International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

 “The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for His almighty power. Nothing is too small for His love.”  — Corrie Ten Boom

The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church is November 1, less than four weeks away. So I thought for this edition and maybe the next I would give you what Corrie ten Boom calls an abundance of opportunity to “leave a world of not being able to do something and enter God’s realm where everything is possible.”

A variety of prayer resources are available from the VOM’s IDOP website (see related story below).

Each year I also turn to a lesser known Rich Mullins song called I Will Sing (via Global Christian Worship). It never fails to stir my heart for my persecuted family around the world. If you share it with your music ministry, they might have time to learn if before November 1.

Singing for those in chains,
Missions Catalyst News Briefs 10.07.20 (WORLD: Pray for the Persecuted)

Verslag van ons KoFie-projek - Okt 2020

Hallo Koninkryksfokus-vriende, 

Ons is steeds besig met ons Kofie-projek (Koninkryksfokus Internet Evangelisasie) - waar ons die evangelie deel met mense, veral onbereiktes wêreldwyd. Dit bly 'n wonderlike oop deur met baie geleenthede. Daaroor later meer...

Daarmee saam help ons een van die medewerkers op ons Facebook Blaaie (Bongani) wat besig is om 'n kerk in Duduza, Nigel te plant. Ons het in die Lock-down tyd gehelp met kospakkies vir hulle gemeenskap se oorlewing (en geldjie vir data om te kan kommunikeer). Het ook hulle gemeente besoek en saam met Dare-to-Love 'n groentetuin by hulle help vestig. Die gemeente en tuin gaan mooi aan. Ek kry gereeld verslag. 

Tans onderhandel en motiveer ons hulle om meer self-verantwoordelikheid te neem - 'n Paar besigheids en werkskeppingsopsies bv. 

1. Dat hulle mense die droë kospakkies koop en teen wins verkoop. 
2. Rekenaar opleiding (ons kon 'n paar ou laptops kry en hulle kan mekaar oplei ens.) 
3. Almero du Pisani van SAAWE, wat skaak-kompetisies reël, betrek hulle gemeenskap en veral kinders verder met allerhande skaak projekte (ook om skaakstelle self te maak en te verkoop).

Die fondse vir die uitgawes (kospakkies, aflewering, 3 Megavoice Zulu-Bybels wat ons kon voorsien ens.) Dankie vir almal wat Periodiek daartoe help bydra. Donasies (waarvoor jy 'n GRATIS boek kan aflaai van ons Boekwinkel) kan steeds gedoen word op enige van die volgende wyse: https://koninkryksfokus.blogspot.com/2020/07/payment-for-books-donation-for-our.html

Laastens: 

Ek en Almero gaan volgende week weer 'n Opvolgbesoek in Duduza doen (Ek sien dit vir myself as 'n Mentor/Dissipelskap-projek) - ek word net weer bewus van die nood oral, maar hier is 'n praktiese geleentheid om te help. 

Tans DRINGENDE BEHOEFTE: 'N BRUIKBARE GEBRUIKTE SLIMFOON (Bongani en sy vrou gebruik tans hulle simkaarte oor en weer in dieselfde instrument) 

As jy dalk kan help. Kontak my in Centurion by 0829269364.

Weereens DANKIE vir julle ondersteuning en voorbidding. 

Chris Visser, 

Koninkryksfokus - KoFie-projek

Persoonlik: My besluit oor die AS van die NG Kerk se SGV-besluite

My Besluit oor my NG Kerk lidmaatskap na die Algemene Sinode  van die NG Kerk se hantering oor Selfdegeslagverhoudings.

Hiermee maak ek bekend dat ek uit protes oor die AS se 2019 besluite oor Selfdegeslag-verhoudinge (SGV), aangesluit het by die Moreleta Kairos Netwerk met die oog op ’n toekomstige besluit ten opsigte van my eie Lidmaatskap van my huidige gemeente en groter NG Kerk.

Ek bied dit onder die volgende opskrifte aan:

1.    Waarom doen ek dit nou?

2.    Wat is die Moreleta Kairos Netwerk?

3.    Wie is ek en hoe raak dit my?

4.    Waarop baseer ek my teenstand t.o.v. die AS-besluite?

5.    Ander Materiaal wat my oortuigings hieroor gevorm het:

6.    ’n Paar Praktiese Vrae van my kant aan die Kerk

7.    Vrae aan kerkrade en leraars wat tans kies om neutraal te bly en die probleem dood te swyg.

Daar is, slegs op hierdie laat stadium, steeds ’n ander opsie! ’n Radikale standpunt-verandering – wat slegs moontlik is as dit met ’n  harts-verandering (in die ou taal – bekering, terug na die Bybel) gepaard gaan? Dit is waarvoor ek steeds bid en hoop.

Dankie vir u aandag,

Ter wille van die Koninkryk en die Eer van God.

Chris Visser, Centurion.

Lees my hele aanbieding hier...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16w2ax3rqqs2q859RbGoH5Nb34Lwp3gHz/view?usp=sharing

Evangelisation Tool: LET ME BE YOUR NEIGHBOUR

 LET ME BE YOUR NEIGHBOUR.

This four-part experience from Crescent Project is designed to re-introduce participants to their neighborhoods and provide practical steps into biblical hospitality.

Why not download and use this Evangelisation Tool for your Church/Cell group?

https://www.crescentproject.org/letmebeyourneighbor

Report from our Mosque Visit

We visited a Mosque on Saturday and we had a very nice meeting with the Muslim leaders there; they are really very friendly and hospitable (they even invited us for a wonderful brinjani meal afterwards and we enjoyed the meal and nice conversations very much).

They also explained the traditions of Islam and their principles; the prayer times, pillars of faith, how they pray etc. According to all this, and the free booklets and English Quran that we all received as well, your Religion is surely impressive, a "Religion of justice, peace, mercy and forgiveness". Your people are surely very dedicated in their faith.

Over the weekend I ponder about it all.

Today during my Bible Study (as I do daily as a Christian) I came in my Bible at a passage -

Romans 10:2‭-‬4 NET - that I felt accurately also describing the Religion of Islam. I feel I must share it with you.

Please consider and rethink this with me...

That is the Apostle Paul, a Jew, speaking about his fellow Jews and their religious dedication and zeal for God (the Jews had a lot of rituals and laws that they believed they had to perform to satisfy God and to get righteousness from God).

"I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth. For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes.

I personally are so privileged to have the experience of the joy of being sure about my own Certainty of Eternal life and to be a child of God. If you are interested in how we as Christians understand the Gospel (the Good News of the Bible) on how to get that Certainty of Forgiveness of sins and Eternal Live, here is a short summary - "Got Eternal Life? " . https://www.gotquestions.org/eternal-life.html

https://bible.com/bible/107/rom.10.2-4.NET

[This is the Report as I wrote it on the Page: Conversation with Muslims; Please respond to this; How are you feeling about sharing the Gospel with Muslims?]