AN ANGEL FROM THE LORD DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN. / 'N ENGEL VAN DIE HERE HET UIT DIE HEMEL NEERGEDAAL.

Thursday 9 April 2015.

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Matthew 28:20]

"And lo, I Am with you always, even to the end if the age, Amen." 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

AN ANGEL FROM THE LORD DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN:

1. English - (New International Version.)

[Matthew 28:1-10]

1. After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day if the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.  

2. There  was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 

3. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.  

4. The guards were so afraid of him, and they shook and became like dead men. 

5. The angel said to the women: "Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, Who was crucified. 

6. "He is not here; He Has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He lay. 

7. "Then go quickly and tell His disciples: 'He Has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilea. There you will see Him.' Now, I have told you."

8. So the women  hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell His disciples. 

9. Suddenly Jesus met them: "Greetings," He said. They came to Him, clasped His feet, and worshiped Him. 

10. Then Jesus said to them: "Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilea. There they will see Me."

Donderdag 9 April 2015.

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Matthéüs 28:20]

"En kyk, Ek is met julle al die dae tot aan die voleinding van die wêreld. Amen."

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

'N ENGEL VAN DIE HERE HET UIT DIE HEMEL NEERGEDAAL:

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling)

[Matthéüs 28:1-10]

1. En laat ná die Sabbat toe dit begin lig word, teen die eerste dag van die week, kom Maria Magdaléna en die ander Maria om na die graf te gaan kyk. 

2. En daar kom 'n groot aardbewing, want 'n engel van die Here het uit die hemel neergedaal en gekom en die steen van die opening weggerol en daarop gaan sit. 

3. En sy gedaante was soos weerlig, en sy kleding wit soos sneeu. 

4. En uit vrees vir hom, het die wagte gebewe en soos dooies geword. 

5. Maar die engel antwoord en sê vir die vroue: "Moenie vrees nie, want ek weet julle soek Jesus wat gekruisig is.

6. "Hy is nie hier nie, want Hy het opgestaan soos Hy gesê het. Kom kyk na die plek waar die Here gelê het;

7. "En gaan haastig, sê vir Sy dissipels: 'Hy het opgestaan uit die dode, en gaan voor julle uit na Galiléa. Daar sal julle Hom sien.' Kyk, ek het julle dit gesê."

8. En hulle het haastig weggegaan van die graf met vrees en groot blydskap, en gehardloop om dit aan Sy dissipels te vertel. 

9. En terwyl hulle op weg was om dit aan Sy dissipels te vertel, kom Jesus hulle meteens teë en sê: "Wees gegroet!" Toe kom hulle nader en gryp Sy voete en aanbid Hom.

10. En Jesus sê vir hulle: "Moenie vrees nie, gaan heen en vertel my broeders dat hulle na Galiléa moet gaan; en daar sal hulle My sien."

Many thanks for the stunning and relevant photo!

(God willing and by His marvellous grace and mercy, U will share the Word with you, as often as I possibly can.     /

As dit die wil van God is en deur Sy wonderbare genade en barmhartigheid, sal ek die Woord met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

HE HAS RISEN!

Monday 6 April 2015.

Maandag 6 April 2015. 

(God willing and by His marvellous grace and mercy, I will share the Word with you as often as I possibly can.     /

As dit die wil van God is en deur Sy wonderbare genade, sal ek die Woord met u deel, so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan)

JESUS' GRAVE SEALED AND GUARDED. / JESUS SE GRAF VERSEËL EN BESKERMD.

Sunday 5 April 2015. 

WORD OF THE DAY:

[1 Corinthians 4:4,5]

4. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord Who judges me. 

5. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness, and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God. 

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

JESUS' GRAVE SEALED AND GUARDED:

1. English - (New King James Version.)

[Matthew 27:62-66]

62. On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,  

63. Saying: "Sir we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said: 'After three days I will rise.'

64. "Therefore demand that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away and say to the people: 'He Has risen from the dead,' so the last deception will be worse than the first."

65. Pilate said to them: "You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how."

66. So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard. 

Sondag 5 April 2015. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG: 

[1 Korinthiërs 4:4,5]

4. Want ek is my van geen ding bewus nie. Daardeur is ek egter nie geregverdig nie; maar Hy wat my beoordeel, is die Here. 

5. Daarom moet julle nie voor die tyd oordeel, voordat die Here kom nie, wat die verborge dinge van die duisternis in die lig sal bring, en die bedoelinge van die harte openbaar sal maak; en dan sal elkeen lof van God ontvang. 

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG::

JESUS SE GRAF VERSEËLD EN BEWAAK:

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaase Vertaling.)

[Matthéüs 27:62-66)

62. Die volgende dag - dit is die dag ná die voorbereiding - kom die owerpriesters en die Fariseërs by Pilatus saam, 

63. En sê: "My heer, ons herinner ons dat dié verleier, toe Hy in die lewe was, gesê het:  'Oor drie dae staan Ek op.'"

64. "Gee dan bevel dat die graf verseker word tot die derde dag toe, dat Sy dissipels nie dalk in die nag kom en Hom steel nie, en vir die volk sê: 'Hy het opgestaan uit die dode.' En die laaste dwaling sal erger wees as die eerste."

65. Daarop sê Pilatus vir hulle: "Julle sal 'n wag kry; gaan verseker dit soos julle dit verstaan."  

66. En hulle het gegaan en die graf verseker deur die steen te verseël in die teenwoordigheid van die wag. 

(God willing and by His marvellous grace and mercy, I will share the Word with you as often as I possibly can.    /

As dit die wil van God is en deur sy wonderbare genade en barmhartigheid, sal ek die Woord met u deel so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.) 

TRULY THIS WAS GOD'S SON. / DIT WAS WAARLIK DIE SEUN VAN GOD.

Saturday 4 April 2015.

WORD OF THE DAY:

[John 1:4,5]

4. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. 

5. And the light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it (put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it.)

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

TRULY, THIS WAS GOD'S SON:

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version)

[Matthew 27:52-60]

52. The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep in death were raised (to life.)

53. And coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.  

54. When the centurion and those who were with him keeping watch over Jesus, observed the earthquake and all that was happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said: "Truly, this was God's Son."

55. There were also numerous woman there, looking on from a distance, who were of those who accompanied Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him. 

56. Among them were Mary of Magdala, and Mary, the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.  

57. When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who  also was a disciple of Jesus. 

58. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 

59. And Joseph took the body and rolled it up in a clean linen cloth, used for  swathing dead bodies. -

60. And laid it in his own, fresh (undefiled) tomb, which he had hewn in the rock; and he rolled a big boulder over the door  of the tomb and went away. 

Saterdag 4 Maart 2015. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Johannes 1:4,5]

4. In Hom was lewe, en die lewe was die lig van die mense. 

5. En die lig skyn in die duisternis, en die duisternis het dit nie oorweldig nie. 

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

DIT WAS WAARLIK DIE SEUN VAN GOD: 

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling)

[Matthéüs 27:52-60]

52. En die grafte het oopgegaan en baie  liggame van die ontslape heiliges het opgestaan. 

53. En ná Sy opstanding het hulle uit die grafte uitgegaan en in die heilige stad ingekom en aan baie verskyn. 

54. En toe die hoofman oor honderd en die wat saam met hom Jesus bewaak het, die aardbewing sien en die dinge wat daar gebeur, het hulle baie bevrees geword en gesê: "Waarlik, Hy was die Seun van God!"

55. En daar was baie vroue wat dit van ver af aanskou het, wat vir Jesus van Galiléa af gevolg en Hom gedien het. 

56. Onder hulle was daar Maria Magdaléna en Maria, die moeder van Jakobus en Joses, en die moeder van die seuns van Sebedéüs. 

57. En toe dit aand geword het, het daar 'n ryk man van Arimathéa gekom, met die naam van Josef, wat self ook 'n dissipel van Jesus was. 

58. Hy het na Pilatus gegaan en die liggaam van Jesus gevra. Toe beveel Pilatus dat die liggaam afgegee moes word.

59. En Josef het die liggaam geneem en dit met skoon linne toegedraai. -

60. En dit in sy nuwe graf gelê wat hy in die rots uitgekap het; en nadat hy 'n groot steen teen die opening van die graf gerol het, het hy weggegaan. 

(DV. I will share the Word with you as often as I possibly can.   /

DV. Sal ek die Woord met u deel so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

Many thanks for this unique and relevant photo. 

THE CRUCIFIXION. / DIE KRUISIGING.

Friday 3 April 2015.

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Mark 11:24]

"For this reason I Am telling you: Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will get it."

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

THE CRUCIFIXION: 

[Matthew 27:32-51]

32. As they were marching forth, they came upon a man of Cyrene, named Simon; this man they forced to carry the cross of Jesus. 

33. And when they came to the place called Golgotha (Latin: Calvary), which means 'The place of the skull', 

34. They offered Him wine mingled with gall to drink; but when He tasted it, He refused to drink it. 

35. And when they had crucified Hiim, they divided and distributed His garments (among them) by casting lots, so that the prophet's saying was fulfilled: "They parted My garments among them, and over My apparel the cast lots."

36. Then they sat down there, and kept watch over Him. 

37. And over His head they put the accusation against Him (the cause of His death), which read: "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews"

38. At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right hand and one on the left. 

39. And those who passed by spoke reproachfully and abusively and jeered at Him, wagging their heads, 

40. And they said: "You Who would tear down the sanctuary of the temple and rebuild it in three days, rescue Yourself from death. If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

41. In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, made sport of Him, saying: 

42. "He rescued others from death; Himself He cannot rescue from death. He is the king of Israel? Let Him come down from the cross now and we will believe in and acknowledge  and cleave to Him.

43. "He trusts in God; let God deliver Him now if He cares for Him, and will have Him, for He said: 'I Am the Son of God.'"

44. And the robbers who were crucified with Him, also abused and reproached and made sport of Him in the same way. 

45. Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour (three o'clock).

46. And about the ninth hour (three o'clock) Jesus cried with a loud voice: "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" -- that is: "My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me (leaving Me helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need?)"

47. And some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said: "This man is calling for Elijah!"

48. And one of them immediately ran and took a sponge, soaked it in vinegar (a sour wine), and put it on a reed ((staff), and was about to give it to Him to drink. 

49. But the others said; "Wait! Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him from death."

50. And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and gave up His Spirit. 

51. And at once the curtain of the sanctuary of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split. 

Vrydag 3 April 2015. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Markus 11:24]

"Daarom sê Ek vir julle: Alles wat julle in die gebed vra, glo dat julle dit sal ontvang, en julle sal dit verkry."

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

DIE KRUISIGING:

[Matthéüs 27:32-51]

32. En toe hulle uitgaan, kry hulle 'n man van Ciréne, met die naam van Simon; hom het hulle gedwing om Sy kruis te dra. 

33. En hulle het gekom op 'n plek wat Golgota genoem word -- dit beteken: Plek van die Hoofskedel. 

34. En vir hom asyn met gal gemeng, gegee om te drink; en toe Hy dit proe, wou Hy dit nie drink nie. 

35. En nadat hulle Hom gekruisig het, het hulle Sy klere verdeel deur die lot te werp, sodat vervul sou word wat deur die profeet gespreek is: "Hulle het My klere onder mekaar verdeel, en oor My gewaad die lot gewerp."

36. En hulle het gaan sit, en Hom daar bewaak. 

37. En bokant Sy hoof het hulle Sy beskuldiging opgestel: DIT IS JESUS, DIE KONING VAN DIE JODE. 

38. Toe word daar saam met Hom twee rowers gekruisig, een aan die regter -- en een aan die linkerkant. 

39. En die verbygangers het Hom gesmaad terwyl hulle hul hoofde skud,

40. En sê: "U wat die tempel afbreek en in drie dae opbou, red Uself! As U die Seun van God is, kom van die kruis!"

41. En so het ook die owerpriesters saam met die skrifgeleerdes en ouderlinge gespot en gesê:  

42. "Ander het Hy verlos, Homself kan Hy nie verlos nie. As Hy die Koning van Israel is, laat Hom nou van die kruis afkom, en ons sal in Hom glo. -

43. "Hy het op God vertrou; laat Hy Hom nou verlos as Hy behae in Hom het; want Hy het gesê: 'Ek is die Seun van God.'"

44. En op dieselfde manier het die rowers wat saam met Hom gekruisig was, Hom ook beledig.

45. En van die sesde uur af, het daar duisternis gekom oor die hele aarde tot die negende uur (3 uur) toe;

46. En omtrent die negende uur het Jesus met 'n groot stem geroep en gesê:  "Eli, Eli, lama sabagtáni?" Dit is: "My God, My God, waarom het U My verlaat?"

47. En sommige van die wat daar staan, hoor dit en sê: "Hy roep Elia."

48. Toe hardloop daar dadelik een van hulle en neem 'n spons en maak dit vol asyn, en sit dit op 'n riet en laat Hom drink. 

49. Maar die ander sê: "Wag, laat ons sien of Elia kom om Hom te verlos,"

50. Daarop het Jesus weer met 'n groot stem geroep en die gees gegee. 

51. En kyk, die voorhangsel van die tempel het in twee geskeur, van bo tot onder, en die aarde het gebewe, en die rotse het geskeur. 

Photo kindly supplied by Martin Heigan. 

(DV. I will share the Word with you as often as I possibly can.

        /

DV. Sal ek die Woord met u deel so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

BETRAYAL AND ARREST IN GETHSEMANE. / VERRAAD EN GEVANGENEMING IN GETSÉMANÉ.

Thursday 2 April 2015. 

WORD OF THE DAY:

[Mark 14:61b-62]

61b. Again the High Priest asked Him: "Are You the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), the Son of the Blessed?"

62. And Jesus said: "I Am; and you will (all) see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power (the Almighty) and coming on the clouds of heaven."

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

BETRAYAL AND ARREST IN GETHSEMANE. 

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version)

[Matthew 26:47-56]

{Also read this section in: Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-11}

47. As He was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve (apostles), came up, and with him a great cowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people. (Elders of the Sanhedrin.)

48. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying: "The One I shall kiss, is the Man; seize Him."

49. And he came up to Jesus at once and said: "Hail, (greetings, good health to You, long life to You), Master!" And he embraced Him and kissed Him with (pretended) warmth and devotion. 

50. Jesus said to him: "Friend, for what are you here?" Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and arrested Him. 

51. And behold, one of those who were with Jesus, reached out his hand and drew his sword and, striking the body servant of the high priest, cut off his ear. 

52. Then Jesus said to him: "Put your sword back into its place, for, all who draw the sword will die by the sword. 

53. "Do you suppose that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will immediately provide Me with more than twelve legions (more than 80,000) of angels?

54. "But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must come about this way?"

55. At that moment Jesus said to the crowds: "Have you come out with swords and clubs as (you would) against a robber to capture Me? Day after day I was accustomed to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me."

56. But all this has taken place in order that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples deserted Him and, fleeing, escaped. 

{Mark 14:44-50} 

44. Now the betrayer had given them a signal, saying: "The One I shall kiss is (the Man); seize Him, and lead Him away safely, (so as to prevent His escape.)

45. And when he came, he went up to Jesus immediately and said: "Master! Master!" and he embraced Him and kissed Him fervently. 

46. And they threw their hands on Him and arrested Him. 

47. But one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the bond servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 

48. And Jesus said to them: "Have you come out with swords and clubs as (you would) against a robber to capture Me?

49. "I was daily with you in the temple (porches and courts) teaching, and you did not seize Me; but (this has happened) that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."

50. Then (His disciples) forsaking Him, fled, all (of them.)

51. And a young man was following Him, with nothing but a linen cloth (a sheet) thrown about (his) naked body; and they laid  hold of him, 

52. But, leaving behind the linen cloth (sheet), he fled from them naked. 

{Luke 22:49-51}

49. And when those who were around Him saw what was about to happen, they said: "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"

50. And one of them struck the bond servant of the high priest and cut off his ear, the right one. 

51. But Jesus said: "Permit them to go so far (as to seize Me,) and He touched the little (insignificant) ear, and healed him. 

{John 18:4-9,11}

4. Then Jesus, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to them and said: "Whom are you seeking? (whom do you want?)

5. They answered Him: "Jesus the Nazarene." Jesus said to them: "I Am He." Judas who was betraying Him, was also standing with them. 

6. When Jesus said to them: "I Am He," they went backwards (drew back, lurched backward) and fell to the ground. 

7. Then again He asked them: "Whom are you seeking?" And they said: "Jesus the Nazarene."

8. Jesus answered: "I told you I Am He. So, if you want Me (if it is only I for Whom you are looking), let these men go their way."

9. Thus, what He Had said, was fulfilled and verified: "Of those whom You have given Me, I have not lost even one."

11. Therefore Jesus said to Peter: "Put the sword (back) into the sheath. The cup which My Father Has given Me, shall I not drink it?"

Donderdag 2 April 2015.  

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Mark14:61b-62]

61b. Weer stel die hoëpriester Hom die vraag en sê vir Hom: "Is U die Christus, die Seun van die geseënde God?"

62. En Jesus sê: "Ek is. En u almal sal die  Seun van die Mens aan die regterhand van die krag van God sien sit, en kom met die wolke van die hemel."

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

VERRAAD EN GEVANGENEMING IN GETSÉMANÉ:

2. Afrikaans - (Ou Afrikaanse Vertaling)

[Matthéüs 26:47-56]

{Lees ook hierdie seksie in: Markus 14:43-50; Lukas 22:47-53; Johannes 18:2-11}

47. En terwyl Hy nog spreek, daar kom Judas, een van die twaalf, en saam met hom 'n groot menigte met swaarde en stokke, gestuur deur die owerpriesters en die ouderlinge van die volk. 

48. En Sy verraaier het vir hulle 'n teken gegee en gesê: "Die een wat ek sal soen, dit is Hy, gryp Hom!"

49. En dadelik gaan hy na Jesus en sê: "Gegroet, Rabbi!" En hy het Hom gesoen. 

50. Maar Jesus sê vir hom: "Vriend, waarvoor is jy hier?" Toe kom hulle nader en slaan die hande aan Jesus, en gryp Hom. 

51. En een van die wat saam met Jesus was, het meteens sy hand uitgesteek en sy swaard getrek; en hy het die dienskneg van die hoëpriester geslaan en sy oor afgekap. 

52. Toe sê Jesus vir hom: "Sit jou swaard in sy plek terug; want almal wat die swaard neem, sal deur die swaard vergaan. 

53. "Of dink jy dat Ek nie nou My Vader kan bid, en Hy vir My meer as twaalf legioene (meer as 80,000) van engele beskikbaar sal stel nie?

54. "Hoe sou die Skrifte dan vervul word, dat dit so moet gebeur?"

55. In daardie uur het Jesus vir die skare gesê: "Het julle soos teen 'n rower uitgekom, met swaarde en stokke om My gevange te neem? Dag vir dag het Ek by julle gesit en leer in die tempel, en julle het My nie gegryp nie."

56. Maar dit het alles gebeur, dat die Skrifte van die profete vervul sou word. Toe het al die dissipels Hom verlaat en gevlug. 

{Markus 14:51-52}

51. En 'n sekere jongman met 'n linnedoek om sy naakte lyf het Hom gevolg; en die jongmanne het hom gegryp;

52. Maar hy het die linnedoek laat staan en naak van hulle weggevlug. 

{Lukas 22:48-51}

48. En Jesus sê vir hom: "Judas, verraai jy die Seun van die Mens met 'n kus?"

49. En toe die wat rondom Hom was, sien wat gaan gebeur, sê hulle vir Hom: "Here, moet ons met die swaard slaan?"

50. En een van hulle het die dienskneg  getref, en sy regteroor afgekap.

51. Maar Jesus het geantwoord en gesê: "Hou op, dit is genoeg!" En Hy het sy oor aangeraak en hom gesond gemaak. 

{Johannes 18:4-9,11}

4. En omdat Jesus alles geweet het wat oor Hom sou kom, het Hy uit die tuin gegaan en vir hulle gesê: "Wie soek julle?"

5. Hulle antwoord Hom: "Jesus, die Nasaréner." Jesus sê vir hulle: "Dit is Ek." En ook Judas Sy verraaier, het by hulle gestaan. 

6. Toe Hy dan vir hulle sê: "Dit is Ek." Het hulle agteruitgegaan en op die grond geval. 

7. Hy vra hulle toe weer: "Wie soek julle?" En hulle antwoord: "Jesus, die Nasaréner."

8. Jesus antwoord: "Ek het vir julle gesê dat dit Ek is. As julle My dan soek, laat hierdie manne weggaan." - 

9. Sodat die woord vervul sou word wat Hy gespreek het: "Uit die wat U My gegee het, het Ek niemand verloor nie."

11. Toe sê Jesus vir Petrus: "Steek jou swaard in die skede. Die beker wat die Vader My gegee het, sal Ek dit dan nie drink nie?"

(DV. I will share the Word with you as often as I possibly can. /

DV. Sal ek die Woord met u deel so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

This photo was lovingly and kindly and reverently supplied by: Aletta Oliver. 

JESUS IN GETHSEMANE. /JESUS IN GETSÉMANÉ.

Wednesday 1 April 2015. 

WORD Of THE DAY: 

[Matthew 26:26-28]

26. Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, praising God, gave thanks and asked Him to bless it to their use, and when He had broken it, He gave it to the disciples and said: "Take, eat; this is My body."

27. And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying: "Drink of it, all of you;

28. "For this is My blood of the new covenant, which (ratifies the agreement and) is being poured out for many, for the forgiveness of sins."

MESSAGE OF THE DAY:

JESUS IN GETHSEMANE:

1. English - (Amplified Bible Version) 

[Matthew 26:36-45]

36. Then Jesus went with them to a place caled Gethsemane, and He told His disciples: "Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray."

37. And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to show grief and distress of mind, and was deeply depressed. 

38. And then He said to them: "My soul is very sad and deeply grieved, so that I Am almost dying of sorrow. Stay here and keep awake and keep watch with Me." 

39. And going a little farther, He threw Himself upon the ground on His face, and prayed saying: "My Father, if it is posssible, let this cup pass away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will (not what I desire), but as You will and desire. 

40. And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter: "What! Are you so utterly unable to stay awake, and keep watch with Me for one hour?

41. "All of you must keep awake (give strict attention, be cautious and active) and watch and pray, that you do not come into temptation. The Spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

42. Again a second time He went away and prayed: "My Father, if thiss cannot pass by unless I drink it, Your will be done."

43. And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down with sleep. 

44. So, leaving them again, He went away and prayed for the third time, using the same words. 

45. Then He returned to the disciples and said to them: "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands if especially wicked sinners (whose way or nature is to act in opposition to God)"

Woensdag 1 April 2015. 

WOORD VAN DIE DAG:

[Matthéüs 26:26-28]

26. En terwyl hulle eet, neem Jesus die brood, en nadat Hy gedank het, breek Hy dit en gee dit aan Sy dissipels en sê: "Neem, eet, dit is my liggaam."

27. Toe neem Hy die beker, en nadat Hy gedank het, gee Hy dit aan hulle en sê: "Drink almal daaruit."

28. "Want dit is My bloed, die bloed van die nuwe testament, wat vir baie uitgestort word, tot vergifnis van sondes."

BOODSKAP VAN DIE DAG:

JESUS IN GETSÉMANÉ:

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[Matthéüs 26:36-45]

36. Toe kom Jesus met hulle in 'n plek met die naam van Getsémané, en Hy sê vir Sy dissipels: "Sit hier onderwyl Ek daar gaan bid."

37. En Hy neem Petrus en die twee seuns van Sebedéüs saam, en begin bedroef en benoud word. 

38. Toe sê Hy vir hulle: "My siel is diep bedroef tot die dood toe; bly hier en wag saam met My."

39. En Hy het 'n bietjie verder gegaan en op Sy aangesig geval en gebid en gesê: "My Vader, as dit moontlik is, laat hierdie beker by My verbygaan; nogtans nie soos Ek wil nie, maar soos U wil."

40. En Hy kom by die dissipels en vind hulle aan die slaap, en Hy sê vir Petrus: "So, was julle dan nie in staat om een uur saam met my te waak nie?

41. "Waak en bid, dat julle nie in versoeking kom nie. Die gees is wel gewillig, maar die vlees is swak."

42. Weer het Hy vir die tweede maal gaan bid en gesê: "Vader, as hierdie beker nie by My kan verbygaan sonder dat Ek dit drink nie, laat U wil geskied."

43. Toe kom Hy en vind hulle weer aan die slaap, want hulle oë was swaar. 

44. En Hy het hulle met rus gelaat en weer vir die derde maal gaan bid en dieselfde woorde gesê. 

45. Daarop kom Hy by Sy dissipels en sê vir hulle: "Slaap maar voort en rus. Kyk, die uur is naby, en die Seun van die Mens word oorgelewer in die hande van die sondaars." 

(God wiling and by His marvellous grace and mercy, I will share the Word with you as often as I possibly can.     / 

As dit die wil van God is en deur Sy wonderbare genade en barmhartigheid, sal ek die Woord met u deel so dikwels as wat ek moontlik kan.)

This unique and beautiful photo was kindly supplied by: Martin Heigan.