josef | 29/08/2010 11:00 | Comments : 1 | Views: 9

  At the beginning of August I went to visit my family in Austria and was gone for almost 3 weeks. It was a wonderful trip but it is good to be back in South Africa. The flight to London was comfortably but sleep evaded me. Francesca, who assured me that she is not of Italian pedigree, kept me company. She was a skinny but lovely young British girl returning [More...]

josef | 27/07/2010 12:24 | Views: 25

I thank the Lord for Family Care Ministries. I am blessed because of them. I left the township of Soweto and moved south to the township of Orange Farm due to the challenges I had with the father of my children especially when he was drunk.   Here in Orange Farm I had no neighbors at first, but I was not lonely since I had the Lord to spend time [More...]

josef | 21/07/2010 09:37 | Views: 43

Josef sustained a head injury This is a testimony of the mighty protection of the Lord and my second involvement with a serious accident in a little more than three month. My first one was traveling with with a taxi that overturned four times as reported on April 06,2010.  I was towing a friend’s car on the N1 highway shortly before [More...]

josef | 12/07/2010 14:29 | Views: 16

I am back - It is hard to believe it's already over a month since my last posting As the old saying goes “Time flies when you have a good time!” We sure are having a good time sharing God’s love and message with others, empowering all those we meet with the word of God, feeding their soul and body. THE WORLD CUP HAS COME AND [More...]

josef | 28/06/2010 12:32 | Views: 31

 Keep looking up; remember there is only mud under your feet.   It is thrilling to be out there in the Fan Parks and TV parks that are set up in many of the townships so that the people can watch the games on big screens. It provides us the golden opportunity to introduce the fans to the coach of life “Jesus” who can coach in the game of [More...]

josef | 14/06/2010 12:27 | Views: 27

THE WORLD CUP IS HERE!!!   Few events capture the world's attention like the World Cup does every four years. The 2006 final attracted an estimated television audience of 715 million, and the entire process, including qualifying and elimination rounds, a total of over 26 billion—the equivalent of nearly four views for every person in the world. [More...]

josef | 07/06/2010 14:18 | Views: 29

Hi there. Welcome to Family Care Ministries. We wanted to share with some of the good news we were able to accomplish in the first week of June 2010 and what the Lord has done just that week.   We were in great to have the brakes fixed and a service done on our bakkie. The Lord showed us to send a short sms “Need 40 people to donate [More...]

josef | 24/05/2010 13:25 | Views: 41

Dear Pastor Joseph, I appreciate all the emails that I received and there are much inspiring in my life and towards our staff members.  - Chaplain Kraphalalani   Hi Josef, thank you for all the encouraging mails. They really bless me. Especially the one you sent to me two weeks ago. It really encouraged me. I was thinking, how does he know [More...]

josef | 24/05/2010 12:22 | Views: 33

Let me start off with a very helpful tip from Jesus to relieve stress and worry and as you follow it you will find peace of mind.  This is not just a nice saying or readings try it. It works for me.   Mat 11:28  "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll [More...]

josef | 11/04/2010 13:27 | Views: 56

Dwell not on what the World has become, but on Who has come to the World. A pessimist sees a difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees an opportunity in every difficulty. No man ever injured his eyesight by looking on the bright side of things. I’m getting better by the day. Thank you for your prayers.   Every day, in nearly 100 [More...]

josef | 06/04/2010 13:02 | Views: 47

Josef It is by God’s grace that I’m here to tell you about my brush with death. The Easter weekend was looking exciting as I was invited as a guest speaker to an Easter gathering of pilgrims in Zimbabwe. They expected 3000 pilgrims and we would have 2 night services. It was a first for me so I wasn’t really sure what to expect [More...]

josef | 19/03/2010 11:27 | Views: 96

A London paper offered a prize for the best definition of money: This was the winning answer: Money is an instrument that can buy you everything but happiness and pay your fare to every place but Heaven. If your treasure is on Earth, you are going FROM it; if it is in Heaven, you are going TO it. When your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep causes your downfall. [More...]

josef | 17/03/2010 11:28 | Views: 64

In our ministering we are often asked what can prayer do for you? What CAN prayer do for you? The answer is: ALL THAT GOD CAN DO FOR YOU!!! Prayer digs the channel from the reservoir of God's boundless resources to the tiny pools of our lives. God can only answer prayers that are prayed. Are you discouraged, weeping, full of care? Keep on believing, God answers prayer! Just remember [More...]

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Here is my prayer for this week.   “Lord, give me faith!--To live from day to day, with tranquil heart to do my simple part, and with my hand in Yours just go Your way.” -- Ah, the Simple Life! The American businessman was at the pier of a small Mexican coastal village   [More...]

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"I Didn't Have Time"                   I got up early one morning             And rushed right into the day!             I had so much to accomplish             That I didn't [More...]

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I Never Lost By Giving by Masataro Narita I'm ashamed to admit this, but when I was active in the front lines of business (I'm now a retired businessman in my mid-70s) I believed that money was everything. When my wife complained that there wasn't enough love in our marriage, I roared back that love wouldn't keep food on the [More...]

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TITHING?!   MAL.3:10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the LORD of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.   Yes, I tithe, and I [More...]

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Getting a Grip on Your Finances 3 principles for achieving true financial success by Bruce Howard, Christianity Today Some people point to credit cards as the principle villain behind financial crises. Companies, they note, encourage us to use credit to increase our present consumption. Want it? Charge it! Dispel your boredom and master the possibilities [More...]

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Welcome to a new week and let it be a week with overcoming the challenges we all face. Let it not drag us down or overcome us but let us be over comers. LAST WEEK I HAD AN INSPIRING 3 DAY TRIP TO THE VAAL TRIANGLE,  Sasolburg, Vanderbijlpark & Verreniging visiting and ministering to friends. We shared the word and testimonies and I often listened to heartbreaking stories of [More...]

josef | 25/02/2010 08:21 | Views: 69

SUCCESS WITH PEOPLE   The key verses are in Matthew 22:37–40: Matthew 22:37–40—Jesus said to him, "‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' (38) This is the first and great commandment. (39) And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as [More...]