Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 11th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 19:7: ” Therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall separate three cities for yourself.” Now what happened here, the Lord in His mercy said, when the Israelites went into a new country, three cities were to be sepa...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 10th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Galatians 3:27: “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”  We must be seen by the world as being different, different people. They must see Jesus in us without us having to tell them. Do you remembe...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 9th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 18:22: “when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 8th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Acts 27:10: Paul speaking: “Men, I perceive that this voyage will end with disaster and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also our lives.”   Now Paul, the man of God, the apostle, gave them warning when they wer...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 7th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of John 11:21-25: ” Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.   But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 6th of July 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the Book of Acts 27:1 and I’m reading one verse: ” And when it was decided that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment.”  Are y...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 5th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 17:19: ” And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes,…“ The...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 4th of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to 1 Samuel 15:22: “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” Now, every single time the Israelites disobeyed God, they had to bring a sacrifice, an offering to ask God to forgive them, but now the ma...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 3rd of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Acts 26:28: ” Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.” We want to talk today about the power of personal testimony. The Lord saved my wife, Gill and me through a lay witness mission. What does that...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 2nd of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Old Testament in the Book of Deuteronomy 16:1. The Lord says: “Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.” Then we go to John 3:3...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 1st of July, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Matthew 25:21: “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.”  I want to ask you a question tod...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 30th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Luke 12:12: “ For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”  Now that is a beautiful scripture. I am thinking particularly this morning of young students at university or at school; I am thin...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 29th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.  We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 24:15: “Each day you shall give him his wages, and not let the sun go down on it, for he is poor and has set his heart on it; lest he cry out against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you.” Then we go to the Go...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 28th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Zachariah 13:1: “In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.”  Then we go to 1 John 1:9. The Bible says:  “If we confess our sins, He...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 27th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in Proverbs 14:23: “In all labour there is profit,…”  Then we go to Mark 6:3: “Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary,...?”  Yes, Jesus was a carpenter. He was a blue-collar worker. By the way, my late dad was a blacksmith, and...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 26th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Acts 23:26-30: ” To the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings. This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them. Coming with the troops I rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.  And when I w...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 25th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 15:11: ‘ You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’ Then we go to Matthew 25:40: ‘ Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My bre...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 24th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in 2 Samuel 5:19: “…so David enquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?’ Then we go to Matthew 7:7:  “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door w...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 23rd of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in that well-known scripture found in Psalm 20:7: ” Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.” Then we go to Acts 23:14: “ They came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have boun...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 22nd of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 14:25: “…then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses.” We are talking here about the tithe. That’s ten per cent of our income, which belongs...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 21st of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. It is Father's Day, I want to congratulate all fathers on this day, not an easy job! We go to the Gospel of John 20:21: ”So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”  You and I have been sent b...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 20th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Then we go down to verse 6: “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, an...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 19th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Acts 23:11. This is Jesus speaking to Paul: “Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome.” Then we go straight to Philippians 1:21. Paul says: ” For to m...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 18th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start with Psalm 34:19: ”Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.” Then we go to the Book of Romans 5:3-4: “And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces persev...

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 17th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 33:25: “…As your days, so shall your strength be.” The Lord gives us enough strength to do the job. Then we go to 1 Corinthians 10:13: ”No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to ma...