He wants to talk with us, He wants us to tell Him our plans. He wants us to ask Him advice and He wants us to tell Him how much we love Him. He loves us very, very much - so much that He gave His only begotten Son to die on the Cross of Calvary so that we might be saved.
Read MoreYou see, Jill and I have succumbed to Covid19. That’s right.
We were afflicted, 67 days in self-isolation, and five tests later, we eventually were negative.
But you see, my dear friend, we can understand how people feel who have COVID 19…
Read MoreAnd then tears filled his eyes. He said, “Son, it is not because of you. It is because of your mother because when I was a little boy, my mother died early, and your mom became a mother to me. I am doing it for her.”
Read MoreI remember as a brand spanking new Christian, I was so excited that I had met Jesus. I said to Jill (she was a young girl in those days. Our children were all babies. I have 5 children), I said to Jill, "I feel I want to give the farm away. I want to go to Bible College and then I want to become a pastor”. And Jill, you can imagine, was a little bit concerned about…
Read MoreOn the farm, Shalom, we have a thirty-foot cross and when the sun goes down, we have a time switch, and the lights come up. We are not ashamed to tell the world that anything good that has happened on this farm, is due to the Glory of God and nothing to do with ourselves.
Read MoreYou see the heavy rain had softened the soil and when the hail came, the whole crop fell down but it didn’t break. It just lodged.
And when the sun came out, the crop stood up again. Oh yes! Those stalks had a permanent bow in them right until we reaped it but we reaped a bumper crop.
You must put your trust in Jesus.
Read MoreI really believe with all my heart the greatest opportunities that we have ever had are about to be given to us at this time, but we need to step out by faith, and we need to obey what God has said.
Read MoreOne night, the hall was full. We had about a thousand people there and there was a heckler.
He was sitting at the back. He had had too much to drink and he started to challenge me all the time.
Every time I said something, he would say, “Can you prove that preacher? Where does it say that in the Bible?”
But you know…
Read MoreI walked into the kitchen just now to see Jill, and she was pulling out a beautiful tray of freshly baked rusks and they smelled delicious.
And she made those rusks, not because she had to but she made them because she loves me, and I want to tell you that Jesus loves you so much that He died for you and he chose you.
Read MoreToday go out and love people.
That is what people need.
There are so many people who are lonely, fearful, tired, lost - just tell them that Jesus Christ loves them so much that He died for them.
Read MoreThat is how I was converted - not by a fancy sermon but by people getting into the pulpit, one after the other and just telling us what Jesus meant to them - farmers, housewives, building contractors, accountants, lawyers, tears streaming down their faces, just giving their story.
Read MoreBut I want to tell you, in my humble opinion, the greatest devotional that has ever been written was written by Oswald Chambers, and it is called, “My Utmost for His Highest.”
Now, listen to this: It was written in 1917 - one hundred years ago, and it is still probably the most popular devotional in the world today.
But you know something? It wasn’t actually written by Oswald Chambers.
Read MoreThere is nothing worse when you are trying to drive a herd of cattle in one direction and one of them normally at the top, resists and turns the other way.
It is painful for that animal and it also slows the work down.
Stop fighting against God.
Read MoreI don’t know how you are feeling at the moment with the lockdown.
Maybe you have been retrenched?
Maybe you are unemployed?
Maybe you are trying to make ends meet?
I know of a young man who has had to sell his motorcar in order to buy food for his family.
Maybe in your business, you just haven’t got any customers? No-one is buying your product.
Maybe you are trying to work out how are you going to pay the school fees?
How are you going to put food on the table…
Read MoreWell, Jesus paid the full price for your sins and my sins.
He took the lashes on His back and was crucified.
Let us today remember that He is not only our Mediator, but He paid a severe price so that we could be reconciled with our Heavenly Father.
Let us go out today and sin no more because our sins are forgiven.
Read MoreIn my opinion, the intercessor is the greatest ministry of all. An intercessor is a person who stands in the gap for people. We are all called to pray.
I myself am a prayer warrior but…
Read More“God is not a man that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said and will He not do?
Or has He not spoken and will He not make it good?” The Book of Numbers, Chapter 23 and verse 19.
Our anchor is Jesus Christ alone and He will see us through.
You know, I looked up in the dictionary to get the definition of the word, “Hope”, and this is what it is: a person or a thing that gives cause for hope.
Well, our Person is Jesus Christ.
Read MoreOne of my favourite scriptures in the Bible is found in the Book of Romans, Chapter 8, and verse 11. I am going to read it today out of the King James Version:
“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you”.
Jesus is not dead. He is alive. The tomb is empty.
I have been to Israel many, many times and I have been to that tomb and I want to tell you, there is nothing in that tomb. It is empty. Why? Because the Lord is not there.
He is alive and He has been raised from the dead by the Lord.
Now, if we go to the tomb, the shrine of King David, which even today is revered in Israel, as the greatest king, it is full of dead man’s bones. His remains are in the coffin. It is a lovely place to go to. Everybody is allowed to go there, Muslim, Christian, and Jew.
But I want to tell you – he has not been raised from the dead, but Jesus, your saviour, my Lord, is no longer in the grave. He is alive.
Now, if The Holy Spirit has raised Jesus from the dead, that same Holy Spirit will quicken your mortal body.
What does that mean? Well, the dictionary says that “quicken” means to restore life.
He will restore your life today.
“Christ in you, the hope of glory”. Colossians chapter 1 verse 27.
No matter what is happening in the world, remember, the Holy Spirit lives within you. He will heal you. He will strengthen you. He will uplift you. He will take away that depression, that anxiety, and that fear because Jesus is living in you and today you need to grasp that and then you can go out and you can face the world.
It does not matter about the Coronavirus or any other virus.
If Christ is in you, you have the victory.
Read More“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Read MoreDuring this lockdown time, there are many questions and there aren’t too many answers.
We are going this way and that way, to and fro, trying to find out and trying to reason what is happening in the world, but why don’t we call upon Him?
Do you know Jesus’s telephone number? It is…
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