Glorious Splendor

18/06/2020

I am that boy who was abused emotionally and rejected by his father from the age of 5. It felt bad to grow up without understanding whether I was a mistake or not, that empty space in me that wanted a father broke me. I would see people with their fathers and I tried to imagine how it will feel like if I had a dad, but I couldn't feel it.

my first day at school- I felt that,
my first walking step- I felt that,
my Matric dance I felt that,
my first day riding a bike I felt it,
my first pay, I felt that.

I was so broken to a level were I don’t dream to be a father because maybe I wouldn't know how to be one. What was shattering me was the fact that I watched him raise his other kids and thought there was something wrong with me. That suffocated my self-esteem, I was an introvert not because it was my character but because I didn't want anyone to get close enough to uncover my broken spirit.

Well...I searched for something to secretly fill the void, it was only later that I realized I wasn't searching for something. In actual fact I was searching for someone- GOD!!!

I TOOK time to find myself again and trust me there were secret su***de attempts in my childhood but God's hand held me, it comforted me. Today I stand as a Man owning up to my actions. I could have ended up toxic and broke every woman I met but that would be duplicating my demons onto someone's Daughter.

Ma gents heal if you realise you are bitter seek help. Don't bleed on someone's Daughter .when you are broken you need help not a woman. brayaka

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28/05/2020

I was born in a Christian family attending church as it is a family norm and I was not born again.

On the 22 March 2009 I attended a Mens Monthly meeting at Mshadza AOG and Dr Masinga open Hebrews 13:8 and he made it clear that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever and I look at myself on that day and visualized the future.

I saw myself incompetent to be in the future and I accepted Jesus christ.

Since I took Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I have learned to regret the days without Christ in my life, God is helping me through all, Kuyahambeka ebusheni.

In 2011, I met Pastor Mpumelelo Dlamini I was in high school and we started SCO and God helped me a lot through school and in the community, preaching the Gospel with no fear. One day coming back from school I went to my room to pray and as it was a usual thing I use to do afternoon before I attend the evening service, I felt the hand of God upon me and a small voice say My son if sinners intice you do not concert.

In my journey with christ Mr Dlamini a pastor and my father KK Mnisi were always there for me and I am what I am today because of their commitment in shaping my character.

When I get to heaven, I will ask God one Question: How did you manage to keep me all along and why? Hence James was killed as soon as apprehended.

22/05/2020

14/05/2020

by Pastor Bheki Mabaso, married to Nozipho Mabaso they are blessed with 3 kids. He studied a 3yrs Diploma with Vaal Computer College and Currently Studying a for a degree in Theology with Harvest Theological College.

Testimony themed "ukhona u Jesu angayisindisa impilo yakho"

I was born at Orlando East in Soweto. I grew up in a family that was battling financially and I was raised by my grandmother because both of my parents were heavy alcohol drinkers. Growing up in Soweto exposed me to many sinful and wrong things so as a young person I fell into those temptations and led a very sinful life. The more I grew it was the more I engaged into sinful life.
The drastic change in my life all started in 1997 around November when I was doing my last year at the college. I used to go to clubbing and one night suddenly I heard a voice saying to me "you don't belong here" and the power of this voice made me to feel that I really didn't belong there, and from that day forward I stopped clubbing. This voice kept on talking to me in many wrong things that I was doing like stopping to go to my grandfather's grave to ask for luck, I stopped dating because this voice told me that I was defiling my body. One day this voice told me to cut off my dreadlocks. All this time I didn't know that it was the Holy Spirit talking to me until I was born again and got saved.

In February 1998 I was invited by my neighbor to a revival and because she was pestering me about it so I said to myself let me just go to please her so that she would leave me alone. The pastor on that one particular night when I had attended the revival just to please my neighbor preached on 2Kings 7: 3. His message was "Why are you sitting in your sinful life until you die". When he kept on saying "Uhleleleni lapho uze ufe na?, ukhona u Jesu angayisindisa impilo yakho", I looked at my life and told myself that I don't want to die being a sinner I need Jesus to save me and I stood up and gave my life to Christ.

My life was never the same again because it had changed completely. My family was so against my salvation but I endured because accepting Jesus was the best decision I had ever made. On the 21 August 1999 I was baptized with the Holy Spirit and from that day on I saw myself growing spiritually and being empowered with my walk with Christ. As a young person I faced challenges that most born again young people face like being attracted to a certain lady, or at times feeling that you are not saved enough but through it all I saw the grace of God sustaining me.

Now at nights I would have visions of myself preaching and in those visions there would be a voice saying "Uwumfundisi"(your a pastor). These visions continued for a long time and every Thursday's God would show me a place to do Open Airs and in those open airs people got saved. One night the Holy Spirit spoke to me with an audible voice that He has called me to preach and assigned me to The Great Commission. I accepted that calling and I started to be in a evangelism team of the pastor I got saved from. I started to be in an intercession group, then I became the MC of that revival team. I dedicated my life into prayer and fasting and reading the Word of God. In the years that I was with the team I then saw God opening the doors to preach and I spent 7 years with this team. I always thank God for this team because that's where God groomed and pruned me for the life of being the minister of His Word.
My testimony is that God doesn't look at ones age to be His vessel. My prayer and desire is to serve the purpose of God in my generation.

25/04/2020

We are spiritual people.

23/04/2020

Name: Bongi Hlatshwayo Khoza
Local: AOG-BTG Tsakane

When did you get saved?
And which scripture was read on the day?
Well I grew up in church as a kid everytime they call people who wanted to accept Jesus as their Lord and savior we would go forward everytime, but finally when I was in grade 7 , we were having our evening devotion at home coming from Sunday school rally rehearsal (my mom was a Sunday school teacher) that night we went over a scripture that our drama was based on Matthew 25 "the 10 virgins" and I so wanted to see Jesus didn't want to be left behind asked my mother to do salvation prayer with me once more and that day was genuine.

How has your journey been?
Great Journey with a lot of challenges but he has been a great father, friend and well everything that I need.

Any errors on your journey and lessons learnt: A lot I must say, some I even look at my younger self and think "you evil child how could you" but through it all I knew God as a father that I can always run to, cry to him and he forgive, but in all that I have learned that not only is he a gracious God but he is also a Jealous God and that is how I got to choose to put him first before everything else

An experience you would like to put out there?
Human beings use their privileges to talk about anything true or not they just talk so "suba weak mntase" don't be an emotional servant but a stubborn servant and fix your eyes on the Master. Stay at and keep your faith.

Who has Impacted your salvation and why?
My mother ,her consistancy has challanged me to believe in God in the darkness moments of my life.

When you get to heaven, what will be your first words and why?
"I made it, Jesus can I hug you" I believe we got saved so we can enter heaven and see Jesus 😭🙌🏽the bible says Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." It would be the best thing ever

11/04/2020

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