{"id":33952,"date":"2022-10-03T15:18:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/?p=33952"},"modified":"2022-10-03T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T14:21:15","slug":"n-brief-van-jan-gouws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/afr\/n-brief-van-jan-gouws\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;n Brief van Jan Gouws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beste Vriend\/in van die vervolgde Kerk,<\/p>\n<p>Broer Andrew het op \u0149 keer ges\u00ea, <em>\u201cWanneer ons enige politiese of godsdienstige groep of nasie as die vyand sien, kan God se liefde ons nie bereik en oproep om iets daaromtrent te doen nie.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sy hele lewe het gespreek van God se liefde vir mense. Hy het na die donkerste plekke gegaan en die mees ekstremistiese leiers ontmoet om hulle van Christus se liefde te vertel. Hy was welbekend onder ekstremistiese groepe soos Hamas. En hulle het hom respekteer.<\/p>\n<p>Sy grootste nalatenskap is Geopende Deure. Hy het ges\u00ea dat indien hy geweet het waarin dit sou ontwikkel, hy dalk nooit die werk sou begin het nie. Maar hy het God se roeping gehoorsaam om wakker te wees en \u201cdie wat oorbly, wat op die punt staan om te sterwe, te versterk\u201d (Openbaring 3:2). En vandag, deur jou gebede en groothartige geskenke sit jy daardie werk voort namate jy help in die bediening en versterking van duisende Christene in meer as 60 lande w\u00eareldwyd.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33959 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.opendoors.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-4-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In \u0149 private gesprek met Broer Andrew het hy aan my ges\u00ea dat die Here \u0149 snaakse sin van humor het. Toe ek hom vra hoekom, het hy geantwoord dat die Here hom gekies het, \u0149 totale introvert, om hierdie werk te begin. Hy het toe bygevoeg, terwyl hy my in die o\u00eb gekyk het, dat indien God hom kon gebruik het, dan kan God enige iemand gebruik wat Hy kies.<\/p>\n<p>Noudat Broer Andrew by die Here is, voel dit asof daar \u0149 leemte is. Maar hierdie werk was nie Andrew se werk nie. Dit was, en is steeds, die Here se werk. En die Here in Sy groot genade gebruik jou en my om die leemte te vul.<\/p>\n<p>Terwyl ons vir Broer Andrew onthou, mag sy nalatenskap voortleef deur ons sodat die wat op die punt staan om te sterwe, versterk sal word om God se Koninkryk uit te bou waar geloof die meeste kos!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Saam in Sy diens,<\/p>\n<p>Jan Gouws<\/p>\n<p>Voormalige Uitvoerende Direkteur<\/p>\n<p>Geopende Deure Suider-Afrika<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beste Vriend\/in van die vervolgde Kerk, Broer Andrew het op \u0149 keer ges\u00ea, \u201cWanneer ons enige politiese of godsdienstige groep of nasie as die vyand sien, kan God se liefde ons nie bereik en oproep om iets daaromtrent te doen nie.\u201d Sy hele lewe het gespreek van God se liefde vir mense. 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