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Angus Buchan
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A short, inspirational thought for today, from Angus Buchan.

  1. 16 hr ago

    He Won't Fail

    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.

  2. 1 day ago

    Faith in Action

    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.

  3. 2 days ago

    The Lord Can Do It

    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.

  4. 3 days ago

    Grace Alone

    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 pay Just 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.

  5. 4 days ago

    Seek the Lord First

    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.

  6. 5 days ago

    Reserved

    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.

  7. 6 days ago

    Mission Accomplished

    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

  8. 12 Aug

    Whoever

    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.

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