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A catching up time with Siyolise.

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I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26

By Alina

Self-awareness
I thought self-awareness just to realize yourself, to know yourself, to understand yourself before. I just realized that it was very surfaced level of understanding. Self- awareness is not just to understand yourself, it’s actually to understand your heart. Everyone has a self operating system inside of our body or our mind. We spend over decades to build up those operating systems, it includes our habitats, the way of our thinking, our behaviours; it makes each individual is different, the personality is different, no matter we proud of it or shame of it, it is in our body. We carry it daily, and we let it operate our life. We’ve never feel it’s wrong, every things seems it supposed to be because it’s became as our natural. Sometimes, we realized we should improve or something wrong, and then we learn the new skills, new knowledge, looking for tools to correct our thinking or behaviour, but it won’t last long. Why? Because all of those tools we found are from outside, it’s not from inside. We need inner force to make it change, to let us find of our own self- awareness. If we could realize this, we won’t be able to truly feel the love from the God.

Innocence is a street vender. One day he stopped next to my car and said, “Can I have a shirt that says ‘I’m precious to Jesus’?”

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As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. And all people will see God’s salvation.’ ”
Luke 3:4‭-‬6

I can read this passage over and over.

We are the voices of ones calling in the wilderness.

We are called and appointed to remove anything that hinders people from seeing Jesus.

It is not because we are strong and powerful, but because we love Him so much.

The one who made the crookest road straight and filled the deepest valley, so I could come to his everlasting love.

Let all see his amazing love!

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
Ephesians 3:16‭-‬18

By Zukisani

I realise that many times we try to carry unnecessary weight on our shoulders and we forget that there are others who can help us along the way if we can just ask.

I know it’s not very easy to ask for help, it makes us feel weak sometimes but if we ask from the people that the Lord has put around us and share how we feel about any situation we face we can all be sure that God is with us and He will carry us through at all times.

PRAYER: Lord, forgive us for always trying to carry everything in our own strength. we need the help of others, and especially, the help that comes from You. I call out to You and I ask You to be our Helper, and surround us with others who will also help us. in the name of your son Jesus Christ Amen.

Lynette holding Nolitha’s daughter at Vuku leaders’ retreat.

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O Lord , I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. You do such wonderful things! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them.
Isaiah 25:1

By Helen

There are many ways to express your love towards someone. You can be kind to them, buy a small gift to them, or even say something nice to them. We all deserve to be loved but where we live now, it is hard to live each other purely. People can have double motives.(Remember our meeting?) Not because people are evil, our environment and need have shaped us in that way perhaps.

But we are different. We received Jesus’s love without any cost and we are free to express Jesus’s love towards others.

Mercy’s son doing the dishes.

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No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:37‭-‬39

Often we refuse to acknowledge his love for us and his love for others.

Sometimes it is important to sit back and know his love for us and others.

How much does Jesus love you?

How much does Jesus love the person next to you?

The love no one can take away from you.

Siyolise and Nolundi’s Heritage Day attire.

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God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Psalms 46:1

We don’t question that God is there, but often we don’t know when He helps.

Also we often have specific ways that we expect his help, so if it comes in another way, we don’t see what God is doing.

I want us to be reminded today that Jesus has built a Godly community around us such as Vuku Family to use when you need His help.

A trusting and loving community that has his love.

Today let’s seek his presence among us or show God’s love to each others, not with our own power but with his love.

We are together and strong in Christ.

Visited Primrose’s new place. It beats a zink panel shack that her family used to live in.

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By Zukisani

Matthew 6:33

But seek first his Kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.

Amen.

I have heard this said to me many times by a very special friend of mine, but did not understand what it really means because i thought becoming a Christian is how you seek the kingdom of God. come to think about it i think back then i was like those who become followers of Christ for many different personal reasons.

When you seek something you must have some expectations right?

so when i begin to seek God my expectation was for God to see me, see my struggling. but i realised that God saw me before i was even formed in my mother’s womb, and that He has been waiting for me to come to Him all this time and my frustrations have been caused by lack of understanding.

So when we seek God we get way more than what we expect. I beat myself up for not seeking him sooner because if i did i would have more people seek his Kingdom sooner.

Zukisani started Vuku meetings with Nominie as a couple.

By Zukisani

in meeting 7 we learn about what it means to love one another.

Jesus love is not a random act of kindness.

John 15 : 9-10,12

Amen.

we all have people that we love, some we love them in a different way. which is not a bad thing but we can always improve our love through Jesus.

He loves us as God loves Him and this is the same love that we are to abide with. Jesus thought me how to love my wife with His love. I use to expect my wife to do something that i like and have a certain way to show me respect in order for me to love. and that lead to disappointments and frustration.

so when Jesus Christ showed up in me or my life He taught me how to love her, it’s almost like He was saying you can love your wife because I have done it and I am here to show you.

when we receive and share His love we get so much joy from loving others and not just any joy but the joy of Jesus, a complete fulfillment.