Lay your Christmas table with the colours of the wordless book and explain to your guests.
1.  The golden plate and ribbons remind me of heaven where God is and where our loved ones are and where we all want to go one day after our death.  It also reminds me of God's love - John 3:16 and also about the fact that God is holy and without sin - as pure as gold!
2.  The black table mats tell me about the sin of man.  Rom. 3:23  says all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  We must confess to God that we are sinners and ask Him to forgive us all our shortcomings.
3.  The red table cloth and red serviettes and candles tell me that Jesus was the only one who could take away my sin.  He died on the cross for all my sin and took God's wrath away.  1 Cor. 15:3-4.  He died and was buried but also conquered death and became alive again after 3 days!
4.  The white table cloth and plates and candles tell me that Jesus blood washed away my sin and make me pure again.  John. 1:12 says that if we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour and accept Him, we have the right to say that we are His children.
5.  The moment we accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour, He gives us the desire to grow spiritually.  2 Pet. 3:18 says we grow in the grace and knowledge or our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  How can this happen?
5.1 By reading our Bibles,
5.2 Pray regularly and spend time with God through Jesus Christ
5.3 Witness to other people about the Lord Jesus Christ and pray for them
5.4 If you disobey the Lord and sin again, ask Him for forgiveness and keep on keeping on
5.5 Remember that it is necessary to worship God with other believers.  Have fellowship in a Christ centered church where you hear sermons from the Bible and where the Word is central!

Kersboodskap met 5 kleure van woordlose boek van Child Evangelism Fellowship: 

 1.  Goue bladsy praat van God en Sy Heiligheid: 

* God is ons Skepper God en het alles gemaak en besit  alles

* Hy is die Koning van die Heelal

* God is Heilig en sonder sonde

* God woon in die Hemel

Jes. 6:3”Heilig, heilig, heilig is die Here die Almagtige! Die hele aarde is vol van sy magtige teenwoordigheid.”

God ons Skepper. Hy is  ‘n God van liefde en ook ‘n Heilige God.  Hy het geen sonde nie en kan geen sonde in die Hemel toelaat nie.

2.  Donker bladsy praat oor sonde en die gevolge daarvan:  

Rom. 3:23 sê dat ons almal gesondig het en ver van God is.  Ons is almal in sonde gebore.  Wat is sonde?  Alles wat ek dink of doen of sê waarmee ek God hartseer maak, is sonde.  God moet sonde straf, soos wat jy gestraf word as jy verkeerd doen.  Sonde skei ons van God en maak ons ongelukkig.

3. Rooi bladsy praat oor Jesus Christus en Sy kruisdood vir ons sonde: Rom. 5:8-9 sê dat Jesus vir ons gesterf het en vir ons vrygespreek van ons sonde.   

* God het sy Seun gestuur om ons Redder te wees

* Hy het aan die kruis gesterf om ons te red van ons sonde

*  Jesus het God se straf vir al die sonde van die wêreld op Hom geneem

4. Skoon bladsy praat van vergifnis – Vergifnis beteken dat al die verkeerde dinge wat jy dink, doen en sê is nie meer ‘n probleem tussen jou en God nie.  God neem die sonde wat jy voor Hom kom bely weg en maak asof dit nooit gebeur het nie.  In die Bybel staan daar “Ek sal hul sonde wegneem en nooit weer daaraan dink nie.  (Jer. 31:34) Het jy al hierdie Koning ontmoet?   Is jy reg as Koning Jesus weer kom om vir jou te  kom haal?  Hoe kan jy reg wees?  

Maak seker jy is sy kind.  Hoe?  Bid tot God en loof Hom omdat Hy goed is.  Bely jou sonde.  Vra dat koning Jesus jou sal vergewe en jou God se kind sal maak.

Aanvaar die belofte in Joh. 1:12:  “Aan almal wat Hom aangeneem het, die wat in Hom glo, het Hy die reg gegee om kinders van God te wees.”

Hou skoon hart op:  Hierdie skoon hart vertel vir ons dat die oomblik wat jy God se kind word, maak Hy jou hart witter as sneeu en woon die Heilige Gees in jou.

5. Groen buiteblad van woordlose boekie praat van geestelike groei: As jy God se kind is, wil Hy hê jy moet geestelik groei. 2 Pet. 3:18. Vra God om jou te help om geestelik te groei met die hulp van die Heilige Gees wat in jou woon.   Jy kan groei deur hierdie 5 dinge te doen:

1. Lees jou Bybel – God se Woord
2. Bid tot God jou Koning
3. Getuig van jou Koning
4. Bely dadelik sonde wat jy doen
5. Gaan kerktoe saam met ander gelowiges

The Christmas message with the 5 colours of the Wordless book of Child Evangelism Fellowship:

1.  The golden page speaks about God and His holiness

.God created and owns the world

. He is the King of Kings

. He is pure and holy

. He lives in Heaven

Isaiah 6:3 “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts…”

God wants you to be with Him in Heaven one day

God is our Creator, He is a God of love and He is a holy God.  He has no sin and cannot allow sin in Heaven.

2.  The dark page speaks about sin and its consequences

Rom. 3:23 “For all have sinned…”

What is sin – disobeying God and His commandments

God must punish sin because He is just and fair

Sin separates us from God and makes us sad. 

3.  The red page speaks about Jesus Christ, and His death for sin

Rom. 5:8,9 – “Christ died for us – we are justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him”

.  God sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to be our Saviour

.  He died to save us from our sins

.  He took God’s punishment for all the wrong things we have done

4.  The white page speaks about salvation – especially about justification

2 Cor. 5:21 “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us – that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

When we trust Jesus Christ as our Saviour, God forgives all our sins

He sees us as pure and as clean as Jesus Christ

Rom. 10:13 – Do you want to be saved?  Call on the Lord Jesus.  Confess your sins and ask God to help you to live a life according to His will.

Accept the promise in John 1:12 that when you believe, you are a child of God

5.  The green cover speaks about spiritual growth after salvation

1 Pet. 2:2 “As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby”

.  Grow by reading Bible

.  Grow by talking to God regularly

.  Grow by telling others about the Lord Jesus

.  Grow by confessing sin to God

.  Grow by meeting regularly with other Christians and by attending a good church

In your own strength you cannot live as a child of God, but trust God and accept the promise in Hebrews 13:6 “The lord is my helper….”

5 Feite en 5 Waarhede oor die Bybel

NOMMER EEN	NOMMER TWEE	NOMMER DRIE	NOMMER VIER	NOMMER VYF
sê dat God die Skepper is van die Hemel en die aarde, die son, maan en sterre en die natuur.  Party mense aanbid ander gode en maak vir hulle beelde om te aanbid, maar die Bybel vertel vir ons dat daar net een God is en dat ons net vir Hom mag aanbid.  Hy raak jaloers as ons ander gode het wat sy plek in ons lewens inneem	sê dat die Bybel bestaan uit twee dele.  Die eerste deel noem ons die Ou Testament en die tweede deel noem ons die Nuwe Testament.  In die Ou Testament word alles vertel wat God gesê en gedoen het voordat Jesus Christus gebore is en die Nuwe Testament vertel vir on swat God gesê en gedoen het nadat Jesus gebore is.  Die Ou testament kyk vorentoe na Jesus se geboorte en dood aan die kruis en die Nuwe testament kyk terug na Jesus se kruisiging.	sê dat elke deel van die Bybel (O.Testament en Nuwe Testament) kan verdeel word in 3 dele.  Die eerste deel bestaan uit Geskiedenis- wat in die verlede gebeur het en die laaste deel uit Profesië oor wat in die toekoms gaan gebeur.  Die middelste deel vertel van die ondervindinge van mense.	sê vir ons daar is 4 Evangelies aan die begin van die Nuwe Testament.  Hulle is Matteus, Markus, Lukas en Johannes.  Hulle is baie belangrike boeke, want hulle vertel vir on swat het met Jesus gebeur toe Hy op aarde geleef het en wat Hy gedoen he tom dit moontlik te maak dat ons gered kan word.     Daar word 4 belangrike dinge vertel van Jesus:  Hy is gebore as ‘n baba in Bethlehem, Hy het 33 jaar op die aarde geleef en nooit sonde gedoen nie, Hy het aan die kruis gesterf vir ons sonde en Hy het na drie dae opgestaan uit die dood en leef vir ewig.	sê die eerste vyf boeke van die Ou Testament is Genesis, Eksodus, Levitikus, Numeri, Deuternomium.  Hierdie vyf boeke is deur Moses geskryf en word genoem die Pentateug.  Die Duitse Bybel praat van Mose 1, Mose 2, Mose 3, Mose 4 en Mose 5.  Hierdie 5 boeke vertel vir ons hoe alles begin het. Hoe die wêreld begin het, hoe die lewe begin het, hoe die eerste mense gemaak is, hoe sonde en slegte dinge begin het, hoe verskillende tale begin het, en hoe die verskillende volke begin het.
Nommer een	Nommer twee	Nommer drie	Nommer vier	Nommer vyf
Daar is net een manier hoe ek gered kan word en seker kan wees dat ek Hemel toe kan gaan – dit is om in Jesus te glo	Die Bybel leer vir my dat daar twee soorte mense op aarde is.  Die een groep het vir Jesus aangeneem as hul Verlosser en glo in Hom, die ander groep glo nie in Jesus nie en het Hom nie aangeneem as Verlosser nie. Elkeen wat glo is dan soos ‘n huis wat op rots gebou is of soos ‘n boom wat vrugte dra en op die regte pad na die Hemel.  Elkeen wat nie glo nie is soos ‘n huis wat op sand gebou is, of soos ‘n boom wat nie vrugte dra nie of op die breë pad wat nie Hemel toe gaan nie.	Die Bybel leer vir ons dat God is drie persone in een.  God die Vader wat vir my en die wêreld baie lief is.  Hy wil hê ek moet ‘n sy kind wees en daarom het Hy sy Seun Jesus  na die aarde gestuur om te sterf vir my en dit moontlik te maak dat ek sy kind kan wees.  Die Heilige Gees is die Een wat met my praat en vir my help om in Jesus te glo en vir my help om tot God te bid.	Het jy al ooit gevra:  “Wie is Jesus?”  Daar was eenkeer 4 vriende wat uitgevind het wie Jesus is.  Hierdie 4 het ‘n vriend gehad wat lam was en hulle het besluit om hom na Jesus te neem.  Toe hulle by die huis kom, was die huis vol mense en kon hul hom nie by die deur inneem nie.  Hulle besluit toe om hom deur die dak te laat sak tot by Jesus.  Jesus het toe 4 dinge gedoen:  1.  Hy het vir die man gesê: “Jou sonde is vergewe”  2.  Jesus het vir die mense wat vrae gehad het oor Hom, presies gesê wat hulle dink, omdat Hy God is weet Hy mos alles.   Jesus het vir die man gesê:  “Staan op en loop”.  Dit het gewys dat Hy vir hulle vriend omgegee het.  4.  Hulle het gesien hoe hulle vriend sy bed optel en loop.  Net God kan mense gesond maak – Jesus is God.	Daar was iemand wat getrou het en hy nooi toe 10 meisies na die bruilof.  Vyf van die meisies het met lampies vol olie gewag vir die bruidegom om te kom.  Toe Hy kom, het hulle saam met Hom na die bruilofsaal gegaan en vrolik fees gevier.  Die ander vyf se lampies het nie genoeg olie gehad nie en toe die bruidegom kom, kon hulle nie saamgaan nie, want hulle was nie gereed nie.             Toe hulle gaan aanklop by die bruilofsaal het die bruidegom gesê:  “Ek ken julle    nie” Watter groep van 5  meisies wil jy wees?  Die wat reg was toe die bruidegom kom of die wat nie reg was nie? Die manier om reg te wees vir die bruilofsfees met Jesus, is om in Hom te glo en Hom te vertrou.

The Good News of Easter

“Good news Jesus was born

Good news He died on the cross

Good news He rose again

Good news He's coming back soon” Song by Sarah Moore

Easter is a time of GOOD NEWS: With Easter we celebrate the good news that Jesus was born, that Jesus died on the cross, that He rose again and that He is coming back soon.

Martin Luther said: “Live as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back tomorrow”!

My prayer is that God's children will experience the GOOD NEWS of the Gospel every day, that this Easter will be a wonderful Christ Festival to us all and that we will be GOOD NEWS to other people!

We hear so much bad news, that everyone longs for GOOD NEWS!!

Easter greeting: “The Lord has risen! He has risen indeed!!”

Charles Spurgeon said: “We Christians do not believe that Jesus Christ was the only one that ever rose from the dead. We believe that every death-bed is a resurrection; that from every grave the stone is rolled away.”

Child Evangelism Fellowship has a Good News Song:

“Good news, good news Christ died for me

Good news, good news if I believe

Good news, good news I'm saved eternally

That's wonderful EXTRA good news.”

Make sure that you believe in Jesus Christ as your Saviour. How?

A. Admit that you are a sinner and that you need a Saviour. - Rom. 3:23

B. Believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you. Joh. 3:16

C. Commit yourself to the Lord and ask Him to forgive your sins and make you His child. - Joh. 1:12

Eight Characteristics of a good T E A C H E R

Deut. 6:5-7:  "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength.  And these words which I command you today, shall be in your heart.  You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up."

To be a TEACHER to your children, you need to know the Word of God yourself, before you start to teach the Word of God.  You need to know the Master Teacher, Jesus Christ, as your Saviour!

According to the Child Evangelism Fellowship Resource Edition of the Bible you need 8 characteristics to be a good teacher:

T - Teachable - You need teaching from the Bible by studying the Word or by listening to sermons about the Word, so that you can teach other people.  You need to be teachable!
E - Enthusiastic - You need to be enthusiastic about the Word of God.  Enthusiastic means to be filled with the Holy Spirit so that you can understand the Word of God and teach the Word of God correctly and with enthusiasm!
A - Approachable - people must not be afraid to approach you,! They must but have confidence to come to you with problems and questions.
C - Consecrated - You must give yourself fully to the Lord as a living sacrifice - Rom. 12:1
H - Honest - You must be honest before God and know your strengths and weaknesses and be honest about it.  Confess your weaknesses to the Lord and other people.
E - Enduring -  Persevere when things are difficult
R - Ready - Be prepared for your tasks as parent and teacher and sit at the feet of your Heavenly Father to get your wisdom from Him by Reading the Word and meditate on it day and night (Ps. 1)
S - Sensitive - Be sensitive to the needs of people around you and be sensitive to the work of the Holy Spirit in your life and the lives of other.

Problems children’s workers can face:

In 1995 Mr. Sam Doherty asked my husband to sit at his desk in his office in Kilchzimmer, Switzerland with his head in his hand and act out as if he is a children’s worker with problems.  This photo was used on the cover of his book  “The problems of a children’s worker and God’s solution.”

( You can download all Mr. Sam Doherty’s books from CEF specialized Book Ministry)

Two weeks ago my husband, who turned 80 last December, faced a tremendous health problem. We were all shocked to hear the bad news, but we experience that the God that Dan and I proclaim in our ministry, is faithful and gives us peace and direction.  Dan wrote a letter to our family and friends:

“This letter is just to bring you up to date with what is happening in our lives.  On the 18th of February 2015 after a CT scan I was diagnosed with aggressive pancreatic cancer.

The bile duct from the gallbladder was blocked because of the  tumor in the mouth of the pancreas and a stent was inserted into the duct on the 26th of February, in order to widen th duct and allow the bile to flow again.

I came out of hospital on Friday the 27th of February and for 2 days I felt very bad.  I am regaining my strength slowly.

There are specific times in one's life when specific Bible truths stand out all the more clearly. During the  last few days many such truths have come strongly to the fore in my own life – God  is Sovereign and in complete control of my life and I can rest in that blessed assurance; God is faithful to His promises and will never leave or forsake me and, the trials of life are given as special times for the believer in Jesus Christ to declare the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2.9)

We are called to be lights in this world and I ask you to pray with me that ‘this little light of mine’  will keep shining until the end.

Obviously the light the believer has is only a reflection of the light that has been poured out in his life. Paul makes it clear that this is only possible because of God’s grace and likens  it to the miracle of creation itself in 2 Cor. 4.6: “For God, who said, ‘ Let light shine out of darkness’, has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory in the face of Jesus Christ”.

David is facing great trials but his first words in Psalm 27 are triumphant: “ The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?”

In verse 4 he prays: “one thing I asked of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD (in the presence of the LORD) all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.”

My ‘little light’ will keep on  shining as I keep my eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter  of our faith.” (Hebrews 12.2)

My prayer is that my Saviour and Lord will be glorified in my life and death!

Once again thank you for your  love and prayers!

Thank you for the fellowship in the Gospel we have enjoyed over may years.

Every Blessing

In Christ."
(My husband, Dan, died 4 months after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.  The Lord is giving grace to His children to overcome problems and face death and glorify the Lord in life and death!)

In Chapter 9 of Mr. Doherty’s book – “The problems of a Children’s worker and God’s solution” he writes:

 The Results We Can Experience

 A s we see God, know Him, focus our thoughts on Him and worship Him what can we expect to happen in our lives? What does the Bible teach?

We have already seen most of the answers, but it will be helpful to summarize them and revise them. I am not in a position, of course, to make promises or give precise and absolute guarantees. But I am sure, from what we have already seen and studied in the Word of God, that there are many blessings which God has promised to those who know Him, and who then on the basis of that knowledge obey Him.

 This does not necessarily mean “success” and the instant and immediate solution of the problem(s)—although it might. But it does mean that God will, more and more, give strength and grace to overcome failure and to handle problems, as we give Him His rightful place in our lives.

Knowing God Can Help Us in Our Prayer Life

The more we know about God and the better we know Him, the more we will know to whom we are speaking, and the more we will be able to trust Him for His answers.

All the great men and women of the Bible, and the great “prayers” show a clear and deep knowledge of the One to Whom they were praying.

May God help you with your  problems.  May you experience God’s grace everyday.

HE GIVETH MORE GRACE – by Annie Johnson Flint

He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater,
He sendeth more strength when the labors increase;
To added affliction He addeth His mercy,
To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace.

When we have exhausted our store of endurance,
When our strength has failed ere the day is half done,
When we reach the end of our hoarded resources,
Our Father's full giving is only begun.

His love has no limit, His grace has no measure;
His power no boundary known unto men;
For out of His infinite riches in Jesus
He giveth and giveth and giveth again.

Valentine's day - it is all about LOVE!

There is a song about Jesus' love that is so wonderful:  

Jesus' love is very wonderful (3x)

Oh wonderful love!

It’s so high you can't get over it,

So low you can’t get under it,

So wide you can’t get round it,

Oh, oh wonderful love!!

May you experience with Valentine’s day that Jesus’ love is the BEST LOVE that you can dream of!!

Without the love of God in your life, your week will be like this:

Sunday will be a Sadday,

Monday will be a Moanday,

Tuesday will be a  Tearsday,

Wednesday will be a Wasteday,

Thursday will be a Thirstday,

Friday will be a Frightday,

Saturday will be a Shatterday.

A little story to illustrate love:    

Norman was a good boy. He helped with the washing up and looked after his

baby sister. He was a bright boy, too, and he noticed that when other people

did things around the house for his mother, they sent bills and got paid. For

example, after the plumber fixed the pipes he sent a bill for his work and his

mother wrote a cheque to pay him.

Norman began to think, Why shouldn’t I get paid too? So one morning Norman

laid a paper like this at his mother’s plate at breakfast time.

 He tried to make it look as much like the other bills he had seen. So he printed words like these:

Mother owes Norman

1.  For washing the dishes 5 times …….…..….……  R10.00

2.  For looking after baby sister ….……..….………    R10.00

3.  For going to the shop …………….…..…………      R10.50

4.  For being a good boy ……….……….………….      R10.50

Total ………………………......……………………            R41.00

Norman’s mother sat down at the table and read what Norman had written, but she didn’t even smile. She just laid it aside and ate her breakfast. When Norman came in for supper that night there was a bill on his plate! It read:

Norman owes mother

1. For 10 years of happy home ……………….                  nothing

2. For food and clothes for 10 years ………..                 nothing

3. For nursing through chicken pox, flu.and measles      nothing

4. For being good to him all his life ………..                     nothing

Total ………......……………………………..                           nothing

When Norman read it he felt bad! Big tears ran down his cheeks, his lips

quivered and he ran to his mother’s arms and cried, “Mum, I love you and I’ll

do all I can just because I love you. I don’t want any pay.”

What children say about love:    

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." 

“If falling in love is anything like learning how to spell, I don't want to do it. It takes too long”. 

“Love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life.”  

“I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful.”  

“No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular.”   

“Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good to”.  

“Once I'm done with kindergarten, I'm going to find me a wife.” 

“On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.”