Thought For Today

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

We start in the first book of the Bible, Genesis 4:8:

”Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.”

The very first family in the Bible, and two brothers, were in contention. They had a dispute, and one brother killed the other.

Then we go straight to Acts 15:39:

”Then the contention became so sharp that they parted from one another.“

Oh, folks, maybe you’ve got contention in your family this morning. Maybe there’s a dispute that you just cannot seem to settle. I want to ask you to really reconsider before you do something that you might regret for the rest of your life. I looked up the word “contention” in the Oxford dictionary. It means a heated disagreement, it means being stroppy with the other, argumentative. 

Folks, we are talking here about two giants of the faith. We’re talking about a man who actually wrote two-thirds of the New Testament himself. I’m talking about Paul the Apostle, and he fell out, he had a sharp argument with a man, Barnabas, who is regarded in the Bible as “the encourager”, and the two fell out because of an argument over Mark.

I want to say to you today, we cannot allow that to happen. We are living in very stressful times, and these heated disagreements must stop. I have seen men lose businesses because they will not settle the argument. They split up and the business fails and goes down. We need each other, we are talking here about relationships. Folks, marriages - it concerns me a lot, the amount of people that are getting divorced, and many times they come to me and I ask them, ”What was the reason? Where did it all start? Is there a third party involved?” “No, no, there’s no one else involved. We just cannot get on.” I want to say to you, it’s not good enough. You need to go back to God and repent. “Yes, but I’ve got my rights, Angus.”  No, you don’t have your rights. If you gave your life to Jesus Christ, you surrendered your rights. We can agree to disagree. We don’t have to agree on everything, but we mustn’t allow these trivial things, because that’s what they are, to destroy your future. I’m talking about friendships, pick up the phone and say, ”Sorry man,” say, ”I didn’t mean to say what I said. Please forgive me.”

You know it takes two to Tango, as they say, you can’t dance by yourself and when you argue, if you say, ”Listen, I’m not going to go any further, I want to tell you. I want to leave it.” Leave it there, go to the Lord and reconcile with one another quickly. Do it today!

Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 4th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Deuteronomy 2:7, in the Old Testament:

“For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”

Then we go straight to the Book of Philippians 4:19:

”And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” 

We are living in difficult times, there’s no doubt about it. The price of fuel is skyrocketing, it is affecting people in every sector of life - the transporters, the shops, the farmers, in many, many ways, because without diesel we can’t plough the fields, without diesel we can’t use our vehicles to transport our food, and what happens? The price just keeps going up. It doesn’t matter what form of transport, they are being affected at the moment, but we need to keep focused on the Lord. 

The Lord reminded the children of Israel that He had supplied their needs for forty years. Why is He not going to do it now? Of course, He’s going to do it, He has always done it and He always will. He looks after His people. You see, the Lord doesn’t say, ”I will give you your wants - no, no, your needs, what you need - food to put on the table every day, clothes that you can look after your children and your family. He will supply your needs and He does it every single day. We need to take our eyes off the situation and focus on the Lord, who will supply our needs. 

At the moment in South Africa, we are really suffering with that terrible virus called the Foot and Mouth Disease, where the cattle have got huge lesions, sores in their mouths. They cannot eat food, and their hooves are literally falling off. They cannot walk. It is a horrible, horrific sight to see, but we know it has happened before and the Lord has delivered us. He will supply our needs. This disease will pass and the fuel prices will stabilise, but what we need to do in the meantime is thank God that He has never failed us and He is not about to do it now. So let us trust in Him and trust in His goodness towards His people.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. 
Goodbye.

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

We start in Psalm 103:1:

”Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!”

The Psalm of David, and then we go to Psalm 121:1-2:

”I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”

Then the last scripture is found in the Gospel of Luke 19:40, and this is Jesus speaking,

“…I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.” Isn’t that beautiful?

I had the privilege of going to the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, in the mighty Drakensberg mountains and I told those young boys, beautiful singers. I said, ”Don’t let anybody ever look down on you and think that you are not strong.” I said, ”The strongest man in Israel is none other than David who was a worshipper. He was a singer, and he was the one who killed Goliath, the giant, with one stone when he was a young teenager. Don’t look down upon yourselves boys. God has gifted you to be able to sing.”

The Tribe of Judah would always go into battle first. They were the singers, and then the rest of the army would follow, and I want to say to you, my dear friend, I don’t know what you’re going through at the moment but whatever it is, start to worship and praise God, and you will be surprised how God will strengthen you!

Folks, I want to tell you today, when you are under the whip, it is time to praise the Lord. I brought the word of God to those young boys and they responded by singing to me and I want to tell you, it lifted my very soul, and I want to tell you today to sing up and to praise and worship God and He will heal you. He will set you free. He will give you new vision and new hope! 

Jesus bless you and a wonderful day. 
Goodbye.

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

We start in 2 Corinthians 3:6:

”… for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” 

This is quite a serious and liberating scripture. We cannot live according to the Mosaic law. You can’t - that is why they kept offering sacrifices continually when they were in the desert. When the Holy Spirit came to earth after Jesus went to Heaven, He is the one who convicts us of walking in truth and righteousness. Now, if we look at the Book of Acts 15:24, this is what the apostles sent to the Gentiles, the Greeks, the people that were not Jews, and said to them that you do not have to obey the law, you just have to obey the commandments of God. 

”Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, “You must be circumcised and keep the law”—to whom we gave no such commandment”  Acts 15:24

”that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well.”
Acts 15:29

The Lord says that the Holy Spirit will convict you and me to walk in righteousness. We cannot just walk by keeping the law. We can’t do it. That’s why Jesus came down from Heaven to Earth.

Now the Westminster Confession says, I love this, this is what they say, "Man’s chief end on this earth is number one, to glorify God and number two, to enjoy Him forever.” Isn’t that so simple? You see, when you glorify God you keep the law by yourself. For example, when I got saved, the first thing I did was stop swearing. The day I gave my life to Christ, I’ve never sworn since then, the Holy Spirit convicted me. I stopped bending the rules. In other words, I stopped telling white lies. The truth is the truth, and I did it willingly. I did many things that did not glorify God, and when I met Him as Lord and Saviour, I automatically stopped doing those things.

Now today don’t put a heavy on people. Don’t make them feel guilty. Tell them to love God, and the Holy Spirit will convict them of their sins, and they will start walking in righteousness and, most of all, enjoy the presence of God forever. 

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. 
Goodbye. 

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 1st of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in 2 Corinthians 5:14:

”For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;…” 

The love of Christ compels us! The love of Christ is so great, it cannot be contained and that is why when somebody meets Jesus Christ for the first time they can’t help themselves. I think they said about me, for the first six months, “You need to lock him up because he’s like a bull in a china shop”, but the fire, the love, the passion! God is so great, and when you realise what He’s done for you, your sins have been forgiven, you’ve been given a new start, you want to tell everybody.

What was the last thing that Jesus said to the disciples before He ascended into heaven? Mark 16:15:

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel …” 

You see, the love of God is too large for anyone to contain. We just can’t keep it to ourselves, can we? His love has moved us to such extremes. His love has the first word and the last word in everything we do. I got saved on the 18th of February, 1979. I know you know that, but you know that man came and had a cup of tea with Gill and me after the service, and he said, ”Did you mean what you did today? I saw you went forward and committed your life to Christ.” I said, ”Of course I did.” He said, ”Well then, tell the first three people you meet tomorrow morning, Monday morning, what you did.” And I did, and I’ve never stopped since.

Jeremiah was another one. He was tired of being mocked by the people. He said to the Lord, ”That’s enough. No more. I’m not speaking anymore.” But if you look at Jeremiah 20:9. He said ”but there’s a fire in my bones which constrains me, I can’t help it. I have to tell people about the love of God.” He just couldn’t keep it in!  It is Christ’s love that fuels our passion. It will lead us to where it led Him.

Now remember, the love of Christ for this world led Him to the cross. He was despised, rejected. He was crucified because of His love for people. When you love people so intently, lots of people won’t thank you for that. That doesn’t matter. Don’t judge them, just continue to love them, and I want to tell you something now. Just the love of Christ in your heart, the look of passion in your face, will bring people to Jesus quicker than any sermon from a pulpit.

God bless you as you share the love of Christ abroad today. 
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 30th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Job 13:15:

”Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.”

That’s unconditional surrender, and being a farmer myself and looking at his life, you know he suffered very, very much, but at the end of his life, everything he lost, the Lord gave him back a hundred-fold. 

Then we go to the Book of Acts 14:22. This is Paul:

”…strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

In the Message Translation, it says,

“Anyone signing up for the kingdom of God has to go through plenty of hard times.”

Are you going through a tough time at the moment? You know what concerns me sometimes? Many preachers will say, “Come to Jesus, and all your problems will be over.” That’s not the truth. Come to Jesus, and He will give you new life. Jesus never promised you or me a bed of roses when we gave our lives to Him. He never said that He would take us out of the fire, did He? No, what He said was, He will walk with us through the fire and that is good news.

I want to tell you that since I’ve given my life to the Lord, I’ve experienced more trials, tribulations, and hardships than before I became a Christian, but the only difference is that the hardships that I am suffering now are worthwhile. I am in the winning team. Are you in the winning team today? I hope so, because for us, home time is very near and what a life that is going to be. So today, do not despair if you are going through a hard time. Remember, the Lord told us clearly in Hebrews 13:5:

“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 

Jesus bless you today and have a wonderful, peaceful, joyful day. 
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 29th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to 2 Chronicles 16:9a:

“For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.” 

The Lord is looking for a man, a woman this morning that He can trust. He wants to support you, He wants to make you strong, and He wants you to speak up.

Then we go to John 4:34:

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

I want to ask you a question this morning. What gets you up early in the morning? What is the thing that gets you excited every time? I have two sons. My second son, if you want to get him up and going, you talk to him about horses. He is our “horse whisperer” on the farm. He knows more about horses than anybody else I know. From a little boy, when he was still in nappies, I used to take him for rides on my horse, and now he is a horseman who is second to none. In fact, he has people on his farm. He brings in young folk, and he teaches them the finer points of horsemanship. If you want to make him start talking to you, just mention horses. 

Then I have three grandsons and these boys are into paddling. They get into that canoe and they paddle. They have got medals to prove it.  If you want to get them going, talk to them about paddling. Then I have got another two grandsons. These boys are ceded Number 1 and Number 2 in their school in tennis. If you want to get them talking to you, talk about tennis. Then I have another two grandsons and their whole focus is on horses as well, roping horses, gentling horses, starting horses and these boys can ride. 

And then yours truly. If you want to get me talking, ask my wife, you speak to me about preaching, about the Gospel, about speaking to men and women about Jesus, and I will talk to you until the cows come home. We need to understand one thing. Jesus said, “My meat is to the will of Him who has sent me.“  Today, it doesn’t matter what we do in life, remember the most important thing, and by the way, all those young boys and my sons that I have spoken about, all of them love Jesus Christ with a passion.

God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 28th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Deuteronomy 1:9 and this is Moses speaking:

“And I spoke to you at that time, saying: ‘I alone am not able to bear you.”

In other words, ‘I can’t do it on my own. There are too many of you.”

Then we go to Luke 6:13.

“And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles…”

Even the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, would not do it alone. I am not saying that He couldn’t, but He wouldn’t. He appointed others. You and I cannot do it alone. We were never meant to.  We need to learn to delegate and not leave it too long. We must pass it on, otherwise, we will lose it all. Jesus passed it on. I am talking to that old farmer. It is time to pass the baton on to your son. I am talking to that businesswoman. You cannot continue at the pace you are going. You need help and if you don’t take it, you are going to lose it all. I am talking about that career. If you want that career to blossom, you need to share it with others. 

I will never, ever forget in the year 2010, we had possibly the largest men's meeting on this farm, Shalom, something like 450,000 men on this farm. Unbelievable! We have got the evidence to show you. The Holy Spirit clearly said to me, “Now you need to pass it on.” I said to the boys, “It is the last one on this farm. We need to go out and multiply what God is doing, and has been doing on this farm.”

Well, I got a lot of criticism. A lot of people wrote in, “What are you trying to do? Are you trying to stop the revival?” “No, I am doing what God told me to do.” And do you know, since then, the Mighty Men movement, which was designed to help women and children, has exploded. As I record this message, we have a delegation coming back from Texas, USA. They have just had a Mighty Men Conference there. Very shortly, we will be going to Walvis Bay in Namibia to have a Mighty Men conference. They are taking place all over the world. If you don’t pass it on, it will die.

Today, pass it on and God will give you even more.
Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 27th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in Psalm 20:7:

”Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.” 

Who are you trusting today? Are you trusting a certain organisation? Are you trusting in a certain person? No, there is only One we can trust in, and His name is Jesus!

Let’s go now to the Book of Acts 14:19:

”Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.”

One minute a hero! If you read a few verses before, you’ll see they wanted to worship Paul and Barnabas because they saw how Jesus had healed a lame man, and now, because of persuasive words from other people from Antioch and Iconium, they turned on him and stoned him. Now, in those days, when you got stoned, that was the death penalty. Paul must have been in a terrible state and yet the next morning he was up on his feet again. What a man!

I’ll never forget a Rugby Cup Final, being played at King’s Park Rugby Stadium in Durban between our team, the Sharks, and the Blue Bulls from Pretoria. The score was hanging in the balance. We were winning the cup. There were a couple of points in it. The referee issued a penalty to our team. All our little scrum half had to do was kick the ball out, and the game was over, but he didn’t. He argued with the ref. The ref told him to be quiet. He carried on arguing. The ref turned the penalty around and gave it to the Blue Bulls, and up came their champion kicker, and he kicked that ball through the posts, and they beat us by one point. I want to tell you, from a hero, he became an absolute villain. I think he had to be escorted off the field. The crowd just turned instantly. That is how easy it is to change things!

We need to put our trust in the Lord. What about Jesus Himself, when He was coming into Jerusalem before the Passover, they were worshipping Him, throwing their clothes on the road and cutting down palm branches. The next day, literally within a couple of hours, they were screaming out, “Crucify Him”, crucify the Darling of Heaven. Let’s not do that today. Let’s put our trust in Jesus alone!

God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 26th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the fifth book of Moses, Deuteronomy 1:6: 

“The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.“

Then of course, we go to Isaiah 40:31:

”But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”

You and I have dwelt long enough at this mountain. It is time to move forward now. We are praying for courage. Yes, Lord Jesus, we need more courage, more strength, more fortitude. 

I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to find out the literal meaning of the word “fortitude”. It means bravery, endurance, resilience, mettle, strength of character, backbone, grit or just plain guts! Folks, we’ve dwelt at this mountain long enough. It is time to move forward now. Most of all, we need godly wisdom. It’s time to fly out of that comfortable nest and to move forward for the Lord.

I always think of the example of the mother eagle. When the chicks get old enough, mother says, “It is time to move forward, you’ve been in this nest long enough”, and slowly but surely she starts to throw all the comfortable little bits that she’s put in there for the chicks and it becomes very bare. Then she starts pulling out the sticks, and there’s nothing left but a rocky ledge, and then she literally edges her babies off the edge of the cliff. They have to fly and she watches them, and if they don’t quite get it the first time, she catches them on her wings, takes them to the top and does it again, until they fly.

The Lord says to you and me today, we have dwelt long enough at this mountain. It is now time to move forward. Jesus give you lots of grit and courage and guts as you take your next step forward.

God bless you and have a wonderful day. 
Goodbye.