wat in huisgesin gebeur
Lees vorige notule en behandel sake uit die notule
 
Nuwe sake bv.:
1.  Wanneer huisgodsdiens gehou gaan word 
2.  Netheid van kamers 
3.  Bespreekv orde-reëls van gesin – wanneer hul maats mag kry, hoe laat ligte saans  moet  uitwees, straf vir ongehoorsaamheid, belonings vir netheid en goeie prestasie, ens. 
4.  Beplan gesinsnaweke en volgende vakansie 
5.   Bespreek probleme wat op agenda verskyn het
6.   Bespreek hoe jul familie kan uitreik in omgewing na bure.   Hoe jul miskien ‘n “garage sale” kan hou en jul interprenieursvernuf kan beproef.  
Afsluiting:  Sluit af met ‘n paar bord-speletjies of vra raaisels (kan op internet bekom word) of hou ‘n pannekoek-aand.

N.B.  Gee vir elke lid van die gesin 'n geleentheid om 'n bydrae te lewer en moenie mekaar verkleineer nie.  Bid voor die tyd dat die Here dit 'n aangename en verrykende tyd sal maak.

 

Saturday, 14 September 2013

The Holy Spirit


The Holy Spirit does the work when we teach and evangelize children. 
 Our responsibility:  Pray earnestly, Prepare thoroughly and Present clearly

The five-fold work of the HOLY SPIRIT:
1.        The Holy Spirit gives us insight (knowledge) – John 16:13
2.       The Holy Spirit is the spirit of wisdom – Acts 6:3
3.       The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of power – Acts 1:8
4.       The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of illumination – Ephesians 1:17-18
5.       The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of life – John 3:5

How does the Holy Spirit do it?
1.       Reveals what God is doing (1 Cor. 2:10); 
2.       Brings things of Christ to remembrance (John 14:26)
3.       Guides us into all the truth (John 16:13)
4.       Testifies of Christ (John 15:26)
5.       He is the right Spirit within you (Ezekiel 36:26)

Spurgeon said we should spend more time to talk to God about the children than spending time with children talking about God!

“The Trinity” by Charles Spurgeon


“Endeavor to know the Father. Approach Him in deep repentance, and confess that you are not worthy to be called His son; receive the kiss of His love; let the ring that is the token of His eternal faithfulness be on your finger; sit at His table and let your heart rejoice in His grace.

Then press forward and seek to know much of the Son of God who although He is the brightness of His Father’s glory humbled Himself and became man for our sakes. Know Him in the singular complexity of His nature: eternal God, and yet suffering, finite man; follow Him as He walks the waters with the tread of deity, and as He sits down at the well tired in the weariness of humanity. Do not be satisfied unless you know much of Jesus Christ as your Friend, your Brother, your Husband, your all.

Do not forget the Holy Spirit. Endeavor to obtain a clear view of His nature and character, His attributes, and His works. Behold the Spirit of the Lord, who first of all moved upon chaos and brought forth order, who now visits the chaos of your soul and creates the order of holiness. Behold Him as the Lord and giver of spiritual life, the Illuminator, the Instructor, the Comforter, and the Sanctifier. Behold Him as He descends upon the head of Jesus, and then as He rests upon you.

Such an intelligent, scriptural, and experiential belief in the Trinity is yours if you truly know God; and such knowledge brings peace indeed.”

 

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

WARE GELUK

VRAAG:   Wat maak jou gelukkig?

Is dit geld en goed wat jou gelukkig maak en dink jy gedurig oor hierdie verganklike goed wat jou gelukkig maak?  Die Here waarsku teen hierdie lewenswyse dat hierdie geluk nie vir altyd sal hou nie.
Ons lees in die Bybel in Jer. 2:16 “My volk het 2 sondes begaan:  Hulle het My, die bron van lewende water verlaat, en hulle het vir hulle waterbakke uit klip gekap, waterbakke wat gebars is en nie water hou nie.”
Wat bedoel die Here as Hy sê ons maak vir onsself waterbakke wat bars en nie die water kan hou nie?     Dit beteken ons soek ons geluk en voorspoed op plekke wat net vir ‘n tydjie vir ons vreugde verskaf, maar later bring dit nie meer vreugde nie.
1.    Miskien dink jy dat harde werk, baie eiendom, geld en rykdom  die antwoord is vir geluk.  Ons lees in Lukas 12:16-21 van ‘n man wat so ryk was en bly opgaar het sodat hy later sy skure moes afbreek en groter skure bou om alles te kan bêre.  Toe het hy by himself gedink, nou kan hy agteroorsit en die lewe geniet, maar die Here het hom ‘n dwaas genoem en sy lewe van hom weggeneem.  Sy rykdom het vir hom niks beteken om ware geluk te kry nie.

2.    Miskien dink jy dat sport vir jou ware geluk kan bring.  Jy dink miskien as jy tog net eendag ‘n Springbok speler, ‘n Beroepssportman of vrou kan word, sal dit die toppunt van geluk beteken. Dit gee vir jou baie vreugde as jou span wen en die sjampanjebottels kan oopgemaak en gespuit word oor al die wenners, maar dit bring net tydelik geluk.  Jy besef hoe sleg dit is elke keer as jou span verloor.  Sport bring net geluk, ook vir die sportman, solank as hy jonk is en sy kragte hou.

3.    Jy dink miskien om goeie vriende te hê bring vir jou geluk.  Vriende is belangrik en bring vir ons blydskap en vreugde, maar vriende kan ook vir jou in die steek laat.  Hul kan sommer skielik nuwe vriende maak en vir jou los en dit kan jou baie hartseer maak.  Vriende is dus nie die antwoord om vir jou vir altyd gelukkig te maak nie.

4.    Miskien dink jy  vermaak soos om TV te kyk of TV speletjies te speel  of videos te kyk, dit maak my gelukkig.    Jy kan miskien vir ‘n paar ure daarmee vermaak word en dan besef jy skielik jy het ‘n hele dag gemors met die speletjies en aan die einde voel jy glad nie gelukkig met jouself nie.
Ill.  Daar was eendag ‘n man wat na die dokter gegaan het en vir hom gevra het wat hy kon doen want hy voel so depressief en ongelukkig.  Die dr. sê toe hy moet na die sirkus gaan wat in hulle dorp was en veral gaan kyk na die nar wat so baie toertjies kan doen en mense so laat lag!  “Wat, sê die man toe, ek is die nar wat elke dag die mense moet vermaak!”  Dit lyk soms of ander so gelukkig is wanneer hulle besig is met hul vermaak, maar ware geluk is nie in vermaak te vind nie.

5.    Sommige mense soek hul geluk in drank en dwelmmiddels.  Dit is vir hulle heerlik om op ‘n “trip” te gaan en vir ‘n tyd te vergeet van alles wat hulle ongelukkig maak.  Ongelukkig kom die dinge wat hul ongelukkig maak weer terug as hul nugter is en in die tussentyd versleg hul gesondheid, want drank en dwelms tas ‘n mens se brein en liggaamskrag aan en jy gaan al meer agteruit!  In die Bybel in Spreuke 31:4-6 lees ons watter raad ‘n ma vir haar seun wat ‘n Koning was, gegee het: “Dit pas mense met gesag nie om hulle aan drank oor te gee nie.  As hulle drink, vergeet hulle wat die wet bepaal……Gee drank aan die wat besig is om onder te gaan, laat die wat swaar ly, drink; as so ‘n mens drink, vergeet hy van sy armoede en dink hy nie meer aan sy moeilikheid nie.”  
     Moet nooit toelaat dat drank of dwelms jou baas word nie, want dit kan vir jou geen blywende geluk bring nie!

ANTWOORD:  
Daar is net een weg na ware geluk en blydskap en dit is God se manier.   Jesus het vir die Samaritaanse vrou met wie Hy gepraat het toe sy haar kruik wou kom volmaak by die put in Samaria. Ons lees dit in die Bybel in Joh. 4:14  “Elkeen wat van hierdie water van die put drink, sal weer dors kry, maar wie van die water gedrink het wat Ek hom sal gee, sal in alle ewigheid nooit dors kry nie.  Nee die water wat Ek hom sal gee, sal in hom ‘n fontein wees met water wat opborrel en vir hom die ewige lewe gee.”  

Hier is die antwoord – dit is die bron wat jou gelukkig maak en vir altyd gelukkig hou:   JESUS.  Met Jesus in jou lewe, het jy die water wat jou sal help om nooit weer geestelik dors te kry nie.  Jesus is die enigste Een wat die lewende water kan gee, Hy neem jou dors weg na ander dinge om jou gelukkig te maak en gee jou vreugde vir ewig. 

Glo in die Here Jesus en neem Hom aan as jou Verlosser sodat Hy vir jou vreugde kan gee.  Maak Hom die Koning van jou lewe en leef voluit vir Hom.  Doen dit sommer nou – vra vir Jesus om jou te help om in Hom te glo, bely al jou sonde en vra Hy moet jou vergewe dat jy genot probeer put in rykdom, of vermaak, of drank en dwelms of vloek en skeltaal en ander mense beledig.  Vra dat Jesus die sonde sal bedek met Sy bloed en vir jou skoon sal was en vul met Sy liefde. 
Mag die vers in Jeremia 2:13 nooit van ons geskryf word nie, maar eerder:  

“My kinders, Dan, Petro, Francois, Charmaine, Gavin, Marié, Johan, Celia, Danie, Rachael, Anne, Francoin, Anne-Marié, Caitlin, Carla, Mia, Boeta, Rebecca en Josie en baie ander, het 2 uitstaande kenmerke – Hulle het My die bron van lewende water nooit verlaat nie en altyd naby my gebly en hul vreugde in My gevind!”

In Psalm 1 staan daar dit gaan goed met die mens wat sy vreugde in  die Here se Woord vind en dit dag en nag oordink!

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Bible lesson hour - salvation

1.Welcome all the children at the club or Sunday school.

2. Songs:  Praise and worship God with some songs like: He made the stars to shine;  My God is so big so strong and so mighty;  God is so good; He’s got the whole world in His hands, etc.

3. Prayer:  pray the “Our Father” prayer

4.  Memory Verse:  Revise John 3:16, Romans 3:23.  Teach Romans 5:8 as the memory verse of the day. Write the words on  3 crosses or 3 hearts (yellow one, dark one and red one) and as you read the verse you put the crosses on a board.  Explain the meaning that because God loves us, He made it possble for us to be freed from sin, by Jesus Christ who died on the cross.  Apply the verse to the saved child by telling them that because they believe in Jesus Christ, they have to tell other people about Jesus so that they can also be freed from sin.  The unsaved child need to know that they have to accept Jesus as saviour and that you are going to explain this in the Bible lesson.

5.  Song: I believe the Bible

6.  LESSON: Five simple steps to salvation (Sam Doherty)

VISUAL:

Either use a large sheet of heavy construction paper folded accordion style to reveal only one
of each of the five strips at a time; or make five strips of construction paper joined with string threaded through two holes in each strip.
Print the words shown on each strip – and add a heart of the colour indicated.
Show each strip as you teach the lesson.
If you are speaking to a large group of children who would not be able to read these words, you
could leave them out and only include the hearts.
1. God Loves Me (Gold)
2. I Have Sinned (Black)
3. He Died For Me (Red)
4. I Trust Him (White)
5. I Have Everlasting Life (Green)
Or make five large hearts of the different colours and print the words on each of them.

Introduction to lesson:   1-2-3-4-5 (Show your fingers as you count).

That’s how simple it is!
If you are not a Christian and you would like to be one there are five simple steps for you to take. 1-2-3-4-5 (Show your fingers again).
Let me show you. You can say these words as I show them – but say them inside yourself – not out loud.

Step one - God loves me (Show these words) Do you know that? Can you say it. The Bible says He does (John 3 v16). This heart is gold to show that God is pure – just as gold is a pure metal, and this gold heart tells us that God lives in Heaven where the street is made of gold. But it especially tells us that God loves you and me very much and He wants us to come and live with Him in Heaven when we die.

Step two – are you ready for the next step?Look at these words (Show them)
I have sinned.
The Bible says that everybody has sinned (Romans 3 v23) – and that includes both you and me. That’s why this heart is dark in colour, because the things we do wrong are dark and without light. Can you say these words? I am sure you can – if you are really honest.
Step three. And here is the next and the most wonderful step. Can you say and really mean these words? (Show them). He died for me (Romans 5 v8).
Who is the He? It is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He came to this earth to die for us on the cross and pour out His precious Blood. That is why this heart is red. He took the punishment for our sins on the cross – so that God will not punish us. He is ready to forgive your sins. But there is something you must do.

Step four – This fourth step is when you can say and really mean these words I trust Him. That simply means that you need to ask Him to save you and forgive your sins – and trust Him to do so. The Bible says, “Trust the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved” (Acts 16 v31). That is a promise from God. All your sin will be forgiven. That’s why this heart is white – that’s how God will see you when you trust the Lord Jesus. Have you done so? If you have, you are saved and you can say these words in our fifth step.

Step five I have everlasting life (John 3 v16). I will be in Heaven forever – where the streets are paved with gold. That’s why this last heart is gold. Do you understand these five simple sentences? Can you honestly say them in your heart?  

God loves me
I am a sinner
He died for me
I trust Him
I have everlasting life.  

7.  Quizz:  Give each child 5 small hearts with the 5 colours of the wordless book or a little wordless book.  Let them explain to a friend the five steps that you explained to them.  Evaluate their explanations after that.  

8.  Song:  What can wash away my sins?  Nothing but the blood of Jesus
                 What can make me whole again?  Nothing but the blood of Jesus
 

9.  Closing prayer and invite children who want to talk about their own salvation to come and talk to you.

 

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