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.
