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find comfort Psalm 23
meet God intimately Psalm 103 "In the beginning God…" (Genesis 1:1)
learn a new prayer Psalm 136 We focus on what is without doubt the most noble and loftiest of
learn a new song Psalm 92 themes: the nature and character of God.
learn more about God Psalm 24
understand yourself more clearly Psalm 8 I have noticed that Christians, generally speaking, seem to be
know how to come to God each day Psalm 5 preoccupied with knowing more about themselves rather than
be forgiven for your sins Psalm 51 knowing more about GOD. Ask any Christian bookshop manager:
feel worthwhile Psalm 139 “What are the best-selling books?” Not those that unfold for us the
understand why you should read the Bible Psalm 119 nature of God, but those that direct us toward such things as how to
give praise to God Psalm 145 get a better self-image, how to manage money, how to find inner
know that God is in control Psalm 146 healing, how to get more excitement out of life, and so on. Not that
give thanks to God Psalm 136
please God Psalm 15 these subjects are unimportant, but they are explored in a self-
know why you should worship God Psalm 104 absorbed way that gives the idea that the most important thing in life
is knowing ourselves better. It isn't! The most important thing in life
is knowing GOD better.
John Lancaster, a minister in Cardiff, South Wales, in an article
entitled "Where on Earth is God?" asks the question: "Given a
God's Word was written to be studied, understood, and applied,
and the Book of Psalms lends itself most directly to application. choice between attending a seminar, say, on the 'Glory of God in
We understand Psalms best when we "stand under" them and Isaiah' and one on 'The Christian and Sex', to which would you go?"
allow them to flow over us like a rain shower. We may turn to He makes the point also that although the Church often aswers the
Psalms looking for something, but sooner or later we will meet questions that people are asking, the real problem may be that people
SOMEONE. are not asking the right questions. In today's Church we are far too
As we read and memorize the Psalms, we will gradually discover man-centred and not God-centred.
how much they are already part of us. They put into words our
deepest hurts, longings, thoughts, and prayers. They gently It is not by accident, I believe, that the Bible opens with the
push us toward being what God designed us to be - people thunderous acclaim: "In the beginning GOD…" I tell you with all
loving Him and living for Him. (Life Application Bible). the conviction of which I am capable: if GOD is not our Primary
Focus, then everything else will soon get out of focus!
PRAYER:
O Father, from this day help me determine to make YOU my primary
focus. And give me the grace and strength to maintain it, through all
the vicissitudes and uncertainties of the days ahead. In Jesus' Name I
pray. Amen. [From: Everyday with Jesus Bible, with devotions by
Selwyn Hughes, Holman Bible Publishers, 2004].

A o tsamaya tsela ya 2010 o le nosi?

(Loop jy die pad van 2010 alleen?)

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Ditemana: Morena a botsa Moše a tshiamo ka ntlha ya leina la gagwe. pele ga me go lebagana le baba ba
re: "A ke ye nao ka nosi, ke go ise 4 L e f a k e t s a m a y a m o me; o ntlotsa tlhogo ka lookwane;
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kwa boikhutsong?" Mme a mo mogorogorong wa moriti wa loso, senwelo sa me se tletse, se a
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raya a re: "Fa o sa ye le rona ka ga nkitla ke boifa bosula bope; penologa. Ruri molemo le
wesi, o se ka wa re hudusa mono" gonne o na le nna. Tsamma ya gago boitshwarelo di tla ntshala morago
(Ekesodu 33:14-15). le seikokotlelo sa gago di a ka malatsi otlhe a bophelo jwa me;
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nkgomotsa. O baakanya bojelo fa ke tla nna mo Ntlong ya Morena go
Dikakanyo: Ka nako ya gore Moše a pele ga me go lebagana le baba ba ya bosa-khutleng."
huduse Baiseraele Morena o ile a me; o ntlotsa tlhogo ka loo-kwane; Jošua le ene a ne a itse gore a ka se
botsa Moše potso e. Le wena ke senwelo sa me se tletse, se a kgone a le nosi. Ke ka ntlha ya gore
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batla go go botsa potso gompieno penologa. Ruri molemo le Morena o buile le ene a mo raya a re:
ka tshimologo ya 2010. Nako ya boitshwarelo di tla ntshala morago "Ka moo se rerege, o se kgobege
mekete, dikelaporo le bojalwa e ka malatsi otlhe a bophelo jwa me; marapo. Gonne Morena, Modimo
kwa morago jaanong. Mo bathong ke tla nna mo Ntlong ya Morena go wa gago, o na nao gongwe le
ba bantsi e ne e le boikhutso jo bo ya bosa-khutleng." gongwe kwa o tla yang teng." Jošua
monate thata. Go ne go ikhut- Dafita o ne a itse ka nnete gore mo o ne a sa tshabe go bolelela
sitswe monate thata. Ba ne ba bophelong a ka se kgone go Baiseraele gore ene le lelapa la Johan Zerwick
Johan Zerwick
ikhutsitse le go tsena kereke mme tsamaya a le nosi. A Morena a setse gagwe ba tla direla Morena. A wena
Sêlê ke 083 458 3837
gape ba ne ba ikhutsitse gape go a le Modisa wa gago gore le wena o o ka bolelela le wena batho le Sêlê ke 083 458 3837
bala le Beibele. Morago ga go se tlhoke sepe? A wena le lelapa la morafe gore wena le lelapa la Thapelo: Morena, ke kopa o
kopela se boitshwarelo ke batla gago ga le batle go potisiwa mo gagwe le tla direla Morena? Itse tsamaye le nna ka 2010. Ke kopa o
gore o ikarabele potso e ya Morena. mafulong a matalana le go gogelwa gape gore wena mowa o o hemang nne Modisa wa me ka ke ka se
A o ka rata go tsena mo boikhut- kwa metsing a tapoloso? Fa o o tswa kae? Mowa o o mo teng ga kgone sepe kwa ntle ga thuso ya
song jwa Morena ka 2010? A o lebelela ngwaga wa 2010, a ga o gago ke o o buduletsweng ka mo Gago. Ke kopa gore o ntshego-
tlhoka gore a tsamaye le wena tlhoke go lapolosiwa mowa le go teng ga gago ke Modimo. Leka fela fatse, o mpoloke, o mphatsimisetse
kampo o ka leka go tsamaya tsela tsama-isiwa ditseleng tsa tshiamo? go emisa go hema. Jaaka o sa sefatlhego sa Gago mme o
ya gago mo lefatsheng o le nosi. Gongwe ngwaga wa 2010 o tla ka kgone go emisa go hema, o ka se intshwarele mme o mphe kagiso.
Mo Beibeleng dikao di dintsi mo mathata, gongwe ga o a feta kwa kgone go phela kwa ntle ga Tsotlhe tse ke a di ikopela mme ke
dikgosi le merafe ba lekileng go sekolong, gongwe o ka kopiwa Modimo. di kopela le lelapa la me le lefatshe
tsamaya ba le nosi, ba sa tsamaye gore o role tiro, gongwe o ka Tsamaya tsela ya 2010 le Morena. le la rona. Ka leina la Morena Jesu
tsela ya bophelo le Modimo. Tsela tlhagelelwa ke mathata. A o santse Se leke go tsamaya o le nosi. Keresete. AMEN.
e o ka lekang go e tsamaya ka o ka leka go tsamaya o le nosi? Tsamaya le bana ba Modimo le (Fa o tlhoka Beibele e kgolo ya
maatla a gago o le mongwe e ka nna Akanya fa o ka na le Morena mo Modimo. Paulo le ene o ile a itse leleme la ga mmaagwe mme o
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e e thata. Mafoko a Pesalome 23 a letsogong la gago le le jang. O ka re gore: " Tsotlhe ke di kgona ka ene nkwalela lekwalo ka tlhaloso ya
re: "Morena ke modisa wa me, ga le wena o re: " Le fa ke tsamaya mo yo o nthatafatsang, e bong goreng o e tlhoka, ke ka go e romela
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nkitla ke tlhoka sepe. O mpothisa mogorogorong wa moriti wa loso, Keresete" mo Bafilipi 4:13. Ako o mahala. Se lebale go kwala aterese
mo mafulong a matalana, o ga nkitla ke boifa bosula bope; beye seatla sa gago mo seatleng sa le nomoro ya mogala ya gago.
nkgogela kwa metsing a tapoloso. gonne o na le nna. Tsamma ya gago Modisa yo Mogolo. Rapela thapelo Romela lekwalo kwa go: Johan
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O lapolosa mowa wa me; o le seikokotlelo sa gago di a e e latelang go tswa mo bukeng ya Zerwick, NWU, Private Bag X6001,
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ntsamaisa mo ditseleng tsa nkgomotsa. O baakanya bojelo fa Numeri 6:24-26. Potchefstroom 2531).