Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 14th of November, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in 1 Samuel 8:3:
”But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.”
Then we go to the Book of Proverbs 22:6:
”Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
It’s very important, dads and moms, that we train up our children in the ways of the Lord. We’ve got to shape them. We have got to work with them. We’ve got to teach them the difference between wisdom and foolishness. I’m not talking about beating your child. I’m not talking about anything like that. I’m talking about obeying the way of the Lord.
Now, Samuel, in my opinion, was probably the greatest of all the prophets in the Old Testament. He never wavered once. He never let the Lord down once. He stood firm. He was a godly man from the time he was a little child right through to the day he died, but there was a problem - his two sons, they were not brought up correctly. “Why?” You say because they behaved badly. They took bribes, they bent the rules and they perverted justice for their own needs. So they gave their father a very bad time, so much so that the children of Israel did not want to listen to them and asked Samuel to give them a king like the other nations. This is so important because if we don’t do this it can actually bring a lot of disfavour to the family and most of all, to the name of the Lord.
When I go into a house to greet people and I see young men jump up out of their chairs and come up and greet me, it touches my heart and then they ask me to please sit down. They give me their place as a sign of respect. That warms my heart. If you go into their home and the young lady comes up and says, ”Uncle Angus, would you like a cup of tea?” And they go and make some tea before their mom and dad even say anything. That warms my heart.
Come on boys, come on ladies, let’s bring our children up in the ways of the Lord! The Bible says, and when they grow old, they will not depart from them.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 13th of November, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go straight to the Gospel of John 1:1-4:
”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. (That’s Jesus) All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
What a powerful scripture! Of course, we’re talking about no one but Jesus Christ Himself, because the Bible tells us He was with God. So there was Jesus, there was God, and there was the Holy Spirit. I’m very excited to tell you that this is noted as Bible Month. Folks, you can see these adverts being put up in places like Piccadilly Circus in London, Osaka in Japan. It’s a global Bible Month, and I cannot stress it more. We need to read our Bibles more. Many of us are in a bad place because we are listening to everybody and everything else except the Word of God, which never changes.
I want to tell you myself, you will never see me in a photograph without my Bible, hardly ever, because the Bible is a friend to me. My Bible is my advisor, it’s my agricultural manual. It tells me when to plant, when to reap, when to buy cattle, when to sell cattle, when to buy horses, when to sell them, sheep, chickens, whatever.
The Bible is also a compass. It gives me direction. It shows me where to go and where not to go. It is a comforter when I am mourning the loss of a loved one, and what’s very exciting for me is that our team has notified me that we now have twenty Bible reading plans available on the Bible App, and we want to thank the Bible App for the wonderful work they are doing all over the world and these Bible reading plans are available for free.
Folks, do not waste time. Get into it because it will save us. The Bible is Jesus Christ in print. So the next time an unbeliever, somebody who says to you, ”There is no God. Show me this God you are always talking about.” Give them a Bible. Show them how to read it.
Jesus bless you as you make a decision to consciously start to read your Bible every day before you start anything else.
God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 12th of November, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in 1 Samuel 7:15:
”And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.”
Then we go to the New Testament to the Book of Philippians 1:21. Paul says:
”For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
This morning the Lord is talking to you and me about being faithful to Him to the very end. Samuel was one of the few prophets that went the full distance. He never once disappointed God. He was faithful in his calling to the very end and Paul could honestly say, and he did it, that ”For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” So if we live, we live for Christ and if we die we go home to heaven.
God is looking for faithful men and women today. There is no place for fair-weather Christians in the Kingdom of God. “What does that mean, Angus?” That means you cannot serve God today and, because things don’t go the way you want, you are not serving Him tomorrow, and then next week you decide you’ll serve Him again. It doesn’t work like that. God is looking for faithful men and women.
Remember, it’s not how you start the race that counts but rather how you finish. You can start as fast as you like and leave everybody else behind but halfway down the road you run out of steam and you pack up, that’s no good. No one is interested in that. As a sportsman, you will know you are only as good as your last game, and that is a fact. People don’t think about all the good things you did. They only remember you at the end, and that disappoints me so much in this day and age in which you and I are living. So many men and women are not finishing strong and we need to make a decision that we are not going to drop the ball just before the finish line.
I want to pray for you:
Father God,
I pray for my dear friend who’s running the race of their lives at the moment. Lord, they are tired, they are weary. Many are contemplating giving up, “It’s too tough, we can’t finish.” Lord, I pray that they will be like Paul who says, ”For me to live is Christ and to die is but gain.” I ask this in Jesus name.
Amen.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 11th of November, 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, “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.“
A young boy with a sling and a couple of stones defeated the mightiest warrior of the Philistines.
Then we go to 1 Peter 5:5 where the Lord says:
“God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”
God uses ordinary people. We know that so well. A man by the name of Thomas Champness said: “Is it not one of the difficulties of church work that we have more officers than men? We need more of the rank and file who are willing to march anywhere and to do the lowliest tasks. We shall succeed in doing greater things when all are willing to be subjects.” Yes, we are talking about more foot soldiers and less officers needed. He goes on to say, “It is the bayonet rather than the golden braid that is needed when the enemy is to be subdued.” I want to say to you today, God is looking for foot soldiers. We are not going to win the war against the devil and his demons with only officers.
We need the foot soldiers, the privates, the ordinary men, men like William Carey, who was mocked once, “I believe you are just a shoemaker?” He said, “No, I am not a shoemaker, I cannot make shoes. I am a cobbler, I can only repair shoes.” Yet, he went on to do so many great things for God in India by translating the Bible from English into Sanskrit and many Indian languages - a foot soldier that God used to be a general. Today, we mustn’t be so concerned about becoming officers in God’s army, we must rather become a band of foot soldiers who are prepared to go wherever the Lord calls us.
So today, say, “Lord, whatever you tell me to do, I will do it with all of my heart”, and God will use you in the most surprising ways.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 10th of November, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in 2 Corinthians 4:5:
”For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, …”
Then we go to the Gospel of John 12:32. This is Jesus speaking:
”And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”
Oh, there is power in the name! Oh folks, I’ve got so many testimonies to share about that - when we pray in His wonderful name. Now some people say, ”Now how do you pray to God?” Well, the way I do it is, I pray to my Heavenly Father, through the name of His Son, Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. I have seen healings take place. I have seen blind eyes open, deaf ears unstopped. Yes, I’ve seen the lame walking. It’s the name which is above every other name. I’ve seen deliverance, people set free in an instant by that beautiful name of Jesus.
Forgiveness, wow, that’s a big one. In 1 John 1:9, The Bible says:
”If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. “
We’ve preached at some big open-air meetings. I remember one year, and maybe many men listening to this message will remember it, when the rain gathered right around this farm, but it was dry among those thousands of men until the meeting was over and the weekend was over, and then the rain came.
Jesus is the Rainmaker. Some people say to me, ”Are you the Rainmaker?” I say, ”No, I’m not the Rainmaker, I’m the Rainmaker’s son.” And I’ve seen it time and time again. It’s that wonderful name! If you’re lonely today, call on that name. He’ll be a friend to you that’ll stick closer than a brother.
If you are bereaved. If you are missing your wife, your husband, your little baby that has gone to be with the Lord, speak to Jesus, He will comfort you. It’s a beautiful name. We must use it more often!
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.