Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 4th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 1 Corinthians 1:17. Paul says: “For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.” Then we go ahead to 1 Corinthians 3:6. Paul again: “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.”It is so important to know what your role is in this li...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 3rd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Hebrews 12:1-2 and I’m reading two verses: ”Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before h...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 2nd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to that very well-known scripture, 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.” The Lord often uses the eagle as an example of how you and I should live. The eagle is a solitary bird, he is an amazing bird. He do...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 31st of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, …” Then we go a little bit further to John 15:13: “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”Oh friends, we need to be givers. Our Heavenly Father gave His only Son so that we might have eternal life...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 30th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.  We start in the Gospel of Mark 8:36. Jesus says: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?”  Then we go to the Book of Romans 14:17: “for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Life is just so much more than eating and dr...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 29th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Malachi 3:6:“For I am the Lord, I do not change…” Isn’t that amazing? When you think of the world we are living in at the moment, I mean it’s changing by the minute and here’s another scripture, Numbers 23:19: “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, a...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 28th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Romans 14:3. This is Paul speaking, he says: ”Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; …”  When you go to somebody’s house, you eat whatever they give you. There are some people who are so foolish, they will go to a primitive village somewhere in Central Afri...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 27th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We start in 1 Corinthians 11:1. Paul says: ”Imitate me, just also as I imitate Christ.” Then we go to the Book of Ephesians 5:1: “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.” Then the last one, Philippians 3:17: “Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.”Ooh, that’s a tough one today...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 26th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go first of all to the Book of Joshua 14:7. This is Caleb speaking: ”I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me…” I’ll stop right there and then we go down to verse 10. He continues and he says:”…these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this d...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 25th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the New Testament, Romans 13:1: ”Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities.”Then we go back to Matthew 22:20-21: ”And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?'” They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”  We have to obey...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 24th of August 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joshua 14:2: “Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses,…” Then we go straight to the Book of Romans 2:11: “For there is no partiality with God.”  Isn’t that wonderful? God has got no favourites. No, no teacher’s pets! And I am so happy about that because I didn’t feature too well...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 23rd of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day. We start in the Book of Exodus 20:3:“You shall have no other gods before Me.” Then we go to Matthew 19:22:”But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.” Nothing must come before the sovereignty of God, Jesus first all the time! A man by the name of Guthrie wrote something which I thought was quite chal...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 22nd of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. Psalm 23:1: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Then we go straight to Romans 12:12: “…rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer…”This morning we want to speak about memory verses. As a brand-new Christian, I started to memorise scriptures. The first one I memorised was, of course, John 3:16: ”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotte...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 21st of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Exodus 24:13: ”So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.” Then we go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 4:19: ”Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” What are we talking about this morning? We’re talking about legacy. What are you going to leave be...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 20th of August, 2026, 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 (that’s Goliath), “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.”  Then we go straight to the New Testament, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5: “For the weapons of our warfar...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 19th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. Today I am going to read a scripture out of the Amplified Version of the Bible - Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].”That is very powerful. I want you to try and meditate...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 18th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Hebrews 11:6: ”But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”  In other words, without faith we can’t please God.Then we go to Romans 10:17:”So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 17th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joshua 10:13:”So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.  And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.” Remember, Joshua asked the Lord to hold the sun in place until h...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 16th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Romans 11:20-21: “Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.”I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to get the direct meaning of the word, “haughty”. It means arrogant and superior towards other people. My dear friend, yo...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 15th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joshua 9:14: “Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions; but they did not ask counsel of the Lord.” Then we go straight to Matthew 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”I want to say today, we need to be careful of the smart...