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What
on earth am I doing here?
If you
sometimes feel that your life is without meaning or
purpose, then you are in good company. Many 'top achievers', after
having
reached the pinnacle of success look back and wonder whether it had all
been worth it. Like every other acquisition in life; once the novelty
wears off, we find that there's very little long-term
satisfaction to be had in this world. Soon we are after the
next bright star. And the next... Fact is, we shall never feel fulfilled until we realise that we were placed on earth not to satisfy selfish ambitions, but to follow God's plan for our lives and to serve Him. Try eating soup with a fork and we soon realise that the fork was never intended for scooping up a liquid. In the same way our Creator never intended us to serve only our own interests. God
does not expect us to be religious. He created us to serve Him! Most people, when asked whether
so and so serves the Lord, would say something like: 'Oh yes,
he
(or she) is very religious. He goes
to church every Sunday, participates in all the
activities of the congregation, tithes regularly... and... and...'
Sometimes they also add that he doesn't drink, use foul language and is
faithful to his spouse... (and more things that he does or doesn't do.) "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'" (Mt 7:21-23 NIV) And two millenia later we are still trying to please God with useless man-made rituals! Let's try and discover what this "will of my Father" is that Jesus described as the test to be passed by all who profess to be His followers! Next page If, however, you are already convinced that God placed you on earth to serve him and would like to offer your particular Godgiven talents/ resources as a spiritual sacrifice to the Living Temple Network, please join us. You may also notify us of a needy cause/ community. Click here
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aarde soek ek hier? As
jy soms
voel dat jou bestaan geen doel of betekenis het nie. Dat jy
as mens geen waarde het nie, is dit omdat jy nog net nie
besef dat God jou met 'n doel op die aarde geplaas het nie. Jy voel nutteloos omdat dít wat jy met jou lewe probeer doen, nie dít is waarvoor jy bestaan nie. Probeer gerus om sop met 'n vurk te eet en jy besef gou dat 'n vurk nie vir vloeistof skep bedoel is nie. Ook is 'n hamer nutteloos om 'n skroef mee uit te draai! Ware Godsdiens Die meeste mense, as jy hul vra of hierdie of daardie persoon God dien, sal iets soos volg antwoord: 'O ja, hy of sy gaan gereeld kerk toe, neem deel aan al die aktiwiteite van die gemeente en gee ook getrou sy bydrae...' Dan voeg hulle darem ook by dat die persoon nie vloek of drink nie, homself nie ophou met ander vroue/mans nie... en... en...' (nog meer dinge wat hy doen of nie doen nie.) Is
dít wat die Bybel
met "godsdiens" bedoel?
Kyk wat sê Jesus: Dus: menslike rituele en selfs ook "hogere" godsdiensbedrywighede soos preek, duiwels uitdryf en wonders doen, kan nie sondermeer as godsdiens vertolk word nie... "maar hy wat die wil doen van my Vader..." Die wil van God vir jou en my lewe? Glo u reeds dat God u op aarde geplaas het om Hom te dien? Wil u u besonderse Godgegewe talente/ middele aanbied as 'n vrywillige geestelike gawe aan die Lewendetempel-netwerk? Sluit asb nou aan!. (Engelse aansluitblad, klik hier vir Afrikaanse werf) U mag ons ook verwittig van hulpbehoewende instellings of gemeenskappe op hierdie blad. (Engelse blad, klik hier vir Afrikaanse werf)
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