I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 17th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of Matthew 28:20, and this is Jesus speaking:

“…and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”

Isn’t that a beautiful promise for you today? The Lord says, “all the days”.

F B Meyer, that wonderful man of God, wrote a beautiful little passage, and this is what he says: “All the days” He says: “in winter days, when joys are fled; in sunless days, when the clouds return again and again after rain; in days of sickness and pain; in days of temptation and perplexity, as much as in days when the heart is as full of joy as the woodlands in spring are full of song. That day never comes when the Lord Jesus is not at the side of His saints, (that’s you and me!) Lover and friend may stand afar, but He walks with them through the fires; He fords with them the rivers; He stands by them when face to face with the lion. We can never be alone. We must always add His resources to our own when making our calculations.”

Jesus will never leave us and He will never forsake us. We know that scripture, don’t we? It is found in Hebrews 13:5, and that is good news, so we can indeed do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens us! (Philippians 4:13)

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 16th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Romans 10:12-13:

“For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

The Lord has no favourites. I have already told you that before.

There is a most beautiful song, and it is called “Who am I?” by Casting Crowns, and these are the words. I want to read them to you this morning, and then I am going to pray for you because I feel that there is somebody there who feels that they are a failure, that there is no hope for them, that they have messed up and that this is the end of the road. Not at all! It is a lie from the pit of hell. Listen to these words:

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
would care to know my name?
Would care to feel my hurt?
Who am I, that the bright and morning star
would choose to light the way
For my ever-wandering heart?

Not because of who I am
But because of what you've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who you are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapour in the wind

Still you hear me when I'm calling
Lord, you catch me when I'm falling
And you've told me who I am
I am yours…
And it goes on but that is enough.

Father,

I want to pray for my dear friends today. Lord, there are many listening to this message - who have thrown the towel in, who are down and out - no, not at all. Stand up, woman of God, stand up, man of God.

Lord, please today remind them that You love them, just because of who they are, and Lord, we repent today of anything we have done to offend You, to hurt You. Lord, we love You, we ask You to come back into our hearts afresh this very morning. I ask this in Jesus’ name, amen.

Have a wonderful, blessed day and remember you are so very special to God.

Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 15th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go to the Gospel of Matthew 26:40. This is Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane:

“Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?”

How much time are you and I spending in prayer at the moment? Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, it was the most testing time of His life on earth. He was sweating drops of blood. He was stressing out so much, full of fear and anxiety. He was God, but He was a man too, and He asked the disciples just to pray with Him and He came back and they were sleeping. “Could you not watch with Me one hour?” Folks, we need to really sharpen up on our prayer life.

E. M. Bounce was a great man of God. He lived in the 1800’s, but most of all, he wrote books on prayer. He was a prayer warrior. This is what E. M. Bounce said, and I am going to say it slowly because it is very important that you hear this. He said, and I quote: “He who does not pray therefore robs himself of God’s help and power.” It is not God who is suffering, it is us. You see, when you pray, God speaks to you, and He gives you direction.

Martin Luther, who was responsible for introducing us to grace - “and the just shall live by faith” - grace through faith, Romans 1:17 impacted his life, Luther said when they asked him, “What do you do when you get really busy? Do you cut back on your quiet time in the morning?” “No”, he said, “I get up earlier.” There is no excuse.

Sir, I want to tell you, spend less time preparing your sermon and more time in prayer. That is what I am doing in my latter years because many a time I have got up on the platform to preach, and as I get up on the platform, the Lord says to me, almost audibly, “I don’t want you to tell them about the subject of whatever it might be, I want you to change your message, and I want you to speak about something totally different.” That normally works out to be one of the best messages I have preached. We need to pray! Remember what we always say? When men work, they work, but when men pray, God works. And by the way, ladies, I am not talking about men only.

Matthew Henry wrote the most extensive book, a commentary on the Bible, 6 volumes, but he was a man who used to get up at 4 a.m., and he worked on that commentary book for 8 hours a day, and he died at 51 years old. Today, spend more time in prayer and less time speaking.

Jesus bless you and goodbye.