Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 10th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the New Testament, to 1 Timothy 1:15-16:

“This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.“

And then he goes on in verse 16 to say:

”…for this reason I obtained mercy,…” 

Saul of Tarsus was the chief of all sinners. Remember, his objective was to kill Christi...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 9th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in that well-known Psalm, Psalm 23:2: 

He leads me beside the still waters.”

Jesus leads us. Then we go to John 14:6.

”Jesus said to him, “I am the way…” 

Jesus is the way. He is the one who is leading us. Now, as we look at the new year, 2026, maybe you are walking on a new road. The Lord says to you today, ”Keep...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 8th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Matthew 12:30:

”He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.”

Very strong words spoken by the Master Himself, our Lord Jesus Christ. Then we go straight to James 4:4, out of the Message translation:

”You’re cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, 7th January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Leviticus 19:32:

“You shall rise before the gray headed and honour the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I am the Lord.” 

Then we go to the Book of Proverbs 20:29:

”The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendour of old men is their gray head.”

Then the last scripture is in 1 Timothy 5:1:

”Do not rebuke an...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 6th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in Romans 1:17:

“The just (or righteous) shall live by faith.”

Then we go to the Book of Habakuk 2:4:

”But the just shall live by his faith.”

Then we go to Galatians 3:11, says the same thing. I think the Lord is trying to tell us something today.

Now, as we start the new year, I want to encourage you to ask the...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 5th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in 1 Samuel 1:10:

“And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.”

I am talking about desperate prayer here. Hannah was desperate to have a baby.

Then we go straight to the New Testament, Luke 22:42, Jesus speaking:

“Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, b...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 4th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. Just one small verse with powerful impact - I am talking about the Gospel of Mark 6:41, and this is what it says:

“…He looked up to heaven,…” 

Jesus looked up to heaven. Why did He look up to heaven? He was about to feed thousands of people but first He looked up to His Father. Before we do anything this year, we really need to look up, every single morn...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 3rd of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 12:24, one of the most challenging scriptures in the Bible, for me personally, as a farmer. The Lord says:

“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.”

If you want to live, you have to die. That doesn’t make sense, d...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 2nd of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Leviticus 19:18:

“You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the Lord.”

When the Lord says, “I am the Lord”, it is a serious commandment. Then we go straight to the Book of Mark 12:31:

”And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love you...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 1st of January, 2026. Happy New Year! This is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Zechariah 4:6:

‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.”

Then we go to John 12:21:

“Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 

I really believe 2026 is going to be a year of great harvest and it’s not go...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, yes, the last day of 2025, can you believe it? Tomorrow will be a brand new year. I really want to say to you, well done, good and faithful servant. You have almost completed another year! 

I have a beautiful scripture for you today and it’s found in Hebrews 7:25, and today I want to read it to you out of the Amplified translation:

“Therefore He is able also to save forever (completely, perfectly, for eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He always...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 30th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of John 12:43:

“for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.” 

When I read that Scripture I just think of one thing, the fear of man, and I want to say to each one of us as we are facing the new year of 2026, let us stop chasing the approval of man and start doing things for God...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 29th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to Hebrews 12:14:

“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord…” 

I remember years ago hearing this little saying: “Holiness is the end product of obedience.” So when you and I are obedient to the things of God, we automatically become holy people. The Lord is very clear as well that without holiness no man will see God. 

...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 28th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Book of Proverbs 18:24:

”But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”

Then we go to the Gospel of John 15:14, Jesus says:

”You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” 

Are you lonely today? Christmas is over. Some of your loved ones, your children, maybe your parents, have been to see you. Now they ha...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 27th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Mark 2:3:

”Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.” 

Remember what happened? They brought a paralysed man to Jesus. There were so many people in the house, they couldn’t get into the house. There were so many people outside, they couldn’t get near to the Lord. They took the paralysed man; they loved him so...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 26th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of John 12:3:

”Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard (thats perfume) anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.”

We’re talking about Mary, who was the sister of Lazarus and Martha.

Today is Boxing Day. Some people call it the Day of...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 25th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, wishing you a very, very happy Christmas. Yes, we made it again - what a wonderful day, a very blessed Christmas!  I want to thank you on behalf of our whole team whom I never mention. I’m talking about my producer, Gary, I’m talking about my editor, Candice, I’m talking about my beloved wife Gill and all our family at Shalom, and the Shalom fellowship. I want to wish you a very blessed Christmas Day!

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 24th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

Yes indeed, it is Christmas Eve, a very special birthday. It’s the birthday of the greatest human being that has ever lived, but I’ve got a very interesting thought for today for you. God put it on my heart early this morning. Psalm 19:14:

”Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.” ...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 23rd of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start off in the Book of Isaiah 9:6:

“For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Then we go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 1:21:

“And she will bring forth a Son, and...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 22nd of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Isaiah 44:24:

“Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
And He who formed you from the womb:
“I am the Lord, who makes all things,
Who stretches out the heavens all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;…”

Then we go to the Gospel of John 1:1:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 21st of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of John 1:11:

“He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.” 

Then we go to the Book of Isaiah 53:3:

“He is despised and rejected by men,…”

Are you feeling unpopular at this time of the year? It is the festive season, it’s the time that people say, “Let’s let our hair down and let’s have a pa...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 20th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of John 11:35:

”Jesus wept.”

Jesus cried. Compassion is what the world needs. Do you know, He was about to raise Lazarus from the dead? He knew that. So why was He weeping? Because He had compassion on the people when He saw how they were mourning because of the death of His friend, Lazarus. This world needs compassion. Compassion is anothe...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 19th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Psalms 105:2:

”Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!”

Then we go straight to 1 Thessalonians 5:18:

”In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God…” 

I read a beautiful little reading this morning by the famous hymn writer, Francis Ridley Havergal, and this is what she says. She says, ”We talk about t...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 18th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 11:25-26:

”Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

There’s a question for you and me this morning. Do we believe that if we are in Christ Jesus, we will never die...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 17th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Psalms 27:4, and David said:

“One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.” 

Then we go to the New Testament, to the Gospel of Luke 10:41-42:

And...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 16th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Luke 20:38:

“For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, …”

Then we go to John 11:23:

“Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 

I want to speak to you today about the God of the living. Lazarus had been dead for four days in the tomb. In the Middle East, they have to bury th...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 15th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

If we go to the Gospel of Matthew 8:3:

“Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” 

Jesus healed the leper! Jesus was always found with the sick, the poor, and the rejected of society. As I read this account this morning, my mind went back to my dear wife, Jill’s, mother and father, who came out...

I greet you in Jesus precious name. It is Sunday morning, the 14th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of Mark 8:36:

”For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? “

Where are we putting all our effort? What are we doing in this life? What are we trying to build up? What legacy are we leaving for our families? I looked up the dictionary to find out the literal meaning of th...

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

We start in the Gospel of John 11:17:

”So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.”

We are talking here about Jesus’ friend, Lazarus. He had already been buried for four days. In the Middle East, in the early days, when somebody died, they had to bury him the very same day, because of the heat in the Middle East, th...

I greet you in Jesus precious name! It is Friday morning, the 12th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Leviticus 12:8:

”So the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’ ”

What does that mean? “Make atonement” - I looked up the Oxford Dictionary and the literal meaning of the word “atonement” is “reconciliation of God and man.” Father God did it once and for all, for you and for me. He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, down t...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious Name! It is Thursday morning, the 11th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Matthew 16:16: 

Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Then we go to Mark 8:29:

“Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ.” 

We go to Matthew 1:23

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God w...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 10th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 10:9. Jesus says:

”I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.”

Jesus is the door. What is a door? It’s a movable barrier to the entrance of a room. Now, in the old days, the shepherd would take his flock at night, as the sun was goin...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 9th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Leviticus 10:3 (Amplified Version): 

“Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord said:
‘I will be treated as holy by those who approach Me,
And before all the people I will be honoured.’”
So Aaron, therefore, said nothing.”

What had happened was, the two sons of Aaron had decided to make a plan. They had decided to bring an off...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 8th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 10:4 and this is Jesus speaking. He says:

”And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.”

I want to ask you a question this morning, I’m asking myself the same question. Do we know His voice? It is vital in these last days that you know the...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 7th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Numbers 6:22-26:

“And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:
“The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And giv...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, 6th December 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Leviticus 6:13:

“A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.”

Now that fire was made in the tabernacle, which was the portable temple of the people of Israel. It was never, ever allowed to go out. As over a million people wandered through the wilderness, the tabernacle went with them and the cloud, but inside the tabernacle, there w...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 5th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Matthew 10:27. Jesus says:

“…preach on the housetops.”

Then we go to Romans 1:16. It says:

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.”

There is power when we are not ashamed. I will never forget that on the 1...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 4th of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Proverbs 14:12:

“There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.”

Then we go to the New Testament, to 1 Corinthians 10:12:

“Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.”

Today I read a beautiful article in another devotional and the title was “Deterioration”. I looked up the Oxford...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 3rd of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of John 8:32:

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

What a beautiful promise from the Lord! The truth sets us free, but the lies of the devil enslave us. I want to speak particularly to young people this morning. It is so easy to tell a lie. There is no such thing as a white lie. A...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 2nd of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Leviticus 5:16:

”And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done…” 

Then we go straight to the New Testament to the Book of Luke 19:8:

‘Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 1st of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 8:12:

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the Light of life.”

Jesus is the Light of the world.

Then that scripture that you and I know so well, Psalm 119:105: 

“Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 30th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Ephesians 4:28:

”Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.”

I want to speak today about the blue-collar worker. We want to speak today about the manual labourer. Never despise a person who works with their hands, whether it is a m...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name!

It is Saturday morning, 29th November 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of John 7:44-46 (Amplified Version):

”Some of them wanted to arrest Him (that’s Jesus), but no one laid hands on Him. Then the guards went [back] to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring Him [here with you]?” The guards replied, “Never [at any time] has a man talked the way this Man talks!” 

Oh, what an...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 28th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Leviticus 3:1:

‘When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering…” 

Then we go straight to the New Testament in the Gospel of John 14:27. Jesus says:

”Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.“

The dove...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 27th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Isaiah 55:11, and the Lord says;

”So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Then we go to the New Testament, John 7:26:

”But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to H...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 26th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Exodus 40:37-38:

“But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up.  For the cloud of the Lord was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.”

They did not move until the clo...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 25th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of John 7:1:

”After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.”

Have you ever felt unwanted, my dear friend? Maybe this morning, you are feeling very alone because of your love and stand for Jesus Christ. Have you ever felt excluded? Now, this is an old term, “s...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 24th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Mark 8:34. Jesus said:

“Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” 

Wow! Strong words! Remember, the cross represents death and self-denial. Then we go to John 6:66:

”From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.”

That must be one of the saddest ve...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 23rd of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Exodus 39:43:

”Then Moses looked over all the work, and indeed they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, just so they had done it and Moses blessed them.” 

They had completed the task. They had done the work of the building of the tabernacle of God in the desert and Moses blessed them. 

Then we go to the gospel...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 22nd of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of John 6:42:

”And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

What a beautiful statement! “I have come down from heaven”. Oh, my dear friend, I want to tell you something so special and precious this morning. I want to tell you about...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 21st of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to 2 Corinthians 5:17:

”Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

No regrets about the past. If you’re a new person in Christ, you’ve got to look forward. Remember, I’m the farmer. You can’t plough a straight line if you keep looking behind you. We’ve got to move forward. T...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 20th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 6:33. Jesus says:

”But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” 

What a beautiful scripture! Seek first the kingdom. First thing in the morning, that’s the time, seek the face of the Lord. Get your directions for the day, and then you will have a pleasant, successful and peacef...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 19th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. 

We start in the Gospel of John 6:35 (Amplified Bible):

“Jesus replied to them, “I am the Bread of Life. The one who comes to Me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in Me [as Saviour] will never be thirsty [for that one will be sustained spiritually].”

Jesus Christ is the bread of life. Have you ever been to a bakery very, very, early in the mo...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 18th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 6:27:

“Do not labour (do not work) for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life,…”  

This is Jesus speaking. Then we go back to the Old Testament, to the Book of Ecclesiastes 1:14. They say it was written by Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived. He says it is “grasping for the wind” 

Are you gra...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, 17th November 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Exodus 36:7:

” …for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too much.”

The people were bringing in the material to build the tabernacle but they brought in so much, eventually Moses had to say, ”Stop, there’s too much.” What a beautiful attitude! I think many of us need to take a good look at ourselves and ask if we are...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 16th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. 

We start in the Book of Exodus 35:10:

”All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the Lord has commanded”

- they were building the tabernacle for God.

Then we go to Mark 6:3:

”Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary…”

Who were they speaking about? Jesus Christ. Jesus was an artisan. Jesus was a tradesman. Yes, t...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, 15th November 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of John 6:15:

”Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.”

The most humble person who has ever lived! He said if you want to be the best or the greatest, you must become the least. They wanted to make Him king. He knew it was...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 14th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Exodus 34:29:

”…Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.” 

Moses had just come down from Mt Sinai with the Ten Commandments. He had spent 40 days and 40 nights in the presence of our Heavenly Father, and his face was shining like the sun. Isn’t that amazing?

We go to Matthew 17:2:

”…and...

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

We start in the Old Testament in the Book of Exodus 34:7:

”…by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity (the sin) of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

Then we go straight to the Book of Romans 6:23:

”For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our L...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 12th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to Mark 6:37:

”But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.”

We’re talking about feeding the five thousand with two fish and five barley loaves of bread. Some thoughtful mother gave her little boy, I’m sure, two little sardines, five little barley loaves of bread, to go to listen to Jesus preaching. That is all the disciples could find, but tha...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 11th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Romans 9:14-15:

“What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”

I am sure you will agree with me - I am so very happy that it is the Lord, our God, who...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 10th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

The Book of Acts 7:51 - this is Steven speaking just before they stoned him to death.

“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.” 

I want to speak about being stiff-necked. Folks, we must be so careful about that one. To be stiff-necked is to be stubborn, to be rebellious, to be disobedient, refusing to l...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 9th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of John 5:11. This is the former paralysed man speaking:

“He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”

That man had been paralysed for 38 years. Jesus spoke to him, healed him instantly, a powerful miracle, and then told him to take up his bed and walk. Amazing! I have been to that place. I have praye...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 8th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Book of Exodus 32:1:

“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

Oh, I wa...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 7th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day.

We go to the Book of Deuteronomy 9:19-20:

“But the Lord listened to me at that time also. And the Lord was very angry with Aaron and would have destroyed him; so I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.“

The Lord changed His mind! The Creator of Heaven and Earth and everything in it, listened to His creation and changed His mind! Remember what h...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 6th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to 1 John 4:16:

“And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love (please remember that - God is love), and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”

God is love. People need love desperately, all people, in every walk of life! I am doing this programme particularly today to say thank you to every...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 5th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 17:17:

”Sanctify them by Your truth. Your Word is truth.”

Then we go straight to John 4:42:

”Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.”

Remember what happened? After Jesus had told the woma...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 4th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 4:34:

“Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.”

We want to speak about food. What is your favourite food? Well, being a cattle farmer, my favourite food has got to be steak! I know that I have one young man who is very dear to me, and his...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 3rd of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

If you listen very carefully, you can hear the rain on my tin roof. Oh, it’s like music from heaven, I tell you what!

We start in the Book of Leviticus 11:44:

”…and you shall be holy; for I am holy.”

That’s the Lord speaking. We go to 1 Peter 1:16:

”because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” 

You and I serve a holy...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 2nd of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of John 3:35:

”The Father loves the Son and has given and entrusted all things into His hand.”

Our Heavenly Father gave Jesus all authority and all responsibility, and Jesus fulfilled and completed the responsibility right to the last letter. He died on the cross for your sins, for my sins. He set us free. He put the devil down once and for...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 1st of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in 1 Samuel 17:45

”Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you.”

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 31st of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. 

We go to the Gospel of John 4:35:

”Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!”

Do not be unprepared for the greatest harvest the world has ever seen. The signs are all there. The question is, are you ready to bring it...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 30th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. 

Matthew 17:21. Jesus says:

”However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

Now remember the story, the disciples could not cure the young man who was demonised. They failed. Jesus came in, prayed over him, cast out the demon immediately. They came to the Lord, they said. ”Lord, how come we could not do that?” And He said, ”This kind only comes out except by pra...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 29th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Exodus 25:40, and this is what the Lord says to Moses:

”And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.”

The building of the tabernacle - keep it to the pattern.

Then we go straight to the Gospel of John 14:15. Jesus says:

“If you love Me, keep My comma...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 28th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. 

We start in the Book of John. Now, the most famous verse in the whole Bible has got to be John 3:16. Ask your little girl, your little boy as you are driving them to school and they will quote it for you and they will:

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everl...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, 27th October 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Exodus 25:8:

”And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.”

Then we go to the Gospel of Mark 1:35:

”Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 26th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of John 3:7. This is Jesus talking:

”Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.”

Then we go to 2 Corinthians 5:17:

”Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

We must make a new start. We must be born again. That is not...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 25th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

”...Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Nehemiah 8:10

I want to sing a hymn with you today. Do you remember Fanny Crosby? Remember, she was stone blind, but she wrote some of the most beautiful hymns that have ever been written. Do you know that beautiful one “Do not pass me by, oh gentle Saviour”?

Let’s sing it together:
Pass me n...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 24th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day.

We start in the Gospel of John 15:7. Jesus says:

”If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”

Then we go to the Gospel of Matthew 11:28-29. Jesus says:

”Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you a...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 23rd of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Exodus 23:10-11:

”Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its produce, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow,…”

What does the word fallow mean? It means to do nothing with it. It means to leave your land and let it rest. It means to let the weeds grow. It means to let the earthwo...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 22nd of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of John 2:11:

“This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.”

Jesus turned the water into wine at the marriage feast in Cana, the first miracle. 

My dear friend, I want to say something to you. One genuine miracle equals a thousand sermons. I really believe it with all of...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 21st of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of John 1:41-42:

“We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.” 

Who brought Peter to Jesus? It was Andrew. He introduced Peter to Jesus, and Peter, of course, eventually was the one who headed up the church when Jesus went back to heaven to be with His Father, but how many people remember Andrew bein...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 20th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Book of Exodus 20:15:

“You shall not steal.”

Then we go to the Gospel of Luke 19:8-9:

”Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold. And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house…”

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 19th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
Psalm 34:19

Then we go to Romans 5:3-4:

“And not only that, (this is Paul speaking) but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.”

I have never met a man or a woman, worth their salt, who has not been throu...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 18th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the book of Proverbs 20:20:

“Whoever curses his father or his mother,
His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.”

A very serious scripture verse - then we go to Exodus 21:17:

“And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.” 

And then the last one is found in Matthew 15:4. This is Jesus speaking: <...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 17th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Acts 13:25. This is Paul speaking and he says:

“And as John (John the Baptist) was finishing his course, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’

Then we confirm it in the Gospel of John 1:19-20:

“Now this i...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 16th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of John 1:17:

”For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”

Oh folks, what an incredible promise from God - grace!

What is grace? Young man, young lady, you might ask, “What is grace?” Well, the definition of grace is undeserved loving kindness or unmerited favour. We can’t earn it, we can’t buy it, it is f...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 15th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of John 1:15:

“John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ” 

(John the Baptist talking about Jesus Christ).

Then we go to the Gospel of Matthew 18:4:

“Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 14th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Book of Exodus 20:1-17:

“God spoke all these words:

I am God, your God,

who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery.

No other gods, only me.

No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t...

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

We go to the Gospel of John 1:1-4:

”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God (that’s Jesus), and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.”

Wow, I just love that scr...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 12th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Isaiah 55:11:

”So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”

Then we go to the Gospel of Matthew 5:9:

”Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called the sons of God.” Duration: 00:02:49

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 11th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

If we go to the Book of Ecclesiastes 9:10:

”Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,…”

Whatever you do!

A friend came to see me and gave me a little booklet. It’s called “The Practice of the Presence of God”, by a monk who lived over 300 years ago. His name was Brother Lawrence. He was a Frenchman, and this book has really imp...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 10th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to 1 Peter 5:7:

”Casting your care upon Him (Jesus) for He cares for you.”

Why? Because we cannot carry it on our own. I’m talking to somebody who is very tired at the moment, who is very weary, heading up a large organisation, maybe a farming business or a merchandise business, or a position in an organisation that takes all of your time, and it is wea...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 9th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Book of Exodus 17:11:

”And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.”  

I want to say something to you now, Moses was on top of the hill. Joshua and Moses’ men were fighting the enemy, Amalek, down in the valley. As long as Moses had his hand and his rod u...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 8th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Job 28:28:

”Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to depart from evil, is understanding.”

Then we go to the Gospel of John 17:17:

”Sanctify them by your truth. Your word is truth.” 

The Bible is the truth. We don’t have to reinvent anything else. Everything you need to know, everything you need to stand by, is...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 7th October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of Luke 24:32:

”And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the scriptures to us?” 

Two men walking towards Emmaus, which is approximately 7 miles from Jerusalem, 15 kilometres, probably the same distance from the farm Shalom to our little town, Greytown. These two men were walking along, minding th...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 6th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of John 8:59:

”Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple,…”

Folks, I want to speak to you today about contending with God. Do not fight with God. Contend means “put forward a view in an argument.”

Many of us, I’m including myself, when things don’t go well, we blame G...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 5th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Philippians 4:19, out of the Amplified Version:

“And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need (I want you to remember that word) according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”

The Lord has promised you today and He has promised me that He will supply every one of our needs, not our wants. What are your needs...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 4th of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Exodus 16:3:

“And the children of Israel said to them, "Oh, that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

Then we go to t...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 3rd of October, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Book of Luke 23:50:

“Now behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man.” 

We are talking here about Joseph of Arimathea. He was one of Jesus’ secret disciples. He was a member of the Sanhedrin yet he had the courage to go to Pontius Pilate and ask for the body of our beloved Saviour, and took the...