George Matheson, a budding young Scottish preacher, many years ago - he was tipped to be one of the best preachers in Scotland - he was engaged to a beautiful young Scottish lass.
They were going to be married but he was having trouble with his eyesight so he went to see the doctor and the doctor told him, “I am very sorry to tell you but you have a degenerative problem.
You will be blind in just a number of years.”
He was totally shattered…
Read MoreAnd you know, there are many, very, very famous opera singers - Pavarotti and many others but when they lead, Andrea Boccelli, he usually wears a white suit ,and they lead him onto the stage because he cannot see where he is going, and they lead him up to the microphone, and they let him go - folks, I want to tell you, it brings a tear to my eye every time, and he sings like a bird.
That man has risen above his circumstances.
Read MoreYou know, I remember in 2008, we had the biggest tent in the whole world pitched on this farm, here at Shalom.
It took up four rugby fields. It took us three weeks to erect with professional riggers, Attie van Staden and his team.
It took seventeen thirty ton lorries to bring the tent to the farm.
It even had its own weather station.
The tent was so big they had to know when to tension those ropes that were made of that steel wire.
It seated over 30,000 men inside and we had 30,000 men outside. What a weekend!
Read MoreRight in the middle of my message, there was a commotion that came from the back of this huge hall and two ladies, middle-aged ladies, were walking up the middle of the aisle and they were weeping uncontrollably.
I didn’t know what is going on.
I said to the ushers, “What is the problem?”
I stopped preaching and as you know, I am not a man who has a quiet voice, and I was so excited I said, “Bring them onto the platform.”
They brought them onto the platform and the one lady started to speak while her friend was standing there with both their hands up in the air, praising God.
She said…
Read More“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
He will keep you warm.
He will show you and lighten up your path and show you the way home.
Today, keep your eyes fixed on Jesus and He will lighten up your life.
Read MoreI said, “The Lord has shown me, if I have got the faith of a mustard seed and I go out and I preach the Gospel, I book stadiums, I book sports fields, city halls, God will honour my faith.
You know, he took his fountain pen and he turned around and he wrote on the wall on his office.
“17/11/89 Angus.”
And it stayed there until they repainted the church.
Read MoreHe says, “I stand at the door and I knock.”
He is knocking at the door of your heart this morning my dear friend.
Revelation Chapter 3 and verse 20. He says, “if you open the door, I will come in and I will sit and talk with you and sit and sup with you, I will have a meal with you.”
But the handle, remember is on the inside and The Lord Jesus is a gentleman. He will not force himself on you.
Read MoreAnd he said, “Sir, I want to hear D L Moody preaching but nobody will let me in.”
And D L Moody said, “ Well son, take a hold of my coat tails and don’t let go.”
And the little boy got hold of his jacket on the back and as the great man of God walked in, he walked right down the aisle, right through all the crowds, up the steps, onto the platform and he put the little street urchin, seated right next to him and then he started to…
Read More“No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of Heaven.”
But there is an exception and the exception is when we count our blessings and we tell our little ones about our roots, where we came from and how God has protected us thus far.
He is not about to leave us at this stage of our lives.
Read MoreIf he wanted to brush a fly off his nose, he couldn’t do it.
They did it for him.
If he needed to go to the bathroom, they had to take him.
And he was so full of the love and…
Read MoreNow the game rangers after the fire were doing a patrol across those slopes and they came up and saw a partridge.
This partridge had been burnt by the fire.
It was lying face down with it’s wings spread out, and one of the game rangers bent down and…
Read MoreDon’t be like that old farmer who, when he wakes up in the morning, he sees the sun coming up, he says “Here comes the drought.”
And at lunchtime the black heavy clouds come over full of rain, and he says, “Here comes the flood.”
He is never happy. Don’t be like that!
Get the first milk into your system today and God will strengthen you and grow you up.
Read MoreI went out and I answered the phone.
It was my eldest son and he said, “Dad, we have got all the staff, (We had a large staff in those days. We were doing seed maize.) and they are standing outside the local store.
They are wanting to go in and purchase their groceries, and the owner of the store has said that the cheque that we issued, has bounced. There is no money left in the bank, and they are standing outside.”
Read MoreI was trying to get the spare wheel out of the back when many cars went passed us and some very, very expensive motorcars went passed at 120 plus - but an old bakkie, that is a pick-up, with a trailer behind it, was going in the opposite direction, turned around and out got Marius and Frances and their two little girls.
Read MoreI want to say to you today, it doesn’t matter about your circumstances. What matters is being obedient to God.
The Lord says, without holiness, no man will see God.
Just keep putting one foot in front of the other, doing what God has called you to do and He will see you through at the end.
Read MoreI want to say to you today, I don’t know what your situation is but lift up your eyes and remember Jesus is ultimately, completely in control of your life.
Call upon Him and He will answer you, and He will show you great and mighty things that you have never seen before.
Jeremiah Chapter 33 and verse 3 - remember, that is His telephone number. Talk to Him today.
Read MoreI remember a nursing sister telling Jill and me, many years ago, that when she goes into a ward where a man is dying who does not know Jesus Christ, it is a horrible experience.
There is grinding of teeth, anger, swearing, and absolute fear.
But when she goes into the room of a man or a woman of God who is dying, there is joy and peace, tranquillity, and a smile on their face as they look up and see the angels coming to take them to Jesus.
Read MoreBilly just preached even louder, that Jesus saves all men who would bow the knee.
The tough miner stepped up and he punched Billy in the face, knocked him off the wall.
Billy got up, full of blood all over his mouth, spat out a couple of teeth, got back on the wall, and told his friend, once again, that Jesus loves him.
The old miner stood up again and punched him off the wall.
This happened three times.
The third time, Billy stood up on the wall and he said…
Read MoreYou might be physically, spiritually, or mentally down. I want to pray the prayer of faith as the Bible says very clearly, “Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him (the sick man) with oil in the name of the Lord.”
And we are believing God for a miracle in your life today.
Father God…
Read MoreIf we look at the Book of Acts, Chapter 9 and verse 17:
“And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
I want to speak to you today about ‘behind the scenes’ workers.
Ananias was an ordinary man.
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