BAFANA BAFANA FOR THE NELSON MANDELA SPORTS AND CULTURE DAY ENCOUNTER AGAINST BURKINA FASO(SATURDAY, 17 AUGUST) AT THE SOCCER CITY STADIUM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. “…Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate”(Psalm 127:1-5)(NIV). “PRAISE the LORD. How good it is to sing PRAISES to our God, how pleasant and fitting to PRAISE him ! The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the STARS and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp…”(Psalm 147:1- 20)(NIV). “In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong City; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts. Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith. You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal…”(Isa.26:1- 19)(NIV). “Who has believed our message and to whom has the ARM of the LORD been revealed ? He grew up before him like a tender SHOOT, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him…”(Isa.53:1- 12)(NIV). “…for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. Then will all your people be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the SHOOT I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor. The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly”(Isa.60:1- 22). SHINE LIKE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE AS YOU HOLD OUT THE WORD OF LIFE(PROV.8:12 – 31). “After JESUS was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of king Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born King of the Jews ? We saw his STAR in the east and have come to worship him…” “And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son”(Mat.2:1- 15)(NIV). “…And there were shepherds living out in the FIELDS nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the HEAVENLY host appeared with the angel, PRAISING God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests”(Luke 2:1- 14)(NIV). “Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a BODY, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the World, was taken up in glory”(1 Tim.3:16)(NIV). “…Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone – an image made by man’s design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the World with justice by the man he has APPOINTED. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead”(Acts 17:16 – 31)(NIV).“Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal Life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the sight of God, who gives Life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time – God, the blessed and only Ruler, the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen”(1 Tim.6:12 – 16)(NIV). “And what more shall I say ? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Japhthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in BATTLE and routed foreign armies”(Heb.11:32 – 34)(NIV).“…But you have come to Mount Zion, to the HEAVENLY Jerusalem, the City of the Living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, to JESUS the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel”(Heb.12:1- 24)(NIV). JESUS A SHOOT FROM THE STUMP OF JESSE AND THE WORD OF LIFE BECAME FLESH(JOHN 1:1- 46). “I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come !” I looked, and there before me was a white horse ! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a CROWN, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest…” “Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb ! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand ?”(Rev.6:1- 17)(NIV). “I saw HEAVEN standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his HEAD are many CROWNS. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of HEAVEN were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS…”(Rev.19:11- 21)(NIV). “…This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years”(Rev.20:1- 6)(NIV). SHALOM !
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