Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 24th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 1 Corinthians 7:24: “Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called.”  Then we go to 1 Timothy 6:6: ‘Now godliness with contentment is great gain.’ Paul was saying to the believers, you don’t have to be circumcised to be a follower of Christ, you can remain in the state you are. In other words, if you are uncirc...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 23rd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to Isaiah 61:1. Of course, this is referring to the Lord Jesus: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,Because the Lord has anointed MeTo preach good tidings to the poor;He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,To proclaim liberty to the captives,And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;…”Then we g...

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Tuesday morning, the 22nd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day.We start in that beautiful scripture found in the book of Jeremiah 29:13.And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.Then we go straight across to Philippians 3:10. He said, "...that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death."I really...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 21st of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We go to the Gospel of Matthew 6:6: “But you, when you pray, go into your room (or your closet), and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” “Faith’s stronghold is the closet”, one man of God said, “however, if the closet door hinges are rusty and the room is deserted...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 20th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Psalms 32:8: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.”  Then we go straight to 1 Corinthians 6:1: “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?”That is quite a stern rebuke, isn’t it? “Why do we go to...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 19th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to Galatians 2:20. Paul says: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”  What a powerful scripture! I read something in a little book that I want t...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 18th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to 1 Corinthians 5:5: ”…deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” That is very sobering, isn’t it?  We need to understand something. Many of us need to apply tough love. Release them into God’s hands. In fact, Paul says, ”Hand them over to the devil, so that their souls...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 17th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 2 Chronicles 16:9: “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.” Then we go to 1 Corinthians 4:20: “For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.” Oh folks, these are serious words. It’s not just a life of talking. One...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name. It is Wednesday morning, 16th September 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in Psalm 119:105: ”Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Then we go straight to 1 Corinthians 4:1: ”Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.”  The Lord has called you and me to be stewards for Him. A steward is a person who has been found faithful over the things of G...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name. It is Tuesday morning, the 15th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in Mark 16:7: “But go, tell His disciples—and Peter—that He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him, as He said to you.”  Then we go to the Gospel of John 19:26: “When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Be...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 14th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We go straight to the Old Testament to the Book of Job 5:13: “He catches the wise in their own craftiness,…” Then we go to 1 Corinthians 3:19: “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” Folks, we need to understand one thing this morning. God is in Heaven and we are on Earth. We need to be very careful how we stand and how we ta...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 13th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Psalms 34:19: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.”  What a beautiful scripture! Then we go to the New Testament, Romans 8:31: “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”  So then, what the Lord is saying to us here is that...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 12th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to 1 Corinthians 6:19: “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…?”  Then we back up a little bit to 1 Corinthians 3:16: “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” Some of us are not doing well, are we? No, we are sick in our bodies, we...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 11th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 1 Corinthians 3:11: “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”  I want to speak today about foundational people. The Chief Engineer -  I have told you many times, my mother’s brother was a Chief Engineer in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War. They operate below sea level. No one sees them. Every...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 10th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Isaiah 48:10, the Lord speaking: ”I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.”  Then we go to John 15:16. Jesus says: ”You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit…” There’s somebody listening to this message this morning who is going through a tremendous fiery trial. You are saying, ”...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 9th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joshua 24:15. This is now Joshua speaking: “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” He stood up in front of the whole nation of Israel and said, “Who are you going to serve today? Are you going to serve foreign gods or are you going to serve the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We need to be ve...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 8th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Exodus 14:21: ”Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.” Then we go to 1 Corinthians 2:5. This is Paul speaking: ”…that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the pow...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 7th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day. We start in the Old Testament in the Book of Zechariah 4:6:“The Lord says, Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.”Then we go to the New Testament, to 1 Corinthians 2:1-2: “And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.  For...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 6th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Joshua 23:6. Joshua says: “Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,…”  Keep the faith! Joshua was a very old man when he told the children of Israel that they must be very courageous and do ev...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 5th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Jeremiah 9:23-24: ”Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me…” Then we go to 1 Corinthians 1:31: “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” <p...