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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 7th of February, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go straight to the Gospel of Mark 10:22:
”But he was sad at this word, and went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.”
You cannot bargain with God. You know, I looked up the dictionary - the definition of the word “bargain” is a cheap buy. It’s a giveaway; that’s what a bargain is. You cannot bargain with Jesus. You see, the rich young ruler did all the right things. Oh yes. He tithed, he went to church on Sundays, he was a good family man, but Jesus Christ was not first in his life.
Now, the Lord is not particularly talking about money here today, gentlemen and ladies. No, He’s talking about anything in your life, anything in my life, that we put before Him, is not acceptable. Why? Because He died for you and for me. The least we can give Him is first place in our lives. Don’t you agree? You know, I’ve often wondered about the Lord standing there with the young man walking away. Where was he walking? He was on his way to hell. That’s right, and the tears must have been running down the face of the Saviour because He loves all men.
He didn’t say, ”Listen, let’s strike a bargain. I tell you what. You give half of your goods away and we’ll negotiate the other half.” No, no, it was all or nothing, black or white. There’s no grey area in the Kingdom of God. You and I need to understand something very clearly today. If there is anything in our lives that is more important than Jesus Christ, then we have to surrender it.
Do you remember that beautiful chorus? I’m going to try and sing it with you:
Seek ye first the kingdom of God
And His righteousness;
And all these things shall be added unto you,
Halleluja, Halleluja“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you.”
Matthew 6:33.Jesus doesn’t want to take your family away from you, sir. Jesus doesn’t want to take your career away from you, your expectations, not at all. In fact, He wants to give them to you and more, but now and again He’ll test you.
“Do you really love me?”
“ Yes Lord.”
“ Well, give Me that thing.”
“ But Lord…”
“ Give it to Me.”
You give it to Him and what does He do? He gives it back. He doesn’t need your money, He doesn’t need your ability, He’s got it all. He said one word and this whole universe came into being. Today, make Him first in your life, and you’ll be surprised by what happens.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 6th of February, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Joel 3:14:
”Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.”
It’s decision time, my dear friend. No more wasting time. The harvest is ripe ready and ready for reaping. We go to Romans 8:19:
”For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.”
The world is standing on tiptoes, waiting for you and me, the children of God, to tell them about eternity. You know, I’ve written a book, a devotional, that came out early this year. It’s called “Living for Eternity”. The Lord laid on my heart about the urgency of the times in which we are living. Now I’m a farmer. I am familiar with seasons. There have been seasons in the past where it hasn’t been right to reap the crop. Never reap a crop that’s green because it will spoil. Wait for it until the harvest is golden and then reap it. You might say, ”Well, I’m not an evangelist.” You don’t have to be an evangelist. I want to tell you some of the biggest multitudes and congregations, are found in the workplace. That’s right - farmers praying and reading scriptures with their workers before they start work. Men going down underground in the mine, while they’re waiting for the cages, can preach the Gospel. What about an assembly at school? What an opportunity to tell them that it is time to turn to the Lord. I get invited to go to hospitals sometimes to pray for a sick man. I’ve been into a hospital room where there are four beds and when I’m finished praying for that man and he’s weeping and we’re believing for a miracle, as I walk out the other three say, “Please, we also need prayer.” Some of them are Muslims, some of them are Hindus, some of them are atheists. It’s the time for people to be saved.
What about that old age home? Those are the people actually, that we should be speaking to more than anybody else because their time to meet their Lord is getting very close. The sports fields, what an opportunity! I just love it when I see young men running onto that rugby field and before they start, they fall to their knees and they pray and God undertakes. What about an auction yard. Oh yes, you laugh, I’ve been to auction yards where they’ve asked me to open in prayer and do a Scripture reading before they start selling their cattle and animals.
Today, let’s be aware that all creation is waiting for you and me to tell them about the coming of the Lord and that they must be saved.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 5th of February, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to 1 Corinthians 11:23-26:
”For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.”
Holy Communion - It is the most sacred of all Christian events. Jesus said to His disciples, ”Do it often.” It was the last supper that He had on earth before He went to the cross the very next day. I want to suggest to you that you do it at home with your family, that you do it at work with your people, that you do it when you’re on the road. A very dear spiritual son of mine sent me a gift. It is a portable communion set, that’s right, I can take it with me when I travel, wherever. I can break bread when I’m in the aeroplane, when I’m in a car, when I’m sitting in a room on my own in a hotel. Do it as often as you can. I also want to suggest to moms and dads that it’s a good habit to get into. Aunty Jill and I break bread often and normally at breakfast time because that’s the time when we sit together without any interruption from anywhere else. You know, you can’t partake of Holy Communion if you are not talking to each other. No, you’ve got to make up. You’ve got to settle your differences. You see, Holy Communion is a very, very special thing.
Smith Wigglesworth, that Yorkshire plumber, has been documented that he prayed for something like twelve or thirteen people that had died and were raised from the dead, and that man used to break bread continually, especially before he would go and do a special work for the Lord. We need to break bread and we need to do it with our families, maybe in the evening, and dad you can do it, you’re the head of your house. If dad’s not there, mom you can do it. Teenagers, you can do it. It’s not specifically dedicated to one person at all. He doesn’t speak about only the priests. No, He says that we must do it, you and I, so let’s start doing it regularly. It’s a good habit to get into.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 4th of February, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Joel 3:10:
”…Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
Then we go straight to Philippians 4:13:
”I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
All things, but you see, these things are not for self-gain. No, no, they are for the benefit of others. Many years ago, I used to do powerlifting as a sport and I went to the Zambian National Championships. I was in the Light Heavyweight Division, and you won’t believe it - I came second. Yes, I got the silver medal, but don’t tell anybody else, there were only two of us in my division! But jokes aside, God says we can do all things through Him who strengthens us.
I want to tell you about a man by the name of Paul Anderson. He has since gone to be with the Lord. He was undoubtedly the most powerful man in the world at that time. It is recorded that he lifted, listen to this, 2,850 kilos. Now, if you’re familiar with pounds, that is 6,270 pounds. Incredible, a dead lift, but you know the important thing was is that he used all that strength and fame to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and take care of young people. You see, he used it for the glory of God.
Big George Foreman is probably the biggest in size, heavyweight champion in the history of the world. He lost his title but he got it back. He’s recorded as being the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in the world. I think he was over 40 years old, but the good news is that he used it all for the glory of God. He’s got a gym going. He takes care of young street kids. He’s got a church, and he’s a preacher of the gospel. He’s unashamed of the Lord.
Today, use that strength that God has given you, maybe it’s in business, maybe you’re an artist. Use it for the glory of God.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day, and enjoy your day,
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 3rd of February, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Joel 2:32:
”And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.”You will find the exact same scripture in Romans 10:13. Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord - what a wonderful statement! What hope there is in that statement - whoever! Whoever means whoever, anyone, any person that will call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved. It doesn’t matter what religion he is part of; it doesn’t matter what his background is; it doesn’t matter what he’s done; it doesn’t matter what he hasn’t done; it doesn’t matter whether he’s black or white; he will be saved. That’s what the Bible says. I believe in the Holy Bible from cover to cover, from Genesis to Revelation. It is the Word of God, written by men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and this Book tells me that whoever calls upon His name shall be saved.
I want to say to you today that Jesus Christ died for all mankind, and we need to understand that. He died for Jews; He died for Arabs; He died for Gentiles; He died for old people; He died for young people; He died for children and He died for old-age pensioners; He died for men and He died for women and He died for you. What you need to do is to call upon His name.
I want to pray for you today because maybe you’ve never done that and this is maybe the day you need to do it, folks. You say, “Oh, but I’ve done that before. It doesn’t work for me.” But you didn’t mean it. Maybe you’ve been side-tracked, maybe the devil has led you down a cul-de-sac. It’s never too late to call upon the name of the Lord. Ask the thief on the cross. He called upon the name of the Lord literally minutes before he died and Jesus said, “Today, you will be with me in paradise.” Why? Because he was a good man? No, because he believed. Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Father,
I pray for my dear friends. I pray for that man, that woman, who thinks that there is no hope for them. Lord, let them call upon Your name and be saved, and Lord, set free, and have the opportunity of living a brand new life, not because of us but because of You,
In Jesus name,
amen.God bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 2nd of February, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go straight to the Gospel of Mark 9:50. Jesus says:
”Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavour, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.”
The Lord says we have got to be salty. We have to be people who are making an impact in a world that has no more life in it. They tell me there are certain parts of the world, up in North Africa, where salt is almost worth more than gold. You see, you can’t live without salt just like you can’t live without water, and I want to say to you, we need to be salty today. There’s no good being bland and tasteless. We’ve got no excuse. If Jesus Christ is our Lord and Saviour we should be extremely salty because people need to know that there’s hope in God.
With my Scottish roots, my mother and father both born and bred in Scotland, the national dish is porridge. That’s what I was brought up on, but I want to tell you something about porridge, if there is no salt in that porridge, you cannot eat it. It is absolutely tasteless. We really need to be salty because if the salt loses its flavour, it’s got nothing and is of no value to anyone.
I want to say to you, we need to make a difference wherever we are going. Spend time each day with God. He will make you salty. He’ll give you a reason to get up in the morning. He’ll give you a reason to tell people, “Yes there is hope and He’s coming very soon”. And I want to tell you wherever Jesus went He was extremely salty, wasn’t He? Wherever the Lord went, it was either a revival or it was riot, but I tell you what, He made an impact and He’s telling us, you and I, to do the same thing.
We need to make that difference. Let’s be salty today!
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 1st of February, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Proverbs 18:24:
”A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
We really need friends in this day and age, don’t we? We can’t do it on our own. It’s no good saying, ”No, I’ll just do it my way.” Don’t do that, we need friends to help us. If there’s two of us, one gets stuck in the hole, the other one can always pull him out but if he’s on his own, he can’t.
Early this morning before the sun came up, I was cycling on my mountain bike and I saw a light in the distance coming towards me and it was my dear friend. This friend is very special to me. He was coming out and I was coming back. We stopped and we had a prayer meeting on the road, so much so that one of the neighbours came past in his pick-up and he thought maybe we were in trouble. We said, ”No, no, we are just having a prayer meeting. Would you like to join us?” But he was in a rush, a young man going to work, but we started to talk and you know folks, I want to say something to you, a burden shared is a burden halved.
We are of the same age group and we started talking about different things - physical things, sore backs, sore knees. We spoke about family issues and we just spent about five or ten minutes together and then he prayed for me and I prayed for him and I want to tell you, it just brightened my day completely, and soon as I got back to my prayer room, I just had to tell you about this.
Sometimes we go to an old age home and you see an old lady or an old gentleman sitting there all by themselves and you feel, “Where is their family? Why is their family not visiting them?” But folks, you don’t know that old person. Maybe that old person is not friendly, maybe that old person doesn’t want anybody to visit them, which is so sad. Don’t be like that today. There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. His name is Jesus Christ. He is my friend. When I’m in trouble, I call upon Him. When I’m happy, I call upon Him. When I have tremendous needs, I call upon Him for wisdom, for advice, for counsel. Don’t neglect your friendship. Remember, a man who has friends must himself, be friendly. Go out today and make a new friend but don’t forget about Jesus Christ. He’s the best friend you could ever ask for.
God bless you and have a wonderful day,
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 31st of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Gospel of John 19:30:
”…He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
“Tetelestai” - It means, “It is finished”. The job has been done, the mission has been accomplished, the obligation has been met, the debt has been paid in full!
You know, I went to a restaurant one day with my dear wife. We had a lovely meal together and then I called the waitress and said, ”Can you bring the bill?” She came up and said, ”Sir, it has already been fulfilled, it’s been paid.” I said, ”I don’t believe it!”, She said, ”Yes.” I said,” Well, who paid it?” She said, ”People who have left the restaurant twenty minutes ago.” I could hardly comprehend the goodness and the love of those folk. Paid - you don’t have to pay anything, and you keep wanting to put your hand into your pocket and bring out your wallet to pay but it’s paid!
It’s like a bird that’s been in a cage for some years. You open the gate of that cage to let that bird out and the bird just sits there for a long time trying to comprehend that it is free, and then when it eventually realises it’s free, it goes out of that cage and it flies away.
My dear friend, you are free. Jesus said it and He meant it. All we need to do today is two things: Number one is to believe it, and number two is to receive it and then walk out because your sins have been paid for in full by our beloved Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary. The last thing He said was, ”It is finished!” He bowed His head and He gave up His spirit. What a beautiful, mighty, gracious, compassionate God we serve! Go free, your sins have been paid.
God bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 30th of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go straight to the Gospel of Mark 9:40. Jesus says:
”For he who is not against us is on our side.”
Then we go to John 18:38:
”Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, “I find no fault in Him at all.”
In fact he said that twice. He said it again in John 19:4:
“I find no fault in Him”.
He who is not against us is on our side.
We need to be very careful that we don’t judge people. Pontius Pilate was an infidel. He was a Roman governor. He had more compassion for Jesus than the Pharisees and the Chief Priests. In fact, he tried to defend Him. Always keep the door wide open. I’m talking to a lady who’s stressing because her husband does not want to pray the sinner's prayer with her. Keep the door open. He will come through, just keep praying for him.
I’m praying for that young girl. Mom and dad are pulling their hair out. She just does not want to know about the Lord. Well, she’s not against the Lord. She just feels, she doesn’t need the Lord, at the moment. Keep the door wide open, she’ll come home just like the Prodigal Son. Never judge a book by it’s cover. What does that mean? Well, it might have a very nice cover on the outside and be quite boring on the inside. However, it might have a plain cover and be exciting inside.
I want to tell you a little story. A very good friend of mine, Allan Kruger, was the manager of the huge Kings Park Rugby Stadium. I approached him to book that stadium for the very first big event we ever had, and when I came into his office, he was flat out so busy organising Michael Jackson coming and all kinds of people and he didn’t seem to have too much time for me. He was trying to be kind but he was busy. Well, I want to tell you something now, eventually I persuaded him to hire it to us and then he said, ”Do you realise what’s involved? You’re going to have to have a disaster management committee.” He brought out a heap of forms. He said, ”But on second thoughts, I’ll handle that for you.” He said then, ”Do you realise that you have to have your lighting system?” I said, ”Yes.” He said, “Well, I’ll do that for you.” And he just went on and on. You know that that man organised everything for us. Yes, and he wasn’t a Christian, as per se, but on the big night when it was all over, I stood with Allan Kruger on the twenty-two metre line of that rugby field, and the two of us prayed the sinner’s prayer together. Never ever judge a book by its cover. Jesus says, ”He who is not against us is on our side.”
God bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 29th of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Psalms 51:17:
”The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.”
Then we go to the Book of Joel 2:13:
”So rend your heart, and not your garments;…”
The Lord wants our heart, not our possessions. He wants us, not what we can do for Him. He doesn’t need anything from us. He formed the universe with one word. What can we give Him? He says, “a contrite heart”. Now “contrite” means sorry for something you have done. If you look at Psalm 51, that is the Psalm after Nathan, the prophet, came to David and exposed David for his adultery. He had an affair with Bathsheba, who was not his wife. She was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, one of David’s choice generals, and then David killed him in order to try and cover up his tracks and it failed miserably. What is the difference between David and maybe you and me today? The difference is, David knew how to say, “sorry”. He knew how to rend his heart and not his garments.
Today, my dear friend, I don’t know what is troubling you. Maybe there is something in your life which you are so ashamed of, you’ve made a mistake and you don’t know the way out. Quite simply, go to the Lord today and say, “Lord I am terribly sorry for what I have done”. He will forgive you. He has promised us that if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9. Just say, “sorry”.
A lot of suicides take place because a young person has made a mistake and they have no one to go and confide in, and they are too ashamed to go to their parents, and so they take their lives. Please don’t do that. Go and speak to somebody and say, ”Listen, I’ve made a terrible mistake. What must I do?” And you know, confession frees us. The devil doesn’t want you to do that. He wants to hold you captive. He doesn’t want you to tell anybody about the mistake you made, but the Lord says, “Rend your heart”. Open your heart and don’t try and cover it up with other things.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 28th of January 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Gospel of Mark 8:2:
”I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat.”
Jesus was a kind person, Jesus is a kind person. Then we go to the Gospel of John 21:9:
”Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.”
Jesus had prepared a meal for His disciples on the shores of Lake Galilee, after His resurrection. He was concerned for the well-being of His disciples, even though they had run away and left Him - a kind man. “Compassion” means sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings of other people. Oh, my dear friend, we need to become kinder in this world. You know it’s one of the fruits of the Spirit. Yes, you’ll find that in Galatians 5:22. Kindness is one of the fruits of the Spirit.
Just the other night, I was watching the news on the television. BBC World News said that when they interviewed little children all over Britain, the watchword for 2025 was kindness. “Little children, what is the most important word for you?” Kindness, I wonder why? Oh man, my eyes filled with tears. Why would the little child say kindness? Maybe because there’s a lack of kindness in the world we live in today.
You know, I love horses, I think you know that. Horses are beautiful animals. I can look into the eye of a horse and I can tell you whether that horse is a kind horse, and I’m very serious about it, or maybe he’s impatient, angry, uptight, self-centred, but a soft, kind eye in a horse is something that I look for very carefully before I will ride him.
I want to tell you a little story, maybe you’ve heard it before but it’s worth listening to again. A young pastor, many years ago, told me here in Greytown that he was studying theology in Scotland. He and his young wife were walking down the high street on a very cold, windy, wintry day, and they saw this beautiful little home, and the door was wide open. There was a bunch of flowers on the table and they walked in and this kind old lady walked out and said, ”Can I help you?” “Yes please, can I have some tea and scones?” She said, ”No problem. Please be seated.” And she started to prepare them. They were fresh and they could smell them cooking. They did get a bit impatient because she took such a long time. Eventually, she came out with fresh tea, hot scones buttered with strawberry jam and cream and when they’d finished their meal they stood up and they said to her, ”Madam, how much do we owe you?” And she looked surprised. She said, ”No, this is a private home. You don’t owe me anything.” That is kindness.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 27th of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Gospel of Mark 9:5:
”Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”
That was the Mount of Transfiguration when the Lord spoke to His Heavenly Father and also to Moses and Elijah. Peter, James and John must have stood there with their mouths wide open, not believing what they were seeing. It was so amazing that they did not want to go back down into the valley, where all the trouble is, and the pain and all the suffering and the misunderstanding. Have you ever had a mountain-top experience? Oh yes, I have as well, and you just don’t want to come back down, do you? You just want to stay up there. You know, I am a mountain man, I love the mountains. My dear wife, Jill, loves the sea, and often we have a little giggle together. I say, “Jill, I love the mountains”, and she says, “Oh, but I love the sea.” And then I say, “Jill, Jesus never went down to the sea to pray!” But we cannot live on top of the mountain. We have got to go back down to the valley. We have got to roll up our sleeves. We have got to deal with things in our home, in our workplace. We have got to get involved.
Moses went up the mountain, that’s right, he went to Mount Sinai and he got orders from the Lord. He got the Ten Commandments and then he came back down again into the valley to deliver Jesus’ message to the people. That mountain doesn’t literally have to be a physical mountain. It’s your closet, it is your quiet time place, it is where you spend time with Jesus every day.
There is a thing called “extempore preaching”. I looked up the Oxford Dictionary. The word “extempore” means done without preparation, and to extemporise means to make something up as you go along. Now I am not arguing with the Oxford Dictionary but the great preachers would preach extempore preaching. In other words, they would take one verse out of the Bible, like Romans 1:17: “The just shall live by faith” - and they would preach on that for up to an hour and even longer. The young people would admire them and think they could do the same but what they didn’t realise was that these great preachers had spent hours in their quiet time room getting the message into their spirit man and then simply go out into the open and deliver it to the people.
Today, spend time up the mountain and then you will not make so many mistakes when you have to buy that new motorcar, or you have to sell that house, or you have to go to university, or go to trade school, or get married. Spend time on the mountain first.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 26th of January, 2025 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Luke 9:26. This is Jesus speaking:
“For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.”
Are you ashamed to tell people that you are a Christian? Well, the Lord says very clearly, “If you are ashamed of Me, I will be ashamed of you.” You see, when Jesus died on the Cross of Calvary for your sins and my sins, He hung on that tree, He was naked but He was not ashamed to die for you, young lady. Why are you so secretive of the One that you love? It is time for us to speak out about our faith. He has never made you ashamed of Him, He has never done anything to bring any disrespect to you. He is the only one who is pure, without spot or blemish, has never, ever sinned for the whole time He walked on this earth, for 33 years.
Many years ago, I was privileged to go to that beautiful Emerald Isle. Yes, I am talking about Ireland, and my dear friend, Andy, took me to a maximum security prison. These are very sad places. There were men who were put into that jail for life, and they called the prisoners out into an open area. I remember it was tarmac and I had plenty of room to speak to them. They were standing on the one side of this huge wall and I was standing in the middle, and after I had finished preaching, I said, “I want to give you the opportunity and the privilege of acknowledging Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour publicly, not secretively. I want you to walk across this wall, (it was about maybe 20 or 30 metres) and I want you to come across here and get on your knees, and repent before God. And I don’t want anybody to close their eyes or slip their finger up, acknowledging the Lord.”
I waited and waited and then they started coming. Some of these were tough, hardened men, some of them weeping, and they knelt on that tarmac floor and they gave their lives to Christ openly. But what shook me more than anything, there was a man there. I don’t know if he was a resident pastor, a man of the cloth, a clergyman. He had been to university and studied theology. He started to walk on his own, right across that floor, and got on his knees and repented before God. He said to me afterwards, when I said, “I was so impressed by what you did”, he said, “That was the first time in my life that I made a public confession of my faith in front of everybody. Thank you.”
Go out today and tell three people that you are not ashamed of Jesus Christ.
God bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday, the 25th of January, 2025 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start off in the Book of Hosea 8:14:
“For Israel has forgotten his Maker,…”
Then we go straight to the Book of Ephesians 2:10:
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
God does not make junk! No, He doesn’t. It does not matter what you feel about yourself today. You might feel that you are no good, you are not going to make it, you messed up and that is over - not at all! God made you, Himself. That is what He says. He says that you are His handiwork. He has created you and I beforehand, that we should walk in that. We really need to understand something - we are not created by ourselves. God created us. Colossians 1:27:
“…Christ in you, (and in me) the hope of glory.”
It is Christ in us - that is why we can say Philippians 4:13 says:
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Now, I can hear what you are saying. You are saying, “No, but I made a mistake and I am done.” No, not at all. If you look at the history in the Bible, you will see that God had a habit of using men and women who blew it, who messed up, but what they did was, they repented, they said sorry and got back into the fight.
I am talking about Moses. Moses was a murderer. He killed the slave-driver in Egypt. King David, he did the same thing. He messed up, he took another man’s wife. He was an adulterer and then he murdered her husband to try and cover his tracks. He wasn’t a good man. Peter, the big fisherman, he was a foul-mouthed man, he was arrogant. God used him and God uses ordinary people right through history to do His work for Him. God loves you and He wants to use you.
Now, stand up, dust yourself off and say sorry and get back into the fight.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 24th of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go straight to 2 Corinthians 10:4 (Amplified Version):
“The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.”
Folks, we need to understand something. We are in a war. We are in a full-scale war and it’s not a physical war. It’s a war raging in the mind, and we need to use the weapons God has given us to combat this war. “What weapons?” You say. I am talking about prayer, the power of prayer. We’ve got to pray more and speak less. The Bible - that is our weapon. It’s the sword of the Spirit. The word of God says we’ve got to use it. We’ve got to watch what we read, what we watch on TV and especially social media. This very message you are listening to now is coming to you on social media, and thank you very much for praying for me and for listening and watching it, because there is so much rubbish that can be watched even by a small child, ten, fourteen years old - things like pornography which is poisoning people, causing people to be depressed, and causing people to stress and to even contemplate suicide.
Now I want to read something to you that I’ve heard from a lady named Cindy McGarvie. She is an Australian lady, and I want you to listen to the power of social media. Iran attacked America and they were expecting the Americans to retaliate with bombs and guns. Listen to this. “The US could have ordered air strikes on Iran’s military bases where the missiles were launched, but instead they used both soundless and formless computer technology to achieve a similar end. This is called Cyber Warfare. Cyber Warfare is the use of computer technology to destruct activities of a state or organisation.” They didn’t even send a missile or anything. They destructed the whole thing by social media.
We need to be careful what we allow our children to watch and what we are watching and we need to use it for the benefit of the Kingdom of God. Remember the Bible tells us in 1 John 4:4: “…greater is He that is within us than he that is in the world.” And that is the whole purpose of thought for today, to bring to your attention, every morning, the importance of God’s Holy Word which He has given us to stand against the lies of the devil.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 23rd of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to 2 Peter 3:18. The Lord tells us to,
“grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
What is grace? Well, grace is undeserved loving-kindness. It’s unmerited favour. We don’t deserve it, but because of God’s love for us, He has given us His grace. We are saved, not by our own efforts but by His grace. Ephesians 2:8 says we have been saved by grace through faith, and that not of ourselves; for it was a gift from God. So let us not become too harsh with others who are, at this point in time, still trying to find the Lord. Some of them are in a bad place and maybe they say some ugly things to you. Just extend grace to them, just like the Lord extended grace to you and me.
The Lord says, “Before you try and take the speck out of your brother’s eye, rather take the log out of your own eye first.” (Matthew 7:5). When you start to realise what Jesus Christ has done for you, then it's very easy to extend that grace towards others. I was cycling on my mountain bike early this morning before the sun came up, using a light, and as I was riding and talking to the Lord, it was as if I remembered all the things that I had done before I met Him as my Lord and Saviour, and I was overwhelmed by His kindness and the fact that He has forgiven me of every one of those sins, because I confessed them. You will find that in 1 John 1:9.
Let’s you and I today extend the grace and the love of Christ to those who are struggling and even to those who are our supposed enemies so that they too might meet the King of Glory.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 22nd of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to Mark 8:32-33: “Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He (that’s Jesus) rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Peter rebuked the Master. We must never, ever get familiar with Jesus Christ. You know, I have a big problem when people talk about, “the man upstairs”, “the good man”, “the big man”, “my china”, “my friend”. Those comments are totally unacceptable when we speak about the Creator of Heaven and Earth. You know that old saying, “familiarity breeds contempt”? And it really does! When we forget our station in life, all of a sudden things turn pear-shaped, don’t they?
You see, if you look at Philippians 2:10-11, the Bible tells us that every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. We need to respect our God. Peter overstepped the mark, clearly, and the Lord rebuked him in front of the disciples. Respect, by the way, is learned at home. I want to say something very seriously to moms and dads. You might not like what I am going to tell you, but I am going to tell you because I believe it is the truth. You must teach your children to respect you when they are young at home. Don’t allow them to become familiar with you. Yes, you must roll on the grass and play ball with them, you must swim with them, you must shout, but there must be a mark of respect.
I have a major problem when I see young children treating grown-ups as equals. You see, it is not for the sake of the grown-up, it is for the sake of the child because when he goes into the big world and he doesn’t understand respect, he is going to get hurt badly. I remember reading a very sad story about tourists who came from a far-off country to the game reserve. They did not respect the laws and rules in the game park, and they saw a pride of lions, beautiful, big, massive lions, lying underneath a tree, resting. They got out of their vehicles and walked up close to them to take photos. Well, they got badly, badly mauled I think some of them got killed. Why? Because they had no respect.
I want to say to you, Jesus Christ is my Lord, He is my Saviour, He is my personal Friend, but more than all of that, He is my God.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 21st of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Gospel of Mark 8:15. This is Jesus speaking to the disciples:
“Then He charged them, saying, “Take heed, (be careful) beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
Leaven is another word for yeast. Now I looked up in the Oxford dictionary the literal meaning of the word “yeast”. What is it? It is a microscopic, single-celled fungus capable of converting sugar into alcohol. That is what yeast is. The Lord says to you and me this morning, be careful of the influence of the world system in your life. Look out for the Pharisees. They are not serving God, they are actually agents of the world system. I spoke to an alcoholic, you can speak to any alcoholic and say how did you start and they’ll tell you, this one drink.
Many, many men and women, some listening to this message now are hooked on pornography. How did it start? Well somebody said I want to show you something on my device, and it was exciting and that is where it started, now you can’t stop. What about adultery? A man doesn’t just wake up in the morning and say, “I am going to have an affair today.” No, he starts off with a relationship that appears to be innocent but that woman is not your wife, sir. She belongs to somebody else. You have no right at all to get involved with her. And madam, that man is not your husband, he belongs to another lady. You have no right at all to get involved with that man.
Gambling - gambling is on the increase, and it starts off innocently. You normally start off by winning but you always end up losing. I know men who are hooked on gambling who have gambled away their very homes and their wives’ jewellery, hoping to make it just with one more spin of the dice. Let us not do it today. I want to pray for you this morning:
Father God,
I am praying for somebody this morning, maybe a young person who is tempted to experiment with something that they know is not of God. Lord, please help them turn away and walk away from that thing and never to go back again. I am praying for those who already are involved. Lord Jesus, set them free today, because if the Lord sets them free, they shall be free indeed.
I ask this is Jesus name,
Amen.
God bless you and have a wonderful day,
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 20th of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start off in the Book of Psalms 37:7:
”Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him; …”
Then we go straight to the Book of Hosea 12:6:
“And wait on your God continually.”
Continually - we must wait on the Lord patiently this year as we start 2025. No more rushing around. That’s what gets us into trouble. You see, King Saul, the first king of Israel, would not wait for the prophet Samuel to come and offer up a sacrifice to God before the battle started, and what happened? He lost his kingship. He lost his kingdom because he would not wait.
This is not a quick-fix religion that you and I are involved in. No, no, no. This is a lifestyle. Wait continually, not a one-off thing, it’s a lifestyle. You know, that’s one thing farming has taught me, is to be patient because the farmer that’s rushing around never reaps anything that’s worth anything. We need to be patient. Remember Jesus, when they called Him, His best friend Lazarus was sick and dying. He came four days late but what happened? Oh, one of the greatest miracles in the New Testament - Lazarus was raised from the dead! Jesus was never early, Jesus was never late, Jesus was always spot on time. We need to get into that habit.
My late dad was involved in the 2nd world war and was up in North Africa with the South African troops when he was caught by Rommel and the Germans. They put him in a prisoner-of-war camp for three and a half years, but my mother was back in Britain and she was in the Air Force. Those two were going to get married. My dad said, ”I’ll come out to Africa. I’ll make some money and then I’ll come back to Scotland and I’ll marry you.” But of course the war got in between them. Do you know that they waited patiently for each other for no less than six years? And I want to tell you that it was the most beautiful marriage. I am so blessed to have been raised in a family of love.
Today, wait for that thing that God is going to give you. Do not rush ahead and He will give it to you in His time.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 19th of January, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start off in the Book of Proverbs 27:20:
“Hell and Destruction are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.”
Wow! Powerful words. Then we go to the Book of Ecclesiastes 5:10:
“He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.”
Chasing the wind, folks, chasing the wind, and then lastly we go to the Book of Hosea 12:1:
“Ephraim feeds on the wind, And pursues the east wind; …”
Now we as farmers know there is nothing good that comes out of the East wind. There’s no rain that comes from the East wind, not to speak of. We need to be careful what we are chasing today. People who are chasing money. I want to tell you about a man by the name of Howard Hughes. He was worth, by today’s standards, $55 Billion US dollars. He died as a recluse and he was just an absolute shell of a man. What about fame? Marilyn Monroe was probably the most famous woman when it came to modelling and acting in the world. She died at 36 years old from an overdose. What about power? Wall Street collapse, men jumping out of windows and committing suicide? Chasing the wind.
Young people, don’t wait and wait and wait before you get married. I’ve spoken to many couples.“ No, as soon as we pay for our house we’ll get married.” Don’t do that. It’s easier for two people to live than for one person to live on their own and you might lose your first love if you wait too long. That young successful farmer, he’s doing very well but he’s getting greedy, he wants to buy the farm next door. That farm could sink you completely. Don’t do it. The young evangelist just keeps on getting sought after, can’t say no and eventually he’s never at home. He’s all over the place. He says he’s doing the Lord’s work but he’s fooling himself because it’s for his own ego and what happens? He loses his family in the end.
Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14:
“Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.”
Let us rather obey 1 Timothy 6:6:
“Now godliness with contentment is great gain.”
Jesus bless you and goodbye.
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