South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
From all of us at Shalom Ministries, we want to wish our friends and supporters of Gateway a very, very happy and peaceful new year, we trust that 2024 will be a special year for each and every one of us. One of my most favorite scriptures as a new […]
“And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there.” — Matthew 14:23 (NKJV) As we are getting very busy preparing for the wonderful Christmas Season, it is also very important that we spend […]
Robert Schuller once said: “Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.” No pain, no gain. If we look at the Word of God in Romans 5:3 & 4 (NKJV) — 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope […]
Let us look at the Word of God in the book of Hebrews chapter 3, verse 6 (NKJV) — “But Christ, as a Son over His own house, whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope to the end.” Whose house are […]
I learnt many years ago as a young man, that if I was not going forward, I was definitely slipping backwards. There is no such thing as being in neutral. You are either expanding or your losing ground. The Word of God in Revelation 3:16 (NKJV), reads: “So then, because […]
If we go to the Word of God in the first book of 1 Timothy 2:2 — “Lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and]reverence for this is good and acceptable in the sight of our Saviour.” We have to stop chasing our tail, as they say, rushing […]
In the Gospel of Matthew 6:33 the Bible tells us to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all these other things will be added unto us. Doing some research, I just realiSed that being a successful businessman is not a coincidence, no, it comes through […]
We need to count the cost when we are running the race for the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul knew about this and he said in Philippians 3.12 (NKJV) — “Not that I have already attained,[a] or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ […]
John 12:46 (NKJV) I have come as a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. Early this morning as I was rising, we had another power cut, so I made my dear wife, Jill, a cup of tea with the torch on the […]
First of all, we want to wish you a very happy and a very peaceful new year 2023. We trust that you will walk with your eyes fixed on the Lord Jesus Christ. We want to speak to you today about the importance of reading your Bible in these last days. There […]