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Celebrating Mothers
Mother’s Day I’m forever thankful for Anna Jarvis who started Mother’s Day on 12 May 1907. She did this to celebrate her Mom on a public forum and within a few years it became a national phenomenon in the United States and spread worldwide to where its celebrated in almost every country annually. We, like…
Read MoreThe Our Father Prayer
Know the Prayer you pray Two friends were having a nice talk and touched on many subjects. They eventually ended up on religion. The one who claim to know the Bible then challenged his friend to quote the ‘Lord’s Prayer’ and promised him R200 in cash should he be able to recite it correctly. The…
Read MoreThe Four Kinds of Knowledge
Be the Message The book of Hosea is the very first book after the major prophetic books in the Old Testament. Therefore, Hosea is the first of the Minor Prophets. Its biographical in nature as a lot of his personal life comes into play. One of the first lessons to learn from Hosea is that…
Read MoreLoving and Saving the Lost
Friend of Sinners and Tax Collectors Jesus shocked the traditional Jewish mindset when He openly and it seems, deliberately, ate and socialized with tax collectors and sinners. In fact, He was labelled, as a ‘friend’ of sinners and tax collectors. Luke chapter 15 highlight such an event. Jesus was already unpopular with the Pharisees and…
Read MoreThe Paraclete of Pentecost
Jesus made a startling announcement to His disciples in John chapter 14. This He confirmed in John chapter 15 and chapter 16. Do yourself a favour and read these passages aloud, pondering as you read. Firstly, He tells them that He is going away. Secondly He informs them that its to their advantage. Thirdly He…
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Time to stand in the gap In the book of Ezekiel there is a Scripture that got my attention when I was in my early twenties. In chapter 22:30 it states: ‘So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the…
Read MoreThe Passover Series
Time to consider change I started of with the Passover series focusing on the title as: ‘The Plagues, the Punishment the Passover and the Pardon.’ It’s a catchy title and during this time of Corona Virus and the Passover period this made for good words that people would search for on a You Tube Platform.…
Read MoreLetter from Pastor Willam – April 2020
Dear Church Family and Friends of Bethany It has been almost four months since we last communicated on this platform. I trust that this letter finds all of you in good health. We certainly miss you and miss having church as an assembly. The talk of the town these days is health and healthy living…
Read MorePrayer as a believing family: Additional prayer items on your daily list.
Thanks for the overwhelming support for our first broadcast this past Sunday. We’ve had good feedback and responses from as far as Norway and the rest of Europe. ‘Let God arise and His enemies be scattered.’ During this time of lockdown please include these items in your daily prayer schedule. Its important to pray as one…
Read MoreLetter from Pastor Willam – May 2019
Dear Church Family and Friends of Bethany Its good to sit down and communicate with you all again. This year seems to run away from all of us. Before you know it, months have slipped by and so much still needs to be done. Fortunately the Lord is never slow, neither late. He anticipates our…
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