A very special and warm greeting to you in this brand new year of 2010. A very meaningful and prosperous new year for you and your loved ones. All of us here at Shalom want to thank you for your constant prayers and support. Early this morning, while waiting on God, I found in Luke chapter 12:35 which says, “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning.” The Lord goes on to speak about the faithful servant and the evil servant. The faithful servant is constantly ready for the coming of the Son of man and the evil servant is totally laid back and really lazy. As we start the new year, we need to understand that it is not a time for us to relax, to let our guard down. On the contrary, this is a time for us to double up with our expectancy of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Wherever I go and whoever I speak to people are talking about the change in the climate, the weather patterns, about wars or rumor of wars, talking about immorality, being totally blatant and disrespectful towards man and also towards God. All these are signs of the coming of the Lord. We don’t know when our Lord is coming back. No man knows. Jesus Himself said He does not know, only His Father knows, but He did say that we need to be ready and prepared. We that are living this year are living only by grace (undeserved loving kindness). Many of our loved ones went home to be with Jesus last year in 2009. It was a particularly tough year for many of us. Tough in terms of the recession, and in terms of maybe our health, maybe relationships, but it was also an extremely rewarding year of a mighty, mighty harvest that came in. We are not of those who are content to remain in that place. We need to move on to greater things.

This year some people will be getting married, others will be having babies, others will be stepping out into the world of commerce and industry from university, others will be going from high school to university. We will be attempting great things for God and expect great things from God. Here at Shalom we are staging the last Mighty Men Conference. We are expecting no less than 400 000 men, bearing in mind that there are only 300 000 people coming from outside to the 2010 soccer world cup, the second biggest sporting event in the world, the first being the Olympic games. We are expecting more men here on that weekend than even visitors coming to watch the soccer world cup. We are stepping out on the water again, but I can honestly say to you that it’s the healthiest place to be, right in the perfect will of God. Let your waist be girded, that means to be ready and your lamps burning.  Have plenty of oil in that lamp, spending lots and lots of time with Jesus Christ this year. Be ready, respond at a minutes notice and fully clad with the armour of God. My dear friend, He will never ever leave you nor forsake you Hebrews 13:5, I can give testimony of that. I’m believing that this is going to be our greatest year as believers that the Christian church has ever seen since the time of Jesus.

May God continue to bless as you continue to pray for us and walk with us. The bigger the battle, the bigger the victory, the deeper the valley, the higher the mountain top experience. We are really believing for a Mt. Everest experience this year, and are prepared for whatever comes our way.

Yours in Christ’s Service

Angus & Jill and the Shalom Team

MMC 2010: 16-18 April    Registration now open www.mmc2010.com

JA Buchan Books have released a Grassroots 'Starter Pack' DVD with 3 messages on it: 

a. How to be born again   b. Growing in God  c. Sharing your faith

The new book 'Grassroots - Volume 1' is now available.

These products can be ordered on our website www.shalomtrust.co.za

'Grassroots' broadcasts: Saturdays - 6:00 ETV

Saturdays - 07:00 TBN (Channel 341) & GOD TV globally

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Radio Pulpit: Angus can be heard on Radio Pulpit every Monday morning at 07:50