Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 8th April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We are still thinking today and meditating on the Easter week that has gone by, and we realise again the tremendous price that our beloved Saviour paid for you and me. I want to say to you today, it’s the garden, or it is the Cross. We need to make that decision. Jesus did. If we look at Matthew 26:39, the Bible says:
“He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”
The hard part is to make the decision. Now the Lord Jesus Christ could have said at the end, “No, I can’t do this Lord, Father God, I can’t go through with this because I know what is going to happen.” He already knew about the forthcoming crucifixion and He sweated blood in the garden, trying to make the decision - is He going to go through with it or is He going to pull out? We can see that in the Gospel of Luke 22:44:
“Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
I have heard doctors say that when a person is totally stressed out, it can be that actual blood comes through the pores of his skin. That is extreme stress, agony, anxiety and everything else that goes with it. You see, although Jesus was God, He was also very much man. He went through everything that you and I are going through at the moment.
I want to say to you today, God is calling you to make a decision. You cannot sit on the fence, either you are going to go through with it or you are going to call it off, but you cannot stay in the middle. I remember it like yesterday, when I got a word from God to hire the biggest tent in the world. It was built in Britain, it was extended in Germany and then it was shipped out here for the World Earth Summit in Johannesburg and by faith, I had a mere R500.00 in my pocket, that’s not even $50 and by faith I went through with it and the rest is history. We ended up with thirty thousand men in that tent and thirty thousand men outside the tent. It was probably the biggest miracle I experienced up until that time, but I had to make the decision. If I had not made the decision, it would never have happened.
Now you go to the Lord, you go to the mountain, go into the closet and pray that God will tell you what to do. If you must marry that person or not, whether you must complete that degree or not, whether you must change your job, whether you must emigrate, or whether you must stay here. He will tell you, but you need to ask Him and pray and wait.
Jesus said at the end, ”Not my will but thy will be done.”
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 7th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Numbers 25:10-11:
“Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel…”
Phinehas was zealous for the word of God. Folks, I want to say to you today, we need to be more zealous, more excited, more passionate, more concerned for the things of God. Because Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron, Moses’ brother, the High Priest, because of his zeal and his commitment to the Gospel, to saving the people of Israel, the Lord really noticed him. The Lord was so angry with the people of Israel because they had played the harlot with other nations, that He wanted to destroy them, but because of Phinehas’ commitment and excitement…
I want to ask you a question today. Are you excited about the things of God? You might say, “Uncle Angus, there was a time when I was, but because of the pressures of life and because of the workload, because of the family commitments, I have gone cold.” I want to pray for you today, that God will fill you again with the joy of the Lord and with zeal. You know, they say a new Christian should be locked up for the first six months because he is like a bull in a china shop. I think the Lord prefers that than somebody who just doesn’t care anymore, somebody who just goes through the motions. Let me pray for you because we need the fire of God in our hearts, the excitement and joy to finish this race. We won’t do it otherwise.
Heavenly Father,
I pray for my dear friend listening to this message right now. Lord, fill his heart, fill his soul with new fire for Jesus Christ. Lord, open his eyes that he might see there are so many people around him, in the workplace, on the sports field, in the university, in the school, who are desperate for the fire of God. Lord, the fire has almost gone out. There is just a little flame flickering, just flickering. Oh Lord, restore them so that they are zealous for You. I ask this in Jesus’ precious name, amen.
God bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 6th of April, 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.”
Then we go on to Acts 7:3. This is Stephen talking to the High Priest and the Council. He is telling them, “and then the Lord said to Abraham, “Get out of your country and your from your relatives and come to a land that I will show you.” Then he goes right on from there to tell the High Priest and the Council, the whole history of the Jewish nation from the time that they were delivered from Egypt out of slavery by the Lord using Moses.
A waiter - yes, a waiter reminded the intellectuals, the High Priest, the Council. Those men had so much power they could almost administer the death penalty, and yet it took an ordinary waiter who was serving at the tables to teach them about their own history. Do you know why? Because he knew the Author of the word. That’s right, he knew our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, He knew God the Father, and he was filled with the Holy Spirit. That is why the Bible tells us that the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life.
You can know the Bible inside out, back to front. That doesn’t mean to say that you understand it unless you are filled with the Spirit of God. All you become is a history teacher. Isn’t that right? No, it is when the Holy Spirit empowers you, like He did Stephen, that Stephen understood the meaning of God’s Holy Word.
I want to say to you today, yes, we must read the Bible. I read the Bible every single day of my life. You know that. That is where I get these Thoughts for Today from, but not only read it but understand it. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding before you read your daily scriptures. The High Priests knew the word, but they didn’t know the Holy Spirit, so they had no understanding of the power of the written word of God. So today remember, the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Easter Sunday morning, the 5th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
I just want to say to you, a very happy Easter Sunday. Yes, He is alive! He is not in the tomb, He has risen from the dead! We go to Romans 8:11:
”But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”
We want to thank God this morning for His precious Holy Spirit. Remember, Jesus said to His disciples, “It is expedient that I leave because if I don’t leave, I can’t send my Spirit to you. Now, the Holy Spirit is with you young man, right as I am talking, with you young lady, old gentleman, with you, granny, right now, because the Spirit of the Lord is all over the world at one time. He is alive, and because He is alive, you and I can face tomorrow. The same power that raised Christ from the dead can give you and I strength, courage, and hope to finish our race. I want to sing that old song with you, I am sure you know it, Spirit of the living God:
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mould me, fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me!
Father God,
I want to thank You for my dear friends that faithfully listen to the Thought for the Day every single morning.
Holy Spirit, remind them today that they will never, ever be alone again. Father, Your Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is with each and every one of Your believers today and You have promised us that You will never leave us and You will never forsake us. Hebrews 13:5.
In Jesus’ name.
I want to wish you a blessed Sunday and we know that Christ is alive, He is well, and most of all, He is coming back soon. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful Easter Sunday, together with your loved ones.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 4th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Gospel of Luke 21:15. Jesus says:
“…for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries (all your enemies) will not be able to contradict or resist.”
He will give you the words to speak when it is needed. Don’t worry about that. Now, remember the waiter, yes - his name was Stephen. He was confounding all the Pharisees with the word of God, and so they accused him of speaking evil against the Temple and against Jehovah. Acts 6:15:
“And all who sat in the council, (they were judging him now) looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.”
I want to tell you something now. You don’t have to defend yourself. You just have to spend time in the presence of Jesus and He will give you the words to speak to defend yourself. He will give you godly wisdom and counsel. And do you know what will happen? When you start speaking from your heart, it doesn’t matter how clever your adversaries are, they will be confounded because that is what happened to the High Priests when they were judging Stephen. They saw him and his face looked like the face of an angel. The word of God is very powerful when it is spoken through the mouth of an ordinary person. Remember David Wilkerson, the Cross and the Switchblade? The skinny preacher who went down and started preaching to the gangsters in downtown New York? Nicky Cruz was the leader of the Mau Mau gang. David Wilkerson said to him, “Nicky, God loves you,” and Nicky said to David Wilkerson, “Preacher, get away from me, otherwise I will cut you with my flick knife into a hundred pieces.” And David Wilkerson says, “And Nicky, every piece will tell you the same thing, that Jesus loves you.” And with that, that hardened gangster just crumbled and David Wilkerson led him to Jesus.
Do you know that the old gentleman is now in his eighties? He is still an evangelist, preaching the love of God. Don’t worry about what you will say. Just love people, and the Lord will put the words into your mouth. It doesn’t matter who it is.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.