Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 14th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the first book of the Bible, Genesis 3:9: ”Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” Then we go to the Gospel of John 21:15. Jesus said to him, “Feed My lambs.” Both of these men sinned. Adam was hiding from God when the Lord wanted to speak to him in the cool of the evening, like He always did. He used to walk with Adam and Eve but they sinned, they ate of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden and were hiding from God. Then we go to Peter, the big fisherman, who also denied the Lord three times, remember? He went back fishing. He said, ”I’m going fishing, I’m packing up, I’ve done my bit.” And then the Lord said to him, ”Peter, feed my lambs.”The Lord has not given up on you and me, so why are we giving up? No! Say sorry, repent, and get back into the fight. You know they both had sin but of course, both of them repented. God continued to use Adam and He also continued to use Peter. Peter became the head of the church, actually. I’ll always remember, maybe I’ve shared this before, but as a brand spanking new Christian, still got the wrapping paper around me, I had the wonderful opportunity of preaching in our church where I got saved in Greytown and I was so nervous. My first ever sermon, in that church! We were in the vestry at the back of the church, the people were coming into the church and all the elders were standing around me. I was a young man, I was 32 years old and they laid their hands on me and they started to pray that God would give me strength, give me wisdom, give me peace, and one old man, I will never forget it as long as I live, he said to me, ”Well son, get in there and give it all you’ve got. I have done my bit.” Well, you know, even as a brand-new Christian, I had only known the Lord a few months. I felt like saying, ”No sir, you have never ever lost any blood for Jesus. You have never been crucified! How can you say you’ve done your bit?” So he actually spurred me on more than the others because I got in there and I got stuck in.I want to say to you today, the Lord has not given up on you or me. He still needs us. Like Isaiah, who said, ”Lord here I am, send me.” Today, put your hand up, and He’ll use you again. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 13th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of John 13:34-35: ”A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (The second most powerful commandment in the Bible, after loving the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength, and this is Jesus speaking).I want to tell you a little story because I know there are some of you that are unable to get to visit other people, unable to go out and preach the Gospel to the ends of the earth, but there is something you can do! Now listen to this story: I got a beautiful email early this morning from a lady who said her mom lived in New Zealand. Her eyesight and her hearing were failing but she heard about the…wait for it, the thought for today! This lady, writing the story and telling me about her mom, has a sister who lives in Alberta, Canada. So what has happened is, this thought for the day, every morning, has connected them together - Mom in New Zealand, this lady who wrote me the letter in Ontario, Canada, and her sister who lives in Alberta, Canada. The three of them are now totally connected daily. They share the message and the scripture with each other, and she was just thanking us for doing the thought for today. Jesus says we must love one another. Those three ladies love each other! Do you remember that beautiful old song, A New Commandment? As we start the new year, maybe you’d like to sing this one with me, if you know the words, and it goes something like this:A new commandment I give unto youThat you love one another as I have loved youThat you love one another as I have loved youBy this shall all men know That you are My disciplesIf you have love, one for anotherBy this shall all men know That you are My disciplesIf you have love, one for anotherJesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 12th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to that very well-known scripture in the Book of 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.” Now, I saw a commentary by that wonderful old Scottish preacher, who was blind. His name was George Matheson. You know they loved that man so much that when he died, they filled his grave with red roses. They really loved him, a true man of God. He said, and I want to try and paraphrase this for you, ”Flight, running, belongs to the young soul. It is the romance of Christianity. To run without weariness belongs to the lofty, the strong and healthy one. It is the beauty of serving the Lord, but to walk and not to faint - oh, that belongs to the perfect soul.’ He says, ”It is the power of Christianity.’ He says, ”Can you walk…” he’s asking you and me,” …can you walk in white through the stained thoroughfares of men? Can you touch the vile and polluted ones of the earth and still retain garments pure and white? Can you meet in contact with the sinful and be yourself undefiled? If you can then you have surpassed the flight of the eagle.”Isn’t that so true? We need to walk in holiness. We need to mix with the poorest of the poor, the vilest of the vile but yet not let our garments become stained. We cannot try to help people nd secretly we are living a life of sin. We cannot be involved with things like pornography and adultery, and still stand up on Sunday and tell people about Jesus Christ. You can’t do that. We cannot be hypocrites. We are in the world, but we are not part of the world.So we don’t seclude ourselves, not at all. We roll up our sleeves and we get stuck in. We help the helpless and we love the poor and the homeless, and we spend time with those who people have rejected, but we do not change our standpoint and we do not change our lifestyle.Jesus bless you today as you walk through the stained thoroughfares of mankind.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 11th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of John 13:15-16: ”For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master”. Folks, that word, ”minister” actually means, “One who cares for others, one who looks after.” A minister is not a title to sit up in the front and to have people running after you. No, the minister is the one who serves the congregation. The same thing applies for any child of God. We are a band of feet-washers. Jesus says no servant is greater than his master. Now, if Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, then how much more do we have to do the same. We are called to be a band of feet-washers.Now I want to tell you a story about a servant. A few years back, I was in America. I had the privilege of going to the state of Arkansas. They set up a meeting for me, a campaign, in a rodeo arena. That’s right - where they ride bulls and horses. It is a most beautiful place and there is no other place that I desire to preach in, than a rodeo centre because those men, those bull riders, I have the highest respect for them. You know the bull weighs about a ton and you’ve got to stay on his back for eight seconds. That eight seconds must seem like eight hours to that bull rider and that bull is angry and he wants to hurt you.I went down to the arena, they were building a wooden platform for me in the middle of the arena, and I was asking the guys, ”Do you know any rodeo, any successful bull riders?” They looked up and they said, ”You see the old man standing over there.” I think he was sweeping with a broom. I said, ”Ja, I can see him, the old man with the glasses on.” They said, ”Yes, that’s the one. He is a former world champion bull rider.” This man was just carrying on with his business. He had been impaled by the horn of a bull when he was still going to the top. He ran out of the ring, holding his stomach to keep everything inside. He just happened to meet a doctor coming up the ramp and the doctor sewed him up standing right there. Three weeks later, that man won the Championship of the World.Oh folks, I had to go and shake his hand and then I noticed he was wearing a beautiful belt buckle. It just happened to say, ’The Champion of the World’ but what a servant! What a humble man!Today, let us serve,Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 10th of January, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the New Testament, to 1 Timothy 1:15-16: “This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.“ And then he goes on in verse 16 to say: ”…for this reason I obtained mercy,…” Saul of Tarsus was the chief of all sinners. Remember, his objective was to kill Christians. He was an enemy of Jesus Christ and Jesus’ people, but God had mercy on him on the road to Damascus. Remember? He knocked him off his horse and said to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” “Who are You, Lord?” “I am Jesus”. Paul himself says, “I am the chief of all sinners.” We need to understand one thing. None of us can earn our way to Heaven, none of us can try and live good lives. We are sinners saved by grace and grace alone. We have to understand that it is by mercy and mercy alone that we have eternal life. Now, I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to define the word, “mercy” and this is what it says. It says, “it is kindness, or forgiveness shown towards someone who is in your power.” Now, when you are given mercy, it’s at the expense of someone else. They decide to forgive you and to give you another chance, and to be lenient with you, and not to prosecute you, but to act in charity and sympathy and kindness and tolerance. Now we have to do the same. You know the story of John Newton. I have told you many times. John Newton was a captain of a slave ship. I cannot think of a worse occupation in the world and yet he was forgiven and shown mercy by God, and he wrote that beautiful hymn called Amazing Grace. Now his favourite quote was, and I am going to read it to you. He says: “I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God, I am what I am. Although my memory is fading,” he says, “I remember two things: First, I am a great sinner, and secondly, Christ is a great Saviour”. Now, He saved you and me through mercy alone. Go and show mercy to others!Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye