Hardships

There is no way to learn about the secrets of life apart from hardship and times of extreme testing.  When I look back on my own life, I see that the lessons that I learnt the most were the ones that came through extreme hardship and pain.

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Angus Buchan
Praying

As we read in the epistle of Paul, the apostle, to the church and the saints in Colossae, we are told that we need, first of all give thanks for our fellow Christians and more importantly, we need to pray for them without ceasing.

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Angus Buchan
But God

When people say to you, it can’t happen, your answer is: “But God!” He can heal your sickness, He can set you free. Today put your trust totally in Him and pray without ceasing.

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Angus Buchan
Self Control

While reading a beautiful article in a magazine I was reminded of the importance of exercising self control.

In the age in which we live, where there is so much pressure on everyone – such as financial pressure and the loadshedding we are enduring, people are very short tempered and uneasy. They are on edge all the time.

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Angus Buchan
"It is I; do not be afraid"

What kind of storm are you facing in your life? Well our miracle working God, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever, is saying to you and I, do not be afraid, for I can calm the storm in your life with one word. 

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Angus Buchan
Letter

I have just finished reading the life story of David Brainerd. He was a young man who died at the age of twenty-nine years old and yet he is a giant of the faith. 

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Discipline

I want to say with almost tears in my eyes, it breaks my heart to see a undisciplined child running wild.  The child is a danger to himself and to those around him and the tragedy is, it is not his fault…

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Angus Buchan
Treasure

Our Heavenly Father should be our main objective in this life.  Our treasure should be our relationship with God, through Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son and by the power of the Holy Spirit… 

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Angus Buchan
Family

What can we leave our family for the future?  The most important investment in our family is to be an example of living a godly life with reverence for our Lord Jesus Christ… 

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Sowing

We need to keep sowing good seed, namely the Word of God, the Bible, because when we put good seed into the ground, we can expect a very good return…

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Angus Buchan
Keep On

Again, I was very aware of the fact that as believers we need to embrace whatever comes our way from the Lord.  We think of our beloved apostle Paul and what him and the disciples went through in their service towards the Lord Jesus Christ…

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Angus Buchan
Jesus is Wisdom

Wisdom is of more value than rubies and gold, more valuable than anything this world can give us, because another word to spell wisdom by is JESUS.

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I Believe

When we tell people about Jesus, we need to be sure that we believe ourselves in what we are preaching, otherwise it does not strike home. Our faith in God is what should motivate others to believe what we are saying.

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Angus Buchan
Wisdom

There is lots of counsel going around, a lot of it sounds good, but there is no guarantee that it is the truth.  We really need to take the Word of God literally. 

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Angus Buchan