Showing posts with label agenda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agenda. Show all posts

Saturday, 10 March 2007

God is NOT Santa Claus!

That time I was so concerned about South Africa, one of the things I did one day was to pray:

LORD, what do you want me to pray for South Africa?

--“That Vorster will resign,” came the reply.

What! Did I really hear that, or was it just my imagination?

So I prayed that Prime Minister Vorster would resign.

The next day Vorster resigned, and was replaced by Piet Botha.

Once I’d recovered from the shock, I naturally felt very encouraged. But let’s get a few things into perspective now: It’s hardly the case that I was the only one praying for South Africa at the time, and probably not even the only one praying for that particular thing. Nor did I receive some kind of “3 wishes” guaranteed to alter the cou

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

If the Lord takes away Kosovo

If the Lord takes away
Kosovo from Serbia
It will not be defeat;
Not be retreat;
Nor yet rejection;
But redirection:
For the Lord takes away
And the Lord gives
So let it go with your blessing
And He will bless you for it,
While ahead lies a fresh agenda
Kind beyond our grasp;
A watershed in history has been passed,
a
nd the future begins today.

ship of dreams

ship of dreams