Natasha Mayes's Blog (16)

Malachi 3:3 says: ‘He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ‘



This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God.



One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their Bible study.

That week, the womon called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond… Continue

Ever been in a situation where you know things are happening, or you know that you are doing things but you also know that what is happening is not controlled by you?

I've heard stories of people saying: it was like something or some-one else was pulling the strings. I've always took such tales with a pinch of salt, because as we all know, human nature is to exagerate the facts somewhat. I've never discounted such tales as outright lies, but I always employed a healthy dose of sceptisism… Continue

I've just spent the last hour here on the Net looking through some videos and came across "Letter from Hell". I posted it on my facebook wall and sent it to a whole bunch of people I know, who are Christians (or at least call themselves that).



This video, in short, is fictitious, but a great eye-opener! About a boy ending up in hell, sending his friend (a Christian) a letter to ask: WHY DID YOU NOT SHARE YOUR FAITH WITH ME?



Now I ask the question: do we share our faith… Continue

I love you Lord, and I lift my voice to worship you... oh my soul rejoice! Take pride my King in what you hear! May it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear...



After reading all my friend's replies to my somewhat desperate letter, I could't help remembering this old chorus we used to sing in my church. It is true that the Lord lives in our praises! I have had so much cause to praise and worship Him through the years for the many blessings that He had so lovingly showered upon me. How… Continue

Often in our lives we encounter some disruptions which causes us to pause and ask: WHY LORD?

Why indeed! In Jeremiah 29:11 we see God's answer to that "why". He knows the plan He has for us. We may not know how or why we fit into the great picture that God has in mind, but that we do fit in there somewhere is a given fact.

When we do encounter an obstacle, the test is in how we react. Do we, like little Samuel say: Here I am Lord! or do we balk and try and do things our way? Do we… Continue

What should be our attitude in prayer?



1 Samuel 3:8-10 NLT

Then Eli realized it was the Lord who was calling the boy. So he said to Samuel, "Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, 'Yes, Lord, your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went back to bed. And the Lord came and called as before, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel replied, "Yes, your servant is listening."



Speak, Lord, in the stillness, while I wait on Thee; hushed my heart to listen in… Continue

Last night in my group I gave a real deppressing message on what the world will look like in the end times before our Lord returns. It was depressing because what I wrote was not about a future world. This world I described is the world we are living in now!

Some people (I know I was one of them) don't like to acknowledge that we are all sinners. Of the picture I gave last night, many will say "thank goodness, that's not me!" REALLY?? None of us are worthy to receive mercy from the Lord.… Continue

For the first time since I joined the Net, I had to ignore a friend request. I've also made the sad decision to block this person's messages. Why, you may ask, did I feel the need to do this? Last night I sent a message to all my friends here, telling them about one of my brother's reaction to my baptism. I'm sorry if it sounded like I was refering to my own brother. I was actually refering to a brother here on the Net. I sent him a message telling him that I cannot accept his request and also… Continue

I HAVE FINALLY FOUND AN INTER-DENOMINATIONAL PREACHER THAT IS WILLING TO BAPTISE ME. IT IS HAPPENNING THIS AFTERNOON AT 17:30 SA TIME!!!!!
PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!

Lord I come to you this morning, standing in awe as a witness to your astounding greatness and power. When I started the task You gave me, I did so in the feverish hope that You would send me the teachers I needed to fulfill this task. AND JUST HOW DID YOU ANSWER MY PRAYERS!!! I come to you to humbly thank you for providing above and beyond my wildest dreams. I come to you on this day to exalt You above all for hearing my prayers and proving once again that if You start something, You will also… Continue

My story starts many years ago as a little girl in the "Pinkster Protestante" (Pentecostal Protestant) church in Silverton, Pretoria. I was about 7 years old when I decided to answer a pulpit call to give my life to Jesus. Now many of you might think "wow" but that was not where it stayed.

The following year my parents got divorced and my beloved grandfather died. With the divorce also came a change of church to the Nederduits Hervomde Kerk (Dutch Reformed) and all of a sudden the fact… Continue

Yesterday a wonderfull thing happened. Through the internet I was able to contact and make peace with my step-sister Elbie Venter. (who now also became a member of our family here on the net.) We have not been in contact for more than 10 years. I came, once again, to the realisation that God REALLY knows our every desire and that He knows what we want and most importantly, what we NEED sometimes even before we ourselves know it! Slowly but surely the Lord is busy reconecting me to people that I… Continue

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,

There is no shadow of turning with Thee;

Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not;

As Thou hast been Thou Forever wilt be.



Great is Thy faithfulness!

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided-

Great is Thy faithfulness, lord unto me!



By Thomas Obadiah Chrisholm



Lam 3:22-23 "The unfailing love of the Lord never ends!...Great is His faithfulness;… Continue

For a few years now, I've had in the back of head an idea. An idea I have no doubt originated from God. This idea was to help people understand prophesy. As I have already many times before pointed out: I am not an expert in prophesy. I just want to convey to people what was made clear to me by God. Finally the Lord guided me here, to this group and suddenly I saw my way clear to a platform, a method of obeying His command to me. On Monday morning I started a group called "prophesy" to begin… Continue

He lifted me up from the deep miry clay
He planted my feet on the King's Highway
And this is the reason I sing and I shout
My Jesus has come and lifted me up.

(A chorus we used to sing in the church where I grew up)

"I know the thoughts I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11