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08/09/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Read Genesis 47:7-10: "Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Jacob, ‘How many are the days of the years of your life?’ And Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.’ And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh."

(The Bible is available online at www.biblegateway.com)

The Pharaoh's question to Jacob probably has to do with the fact that old age was seen as a sign of strength and the ability to resist death.
However, there is no more deceit left in Jacob (known as the deceiver).
He literally stands empty-handed before the Pharaoh, but feels no shame.
He seems to have been delivered from the games of pretence of this world!
Is that true of you or are you still playing such games?
Prayer: Lord, I want this freedom and peace that Jacob has. As human beings, even as fellow believers, we sometimes push each other into this pretend world. Deliver us from this! Amen

Thomas Dreyer

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07/09/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Read Genesis 47:7-10: "Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and stood him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Jacob, ‘How many are the days of the years of your life?’ And Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.’ And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from the presence of Pharaoh."

(The Bible is available online at www.biblegateway.com)

Hardship, hurt, death, struggle, misunderstandings, conflict, broken – these things are so much a part of life and yet they sometimes seem to surprise us.
It's no longer a surprise to Jacob. He's at a place in his life where he acknowledges: I'm a sojourner (stranger; traveller; pilgrim) here on earth.
In Totius' words: "The world is not my dwelling place . . ."
We feel it in our bodies, in our hearts: The world is not our dwelling!
Yet we struggle to confess it like Jacob!
Let us discover together this week how the Lord seeks to bring us to this confession anew or for the first time and to stop us from becoming too comfortable on earth and clinging to the things here.
Prayer: Lord, it doesn’t take much for me to agree with Jacob and with Totius. Yet what I see here and now is often more real to me than You and Your promises. Come and challenge this anew this week and change my heart with Your Word. Amen

Thomas Dreyer

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04/09/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Theme this week: From pleading to praise!

Today's theme: Praise the Lord, our Shepherd who always carries us!

Read Psalm 28:8-9: "The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever!"

Watch/listen to the Psalm 28 sermon of 23.08.2026 (9:00) at www.gkrandburg.org.za

(Bible available online at www.biblesa.co.za/af)
Do you notice it too? At first David prays for himself, for "me", but here at the end it is about the "people", the us! The Lord is the strength of His people. Who are the Lord's people today? Everyone who believes in God Triune — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Yes, everyone who confesses that Jesus Christ is his or her only Saviour!
Just look at the glorious climax of our Psalm 28 prayer in 4 short and powerful prayers:
Save Your people— Continue to intervene in the lives of believers, in every congregation, local and universal.
Bless Your heritage — The heritage, the church, the body of Christ belongs to God and only He can bestow true blessings.
Be our Shepherd — Jesus Christ is our Shepherd because He laid down His life for us on the cross and took it up again. He "shepherds" us (as it literally says). Let's listen to Jesus' voice from the Bible under the guidance of the Holy Spirit who dwells inside us.
Carry us forever — Just as a shepherd rescues, picks up, and carries a member of his flock that has gone astray, or has been caught in a snare, or hurt, so the Lord carries us forever!
Beloved, praise the Lord, our Lord who always carries us!
Thus our Psalm 28 prayer leads us from Plea to Praise!
Prayer: O Lord, we pray every day: Keep saving us and blessing us as Your property. Continue to shepherd us and carry us through life. Our plea is now praise, Hallelujah! Amen.

Joop van Schaik

The Bible website and app of the Bible Society of South Africa.

03/09/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Theme this week: From pleading to praise!

Today's theme: Praise the Lord, for He has heard my prayer!

Read Psalm 28:6-7: "Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him:"

Watch/listen to the Psalm 28 sermon of 23.08.2026 (9:00) at www.gkrandburg.org.za

(Bible available online at www.biblesa.co.za/af)
Beloved, just look how this prayer of David changes! Indeed, from a plea to praise! At first, he was scared and desperate, but now he is relieved. He confesses that the Lord is his strength and shield. He rejoices in his heart that the Lord has come to his aid!
Beloved, the Holy Spirit guides your spirit to persevere in prayer and daily life with spiritual power.
Praise doesn't only begin when the problem is solved, but when your heart trusts in the Lord again. Yes, when the outcome is there, then the gratitude is very great. Yet, the help the Lord gives, can also be something completely different from what you asked. The help could be that panic turns into trust, self-preservation into seeking refuge with the Lord, complaining into worship.
May you experience this relief of heart and praise the Lord, for He answers your plea according to His will.
Prayer: O Lord, I praise You! You are the One who hears and answers my prayer according to Your will. Guide me every day to praise and honour You in though, word and deed that others may bring You glory. Amen.

Joop van Schaik

The Bible website and app of the Bible Society of South Africa.

02/09/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Theme this week: From pleading to praise!

Today's theme: Lord, please don’t count me among the wicked. Show me undeserved grace!

Read Psalm 28:3-5: "Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbours while evil is in their hearts. Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward. Because they do not regard the works of the Lord or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more."

Watch/listen to the Psalm 28 sermon of 23.08.2026 (9:00) at www.gkrandburg.org.za

(Bible available online at www.biblesa.co.za/af)
David is terrified that the Lord might condemn him along with the wicked. He prays that the Lord will repay them for their iniquity.
Is David seeking retribution here, trying to get into the Lord’s good graces and justify himself? No, not at all. How, then, should we understand this? What is clear here is that when someone does evil to the Lord's children, as to David and to you, they are trying to thwart the Lord's work. Should the hypocrite and evildoer persist in doing so, then there is only one place for him and that is eternal punishment, hell.
David is already deeply grieved by the evil that is being done to him and begs for mercy, that the Lord will make a distinction between him and the wicked. He pleads for undeserved grace.
Yes, so it is beloved. We know that we also sin and cannot actually point the finger at the sins of others, but we also know that Christ has already died on the cross for us and is making us more than conquerors with His resurrection! That is why we also pray: Grant us even more undeserved mercy, a way out in our need. Amen.
Prayer: O Lord, I know I am Your child who still sins. Continue to bestow on me undeserved grace and relief in my need. Amen.

Joop van Schaik

The Bible website and app of the Bible Society of South Africa.

01/09/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Theme this week: From pleading to praise!

Today's theme: Hear my plea! My hands and spirit reach out to You!

Read Psalm 28:2: "Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary."

Watch/listen to the Psalm 28 sermon of 23.08.2026 (9:00) at www.gkrandburg.org.za

(Bible available online at www.biblesa.co.za/af)
Together with David, the Holy Spirit leads us to pray: Lord, my Rock, hear my pleas for undeserved mercy! I desperately long for relief. It is all so very hard and there’s no way out!
Plead in prayer to the Lord with outstretched arms. David could stretch out his hands to the Holy of Holies of the temple. The high priest could only enter this place once a year to make an offering for the forgiveness of the people's sin.
Do you remember what happened when Jesus died on the cross? The curtain in the temple tore from top to bottom! Yes, since then every believer has direct access to the Lord. He is omnipresent. You can turn your thoughts to the Lord anytime and anywhere, because He hears, listens and answers your prayers. You can kneel, sit, or stand or however you prefer to pray and reach out in spirit to the Lord. Keep pleading with the Lord.
Prayer: O Lord, my Rock, listen to my pleas. My hands and spirit reach out to You! Amen.

Joop van Schaik

The Bible website and app of the Bible Society of South Africa.

31/08/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Theme this week: From pleading to praise!

Today's theme: My pain when I feel the Lord keeps Him deaf to my prayers.

Read Psalm 28:1: "To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit."

Watch/listen to the Psalm 28 sermon of 23.08.2026 (9:00) at www.gkrandburg.org.za

(Bible available online at www.biblesa.co.za/af)
Do you plead with the Lord for a solution/relief, but it feels like the Lord is silent?
"To you, Lord, I call!" Full attention is on the Lord, so not away from Him. There are no other solutions. Be absolutely dependent on the Lord. Yes, cry for help, plead with the Lord. David's distress was persecution by King Saul and later by his own son Absalom. What's your hardship?
"My Rock," God is our only refuge and security.
What makes hardship even worse is the feeling that the Lord is deaf to you and silent. As if the Lord has turned away and left you in your distress. It makes you feel as if you are falling down a pit. The image brings to mind a tomb or the underworld of deceased spirits. Horrifying!
Beloved, let’s look at the rest of this Psalm to learn more about this.
Take heart, however, keep calling out to the Lord and pleading with Him for a way out. He knows what's best for you. Christ felt the same way when He cried out on the cross, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me!" As we know, He then had to endure death on the cross and the grave so that we may never be forsaken by God again!
Persevere in prayer: “To you, O Lord, I call, my Rock!
Prayer: O Lord, I desperately need You. I cry out to You, Lord, my Rock, but it feels as though You’ve gone silent as my anxiety grows. Only You can bring relief. Amen.

Joop van Schaik

The Bible website and app of the Bible Society of South Africa.

28/08/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Theme this week: A clean heart

Read Ezekiel 36:26: “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”

(The Bible is available online at www.biblegateway.com)

Ezekiel was a prophet during the Babylonian exile, a time when the people of Israel turned away from God and found themselves in exile, with a bleak future ahead of them.
In this context, Ezekiel's message serves as both a warning and a beacon of hope. Just as God promised to replace the Israelites' hearts of stone with hearts of flesh, He extends this promise to us today.
This verse encourages us to seek a deeper relationship with God, allowing Him to transform our hearts and minds.
We should ask ourselves what areas of our lives have become hardened or resistant to change and thereafter ask God to give us a new heart that recognises him alone.
Prayer: Give me, O Lord, a new heart that recognises You alone so that I may do what You require of me.

Kwena Semenya

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27/08/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Theme this week: A clean heart

Read Luke 6:45: “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”

(The Bible is available online at www.biblegateway.com)

This verse speaks of the profound connection between our hearts and our words, illustrating that our speech reflects what lies within us.
When the heart is clean, our words change, our reactions change, and our relationships change.
Jesus uses the metaphor of “treasures” to show that our hearts are storehouses. Just as a bank holds valuables, our hearts hold our thoughts and emotions.
What we treasure—what we choose to fill our hearts with—ultimately shapes our lives.
This is why we should keep on asking God to create in us a clean heart, shaped by the love of Christ.
Prayer: Let Your Holy Spirit dwell in me so that He may cleanse me and give me a new heart in Jesus Christ. Amen

Kwena Semenya

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26/08/2026

THE LORD'S MESSAGE FOR TODAY

Theme this week: A clean heart\

Read Psalm 51:11-12: “Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.”

(The Bible is available online at www.biblegateway.com)

This verse is a direct appeal from King David, who is deeply remorseful over his sin with Bathsheba.
To be cast away from God’s presence means a loss of divine favour and guidance, an experience no faithful believer wishes to endure.
David is pleading with God not to deprive him of the presence of the Holy Spirit.
In moments of failure or despair, we can take comfort in knowing that God desires our return, which is why He gave us His only Son, our Lord Jesus, to reconcile us with him.
Prayer: Dear Lord, because of my sins, I ran away from You and forgot that You always desire to be with me. Send Your Holy Spirit to remind me of Your love for me. Amen.

Kwena Semenya

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