I was brought up in a Christian home and attended church regularly. I was a believer and went through the Dutch Reformed Church's full Catechism, of which I was a confirmed member.At the age of 16, I rebelled, much to the dismay of my parents. I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I thank God for having a brother and father who love and serve Him. And who faithfully prayed for my eyes to be opened and heart to be softened. I clearly remember being irritated with my brother, never wanting to tell him anything for he would...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I had the privilege of attending a baptismal service at my home church on Sunday. When I hear from the mouths of those baptised, how the Lord has dealt with them and transformed their lives, I feel such an urge to shout praise to God! I would like...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The years that followed were very emotional. The Lord had restored my life and I was in fresh, close communion with Him. I praise Him for His saving grace and power. Of greatest influence in my life at that time (apart from the Bible) were the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
By God's grace, He was driving me to discipline myself to become a godly person. From the very next morning, I began to set my alarm clock. Being at an advanced state of laziness, I began to set my alarm for 08:00 in the morning. For me, that was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
My wife, daughter (Chyreece had been born in 1996), and I gave away most of our belongings and took our caravan (trailer) down to the Natal South Coast and moved in to a caravan park (trailer park). If we had to live in a caravan park, we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It was around that same time that the Ambulance Service became satisfied that my medical condition was of such a nature that I could not safely continue to work in that line of work, so they finalized my medical boarding. Having dropped down from...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Over the years, I had become very lazy in my Christian life and had not disciplined myself to feed on the Word of God and had not been diligent in personal communion with the Lord. At school, even though I was known as a Christian, and was...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The year before I entered military service, I had met a young man who was a paramedic with the Johannesburg Ambulance Service, and he had made such an impression on me that I had actually changed my military service detail from infantry to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I'm always thrilled to hear how the Lord has changed other people's lives, and to see how He continues that work in a thrilling way. Pieter, a brother in Christ at my home church has asked me for my personal testimony, so I will take this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
