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  • Prelude to Sin, a miserable business

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    Lord’s Day 2 From where do you know your sins and misery? From the law of God. What does God’s law require of us? Christ teaches us this in a summary in Matthew 22: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is…

  • Pentecost

    Pentecost

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    By Ron.v.Leerdam When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were…

  • Praying for God’s will to be done

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    By Ron v. Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,How appropriate that on this first Sunday of Lent we are considering what it means to pray the 3rd petition of the Lord’s Prayer – ‘Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ What we call, ‘the Lord’s Prayer’ is more…

  • All of us are called to be praying that Father God is honoured

    All of us are called to be praying that Father God is honoured

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    By Ron v. Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,We live in a beautiful world of which our creator God, the one with all power, wisdom and knowledge said, “It is very good.”But today we switch on the news and what do we see?Things are not so good! We consider our lives, and…

  • The nature of prayer.

    The nature of prayer.

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    By Ron van Leerdam This is the first month of 2025 already gone!Do you ever get worried or anxious about the future?Is your heart at times troubled as you contemplate what lies ahead?What does Jesus teach us to do? Do not worry.Trust in God! Do you have times when you wake in the middle ofthe…

  • Christ’s Life Giving Sacrifice

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    By Ron van Leerdam. You can access Lord’s Day 28 here: https://www.heidelberg-catechism.com/en/lords-days/28.html Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, Every month we celebrate the Lord’s supper. Today we consider the significance of the sacrament that Jesus instituted. Jesus taught his disciples to eat and drink in remembrance of Him. Jesus and his disciples celebrated…

  • Wholehearted Joy part 2

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    By Ron van Leerdam Like the Prodigal son who finds his father’s arms wide open welcoming him back into his family, see’s the fatted calf prepared for the feast. There is real joy at being reconciled to our Heavenly Father.  However, the Christian does not only experience a heartfelt joy in God through Christ but…

  • True Wholehearted Joy

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    Part 1. By Ron van Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, does anyone know the reason God made people? He made them for His pleasure. We are made to make God happy. By nature we want to only please ourselves. In conversion – the theme of Lord’s Day 33 we are reminded…