Happy New Year

So 2009 is but 1hour old here in the southern tip of africa. Here's wishing you and your loved ones a blessed 2009. May God's grace be upon you and your family. May you grow from strength to strength through His guidance and love and may all your dreams become reality according to His ultimate plan for you.

 

Looking forward to an awesome 2009 and many interesting and entertaining posts.

Keep well

1000 Hits

We have reached 1000 hits. Over the last few days we have gone over the 1000 marks in number of times that people have visit this blog. That is so awesome and I hope & pray that in some small way it has contributed to the Kingdom Of God. My prayer is that through this Gods Champions blog more lives are changed, sportsmen & women feel they have a forum to provide testimony & share about what the Lord has done in their lives. God Bless to all who read this blog!

Steven

Merry Christmas

May this Christmas be a special time for u & your loved ones, a time of reflection on what this special day symbolises(that Jesus was born to fulfill his destiny & save our lives), and a day filled with love, happiness & abundant blessings.

 

Psalm139 The Lord has a plan 4 each of us, the same He had a plan 4 his son Jesus. Celebrate the start of his destiny.

 

To all our family, friends, colleagues, clients, faithful blog readers and all who stumble across our blogs, we wish you all much love, and thank you for being part of our lives.

God Bless, Love Steven & Robyn - 'The Balls' (Keep Bouncing!)

AB De Villiers - First test SA vs AUS

So about 45 minutes ago the Protea National SA team beat Australia in the first test match of the series in Aus. What made it extra special is that it was the second highest chase total in the history of test cricket. This was also the first win on AUS soil.

 

AB De Villiers, scored 63 in the first innings and went on to score 106 in his second innings. It was a spectacular innings and he deservably won man of the match. When He scored his 100 he ran down the crease and looked upwards to thank God.

 

When the interviewed Him he stood firm in his faith & shared it with all. Last night, according to him, when he read the Bible last night he read a verse that said 'I the Lord God will be with you through deep waters and protect you'. He felt that God was with him and supported and guided him today.

Well done AB! Stand firm in fiath and do not be lead astray by others and the feelings and emotions of winning and success.

God wants true worship & He will punish the proud

So I am finally on leave for the Christmas break and my wife & I have moved our way from Pretoria towards Cape Town (SA). (if you want to check it out go to http://www.itsallaboutballs.blogspot.com). So this morning we have woken to a beautiful day in Knysna. This beautiful coastal city can only be God made. I am sitting outside on a wooden deck amongst 11 wooden houses, with a beautiful sun enhanced view of the Knysna Heads (two mountains that form the entrance way into the lagoon from the Indian Ocean.

 

So i opened my bible and opened it on Psalms 50 & 52. So I read. Here are some key aspects that were highlighted to me.

In Psalm 52 the question is asked 'Why do you brag about the evil you do?' How often do we brag? How often do I brag about things that is not because of my doing but rather through the grace of God? How often do I boast about 'my' successes? Should we not be sharing about God and what He has done for us? Yes we should. It is often so easy for us to brag about 'our things', 'our lives', 'our successes' BUT we find it difficult to brag to others about our Lord and Saviour, the one who knows everything, who created everything, the one who has a special marked out plan for each of us! The question is are we willing 'to be ruined forever' (v5) or are we willing to take up the challenge and be proud about God?

 

Linked to this I felt was Psalm 50, where we read about God wanting true worship. What is that, true worship? Well, i suppose if we think of one side, we could related it to being proud of God, being willing to brag about him. However in this psalm one thing that stood out is that it went about more than that. In verse 14-15 it reads:

"Give an offering to show thanks to God. Give God Most High what you have promised.

Call to me in times of trouble. I will save you, and you will honour me."

What does God want. He wants us to show thanks. Show thanks for what He has done for us. But more importantly, give what you promise. Don't make promises you can't keep and those you do make live up to them. What God wants and what shows him worship is calling on him when you in trouble. Call on Him during troubled times. Don't take things for granted, ask for his help and He will save us. But make sure you honour Him. By doing this we will honour God.

 

So go to Him for help and He will but go being willing to praise him.

God bless

SB