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

We go to the Gospel of John 17:21. And this is Jesus speaking to His Father:

”that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.” 

I want to speak to you this morning about relationships, and I want to speak to you about probably the hardest place to keep a relationship. Where is it? It’s at home. Oh yes, I can see you smiling, and some of you aren’t. It’s not easy. The first murder in the Bible after the creation of the earth was between two brothers, Cain and Abel. Cain killed his brother, Abel. Look at the dispute that Abraham had with his nephew, Lot, when they argued about who was going to have the high land and who was going to have the low land. What about Moses and his brother, Aaron and his sister, Miriam? What an argument they had! If God hadn’t intervened there, there would have been big trouble because of family.

What about David and Absalom? David was so blinded by the love that he had for his son, that he couldn’t see that his son was plotting to kill him. If it wasn’t for David’s men, his own son would have killed him. What about Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark? They had a terrible fallout because of John Mark, and Paul said, ”I’m not going with him again. He let us down once before and that’s it.” Barnabas said, ”No, well I am taking him.” And they split up.

Now, this is not a negative message, my dear friend, it’s a challenging message. Jesus says that you and I must love one another in the family so that the world can believe that the Father sent Jesus down to the earth.

“A new commandment I give unto you that you love one another as I have loved you. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love, one for another.”
John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give unto you that you love one another as I have loved you. 
That you love one another as I have loved you. 
By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love, one for another.
By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love, one for another.

Let’s love each other. Let’s sit down after this message and say, ”Dad, I forgive you”; ”Mom, I forgive you”; “Son, I forgive you.”; “ Daughter, I forgive you.” 

For Christ’s sake, let’s do it.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.