I greet you in Jesus precious name. I am sitting in a beach cottage overlooking the beautiful blue Indian ocean. The waves are gently falling against the rocks and God is just showing me again through this beautiful sight that He is faithful and true.
I return back from a very special rest with Jill in a couple of days time to get back into the fight, as it were. I really want to exhort you, my dear friends, not to allow the pressures of this world to deter you in any way from keeping your priorities in order. As I look over the sea from the sundeck of this home, lent to Jill and I by some very special Christian friends, I have my Bible open at the last page of the New Testament, the last page of Revelation, chapter 22:20,21. It says: 'He who testifies to these things says, 'surely I am coming quickly'. Amen. Come Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen'. I have written in black ink at the bottom corner of the page - 'keep short accounts with men and God, for the time is now very short'.
I have had time to contemplate, to rejoice, to thank God for what He did almost a month ago now, (I cannot believe how quickly the days are passing) when thousands of men made a new stand for Jesus Christ,some for the first time and others in recommitments. But that has already gone past, now we continue with life, we cannot live in the past, we cannot live in the future, we can only live for this day. God has given me a new revelation about the time that we have on this earth. We may not keep any offence, any grudge or any unforgiveness against any man because God only gives us enough time for the day. Selwyn Hughes, the Welsh preacher who went to be with the Lord in January 2006, said in his autobiography 'My Story,' right at the end on the last page of the book, 'there was a time, nearly ten years ago, when I said I was ready to go but eager to stay. Now, however, things are different. Now I am eager to go but willing to stay.' A man who understood the importance of life. Indeed life is but a vapour. We need to use it very carefully and as profitably as possible. I have had 3 weeks, (the longest holiday I have ever had in my life) to sit and contemplate about the future and I have come to the realisation that we can only live one day at a time. God will give us the strength and grace for that day and that is all we need. I have been watching the birds in this beautiful garden and they only eat and store up enough food for that day. We need to do the same and we will find that our life will become much more manageable and much more pleasant and profitable.
May God bless you as you continue to live for Him. Spend lots of time with God, with your spouse, with your children and with your friends. There is a scripture I shared with you some time ago and I want to leave it with you again. Job 22:21, 'Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you.'
God bless you,
Angus & Jill and the Shalom team
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Angus is healed and will be speaking at a Men's Conference in Worcester, England 12-14 June and at the Sunday evening service at the SA Gemeente in London on 14 June. Please pray for these meetings. The list of upcoming campaigns for 2009 is on the website (events).
'Grassroots' broadcasts:
- Saturdays 6.30 am ETV
- Saturdays - 7am TBN (Channel 341)
- Sundays - 6.30am ETV (Channel 134); 9.30am Rhema (Channel 343)
- Tuesdays and Thursdays: 6am TBN (Channel 341)
- Tuesdays - 6.30pm CTV
'Grassroots' will be now be broadcast worldwide on God TV at 7am on Saturdays, starting this month. Please pray for this new venture.
MMC 2009: T-shirts, golf shirts, caps, DVD sets and the coffee table book can be ordered on our website www.shalomtrust.co.za (bookshop)
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