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Be Free
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 2nd of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Book of Leviticus 5:16:”And he shall make restitution for the harm that he has done…” Then we go straight to the New Testament to the Book of Luke 19:8: ‘Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.” Four hundred per cent! I want to say to you today, maybe there’s something troubling you in your life. Maybe you’ve had an experience with the Lord, and you’ve got extreme joy and peace in your heart but there’s something that is tugging at your conscience, and he is the accuser, he’s the devil. He doesn’t want to let you go, and every time you want to stand up for the Lord, he reminds you of some unfinished business from your previous life. I want to say to you today, sort it out, deal with it. Make restitution, pay back what you owe, go and apologise to the person you hurt, write a letter to that loved one and say, “Please forgive me for my part in the argument,” so you can be free indeed. Now you know my story, I’ve told you this story before. Many, many years ago, I came into South Africa with all the farming equipment that I could get out of the country. I came through customs, and I did not declare everything. Now that didn’t bother me as an unbeliever, but once I gave my life to Christ, I started to feel guilty. That guilt does not come from the Lord, it comes from the devil, he’s the accuser. Jesus is the one who convicts and I said to my family one day, ”I’m going to the Customs Department in Pietermaritzburg and I’m going to declare all the stuff I brought in without telling them.” I had all kinds of accusations from the devil. “They are going to put you in jail. You’ve got a young wife, you’ve got children, who’s going to look after them?” But I could not have peace in my heart until I had made restitution.I went to the Customs Office, I declared everything that I’d brought in. The Customs Officer said to me, “Sir, all those things you brought in are duty free. You don’t owe us anything.” Well, I want to tell you, I didn’t walk out of that office, I flew like an eagle out of that office. I was so relieved. A burden was taken off my back, a lie from the devil.Today, sort out anything outstanding so that you too, can be free.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.
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Light of the World
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 1st of December, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go to the Gospel of John 8:12: Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the Light of life.” Jesus is the Light of the world. Then that scripture that you and I know so well, Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp to my feetAnd a light to my path.”If we know Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour, you and I should never, ever get lost because He is the Light and He will show us the way home. I am talking the way home to Heaven. We are not talking so much about physical sight. We are talking about spiritual sight. Helen Keller was an amazing woman. She was born blind and deaf. That baby had no contact with the world. It was like she was in a steel cage and she couldn’t get out, but eventually she started to respond to movements on her hand, and then she could speak, she could preach, she was one of America’s greatest ambassadors, but she said something that really startled me. She said, “There is nothing more pathetic in this world, than someone who can see but has no vision." Now, I want to ask you a question this morning and I am asking myself the very same question. Do we have vision? We can see but we are going nowhere. Why? Because we need to meet the Man from Galilee. He is the Light of the world.If we look at John 1:1, it says, “In the beginning was the Word…” and then we go to Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp to my feet…” It’s the Bible, folks, it is the Bible that will give us vision. Helen Keller couldn’t see, she couldn’t hear, but she had plenty vision. I want to say to you today, open your spiritual eyes. Spend time reading your Bible every single morning and then obeying what you read in the Bible and you will have sight and you will know the way. Remember, Jesus is the Way.God bless you and have a fantastic day,Goodbye
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Every Good Work
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 30th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.We go to the Book of Ephesians 4:28: ”Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labour, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.”I want to speak today about the blue-collar worker. We want to speak today about the manual labourer. Never despise a person who works with their hands, whether it is a man or a woman. You know that Jesus was one of them, wasn’t He? That’s right, He was a carpenter. He was not a priest, He was a carpenter. Adam was the first farmer in the Bible, so was Noah. Noah was a farmer, Abraham was a farmer, Isaac and Jacob were farmers. Peter, James and John were fishermen. Mary was a housewife. She was the mother of the Saviour of the world. She had more impact on our Master’s upbringing than anybody else, a mother who looked after her babies.I want to say to you today, the mechanic, the miner, the road-worker, the electrician, the blacksmith, the boiler-maker, the cabinet maker, the cook - these are ordinary people who make the world go around. Oh yes! Oh yes! Never criticise a farmer with your mouth full! You have heard of that saying before, because if you have no food to eat, you are going to die. I want to tell you a little story. When I gave my life to Christ, my wife and I, it was a long time ago, it was on the 18th of February 1979, and I was so excited when I met the Saviour. I went home and I said to Jill, “We are going to give the farm away. I am going to go to Bible College and study to be a pastor to look after people.” I went up to the mountains, I fasted and prayed for 6 days and Jill stayed at home and she was also fasting and praying, and God gave us one scripture. We both got the same scripture, can you believe that? I came home, I said, “I have got the answer”. She smiled and she said, “I know, I have got it too.” God gave us a scripture that you can find in 2 Corinthians 9:8: “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.” “Stay on the farm, don’t give it away. Make it a place for My Holy Spirit to move.” And look what has happened since then! Yes, we have made employment on the farm, we had a children’s home on this farm, we have a church on the farm. We started one of the men’s movements in the world on this farm, written books, made movies. Just be careful that you don’t give up your trade because you probably have more impact on people than any preacher.God bless you and goodbye.
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The Greatest Orator
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name!It is Saturday morning, 29th November 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We go straight to the Gospel of John 7:44-46 (Amplified Version): ”Some of them wanted to arrest Him (that’s Jesus), but no one laid hands on Him. Then the guards went [back] to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why did you not bring Him [here with you]?” The guards replied, “Never [at any time] has a man talked the way this Man talks!” Oh, what an orator! You know what an orator is? I looked up the Oxford dictionary - "a person who is good at public speaking”. Well, who was the greatest orator of all time? His name is Jesus Christ! When the High Priest’s soldiers were told to go and arrest Him and they heard Him speaking, they couldn’t touch Him. They said, ”We have never ever heard a man speak like this before.”I’ve got a book, it’s called ”Speeches That Changed The World”, and it’s got the most famous speeches, right from the beginning, right up until now, all kinds of speeches, good ones, bad ones, ugly ones. We just think of Abraham Lincoln. He said, ”Government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Then we look at Winston Churchill during the Second World War, he said, ”Blood, toil, tears and sweat. We shall fight on the beaches, but we will never give up.” Prime Minister Nehru, at the Independence of India said, ”At the stroke of the midnight hour, India will awake.” Then we think of John F Kennedy. He said, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Rather ask what you can do for your country.” But I want to tell you about my friend, Jesus Christ. He spoke to me, almost audibly, through a man, not even a preacher, we’re talking about laymen. They came to our little church and started to tell us about Jesus, and it was like my eyes were opened for the first time and Jesus said, ”Come to me, all of you who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls”Today, listen to the greatest speaker who has ever lived upon the earth. He saved my soul. He can save your soul today if you will open your spiritual ears and listen to what He wants to tell you.Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.Goodbye.
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Peace
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 28th of November, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today. We start in the Book of Leviticus 3:1:‘When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering…” Then we go straight to the New Testament in the Gospel of John 14:27. Jesus says: ”Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.“ The dove, the symbol of peace. It symbolises peace and also new beginnings. If we remember Noah’s Ark when the whole world was flooded, the dove returned when the rain stopped, after everything had settled, with an olive branch in it’s beak, signifying the end of the flood and new life and new beginnings. Yes, the dove is also the symbol of the Holy Spirit. At Jesus’ baptism, at the Jordan river, remember, the Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove and settled on the Lord. The dove represents reconciliation, mom, dad, brother, sister, reconciliation between God and man. If we look at Matthew 5:9: ”Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.” We named this farm that we are on at the moment “Shalom” and we named it almost fifty years ago. When we arrived with our truck and trailer from Zambia, with our little children, they were just babies. I will never forget, I’d come home for a bit of lunch, in those days there were no cellphones, we had the old crank system on the telephones, two shorts, one long! Do you remember that? Yes, the older people do, the younger people have no idea. We got a phone call from the Deeds Office in Pretoria. They said, ”We have just approved the subdivision of your farm; we need a new name.” I shouted through to the bedroom, ”Jill, I’ve got the Deeds Office on the phone. They need a name for the farm.” This was before we became Christians. "Give us a name quickly, any name.” I heard that beautiful voice come through and say, ”Call it Shalom.” I said to the Deeds Office, ”The name is Shalom.” And those of you who know us well will agree that the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ has really blessed many multitudes on this farm. His name is Jesus, the Prince of Peace.Have a wonderful day and go out and sow peace.Goodbye.
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