Hello Dear friends, family and partners, it’s December the last month of year already!
I know I’m WAY overdue for a blog post, it’s been a really busy couple of weeks…..the Lord has been SO faithful I can’t wait to tell you all about it!!
Firstly I graduated 3rd year at Charis Bible College Heidelberg on the 29th of October!
Wow what a year, I’d be lying if I didn’t say that it’s been a rough or challenging year with many ups and downs. However I do believe there was still more ups than down, and I learned so many things through it all!!
3rd year class of Charis Heidelberg 2019!
Haha this picture pretty much describes our class - dramatic and artistic, and yes I was the only girl! Often times referred to as Snow White with the seven dwarfs (the other two dwarfs were not 3rd years :) but they were most definitely there - haha)
We have worked on each others nerves, but we were there for each other when we needed it.
I was truly blessed to be a part of this group of world changers!!
The day after graduation was last minutes pack up and move back to Cape Town as a busy few days awaited…..!
Shout out to Engela! One of my hostel and college friends who came to help me pack after very little sleep the night before due to graduation pack down.
I was photographer for the Charis Bible College Cape Town Graduation, on the 31st of Octobers (two days after my graduation)
Where my beautiful mother graduated second year and my awesome brother finished his first year!!
3 days later on the 2nd of November my brother got married and added another sister to our family!
This is the Lues family!!
From left to right: myself, tall guy in the back that’s Andrew, my brilliant Dad, Josua hiding in the back there hehe, the beautiful bride Larize, and my handsome brother CJ, my gorgeous mother, then my not so little sister Danika! In the front row we have David, then the youngest Michael and far right little Daniel!
What a beautiful and inspiring godly couple CJ and Larize is! Setting an example in godliness to the rest of their siblings of how things can be done right and biblically in the 21st Century!
Following the wedding, we as a family went to Babylonstoren to take some family photos with my aunt, uncle and two nephews being here all the way from England for the wedding!
And to end this year off even on a higher note, I got offered a job at Andrew Wommack Ministries South Africa!!
Wow my heart is overflowing with joy! What an incredible honour and dream come true to work for this incredible ministry to change peoples lives!!
I work in Marketing as the video editor, currently helping put together the Healing Journey stories that play on Faith Broadcasting Network every Wednesday Night at 9pm.
The Word - Imagination
Why is it so important to imagine something?
Well the Lord worked in my heart about this topic, why we need to imagine good things in our lives and the power thereof!
Romans 1:21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
When you don’t glorify God, when you are not thankful, you become vain in imagination!
Vain meaning - non productive.
Why is it important to have a good imagination?
⁃ Most people think imagination is childish, something only children do. “I don’t day dream, I’m a realist!”
- Or Christians relate imagination to a eastern religion, “we gonna sit down and imagine world peace.” NO!
Well other religions pray too, we don’t stop praying because of that!
Satan only counter-fits what is real!
Today I can tell you, every single person reading this has an imagination, and uses it every day!
It’s not whether your imagination works or not, it’s whether you choose if it will work FOR you or AGAINST you.
This is saying if you quit glorifying God, valuing the things of God, praising God, thanking God. Your mind will start to wonder off, and imagine negative things.
Your imagination is based on where your focus is!
However if you place value on the things of God, start praising and thanking Him, your imagination will start to work for you.
You can’t function without imagination!
If you look up the Word Imagination, it literally means to conceive something.
If you can’t see it with your imagination, you can’t do it!
This is why a builder uses blue-print, drawing a picture first.
- Why do they say “A picture is worth 1000 words?” because it activates your imaginations!
Your imagination is the ability to see something with your inner eyes, instead of you physical eyes.
Most of you if I ask you about your house growing up, you would go to a picture of your house in your mind. If I asked you how many bathrooms you have, you will remember the picture of your house and count how many there are. You don’t have that kind of information stored up in your brain, that the moment I ask you how many bathrooms - you say 3.
You don’t have the facts stored you have a picture!
This is your imagination! Your imagination can work for you or against you. Most people’s imagination works negatively.
When the doctor says, you will die of cancer, you instantly imagine yourself on the death bed.
What am I trying to say? We all have an imagination, but what are we focusing on?
- Are we focusing on the fact that our bank account is super low, that we have to go buy food, and we are not sure how we will make it thru this month. Are you seeing yourself starve? Out on the streets, because you didn’t pay your rent and got kicked out?
Or are you focusing, Imagining what the Word of God says about you?
Are you imagining how money just supernaturally enters your bank account, or how your landlord comes to you and says your rent has been paid this month, or how someone invited you over for dinner.
- Are you seeing yourself well, healed and full of energy or are you seeing yourself tired, stress out and exhausted?
This world is filled with so much negativity, are you focusing on that? Are you focusing on what just happened in the news?
Or are you turning off the news and saying no to the world and saying yes to His Word. Imagining the good things, seeing this country profit.
What are you daydreaming about? What do you think while you drive or walk home? Are you complaining because you don’t have a car or are you thankful because you have two feet that can walk you home?
Philippians 4:8, NIV: "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.”
Moving back to Cape Town and into my own little apartment I had no idea how I was going to make it our each month. Living expense is a lot more in Cape Town as well as driving further more.
However I chose to trust my Lord, my Father! I chose to believe Him, that He wanted me here and will find a way to take care of Him as He always has!
And oh I didn’t even have to wait long. I was not even moved into my new apartment when I was offered the job to work for Andrew Wommack Ministries!
The Lord provides friends! He takes care of us! All we have to do, is trust Him, wait a little and imagine Him taking care of our troubles!
Much Blessings
Heidi-Mari
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