Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 20th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Gospel of John 10:27: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” Can you hear His voice today? You know, I marvel when I maybe get invited to a birthday party and there's are a whole lot of young mothers and they all chatting, having a cup of tea together, and all the little children are playing on the playground, maybe 10, 15 children, little ones, under 4 years old, and all of a sudden one of them falls and starts to cry. It's a miracle. I just hear a whole lot of children shouting and playing but that mother, the mother of that child, straight away, she puts her cup down and she goes straight to the playground to her child. Why? Because she knows her child's voice even if she's crying. It's incredible, it's a miracle! I read something very special the other day. It is not unusual for a person who loses someone very dear to them to hang on to a final voice mail recording, just to be able to hear their voice again. How many times have you heard that? Sad but true.The Good Shepherd knows His sheep and they know His voice. In the Middle East they don't chase sheep around with sheepdogs like we do in the west. No, the shepherd calls his sheep and his sheep follow him, it's quite something to see. I've got a son who uses cattle dogs to herd his cattle. These dogs are amazing. I love them, I pat them, I talk to them but they don't listen to me. They only listen to one voice and that is my son's voice. Why? Because they know him. When a child is in it's mothers womb is already connecting with mom, and when it's born and it grows and mom speaks to that child, and dad, every day, when they grow up there's a bond that cannot be broken. Now, we need to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd. In John 14:6, Jesus said: “I am the way…”. We need to listen to that beautiful voice, still small voice, and we need to obey Him, then we will not get caught up on the wrong road and get ourselves into trouble. Today, listen and hear the voice of God. He is speaking to you.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 19th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Gospel of Mark 16:15: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” Just that far - we need to do it! We can't keep Jesus hidden in our homes. We have to tell the world the wonderful news. I read a beautiful illustration in one of Charles Swindoll's devotionals. This is how the story goes: “During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, the British government began to run low on silver for coins. Lord Cromwell sent his men to the local cathedral to see if they could find any of the precious metal there. After investigating, they reported: “The only silver we can find is in the statues of the saints standing in the corners.” To which the radical soldier and statesman of England replied: “Well melt down the saints and put them into circulation!” That brief but direct order states the essence of the practical goal of authentic Christianity, not rows of silver saints crammed into the corners of cathedrals, but melted saints circulating through the mainstream of humanity.”Isn't that beautiful? You and I have to get out there and we have to be prepared to be melted if necessary, to be mocked, to be criticised but to make a difference, to tell people about Jesus Christ. It is no good keeping your Christianity hidden. We need to get out there and tell the people, just like Oliver Cromwell got those saints, melted them, made them into coins and sent the coins all over England. Let us get out there, not just be a Christian on Sunday morning, but Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and make a difference in a world that is desperate to hear the truth.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 18th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Luke 8:48: “And He said to her (Jesus), “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Then 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.” What beautiful scriptures! Remember the woman who had the issue of blood? She could not stop bleeding. She had been to the doctors. She had spent all her money and the doctors had tried to help her, twelve years she was in that state then she went on her own when she knew Jesus was coming. She pushed through the crowd and she said to herself, “If I can only just touch the hem of His garment, I'll be healed." And of course, she did, she pushed through, I can just imagine her going through the crowd and getting nice and low, touching the hem of His garment, and instantly the blood dried up and she was healed. Jesus turned around and said, “Who touched Me?” And the disciples said, “Lord, there are people pushing from all angles. How can we know who touched You?” And she said, “It was me, Lord.” And what did Jesus say? He said, “Go in peace because your faith has made you well.”On Easter Sunday, Resurrection Sunday, just a short while ago, I took the service here at Shalom, and I told them I would be praying for the sick. A lady brought her son to be healed. He was a grown man. He had cancer of the brain. She came forward, we anointed him with oil like we did with all the people who came forward. We prayed a simple prayer of faith, and God, through the power of His Holy Spirit, touched that young man and healed him. Now, she went to the specialist the next week, and she said to the specialist, “My son has been healed in Jesus' name.” She claimed his healing! The specialist looked at her and said, “No, he has got cancer.” She said, “Please do another MRI on him, another test." He did that.He was very, very skeptical and he wanted to know what happened. She said she had been to a healing meeting and she believed her son was healed. Well, reluctantly, he went and did it and afterwards he came out and his face was quite pale. And he said to her, “There is no cancer in your son's brain. He is healed!”Today, claim your healing from Jesus.Have a wonderful day!

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Tuesday morning, the 17th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go the Book of Genesis 11:9:”Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth;…” Then we go straight to 2 Corinthians 6:16: “I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” Babel - you know, I looked up the Oxford dictionary. It means, confused noise made by many people speaking together. The Lord saw what the people were doing. They were trying to build a tower to get to heaven and so what He did was, He confused their language. They all started speaking different languages and they could not work together to try and build this tower to heaven. Often, the Lord will confuse an issue because He is trying to save us. He's trying to save us from trying to be like God.I have a beautiful grand-daughter. She is a speech therapist. She studied language and the art of speaking at university and she sat with me one day and she said to me, ”Grand-dad, it is so complex. The Lord has created us in such a very special way that to be able to speak, to use your tongue and your voice box is incredible. It is a miracle, there's no doubt about it."I have just taken a photograph of a stone carving that I picked up in Ethiopia. It is of the last supper, Jesus with His disciples, but at the bottom you will see a language. It's the original language in Ethiopia which is 3000 years old. That language was written and spoken 1000 years before Christ was born. You're talking about a long time ago, but I want to tell you that God sent His Son Jesus Christ down from heaven to earth to give you and me a brand new language. It's called love.I've spoken to people all over the world who can't speak english and I can't speak their language, but once we are in Christ, it is miraculous how we can talk to one another through the language of Jesus Christ which is the language of love! Today, go out and love someone even if you can't speak their language and the Holy Spirit will unite you together in a miraculous way.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Monday morning, the 16th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Matthew 11:28-30. Jesus says:”Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” The Lord never promised us, when we gave our lives to Him, that it was going to be easy, but what He did promise us is that He's going to walk with us through this troubled life in which we are living at the moment. We are stressed out, we are worried, we are fearful about so many things, but all the Lord has asked you and me to do is to stand. He says that in Ephesians. “Stand” He says. The battle belongs to the Lord, take it to Jesus. You say, “Why?” I'll tell you why, because He knows, and He really does understand what you are going through.I really want to caution folks who are trying to comfort others who are stressed out at the moment, who have been through a tragedy in their lives. Do not say, ”I understand,” especially if you've never been there. Rather, put your arm around them, love them, weep with them, and just sit with them and have a cup of tea with them, but don't come and start giving them all your personal opinions. Oh, it's happened to me. I've been in the depths of despair where there's been no light at the end of the tunnel and I just don't know how I'm going to get through or over this mountain. Those are the times when you need people who can come and sit with you and just love you and allow the Holy Spirit to walk with you through your time of testing. You see, Jesus does understand. He was in the Garden of Gethsemane. He was so stressed out that He was sweating blood, folks. He does understand. Take your burdens to the Lord today. Cast your burdens upon Jesus because He cares for you.Today is a day that you can come aside and say, ”Lord, this is my situation, this is my financial situation, this is my relationship situation, this is my business challenge, and I'm giving it to You because You said to me in Your word, “Cast your burdens upon Jesus because He cares for you”, and you'll find that in 1 Peter 5:7.Jesus bless you and remember He cares, and He will see you through.God bless you and goodbye

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Sunday morning, the 15th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. It is Father's Day, and I really want to congratulate all fathers, not an easy job, on this day the scripture that I have for you is found in Exodus 20:12: “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.” It is the first commandment in the Bible with a promise added to it. Honour your dad, so that your days may be long in the land. Now, I want to speak to young people, and I want to be straight with you, this programme, we don't do it to tickle ears. The truth of the matter is that a lot of dads, a lot of fathers don't justify to be honoured. Oh no, some fathers are abusive, other fathers are absent, other fathers are adulterers. So what is the Lord saying? The Lord is saying that we must honour our parents, so you don't have to agree with them, you don't even have to love them. Now that might be tough one. You say, “Uncle Angus, I can't love him”. But you can honour him because God says you must. You can pray for him because God says we must pray for one another and trust God for a miracle in your relationship.But I want to speak to other dads. I want to say I am so proud of you. It is so wonderful to see sons and fathers, daughters and fathers together. You know, that's one of the highlights for me at Mighty Men Conferences, to see a father standing arm in arm with his son. We always say, if a boy is twelve years old and he can ride a horse and can shoot a rifle, he is a man, and therefore he is eligible to come to a Mighty Men Conference, but to see them sitting together… It is not easy, young men, to honour your dads - different opinions, different generations, different backgrounds, but nevertheless, the Lord says He promises you that your days will be long in the land if you would honour your father. So today, just ask the Lord Jesus to give you that love for him, and I am telling you that it will change your life forever. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful Father's Day today, dad, as your wives, your daughters, your sons, your grandsons (I have got a great-grandson), honour you today and give God the glory for your life.In Jesus name,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Saturday morning, the 14th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. I want us to go to the Book of Philippians 4:19: “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” All your needs, not all our wants, no, but all our needs! I want to talk to you today about tools. You must have the right tools for the job. We need the tools for the work that God has called us to, and in Philippians 4:19, He has already told us that He will supply all of our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. I had a tremendous desire, I still do, to get the Gospel of Jesus Christ into Central Africa, and the Gospel is the Word, and the Word, according to Psalm 119:105: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” I had a dream to have a huge truck and I would call it the Seed-Sower. I think you've heard about it! Yes, a 20-ton Mercedes Benz, 4 x 4 truck. 32 gears in that truck, an 80 kilowatt lighting plant on the back, a platform that came down from the side that could accommodate a whole band and the preacher, and one name on the side, “JESUS”, that's all. The colour? Bright yellow because they tell me that that is the colour that is easiest to identify, especially when you are reading. It even had 4 diesel tanks. It could go almost through a whole country without having to refill. It had a water tank on the back because many places we visited had water that was not drinkable, and it supplied all of our needs: to shower, to cook, and to drink.There we went out and took Bibles, thousands of Bibles and tracts and Christian books. We took food and clothes. The funny thing is, they never wanted the food and the clothes so much, but they wanted the Word of God, the Bible. We had the tools of the trade and then by faith we went out into unreached people groups where the Gospel had not been heard before, a most incredible experience, little children running out of their huts, never having seen a white man before. It was quite amazing and so open and so loving. Sowing good seed because we had the right tools! Get the right tools first before you do the job. Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 13th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 2 Corinthians 8:9: “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.” What a beautiful promise from a wonderful Saviour! Then we go straight to Philippians 2:7: “…but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.”Our beloved Lord Jesus, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Lily of the Valley, the Bright Morning Star, the Great Ploughman, the Shepherd of the sheep - He came from Heaven, left His throne, and was born in a manger, (a feed trough, that is what a manger is, where you put food for cattle and sheep to eat, that was His manger), in the form of a helpless little Baby. The King of Glory to become a helpless little baby! He gave up everything for you and for me. My dear lady, I want to tell you, God loves you that much! He became poor so that you and I could become rich. All we have to do is receive that gift. Say “Thank You, Lord, I receive it, I once was lost but now I am found.” He has made us in His own image and He has given us the ability to receive all the riches that He has in store for us. What is it today that you require of the Lord?You say, “I am poverty stricken, I can't read very well, I can't speak very well, I can't write very well. I am not much of a sportsman.” Are you talking about me? That's exactly how I was. Ja, I left school early but I had one desire and one dream. “Lord, I want to tell people about You.” Remember, I used to practice, preaching to the maize plants in the field, and then when I wanted to pray the Sinner's Prayer with them, a gentle breeze would come up and all the maize plants would bow their heads. Yes, it is a joke but it is not a joke actually, it is true and He can do the same for you. All you have to do is to ask Him. He says, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7Do it today and He will help you!Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 12th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in Genesis 9:13: “I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.” Then we go to the Book of Hebrews 12:24:”…Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant,…” God gave us, you and me, the most beautiful sign in the sky that He would never ever flood the earth again. Now, being a farmer, I study the clouds, I study the weather, and after a beautiful shower of rain on a hot summer's afternoon, what do we see? We see a beautiful rainbow in the sky, a sign that the Lord has given to you and me that He will never flood the earth with water again, but God has now given us yet another even more powerful sign - a cross. You know folks, I want to tell you honestly, Jesus Christ has been made the Mediator (that is what it says in Hebrews) between God and ourselves. What is a mediator? Well, the Oxford Dictionary calls a mediator, a peacemaker, a go-between, a middleman, and that is what Jesus Christ is to you and I. I don't know how many and maybe a lot of you listening to this message have seen it as well - I have seen a cross in the sky. Oh yes, I have seen a cloud with a cross cut out of the cloud. Then I have seen a cloud in the form of a cross, not once, many times in our great outdoor meetings, and there are thousands of witnesses who have seen the same cross. That cross is a New Covenant between you and me and the Lord Jesus Christ. The Father sent His Son down to finish the job. “Go down Son, and be the final covenant between Myself and man.” If any man or woman, boy or girl, be in Christ Jesus, they are a new creation. So if you love Jesus Christ today, you have nothing to fear. When you see the rainbow in the sky, it is a beautiful reminder. Oh, but when you see the cross, you know that we have eternal life through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Have a beautiful day and continue to be a cloud watcher, because remember, at the end of the day, the Master is coming back in the clouds to take you and I home to be with Him in glory forever and ever, amen.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 11th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Luke 8:5. Jesus is talking about the parable of the seed and the sower. He says: “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside;…” Now I am going to stop there and I am going to explain something to you as an old farmer. The most important thing for a farmer to do is to plant the seed, sow the seed, and stop procrastinating! You don't have to be a farmer, you might be a student at university. Keep on studying! You might be a sportsman who is trying to make it in the first team. Keep on playing that game! You might be looking for that wife or that husband. Keep on keeping on. That's how you do it!I have been farming from the age of 19 years old and I want to tell you, the secret is to keep on putting the seed in the ground. “Oh yes, but I have done that, but it hasn't worked” Well, don't stop. That is what Jesus is saying. Some of the seed fell by the wayside, okay? So that seed was trampled down and birds devoured it. So what do you do? You go back and you plant again. Some fell on the rock and then it sprang up and because it lacked moisture, it shrivelled up. Oh yes, I have seen that. Some fell amongst thorns. Keep on planting!I don't know how many multi-millionaires I have read about that failed at least 3 times before they made it. You have got to keep on planting the seed. That's our job, and the rest is in the Lord's hands. And then verse 8: ”But others fell on good ground,…” Unconditional sowing - prepare the land properly, sow the seed, study hard, get your qualifications, step out on the water, go into that business, go for it and give it everything you have got. Don't spare anything, and I tell you what - if you do not grow weary in doing good, in due season, you will reap if you do not lose heart.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 10th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Genesis 9:1: “So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth”. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”Philippians 4:13David Livingstone is a man that I respect greatly. I have told you before, I like to think that there is a contact there. My mom's mother was a Livingstone before she got married! But David Livingstone was a great explorer, remember he was instrumental in part for abolishing that hellish trade in human flesh, called slavery. He said, “I will go anywhere as long as it is forward.” Can you say that this morning? You say, “But things are tough for me and I don't think I am winning.” Oh yes you are! God has already said to you and me, He is giving us domination over every creature on earth. Read on from Chapter 9 and you will see - all the fish in the sea, all the animals in the field, He has given us domination. Go out and take it!I love that story of John G Lake, the American evangelist who came out to South Africa and did a mighty work here. He said, when you get up in the morning and get dressed and wash your face and you comb your hair. You put on your best clothes to go to work, look in the mirror and the person you see in the mirror, speak to that person (yourself) and say that wherever that man goes today, God is going with him, and then go out and face the day, go out and take the future by the scruff of the neck and say, “I can and I will and God has given me the authority.” You will be surprised how the doors will open. Have a wonderful day, Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 9th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Gospel of Luke 8:2:“Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons,…” Then we go on a bit further to Luke 19:8: “Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.” Wow! Now that is genuine repentance, that is genuine appreciation for what God has done for a person who is a sinner. Mary Magdalene, Mary of Magdala - I have been to Magdala, it is a little village on the shores of Lake Galilee in Israel - now Mary has been delivered from seven demons and yet, once forgiven, and healed and delivered, she became one of Jesus' most faithful followers. I always say, if you get to Heaven before me, have a look and see who the most beautiful woman is in Heaven. I know many of us will say Mary, the mother of Jesus, but I beg to differ. I believe it will be Mary Magdalene, and I believe (I am getting emotional) she will be sitting at the feet of the Messiah, because she was forgiven much. Jesus didn't patch her up; He made her into a brand-new, beautiful handmaiden. You know, after that time, she never left the Lord once. She was the first one down at the tomb in the morning after the Lord had been crucified and had been put in Joseph of Arimathea's tomb. She was the first one, not Peter, not the disciples, it was the woman who had been forgiven much, and that's what I love about her. Jim Elliot, a missionary who went to the Amazon said, “It is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” What is that? It is your life. John Newton, forgiven much, a slave ship captain - can you think of anything worse? He wrote probably the most famous hymn of all time:Amazing grace, how sweet the sound In a believer's ear,I once was lost, but now am found;I was blind, but now I see.What about Peter, the big fisherman? He said, “Lord, I will die for you,” and yet when the test came before the cock crowed, he denied his beloved Saviour three times, but God forgave him, restored him and eventually he was crucified, by his own request, upside-down, for the love of Christ. Today, love the One who has forgiven you much.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 8th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in Genesis 12:1: Now the Lord had said to Abram:“Get out of your country,From your familyAnd from your father's house,To a land that I will show you.”Then we go straight to the Book of Hebrews 12:1:”… let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, …” I want to say to you right at the outset so you get it loud and clear, we are not talking this morning about immigration, we are not necessarily talking about changing our country or our residence, but what we are talking about is the journey of life. Maybe today you are starting a new journey because you have just been newly married, and what a blessing that is, but it comes with a lot of challenges: two people from two different backgrounds, two different homes, two different habits, and now you have got to work together! That is a journey, one that I walked on for over 50 years, and I remember the day I made the pledge to my beloved Jill, like it was yesterday. Maybe you are on a journey, you are just starting a family, your first baby is about to be born - so exciting, so scary! “I don't know if I can handle it. I don't know if I am cut out for it!” Yes, you are and yes, you can, but you see, the ingredient here is one word, “faith”. You see faith is the substance of things hoped for, it is the evidence of things not yet seen. (Hebrews 11:1). By faith you can do it. Maybe it's a new business you are starting. That's a new journey, the first time in your life, now you have left employment, and now you are stepping out into the unknown and you are starting your own business. A lot of people are saying to you, “Go for it”, others are saying, “Don't be a fool.” Hear from God and step out by faith! Maybe you are just about to get your degree and now you are starting your career. It's a journey, young man, young lady and it is one you cannot afford to go on by yourself. Maybe it is home time. Yes, maybe as you are listening to this message, the doctors have said you have three months and then that is it. Well, it depends on what God says, but we need to be prepared for this journey. We need to make sure that everything is settled at home, nothing outstanding. Write those letters, contact those people. Make sure that when you leave you are not carrying any baggage when you go to Heaven. Then most important, your spiritual journey. Some of you have just met Jesus very recently, maybe some through this very message that I send you every day. Some of you may be walking with the Lord for a long time. It doesn't matter. Make sure your spiritual journey is intact so that when the Master calls you, you can say, “I am ready Lord, and I am ready for home time.”Jesus bless you and have a wonderful journey,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Saturday morning, the 7th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Isaiah 53:5:”And by His stripes we are healed.” Then we go to 1 Peter 2:24: “…by whose stripes you were healed.” Jesus Christ did not heal us sitting in His palace in Heaven. No, he came down to earth and was crucified for our sins on the tree, the Cross. He was severely beaten, humiliated, and thrashed with a whip that made His back look like a ploughed field, the Bible tells us, and by the blood that came out of His back, by the stripes that He received, you and I have received our healing. Now I want to share two testimonies with you. Now, the first happened in Bethesda in the Old City in Jerusalem, a couple of years ago when I took a large group of pilgrims to Israel. We were at the swirling pool where the man who was paralysed was healed by Jesus. Remember, he couldn't get into that pool because it only stirred up once a year. The angel would stir it up, and the first person that got into that pool of water was healed, but because he was paralysed, he couldn't get there, but Jesus healed him right in that position. He took up his bed and he walked. That is the power of the healing of Jesus Christ. Now, I was praying for the sick at that same place. There was a man who came forward for healing. He and his dear wife are farmers at the base of the mighty Drakensberg mountains. They had a coal stove. They had stoked the coal at night. They had gone to bed, and during the night, the chimney in the stove had fallen and jammed so that the smoke could not get out, and so what happened, the fumes, the carbon monoxide, the same sort of fumes that come out of a motorcar, went through the house and they were both unconscious and only found a long time afterwards. The gentleman was in a coma for a number of days. He did recover, as did his wife, but he had brain damage. He couldn't remember things and he had no balance. I want to tell you that he was healed at Bethesda, at the healing pool, when we prayed for him. The same thing happened to me on Easter Sunday of this very year, 2025. I prayed for a young man who had cancer of the brain. God healed him, but the amazing thing was that when I was praying for the sick, I myself was sick, and God has healed me as well. He is the Healer and He wants to heal you today. Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 6th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Genesis 7:16: “…and the Lord shut him in.” Then we go straight to the Book of Hebrews 11:7: “By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, …” Noah is rated as one of the great giants of the faith in the Bible. Noah and his whole family were saved by faith in God. Remember, it never rained on the earth until Noah had built the ark, and all the animals and his family (there were eight of them, three sons and their wives plus Noah and his wife) had gone into the ark, and the Lord shut the door. Then it started raining for 40 days and 40 nights. Hebrews 11:6 says, “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.”Many, many years ago, when I was a brand-new Christian, my wife, Jill and I, invited some Indian ladies to come and visit us at Shalom. They were beautifully dressed in saris, I just love those saris, and they said, “Brother Angus, we want to be baptised. Please baptise us.” The only place I had in those days was the dam in front of my little house. They said, “That will do fine.” It was so cold that morning, there was ice around the edge of our little dam. Some of those ladies were senior citizens. They walked into that water, freezing cold, in their beautiful saris and I had the privilege of baptising them, and as they came out of the water they started to prophesy over Jill and I. They said many people would be saved in this place and this place, Shalom, would become an ark, like Noah's ark, a sanctuary for the lost, and I want to say to you today, my dear friend, that the Lord honours faith.You see, the rain only started coming after Noah was in the ark and the door was closed. It didn't start raining, and then he built the ark. You need to walk by faith and not by sight, and by the way, that prophetic word came to pass because many of you listening to this message have been on this farm, where we have seen tens of thousands of people come to Christ, and into a renewal of their faith, and into a first time commitment. Today, just do what God tells you to do.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 5th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Jeremiah 1:5. The Lord says:“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;Before you were born I sanctified you;I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”Then we go to the New Testament to the Gospel of Luke 12:6-7. Jesus says: “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”Are you feeling lonely today? Are you feeling that no-one cares about you? Are you feeling totally isolated? Oh yes, we all understand that, but I want to tell you something now. There is One who really loves you and today you need to know that. Many years ago, when we had our little children's home, here on the farm, the social welfare people arrived with a beautiful little bundle, a little baby girl. I don't think she could have been more than a month old. They brought her to us to look after her. They had absolutely no details. She was left on the front doorstep of a pastor's house. And so, we called her Pretty because she was a very beautiful, pretty little baby, but I want to tell you, there wasn't a soul who knew where she was born or where she came from. Little Pretty didn't stay with us long and she was obviously born prematurely. I think she could have been maybe only four or five months old when Jesus decided to call His little one home, and little Pretty is with Jesus today. I want to tell you, Jesus knows all about her because He says to you today, “Before you were conceived in your mother's womb, He knew you.” He says that five sparrows will fall to the ground, he knows each one of them. He says He even knows how many hairs are on your head. So He knows all about Pretty. Maybe nobody on earth knows who she was, where she came from, who her mother was, her grandfather, who her dad was, but Jesus knew her and He died for her and I can't wait to see Pretty when I get to Heaven. So today, do not feel lonely, do not feel abandoned. Call to Jesus because He wants to be not only your Friend, but your Saviour. God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 4th of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Philippians 4:11. Paul says: “Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content…” I looked up the word “contentment” in the Oxford Dictionary. It is a state of peaceful happiness or satisfaction. Are you content today? Am I content today? I want to ask you a question, and the Lord has asked me the same question this very morning - how much is enough? As a young man, my dream was to own my own farm, and I thought that would bring me total contentment in life. Well, I worked myself to a standstill and eventually I owned my own farm. But I have got news for you young man. That did not bring contentment to me. I was still not satisfied! You know that King David had everything that he needed. He was the hero of Israel. As a young teenager, he slaughtered a giant with one stone. Oh yes! When he went to war, he came back with victories, the people used to worship him, praise him, sing songs to him. He had as many wives as he needed and he was still not content. If you look at Psalm 51:10, he says: “Create in me a clean heart, O God,And renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me away from Your presence,And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.”So David had everything, but he still was not content, then he went back to the Lord and he said, “Oh Lord, renew in me a clean heart”. I received a beautiful letter from a wife who is so grateful, sent to me just last night. Her husband was very sick and went into a coma. When he was in that coma, he heard a conversation with God, and God says he was never content with what he had, but God would give him one more chance, not because of anything that he had done but because of people who had prayed for him. That young man, I can tell you right now, has been given a second chance and he is totally content with his lot in life. “Now godliness with contentment is great gain.” 1 Timothy 6:6Be content with what you have, God will take care of everything else.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 3rd of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. I want to speak to you today about the unsung heroes, the people who no one knows about, but they just get on and do the job. I want to speak to you about Joseph. No, not Joseph, the Prime Minister of Egypt who became the second most powerful man on earth, next to Pharaoh himself, not that Joseph. No, no, no! I want to speak to you about Joseph who was the earthly father of Jesus. If we look at Matthew 1:20-21, this is what the Bible says: “But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you (Joseph, yes -the carpenter, I am talking about, and you) shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”I asked my wife this morning, “If you had to tell me about one unsung hero in the Bible…?” and she immediately said, “Joseph.” Joseph - we don't hear much about Joseph, do we? He is just a carpenter but I want to tell you that he was the earthly father of Jesus Christ, my beloved and your beloved Saviour. I want to say to you today, I know of two unsung heroes that I want to tell you about. The first one was and old man and his wife that came to live with us, and he stayed here with us on this farm, Shalom, until the day he died. He was a wonderful old man. He forged his mother's signature when he was underage to join the Royal Navy so that he could go fight in the 2nd World War. He had chest problems, caught while he was in the navy but he came and spent his latter days with me. He used to come down every morning with a little piece of paper and on there was a scripture reading and he used to say to me, “Angus, there is a scripture for you today.” He used to take all our children that lived at Shalom to school everyday. But I want to tell you, that man impacted my life more than many.There is another man. This man is one of the top businessmen in South Africa. He is the man that started the whole Wimpy Fast Food Franchise for the Southern Hemisphere. He was a director of numerous companies. He laid it all down for one reason, so that he could go home and nurse his wife, which he is still doing and enjoying it immensely. That man has impacted my life more than many of the giants that we read about or hear about of the faith.Today, just be faithful to God and He will do the rest. Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 2nd of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Micah 6:8:”He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?“ Then we go to the Book of Isaiah 1:17: ”Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.” If we look at Genesis 5:27, we see that Methuselah lived on this earth for 969 years. That's a long life but Jesus, He lived on this earth, the Son of God, only for 33 years and then He died. He rose again on the third day, on the Sunday. So, what am I saying? I believe the Lord is saying to you and me this morning, it's not about how long you want to try and live on this earth but rather how you spend your days here on earth, which really counts. It's obedience that the Lord Jesus wants.You know God used Moses to divide an ocean. God used a young shepherd boy of maybe 13 or 14 years old to kill a giant who stood about 7, 8 foot tall. God used Gideon to defeat a mighty army with just 300 men.Oh, but it's not how long you live, it's what you do with the life that God's given you and me. Matthew 26:13 - a woman came in and washed Jesus' feet, and dried His feet with her hair after having anointed Him with oil, and the disciples were not impressed. In fact, Judas Iscariot, the thief said, ”We could have given that money to the poor.” But Jesus said that what this woman has done will be a memorial to her for the whole world to see. So she used what she had for the Lord and I want to tell you to this day, what that woman did is known throughout the Christian world. So it's not how big you do it, it's about how well you do it and it's about using your time wisely.Today, just do what He tells you to do and you'll be surprised how He will use you.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 1st of June, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Matthew 12:50:”For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.” I want to speak today about family. The first family that ever existed was the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Yes, we're talking about the Holy Trinity. That is why family is so very important to our Lord Jesus Christ and that is why the devil is hell-bent on destroying families. What do they say? You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family. The hardest place to be a Christian is in the family because they really know you. There are no masks on. It's the real deal, but seriously, the first family on earth was Adam and Eve and they had two boys. One's name was Cain and the other was Abel and what happened? Yes, they fought but they didn't just fight. In fact, Cain killed his brother. Families are not easy places to get on with one another.Early this morning, I was in a prayer meeting and as I walked into the little chapel where we meet as a family, a men's prayer meeting, and we've become very close to each other over many, many years. One of my brothers was there, a senior man, and I said, ”How are things with the family?” He said, ”My wife has gone up to Pretoria to spend time with my daughter because she has had a little baby and she is helping her with the baby.” I said, ”Are you missing her?” And he looked at me and he smiled. He said, ”Yes.” He said, ”I'm missing the arguing.” He had his tongue in his cheek.Family is very important. The family that prays together, stays together. We really need to get into the habit of praying as a family. Even this morning after we had met together, there's over twenty men, we started to sing, we sing before we pray. I want to sing a song for you and I want you to join me because we sang it this morning and it just brings a bonding and a family love.Be still and know that I am GodBe still and know that I am GodBe still and know that I am GodI am the Lord that healeth theeI am the Lord that healeth theeI am the Lord that healeth theeGod bless you today and stand strong together as a family,God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 31st of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the first book in the Bible, Genesis 4:9: “Then the Lord said to Cain “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?” Then down to verse 12. The Lord says:”A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.” Then we go to the Gospel of John 8:44: ”You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” The devil is a liar. God asked Cain, ”Where is your brother?” Cain had murdered Abel and Cain told the first lie. He said, ”Am I my brother's keeper?” He knew exactly what he had done and where he had put the body but he told the Lord he didn't know. So Cain became a vagabond. I looked up the dictionary. A vagabond is someone who has no settled home. He became a vagabond and a fugitive. A fugitive is a person who lives in hiding. What a way to live! My dear friend. Today, you and I need to understand one thing. Lies come from the devil himself. He is the father of all lies. It will not get you out of trouble. It will not help you. It will, in fact, condemn you. We need to tell the truth at all costs.One of the most tragic stories that I have ever known was when President Richard Nixon, the president of the United States of America, told lies. We are talking about the Watergate scandal, when he said that he didn't do it when he did. He put his hand on the Bible and swore that he had not told lies, but you see what happens with lies, they always find you out and he was the first and only president that resigned from his office. He had to, because he told one lie on top of another lie, on top of another lie, and it cost him his position.Today, the Lord is saying to you and to me, tell the truth because if you tell lies you can be sure they will find you out. Today, speak the truth and you will not be a fugitive or a vagabond, but you will be a child of God.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day, Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 30th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of John 3:7. Jesus says, “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.” I want to speak to you about starting the journey. The best way to start the journey is with Jesus Christ. He will not allow you to get lost. He will not take you on the wrong road. He will make sure that you get to your destination, and He will, most of all, help you to enjoy the journey. I always remember my late mom used to say when we went on holiday, “The best part of the holiday is the journey.” Isn't that true? Now folks, I want to tell you something. In 2014, CUM Books, which is Christian Art Publishers, Chris Johnson, a very dear brother of mine in Christ, we got together and he said to me, “Angus you are an evangelist. You get out there and preach the Gospel and you show people how to start the journey with Jesus, and we will supply a little book that we will give to every single convert or backslidden Christian as a gift from us." He has held to his promise, I am talking for 11 years! Now, if you are listening to this you probably know we have done some very big events, not just mighty men conferences, not just prayer meetings, but huge events in stadiums and Christian Art Publishers have been so faithful. Every time a person gives their life to Christ, they have an opportunity of getting one of these books for free. These wonderful people pay for the printing of that book.Now I picked up one of those books this morning,“Starting the Journey'. It says, “The most important decision that you can ever make”. I made it on 18th February, 1979. Oh, I will never forget it. We are talking on close to 50 years ago. I will never forget that decision. Now this little book will tell you how to start the journey and to go through this life. I would encourage you to get one of these books, but folks, I am going to pray for you because that is the purpose of Thought for the Day. Please pray this prayer after me:Dear Lord Jesus,I want to start the journey which will take me to Heaven. I ask you to forgive me for all my sinful ways and from today onwards, I promise to put You first in my life, and I thank You for walking this road, which is quite tough at times, Lord, for walking this road with me.In Jesus name, Amen.God bless you and keep on with the journey. Home time is sooner and closer than you think.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 29th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Luke 6:46. Jesus says: “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?” Then we continue with the Book of Luke 19:8: “Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”You see, what the Lord is looking for today from you and me is action, not cheap words. Faith is a doing word, it is a verb. It is not a noun, it is an action word. It is not just empty words. You and I have to start becoming more intentional. Zacchaeus was prepared to give back 400% to anyone that he had cheated. Now you see, that is faith in action. That is showing Jesus that he meant what he said, and because of that, you read down further in the scripture, Jesus said, “Salvation has come to this house today.”You know that old joke about the guy that is always promising to pay his way, and every time it comes to his time to pay, he has short arms and long pockets. You know those guys? Maybe you and I are one of them, just keep saying, “I'll pay” and you never put your hand in your pocket! Just pay and don't say anything. That is more honourable. I want to say to you sir, you and I, we must stop telling our wives we are going to change that lightbulb, or we are going to mow the lawn. Just do it and you will show your wife that you really do love her. We need to be doers of God's word today and not just hearers. Today, go out, tell somebody about Jesus Christ. Maybe take your girlfriend and go and buy her an ice cream. Don't keep telling her you are going to do it, but seriously, maybe you need to spend more time in prayer. Maybe you need to get yourself into physical condition so that you can be more effective for the Gospel of Christ. Maybe you need to be more verbal and not just hopeful, and God is watching you and He is watching me, and He will promote us and He will reward us. Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 28th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Genesis 4:6: ”So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?” Then we go to a very special verse in the Bible for me, 1 Timothy 6:6: “Now godliness with contentment is great gain.” Remember the prodigal son? The prodigal son came to his father and said, “I want my inheritance.” His dad gave him all the money that was due to him. He went and spent it foolishly on women, wine and song, and he came back as an absolute tramp. He lost everything. His father was so relieved to see him come back. He had a big party organised. He loved him, but the older son who had been working in the field all day, became jealous. Jealousy is a killer. He forgot that his father was going to leave the farm to him (he was the oldest son) and everything that he had, and because his brother was fussed over, he said, “My brother did nothing. He squandered everything we had, and my dad goes and slaughtered the fat ox and has a party, where he won't even give me a goat that I can have a party with my friends." Jealousy - it is ugly, it's distasteful. That is what happened with Cain and Abel. Cain became jealous of Abel, and as we know in the story, eventually, he actually killed his brother. Folks, we need to be so careful. The countenance is what he lost. His father could see it because Cain became resentful, he became distrustful, envious and he became suspicious. Young lady, if you allow that jealousy to get into you, it will destroy you. You will start thinking things that are not even true. Look what happened with Saul, the first king of Israel. He was a handsome man, head and shoulders above any other man in Israel, and when he saw the young shepherd boy, David, succeed, instead of encouraging him, he actually lost his countenance and became a bitter and resentful man. It is like rust in a motorcar. When rust gets into a vehicle, you take it to a panel beater. He doesn't put body filler over the top and cover it over and paint it. No, he takes his cutting torch out and cuts out that piece of rust and he puts new plates in, welds it up and then he paints it over and it's fine. Today, deal with that jealousy in your life. How do we deal with it? By looking to Jesus Christ and He will give you peace. Count your blessings. Look what you have, and the person you are jealous of, love them and pray for them. God will heal you and set you free.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 27th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day. We go straight to the Gospel of John 15:7: “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” Wow! Now that's powerful. Think about that. I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to find out the literal meaning of the word, “abide”. It means to accept or obey a rule or decision. So if you obey the word of God, if you as a believer do what God has called you to do, and when you go out and about, His word remains in your heart during the day, during the night, when you are about to write an examination, when you are going to start a new job, when you are endeavouring to do something you have never done before, if you keep the word of God in your heart, He says what you desire shall be done for you. Now, that is massive.As I walked into my prayer room early this morning, there was a message for me, and the message came all the way from Northern Ireland, from one of my spiritual sons, and he said, “Dad, Angus, I have just watched the movie, Faith Like Potatoes, and I want to encourage you and thank you for it because of what it means to me.” Now, as a young boy, my desire was to get the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the furthest points of Planet Earth, and I want to sit here and tell you in my little prayer room, that that desire of my heart is actually coming to pass in front of my very eyes and I have nothing to do with it. I just asked the Lord, many, many years ago, “Lord, I want you to use me to send the word to the furthest points of the planet Earth, and He is doing it.Today, if you keep the word of God close to your heart and you stay close to Him, then you are going to ask correctly, and He is going to answer you. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 26th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the word of God, to the Book of Isaiah 53:3:“He is despised and rejected by men,A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.”I want to speak to you this morning about rejection. What is rejection? Well, according to the Oxford Dictionary it is to be shunned, to be cast off, to be turned down, to be snubbed, to become unpopular. Jesus knows exactly how you feel today, my dear friend. If you have been rejected, I know what it means, and I know what it feels like, but Jesus really knows. Not only does He know but He cares. He cares for you and most of all, He understands what you are going through.The great revivalist, George Whitefield, who lived in the 1770's said, “If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed. In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.” Now that is heavy going. Who is going to make you a scandal? It will probably be nominal christians, christians who say, “Lets live and let live and if that guy wants to live that lifestyle, leave him, and if that woman wants to do that, lets just have peace.” That's not what God called us to do. He called us to be salty, He called us to be different, He called us to stand up for truth and righteousness and give us a passion for lost people, hurting people, sick people and rejected people! DL Moody, another great evangelist said, tongue in cheek, but it is true, ‘If everybody has got something good to say about you, be sure, Jesus has got nothing good to say about you.” It's true, isn't it? Because if everybody has got something good to say about you, you are luke-warm, you are like salt that has lost it's flavour and is only good to be cast out in the street and trampled over. So be encouraged today if you are rejected because you are standing up for truth and righteousness, and know that the Lord is very proud of you and when He comes back to take us home with Him, He will recognise you.God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 25th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Romans 3:23: “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, …” “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16Why did God send His only Son down to earth to die for your sins and my sins? Do you know why? Because God knew we could never make it to Heaven on our own because there is not one person on this earth, apart from Jesus Christ, who is without sin. It is impossible for a man to work his way to Heaven. Did you hear that? Impossible. Now, I love George Whitefield, the great English evangelist who died in his mid-fifties, but he said something I have never forgotten. I am laughing because I want you to think about this. He said, “It is easier to go to the moon with a rope made of sand than it is to work your way to Heaven.” In other words, it is impossible.I remember many, many years ago, I had the privilege of ministering at a funeral. The gentleman that had died was a very good friend, and he had a very checkered background, he had made some mistakes in his life. He had done some things that he regretted, but one thing I did know about him is that he loved Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour, and he was born again. I said at the funeral, ‘I know this man is with Jesus, not because he was a good man but because he was a believer.” And at the end of the service, a neighbour came up to me and he was furious. He said, “How can you say that good people don't go to Heaven?” I said, “Good people cannot go to Heaven, only believers can go to Heaven.” He was not very happy, but you know, before that man died, his son had led him to the Lord Jesus Christ.Today, do not fool people and try and tell them that because they are good people they are going to Heaven. That is not the truth. It is only believers in Jesus Christ that will go to Heaven.Have a wonderful day,God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 24th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Matthew 7:17. Jesus says, “Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.” Then if we go onto verse 20, the Lord says: “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” Then we go to James 2:18:”…and I will show you my faith by my works.” Folks, remember that our words must match our lifestyle. You can get a fancy qualification through bribery, cheating and corruption. That's maybe the easy part, but then when you get into the world to get a job and the employer employs you and tells you to get into the workshop and fix that tractor, fix that motorcar, and you can't do it, straight away you are in big trouble and you will not last there very long at all. Your words must match up to your lifestyle. What you say, you must be able to deliver. I remember hearing a story of a man that was having a party with all his friends and the conversation got onto a certain sport. This man said, “Yes, I played for that team. I was in the first team at university and I got my full colours for my sporting abilities,” and another man standing next to him said, “What team did you play for?” And he told him, “The first team.” “What university did you go to?” He told him the name of the university.” And what year did you play?” He told him the year and he said, “That is very strange because I played for the same team, at the same year and I played in the first team and I don't remember you at all!” Do you know how embarrassing that can be? Don't do that. I want to say to the young lady who is listening to this message, be sure that that young man you are going out with can deliver what he says. Words are very cheap and they are easy to say, but I want to tell you, there must be fruit. If he is continually late when he fetches you for an invitation that he has invited you to, there is a note there. If he is always spending time with other girls but tells you that he loves you, there is another problem coming that side. You know, when somebody falls in love with you, he will be there on time, in fact even earlier, because the fruit of what he is producing is love, and he loves you and respects you. Check the fruit and you will see that a fig does not come from a thorn tree.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 23rd of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Luke 6:42:”…how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother's eye.”I am laughing because that applies to every single one of us, especially you, sir! You know folks, I love Jesus so much and His teachings are so simple and yet so profound. Remember, people who live in glass houses don't throw stones. Do not criticise, sort your own situation out before you start to criticise and become a hypocrite. Now, I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to find out the literal meaning of the word, “hypocrite”. It means “a person who pretends to have higher standards than they really have,” and that is you and I, isn't it? Let's be honest. I have one of my sons who is a very accomplished rugby coach. He has his full colours for Kwazulu-Natal for teaching schoolboys how to play rugby, and often he comes up and visits us on the farm (he is living down in Durban), and we have a little chuckle together. He says to me, “Dad, the main problem I have coaching rugby is not the little boys I have to teach. No, it's their mothers.” That's what he told me! He didn't say so much about the dads. Mom, you must listen up today. He said they stand on the sidelines, and they are telling their little boy that they must kick the ball, or pass the ball or that he must tackle, or that he is messing up the game plan. He said it gets so bad that he has told the little boys - by the way, it is not their fault - ”If you listen to your mother shouting from the sideline, I am going to substitute you for somebody else." That is harsh, hey? But that is what he has to do because otherwise the kids are listening to their parents who have never played rugby, and this young son of mine has got his full colours as a rugby coach! And of course, the little boys listen to the rugby coach and that is why he is so successful.Today, please let us, all of us, take the plank out of our own eyes before we start to tell other people how to live. Let's start doing what Jesus says and not what we think. Have a wonderful day,God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, 22nd May 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day. We start in the first book of the Bible, Genesis 3:9: “Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” He could not find Adam. Then we go to Proverbs 18:24: “…there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” But if you want to have a friend, you have to be friendly!I want to say to you today that the reason why God created us, man and woman, is not because He needed us. God doesn't need anybody nor anything because He is God. Go outside today and look around at the clouds in the sky, the moon at night, the sun during the day, the stars - He made them all by saying one word. In the beginning was the Word, so He doesn't need us, but He created us because He wants to have you as His personal friend. Now, to me, it is one of the saddest scripture verses in the Bible. “Adam, Adam, where are you? I am looking for you.” What was Adam doing? Adam and Eve were hiding. Why were they hiding? Because they had been disobedient and had eaten of the forbidden fruit. God knew that, of course, because He knows everything, and He was so heartsore because His friends had actually disobeyed Him. Let's not do that today.You see, God didn't run away from Adam and Eve, they ran away from Him. Jesus never ran away from the disciples or blamed any of them. The disciples ran away from the only Man on earth who could help them, Jesus Christ. It is so precious to have a dear friend and another mistake that we make so often - “I want to go and see my old friend but I just don't have the time”. Then eventually you get to it. You pick up the phone or you go and visit him and they say, “He died last week. He has gone home to Heaven.” What a tragedy, and you didn't even have a chance to say goodbye.Today, do not hide from God and be obedient to what the Lord tells you. Go and visit your friend because if you are lonely, the best way to overcome loneliness is to go and be a friend to someone else. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 21st of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the Gospel of Luke 6:38. Jesus says:”Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” We are talking about giving, and I want to clarify something here this morning. We are not just talking about money, although money is also a factor. What you give is what you get. If you give nothing, you get nothing. It's very simple, and this is what the Lord is saying but, you cannot out bless God. I love Him so much. I want you to know that. The more you give Him the more He gives you back. You see, because He is a giver by nature. He's not a taker. He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to you and me so that we might have eternal life.We started a little children's home many years ago on the farm. I think you may be aware of that. I'll never forget, at one stage we had 18 cots, little cots in our children's home with babies in it that were all a couple of months old. We didn't do it for any return. We did it because Jesus said that we must take care of them. These children were abandoned and they were found in different places - abandoned in hospitals, abandoned walking down the road, and we took them in. Twenty-seven of them, plus a number that went to be with the Lord because they died in our little children's home, but they were loved up until the day they died, but I want to tell you, you can't out bless the Lord. The Lord says: ”For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”Just yesterday, I went into town to watch one of my little grandsons playing rugby. There was another school playing against the school my grandson goes to, and I looked up and I saw one of the coaches that was coaching the opposition team, and I looked and I saw that it was one of my sons that had grown up in our children's home. He has grown into a fine, handsome young man. I shouted across the field to him and he shouted back, ”Hello Dad, how are you?” I was so proud. I didn't have to tell anybody else, and I have many, many sons and daughters. Some are professional rugby coaches, others are international singers, others are farm managers, others are cordon bleu chefs. We have many that have done so well and we give all the praise, honour and glory to Jesus Christ.Today, start sowing intentionally and you will reap.God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 20th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 2 Corinthians 11:3: “But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ Jesus.” We have got to keep it simple, very simple. When the devil tempted Eve in the garden, he didn't say, “God said this…” No, he asked her the question in Genesis 3:1:“Has God (really, has He) indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?” You see, that is how the devil works, he doesn't attack you straight on. He plays with your mind. He says, “It's not that bad, is it?” We need to keep the Gospel simple. There is nothing difficult about the Gospel.I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to find out the literal meaning of the word, “simplicity” and one of the meanings is “clean lines”. Keep it clean, don't let it get congested. Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith you cannot please God, and he who believes must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. God said it, we believe it, that settles it. We must be careful that we are not too clever for our own good because the devil will help you along.A lot of people in South Africa are starting to write exams, whether it be for your final year in school or university, and I want to tell you about something called cheating. Cheating is a sin. You cannot cheat. “Aah”, you say, “but Uncle Angus, it is not going to hurt anybody else. It is just going to help me along.” No, what it is going to do, it is going to open the door for the devil to come in and play havoc with your life. Remember, there is nothing new under the sun - the wisest man who ever lived said that. “Did God really say...?” That is how the devil works. “Is it really going to hurt anybody? No - well, then do it!” I want to say to you today, you need to watch out for the slyness of the devil. I was taught when I was a new Christian, “Look out for the 3 “P's”. What are the 3 “P's”? It is not a joke. The first P is power. When you get power, you want more power because people listen to you and you start thinking that you are something when you are not. That is the first “P”. The second one is petticoats. I am talking to the men. Look out for the temptation of the devil. You shouldn't go anywhere with a woman who is not your wife by yourself, because of the temptation of the devil. “Aah, but it is just a one-night stand. No-one will find out.” Do you know how many letters I get from men who are broken because they let their wives down? It has destroyed their marriage. Then the pennies, chasing the money. Chasing the money, you don't pay your income tax. You think you are clever? I want to tell you something now, you will be caught out. That is exactly what happened to Eve in the Garden of Eden.Today, let's sharpen up our act and let's not give the devil a chance to move in. God bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 19th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. Genesis 2:18, yes, the first book in the Bible, says: “And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” He didn't want the men to be lonely. Then we go straight to Matthew 19:5: ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'.Women are so different to men. I can hear all the men saying, “Hallelujah”! Do you remember that movie? Many of you don't, but I am sure you have all heard of it, it was made in 1964, called My Fair Lady? The punchline from the movie is, “I said I'd make a woman and indeed I did. I knew that I could do it! I knew it! I knew it! I said I would make a woman and succeed, and I did.” Remember, the actor when he and his friend were in the street in London? They saw this illiterate young girl selling flowers on the street, and he said to his friend, “I will bet you that I can change that street urchin”, as it were, “into a refined lady”, and they took a bet. That was the theme of the movie. A common woman, uneducated, selling flowers on the street to try and make some money and he educated her into a beautiful, sophisticated young woman, and that is exactly what God did for you and me.My best friend is my wife. There is no doubt about it. I don't have to go out with ten other people to enjoy myself. I can spend time with Jill, on my own, as long as I need to and hopefully she will say the same about me. Why? Because God has made and created you and I for each other. I read you the scripture just now. For this reason, a man will leave his mom and dad, and I love my mother and father, be joined to his wife and the two will become one flesh. Such a beautiful union, made in Heaven!Look after your wives today, gentlemen. Treat them gently. They are not rough like us. They are gentle and refined, they are beautiful, and they are very strong, and they are also made in the image of God. Have a wonderful day!Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 18th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Gospel of Luke 14:2-6:”And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. (He was sick) And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, “Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?” And they could not answer Him regarding these things.” Jesus didn't come down from heaven to earth to break the law. No, He came to fulfil the law. In fact, He is the law. He fulfilled everything His Father told Him to do and He's told you and I to do exactly the same thing. The Sabbath was not made for man to worship. No, the Sabbath was made by God so that we can rest. You can read that in Genesis 2, where God Himself, after working for six days, rested on the seventh day, the Sabbath. Man is not created for the Sabbath. The Sabbath is created for man. Mark 2:27.I'm a farmer and I can tell you if I get up early on a Sunday morning to go to church and I love going to church, ask my family, it's the favourite time of the week for me. We have a church on the farm. We have a congregation. We have two resident pastors here and elders. I am not the preacher. I go there and I sit in the congregation and listen to the word of God every Sabbath. But as a farmer, I want to tell you something. If there is an animal that is caught in a snare, trapped in a dam, I will unfortunately have to leave going to church to save the life of the animal. How much more for a person? Do not get confused. Do not throw the baby out with the water, as they say. The Lord created us so that we could worship Him and part of worshipping Him is obeying Him. If somebody is sick, if somebody's hungry, feed them. He says if you do that, you're doing it unto Me. Today, remember, keep the whole law and the whole law is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul and love your fellow man as yourself.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful Sabbath. Goodbye.*Uncle Angus is aware that according to Jewish tradition, the Sabbath falls on a Saturday, however he is referring to the Sabbath meaning a day of rest in this message.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 17th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Hebrews 12:1-2:”Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus finished His race! I want to speak to you today about one of the most gruelling marathon races on the planet. Yes, I am talking about the Comrades Marathon which is going to take place in a few weeks time. It is the Mount Everest of marathon races. In fact, it is two standard marathons, back to back, plus a few kilometres extra. I ran that race once, the downhill one from Pietermaritzburg to Durban but 14 kms from the end, I could view the Indian Ocean, I was on the outskirts of Durban, I collapsed, and was taken to hospital by ambulance and they put a drip in my arm. That happened because I did not eat and I did not drink sufficiently and, so I dehydrated.I want to tell you about a little bird. Yes, I am talking about the swallow. He is currently leaving South Africa and heading north to Europe for summer. That little bird, I don't know how much he weighs. He eats and drinks on the wing. He hardly ever stops. He catnaps on the wing, he is disciplined, and that little bird will fly all the way to Europe and then when the winter comes in Europe, he will fly all the way back down to South Africa. You and I must also be disciplined. We must spend time with Jesus Christ every single day if we are going to finish our race, and it is not a sporting race. It is a race of life and death. Many people start so well but they don't spend time with Jesus on the route and in the end they collapse and they fall by the way. Let's not do that today. Let's be disciplined like the swallow. Let's spend time with Jesus Christ. He is the source of all we need to eat and drink and we will finish the race strong!Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 16th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We go to Genesis 2:2: ”And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.” Then we go straight to the New Testament to the Gospel of Mark 6:31: And He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” This is Jesus speaking. Now, if God rested on the seventh day, I'm talking about the Creator of heaven and earth, who created everything that you can see with one word (In the beginning was the Word), if He rested on the seventh day, how much more should we mere mortals also rest? C. H. Spurgeon, the great Baptist preacher, wrote a letter back to his congregation when he was resting and recovering, probably from exhaustion; he said, ”By doing less, I hope to accomplish more.” Are you listening to this message my dear friend? Well I am, because I think it applies to me maybe more than some of you. That is not a joke actually. It's very serious. It's time to smell the roses. What does that mean? Some of us are so busy that we don't even see the roses, never mind smell them.They say - don't quote me - but when the French Revolution took place in France and the whole metric system came into being, they decided to work for ten days and then rest, but it didn't last long because the very draught animals, the horses, were dropping down in the streets and dying from exhaustion, because we have been designed to work for six days and then to rest for one day.I really want to encourage you to look at your own lives very carefully because I've had to do the very same thing myself. We can make many excuses. You know, I know men that are holding down two and three jobs at one time. They are working themselves to death and your children want you, not what you can give them. They want you to spend time with them. So today, let's re-evaluate how we are living our lives and give God first place, then your family second place, then your work, your vision, your ministry, third place.Jesus bless you and have a restful day, Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 15th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We go to the first book of the Bible, the Book of Genesis 1:27:”So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Then we go to the Book of Colossians 1:27 which says:”…Christ in you, the hope of glory.” I don't care what anybody says, the Bible tells me very clearly, we did not evolve from animals, from monkeys. We were created specifically by God, and you and I have a free choice today, whether we want to serve Him or not. He's given us the freedom to choose. You see I've got cattle on this farm. They don't get any choice. Those cattle do not have a spirit in them. We have a spirit in us. That's why we are different to the creation of the world. We were made in three parts - body, soul and spirit. The body is your physical appearance. The soul is your character, your personality. There are no two people who have the same character or the same personality or the same set of fingerprints. Each and everyone, can you believe that? I don't how many billion people there are on the world today but there's not two people who have the same fingerprints because God made us, and that is why you and I need to be born again. Who said that? Jesus said that. He says, ”Unless you are born again, you'll never see the Kingdom of Heaven.”You know, this is a very important thing I want to say to you today, my dear friend. The spirit of a man never, ever dies. His body dies, it goes from dust to dust, but his spirit lives forever. Now we need to be sure that when we die we are going to heaven and not going to hell, and that is why we preach with such passion to people. I used to say it myself, I want to be honest with you, ”Let's eat, drink and be merry because tomorrow we die.” No we don't die. You either go to heaven to be with Jesus forever or to hell.My dear old mother, I loved her so much, and I'm going to see her one day in heaven. Just after I had given my life to the Lord, I went to visit her one day, and she was crying. I said, ”Why are you crying mom?” She said, ”Because it's different, Angus. It's not the same anymore.” I said, ”Why?” And then I realised my mom had recognised that I had changed. The Spirit of God was within me. Today, tell people about Jesus. God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 14th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We start in the Book of Genesis 1:19:”So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.” Then we go to Psalm 74:16: ”The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have prepared the light and the sun.” The Lord has made night and day for you and me. I want to say something to you this morning, I am a morning person, my day starts at 4 o'clock in the morning. It always has as far back as I can remember, especially when I was farming full time and my children were still young. I found that in the morning was always the best time for me. It still is by the way. That is when I do this very thought for the day for you. I have breakfast at 9 o'clock with my dear wife, Jill, on the farm because that's what I used to do when I was farming. I would start work early and come in for breakfast at 9 o'clock and I want to be honest with you, the bulk of my work would be done on the farm by that time. They were the most critical times of the day for me.I believe Jesus Himself was an early morning person because often the disciples would say, ”Lord, where have You been? The people are in the valley, they have been waiting for you.” But He had been getting instructions from His Heavenly Father on the mountain, early in the morning. I am talking about a quiet time aren't I? - Giving the Lord the first fruits of the day - Isaiah 40:31:”But those who wait on the Lord…” Those who spend time with the Lord, ”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.” If you put the Lord first in your life and I'm talking about in every area, that will give you the strength to see the day through. The great reformer, Martin Luther was asked, ”When you get very busy, what do you do in the morning?” Expecting him probably to say, ”Well, I have to cut back on my quiet time.” He says, ”No, I get up even earlier.” I want to say to you today. Start getting up earlier and spending time in the presence of the Lord when no one else can disturb you, and you'll be surprised at how well your day will go. Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 13th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Luke 6:12-13:”Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve…” When was the last time you spent a whole night in prayer, on your own, with the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you ever done it? We really need to spend time with the Lord and we need to make quality decisions. We are living in perilous times and we cannot afford just to wing it, as they say. We need to spend time in prayer, especially when it comes to major decisions.The Son of God Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, spent a whole night in prayer before He made a very serious decision and chose the twelve disciples, who literally changed the world. If the Son of God, Jesus Christ, spent a whole night in prayer, how much more should we be doing that? Many of us don't even give Jesus a time to answer us when we pray about something and we end up just doing a thumb suck and saying, ”Well, let's see which way the wind is going to blow and I'll take that as a decision from the Lord.” You can't do that anymore because we are living in times that are so dangerous. We really need to hear from God.Many of the men listening to this message, and the women, will remember in 2008, that we booked the biggest tent in the world by raw faith. It was made in Britain, enlarged in Europe and it was shipped out to Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Earth Summit. We booked it and they brought it down to the farm. Seventeen 40-ton trucks brought that tent down. It took three weeks to erect it. We had an amazing time. We had 30,000 men seated inside and about another 30,000 men seated outside. The tent was too small! After that amazing event, some very kind, godly businessmen from Johannesburg wrote to me and said they wanted to buy the tent for me, no strings attached. I mean, this is a tent that is worth millions and millions of rand and I said, ”Can I pray about it and I will come back to you?” And I did pray and I prayed hard and the Lord gave me this message. He said, ”Do not receive that tent,” because that tent would have become a millstone around my neck. It would have killed me. You see, just to erect that tent cost R1,000,000 every time, never mind transporting it to the next venue and so very, very humbly I said to them, ”Thank you. I'm so touched that you want to do this but I've got instructions from the Lord. I spent time in prayer, lots of time, and He told me I won't need it.” You know the next year, we had 120,000 men on this farm. Spend time in prayer and God will give you correct answers.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 12th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Ecclesiastes 3:1-2:“To everything there is a season,A time for every purpose under heaven:A time to be born,And a time to die;A time to plant,And a time to pluck what is planted;…”Then we go to the Gospel of John 4:35. Jesus said: “Do you not say,‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!”We are speaking today about seasons. What season are you in? In South Africa, we are going into winter. I know in Europe and in North America, they are going into summer. I love seasons, as a farmer, I really do. Every season is so special. We are in the autumn season at the moment in South Africa. The Americans call it the time of fall, the fall season, where all the trees are losing their leaves. They are a beautiful golden amber colour, rich in colour. The crops are golden for harvest. Jesus says, “Do not hold back. It is time to reap.” What season are you in at the moment? I know that Canada is a beautiful country, but it also can be very harsh for agriculture. Those men have to work because they have a hundred days to prepare their land, plant their crops, and harvest their crops before the snow. They need to look sharp.Don't waste the season that you are in at the moment. The Lord will use you in whatever season you happen to be in, and do not wish it away. I get so sad when I hear people say, “I wish this winter would finish” and then they say, “I wish the spring would get done with” and then “Summer, it is so hot. I wish the winter would come.” They are never happy. Every season is very special. Don't wish it away, but rather embrace it and enjoy it. Don't be afraid of retirement, madam. Sir, don't be afraid. It is an opportunity, a new opportunity to be used by God. I want to say to that young man, a faint heart never gained a fair maiden. If you love her, propose to her and marry her. What are you hanging around for? If you don't look sharp somebody else will marry her. I remember in London in the City Temple, I married no less than twelve couples in one night, and they came in their casual clothes. It is a service I will never forget as long as I live. I also remember standing in the stadium, the rugby stadium in Durban, at Kings Park, and saying, “To hell with El Nino” (that's the drought). I am going home to plant potatoes.” And I did.Have a wonderful day, Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 11th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day. We start off in the Book of Genesis 1:11-13: “Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. (That is oranges, making oranges, apples making apples - fruit trees, that's right!) And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the third day.”Then we go to the Book of Hebrews 6:7:”For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; ...” The seed, we can't live without the seed germinating because that is what makes the food, young man, young lady, that you eat every morning for your breakfast. You know what they say - “Never criticise a farmer with your mouth full because if he doesn't produce the food, we do not eat, and if we don't eat, we die!” Of course, the farmer does not actually produce the food. God does. The farmer simply cultivates it. Over the last few weeks, I have had some incredible testimonies coming in from some of the driest areas in Southern Africa. People in tears, when they are sending me photos of a miracle, areas where there has been not one drop of rain for 4 years, and now it looks like the Garden of Eden. But I can hear some farmers saying, “But Angus, we are getting drowned out in our area.” Oh, I understand sir, only too well. I remember Domoina like yesterday, where the area in Greytown was cut off from civilisation. For 3 or 4 days we couldn't get out because of the floods, but I want to tell you something now, the floods will cease and the sun will shine and the rain will come and the seed will germinate.I have grown seed for over forty years and I want to tell you, there is nothing more beautiful than seeing that beautiful seed being harvested and pouring into the back of my old truck so I could take it to the factory. Today, be grateful when you eat your food young boy, young girl and thank God that you have got food to eat and pray for those who don't. But remember the seed of the martyrs of the church, some of them never lived to see the fruit of their labours, but they will see it in Heaven.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 10th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the Gospel of Mark 10:28-30:Then Peter began to say to Him (to Jesus), “See, we have left all and followed You.” So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time…” We will just stop there.I really believe that today is decision time for you and for me. Are we going to follow Him with all our hearts? Are we going to be like the rich young ruler who walked away because he couldn't? He couldn't give it all up for Jesus' sake. Jesus didn't want it, He was just testing him, but he failed the test. I want to ask you today, are you counting the cost? You see, when you make a decision for Jesus, you could be mocked even by your very own family. It could cost you your relationship with your girlfriend, your boyfriend. Yes, it could cost you a job promotion. If you have made a decision to follow Jesus, it could cost you your very own life! Remember Jim Elliot, that young 29-year-old man with his beautiful young wife and his baby daughter, who went to the Amazon Jungle to preach the Gospel to those who didn't know Jesus. It cost him his life; they killed him. He said and I quote: “It is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” What can't you keep? You can't keep your own life, and when you make a decision for Jesus, you can't lose. You have eternal life waiting for you. Today, you need to decide. Remember that song? We haven't sung one for a while, have we? Sing it with me, “I have decided to follow Jesus.”I have decided to follow JesusI have decided to follow JesusI have decided to follow JesusNo turning back, praise the Lord, no turning backThe world behind me and the cross before meThe world behind me and the cross before meThe world behind me and the cross before meNo turning back, praise the Lord, no turning back.Don't turn back now - It is too late! Jesus is not coming soon, He is on His way I tell you. Have a wonderful day, stand strong and He will stand with you. A very good day to you!God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 9th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Isaiah 43:1: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.” What a promise from God! Do not be afraid. Then we go to the New Testament, to 2 Timothy 1:7: ”For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Now the opposite of fear is faith. That's right. The Lord says in Mark 11:22 “Have faith in God”, not in anybody else, not even in yourself, in God! Many many times, the Lord, when he had prayed for the sick said, “Go in peace, your faith has made you well.” He said that to Bartimaeus, the blind man, in Mark 10:52: “Go your way; your faith has made you well.” We really need to put our eyes on Jesus and not on that fearful thing that is plaguing us at the moment. Do you know folks, do you remember Neil Armstrong? Who was Neil Armstrong, young people? Well, he was the Captain of the space shuttle Apollo 11. He was the first man ever to walk on the face of the moon. Go out tonight and have a look at that moon. He walked on top of that moon. His famous quotation was, ”That's one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” Do you know that 530 million viewers worldwide heard that around the world. That is an incredible step of faith, step into the unknown.Well, I want to tell you another little story. I've got three daughters and when they were small little girls, I would jump into the swimming pool and they would come and stand on the edge and I would say, ”Come on now. Jump in and I'll catch you.” And you know what little girls are like, they want to jump in but they're too scared. Then they are standing on the spot and their little feet are going up and down and they are holding their hands and they are saying, ”Dad, I'm scared. I'm scared, Daddy.” I'd say, ”Don't be scared. Just watch me and jump and I'll catch you.” And then they would take one giant leap and jump into that pool and they would defeat fear.Today, maybe you are full of fear. You don't know what the future holds for you and the devil's telling you, “You're a failure, you'll never make it.” It's a lie I tell you, from the pit of hell. Just take that leap of faith into God's arms. He has promised you that you are His and He will keep you safe. Lord, I pray for my friend listening to this very message now, that You will give them faith the size of a mustard seed, that they can take a giant leap into Your arms today, and their problems and their situations will disappear. In Jesus name, amen.God bless you and have a wonderful day, Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 8th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We start in the first book of the Bible, Genesis 1:1: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” Do you believe that? I believe it with all of my heart. Then we go to the last book in the Bible, Revelation 22:12-13: Jesus says: “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.” Listen to this now, verse 13: “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” Oh my dear friend, Jesus Christ is God made flesh. When the disciples said, “Lord, show us the Father”, He said, “You have been with Me so long, have you not seen?” He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in the Holy Trinity.Now, I read an article explaining how the Big Bang started and this is what it says: “According to this theory, the universe expanded from an extremely small, extremely hot and extremely dense state. Since then it has expanded and become less dense and cooler. The Big Bang is the best model used by astronomers to explain the creation of matter, space and time, 13.7 billion years ago. That is the Big Bang Theory. Now, you might say to me, “Who created God?” Well, God always was. I have just read it to you. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” He has always been and He always will be. He says, “I am the same yesterday, today and forevermore”. (Hebrews 13:8)The Big Bang Theory - we need to ask those astronomers, who created the Big Bang or who created the extremely hot, extremely dense state? And they cannot tell you. I want to say to you today, I have a high respect for science. In fact, I have family members who are science teachers so I am not going there, I am just a simple farmer - but I have met the Man from Galilee, I have met the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. He is my Friend. He saved me from eternal damnation and hell and He can be your friend too, if you will simply open your heart today and believe Him. If people ask you questions and you don't have the answers, don't try and give them your explanation. Just tell them, “I don't know about all these things but I do know one thing - Jesus Christ is my Lord and my Saviour.”Have a wonderful day, Jesus bless you and by the way, He is coming back very soon. I can't wait, can you?Bye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 7th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Gospel of Matthew 18:4. Jesus says: “Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Have you ever seen a small little child of maybe three, four years old coming to a meeting, standing there so shy, so humble? Oh, you just want to pick up that child and just love them, don't you? Such innocence!We go to Philippians 2:7. Paul is talking about Jesus: “but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.” I am talking about the King of Glory, the Lord of Lords, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the greatest King who has ever lived, made Himself a servant, a bondservant. You know folks, we must remember that your attitude will determine your altitude and it just depends on how you conduct yourself. I have been humbled so many times in my own life and I just want to tell you a story, maybe I have told you before, but I think it is worth listening to again. I was invited to the palace of a great king. This king has over 13 million subjects. After we had met and spoken about the Lord and I had shared my testimony, he took me out to show me his grounds to show me a herd of beautiful cattle that belonged to him, and while the entourage was with him and we were standing together and admiring his cattle, a lady came up to me and said, “Can I speak to you?” And I said, “Yes”. She said, “Where can I get some tomato seedlings? I want to put them into my garden.” And I looked at her and I said, “Madam, I can tell you exactly where to get them. What is your office here in the palace?” Folks, I kid you not, she said, “Mr Buchan, I am the queen.” You know, I was looking for a hole that I could hide myself away, I was so embarrassed, but what a gracious lady - she never batted an eyelid, she just carried on talking. You must humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, otherwise you will be humbled. Now folks, let's go out today with a heart of humility.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 6th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of Luke 5:32. This is Jesus speaking. He says: “”I did not come to call the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to repent], but sinners to repentance [to change their old way of thinking, to turn from sin and to seek God and His righteousness].” (Amplified Version) Straight forward, straight talking - “I didn't come to seek those who think they are okay. I came for those who know they are not okay but they want to change their ways.” We need to remember where we came from. Remember, people who live in glass houses don't throw stones! I am one of them because I remember where I was before I met the King of Glory, the Lord Jesus Christ. I was lost, I was desperate, I needed help and I met the Lord and He changed my life. He also changed my way of thinking. Sometimes the best ambassadors for the Kingdom of God are newly converted believers because they understand so clearly what the other man or woman is going through. When you walk with the Lord for many years, you tend to forget sometimes what the man in the street is up against and you can't identify with him. I remember a minister once saying to me, a lovely man of God, he said, “The day I put the dog collar on, the day that I got dressed in my minister's garb, I lost 95% of my witness, because people see you coming from a long way away, not to say that it is wrong, but that is a fact.” What do they say? It takes a thief to catch a thief. I shouldn't really say that should I? But what I think that saying means is that if you really understand where somebody is, you can identify with them. The first man I ever led to the Lord Jesus Christ was in a maize field, my green cathedral, and that man is now with Jesus today. But the two of us were in tears, we didn't know really how to pray the Sinner's Prayer but we did it and I know God saw it and I know that that day, that man changed. Jesus has come for you today. I don't know where you are at in your life. Maybe you are lost and you say, “I can't go on anymore, Angus.” Please pray this prayer after me:Dear Lord Jesus,I am a sinner and I need you today to help me. I can't go on much longer. Please help me, and I ask this in Your precious name. Amen. That is good enough for the Lord, and now follow through. Find a believer, tell him your story, get a Bible, start reading it because if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 5th of May, 2025, and this is your friend Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the Book of Malachi 4:6: “And he will turnThe hearts of the fathers to the children,And the hearts of the children to their fathers,…”A reconciliation produced by repentance, by saying sorry and humbling ourselves. Then we go straight to the Book of Ephesians 6:1 (Amplified Version)Children, obey your parents in the Lord [that is, accept their guidance and discipline as His representatives], for this is right [for obedience teaches wisdom and self-discipline].” Children, you've got to honour your mom and your dad. You say, “But you've never met my mum and dad. Uncle Angus.” No, I haven't, but I'm a father myself. You see, the first commandment in the Bible with a promise added to it is Commandment Number 5, which says, “Honour your mother and your father so that your days may be long in the land”. You've got to honour Mum and Dad, for God's sake, if you want a blessing over your life. The hardest place to be a Christian is often in your own home, especially if mom and dad don't want to follow the Lord. You've got to honour them. Then I want to say to dads, “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger. Do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial, small things, or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive, nor show favouritism or indifference to any of them,…” Ephesians 6:4You can't have any favourites in the home. You must treat all your children the same way. Don't embarrass them in public. Do you know the peer pressure that your children are going through at the moment is unbelievable? Let home be a safe haven for them, where they can come home and open up their hearts towards you, and tell you about what's happening at school or, in university, or in life. These are very important. “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul” (or his family)? Mark 8:36. I really want to say to you today, work on your home, work on your marriage, work on your relationship with your children. Do you notice that the Lord is speaking here to fathers, not mothers? Gentlemen, you must take up your right responsibility, and children, you've got to respect your mum and dad, and then things will go well in your home. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day, Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 4th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Isaiah 60:1:“Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.” Oh, my dear friend, He is not dead, He is alive, and He is coming back soon. The tomb is empty. We have just celebrated Easter. Our Saviour is alive and He is well! Then we go the New Testament, to the Book of Ephesians 5:14: “Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.” The Lord is telling you and I to get out of that place of despondency, that place of death, and arise because our Champion is very much alive today. How is it with you? Are you feeling depressed? Are you feeling that there is no future? There is a future, and the future is Jesus Christ! He is coming back very soon to fetch you and me and take us home to be with Him in glory. We need to prepare. Somebody once said we must live like He is coming tomorrow, and we must prepare like He is coming in 1000 years. We must be prepared. They asked John Wesley, the great English reformer, “If you knew that Jesus was coming tomorrow, what would you do today?” He said,“Well, this morning I have got a Bible study at 9 o'clock, then I am getting on my horse, Dobbin, and I am riding to the next town, and then I have got another meeting and then this evening, I will be meeting with a few people.” In other words, he just carried on. Arise, awake! “Martin Luther, if you knew the Lord was coming tomorrow, what would you do today?” He said, “I would plant an apple tree.” If you go to Germany you'll see they have many apple trees, beautiful apple trees. What are these two giants of the faith saying? They are saying that we need to awake. We need to realise that the Lord Jesus Christ is the one who gives us the strength to live one day at a time. Don't look for the living among the dead. The tomb is empty. Jesus says, “Wake up, wake up today.”Jesus bless you and wake up!Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 3rd of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Malachi 3:18:”Then you shall again discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.” Then we go straight to the New Testament to the Book of Matthew 7:21, Jesus says:“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”The Lord has given us the ability to discern good from evil, righteous from unrighteous, and we need to use our God-given senses and not be foolish. The Lord says you shall know a tree by its fruit. An apple tree does not produce oranges, and an orange tree does not produce lemons. We need to understand that. We have got a magnificent bull on the farm here. He is a beautiful bull but very cheeky. Sometimes, when I ride Snowy, I go into that open field, and fortunately, Snowy is still very nimble and fast, but that bull watches me all the time. He doesn't take his eyes off me, and he is dangerous. Now, I have spoken to my grandsons, my two grandsons are very good horsemen and good stockmen and I have said to my one young grandson, Nathan, “Be careful of that young bull. Don't just wander across that field. He will charge you and he will hurt you.” We need to be very discerning. I am also a bee-keeper. I want to say to young people today, if it is a very hot day, the sun is shining and the bees are agitated because they are working very hard, do not go and disturb them. They will hurt you. You say young man, young lady, “I can run away from them Uncle Angus”. No, you can't, no-one, not even Usain Bolt can run away from a swarm of bees. I fear a swarm of bees more than a lion. We need to be discerning. Then lastly, I want to say to that young lady who is going out with that boy and he keeps saying “If you don't let me sleep with you then I am not going to be your boyfriend.” Give him the push, get rid of him, he is just using you. He does not love you. You tell that young man, “On the night that we get married, is the first night that we will love each other”, and he will soon tell you by his actions whether he loves you or whether he is trying to use you. Let us be wise. God has given us discernment, therefore let us use that ability.Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 2nd of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start off in the Book of Exodus 3:2 ”And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.” An amazing sight, Moses saw that bush burning but it was never consumed. Then we go straight to the Gospel of Luke 5:26: ”And they were all amazed, and they glorified God and were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today!”Have you seen any strange things lately? I have and I tell you what, it never ceases to amaze me. I think a couple of years ago, when we were called to go down to Jeffrey's Bay, we were at a Mighty Men Conference, and we were told that Port Elizabeth was running out of water. There was no water. People couldn't water their gardens, they had to use water very sparingly and on the Sunday morning, we had a prayer meeting and we said, “We are going to pray for rain, that the Lord will fill the Kouga Dam with water", and folks, I want to tell you as I was finishing off the message, people were pointing up into the sky and I looked up into the sky and I saw the sun. It was close to midday, and the sun was burning brightly, but there was a distinct ring around the sun. I have never seen that before in my life. Indeed, we have seen strange things, and we give all the glory to Jesus Christ. I want to say to you today, do not limit God. By the way, that Kouga Dam, to my understanding, is still flowing with water. It filled and it has been running non-stop for the last couple of years. Jesus bless you as you open your spiritual eyes and see the strange things which are happening on the earth at the moment. That's nothing to be afraid of. It is something to get very excited about. Jesus Christ is not coming soon, He is on His way I tell you!God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 1st of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Malachi 3:16: “So a book of remembrance was written before HimFor those who fear the LordAnd who meditate on His name.”Then we go straight to the Gospel of 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.” Jesus remembers your name, my dear friend. It doesn't matter what you have done or haven't done, He still knows you by name because He created you in His own image. There is nothing sweeter than to hear the mention of your own name. Come on now, be honest, it is lovely when somebody says, “Hello John, Hello Mary, how are you?” You think to yourself, “he remembered my name”, “she remembered my name”, and Jesus tells us this morning that He has got a book of remembrance. Your name is in that book, the Lamb's Book of Life - nothing sweeter!Peter, the big fisherman, was always changing feet. He was like a bull in a china shop. I tend to be a bit like that myself and get into trouble, but the Lord loved Peter so much. Even though Peter dropped the ball, even though Peter denied the Lord three times and he had just said a few hours before, “I will die for You” but he denied Him. He even blasphemed the Bible says, he swore, ‘I don't even know Him” and yet the Lord Jesus knew that when the disciples were told to go down to Galilee and there Jesus would meet them all, He knew that Peter would not come because he was so broken. He had let the Lord down. “Tell the disciples—and Peter, I will see them in Galilee.” The Lord is saying to you the very same thing. “Tell Joe, tell Barnabas, tell Mark, I will see them in Heaven.” Today is a great day. Jeremiah 1:5 in the Amplified Bible is even more confirmation: “Before I formed you in the womb (in other words, before you were conceived in your mother's womb, Jesus says) I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument], And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own]; I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”That's how much He loves you. He knows you! Speak to Him today!Jesus bless you and goodbye.