Praise the Lord

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 13th of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of Luke 19:40, Jesus said:

“I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”

Oh folks. The Pharisees said to the Lord, ”Listen to these people; they’re worshipping you. Tell them to keep quiet.” And the Lord said the very stones would praise Him if the people didn’t. You know, we go to an early morning men's prayer group, and we gather together when it is still dark. We have been doing it for years, and these men are working men but they come out to pray and to worship the Lord, and we pray before the sun rises, just ordinary men, we pray for our families, we pray for the countries of the world, we pray for the lost, we pray for revival but before that, we sing! No, no, no, we are not opera singers. No, no, we are not famous singers, we are not on the hit list, but you know something? We praise the Lord.

Folks, I want to tell you that when we go into that little chapel on the farm, men come in there with all kinds of burdens, but when you praise the Lord you can feel the burdens literally lifting and there is an openness that comes and a joy, and laughter, and faith and expectancy. I want to sing a little song. You all know it, and I want you to sing it with me. It goes like this:

And He is Lord, He is Lord,
He has risen from the dead 
And He is Lord.

Every knee shall bow,
Every tongue confess,
That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Come on, you in your pick-up, you are driving, you are getting the kids ready for school, I don’t know where you are - come on, sing it with me!

And He is Lord, He is Lord,
He has risen from the dead 
And He is Lord,

Every knee shall bow,
Every tongue confess,
That Jesus Christ is Lord.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.