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I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 1st of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We start in Deuteronomy 25:4: (Amplified Bible)“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing [to prevent him from eating any of the grain]. Then we go to the New Testament, 2 Thessalonians 3:10: ”if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.” I've been a farmer all my life. When a cow is milking, she has given birth to a beautiful calf, and she is producing milk for that calf, off her back, as it were. You have to feed the cow otherwise the cow will lose condition and the calf will become stunted. So we need to feed her extra food to compensate for her feeding her baby. The same thing applies to a sheep and a lamb, to every animal - a horse and its foal, because it is working, not to mention the ox. He's walking. In the old days, they would walk around in a circle and stamp out the wheat from the husk but while he was walking he had a bag around his neck and he could eat food all the time and that's what kept him strong, but on the other hand, the Lord is telling us today that if people are not prepared to work, if they are just bone lazy, they don't deserve to eat. I know it's a hard one, but it's a fact. I refuse to accept the fact that a man says to you, “I can't find a job”. There is work available even if it is sweeping the streets. “No, no. Well I can't do that.” “Why can't you do that, sir?” “No, well that's beneath my dignity.” I want to say something to you. There is nothing more despicable than a lazy man, and at home he's got a wife and children that are starving because he lies in his bed all day, and I make no apologies about this message, and if it's offending some men, I'm very happy because if you don't get out of your bed and go and find a job, you will answer to God for that.We need to work hard. We have been designed by God to work. That's why we've got hands, feet, and a mind. Now let's get going. I'm going to pray for you.Father, This man that's listening to this message and maybe this young man or that old man, Lord, today convict them of their sin of laziness and please Lord, help them to get out of their bed, find a job, receive some dignity and love from their families. I ask this in Your precious name. Amen.God bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 30th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Psalms 37:4: “Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.” Then we go to the New Testament, the Book of Acts 18:9: ”Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; …” And that was it. I want to tell you my story in a nutshell. I said to my dear wife, Jill, “I am going to drive to Ladysmith, and I am going to book the town hall, by faith (I had never booked a town hall in my life before), and I am going to believe God for a one-week campaign.” Well, off I went, with my flask of coffee in my farm khaki clothes, and with lots and lots of excitement and faith, and I arrived outside the town hall in Ladysmith. But just before I got to the town hall, there is a long road coming down from the northern side of that town, and as I came down that road, the Lord distinctly asked me three questions: number one (yes, in my heart): “Are you prepared to be a fool for Me?” I said, “Lord, that is easy. I am a fool anyway.” “Are you prepared for people to say all manner of evil about you for My sake?” That was a lot harder to swallow. And then the third one was very tough. “Are you prepared to see less of your family for My sake?” And I said, “ Lord, only by Your grace.”Anyway, I arrived at the town hall. I booked it. I was so embarrassed. The lady said, “Well, what do you want it for?” I said, “A Christian outreach.” Anyway, I paid my money, and I started to visit all the churches in town. Well, the first one said to me, “You are welcome to come here, but I am telling you, this place is as dry and hard as the rocks and the thorn trees around the town.” The second guy said to me, “As far as I am concerned this town has already been over-evangelised. I thought, “Lord, if there is one soul in this town that has not been saved, it has not been over-evangelised.” And the third guy was the one who was really hard, an evangelical church, I thought, “Here, I will get a bit of comfort.” He said, “Well, I think maybe the Lord has sent you here to bend you a little bit!”Wow! I was shattered. Then I had to go and book the accommodation. There was a motel just outside of town. I booked the motel, paid my money and I sat under that tree. I felt like Elijah - I just wanted to die. I said, “This town doesn't need me.” But I went home. There was one minister who was absent, and the next morning when I got back to the farm, he phoned me. I left my card under his door. He said to me, “Angus, we are waiting for you. Come. We have been praying for revival on the hills here for six months.” And of course, that was the beginning. We had an incredible week. Jesus Christ, when He calls you, just obey Him. Have a wonderful day, God bless you.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 29th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Psalms 37:4:“Delight yourself also in the Lord,And He shall give you the desires of your heart.”Then we go to Zechariah 4:10: “For who has despised the day of small things?” Then lastly, Luke 3:23: “Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age,…”Do not despise small beginnings. God values small beginnings. I want to talk to mothers. Mother, look after the child God has given you. The child does not belong to you. That child belongs to God. He created that child and He has given you a tremendous privilege and honour and responsibility to bring up that child in the ways of God. Do you know, we don't hear much about Jesus for thirty years from the day He was born until He started His ministry. But who looked after Him? Yes, Mary, His mother, His earthly mother. She would have taught Him to do all kinds of things, to dress Himself in the morning, to feed Himself, to wash His face. God uses ordinary people to do His work and Mary had no idea, by that time, what Jesus was going to eventually do.Today, you don't know what your little boy or your little girl is going to grow up to be, but one thing you do know is that God has given you the privilege of helping him or her in any way that you possibly can. Never, ever despise small beginnings. God values small beginnings, so today remember, whatever you have put your hand to, do it with all your heart. Psalm 37 was also George Müller's favourite verse and he started in a little house in Bristol, looking after a couple of children and ended up with an orphanage, looking after over 10,000 children. He never asked for a penny, just remained faithful in little things, and the Lord grew it into an incredible work for His glory. So today, whatever God has given you to do, just do it with all of your heart and He will do the rest. Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 28th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the Book of Psalms 23:3-4:“He restores my soul;He leads me in the paths of righteousnessFor His name's sake.Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil;For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.”Then we go straight to the Gospel of Luke 9:23: ”Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” We are on a journey, folks, every single one of us, young and old. I don't care whether you are 9 or 90, but we are on a journey! Some of us have got a lot of miles behind us, others have got a lot of miles in front of us, but we are on a journey. I listened to a beautiful old gospel song, sung by a lady by the name of Dotty Rambo, just a short while ago and these words just touched me so deeply: Too many miles behind meToo many trials are throughToo many tears help me to rememberThere's just too much to gain to lose.Too many sunsets behind the mountainToo many rivers my feet have walked throughToo many treasures are waiting over yonderThere's too much to gain to lose.Isn't that beautiful? There is no turning back for you and me. No, no - we are not going back to Egypt. We are not going back to the old life, no. We have come too far, much too far. Do you remember that beautiful book, the Pilgrim's Progress? Some say it is the second most well-known, well-read book, next to the Bible itself, written by John Bunyan and released in 1678. Wow! That is a long time ago. John Bunyan was a non-conformist. In other words, he was a man who loved Jesus Christ. He would not conform to any church government type doctrine. He loved the Lord. He spent a long time in jail, and he wrote this book in Bedford, in England, while in jail. The Pilgrim's Progress - a journey of a Christian, a man by the name of Christian, making his way to the Celestial City, which is Heaven, and all the pitfalls and the hardships that he went through, carrying his little bundle with him, all the way to Heaven.Today, remember, there is too much to gain to lose. God bless you. Have a wonderful day, goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 27th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Isaiah 45:5: “I am the Lord, and there is no other; There is no God besides Me.” I think that is pretty clear. Wouldn't you agree? Then we go straight to 1 Corinthians 8:6: “…yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.” Very clear! I want to say to you this morning that there is only one God. In some countries, if you say there is only one God, they regard it as hate speech, and you can be arrested for that, but our Bible tells us that there is no other god. Now, it is not that we are superior, not at all. In fact, we have a great love for people because God created all people and Jesus Christ is the only Saviour in this dying world. Now, if you love people, you will tell them the truth, but if you want to pacify them, if you want them just to not be challenged in any way, then of course you will tell them that all roads lead to Heaven. There is nowhere in my Bible where I can find that scripture because it is not there.There is only one way and His name is Jesus Christ. John 14:6: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Do you know how many people have died through the ages just by saying that same thing, “God is love, there is no other, and He loves you and He died for you.” For that, you would be burnt at the stake. If you go to a country that does not acknowledge Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, and you stand in a public place and you tell them that Jesus Christ is Lord, they will cut off your head. Folks, we need to understand one thing - greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend. That's what Jesus said and He is the Friend of all men. That is why I love people so much. It doesn't matter if they get hurt. I would rather see them get hurt and get saved than go to hell because no one has told them the truth. Today, there is no other God, and there is no other Saviour and there is no other Holy Spirit. Have a wonderful day today! Let your words be short, let them be sweet and let people take notice. Time is running out. God bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 26th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We start in the Book of Judges 7:7: ”The Lord said to Gideon, Then the Lord said to Gideon, “By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand.Then we go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 20:16: ‘“So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.”Gideon had a total of 32,000 fighting men and the Lord said to him, ”You've got too many. You need to send some home.” 22,000 went back home. They didn't hesitate, they left the battlefield. 10,000 remained. Then the Lord said to Gideon, ”There's still too many here.” So he sent more back home and he was left with a mere 300 hundred men to take on the mighty army of the Midianites. God has got a habit of doing that. I want to encourage you today, if you are feeling a little bit left out, if you are feeling a little bit down, that you'll never get an opportunity to serve God, folks please don't lose heart!Samuel went to appoint the next king of Israel. He went to the house of Jesse. Jesse had 8 sons. He chose the youngest, the smallest, the one who wasn't even brought into the home to be judged. He was left out in the field looking after the sheep. We are talking about David, King David. What about Moses? Moses had dropped the ball big time, maybe you have today. Moses ran for his life. He was a murderer. The Lord used Moses to take an entire nation out of slavery and into the desert for 40 years.What about the fishermen? Jesus chose 12 men. These were not educated men, they were not talented, they were illiterate fishermen, and a couple of tax collectors to boot. Why does God do that? Well, He does it for one reason. He does not want to share His glory with any man. God chooses nobodies to do His work so that nobody can touch His glory.You must attempt something so big, we say at Shalom, that if it is not of God, it is doomed to fail. Why? Because if it works, God will get all the glory. People will say, “There is no way that those men could have achieved that enormous victory that they had on their own. God was with them!”Jesus bless you and have a wonderful dayGoodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 25th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Judges 6:37-40. Now I would like you to read that on your own. It is a very important scripture, and we need to read it slowly. Gideon put a fleece before the Lord because he didn't know what to do. Now for those young people listening to this, a fleece is what we take off a sheep. Then we go to Ephesians 3:20: ”Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,…” God can do anything that we desire if we ask Him correctly. Now the important thing is to know that when you put a fleece before the Lord, you are prepared to obey whatever he tells you. Now what Gideon did was, he put a fleece out before the Lord at night, and he said, "Lord, when I wake up in the morning, if there is dew on the fleece and it is dry on the ground, then I will know that You will save Israel.” And the Lord did it, and then, just like you and me, still he wasn't totally convinced. So he said, ”Lord, just please once more. Tomorrow morning, I want the fleece to be dry and the ground to be wet.” And He did it.Oh folks, God loves you and me so much. He wants the best for us. No using that crystal ball with the fortune teller, no tarot cards, no horoscopes, no witch doctors. This is very important what I'm going to tell you now, and if God does not answer us immediately, that does not mean He hasn't heard us, not at all, He hears all our prayers. What do we do? We wait until He answers us. So if He doesn't answer us, don't make a plan. That's what King Saul did. Remember? And he lost his kingship. He would not wait for the prophet, Samuel, to come and offer a sacrifice. He said, “I'll do it myself”, and that was the beginning of the end of his kingship.Today, let's wait upon the Lord. Let's put the fleece out and let us see what God says to us.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 24th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 1 Corinthians 7:24: “Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called.” Then we go to 1 Timothy 6:6: ‘Now godliness with contentment is great gain.' Paul was saying to the believers, you don't have to be circumcised to be a follower of Christ, you can remain in the state you are. In other words, if you are uncircumcised when you meet the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, you don't have to go and get circumcised. No, you can remain the way you are. Don't try and be somebody you are not. Rather, remain the person that God called you to be and created you to be. Be content. I see so many people who are not happy with the way they are. There are big, stout ladies who want to be skinny. There are skinny ladies who want to be stout. There are men with curly black hair who want straight, blonde hair. I am laughing, but it is so true, isn't it? We are not content with where we are at. Paul says, “Let each one remain with God in the state in which they are.” Casting Crowns is one of my favourite Gospel bands. Don't quote me, but I think for the last 20 years, they have been the top Christian band in the world. Now, the man who leads it is a man by the name of Mark Hall. Mark Hall, folks, has dyslexia. He had that Attention Deficit at school. He couldn't concentrate on anything, and basically they thought he had no future. I want to tell you, when that man sings, I normally cry. He has given God what he has got, and God has taken it and used it.What about DL Moody, one of the greatest evangelists who has ever lived? He went to Britain for a few years and over 2 million converts came to Christ through his ministry. He struggled to speak English with a good accent. What about C. H. Spurgeon, the “Prince of Preachers”? He had no education. He had a very broad country accent, and yet folks, at the age of 21, they built the London Tabernacle for him to contain the crowds that were coming to hear him preach.Today, you and I, let us be very grateful and content with the way God has made us, because if He has made us, and He has, He will also see us through. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 23rd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to Isaiah 61:1. Of course, this is referring to the Lord Jesus: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,Because the Lord has anointed MeTo preach good tidings to the poor;He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,To proclaim liberty to the captives,And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;…”Then we go straight to the Book of Acts 10:38: “…God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” I want to speak to you today about doing good. There is somebody listening today who says, “Well you know, I can't do anymore. I don't have enough money, I am not physically strong enough, I can't do anything.” Oh yes, you can! The main thing you can do is pray, but one man of God wrote something very beautiful, and this is what he said, “The finest of all arts is the art of doing good, and yet it is the least cultivated.” Isn't that true? The art of doing good - we need to exercise that a little bit. Many years ago, the Lord laid upon my heart to get small little bottles of mustard seed. My office staff know exactly what I am talking about because these precious ladies have to fill these little bottles up with mustard seed, and then we seal them, and I put them in my pocket and wherever I go and I see somebody who is looking a little bit down, a little bit anxious, I say, “Excuse me, can I give you this little gift.” And they look at this and they say, “But what is this?” And then it opens the door. I said, “You know this is a reminder for you when you are going through tough times because the Master, Jesus, said, 'If you have faith the size of one mustard seed, you can tell that mountain to move, and it must go.” They walk away with a smile on their face, knowing that if Jesus Christ is with them, there is nothing that will hold them back. Today, go and do good just like the Master did and our Lord Holy Spirit will bless you richly. God bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Tuesday morning, the 22nd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day.We start in that beautiful scripture found in the book of Jeremiah 29:13.And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.Then we go straight across to Philippians 3:10. He said, "...that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death."I really believe this morning there are some people that want to grow closer to Jesus, but you're not spending time seeking Him. The Lord says to us today, "If you seek me, you'll find me."There was two old ladies, two sisters, Peggy and Christine. Peggy was 84 years old. She was blind. Christine was 82 years old. She was crippled with arthritis. They sought the Lord with all their hearts to bring revival to the island of Lewis, off the west coast of the north of Scotland. The revival came and the revival stayed for four years and thousands of people came to Christ, because they sought after the Lord with all of their hearts.If you really seek for God, you will find Him. He is actually waiting for you. They invited an evangelist by the name of Duncan Campbell to come up to the little island and hold an evangelistic outreach. He tells us in his memoirs that when that little boat arrived at the small harbour on the island of Lewis, these two old ladies were standing at the harbour waiting for him. When he got off that little fishing boat, they asked him a question. Mr. Campbell, do you know God? He said he was taken aback. He said, oh, ladies, I sincerely hope so. With that intensity, these ladies used to pray every night from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. in their little cottage, and God answered their prayers.Seek Him today with all your heart and you too will find Him. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 21st of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We go to the Gospel of Matthew 6:6: “But you, when you pray, go into your room (or your closet), and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” “Faith's stronghold is the closet”, one man of God said, “however, if the closet door hinges are rusty and the room is deserted, the heart of that room is soon taken over by the devil himself.” It's a funny thing, if I am with a group of men and I don't know them too well and they have come to meet me, often I will say to the man, could you please open in a word of prayer for us, and he starts to pray. I can tell you within a minute if that man spends time in his closet or not, just by the way he speaks to Jesus. We need to spend time in the closet.A story which I will never forget was told about the great missionary, James Hudson Taylor. He took the Gospel to China. He was responsible for sending no less than a thousand families, by faith, with no support, to China to preach the Gospel. He came back to England once, probably to find more missionaries. He was in a small prayer room with quite a few other people praying, and a journalist from America was sent over to interview this great man of God. Well, the journalist said when he walked into the room, people were praying and they were happy, but there was one man sitting in the corner of the room with a big overcoat on, and he hardly said a word, and this journalist was saying to himself, “How am I going to make a story of this interview, because this man has basically said nothing? He just sits there quietly on his own.” But when they started to pray and it was his turn to pray, the journalist said it was like Heaven came down into that room, as this man started to speak with his God personally, and it was incredible. Not only did he have a story but he had a scoop because he met a man who spoke and knew God, and the hinges on his door were well-oiled.Today, make a point of spending time in the quiet time room before you go out to face the world. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful dayGoodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 20th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Psalms 32:8: “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” Then we go straight to 1 Corinthians 6:1: “Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?”That is quite a stern rebuke, isn't it? “Why do we go to the system of the world for justice when we will one day be judging the angels?” is what Paul writes just a little bit further on. I want to tell you a true story that is quite amazing. You can read it in 1 Kings 3:16.There were two harlots who were living in one house. They were both pregnant. They both had babies within a couple of days of each other. One night, when they were sleeping, the one mother rolled over by mistake on top of her little baby boy and smothered him. So she got up in the middle of the night and took the dead baby and put it next to the other mother with the live baby, and she took the live baby into her bed.When they woke up in the morning, the mother of the live baby realised that the dead baby was not actually her baby. Now they had a predicament because the other mother said, “No, the dead baby is not mine,” but it was. They didn't know what to do. So eventually they went to Solomon. They did not go to the system of the world, they went to the man of God and they told the story to him. Two women, two babies, one dead and the other alive, both of them claiming that the baby that was alive was theirs, and the other one that had died belonged to the other woman.Solomon sat with a predicament, so what did he do? He said, “Bring me a sharp sword and what I will do is cut the live baby in half, and then you can have half each.” Well, the mother of the dead baby said to the king, “That is equal and that is justice and that is fine,” but the mother of the live baby said, “No! Please King, give the live baby to the other woman.” And then Solomon said, “The mother of this baby is the one who was concerned that her baby should live and the other woman was the one who had the dead baby.”Now folks, that is quite profound, isn't it? And that is in the Bible. Please, I want to encourage you as the Lord is encouraging me this morning. Take your problems to God. Take your situation to another man of God, woman of God, and ask them to help you to do the just thing. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful dayGoodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 19th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to Galatians 2:20. Paul says: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” What a powerful scripture! I read something in a little book that I want to share with you, and it was written by a Roman Emperor named Marcus Aurelius. This is what he said: “I expect to pass through this world but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing that I can do, to any fellow human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it; for I will not pass this way again.” What a powerful word for you and me today. ”I shall not pass this way again.” We live once and then the judgement. Let us not put off for tomorrow, things we can do today. We need to put our flesh down once and for all as the scripture says because it is Christ in us that gives us the strength. Phone that person after this message. Email them, send them a text, tell them how you love them, ask them to forgive you for something you have done to them a long time ago, maybe unconditionally, because you will not pass this way again. This is the life, this is not a dummy run and we are coming back to give it another go. No, we don't believe in that. We do not believe, like some faiths, that you keep coming back until you get it right. No, this is it! After this, it is eternal judgement and it is home time. Oh my friends, don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because you don't really know if you have tomorrow, but one thing you do know is, you have today, and live it to the full and make sure that you don't leave any regrets behind. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day today.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 18th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to 1 Corinthians 5:5: ”…deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” That is very sobering, isn't it? We need to understand something. Many of us need to apply tough love. Release them into God's hands. In fact, Paul says, ”Hand them over to the devil, so that their souls may be saved.”Often in a meeting, people will come to me broken, maybe it's a lady, and she says, "My husband, I really love him, but he will not stop his filthy habit” - whatever that might be. It might be adultery, alcohol, drugs, whatever, ”and I pray, and I pray, and he doesn't listen.” Then I say, ”Can I pray for him?”“Yes please.”I said, ”I'm going to pray a very difficult prayer. I'm going to pray that God will bring him home at all costs.” I say to the lady who's in tears, standing there with her children, “Do you understand what that means?” I said, ”It means whatever it takes.” And this is what Paul is talking about - that his flesh might be destroyed so that his soul might be saved. Then, hesitatingly sometimes, sometimes straight away, “Yes please pray that prayer.” And I pray that prayer with all of my heart because I love that man, but he is destroying himself and his family, and then we wait for the results.I want to say to you, you cannot keep feeding your loved one hamburgers when they are in the pigsty. There comes a day when you say, ”No more hamburgers.” “Yes, but I'm hungry” “But get out of the pigsty first and then we'll talk.” The ideal example, of course, is that parable that Jesus spoke about with the prodigal son. Remember, he wanted his money. He went and squandered it. His father never ran after him. He just sat there at home and prayed, and eventually the devil took that man literally to hell. He ended up in the pigsty, eating the pig's food, and then he came to his senses. He came home and his dad was waiting for him and he was completely restored.Today, apply that scripture and let the Holy Spirit do the work. God bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 17th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 2 Chronicles 16:9: “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.” Then we go to 1 Corinthians 4:20: “For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.” Oh folks, these are serious words. It's not just a life of talking. One translation says, “a life not only of just hot air but of power.” Another translation says, “Not just a life of impressive words”. I remember like yesterday when I was a new Christian, I was reading a Christian magazine and there was a cartoon in that magazine. I will never forget it as long as I live. It was a picture of a big fat preacher, holding a massive black Bible, and he was preaching down, pointing his finger to a skinny little boy who also had a big fat tummy, but it wasn't because of food, and he had a little begging bowl in his hand. And the caption underneath said, “Will there be food in Heaven?” That really knocked me. This faith of yours and mine is not just about words. It is about power in the demonstration of action. We have got to walk the talk. We have said it so many times, haven't we? Faith is a doing word. Faith has got feet. Faith is a verb, it is not a noun, like a table!Maybe today you need to just come aside for a little bit and say, “Lord, what can I do physically? I can't earn my way to Heaven. I know that. I am saved by grace and not by action, but You have reminded us today, Lord, that this walk of ours is of the power of God, demonstrated through action. So today, Lord, show us who we can phone, somebody who we can visit, somebody we can just bring a little bunch of flowers, or just a little pot of honey or just a lovely book that they can read, or just a phone call to say, “You know something? I really appreciate and love you.” That might just save their lives. Today, let us not just talk. Let us act. God bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Wednesday morning, 16th September 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in Psalm 119:105: ”Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Then we go straight to 1 Corinthians 4:1: ”Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.” The Lord has called you and me to be stewards for Him. A steward is a person who has been found faithful over the things of God. He or she is trustworthy, reliable, entrusted with the Word of God, being a good manager of the things of God. Oh, my dear friend, we need to really look after the Word of God. There are so many opinions of people saying this about the Bible, saying that about the Bible. You can't just believe whatever somebody tells you, you have to back it up with Scripture.So if he comes to you and tells you that he's got a new revelation, you must ask him a question. “Can you show me in the Bible where it says that?” If he says, ”No, no. I can't show you in the Bible. It's just something that I believe the Lord has shown me,” you cannot believe it. The Bible is what we use as our gauge to steward over the things of the Lord.I remember many years ago, going to visit a muslim in his house, he invited me in for coffee. I walked into his house, a very nice house, and we sat down in low chairs and I took my Bible with me and I put it on the carpet on the floor next to my chair. When he walked in, the first thing he said to me was, ”Please, Sir, do not leave that book on the floor. Please put that book on the coffee table.” A muslim who reveres even the word of God, and we need to do the same.I remember going to a church and hearing the pastor, many years ago, trying to emphasise the importance of the word of God. He said, ”Take your Bibles, put them on the floor and stand on the word of God. He was just trying to make a point but it was very distasteful, standing with your boots or your shoes on top of the word of God. There are people in the persecuted countries that would give you as much as you wanted to purchase one of those Bibles, which are not available. We need to be good stewards of what God has given to us to look after, for Him and for our people, our family. Teach your child to never throw the Bible on the ground. It is not a toy. Treat it with much love and care!Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name. It is Tuesday morning, the 15th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 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.” Then we go to the Gospel of John 19:26: “When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home.”Folks, Jesus was hanging on the cross. I believe it is probably the most painful torture before a man dies. He had nails pierced through His hands and feet, and yet He could still look down and with love and compassion ask John, His beloved disciple, to look after His earthly mother, Mary. That is love that we cannot comprehend. And what about Peter - Peter, the big fisherman? Peter, the one who said, “I will never leave you. I will die for you, Lord”, and yet he denied Him three times, not once, and actually swore that he did not know who Jesus was. And so when He told the disciples to go to Galilee, and He would find them there, He said, “Tell the disciples and Peter.” Why did He say that? Because He knew that Peter would never go to Galilee to meet with Jesus because of what he had done, but Jesus loved him so much.Oh my dear friend, He loves you and I so much. There is nothing too big or too small that He doesn't take notice of. Yes, He can part the Red Sea with one word, but He can also show that old lady who is desperately looking for a parking place at the supermarket, and I can see that old lady, whoever she is, maybe there is more than one. And what about that young boy who is trying to get to university, and he can't find his car keys? “Where did I put them last night. I came home so late! And he prays and the Lord reminds him. I want to tell you, I love Jesus so much. Ask Him today to show you those things that you think are too trivial and He will do it. I know because He does it for me all the time.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 14th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We go straight to the Old Testament to the Book of Job 5:13: “He catches the wise in their own craftiness,…” Then we go to 1 Corinthians 3:19: “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” Folks, we need to understand one thing this morning. God is in Heaven and we are on Earth. We need to be very careful how we stand and how we talk. God will not be mocked by any man nor any nation. We go to Galatians 6:7. The Lord says: “…for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” I have spoken to some people who are angry with God. They don't really understand what they are even saying, never mind thinking, and they shake their fist at God, and they say, “I want some answers from God when I get to Heaven." I have got news for you. When you get to Heaven, you will not be shaking your fist at God. You will probably be lying prostrate on the ground and crying for mercy.We need to respect God. We need to understand that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit love us but They are holy and They will not tolerate any sin of any kind. Our God is a merciful God and He has given us much grace, undeserved loving kindness, but we must not take it for granted. We must revere the Lord, we must treat Him with great reverence. He is our Creator. He is our soon-coming King, and we need to be ready for it. Don't be casual in the way you talk to God. I want to pray for you this morning because there are people who have told me they are angry with God. Oh my dear friend, please, if you want to get angry, get angry with the devil or anybody else, but never God.Father, I want to pray for my dear friends who faithfully listen to this little message every single morning. Some are confused, some are fearful, some are angry because they do not understand. Lord, how can we possibly understand the wisdom of God who created the universe? We ask You to forgive us today. We ask You, Lord, to show us in Your gentle divine way just who You are and who we are not. And we ask this in Your precious name! Amen.God bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 13th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Psalms 34:19: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.” What a beautiful scripture! Then we go to the New Testament, Romans 8:31: “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” So then, what the Lord is saying to us here is that because you have become a Christian, that does not mean that you are not going to be subject to tribulation and trials. But the good news is, He says He will never leave us, and He will never forsake us. He is not going to take us out of the fiery trial, no. He says He is going to walk with us through the fiery trial.Opposition is actually a healthy thing because what it does, it strengthens us. So if you are going through a tough time at the moment and you are feeling that God has abandoned you, He hasn't abandoned you at all. He is walking right next to you. He says, “If I am for you, there is no man that will stand against you.” Ultimately, you will have the victory. Now the best example that I can see anywhere in the Bible is the story of Moses bringing the Children of Israel, over a million people, out of Egypt and into the promised land. There is an old saying I learnt long, long time ago: I have yet to meet a man or a woman worth their salt who has not been through fiery trials. Any man or woman who has ever achieved anything, it is through fire that the Lord has brought them through and made them stronger. I want you to think of Moses for a moment. Moses was between a rock and a hard place, as the saying goes - between a rock and a hard place - are you there today? Well, listen to this. Now Moses is standing at the shores of the Red Sea. Behind him is coming this most powerful army of that time, and they are very angry because their oldest son in their families, each and every one of them, had died. They wanted revenge. What could Moses do? He couldn't go forward and he couldn't go back. He called upon the name of the Lord. The Lord opened the ocean and they walked through on dry, friend. That is a fact, my dear friend. The archeologists will tell you that at the bottom of the Red Sea at that particular place, there are chariot wheels from the time of Pharaoh that are still there. It happened!Today, it doesn't matter what you are going through. If Christ is for you, there is no one who will stand against you!Jesus bless you and have a wonderful dayGoodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 12th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to 1 Corinthians 6:19: “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit…?” Then we back up a little bit to 1 Corinthians 3:16: “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” Some of us are not doing well, are we? No, we are sick in our bodies, we are sick in our minds, and we are very sick in our spirits. Your little boy, your little girl, driving to work with you or to school, ask them a question, “Can you put diesel into a petrol fuel motorcar?” Of course not! What will happen? It will stop immediately. Ask them if your motorcar needs to be serviced regularly or not? No, well we don't have the money to service our car. Well, it won't last. It is going to stop, it is going to break down. These are essentials. Now, why do we take care of our vehicles, but we don't take care of our physical bodies? I want to say something very serious to the grown-ups. Pornography is not an option. You are pouring filth into your body every day, and then you are wondering why you are in a state of depression, anxiety, and fear. We need to destroy that thing today. Get rid of it. Some movies we are watching - let us ask ourselves a serious question. If you had to sit there on your own, in your flat, in your house and watch a movie, ask yourself a question. Would I be comfortable watching this movie with the filthy language and the suggestiveness, with Jesus Christ sitting next to me? Of course not. Well then we need to stop doing that.We need to eat properly, sleep properly, but I am not talking so much about that. I am talking about the spiritual context. If you want the Holy Spirit to work in your life, He will not come into your life if you are living in sin. You have to deal with it today. That is the problem, and that spiritual sin turns into physical sickness and disease. You go to the doctor, you are asking him to help you, but you will not stop smoking, madam. It is killing you. You will not stop drinking, sir, but it is poisoning your system. Stop it today, and I am telling you, you will not have to go to the doctor because Jesus Christ will be dwelling within you. Have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 11th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 1 Corinthians 3:11: “For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.” I want to speak today about foundational people. The Chief Engineer - I have told you many times, my mother's brother was a Chief Engineer in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War. They operate below sea level. No one sees them. Everyone sees the Captain on the bridge, but without that Chief Engineer and his men, that ship is going nowhere. He is vital. I want to speak to you about maybe the greatest men's conference that met for a weekend at Shalom Farm, in the year 2010. I can't tell you exactly the number of men, not women and children, only men, that came to this farm on that weekend which I will never, ever forget. We believe it was in excess of 450,000 men for a full weekend, starting on Friday and finishing on Sunday morning. Yes, I was the speaker but I want to tell you something now, without foundational men and women who organised that event, it would never have happened. I had the privilege of standing there, but without them who did all the work, before and after. It took us over 2 weeks to collect all the rubbish on the farm and deliver it to the rubbish dump. It was incredible. Do you know that Greytown, the little town that is 15 kms away, had nothing left in it. It was as if locusts had been through the town! Some say it was the biggest Christian men's gathering in world history. I want to tell you about the greatest Foundation of all. Yes, I am talking about the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit, my dear friend, you can do nothing. We need to give Him more place. Many of us never even mention His name. I want to tell you, He is part of the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “It is beneficial for you that I go home so that I can send you a Helper.Today, put some effort into your relationship with the Holy Spirit. He is the One who makes things happen. Without Him, nothing will ever happen. Speak to Him. Ask Him to help you, direct you, counsel you. He is everything you need, and He is all over the world at the same time. What a Foundation!Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 10th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Isaiah 48:10, the Lord speaking: ”I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Then we go to John 15:16. Jesus says: ”You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit…” There's somebody listening to this message this morning who is going through a tremendous fiery trial. You are saying, ”I can't take this. I can't go through with this, it's too much for me.” The Lord has said to you, ”I have chosen you for this. I have made a way for you.” I'm not saying that the Lord has put it on you. What I am saying is that the Lord has allowed you, because He sees that you are fit and you are strong enough, to go through this.It was just like yesterday that we had one of the biggest tragedies that I've ever had in my life on the farm here, where we lost our little nephew who fell off that tractor that I was driving. I cried out to God, I'll never forget it. ”Lord, I don't think I can take this, I can't go through with this.” The Lord said, ”My grace is sufficient for you. My strength is made perfect through weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9.A very kind farmer drove over in his pickup to come and visit me. We sat in my farm office together. He said to me, ”Do you have a firearm?” I said, ”Yes, I do. I have a shotgun.” He said, ”Could I have it for a while?” And then I realised what he was doing. He was trying to protect me. I said, ”No, don't worry Gordon, the Lord has got me in His hand.” And we wept together and he left and the Lord took me through that fiery trial.My friends, I want to tell you, it can be lonely. I would drive down the main street in town, people would see me coming and they'd step into a shop or make out that they're looking at their phone or something, not because they didn't love me, they did love me, but they didn't know how to face me. Jesus was there right there through the fiery trial and He has brought me out the other side and I have been in a position to help many others in this situation.We know one thing, and at the end of the day all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord. Today, keep your eyes on Jesus and He will see you through this time of testing. God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 9th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joshua 24:15. This is now Joshua speaking: “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” He stood up in front of the whole nation of Israel and said, “Who are you going to serve today? Are you going to serve foreign gods or are you going to serve the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We need to be verbal. We cannot sit on the fence. It is a very uncomfortable place to be, especially if it is a barbed wire fence!Then we go to the Gospel of Matthew 12:30. Jesus says: “He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.” In other words, you cannot serve two masters. There is no neutral place in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you are going to serve the Lord, you have to serve Him with all of your heart. That is why God blessed Joshua so much. He was a single-minded man. He stood up in front of the whole nation and publicly declared that he and his family were going to serve the Lord. I remember when our first child got married. He stood up in the reception area and declared, “As for me and my house (that was he and his young wife), we will serve the Lord.” And he has done that for many, many years. He himself is now a grandfather and his grandchildren and my great-grandchildren are all serving the Lord. There comes a time when we have got to be vocal. We cannot be indifferent. We cannot be lukewarm. Jesus said, “I will vomit you out of my mouth if you are lukewarm. I would rather you be ice cold than lukewarm.” We really need to stand up in these last days. You see, people don't have to like you, but they must respect you, and you know the amazing thing is, when the going gets really rough, people will come to those of us who are standing tall for Jesus, for help, for counsel, for advice. We need to be solid. “If everybody has got something good to say about you,” one famous evangelist said, “be sure that Jesus has got nothing good to say about you!” Oh folks, you don't even have to speak, you just have to live it. I want to pray for you this morning. Father, I pray for my dear friend listening to this message, who is afraid, who is shy, who says, “I can't do it”. Please help them, Holy Spirit, to be outspoken at work, on the rugby field, at school. When they open their mouths, Lord, give them the strength to say, “No, we follow Jesus and Him alone.”God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 8th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Exodus 14:21: ”Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.” Then we go to 1 Corinthians 2:5. This is Paul speaking: ”…that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.” We've got a saying here at Shalom and it goes like this, ”One genuine miracle equals a thousand sermons.” And it's so true. You can forget a message but never a miracle. I'm talking about a genuine miracle. I remember like yesterday, having been invited to go to Israel to preach the Gospel at the Feast of Tabernacles. We were down at En Gedi, the lowest point on earth. That's right next to the Dead Sea. It was a sweltering evening, over 40 degrees at night. I was the speaker that night and as I was up on the platform, I was reading from Acts 2, the account of the rushing mighty wind that went through the upper room where all the disciples were huddled together to escape the Romans that were hunting them down, and that wind came through and changed everything forever.When I'd finished reading that scripture, I was so overwhelmed, I did something I don't think I'll ever do again. After I'd finished, I closed the Bible, I said, 'Lord, please do it again.” And oh folks, He did it again. Many of you listening to this podcast right now were there, and a rushing mighty wind started blowing the equipment off stage, and then it started to rain. It never rains there, hardly ever does it rain there. The people started running forward to meet with Jesus. I didn't have to preach a sermon. I couldn't preach a sermon! I was trying to stand up and hold onto my hat. Oh folks, one genuine miracle equals a thousand sermons.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 7th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day. We start in the Old Testament in the Book of Zechariah 4:6:“The Lord says, Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the Lord of hosts.”Then we go to the New Testament, to 1 Corinthians 2:1-2: “And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” Folks, it is the anointing of the Holy Spirit that moves people to hear the Gospel. Now I want to tell you an embarrassing story. Many, many years ago, I had been preaching maybe for 5 or 10 years, and a very dear friend of mine - this man was a qualified theologian. He had been to university, studied for seven years, and was a great preacher as well. So one Sunday night, I was preaching in his church and he said, “Angus, I am going to do a “crit” on you tonight. I said, “What do you mean?” “No, I am going to sit at the back of the church and I am going to write up how you are preaching and then I will tell you afterwards.”Well, I wasn't so keen on that. Anyway, he said he would do it. At the end of the service, he came to me, and he said, “Okay, are you ready for the answers?” I said, “Well, I suppose so.” He said, “Well, your introduction was about 3/10” I said, “Okay”. “And your scripture reading about 2/10 and your theme was about 3/10 and your message was about 5/10.” By this time I was crestfallen. He said, “and of course, your conclusion and the end of the service was about 2/10.” He said, “But the presence of the Holy Spirit in your message was about 12/10!” I was so elated. D L Moody, one of the greatest evangelist that has ever lived. He was in England one time, and he had a very broad accent. He was also a farm boy and a shoe salesman. When he had finished preaching, an English noblewoman came up to him and said, “Mr Moody, I want to tell you that that was the most atrocious English I have ever heard spoken. And him, not to be let down he said, “Well Ma'am, I am using what English I have for Jesus. Tell me, what are you doing with your English?” Then the last little story: Gypsy Smith, that great English preacher who used to preach to up to 10,000 people in the open. A worn-out lay preacher came to see him and said, “I have preached everything from Genesis to Revelation. I am worn out. What can I tell them?” And Gypsy said, “Keep telling them what Jesus means to you.”God bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 6th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Joshua 23:6. Joshua says: “Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,…” Keep the faith! Joshua was a very old man when he told the children of Israel that they must be very courageous and do everything that is written in the Book. We are talking about the Bible. The Lord will grip us tightly, He will hold us fast. Do you remember that hymn, a beautiful hymn? He will hold me fast.We need to grip tightly onto Him. This life is very rough at the moment. He must be our Lifeline. We must cling to Jesus with unwavering loyalty. The best example I can give you is that old farmer, Job, in the Book of Job 13:15. He says: “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.” I want to read a couple of verses from that wonderful hymn: When I fear my faith will fail,Christ will hold me fast;I could never keep my hold,Through life's fearful pathFor my love is often cold,He must hold me fast.He will hold me fast,He will hold me fast;For my Saviour loves me so,He will hold me fast.Just visualise somebody hanging over the edge of a cliff. They have slipped and they are falling. People call the Fire Brigade. They come rushing in with that big red truck. The fireman gets out. He leans over, he is very brave, he is very strong. He just manages to get hold of your hand. He says, “Hold me fast”, and then he starts to pull you up slowly but steadily. Eventually you say, “I can't, I can't anymore” and you let go. But he has still got you. He is still holding you fast and he pulls you up. Jesus is that fireman. He says, “Hold onto My arm, hold on tightly, and I will pull you through this problem you are struggling with.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 5th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Jeremiah 9:23-24: ”Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me…” Then we go to 1 Corinthians 1:31: “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” We've got a little pet saying here at Shalom. It goes something like this,”You must attempt something that is so big, if it's not of God, it is doomed to fail.” Why, you might ask? Because if it works, God gets all the glory. People say, ”He could never have done that in his own strength. It must be God.” We need to give all the glory to God for everything that we achieve, everything that we do. Whether we pass our exams, whether we don't, whether the business works or it fails, give the glory to God.I remember like it was yesterday, standing on the platform at King's Park Rugby Stadium, when everybody said el Nino is coming, told the poor farmers, ”Don't plant maize this year because it won't grow.” I said, ”To hell with el Nino. I'm going home and I'm going to plant potatoes.” Now I'd never planted potatoes before on this farm and I had no irrigation. When my neighbours heard what I was going to do, they came over and said, ”Don't do that Angus because If you do that, you are going to go bankrupt. You need water for potatoes.” Well, I planted the potatoes and I sweated, let me tell you something right now because many a day, I said, ”Lord, what have I done, but whatever I've done, I'm doing it for You.” Well, needless to say, we reaped a crop of potatoes out of dry ground. Everybody knew that was nothing to do with me and everybody gave the glory to God. Today, whatever you do, make sure that the Lord Jesus Christ gets all the praise, honour and glory.Goodbye and God bless you and keep on planting potatoes. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 4th of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 1 Corinthians 1:17. Paul says: “For Christ did not send me to baptise, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.” Then we go ahead to 1 Corinthians 3:6. Paul again: “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.”It is so important to know what your role is in this life. Moses was chosen by God to take the Children of Israel out of slavery and out of Egypt. He did that for forty years, he completed his task, and then Joshua took the Children of Israel across the Jordan River into the Land of Milk and Honey. Each one of us has got a specific work to do. That is why Paul said, “I was not called to baptise but to preach the Gospel.”It is so nice to see a man or a woman operating in the calling God has given them. Let me use an example. Bruce Fordyce, one of our champions in South Africa, has won the Comrades Marathon 9 times. He has won it 8 times consecutively. There is no-one else in the world who has done that folks. Then you get another man by the name of Usain Bolt. He is the fastest human being who has ever run the hundred metres. He ran it in 9.58 seconds. Now I want to tell you something. There is no way Usain Bolt could have run the Comrades. He is not built for that. And there is no way that Bruce Fordyce could run the hundred metres in under 10 seconds. Each one has a specific talent and gift, and I believe it has been given to them by God. Now, an evangelist is called by God to open the eyes of the blind and to lead people to Jesus. A teacher is one who is called by God to expose the scriptures, open the Bible and explain the finer points of the Bible. A teacher is not an evangelist. Oh yes, he can lead someone to Christ, but he can't run a campaign with thousands of people and call them to the front. And the same thing applies with an evangelist. He can't teach. He is not gifted in that area to open the Bible of understanding for people. Today, ask the Lord to show you what the gift and the calling in your life is, and then stick to it. God will use you powerfully.Have a wonderful day, Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 3rd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Hebrews 12:1-2 and I'm reading two verses: ”Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” Oh folks, we really need to run this race to the end. We need to finish strong! There's nothing more sad for me to see than half-built building, where someone has obviously had a vision, put their money and their effort into building a house and halfway through, run out of money, run out of strength and left it derelict. It is an eyesore to the surrounding land. We need to finish the job.As a farmer, when I look at crops, especially farmers who are so intense. They start so well, they do the land preparation, they put the seed in, the fertiliser, they spray the herbicide, weedicide and then they give up. The crop grows to a metre high and then the weeds take over and the crop is absolutely drowned in the weeds and eventually dies. We need to finish the job. It doesn't matter how old or how young you are. Finish the degree, finish your education, finish the job, and then, most importantly, work on that marriage. Do not throw the towel in. Don't give up. Work on the marriage. Sit down, talk to each other, love each other. God will strengthen the marriage and your children will rejoice when they see mom and dad falling in love again. Yes, it is possible, but it requires commitment. It requires a definite decision to fulfil the commitment that we made on our wedding day.Let us run that race for Jesus. God bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 2nd of September, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to that very well-known scripture, Isaiah 40:31: ”But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” The Lord often uses the eagle as an example of how you and I should live. The eagle is a solitary bird, he is an amazing bird. He doesn't hang around on the power lines with the crows and gossip and talk about all the unsavoury things. No, no, no! He is a solitary bird. You will never see a flock of eagles flying around. No, they are solitary birds. He is majestic in his habits. Yes, he flies alone, and he flies at a very high altitude. They tell me that the eagle has incredibly powerful vision. He can see something like 3 miles away, that is over 5 kms, from where he is flying, and I am just thinking of Proverbs 29:18 - where there is no vision, the people perish. Some of us need to lift up our eyes. We are looking too low, folks. We really need a vision from God. If you have no vision, that means you have nothing to look forward to, nothing to get up for in the morning, nothing to study about, nothing to work on. We need to be like the eagle. He has got vision. He is also a bird that has got freedom. He is not confined in a space. If you put an eagle in a cage, he will die. He was not designed to be in a cage, neither were you and I. The Lord has set us free. If the Lord sets you free, you will be free indeed. He has also got incredible strength for his size. I have seen some of those eagles. They will tackle a fox, pick it up with their talons, and destroy it. They have got power and are very bold. He doesn't spend time eating dead, rotten prey. We, as Christians, we must have a faith that is alive and healthy. He loves storms. The other birds have to shelter in the storms. He loves the storms. He locks his wings, he catches those thermals in the air and he screams out when the storms get bigger. He doesn't fly away. As Christians, we need to know that Jesus is with us. He continually renews himself, pulls out his old feathers and allows new ones to grow. He has a personality, leadership abilities, mental habits, sharp focus, and emotional resilience. Today, let us be like that eagle and make the Lord Jesus proud that we are His children. God bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 31st of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, …” Then we go a little bit further to John 15:13: “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.”Oh friends, we need to be givers. Our Heavenly Father gave His only Son so that we might have eternal life. I was thinking about that mighty ship called the Titanic. They said it was unsinkable - big mistake. Never say anything like that to God. “It can't be done”. It went down like a lead weight when it hit an iceberg while going across to America. But I want to speak to you about a couple of people who were on that ship that we never think about, the real heroes, the givers, and the first one I am thinking about is Chief Engineer, Joseph Bell and his crew. They were working below the waterline. My mother's brother was a Chief Engineer in the Merchant Navy in the Second World War. These were the brave men. They knew that if they got hit by a torpedo, they would sink. They couldn't get out. They had to keep the ship sailing. Joseph Bell and his crew kept power and the pumps going to the end. They drowned giving their lives for their fellowmen.The wireless operators, Jack Phillips and Harold Bride, kept transmitting, they kept on sending out signals, S.O.S. (Save Our Souls); they also drowned. The band kept playing music right up until the ship went down to keep the folks calm and to keep their spirits up. These are just a few of the people who gave their lives willingly so that others might be saved. Today, think about somebody you can help and especially somebody who cannot give you anything back, because that is what our Father in heaven did. He gave His Son. We cannot possibly repay Him. All we can say is thank You, Father, for allowing Your Son to die for sinners like us. Go out today and be Jesus to those who have nothing. God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 30th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Gospel of Mark 8:36. Jesus says: “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?” Then we go to the Book of Romans 14:17: “for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Life is just so much more than eating and drinking. Years ago, we took a 20-ton Mercedes-Benz truck, we called it The Seed Sower. We took that truck from Cape Town as far as Kampala, Uganda, over a number of years, spending most of our time in the rural areas where there are very poor people, people who don't have much clothing to wear, people who don't have a lot of food to eat. We filled up that truck with food, clothes and Bibles. Now, this is very interesting because when we got there, we would take a big open area, advertise properly, and the crowds would come, because there was nothing else to do when you are in a rural area where no one goes. They would come in their numbers, I am talking about thousands. Some of these little children were dressed almost in rags and you could see that they were very hungry, and the women and the men had very sparse clothes. Their clothes were old and tattered. We would bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We had a platform that came down the side of that truck and with my good friend, Peter Motale, as my interpreter, we would preach the undiluted, simple Gospel. We would make the altar call and the whole crowd would come to the front every single time. Now these people, were not interested in the food. They were not interested in the clothes. They wanted the word of God, the Bible. Now how did they know that? These were uneducated people. They knew because of the Spirit of God in them. There was a hunger for the truth, so much more than eating and drinking. I saw it with my own eyes. Sometimes they were concerned they might lose out and wouldn't get a Bible. They ended up having fisticuffs, now that is the honest truth, because they wanted a Bible. The one time, I thought that they were going to turn this massive truck that was 18 metres long, that they were going to turn it over. They were scuffling so much. I got my young nephew, who was with me, to take a box of Bibles on his head and move away from the truck and distribute the Bibles there. Well, I just saw a cloud of dust and then I never saw my nephew again for a while until he came out, but the Bibles were given out!Today, remember this life is so much more than eating and drinking. It is about life eternal. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 29th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Malachi 3:6:“For I am the Lord, I do not change…” Isn't that amazing? When you think of the world we are living in at the moment, I mean it's changing by the minute and here's another scripture, Numbers 23:19: “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” A sure thing. Oh yes, that's one thing we can take for granted and of course the Master Himself, Jesus, in Matthew 24:35 said: ”Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.” I want to really encourage you, as I'm encouraging myself today, to start taking God's Holy Word literally. You can count on it. It is for sure. If God has promised you, young lady, that He has a husband for you, you can be sure that husband is coming. Do not make a big mistake and run ahead of God and marry somebody because you think that you're becoming too old. Don't do that. God has got the man for you.I want to say to that young boy at school, who is struggling to get his finals. He's about to sit down and write them anyway, and he doesn't think he's going to pass. You call out to the Lord. The Lord says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5. Do your best and leave the rest to the Lord. God is faithful! We need to understand that. The only thing that can upset the Lord is our doubt. When we say, ”No Lord, You can't do that. It's too big.” No, don't do that. I can tell you by experience that the Lord that I am serving, the Lord that we are serving, if He says it, He'll do it. He promised me that He'd bring the biggest tent in the world to this farm. He did it. He promised me that He would bring a million people to one place in one day with six weeks to organise it. He did it. He promised me that if I am faithful, He will give me the strength to bring you a message every single morning. We are well over two thousand messages, different scriptures, different illustrations, every single morning without fail thus far. We are pressing towards three thousand Thoughts for Today. I think we should have a big party when that anniversary comes along.Folks, I can't encourage you enough today. Take your eyes off your situation. Put your eyes on Jesus, and He will do the rest. Have a wonderful day and God bless you.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 28th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Romans 14:3. This is Paul speaking, he says: ”Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; …” When you go to somebody's house, you eat whatever they give you. There are some people who are so foolish, they will go to a primitive village somewhere in Central Africa, they will preach a fiery sermon, the local people will be deeply touched in their hearts and they will pray the sinner's prayer. They will invite you to their humble home. They have very little food to eat but what they've got they will offer you, and they might bring in a nice big leaf and on it are some big, fat, juicy worms. You're a missionary, you are trying to bring the Gospel of Jesus to these people now. What are you going to do? You are going to do exactly what they do. You are going to pray, “Sanctify this food to my body, Lord,” and then you are going to eat those worms heartily, and they will be so appreciative of what you have done. But if you preach a wonderful sermon, they give their lives to the Lord, you go to their home, they offer you the food that they've got and you turn it away - you say, ”No, I can't eat that” or “I don't eat that” - that will do more harm because you are judging them.Jesus says in Matthew 15:11:”Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” When in Rome, do what the Romans do! You've heard that said as well. In South Africa, we eat something called biltong. It is dried meat. No, it has not been cooked. It is delicious. It is one of my favourite dishes. We also eat something called dry wors, it's a sausage that has been dried and hasn't been cooked. We eat it heartily, and if you want to win a soul to Christ, don't judge him, just eat heartily, and he will probably be more impressed by the way you treat his wife and his home than by any fancy talking.Jesus bless you and eat it heartily. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 27th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We start in 1 Corinthians 11:1. Paul says: ”Imitate me, just also as I imitate Christ.” Then we go to the Book of Ephesians 5:1: “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.” Then the last one, Philippians 3:17: “Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.”Ooh, that's a tough one today, isn't it? We have got to be examples. Lead by example - follow me even as I follow Jesus. Don't tell people how to live. Rather, show them how to live. Dad, your children are watching all the time how you treat their mother, and this is very serious. If you just get out of the car and walk into the shop and mother has to run after you, that's disgraceful. It actually brings a tear to my eye. That is not what Christ did. Remember, Jesus was known as the One who washed feet. He washed the dirty feet of His disciples as an example. Your son, dad, will not do what you tell him. He will do exactly what you do. If you are a drunkard, he will become a drunkard, even though he hates himself for it, because he doesn't know any other way. We need to lead by example.On the aeroplane, coming back from a big event we had in Namibia many years ago, I was on the platform, it was a capacity crowd, and it was amazing. We got on the plane flying home and there was a rugby team on the same plane. These boys had obviously had a wonderful weekend, and they were all having a few beers and I was sitting towards the back of the plane and I noticed a young man who I think had been at the event. He was sitting in the aisle seat in the front, and he kept on looking at me, and I didn't take any more notice. The air hostess came up to me. She said, “Would you like to have a drink?” I said, “Yes, thank you. I will have a coke. She brought me a Coke, and as I popped that Coke open, I looked up, and there was this young man, and he had a smile on his face, and he gave me a thumbs up. Now folks, we need to lead by example. I was probably speaking about lifestyle on that platform.If I was sitting there putting the beers back and this young man is looking to me as an example, what would that have done to him? It might have destroyed his faith. We need to walk the talk. We need to do what Jesus said and not tell other people what to do and then do the opposite.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 26th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go first of all to the Book of Joshua 14:7. This is Caleb speaking: ”I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me…” I'll stop right there and then we go down to verse 10. He continues and he says:”…these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old.” Oh folks, what a man, hey? We're talking about Caleb. He was sent by Moses, by the Lord, to go and spy out the land. He was only forty years old. He came back with a good report, and then we see that only he and Joshua were the two who survived from the whole nation of Israel that was set free from Egypt as slaves.Now Joshua said to him, ”You can choose any part of the promised land for your home because of your good service.” What did he say? ”Give me the big mountain where the big giants live.” It says he was as strong when he was eighty-five years old as he was when he was forty. What a miracle but we haven't finished there.Then we go to Luke 3:23. “Now Jesus began His ministry at about He was thirty years of age…” and we know that He died on the cross for our sins, three years later. His whole ministry spanned a mere three years.I want to speak to you about age. Age is just a number. There's that old song, I can't remember exactly who sang it. He said, ”How old would you feel if you did not know the year you were born.” That's an interesting thought, isn't it? You'll feel as old as you feel because you're walking with the Lord.You see, the faithfulness of God to Caleb was because Caleb lived a holy life. Numbers 14:24: ”But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land…” (which was of course the promised land.)An amazing man! Through holiness and spending time with the Lord and dedicating his life to the Lord, and what about Jesus? His ministry only lasted three years and He changed the whole world.Today, use this day as if it were the last day you were going to live and live it to the full, and God will do the rest.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 25th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the New Testament, Romans 13:1: ”Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities.”Then we go back to Matthew 22:20-21: ”And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?'” They said to Him, “Caesar's.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” We have to obey the authorities. I can hear somebody right now getting very hassled, ”How can I obey a corrupt situation?” Well, when the Pharisees confronted Jesus about this very thing, the Romans were oppressing the Jews at that very time and yet Jesus said we must obey the law.I remember many years ago, I was down in the Eastern Cape. I had been invited to speak on a panel to farmers. There were a number of us. I don't like panels, by the way, because you get put on the spot in front of everybody, and often you don't even have time to think about it. There were five or six of us on this panel, and there was a group of farmers, and one farmer got up, he was quite upset. He said, ”How can I pay taxes to a corrupt governing authority?” And he aimed the question straight at me. For a moment, I didn't know what to say because it is a very difficult question, and God is speaking to somebody right now. You are trying to justify why you are not paying your income tax. My friend, don't do that because Jesus said, ”You must give to Caesar what is Caesar's.” Anyway, I said to that upset farmer who stood up in front of everybody, I said, ”Do you have a ten rand note in your pocket?” He said, ”Yes.” I said, ”Can you bring it to me, please?” And I took the ten rand note and I said, ”Whose name is on that note?” He said, ”It's the name of the government.” I said, ”Well, give to the government what is due to the government and give to God what is due to God.” And that was the end of the story.I want to say to you, there are a lot of things in this world that are not fair, but I want to tell you that if you start doing your own thing, there will be chaos when everybody does their own thing. We have to obey the authorities, and we have to pray that God will convict them if there is dishonesty and unfair governance.Let us concentrate today on what God has told us to do, and He will see to it that we, in the end, are justified.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 24th of August 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joshua 14:2: “Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses,…” Then we go straight to the Book of Romans 2:11: “For there is no partiality with God.” Isn't that wonderful? God has got no favourites. No, no teacher's pets! And I am so happy about that because I didn't feature too well at school. I can tell you right now, He has no favourites. That is why I love Jesus Christ so much. He chose me with all my imperfections, and He loves you just as much.They used to draw straws, that is what drawing a lot is. So there would be 4 or 5 straws. The one who chooses the shortest straw is the one who gets the position. There can be no favourites. It has nothing to do with size, it has nothing to do with intellect, it has nothing to do with roots, where your family came from, what part of the railway line you grew up on, the good side or the poor side. It is purely because the Lord loves you and He loves me.I used to say to my mother, “Mom, did you give my brother more food than me when we were small?” (Because my brother is 6 ft 3” and I am 5 ft 8.5”). My brother was a professional sportsman all his life. I could barely hit a golf ball, let alone make a score. Folks, I want to say to you - it's good news today - maybe you are feeling like you have been left out, that God has forgotten you. No, no, no, no! God has not forgotten you. He loves you so much that He even gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, for your salvation. I want to pray for you.Lord, I pray for my dear friends today, that they would understand clearly that You have no favourites, and that from the day we were born, You have loved us unconditionally, whether we have made it or we haven't made it according to the world's standard. “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.” John 15:13 - and that is exactly what You did for us, and we love You for it, Lord. In Jesus' name, amen.God bless you and remember - you are special in the sight of God. Have a wonderful day!Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 23rd of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for the day. We start in the Book of Exodus 20:3:“You shall have no other gods before Me.” Then we go to Matthew 19:22:”But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.” Nothing must come before the sovereignty of God, Jesus first all the time! A man by the name of Guthrie wrote something which I thought was quite challenging. He says, ”If you find yourself beginning to love any pleasure better than your prayers, any book better than your Bible, any house better than God's house, any table better than the Lord's table, any person better than your Saviour, anyone better than your soul, a present indulgence better than the hope of Heaven, take alarm.” Folks, that really, really rocked me. Now you see the rich young ruler said to Jesus, "I obey all the commandments, right from when I was a young boy.” But Jesus said to him, "Give away all your riches and come and follow after Me.” The Bible says he couldn't do it, he walked away because his riches, his possessions, were worth more to him than following Jesus.I remember a minister telling me many years ago that he believed that Jesus was standing, looking at him, with tears running down His face because that young man was on his way to hell. I also believe, and so did that minister, that if he had said, ”Lord, I will follow You,” the Lord would have given him back all his riches. The Lord doesn't need your riches, my friend. He doesn't need my riches. He doesn't need your reputation, He doesn't need my reputation. He needs us, and today let us take note of anything in our lives. The Lord says in Matthew 6:33:”But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” He doesn't want to spoil your life. No, He wants to give you life abundantly. That's what He said in John 10:10. Today, let's put Jesus first and then He will ensure that we get the rest.God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 22nd of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. Psalm 23:1: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Then we go straight to Romans 12:12: “…rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer…”This morning we want to speak about memory verses. As a brand-new Christian, I started to memorise scriptures. The first one I memorised was, of course, John 3:16: ”For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” The second one: 1 John 1:9: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” These are scriptures that have kept me going for close on 50 years. I want to encourage that young child, driving to school with mom at the moment, listening to this, to start to memorise Scripture because when you get into a tough spot in life, and you don't have access to your Bible, you can remember the word of God. It will keep you going. Now, let's look at Romans 12:12: Number one: Rejoicing in hope - so we get excited. We hope that the Lord will bless us with a good crop of maize this coming season. We are hoping, by the grace of God, that we will pass our exam at school and that this business venture will not fail. We are hoping that we will meet the right man who will become our husband, rejoicing in hope!Then the second one: Patient in tribulation - when the going gets tough, you have to hang in there and trust God and not panic. Whether it is a financial decision, or you have been to the doctor and he says you are very sick, there is not much hope for you. Patient in tribulation: “Lord, I am trusting You. You are my Healer.” Patient when things are going very tough, patient because they are going to come right!And then, listen to this: Continuing steadfastly in prayer - You pray in the morning, you pray in the evening, you pray at lunchtime, you pray while you are walking, you pray while you are running, you pray while you are cycling, pray while you are riding your horse. Prayer must become a lifestyle. Then you will find things will change.There is an older lady listening to this programme right now. She says, “My memory is very poor. I can't remember things, Angus.” Well, I am going to give you one verse to start with. Mark 11:22: “Have faith in God.” That's it. Let's memorise that one first. Have a wonderful day!Jesus bless you and goodbye!

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 21st of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Exodus 24:13: ”So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.” Then we go straight to the Gospel of Matthew 4:19: ”Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” What are we talking about this morning? We're talking about legacy. What are you going to leave behind when you go home to be with the Lord? What are you going to leave your family? What are you going to leave your relations and your workers, maybe? What are you going to leave behind? The Oxford dictionary defines the word, ”Legacy”, as something handed down by a predecessor. Moses left Joshua a powerful legacy of spiritual leadership, faithfulness, and authority, so that Joshua could lead the children of Israel into the promised land after Moses had done his work and gone home. Jesus did exactly the same thing. He taught His disciples lifestyle. He taught them how to live a life of faith. He taught them about humility and love. He taught them about the power of God through the laying on of hands of miracles.What is so sad for me is when I see a man and wife work so hard to leave a legacy for their children, but they don't teach them how to use it. It's like giving your sixteen-year-old boy a Ferrari sports car and telling him to go and drive it. He will kill himself within the first couple of days because he was never taught how to manage the power of that motorcar. My friend, it is so sad for me when I see a family leave money behind, a farm, a business and they have never taught their children how to use it. It lands up in chaos every time because that power, that money, that legacy, will kill your children.Today, let us be like Jesus. Jesus taught His disciples, and then He sent them out into the world, two by two, to preach the Gospel. Let us be like Moses who taught Joshua. Joshua walked with Moses for forty years before he was promoted to take the Children of Israel out.Today, I believe the Lord is saying to us, ”Be very careful what you leave your family behind. Teach them the things of God, and then they will succeed, and the Holy Spirit will bless them.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 20th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 1 Samuel 17:45: “Then David said to the Philistine (that's Goliath), “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” Then we go straight to the New Testament, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5: “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (fleshly) but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, (verse 5) casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,…”Our battle today is not a physical one. It is a spiritual battle. Maybe this morning you are in a state of fear. You are wondering, how am I going to pay these accounts at the end of the month? Maybe the doctor has told you that your child is sick, very sick, and you are in a panic situation. What must I do? Where must I go? Well, you must do exactly what the young boy, David did - he was only a teenager.He was minding his father, Jesse's sheep on the mountain. What was he doing? He was writing psalms, he was singing to God. He was having a quiet time. Oh, my friend, are you having a regular quiet time with Jesus in the morning? You say, “No”. There is your problem. The weapons of our warfare are not physical. They are spiritual. So when the boy brought food for his big brothers down to the valley, he saw a 9 foot giant by the name of Goliath, mocking the people of God. He did it for 40 days. And he said, “Who is this man?” And his brothers must have told him to leave the food and go back and look after the sheep.“He said, “No ways! No one is going to get away with this, mocking my God!” He stood up. He said, “Let me sort him out.” Remember Goliath said, “Do you think I am a dog, that you come up against me with sticks and stones?” And listen to what he said. He said, “I come against you in the name of the Lord God, The Commander of the armies of Israel.” And with that he killed him and cut his head off.Today, you need to do the same. You need to get into your closet, spend time with God. Ask God to show you what to do, and then go out and take it because God has already given you the victory. Jesus bless you and have a victorious day today.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 19th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. Today I am going to read a scripture out of the Amplified Version of the Bible - Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].”That is very powerful. I want you to try and meditate on that fact. You see, faith is real, but you can't see it, you can't touch it, you have to believe it. Now, yesterday I shared with you how John Wesley, on his trip to America, got caught in a huge storm, was devastated, thought the ship was going to sink, the passengers were panicking, and there was a group of Moravian believers standing on board, singing calmly, singing hymns. They were not afraid at all, and it blew him away.He realised he wasn't even saved. Now I want to continue. Once Wesley came back to England, another Moravian, Peter Böhler, came along 3 years later, in 1738, and he told him he was at his lowest ebb spiritually. In fact, he wanted to give up preaching altogether. This is what Peter Böhler said to him and it has impacted my life as well. He said, “Preach faith till you have it, and then because you have it, you will preach faith.” I want you to think about that.In 2008, the Lord laid upon me to book the biggest tent in the world at that time which could seat over 30,000 people. It took 17 40-ton trucks, with containers on board, to bring it to the farm, and took over 2 weeks to erect it by a man called Attie Van Staden, whose life was impacted by erecting it. It was the size of 4 rugby fields in the end. I had R500 in my pocket, that's all I had but by faith I booked it but I didn't ask for a penny, I never charged for a ticket, and we had it on this farm and we had an amazing encounter with God. Because of faith, God sent 60,000 men, 30,000 in the tent and 30,000 outside of the tent, and He paid for everything. I want to encourage you today to trust God. He will not fail you.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 18th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Hebrews 11:6: ”But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” In other words, without faith we can't please God.Then we go to Romans 10:17:”So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Lots of people have written to me over the years and asked me, ”How do you get more faith?” Well, there's the answer. It comes by hearing and listening to the word of God and reading the Bible.John Wesley tells a story that took place in 1735. He boarded a ship for the USA, and on board were many English passengers and Moravian people going to America. Moravians from the early church that was started in Germany. As they went to sea, it was winter, it was freezing cold. A great storm arose, the mast broke, and it looked like the ship was about to sink. Now remember, John Wesley was a theologian. He had a Master of Arts Degree in Theology. He thought he was a man of faith. He thought he was a Christian but listen to the story.The storm got so violent that the English passengers aboard were panicking and screaming. Then Wesley looked up on board, and he saw the group of Moravians quietly, calmly singing hymns to God as the sea washed across the top of the ship. Then he realised that he was not saved and that he did not really know God. It changed his life. I'm talking about faith being a practical thing. Folks, we need to realise faith is not a noun like a cupboard or a chair. Faith is a doing word. It is a verb. By action, those Moravians showed John Wesley that he wasn't even saved, but afterwards, in a little Bible study in Aldersgate in London - he went to a Bible study. He sat there quietly, and he said a strange warmth came over his heart, scales fell from his eyes, and he believed that at that moment he was born again. We need to walk the talk. People need to see our faith by our actions.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Monday morning, the 17th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joshua 10:13:”So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.” Remember, Joshua asked the Lord to hold the sun in place until he defeated the enemies and that's exactly what God did. The Lord works miracles! He expects you and me to believe Him and to trust Him completely.Then we go to the Gospel of John 14:12 and Jesus said:“…I say to you, he who believes…” That's where we come in.”… he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” If we, you and I, can believe for the miracle, the Lord can do it. If the Lord can make the sun stand still so that the man of God, Joshua, can win the battle, then surely, the Lord also can do it for us. The problem is many of us won't believe it. “No, no Lord. You can't do that.” He says, ”Try me and see.”Many years ago on the farm when we had just started, we didn't have much money, and we desperately needed water, and so I got on my knees, and I prayed, and I said, ”Lord, I'm going to take a peg. I'm going to put it in the ground and I'm going to believe you that I am going to hit water when I call the drilling company to come and drill a borehole.” Yes, I got some experts to give me an idea roughly where the rock formation is situated, but as you very well know, you can drill a hole and miss the water by a few centimetres. So I went out prayerfully, with faith, and I put the peg in the ground. Then I called the drilling company to come and drill in that place. Oh my dear friend, all the Glory to Jesus! You know that was fifty years ago. We are still using that same water from the same borehole. It has never gone dry even in drought years because our God is a faithful God. Now, today, trust Him. I'm going to pray for you. Jesus, my friend, who is listening to this little message is desperate for the answer to the prayer of faith. I stand and I put my faith together with theirs and I believe for that baby that they have been waiting for, for so many years. I thank You by faith, she will conceive. They will have a child and they will give that child to you. In Jesus name, we give You all the glory, amen.God bless you and have a wonderful day. Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 16th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Romans 11:20-21: “Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.”I looked up the Oxford Dictionary to get the direct meaning of the word, “haughty”. It means arrogant and superior towards other people. My dear friend, you and I need to be very careful how we stand. If we look at 1 Corinthians 10:12: “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” There is nothing worse for me than to see a young man whose father has worked so hard and built up a very powerful and huge business and then his young son comes into the business - he struts around like a cockerel, shouting the odds to all the employees, telling them what to do, completely arrogant, and yet he himself did nothing towards the building of that huge company. We need to be careful how we stand, lest we fall!Do you know that lovely old song? I am not sure if I have got the words correct, but it is a song that touched my heart deeply, and I want to sing it to you - just in case we start becoming a little bit haughty and thinking that we have done nothing special. Paul, the apostle, says, “Be careful how you stand.He paid the debt he did not owe, I owed the debt I could not payI needed someone to wash my sins awayAnd now I sing a brand new song, "Amazing grace"Christ Jesus paid the debt I could never payJust remember, we are saved by grace alone, undeserved loving kindness, unmerited favour from God, so let us not become haughty. Let us be grateful that the Lord has seen fit to save a sinner like us. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 15th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joshua 9:14: “Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions; but they did not ask counsel of the Lord.” Then we go straight to Matthew 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”I want to say today, we need to be careful of the smart-talkers, the sweet-speakers. The men from Gibeon fooled the man of God, Joshua, into making a deal with them, a covenant, that he could not break. They said that they came from very far off. They wore old clothes, broken sandals, stale food they had brought with them, and they needed protection. Joshua had compassion on them and made the deal, only to find out that they were actually their next-door neighbours. Joshua never sought the Lord first, and this is very important for you and me in these difficult days in which we are living. We need to hear from God, and He needs to confirm any relationship or decision we make. I am talking to that young girl who is wondering whether she should marry the young man or not. Seek the Lord first because some of these young men are very sweet talkers, and then things don't turn out that way after the wedding ring and the covenant has been made. Don't do it. Seek the Lord! Don't be rushed into any decision. Take your time. They will always tell you, you have to do it immediately. I know a very sad story I want to share with you about a man I respect greatly, and he brought some young men into his business. He mentored them. They came in looking very innocent, and they were so excited to be brought in and to get shares in the business, but they had an ulterior motive and the businessman, my friend, did not know about that. Eventually, they literally voted him out of his own business and he lost everything. A godly man, maybe he should have sought the Lord first before bringing in these up-and-coming businessmen. Today, let us seek the Lord before we make any decision, and get confirmation, and then things will go well for us. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Friday morning, the 14th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 1 Kings 19:18: “Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel – all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.'” Then we go to Romans 11:4. The Lord again says: “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” I have got a very special son in the Lord, who has been called by God to go to some of the most dangerous places on earth to encourage the church. He has just returned from Ukraine, and he told me that he went to a church that meets every Sunday regardless of what happens, on the border between Russia and Ukraine. He says this to me in the message he sent me: “Ukraine has really opened my eyes to the devastation of the war. People are living in so much fear, but the church is standing strong.” He says: “I am sending you a message. These are all old retired people having church in the city on the Russian border. Almost everybody has lost a family member in the war. They can only meet for one hour maximum. The reason for this is that if the Russians find out there is a gathering, it takes them one hour to find the location and send a missile from Russia to kill them. They have been meeting since the war started.These are the words of one of the songs that they sing:Thank You Lord, for another day Thank You Lord for making a wayThank You Lord that our eyes can see Prepare us for the bride to be.He says he has not sensed the power and the sincerity of worship like that before. I want to say to you, God has got His people all over the world. He says He has reserved them. Do not lose heart. Keep up the faith wherever you might be receiving this message. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 13th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in Psalm 23:6:”Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.” Then we go to John 19:30:'…“It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.” The Lord has done it all. He completed the task. He has done the work. He ran His race, and He said at the end, ”It is finished!” And with that He bowed His head and He went home to Heaven where He is waiting for you and for me.How are you feeling about that this morning? Well, I want to use an illustration for you which used to be so wonderful for me. When you plant a crop of maize or wheat or barley, it takes a lot of preparation. You have to prepare the land. You have to get the right seed. You have to calibrate your planting machine. You have to wait for the right time, and then you start planting, and depending on the size of your crop, some men have to plant night and day for weeks on end, and eventually you get the crop planted completely. In between times, you have to stop maybe for a while because the rain is coming down so heavily you cannot get in with your tractors, but the rain stops, the sun comes out, and then you continue and it is critical you get your crop in by a certain time otherwise you start losing the yield when you reap the crop. There is a proper time. There is a special time to get that crop in. So you are working night and day, literally with lights at night, not getting much sleep. Eventually you finish the crop. It's done, it's completed, that's exactly what Jesus has done for you and me! He has finished the job, and the Psalmist said, ”Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.” Once we've done the job, stop fretting. Stop being afraid. Do your best, do what God's called you to do and then leave it to Him to do the rest, to grow the crop and to bring in the bumper harvest.Jesus Christ bless you as you rest in Him today, knowing that it is mission accomplished.Goodbye

I greet you in Jesus' precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 12th of August, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Joel 2:32: “And it shall come to passThat whoever calls on the name of the LordShall be saved.”And then we go straight to the Book of Romans 10:13: For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” The last one is Romans 10:9: “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”What a beautiful start to the day! When the Lord Jesus says, “whoever”, He means whoever. He means the good, the bad and the ugly. (I am definitely in the category of the ugly)! He says, the Jew, the Gentile, the black, the white, the coloured, the old, the young, the blue-collar worker, the white-collar worker, the students, the old-age person - whoever calls upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved. Folks, that is huge. I don't feel worthy to be saved. I really don't and I am sure you don't either. Yes, I am a born-again, baptised in water, baptised in the Holy Spirit Christian. I have been walking with Jesus for close to 50 years, and yet I still feel totally unworthy. It's only by His grace alone that we are saved. Even Paul, the great apostle, said, “Wretched soul that I am. I do what I shouldn't do and I don't do what I should do. What will become of me?” And then he says, “But by the name of Jesus Christ…”So today, if you are maybe feeling unworthy, maybe you have done something which you know is wrong. Maybe you are involved in something which you know does not bring glory to Jesus' name. Simply ask for forgiveness. Simply ask Jesus to forgive you and stop it, repent of it, and carry on, because Peter, the great apostle, knew what forgiveness was, after he had denied his beloved Saviour no less than 3 times and yet the Lord forgave him and used him to head up the early church. So there is hope in Christ.Have a glorious day today in Jesus' mighty name,Goodbye.