Thought For Today

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 6th of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go to the Book of Judges 13:7:
”And He said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.”
This is now the wife of Manoah, and Manoah was the father of one of the strongest men that ever lived by the name of Samson, but you see they couldn’t have a baby, but the Angel of the Lord came and told Manoah’s wife, ”Get ready.”
Then we go to Matthew 7:7, a very well-known scripture:
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
The Lord is telling you and me to get ready to receive your gift from the Lord. You say, “What gift is that?” Well, maybe you also, like Manoah’s wife, just could not conceive. I am going to pray for you at the end of this message that you will receive that gift from God, a baby. Maybe it is a business opportunity. You have been waiting for so many years. The door never opens, you just don’t quite get it. It is coming, I am telling you, it is coming, a business opportunity.
What about a wife? Many men write to me and say, “I am looking for a wife. I am lonely.” Today, we are going to pray that God will get you ready. I want to say something to the men now. There is a young man listening to this message, you are not getting ready, you are out of shape. I am sorry, I am being honest with you because I love you. Why? Because you don’t train. You don’t eat properly, you don’t look after yourself. Get yourself ready because the girl is coming! What about that young lady? She has been waiting for a husband for how long? Get yourself ready and I am telling you, the man’s on his way.
Do you know what happened to me? I came into my prayer room early this morning. It has been very cold on the farm. I have got a little fire that I make every day when it is cold, to warm myself. And I made a fire this morning, and it went out. So what must I do? I must remake it which I did do and it is roaring as I talk to you now. Do not give up! Some of you have given up. Remember, Manoah’s wife was barren, she couldn’t have a child. Pray this after me:
Heavenly Father,
First of all, I want to say sorry. I have not been getting myself prepared and ready for the gift that is on its way. Today, I make a promise to You that I will get myself ready physically, spiritually and mentally to receive the gift that is coming. And when I receive it I will tell the world that Jesus Christ has answered my prayers. I pray this in Your precious name, amen.
God bless you and have a wonderful, expectant day! Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, 5th of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Matthew 4:7:
”You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
Then we go to 1 Corinthians 10:13: ”No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
Temptation - You know that Jesus Himself was tempted in the desert, and how did Jesus overcome the devil? He quoted Scripture to the devil. “It is written, thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God”. “It is written, man shall not live by bread alone.” It is written! We need to do the same. We need to quote Scripture because Scripture is the most powerful weapon we have at our disposal.
Remember, I’m talking to a young man, a young lady now, when we get tempted that is not the sin. So if you look at a beautiful young girl walking down the street, that is not a sin. However, when we look at her a second time, or if you look at that man a second time, then lust comes into play and then there is a problem.
Now remember King David. He was standing on the veranda, on a beautiful evening. He looked down and he saw the most beautiful woman. She must have been very, very beautiful because he had many wives. He looked at her first, he was tempted. If he had turned away and walked away, he would have been fine, but he didn’t. Then he looked at her a second time and he lusted after her and that is when the sin was committed.
You know the Bible tells us: Resist the devil, and he will flee from us. James 4:7. We need to understand. We have the power. Greater is He who is within us than He that is in the world.
So the temptation is not the sin, no. The lust is the sin. So when we get tempted, we turn around and we walk away and Jesus will undertake for us.
Have a beautiful day, God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 4th of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We go straight to the Book of Hebrews 12:1:
”Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”
Folks, we must be so careful that we do not disqualify ourselves. Now when I was praying early this morning, the Lord showed me the only way that I will disqualify myself from any race is when I break the rules. If you break the rules in any sport, you are automatically taken out of the race. If you are caught using illegal substances, if you are caught using drugs illegally which assist you to win, then automatically you are out of the race. I think of Lance Armstrong, a great athlete. He defied the odds. He overcame cancer and then he became one of the greatest bike riders ever. I don’t know how many times he won the Tour de France, which is the most prestigious bike ride in the world but he was caught cheating and every single one of his trophies was taken away from him. Very, very sad.
I think of some of the greatest boxers who have been disqualified. We remember the one world champion who bit the opponent in his ear! That cost him the world title. You can’t do that. Biting is illegal in boxing. What about cricket? There was a team that was caught tampering with the ball and that caused an incredible embarrassment to a nation. We need to do it correctly. We need to obey the rules.
Now I want to speak about the race of life. Yes, it’s exactly the same. No cheating, no stealing, no unfaithfulness, no lying, no bad language. We need to discipline ourselves, folks. We really do! We need to spend more time in prayer. If you are praying regularly, that will prevent you from doing illegal things because you can’t. You can’t do the two together. If you’re not having a regular quiet time you will bend the rules and it will cost you dearly. What about your mind? Be careful that you discipline your mind. Don’t watch rubbish. Don’t listen to rubbish, it will pollute you!
Remember, we are in the race of eternal life.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 3rd of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Gospel of Matthew 10:8:
“Freely you have received, freely give.”
Then we go straight to 1 Corinthians 9:18, and Paul says:
“What is my reward then? That when I preach the gospel, I may present the gospel of Christ without charge, that I may not abuse my authority in the gospel.”
Then the last scripture comes from Acts 3:6:
“Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”
Peter and John didn’t have any money. They didn’t have anything to give the lame man, but what they did have was the word of God, and they applied the word of God, and as a result the lame man was healed. I want to say to you, we cannot charge for preaching the Gospel. That is a firm conviction in my own heart. If that is how you are going to make your living, by asking for money, then you must get another job. You have received the Gospel of Jesus Christ for free. You must give it out for free. It is a personal conviction, I know that, but the Lord Jesus Christ says, “I will supply all of your needs according to My riches in heaven, by Christ Jesus, my Lord - not your wants, your needs. And He has never, ever failed me in one of the things I have attempted to do in my life.
You know that little story about the two little birds sitting on a fence line, and one little bird says to the other, “Have you noticed how these people are all running around all the time, trying to make money, trying to make ends meet?” And the other little bird says, “Yes, I have noticed that.” And the bird says, “Why do you think that is?” And his little friend says, “Well, maybe they don’t know the Saviour, Jesus Christ, like we know Him.” The Lord says if He can take care of the little birds, He can take care of you. Let us give freely and let us receive freely from God.
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day, goodbye.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 2nd of October, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in the Book of Jeremiah 20:9:
“Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name.”
But His word was in my heart like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,…”
Then we go to 1 Corinthians 9:16. Paul says:
”…woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!”
Once the Lord Jesus Christ has become the most important person in your life, you can’t keep quiet, can you? You’ve got to speak it out. You’ve got to speak up and it gets you into trouble so often, but you cannot help it. Jeremiah said, ”I am tired of being made a fool, a mockery. I’m not talking anymore about the Lord.” But then he said, ”I can’t help it. There’s a fire in my bones.”
I want to tell you a little story. Many years ago, we had a big campaign in Eswatini. We went over, a whole contingent of us, and we spent a week preaching, and we ended up on the last day at the Somhlolo Stadium, which is just outside Manzini in the middle of the country, and at the same time the king himself, King Mswati III, was also speaking there. Now I was sitting in the crowd, in the stadium, and the stage was in the middle of the field and it came time for preaching and some of the bodyguards and the soldiers would not let me walk across the field and speak from the platform. They said, ”No, you have to speak from the stadium.” But as I sat there, there was that fire in my bones. I felt the Holy Spirit say, get up, walk down the steps, through the crowd, through the gate, cross the field, up the steps, into the platform and start telling the people about Jesus, and I sat there and I wrestled but I want to tell you my dear friend and I’m sure maybe some of you have been there too, I could not keep quiet.
I got up, I took my Bible, I walked down the steps, right past all the guards, right out, across the field, up the steps, onto the platform, and I started to preach the Gospel, and it was a wonderful occasion.
I want to tell you today, when Jesus tells you to speak up through the power of the Holy Spirit, you better speak up.
Jesus bless you, have a wonderful day.
Goodbye