I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 20th April , 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Acts 12:18:

”Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.“

Now, folks, I want you to understand something. If you cannot believe in miracles, then you cannot believe the Bible because I’m going to show you a miracle that is unbelievably miraculous. It cannot be explained. If you read Chapter 12 of the Book of Acts, you’ll see that Peter the Apostle was arrested by Herod’s soldiers and put in prison. Four squads of soldiers were there to keep him from escaping because they were going to kill him after the Passover.

He was bound with two chains between two soldiers and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. He was sleeping, and he had a soldier on either side, and he was in chains. Then the angel of the Lord came into the prison and literally set Peter free. When they were past the first and second guard posts, they came to an iron gate that led to the city. It was open to them of it’s own accord supernaturally, and it caused no small stir because the next day the guards couldn’t find him, he was gone.

Folks, I believe in miracles! Wherever Jesus walked on this earth, He caused either a riot or a revival, but nothing in between. Just a few days ago, I met a young man at the airport. His name is Dean. I said, ”Dean, where are you going?” He said,” I’m going to Cape Town.” I said,” Why?” He said, ”Because I’m sick and I have to go to the specialist in Cape Town to see if they can heal me.” So I said, ”Do you believe in miracles?” Of course he did. I prayed for him in the departure lounge, I laid my hands on him and I prayed that God would heal him.

Well, not two, three days later, I got a message to say that he has just got a report from the doctors in Cape Town. There is absolutely nothing wrong with him. He is completely healed and he can go home. That is a miracle! Trust Jesus today for your miracle. I want to pray for you:

Father,

I pray in Jesus name that the person who is listening to this message will claim their healing, their miracle.

Be healed in Jesus name, amen.

God bless you and have a wonderful day.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 19th of April, 2026 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Old Testament, in the Book of Numbers 32:32:

”We will cross over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan.”

Now the situation was, as they were going to go across into the land of milk and honey, the Children of Israel, there were two and a half tribes that asked Moses if they could remain on the other side of the Jordan, because they were cattlemen and they were shepherds, and the land was good and the grass was good and they didn’t want to go across.

So Moses sought counsel from the Lord. The Lord said, ”Yes, they can stay there, but first they have an obligation, they have a responsibility, they need to go with all the other tribes across the River Jordan and fight and defeat the enemy, and then when the battle has been won they can return back, to the other side of the Jordan, and that’s when they can have their inheritance.”

Then we go to the New Testament, 1 Timothy 5:8. The Lord says:

“But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

We’ve got to get things right first at home before we try and help anybody else. We’ve got to take care of our wives, our children, and our husbands before we go to the mission fields, as it were. What happened with those two and a half tribes, the tribe of Rueben, Dan and Manasseh, they were very happy to stay back. Moses said, ”Okay but you must fulfil your obligation. First, you must help your family get established across the river, then you can return.

You know what is very sad for me, and I am in full-time ministry, is when I hear of young people that get so excited, they meet Jesus, now they want to serve the Lord and they want to save the world, and that’s wonderful. That passion is very exciting, I was one of them, but the Lord says, before you do that, you make sure your young wife, your husband, your children are well equipped and taken care of and then you can fulfil the calling of God on your life. There’s nowhere in the Bible that you can show me where the Lord says, ”Leave everything you have and your responsibility and obligations and go to the mission field.”

Get your house in order first, and then by all means, preach the Gospel with all of your heart.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 18th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Exodus 19:3:

“And Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel.”

Moses went up the mountain to hear from God. Then we go to the Gospel of Luke 6:12:

“Now it came to pass in those days that He (that’s Jesus) went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”

People often ask me, “How do we hear from God?” It’s a good question. Jesus went up the mountain and spent the whole night in prayer so that He could hear a word from His Heavenly Father. Moses did the same. He went up Mount Sinai to hear the word from God. That is how you hear from God. First of all, by getting up early in the morning. There is an old saying, I will never forget it, it goes like this: “First the mountain and then the ministry” - not the other way around.

When we talk about the mountain, we are not talking about 5 minutes or while you are driving to work, ladies, to drop the children off at school, or gentlemen, while you are on your way to work. No, that’s not a quiet time. That is not hearing from God. We need to spend time in the presence of God, not for five minutes.

This is how we hear from God: We read our Bibles systematically, every single morning. If you are not in that habit, I would encourage you to start in the Book of Psalms. Read a portion of each psalm, every single morning, starting from Psalm Number 1. Then go straight into the New Testament, start in the Gospel of John, and start reading five or ten verses every day. Then get your little notebook and write what God has said to you. There is no abracadabra, there is no magical way of doing it. If you want to hear from God, you have to spend time with God, reading your Bible every single day, meditating and praying. Give Him time so He can speak to you.

Quieten your spirit down so that you can hear, and then God will speak to you every single day. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.

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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 17th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of Matthew 28:20, and this is Jesus speaking:

“…and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”

Isn’t that a beautiful promise for you today? The Lord says, “all the days”.

F B Meyer, that wonderful man of God, wrote a beautiful little passage, and this is what he says: “All the days” He says: “in winter days, when joys are fled; in sunless days, when the clouds return again and again after rain; in days of sickness and pain; in days of temptation and perplexity, as much as in days when the heart is as full of joy as the woodlands in spring are full of song. That day never comes when the Lord Jesus is not at the side of His saints, (that’s you and me!) Lover and friend may stand afar, but He walks with them through the fires; He fords with them the rivers; He stands by them when face to face with the lion. We can never be alone. We must always add His resources to our own when making our calculations.”

Jesus will never leave us and He will never forsake us. We know that scripture, don’t we? It is found in Hebrews 13:5, and that is good news, so we can indeed do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens us! (Philippians 4:13)

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 16th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Romans 10:12-13:

“For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

The Lord has no favourites. I have already told you that before.

There is a most beautiful song, and it is called “Who am I?” by Casting Crowns, and these are the words. I want to read them to you this morning, and then I am going to pray for you because I feel that there is somebody there who feels that they are a failure, that there is no hope for them, that they have messed up and that this is the end of the road. Not at all! It is a lie from the pit of hell. Listen to these words:

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
would care to know my name?
Would care to feel my hurt?
Who am I, that the bright and morning star
would choose to light the way
For my ever-wandering heart?

Not because of who I am
But because of what you've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who you are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapour in the wind

Still you hear me when I'm calling
Lord, you catch me when I'm falling
And you've told me who I am
I am yours…
And it goes on but that is enough.

Father,

I want to pray for my dear friends today. Lord, there are many listening to this message - who have thrown the towel in, who are down and out - no, not at all. Stand up, woman of God, stand up, man of God.

Lord, please today remind them that You love them, just because of who they are, and Lord, we repent today of anything we have done to offend You, to hurt You. Lord, we love You, we ask You to come back into our hearts afresh this very morning. I ask this in Jesus’ name, amen.

Have a wonderful, blessed day and remember you are so very special to God.

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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 15th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of Matthew 26:40. This is Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane:

“Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?”

How much time are you and I spending in prayer at the moment? Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, it was the most testing time of His life on earth. He was sweating drops of blood. He was stressing out so much, full of fear and anxiety. He was God, but He was a man too, and He asked the disciples just to pray with Him and He came back and they were sleeping. “Could you not watch with Me one hour?” Folks, we need to really sharpen up on our prayer life.

E. M. Bounce was a great man of God. He lived in the 1800’s, but most of all, he wrote books on prayer. He was a prayer warrior. This is what E. M. Bounce said, and I am going to say it slowly because it is very important that you hear this. He said, and I quote: “He who does not pray therefore robs himself of God’s help and power.” It is not God who is suffering, it is us. You see, when you pray, God speaks to you, and He gives you direction.

Martin Luther, who was responsible for introducing us to grace - “and the just shall live by faith” - grace through faith, Romans 1:17 impacted his life, Luther said when they asked him, “What do you do when you get really busy? Do you cut back on your quiet time in the morning?” “No”, he said, “I get up earlier.” There is no excuse.

Sir, I want to tell you, spend less time preparing your sermon and more time in prayer. That is what I am doing in my latter years because many a time I have got up on the platform to preach, and as I get up on the platform, the Lord says to me, almost audibly, “I don’t want you to tell them about the subject of whatever it might be, I want you to change your message, and I want you to speak about something totally different.” That normally works out to be one of the best messages I have preached. We need to pray! Remember what we always say? When men work, they work, but when men pray, God works. And by the way, ladies, I am not talking about men only.

Matthew Henry wrote the most extensive book, a commentary on the Bible, 6 volumes, but he was a man who used to get up at 4 a.m., and he worked on that commentary book for 8 hours a day, and he died at 51 years old. Today, spend more time in prayer and less time speaking.

Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 14th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Book of Acts 10:41. This is Peter talking. He says:

”…not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead.”

Peter, telling the people that after Jesus Christ had risen (we have just celebrated Easter Sunday not so long ago), he said, “We ate with Jesus, we drank with Him. We know that He is alive.”

I want to ask you a question today, my dear friend, why do you doubt the existence of Jesus so much when there is more evidence that He walked on the earth than Julius Caesar, and yet you never doubt that the Emperor of Rome existed but you question the sovereignty and the miracle-working power of the Son of God?

There are none who are so blind as those who do not want to see! There are so many negative people who are talking about, “Did He really live?” Yes, we see the Bible. There are so many fake things around. I do understand that, and I sympathise with you, but God’s Holy Word, the Bible, has never, ever changed. It is the same yesterday, today and forever. You will find that in Hebrews 13:8, and you and I need to believe when everything in this world is so plastic, so undependable.

Now, you say to me, “Angus, how can we know that Jesus Christ has literally risen from the dead?” Very easily. As a farmer, I go out early in the morning before the sun has risen, and I see the stars. They have never changed. Oh, they are so beautiful. I look at the moon, the faithful witness in sky. What does it do? It reflects the sun. Of course, we spell sun, S-O-N. Yes, we need to open our spiritual eyes. I have just become a great-grandfather for the second time, and I held that little baby girl in my arms a week ago, and I could fit her into one hand. But I want to tell you, she is beautiful. She has dark eyes like her mother, my grand-daughter. Her little fingers are unbelievable. When she holds your finger, you say, “Lord, I see Jesus in her creation."

Today, stop doubting and start believing, and you will have a much better day.
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I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 13th of April, 2026 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Romans 10:13:

”For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

Then we go to Acts 10:34:

”Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.”

God has got no favourites. Anybody who puts their hand up. Anybody who says, ”Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner,” will be saved. He has got no favourites. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say that as I read the Bible, I see so often the Lord seems to choose people that maybe you and I would never have anything to do with. We start with Mary Magdalene. She was a woman who had a very poor reputation, and in fact, Jesus delivered her of seven demons and yet she became His most faithful. What about Zacchaeus? Even the Apostles said, ”Lord, do you know who you are talking to? You can’t go in there, that man is a thief, he’s a tax collector!” Jesus went in and had a meal at his house, and that day they got saved, not just Zacchaeus but all his cronies as well. The Lord has got no favourites, and that is good news, isn’t it?

I’ve heard reports that in Iran at the moment, young people are having dreams of a man who comes to speak to them, wearing a beautiful white robe, with holes in His hands and fire in His eyes. Now, these people have never read the Bible or heard the name of Jesus, but Jesus is visiting them in their dreams, and they are being saved and following the Son of God.

Oh, folks, today let us be careful not to point fingers. Remember people who live in glass houses don’t throw stones. We need to thank God that He will choose anybody who says, ”Lord, today have mercy on me, a sinner.” And He will, and He has, and that is great news!

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.