Devotional Text: 1 Corinthians 3:4-11 (NIV)

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men? What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labour. For we are God’s fellow-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Nr 01/12
January 2012

Dear Member/Guest

Content of Edition

1. Newsletter from our Social Partner in Swaziland
2. Kehrhahnministries Song of the Month—Hillsong (Jonathon Douglass & Joel Houston): One Way
3. Additions to the Kehrhahnministries Constitution released

Testify to Love

KEHRHAHN MINISTRIES

Kehrhahn Ministries is an interdenominational Organization, who seeks to be not just a voice for the poor and the marginalised, but an organisation who seeks to help other Christian Non-Govermental Organizations in their tasks where a need is arising. This ministry was found by Georg Kehrhahn a, South African, who saw the need of the people. Under the Motto: Christ, the center of the World, our objectives are clear and that is to put the Word into Action through services where they might arise.

We want to be an organization who wants to inspire people, the way God’s Word has inspired us and this we would like to do through our devotions and articles. We therefore would welcome every person young and old to be part of this ministry of inspiration, by looking to God our Heavenly Father, as we tackle the issues of the world and our countries with the gifts which God has given us to enrich the lives of others. Kehrhahnministries is a a biblical oriented organization, which means that our motto rests on a command of Jesus in Mark 16:15 “He said to them “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” (NIV)  As well as on Jesus’

promise in Matthew 28:20 “ and teaching them to obey everything I have comanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of age.”(NIV) Therefore, our objective in helping others is also in training young men and women to be servant leaders, as Christ has set the example in John 13: 1-17, where he washes his disciples feet.

Since the internet has got such a profound impact in the lives of people today, we hope that our ministry will be a blessing for you as you read our articles and devotions, pondering on them and share with us your  views on the topics under forum or simply through making use of our prayer request facility, which is found along with the devotions.

We hope and pray that you will find inspiration through our website and that you will become part of our team in the near future.

With Christian Love

GEORG KEHRHAHN

Founder of Kehrhahnministries.za.org

Explanation of our Emblem

The emblem of Kehrhahnministries consist out the world globe with a black cross in the middle of the globe. The black Cross represents the death that is afflicted on this world. Jesus thus therefore came to take the death away and to bring life. This death is caused through greediness, wars and crime. Christ is therefore is in our midst and shares in our pain. It also symbolizes Christ’ redeeming power and that He has died for everyone irrespective of their religious background, tradition or creed. He calls Christians around the world to take up their Cross and follow Him, meaning to live a life of a Servant. Matthew 16:24-25 “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.” (NIV)  Our symbol also shows as a background a wave of water, which is greater than the globe. This wave is a wave of living water, which means that Christ wants to wash our hearts clean, and that He has renewed his commitment to us. Water represents life and in a world where water is a scarce resource, become a a life symbol. The streams of water, thus comes from the river of life, which is described in Revelation 22: 1-4 “Then the angel showed me the river of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit for every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads”.

The steam of life is here and that is the people who are willing to take up their cross, knowing where their resources are coming from.