Dear All,

Making and writing Christmas cards before Christmas is an old common tradition. Come Christmas time, I often take an extra turn at our post office, (still) hoping to find some cards in our box. If there are any, I am curious to know: who send them? Is it perhaps from someone that we, ourselves forgot? Let me send a card to him/her, as well; yes, that would be considered something like a duty?! Unfortunately, it seems our post office is forever in dispute with its employees and now almost everyone refers to our normal post as: ‘snail mail’. Indeed, it can now take a few months before a card reaches its destination. That requires some specific planning if you do want to send someone a card.

 In our electronic age we can now send our best wishes much faster and cheaper. It is just that the receiver can no longer hang rows of cards on the wall. What a pity. Nobody can see how popular we are…. I suppose this is not important, but I am sure some of the older people (like me) do still like it if they get the real thing. Here at CCMSA and Heart for Children, we decided to keep up with the old tradition and send all our regular monthly donors a real Christmas card. A special word of thanks here goes to Annette, Adele and Annatjie who quite literally spent a whole week making all the Christmas cards that we needed!

 On receiving Christmas cards from our relatives and friends, I could often already guess what was written on them. Still, I was always incredibly happy with every card that I got. The words are always the beautiful, good words and blessings for Christmas and the New Year. However, most of you know that that is not the only reason why we send Christmas cards. The reason for Christmas is the happy message: “JESUS IS BORN”! That is the most wonderful and beautiful message of all time and for all people. You do not keep that to yourself… you want to pass it on to all who are important and dear to you. Jesus’ message was, “I am the Light of the world”. The night is gone, the light has come, there is no fear: God is among us. His Spirit is in us. There is joy in my soul! Jesus said, for those who believe in Me, I prepare a residence in Heaven. (John chapter 14).

 I accepted this good news when I was still a teenager and, miraculously, Jesus was born in my heart. That makes me intensely happy, every day. I am hoping that this is in fact the message that is conveyed on every Christmas card that I write. Somehow I am reminded now of times gone by when we had these tickets to Heaven that showed our broadcasting times at the back. I was amazed that I still found the artwork, somewhere on my computer. Here it is: 

May I offer you one of these tickets? You do not have to pay for it, and that is a good thing because you could never afford to buy it. Truth is:  It is for free!! The only question is: Have you signed up yet? It will change your life forever.

We wish you a very blessed Christmas and a healthy and a happy New Year!!

Henry and Annette Pool

Hennie Pienaar posted this prayer on Landbou Sosiaal. I’d like to share it, it’s a prayer from my heart too!

My Jesus, My God, My King, My Lord, My Master, My Rabbi, My Physician, My Caregiver, My own Abba Father:

In these early hours of the morning that the thief considers his time to steal, rob, murder and destroy, I come in prayer, to you my God, and I ask you with faith and confidence to send legions and legions of Angels to every dear farmer, his family, his workers, his fields and his livestock. Make them invisible to the enemy, the thieves, and the murderers. Please intervene miraculously so that every single satanic child will flee and realize that the Supernatural is in charge. Make every farmer sleep quietly because there is a long day ahead. Please protect every dear child of You, hear my prayer Lord, hear my prayer!

I plead with you to take control of South Africa, I ask you to rule this country, I plead with You Lord to give this country back to us, Your children. I beg of You to let prosper South Africa again. I beg of You to give us leaders and a government who seek You, who put You first, who will glorify Your name again! May your Word rule in our schools, factories, businesses, and families! This country is perishing, and only You and You alone have the power, the authority to take control and save us from the enemy!

We know that with You on our side we can overcome any storm, but without You we will drown. I beg of You Lord, my God, please don’t leave us or forsake us, don’t leave us alone, keep us from being in the hand of evil any longer! I’m interceding with You this morning, for my country, my birth ground, the country that my great parents, grandparents, and my parents built with sweat and tears, where my children were born in and where we must rule as heirs and continue to live in You again.

I praise you Father, I honor you, I worship you, there is no other God but you. I will only be able to have peace in my heart and soul once I know that South Africa has turned to you again. Therefore, I turn to You and ask with a heart full of faith and hope and love that you will please hear and answer our prayer, that You will hear and answer my heart’s desire. Thank You Father, thank You and thank You again for hearing our prayer. All honor to You in the Highest Heavens and on Earth! This is my prayer in the name above all names, Jesus of Nazareth. Amen and Amen

I ask again that everyone prays with me and will share this prayer, copy and paste so that we can approach all people together in prayer to our Father. Amen
(I am sending on. Let’s all pray together)

Hennie Pienaar het op Landbou Sosiaal hierdie gebed geplaas. Ek deel graag, dit is n gebed uit my hart ook!

My Jesus, my God, my Koning, my Heer, my Meester, Rabbi, my Geneesheer, my Versorger, my eie eie Abba Vader, in hierdie vroeë oggend-ure wat die dief as sy werksure beskou, sy tyd om te moor, te roof, te steel en te verwoes,  tree ek in gebed tot U my God en ek vra U met geloof en vertroue dat U legioene en legioene Engele sal stuur om elke liewe boer op elke liewe plaas te beskerm, sy familie, sy werkers, sy vee, sy landerye, sy lewende hawe. Maak hulle onsigbaar vir die vyand, die dief, die moordenaars. Tree U in Vader sodat elke enkele satanskind op vlug sal slaan, dat hulle sal besef die Bo-Natuurlike is in beheer. So ook elke burger wat rustig slaap in hierdie oggend-ure omdat daar n lang dag voorlê, beskerm elke liewe kind van U Vader, hoor my gebed Here, hoor my gebed!

Ek pleit by U om weer beheer oor Suid-Afrika te neem, ek vra U om hierdie land te regeer, ek pleit by U Here om hierdie land terug te gee aan ons, U kinders. Ek vra U om Suid-Afrika weer voorspoedig te maak. Ek smeek U my God gee vir ons leiers en n regering wat U raadpleeg, wat U heel eerste stel, wat U Naam weer sal verheerlik! Gee dat U weer in ons skole en werke en besighede en gesinne sal heers! Hierdie land is besig om te vergaan en net U en U alleen het die mag en die krag, die outoriteit om beheer te neem en ons van die vyand te red! Met U loop ons n bende storm my God, maar sonder U in beheer gaan ons ten gronde!

Ek smeek U Here, my God, moet ons asseblief nie begewe of verlaat nie, moet ons nie alleen laat nie, keer dat ons nie langer in die hand van die bose sal wees nie! Ek tree vanoggend in my God, vir my land, my geboorte grond, die land waar my groot ouers, oupas en oumas, my ouers en hulle ouers in die sweet van hul aangesig gebou het, waar my kinders in gebore is en waar ons as erfgename moet heers sodat ons weer in U mag kan voortbestaan. Ek loof U Vader, ek eer U, ek aanbid U, daar is geen ander God behalwe U nie. Ek sal eers weer vrede in my hart en siel kan hê as ek weet dat Suid-Afrika na U toe terug gekeer het – daarom my God draai ek na U toe en vra ek met n hart vol geloof en hoop en liefde dat U ons sondaar kinders asseblief genadig sal wees, dat U my hartsgebed sal hoor en verhoor. Dankie Vader, dankie dankie en nogmaals dankie daarvoor. Alle eer aan U in die Hoogste Hemele en op Aarde n welbehae! Dit is my gebed in die Naam bo alle name, Jesus van Nasaret. Amen en Amen

Ek vra dat elkeen saam met my intree en bid, hierdie gebed sal share, sal copy en paste sodat ons hele volk saam in gebed tot ons Vader kan nader. Amen

(Ek stuur aan. Kom ons almal bid saam)