Category: Ron v. Leerdam
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Prelude to The mystery of God’s Providence
A prophecy: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. Israel Doubts God’s Love “I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”…
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Worshiping and praising our glorious God
Brothers & Sisters in Jesus Christ, This morning we look at the last two verses of Jude – perhaps the most well known part of this short letter – we could also say that Jude is a short sermon – just 25 verses. The verses are well-known to us because we often sing the last…
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Prelude to: The First Commandment
People are incurably religious. We have got to serve someone; we have to trust in, to give our life to something; in order to give life it’s meaning and purpose. If not, everything is vanity and meaningless! A life lived without true meaning or purpose quickly destroys the essential nature of the human being. All…
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Prelude to: Worshiping and praising our glorious God
As the new year of 2026 has well and truly begun, it makes for a fitting start to this years series of sermons to focus on worship. We can thank God for this new year and recognise that when we worship God, we are not doing so half-heartedly. Our God is an awesome, all glorious…
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Prelude to Living for Jesus – putting off the old, putting on the new
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in…
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Walking with God by faith, honouring him always!
By Ron. v. Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,I want to suggest that sometimes we spend our lives being reactive instead of proactive. We react to the circumstances and situations we face, rather than thinking through what God would have us do and how He would have us respond towhat ever it…
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Standing firm in our faith
By Ron v. Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,I do not know about you, but my heart was greatly saddened as I heard and saw the media’s fascination with ‘HALLOWEEN’.The Evil One continues to spread his lies, deceiving many people. His opposition to the reign and rule of the one true living…
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Prelude to Standing firm in our faith
By Ron. v. Leerdam One of Satan’s strategies is to make us look inward at ourselves and forget the mighty power of God.He wants us to rely on ourselves.What happens then?We see our own weaknesses.We can become distressed and depressed and even question, “Is God with us?”Satan wants us to look inward and down.But what…
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Walking with God
By Ron. v. Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,God has created a wonderful world and human beings are most wonderfully made.We are created in God’s image.From the beginning we are made to walk with God. The relationship Adam and Eve enjoyed with God at first was perfect – love, joy, peace, harmony,…
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Not Ashamed
By Ron v. Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,I happened to watch the movie, ‘What we did on holidays.’The Scottish comedian, Billy Connolly, was a grandfather whose 3 grandchildren aged 9,7 &5 ended up giving him a ‘Viking funeral’ when he died on the beach, without any of the adults being informed…
Mama by the water 