Marnes Nel

Love made visible

God is love. – 1 John 4:8 God demonstrated His great love for us by sending His only son to die for us on the cross. When we want to see what love really looks like, we need to look at the cross of Jesus. The cross is an expression of God’s love for us. […]

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Forgiven to know Him

I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally. – Philippians 3:10 (The Message) The life of a believer starts where most people think it ends. God once showed me an image in regards with this. Imagine this dance floor with a very uneven surface. How will you dance if there

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Jesus calmed the storm

Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great and wonderful calm (a perfect peaceableness). – Matthew 8:26 One day Jesus and his disciples were out on the sea and a violent storm arose. Jesus was asleep in the boat, perfectly at peace, while the storm was raging.

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The power within us

For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power. – 1 Corinthians 4:20 Believers in Christ, you have power inside of you that is far beyond what you can ever imagine. This power is stronger than anything you see and this power dwells within you! The power inside of you is even

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Signs and wonders

This, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory [by it He displayed His greatness and His power openly], and His disciples believed in Him [adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him]. – John 2:11 (AMP) We should never settle for a powerless “gospel” message.

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Fruit by Grace

12 The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like the palm tree [be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful]; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible]. 13 Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 [Growing in grace] they shall still bring

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The obedience of Christ

And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. – Philippians 2:8 I have heard so many people say that they were disobedient in one way or another and that God is now teaching them through a certain sickness or disease to

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Divine Encounters

Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” – Luke 24:36 After Jesus was raised from the dead, before His ascension, he appeared to His disciples a few times and also to others. The fact that we live after He ascended to the Father does not mean that He cannot

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Total Freedom

IN [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off]. – Galatians 5:1 (AMP) A lot of believers are in the struggle of trying to change themselves. We

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