“GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST:”

Donderdag 27 Maart 2025.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Lukas 19:28-38)

“EER AAN GOD IN DIE HOOGSTE HEMEL!”

Nadat Jesus hierdie dinge gesê het, het Hy voor hulle uit geloop, op pad na Jerusalem toe.
Toe Hy naby Betfage en Betanië kom, teen die Olyfberg, stuur Hy twee van Sy dissipels vooruit met die opdrag:
“Gaan na díe dorpie toe, daar reg voor julle. Net soos julle inkom, sal julle daar ‘n jong donkie kry wat vasgemaak staan. Geen mens het nog ooit op hom gery nie. Maak hom los en bring hom hier.
“En as iemand vir julle vra: ‘Waarom maak julle hom los?’ moet julle hom antwoord: ‘Die Here het hom nodig.’
Die twee wat gestuur is gaan toe en vind alles net soos Hy vir hulle gesê het.
Terwyl hulle die donkie losmaak, vra sy eienaars vir hulle: ‘Waarom maak julle die donkie los?’
Hulle antwoord toe: ‘Die Here het hom nodig.’
Toe bring hulle die donkie na Jesus toe. Daarna gooi hulle van hulle klere op sy rug, en help Jesus opklim.
Terwyl Hy aanry, het hulle van hulle klere op die pad oopgegooi.
Toe Hy naby die stad kom, teen die afdraande van die Olyfberg, het die hele skare juigende volgelinge, God uit volle bors begin prys oor al die wonderwerke wat hulle gesien het.
Hulle het gesing: ‘Loof die Koning. Hy wat in die Naam van die Here kom! Vrede in die hemel, en eer aan God in die HOOGSTE HEMEL!’

PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Thursday 27 March 2025.

(Luke 19:28-38)

“GLORY TO GOD JN THE HIGHEST:”

And when He said these things, He went on ahead, going up to
Jerusalem.
When He drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount that was called Olivet, He sent two of His disciples,
saying: “Go to the village in front of you, where on entering, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat.
“Untie it, and bring it here. If anyone asks you: ‘Why are you untying the colt?, you shall say this: ‘The Lord Has need of it. ‘
So those who were sent went away and found it just as He Had told them.
And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them: ‘Why are you untying the colt?’
And they said: ‘The Lord Has need of it.’
And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt , they also set Jesus on it.
And as He rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road.
As He was drawing near, – already in the way down the Mount of Olives, – the whole multitude of His disciples, began to rejoice and to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen,
saying: ‘Blessed be the King Who comes in the Name of the Lord!’ Peace in heaven and Glory to God in the HIGHEST!’

THE SON OF MAN CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST:

Woensdag 26 Maart 2025.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Lukas 19:1-10)

“DIE SEUN VAN DIE MENS HET GEKOM ON TE SOEK EN TE RED WAT VERLORE IS:”

Jesus het in Jerigo gekom, en was op pad deur die stad.
Daar was ‘n man met die naam Saggeus, die hoof tollenaar, ‘n ryk man.
Hy het probeer om Jesus te sien, maar weens die skare kon hy nie, omdat hy te kort van postuur was.
Hy hardloop toe vooruit en klim in ‘n wilde-vyeboom om Jesus te kan sien, want Hy sou daar verbygaan.
Toe Jesus by die plek kom, kyk Hy op en sê vir hom: “Saggeus, kom gou af, want Ek moet vandag in jou huis tuis gaan.”
Saggeus het toe gou afgeklim, en Jesus met blydskap ontvang.
Almal wat dit gesien het, het beswaar gemaak en gesê: ‘Hy gaan by ‘n sondige man tuis!’
Maar Saggeus het opgestaan en vir die Here gesê: ‘Here, ek gaan die helfte van my goed vir die armes gee, en waar ek iets van iemand afgepers het, gee ek dit vierdubbel terug ‘
Daarop sê Jesus: “Vandag het daar redding vir hierdie huis gekom, ook hiedie man is ‘n kind van Abraham.
“Die Seun van die mens het immers gekom om te soek en te red wat verlore is.”

PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Wednesday 26 March 2025.

(Luke 19:1-10)

“THE SON OF MAN CAME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THE LOST:”

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.
And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and was very rich.
And he was seeking to see Who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature.
So he ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Jesus, for He was about to pass that way.
And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him: “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.”
So he hurried and came down, and received Him joyfully.
And when all the people who stood around saw it, they grumbled: ‘He Has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.’
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord: ‘Behold Lord, the half of my goods I will give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.’
And Jesus said to him: “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.
“For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Many thanks to Maryann Price for this powerful concluding prayer. May God bless you richly.

“JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME!”

Dinsdag 25 Maart 2025.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Lukas 18:31-43)

“JESUS, SEUN VAN DAWID, ONTFERM U OOR MY.:”

Jesus het die twaalf opsy geneem en vir hulle gesê: “Kyk, ons gaan nou Jerusalem toe, en alles wat die profete oor die Seun van die mens geskryf het, sal daar bewaarheid word.
“Hy sal uitgelewer word aan die heidene; Hy sal bespot en beledig word; hulle sal op Hom spoeg,
“Hom gésel en Hom daarna doodmaak. En op die derde dag sal Hy uit die dood opstaan.”
Maar van hierdie dinge het hulle niks begryp nie. Die woorde was vir hulle duister, en hulle het nie verstaan waaroor Jesus praat nie.
Jesus het naby Jerigo gekom. Toe ‘n blinde man wat daar langs die pad sit en bedel,
die menigte mense hoor verbyloop, en toe vra hy wat aan die gang is.
Hulle vertel hom toe: ‘Jesus van Nasaret gaan hier verby.’
Toe roep hy uit: ‘Jesus, seun van Dawid, ontferm U oor my!’
Die mense wat voor geloop het, het hom beveel om stil te bly, maar hy het al harder uitgeroep: ‘Seun van Dawid, ontferm U oor my!’
Jesus gaan toe staan en gee bevel dat hy na Hom toe gebring moet word. Toe hy naby kom, vra Jesus vir hom:
“Wat wil jy hê moet Ek vír jou doen?” En hy antwoord: ‘Here, dat ek kan sien!’
Jesus antwoord hom: “Goed, jy kan sien! Jou geloof het jou gered.”
En onmiddelik kon hy sien, en hy het Jesus gevolg en God geprys. Ook al die mense wat dit gesien het, het aan God die eer gegee.

PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Tuesday 25 March 2025.

(Luke 18:31-43)

“JESUS, SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME:”

And taking the twelve, He said to them: “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of man by the Prophets will be accomplished.
“For He Will be delivered over to the Gentiles, and Will be mocked and shamefully treated, and spit upon.
“And after flogging Him, they will kill Him. And on the third day He Will rise.”
But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
As He drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside, begging.
And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant.
They told him: ‘Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.’
The blind man cried out: ‘Jesus, Son of David, Have mercy on me!’
And those who were in front rebuked him.telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more: ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’
Jesus stopped and commanded the blind man to be brought to Him. And when he came near, Jesus asked him:
“What do you want Me to do for you?” He said: ‘Lord, let me recover my sight’
And Jesus said to him: “Recover your sight, your faith has made you well!”
And immediately he recovered his sight, and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

EVERYONE WHO EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED:

Maandag 24 Maart 2025.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Lukas 18:9-17).

ELKEEN WAT HOOGMOEDIG IS SAL VERNEDER WORD:

Met die oog op die mense wat seker was dat hulle eie saak met God reg is, en wat op ander neergesien het, het Jesus hierdie gelykenis vertel:
“Twee mense het na die tempel toe gegaan om te bid. Die een was ‘n Fariseër, en die ander ‘n tollenaar.
Die Fariseër het gaan staan en só gebid: ‘O God, ek dank U dat ek nie soos ander mense is nie: Diewe, bedrieërs, egbrekers en ook nie soos hierdie tollenaar nie.
“‘Ek vas twee keer in die week, en ek gee ‘n tiende van al my inkomste.’
“Maar die tollenaar het daar ver bly staan, en wou selfs nie na die hemel opkyk nie. Hy het bedroef op sy bors geslaan en gesê: ‘O God, wees my sondaar genadig.’
“Ek sê vir julle hierdie man, en nie die ander een nie, het huistoe gegaan as iemand wie se saak met God reg is. Elkeen wat hoogmoedig is, sal verneder word, en hy wat nederig is, sal verhoog word.”
Die mense het ook kindertjes na Jesus toe gebring, dat Hy hulle moet aanraak. Toe die dissipels dit sien, het hulle met die mense daaroor geraas.
Maar Jesus het die kindertjies nader geroep en gesê: “Laat die kindertjies na My toe kom, en moet hulle nie verhinder nie, want die Koninkryk van God, is juis vir mense soos hulle.
“Dit verseker Ek julle: Wie die Koninkryk van God nie soos ‘n kindjie ontvang nie, sal daar nooit ingaan nie.
PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Monday 24 March 2025.

(Luke 18:9-17)

EVERYONE WHO EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED:

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt.
“ Two men went up, into the temple to pray. One a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
“‘I fast twice a week; and I give tithes of all that I get.’
“But the tax collector standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven; but beat his breast, saying: ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner.’
“I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself, will be exalted.”
The people were bringing even infants to Him that He might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
But Jesus called them to Himself, saying: “Let the children come to Me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the Kingdom of God.
“Truly I say to you: Whoever does not receive the Kingdom of God like a child, shall not enter it.”

HE WILL GIVE JUSTICE TO THEM SPEEDILY:

Sondag 23Maart 2025.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Lukas 18:1-8)

HY SAL HULLE HELP, EN GOU OOK:

Jesus het vir hulle ‘n gelykenis vertel om duidelik te maak dat mens altyd moet aanhou bid, sonder om moedeloos te word.
Hy het gesê: “In ‘n sekere stad was daar ‘n regter, wat geen eerbied vir God, of agting vir ‘n mens gehad het nie.
“En in dieselfde stad het ‘n weduwee gewoon wat hom herhaaldelik kom vra het: ‘Doen aan my reg in my saak teen my teenparty.’
“‘n Tyd lank wou hy nie, maar later het hy vir homself gesê: ‘Vir God het ek wel geen eerbied nie, en aan ‘n mens stuur ek my nie,
“‘maar aangesien hierdie weduwee so aanhou om my lastig te val, sal ek haar in haar regsaak help, anders kom klap sy my op die ou end ook nog.’
Toe sê die Here: “Hoor wat sê die onregverdige regter.
“Sal God dan nie aan Sy uitverkorenes wat dag en nag tot Hom roep, reg doen nie? Sal Hy hulle lank laat wag?
“Ek sê vir julle: Hy sal hulle help, en gou ook! Maar sal die Seun van die mens by Sy koms nog geloof op die aarde vind?”

PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Sunday 23 March 2025.

(Luke 18:1-8)

HE WILL GIVE JUSTICE TO THEM SPEEDILY:

And He told them a parable to the effect that they always ought to pray, and not lose heart.
He said: “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.
“And there was a widow in that city, who kept coming to him, saying: ‘Give me justice against my adversary!’
“For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself: ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
“‘yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’
And the Lord said: “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
“And Will God not give Justice to the elect, who cry to Him day and night?Will He delay long over them?
“I tell you, He will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, Will He find faith on earth?”

Innige dank aan Maggie van Vuuren, vir hierdie gepaste afsluitings gedagtes. Mag God jou ryklik seën.

“YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WELL:”

Saterdag 22 Maart 2025.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Lukas 17:11-19)

“JOU GELOOF HET JOU GERED:”

Op Sy reis na Jerusalem, het Jesus al met die grens tussen Samaria en Galilea langs gegaan.
Net toe Hy ‘n dorpie wou binnegaan, kom tien melaatse mans Hom tegemoet maar hulle bly op ‘n afstand staan,
en roep hard: ‘Jesus, Here, ontferm U oor ons!’
Toe Hy hulle sien, sê Hy: “Gaan wys julle vir die priesters.” Op pad daarheen het hulle gesond geword.
Een van hulle het, toe hy sien dat hy genees is, het omgedraai en God hardop geprys.
Hy het voor die voete van Jesus neergeval en Hom bedank. Hierdie man was ‘n Samaritaan.
Toe sê Jesus: “Was daar nie tien wat gesond gemaak is nie? Waar is die ander nege dan?
“Is daar niemand anders wat omgedraai het om God die eer te gee, behalwe hierdie man, wat nie ‘n Jood is nie?”
Toe sê Hy vir hom: “Staan op en gaan huis toe. Jou geloof het jou gered.”

PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Saturday 22 March 2025.

(Luke 17:11-19)

“YOUR FAITH HAS MADE YOU WELL:”

On the way to Jerusalem He was passing along between Samaria and Galilee .
And as He entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance,
and lifted up their voices, saying: ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’
When He saw them, He said to them: “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice.
And he fell on his face atJesus feet, giving Him thanks. He was a Samaritan.
And then Jesus answered: “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
“Was no one found to return and give praise to God, except this foreigner?”
And Jesus said to him: “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.”