OCTOBER 2008

issue 5now with NO regular features (almost)

Illumin8 - Edition 5 - October 2008

EDITOR’S NOTE COMMUNIC8WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT EIGHT WAYS

HEARTFELT - PLS BREAK THE CHAINGOING FOR GOLD EVENT FEEDBACK-SPIN2CARE

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contributorsWRITERS:

DESIGNERS:

LUCY GOODWIN, KATY BREYTENBACH, LEANNE BARNARD, KAREN DIETERICH, THE SPIN2CARE TEAM, DAVID BERTRAM

LEANNE BARNARD (COVER), KATY BREYTENBACH, WANJA FOCARACCIO, MARI SCHOEMAN

editors

Lucy

N TEMay you see the beauty of

Jesus all around you

in the month to come…

Illumin8 - Edition 5 - October 2008 1DESIGNED BY: MARI SCHOEMAN

communic8communic8 you said it...

Dear Illumin8,

Thank you for another great issue of your e-zine. I came across a spelling mistake,

but the more I thought about it, the more I questioned it. One of your articles used

the phrase 'alter call'. I have always understood this to mean that people are called

up to the altar of the church to give their lives to Christ or to receive the power of the

Holy Spirit, etc. So it should be spelt 'altar call.' BUT the main point of the exercise is

to bring change into their lives, so that by the power of God, they are 'altered'. So,

stick with 'alter call' after all!

Keep it up,

Yours,

David

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WINNING LETTER!

Illumin8 - Edition 5 - October 2008

“send us your ideas,testimonies

or commentsand your letter

could be designed

like this ”

Karen Dieterich

Those of you who read the August edition of Illumin8 will know that it contained many references to Loftus for Jesus, the event hosted by Angus Buchan that called 74000 people to worship together on 19 July. My fiancé was on the ball when tickets came on sale, and we bought 20 with the view to taking both our families along. But what do you say to someone when you invite them to such an event, especially when you yourself are not sure what to expect? It's not a band, a talk, a mass-hype or come-and-be healed event. And it's much easier to explain if the person you're inviting has at least seen the movie “Faith like potatoes”.

My dad was particularly skeptical. He's a conservative Methodist who attends church on a weekly basis and feels comfortable in a conservative worship and service environment. Alex described the gist of Angus's message to him: that men need to stand up and lead their households if South Africa is to get back on track. That if men and women assume the roles laid out for them in the Bible, we stand a much better chance of laying a firm foundation for our country's revival and restoration. Now you're not the first if this sounds a bit chauvinistic to you…

Not long after the dust had settled from the announcement of our engagement late last year, my dad sat me down and said that it was not obligatory to say the wedding vows that include the phrase “to honour and obey…”. Although a marriage is all about a commitment that finds its strength in a relationship with God, he does not want me to be caught in a subservient relationship where the husband has the final word, even if I believe it to be a poor judgment call. And in the Anglican Prayer Book, that phrase is 'optional' and for the bride only!

So how does this link up with what Angus was saying? Should women let their husbands run the household and make all the big decisions? Are we there to cook, clean and only make the minor choices that have little effect on the bigger picture of family life? To what extent should we “obey”? We need to take a deeper look at what the Bible says.

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In Ephesians 5:22-24 Paul says, “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour. Now as the Church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything”. This is to preserve order and harmony, and to promote respect. But don't stop reading there…

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies” – Ephesians 5:25-28.

This leadership role that the husband is asked to assume is a role of service, even to the point of washing of feet. My Bible's commentary explains that just as a Christ-honouring h u s b a n d w i l l n o t t a k e advantage of this role, so a Christ-honouring wife will not try to undermine her husband's leadership. No wife need fear a man who is willing to sacrifice

everything for her, make her well-being of primary importance and care for her as he cares for his own body.The point is that “submit” should not be replaced by “be subservient”. It's a voluntary form of submission that comes from trusting that the man you will call your husband will do his best to treat you the way Christ treats the Church. I am so blessed that I feel complete security in the fact that I look to my fiancé's relationship with his God and know that he is working on that relationship daily, that he will not be making decisions that affect us without trusting the Lord for guidance. I know that he will be a role model for our children. I want to have a marriage that shows our children how God loves His people. I look forward to shaping my role as a wife and perhaps later as a mom on some of the best and most relevant “self-help” advice available in our world today- the book that lies next to my bed. The book that holds each day's life lesson.

Angus has been holding a Mighty Men Conference the last few years. Thousands gather in Greytown to hear his message and the numbers have multiplied year by year. He mentioned that some women ask “When's our conference?”, or “Why isn't there a Mighty Women conference?” His answer is that he is holding these conferences for the sake of us women, to get men to see God's perspective, to go home and save their failing marriages and to rescue broken relationships.

So this is what I want. I want a husband who I can go to for counsel. I want a man who I know consults the Lord when he makes a big decision. I want a prayer partner. I want a safe place I can run to at the end of a tough day and know that together the three of us can take on any challenge. I want to trust that ours will be a Christian home, so that when the inevitable difficulties of life cross our path we can be sure that our foundation is Rock solid. And God will grant us the desires of our hearts (Psalm 37:4).

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DESIGNED BY: KATY BREYTENBACH

Hi all

After much thought, I decided to write this letter regarding the messages I often receive on email, as I

cannot believe the words I read sometimes. I know a great deal of you pass these messages on

meaning no harm but I would just like to share my thoughts on this even though it may offend some of

you. Please, just understand that it is written out of love as I don't want to send a message of

condemnation but rather just open your eyes and bring your attention to certain things. The messages

I'm talking about often come in the form of a Christian message, a beautiful prayer, a Bible verse and

are rather inspirational- I generally enjoy reading them. Somehow though, by the end I find myself

reading comments like “

I don't know about you, but how I understand the gospel is that it is one of love. It speaks about God's

love that is unconditional, unlimited and that it is our job as Christians to reflect that love that we have

received to all the people around us. Now email is obviously a wonderful medium of connecting with

people and sharing it, but I find myself getting highly offended when people try to use email to

manipulate others in this way. If you had to look at the first statement mentioned: “if y

ou love

God...then...” Firstly, a

ren't we all called to share HIS love in whatever way we HE calls us to?

If you think about it in another way, it u

ses 2

complete extremes... you either love God and send the message or you don't love him. That's ridiculous!

if you love God you will send this to 10 people”, “if you aren't

ashamed of God you will forward this (93% of people won't forward this)....a

nd worst of

all “if you want to be blessed you will send this to 5 people in the next few minutes and

only then God will bless you hugely. This person got R400 000 in their bank account etc.

etc. ”.

Using

phrases such as these, only creates action by putting you on a good old

fashioned guilt trip. I'm pretty sure God doesn't want us to spread his word or do

anything for him out of guilt or obligation.

PLS break

the chainby Leanne Barnard

subscribers@illumin8.co.za

FW: PLS Break the chainfuture-subscribers@illumin8.co.za

Illumin8 - Edition 5 - October 2008 8DESIGNED BY:LEANNE BARNARD

So you can't still be passionate and love God with all your heart if you don't send 1

email? Hmmm...

Just know

that God is LOVE and he is good and just. Above all, the message he wants

us to send others is one of hope, joy and love - not guilt, manipulation and

superstition..

Think about how ridiculous this sounds “Jesus himself, the man who gave up his own life for you, will ignore

you if you don't forward an EMAIL to 15 or more people”.

Secondly, I feel very strongly about the fact that people try to make you believe that God will/will not bless you

based on your ability to hit the forward button. Matthew 5:45 “For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the

good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.” These are gifts he gives because he is so great. Who

are we to think that we can in some way control the blessings of God by merely forwarding an email. It's like

we're saying “I forwarded the email Lord...now bless me!!” God is good and kind and will bless you because of his

grace.

So I ask kindly, please stop the spread of these manipulative parts of the emails. Ask the people sending to you

to break the chain – the messages are beautiful but please don't let them be tainted in this way. luvLeanne

subscribers@illumin8.co.za

FW: PLS Break the chain

future-subscribers@illumin8.co.za

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Those athletes who win gold medals at the Olympics are not lucky. Things

may work well for them, they may get chances that others don't get, but to

win a gold medal, you have to earn it. It requires a huge amount of training,

practice and dedication. It requires a winning attitude, where nothing else but

coming first is good enough. It requires good trainers and coaches, and it

requires a team backing you all the way.

Paul compared himself to an athlete (1 Corinthians 9.23-27). He said that in

the games, only one runner wins the prize, but in the Christian life, we can all

win. And next year, another runner wins, but nothing takes away our prize.

Therefore, we need to be even more dedicated than an Olympic athlete.

What is our prize? The main prize is eternal life, which we are given by

putting our faith in Christ. It costs us nothing, but it cost Jesus his life on the

cross. But we are never content with that alone. Because of who Jesus is,

our great Saviour and Lord; because of the incredible love of God, and

because of the guidance and the power of the Holy Spirit, we strive for

excellence. This requires the approach of a great athlete: training, practice,

dedication, a winning attitude, the help of coaches, and a team approach. All

of this is found in the church. Sometimes we have to seek these things, but

they are there. And the greatest prize is found not in being excellent oneself,

but in making other people excel. There is nothing greater than being like

Jesus, the ultimate example of success.

At the end of this life, I would like to hear the Lord congratulate me. It would

be far better than a gold medal to hear him say, 'Well done, good and faithful

servant.'

Going for

Gold!by David Bertram

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ss

It was 9am but already the sun was blazing down onto the parking-lot tarmac

of Queenscorner Shopping Centre in Pretoria. Trepidation and excitement

rippled through the crowd of 60 eager riders who were preparing for an epic

showdown. As the countdown approached zero nobody knew exactly what to

expect in this, the first ever Spin-2-Care charity spinathon…

The two hours which followed the word “GO!” were a blur of spinning,

spandex, and sweat. Spurred on by the cheers of their team mates, the

participants (from first timers to spinning veterans) pushed their bodies to the

limit clocking up kilometres for their team. Thanks to many generous

sponsors, each kilometre cycled represented funds which would end up in

the capable and devoted hands of PEN (Pretoria Evangelism and nurture).

Always aware of their opponents' progress, the riders took turns to keep their

distance climbing. The spinathon culminated in a sprint finish, pushing the

grand total to over 1500 km (enough to get to Cape Town) which translated to

over R20, 000 for the work of PEN.

Without the selfless contributions made by many volunteers and, of course,

the hand of our gracious God in every aspect of the event, the Spin-2-Care

dream would not have been realised. God willingly, Spin-2-Care 2009 will be

bigger, better and sweatier! Watch this space…

E V E N T R E V I E W

spin care2

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