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God says that He will never leave me nor forsake me. Is it because he loves me more than you? No. God loves us the same but we need to discover what He is saying for ourselves. When you read the bible, you will realise that anyone can be saved and become His child. And once you are His child, not only does He love you (for he loves all his creation) but you will begin to have direct access to Him and His word will become alive to you.

Many people read the bible but find it confusing, it is because there is the revelation dimension that they do not have access to. When you are born again, your eyes are opened to the depth of God's word and you will begin  to see what God is saying concerning your life. God will begin to speak to you through His word and your relationship with Him will give you a supernatural confidence that cannot be attained otherwise; the kind of confidence that enables you to make bold declarations even when things seem to be falling apart. This kind of boldness makes people wonder how you can be at peace in the midst a drought, but you know that you are holding on to God's promises and you have faith in Him that He can never fail you.

These are things that are revealed to you personally when you seek God. No one can convince you of these things, conviction comes through your meditating on God's word until you get a revelation of how it applies to your own life. So my friend, dare to believe in Jesus and experience God for yourself!

If you would like to know more about salvation or being born again, check out these scriptures and you will realise how easy it is: Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, John 1:12, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9-10, John 3:17, Acts 16:30-31. Go through these and read further if you can and you will understand what salvation is about and hopefully you will make the decision to be saved. These are only a few out of many scriptures that you can read on being saved, search for the others and continue to expose yourself to the word of God, because even when you are saved, you need it to renew your mind and adopt God's view of yourself over your own.

Lots and lots of love, T.

Africa Day

I celebrate Africa Day this week by appreciating African writers like Wole Soyinka, Es'kia Mphahlele, Bessie Head, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Nadine Gordimer and so forth. These writers for me add to the flavour of Africa, they season our rich culture which differs as tribes differ and yet is so much alike. How else would we have had a taste of the Yoruba culture, the rural South Africa and the beautiful traditions of our fellow Africans? How else? Television refuses to display the heart of the African warrior and the sacrifices he made for his people, it does not send across the scent of the rich Kenyan cuisine, it doesn't even try, but literature has brought us closer to the heart of our beautiful continent. If you want to know your fellow brothers and sisters a little more, experience African literature and allow yourself to be carried into a world of passion, battles, victories and love.

Walk The Talk

Sometimes we confess scriptures but refuse to live by them. We know that God rewards those that diligently seek after Him and we keep confessing it but we refuse to get on our knees and pray, we refuse to seek Him in his Word and know Him better. I have been a culprit to that for a long time but the day came when I decided that I am tired of mediocrity. Average is not cool, it is even worse than having nothing because one tends to get comfortable and deceive themselves in thinking they have their basic needs covered. It is not so; excellence is a basic need for a believer and if we have not yet attained it we must continue to strive for it and become what God intended for us to become. As my pastor once told me, "Pray hard and work hard".

28 April At Mpumalanga

Tswana meets Swati at Shongwe, Schoemansdal. What better to highlight a visit than Swati traditional dancers, music, laughter and food! I had a great time with my newest family and my ancient family. I was initiated into womanhood the Swati way, and I must say, it aint for girls, you gotta be a woman to handle it!