I grew up with a festive tradition around Good Friday. We were always very aware of this most important time on the Christian calendar. Easter was and is always special. I would, however, like to call this time of year Passover and not follow the tradition to name our holy feasting season after the Persian…
Author: Ansophie Joubert
Writer and speaker in women's ministry.
72. Words of blood for my future.
Oh, the uncertainty, the dread, the misty outlook, the hesitant gaze upon a path covered in the fog of the time span called the future. To us it is not revealed; to God it is known. Like death, the future is a mystery belonging to God. “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to…
71. Come out – where are you?
Are you with me? Way, way back when the story of the Bible began, let us walk with Adam and Eve into the well-known disaster describing the birth of all destruction and devastation. Twisting the magnificence and glory in God’s promise of bounty and beauty, Satan sows doubt in Eve’s thinking and make her think…
70. Only rumours …or firsthand?
There is another principle to prayer that we often overlook. God initiates prayer. Not us. He speaks to get the exchange going. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) Every time the words “He who has ears to hear, let him hear” occur in the New Testament, Jesus…
69. Because He said so.
Prayer is a wonderful, ongoing learning experience. I would like to learn until that moment I know I am in His presence. In the meantime I want to live life in His kingdom IN His manifest presence so that I can be used to the life IN Him. From the very first moment, I would…
68. Words that change the world.
Welcome to a short series on prayer. It is such a privilege to share some thoughts on the subject of prayer. I would like to emphasize that what is written here could never be comprehensive or complete. Prayer is the golden thread that brings every good thing and every true promise into our grasp. Let…
67. It is finished.
[Revelation – Conclusion] Over the past months we have studied the book of Revelation, chapter by chapter. Just last week we rejoiced in the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ in the last chapter. It brings this study to an end. I would like to repeat a few salient points. The study runs from Pebbles…
66. A city, I’ve been told.
[Revelation 22] Oh Pebble pals, we have talked about the heavenly host. Just think of the most sought after invitation you have ever had or yearn for, to the feast that would put all other celebrations in second place by far. The ultimate gala that you could dream up in your Holy Spirit inspired imagination…
65. Old words, new meaning.
[Revelation 21] All of us know the emotions of change. There is always a double-sided feeling of a divided soul. Even when the change is good, flowing from our good decisions, some elements of the old haunt us and might even come to bite our heels. Soul changes are the hardest, getting rid of bad…
64. Where do you write a naught?
[Revelation 20] What is a lifetime these days? What is there in our lifetime that lasts throughout? Change comes so quickly. Looking back over just the last five years of any life, so many things have changed. It is hard to keep track of the transformation of many aspects of our circumstances, people in our…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 