Author: Stephne
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The Living Word became my reality…
How God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, through His Word, became a reality in my life. I am a sinner, saved by Grace! Ephesians 2: 8-9 (Aramaic English New Testament – AENT). “For it is by His grace we are rescued, through faith; and this is not of yourselves, but it is the gift…
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Miracles are easy, it’s the impossibilities that takes longer
2017 was a life changing year. It’s the year when we took the 7-week-old Daniel into foster care in February and then Leah and Tobi in July, just 4 weeks old. Leah had major health complications and it took 4 and a half years of admissions and multiple surgeries at the Red Cross War Memorial…
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Clean Up by God
Well here goes nothing… While driving around, after buying a bag of drugs, thinking to myself: ”Am I always going to be doing the same thing over and over again? Or can I rather be with my family and those I care about?” If I could just stop using drugs and be a clean, straight…
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The purity of the Worship in our Firepan
I woke up during the night, reminded of how difficult times are for Churches and how they are struggling, impoverished by the tuff times, and I started to pray. In a clear voice God spoke to me saying that His people are approaching Him with their firepans filled with all the wrong ideas, offerings and…
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Miracles and Hope amidst Betty’s Bay Fires
Betty’s bay is my husband’s “happy place”. He has spent many happy holidays with his family at their holiday home right on the rocks in Sunny Seas at DeWetsbaai. A few years ago we were fortunate enough to build a house opposite the original family home. It is a special thing to have family who…
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Walking is like Life – A Metaphor.
“There are like a gazillion examples in the Bible and a gazillion verses that mention walking and there is so much about “walking” that is like life and true to life that it’s almost like, if you stop walking – you die life is movement. Learning to walk holds many lessons for life, there are…
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Bullets cannot stop God’s Plan
I was temporarily staying in a rented house in Rustenburg, busy moving out, with only a few things remaining – a bed, TV, fridge and curtains. I was supposed to leave for Canada in a few weeks’ time. At 2 o’clock one Saturday morning (6 February 2020) I was surprised by a bugler switching on…
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My Children, My Miracles from God
Our first child, Divan, was born out of wedlock and we got married when he was a year old. My husband, Nico, is however, the love of my life and we were in a long-standing, committed relationship but the pregnancy was unplanned. These circumstances put a lot of strain on the first pregnancy. When I…
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Outreach after Covid 19 Lockdown
The confinement of lockdown caught me and the handing out of Bibles was delayed. We were anxious to get away again and to tackle the work we would like to do. The moment it was permissible, we started driving around on weekends to hand out Bibles. Initially we drove from Rustenburg further west in North…
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God’s Perfect Timing turns our Test into a Testimony.
All glory to God. Lockdown – We are all in the same boat, exposed to serious restrictions, rules and regulations, influencing our everyday lives. Our tenants notified us in December 2019 that they will be moving out at the end of March 2020. When the National Lockdown in South Africa was announced to commence on…