Thought For Today
1,376 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsA short, inspirational thought for today, from Angus Buchan.
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Just Two Words
April 11, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutes - 4.97 MBGone fishing! John Chapter 21, verse 3: Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." The Lord Jesus Christ, his Hero, his Saviour, his reason for living, had been crucified and Peter and the disciples had decided that there was no way forward. They were going back, going back to the life they knew before they met The Son of God. How are you feeling this morning my dear friend? Last night in South Africa we were given the results of our President's speech which was that the lock-down wi...
Just Say Two Words, "But God!"
April 11, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutes - 4.97 MBGone fishing! John Chapter 21, verse 3: Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." The Lord Jesus Christ, his Hero, his Saviour, his reason for living, had been crucified and Peter and the disciples had decided that there was no way forward. They were going back, going back to the life they knew before they met The Son of God. How are you feeling this morning my dear friend? Last night in South Africa we were given the results of our President's speech which was that the lock-down wi...
Prefer One Another
April 10, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 6.7 MBYes! It is Good Friday! It is the most important day in my humble opinion in the Christian Calendar. Remember, if there was no crucifixion, there can be no resurrection. And this is a day that The Lord Jesus Christ taught us to prefer one another. If we go to the Word, and John Chapter 3 and verse 16, probably the most famous scripture verse in the whole Bible of 66 books. And this is what it says: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in...
A Time To Sit Still
April 09, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutes - 5.28 MBWe are thinking about Good Friday. On the eve of 9th, The Lord Jesus Christ and His disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane, one of my favourite places in Israel, and spent time in prayer and meditation. What is meditation? Well meditation is to focus one’s mind for a period of time. I want to say to the men of the house, particularly, I have heard reports that some men are walking around like caged lions because they cannot get out and they cannot do anything. This is a time to sit ...
The Heavenly Man
April 08, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 6.2 MBIf we go to God’s Holy Word - 1 Corinthians, Chapter 15 and verse 49, the Word of God says: “And as we have borne the image of the man of dust (that is Adam), we shall also bear the image of the Heavenly Man”. Wow, what a title: The Heavenly Man! Who is He? Well, His name is Jesus. He is the Heavenly Man. If we go to the Gospel of John, Chapter 3 and verse 31, this is what the word says: “He who comes from above (that is Jesus) is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and ...
The Most Unique Easter The World Has Ever Seen
April 07, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutesWe are in holy week. It is the build-up to Easter which is the most important time of the year for any follower of Jesus Christ. I have one verse for you and it comes from the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 12 and verse 14: “Pursue peace with all people and holiness, without which no-one will see The Lord.” This is the time when we need to seek after holiness. What is holiness? Well, holiness is the end-product of obedience and when we become obedient to God’s Holy Word, we become holy men...
The Most Unique Easter
April 07, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 7.12 MBWe are in holy week. It is the build-up to Easter which is the most important time of the year for any follower of Jesus Christ. I have one verse for you and it comes from the Book of Hebrews, Chapter 12 and verse 14: “Pursue peace with all people and holiness, without which no-one will see The Lord.” This is the time when we need to seek after holiness. What is holiness? Well, holiness is the end-product of obedience and when we become obedient to God’s Holy Word, we become holy men...
Worried About The Fututre?
April 06, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 6.27 MBAs you face the new week, many of you are worried about what the future holds. Maybe some businessmen don’t even want the lockdown to stop because they cannot face what is going to trouble them in the future. However, that is pure speculation my dear friend because The Lord says we must only be concerned about what we face today. Tomorrow has enough troubles of its own. How does a man complete a one thousand kilometre walk? Very easily - one step at a time. And that is what you and...
We Really Need To Rest Today
April 05, 2020 05:10 - 3 minutes - 6.23 MBThe Lord wants to remind us this morning that we need to rest. If we look at that famous scripture in Isaiah Chapter 40 and verse 31, in the New King James Version, the Word of God says: “But those who wait….”, the emphasis on the word, “wait” -“….on The Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.” We really need to rest today. If we are honest with ourselves, we often use the Sabbath Day to do ...
Who Is Our Peace?
April 04, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutes - 5.29 MBIf we look at the Book of Ephesians, Chapter 2, and verse 14, the Word of God says: “For He, Himself is our peace….” Who is our peace? Jesus Christ alone is our peace. In John Chapter 14, and verse 27, The Lord says: “My peace give I unto you, not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Yesterday, a very dear man contacted me. It is a man who I am mentoring. I have many spiritual sons. And he said to me, “Angus, I am very co...
Today, Love One Another
April 03, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 5.69 MBIf we go to Colossians, Chapter 3 and verses 12 and 13 we will see that The Lord says that the elect of God and beloved are to put on tender mercies; kindness, humility, meekness, long-suffering, bearing with one another, forgiving one another. If anyone has a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. We need to walk the talk. The hardest place to be a Christian is in your own home and my dear friend, as we are in lockdown, we are in close proximity with e...
Keep The Fire Burning
April 02, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 6.09 MBIf we look at the Word of God in the Book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament, Chapter 6 and verse 13, The Lord says a fire shall always be burning on the altar. It shall never go out. I want to encourage you today my dear friend to keep the fires burning. How do you keep a fire burning? Well, you have to stoke it every day. You have to stoke it with wood and coal. Now we know if you have lived in the Northern Hemisphere in the middle of winter, you don’t let the fire go out otherwise you ...
This Far Devil And No Further
April 01, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutesWe say, “This far devil and no further”. We say “This far” to the accuser because all he can do is tell lies. He is the father of all lies and he is the deceiver of the brethren. So you woke up this morning and you have got a bit of a cough or maybe, a runny nose, I don’t know and the devil says, “You have got the Corona Virus.” He is a liar and a thief.
The Secret Place
March 31, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 6.11 MBWhile praying early this morning for you, I know that many do not have the privilege of even going outside because of the lockdown that is taking place all over the world at the moment. Some are living in a flat. There is not even a garden that they can walk around in. Now, I want to say to you that with me travelling so much overseas, I spent many hours in departure lounges, I spent many hours in the inside of an aeroplane and I spent many hours in confined spaces. And how do I deal wit...
We Need To Have Vision
March 30, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 6.09 MBI am preparing myself for the time when this plague passes us by and it is a new beginning and a new opportunity. I want to really encourage you to clean out your closet, to sit down again and think what is it that The Lord has in store for me in the new season which will begin in just a few weeks’ time. Don’t waste this time by lounging around and getting depressed. Start writing down the vision. Start getting ready. Start getting prepared for The Lord has a great work for the believer ...
Concentrate On Christ
March 29, 2020 04:00 - 52 seconds - 5.27 MBLike never before in the history of the world, the Christian has an opportunity to stand up for Jesus Christ. Oh my dear friend, concentrate on The Lord Jesus Christ and not on the Corona Virus. If we look at the Word of God in John Chapter 15 and two verses, verse 12 and verse 13. Verse 12: This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” How much has Jesus loved you, my dear friend? Well, verse 13 tells us: Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s ...
Relationship With The Living God
March 28, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutesHabakkuk Chapter 3 and verses 17 and 18. “Though the fig tree may not blossom nor fruit be on the vines; though the labour of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls - Yet I will rejoice in The Lord. I will joy in the God of my salvation”. My dear friend as we face this weekend, we are in full lockdown, not just in South Africa but indeed right throughout the world. This is your time to exer...
Walk The Road Of Faith
March 27, 2020 05:00 - 1 minute - 3.28 MBLike never before, we have to walk by faith and not by sight. If we look at James, Chapter 1 and verse 6, the Word of God says: “But let him ask in faith with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.” Let your yes be yes and let your no be no. When God gives you a word, stand on the word. When The Lord says that He is our healer, we must believe it. When The Lord says He is our deliverer, we must believe it. When The Lord says He is comi...
Our Greatest Opportunity
March 26, 2020 05:00 - 1 minute - 3.65 MBThis is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a message for you from The Lord. Galatians Chapter 6 and verse 10: “Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” This is our greatest opportunity my dear friend to do good to the widow, the orphan, the person who is afraid, that person who does not know Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. What an opportunity when they say to you in the supermarket, in the street, at work, “What is t...
God Answers Prayers Of Faith
March 25, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutesA very good morning to you! It is the 25th March, Wednesday, the year 2020 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a message for you from The Lord. While praying this morning for you, The Lord has laid upon my heart the scripture found in James, Chapter 5 and from verse 16. It says: “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” Like never before, we really need to start pr...
It Is Written
March 24, 2020 05:00 - 2 minutesA very good morning to you! It is your friend Angus Buchan on 24th March, Tuesday 2020. Today, The Lord has laid a very special scripture on my heart for you and for me, and it is taken from Matthew Chapter 4 and we are reading from verse 3: “Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” How did The Lord answer?” He said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God...
That Cross Represents Self-Denial
March 23, 2020 04:00 - 1 minute - 3.43 MBLike never before, as Christians, will you and I have an opportunity to show the world that we belong to The Lord, by the way in which we exercise the fruit of The Spirit. What is the fruit of The Spirit? Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. (Galatians Chapter 5 and verse 22). We are not those who are led by the flesh. Those who are led by the flesh are caught up in selfishness, self-preservation at all costs, and that is why some ...
Do This In Remembrance Of Me
March 22, 2020 04:00 - 2 minutes - 4.89 MBWhat an opportunity we have together, to be with our families today. All the major meetings in the country, in fact in the world ,have closed down but we know that all things work together for the good of those who love The Lord and are called according to His purposes. (Romans Chapter 8 and verse 28). Let us not miss the opportunity to gather with our families today. I want to encourage fathers to spend time with their sons, sons with their fathers, mothers with their daughters, daughter...
This Far and No Further
March 21, 2020 04:30 - 2 minutes - 4.75 MBWhen we look at God’s Holy Word in Isaiah Chapter 59 and verse 19b, this is what it says: “When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of The Lord will lift up a standard against him.” We look around the world and we see the enemy coming in like a flood and what is his weapon? As always, fear, because he is a coward. Now we need to stand against the onslaught of the enemy with God’s Holy Word. The Lord is the same, yesterday, today and forevermore. My dear friends, this is not a tim...
Faith comes by hearing
March 20, 2020 04:59 - 2 minutesFaith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Romans 10:17 The opposite of fear is faith - I want to read to you this morning, Psalm 91. Many people are sending me messages, saying that Psalm 91 is protecting them but I wonder how many of us actually read the whole psalm? I also want to encourage you to read the Word out aloud because your ears will hear what The Lord is speaking about and it enriches your faith.
Be Still and Know...
March 18, 2020 06:10 - 2 minutes - 3.78 MBThought for The Day Wednesday 18 March 2020 In this time when people are confused and panicking, you must use every bit of faith that God has given to you and use it responsibly. Watch what you say, if you can't say anything good, then don't say anything at all. Don't add to the fear and the desperation that people are experiencing. You must put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. He warned you that these things would happen when He wrote this. Now we need to rest in Him: "Be still and kno...