Issue 5: The Incoming Issue by illumin8

OCTOBER 2008

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contents EDITOR’S NOTEPg1COMMUNIC8Pg2 WHAT WOMEN REALLY WANT Pg3EIGHT WAYSPg5 HEARTFELT - PLS BREAK THE CHAIN Pg8 GOING FOR GOLDPg10 EVENT FEEDBACK-SPIN2CAREPg11

contributors WRITERS: LUCY GOODWIN, KATY BREYTENBACH, LEANNE BARNARD, KAREN DIETERICH, THE SPIN2CARE TEAM, DAVID BERTRAM DESIGNERS: LEANNE BARNARD (COVER), KATY BREYTENBACH, WANJA FOCARACCIO, MARI SCHOEMAN

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Lucy DESIGNED BY: MARI SCHOEMAN

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communic8 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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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… 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”.

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 husband will not take 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

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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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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.

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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.'

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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,

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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…

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