When I went into the palace, I was warmly welcomed into the palace, myself and my Induna.

He is illiterate and I am semi-illiterate so we made a good pair, and they put us in two chairs, and the king was sitting on his throne.

The elders were crawling in on their knees to speak to him about business affairs and then crawling out backwards, never turning their back on the king.

The wives were seated around him on grass mats, and then he looked up and he said to me in pure Zulu, the King’s Zulu - excuse the pun,

(Angus speaks Zulu) “I want the farmer to testify about the power of God.”

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You know, I know of many men who are praying and reading the Bible, in front of their staff every morning before they go to work. They are giving the glory to Jesus.

I have seen sporting teams giving honour to God for winning their championship and that is where the power comes from.

You know Jesus said, “If you deny Me before men, I will deny you before My Father.”

So folks, go out today and tell people,”I am not ashamed to tell you that I am a follower of the soon-coming King Jesus.”

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I remember, my oldest son, on his wedding - he made me so very proud.

With all his friends present and our large family gathered together at a hotel at that beautiful reception, he made the groom’s speech.

His beautiful bride was seated right next to him and he was in his mid-twenties at the time.

And he stood up, and he put his shoulders back and he lifted up his head, and he said this very scripture that I have just quoted from Joshua Chapter 24 and verse 15.

He said, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

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The opposition of unbelievers and satan himself shall never succeed since God is for us.

It reminds me of that little, small, puny traffic officer who steps out onto the highway and puts his hand up and stops a thirty ton truck carrying timber or some heavy cargo, in its tracks.

That driver puts on brakes, he puts on his flashes and he pulls over instantly, and this little man walks up and he asks for his license and does a complete thorough check.

He is wearing a badge on his cap you see, and he is representing the whole nation.

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You see, dad is not speaking at the moment, children, because he is very worried.

He doesn’t know if he is going to be retrenched next month.

Mom is short and snappy because she doesn’t know if she is going to have a meal to put on the table tomorrow.

The boss is pushing unreasonably hard because he doesn’t want to lay off any of his workers.

But you think otherwise, you see, because that is perception. We have got to stop that.

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There was an old miller and he was too busy making money to be concerned about his spiritual well-being but this old miller got very sick, to the point of death.

He asked his family to put his bed next to the mill so that he could hear the grinding of the corn which was making the money.

A preacher came and visited him on his deathbed.

He tried to speak to him about his life after death, about his salvation, but the miller’s response was, “I can’t hear you! I can’t hear you above the deafening noise of the grinding mill.”

He could not and he did not hear The Lord Jesus knocking because the noise of making money was deafening.

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I heard a story, a very sad story many years ago, about a lovely young girl from a Christian home, who decided to marry a rabid, card-carrying communist - an atheist who does not even believe in God.

Her parents were devastated.

They said, “How could you do that?”

She said, “Dad, Mom,” with tears in her eyes, “He is the first man that I have ever met who actually wholeheartedly believes in what he is standing for.”

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…He moved slowly. He always looked like he wasn’t doing much and I would become very agitated at times, because I am confessing my sins today, I was always running around, flat out and I would come to him and say, “Crichton please, this fence must be up by this afternoon. We are moving a herd of cattle into this field early tomorrow morning.”

He would just smile and say, “No problem.”

By knock-off time that fence, that gate, was standing beautifully straight. The wire strands were so tight you felt like you could play a tune on them.

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I remember like yesterday, It was struggling as a young farmer.

I was in the shed. I was trying to weld up a broken implement.

I am not a very good welder, and as I was trying to weld this thing, I felt somebody was standing behind me.

I stopped, I looked at my welding helmet. There was a young, handsome young farmer but he looked quite perplexed

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I can just imagine a CEO of a large company coming in, maybe an organisation that has been feeding tens of thousands of people, doing lots of good works, and he will have a list there, and he will tell Our Heavenly Father all the good things that he has done.

Our Heavenly Father will look down to His Son, the Defense Attorney and He will only ask one question. He will say to His Son, “Do you know this man?”

Jesus will sadly shake His head and say, “I have never heard of him before, and then the Judge will say to the prosecutor, “Take him away.”

And then an old lady will walk in…

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Well, a few weeks went passed, and then one night I was sound asleep with my young wife and children, and I heard cows in the garden.

I got up and I saw someone in the middle of the night, had left the gate open, and the cows were in the garden, eating Jill’s flowers.

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I looked down in front of me. There was a man sitting in a chair with a pair of crutches and his leg was straight out in front of him.

I heard The Holy Spirit say, “Pray for him, so that I might heal him.”

I went down off the platform. I told them, “I am going to pray for this man and God is going to heal him.”

Of course I didn’t realize what the problem is. Just as well…

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Walt Disney was fired from his newspaper job because he lacked imagination and good ideas.

Winston Churchill was considered a dolt by one of his teachers.

Soichiro Honda was rejected by the Toyota Motor Corporation when he applied for a job, leaving him jobless until he began making scooters in his garage, and eventually founded the Honda Motor Company.

The list goes on and on.

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On a quick review, I don't think that I have done anything more important in my life.

You see we're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments.

But great moments often catch us unaware - beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one.

People may not remember exactly what you said or what you did but they will always remember how you made them feel.”

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He turned around with a pen and he wrote on the wall, “17/11/89 - Angus.” And that was the start!

I got in my pick-up with a flask of coffee, in my farm clothes, and off I went to the town nearby called, Ladysmith, and I booked the town hall, and that was the beginning.

I want to ask you a question today.

Are you trusting God or are you trusting yourself?

Why don’t you allow The Lord today direct your path?

Live your dream. Do that thing that you are too scared to do but put your trust in Him and He will amaze you.

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I sent out one email - that’s all - a couple of lines, “Come to the farm. We want to speak to you.”

240 men arrived in 2004.

The next year 600 men.

The next year 1060.

The next year 7,400 men arrived on Shalom Farm.

The ladies were distraught.

We were feeding the men in those days.

They had only prepared enough food for 5000 men.

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I remember a lovely story that my brother told me many years ago.

He was a golf professional and he is now a preacher of the gospel.

He said there were two rookie professionals who went to the USA to try and get on the circuit.

They arrived at this prestigious golf club. They saw a senior golfer hitting…

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Well, the day arrived and I had qualified and I ran with all my heart.

My family had been seconding me and Janna, the young lady was waiting for me at the finishing line in Durban.

Well, I had 14 kms to go and I collapsed.

I passed out. I woke up in the ambulance.

I was taken to hospital. I was put on a drip and I felt totally broken-hearted and crushed.

I had let everybody down…

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I have a mentor. He is 85 years old as well.

He is probably the most positive man I have ever met.

He rides his bicycle every single morning.

He swims in the great Indian Ocean everyday and whenever I phone him, before I can ask him how he is keeping, he always wants to know how things are with me and my family.

He hardly ever speaks about himself.

He has had a major heart surgery.

He has had eye surgery and lots of other things but it never ever holds him back.

After building a huge Christian school, I asked him if he was going to slow down a bit.

The answer was a definite, “no”. He is praying about building a Christian university.

You see, he has a different spirit - he is a man on a mission.

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