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

We go to the Book of Acts 18:9:

”Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.”

Oh, that is probably my most special scripture verse in the Bible. That is the verse which the Lord Jesus Christ Himself called me to preach the Gospel. On the 18th of February, 1979, I got saved, but this scripture was the one where He sent me to preach the Gospel to the ends of the earth. It changed my life completely. I have never been the same since I received that call from the Lord. For me personally, my dear friend, it was a direct instruction from Jesus Himself. Even as He spoke to Paul, He spoke into my heart, exactly the same two verses. Now the same thing happened to the disciples. Matthew stood up, left his money table, he was tax collector, and walked away following Jesus. Peter, Andrew, James, and John left their fishing nets immediately and walked away to follow Jesus. Paul, the tent-maker, exactly the same, left his tent-making business and followed Jesus. It was a crystal-clear calling!

Now I want to say to you today, maybe there’s a young man, a young lady, that’s listening to this message and they say, ”I too want to do the same.” But you need to have a clear scripture from God, and He will speak to you if you give Him the time. It’s no good thinking it’s a good idea because it won’t last, I can tell you right now. I have had more challenges since I have been preaching the Gospel than I ever had in my entire farming career.

It is not something you do because you think it’s a good idea. It has to be a call from God because it could cost you every single thing you have. It cost the disciples their very lives, all of them, but there is no other way to live. If you want to live a life full of purpose and meaning, then preach the Gospel. Ask the Lord to give you a clear word and He will do that and then you will do exactly what I have done. I am not farming anymore. I haven’t been farming for over forty years. My sons are farming. I am preaching the Gospel and living my dream.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

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

We start in the Gospel of Matthew 10:14. This is Jesus speaking:

”And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.”

Then we go to the Book of Acts 18:6 and this is Paul speaking:

”But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them,“Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

These are serious words. I am an evangelist. I’ll go to the other end of the world to see one soul saved, but there comes a time when a person does not want to hear from you any longer. What can you do then? There’s only one thing you can do and that is to pray for that person and move along. You’ve heard the old term, “It’s like flogging a dead horse”. What does that mean? That means beating a horse, trying to get it to stand up, but the animal is dead. It is a waste of time.

It is like a farmer in a field, I saw a picture once, he’s in the wrong field. There is a beautiful field of ripe wheat waiting to be harvested, but he is in the next field, which is still green and still growing. He is making an absolute failure of the beautiful green field that is still growing. He needs to leave it until it matures and harvest the field next door, where it is golden and ready for reaping. It’s like going into an orchard and picking green apples before they are ripe. They are wasted.

You and I today need to really pray hard and we need to preach the Gospel to those who want to hear it and those who have no desire to turn their hearts to the Lord. That’s what happened with Paul, and Jesus told the disciples the same thing. Move along and you will find somebody that is desperate to hear the Good News.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 14th of May, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of Luke 24:50-53:

“And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen.”

Wow, what a day! Forty days from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb to the time that He went back to Heaven to be with His Father.

Yes, I am talking about Ascension Day. It is a very important day in the Christian Calendar and it is a glorious and victorious day. I remember it so well. I have been there many times. You go from the Old City where the Temple was standing, down into the Kidron Valley, you go across the Kidron Valley, up the other side, you go passed the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus suffered so terribly for our sins, sweated drops of blood when He was thinking about the crucifixion the next day, then you go right up this hill, right to the very top. When you get to the top, if you carry on, you come to this little village called Bethany, a very special place for Jesus, where His friends Lazarus, Mary, and Martha lived. He spent a lot of time there. But right up on the top of that hill is where the ascension took place, and if you look carefully you can look right across the valley to the other side. That is where the Old City of Jerusalem in situated.

Today, just remember one thing. Jesus is not in the grave. He is in Heaven. He is sitting at the right hand of our Heavenly Father and He is coming back very soon. I want to pray a prayer for somebody who is unsure about the future, somebody who says he loves God but he doesn’t really know Jesus. Jesus says unless you are born again, you will never see the Kingdom of Heaven. Why don’t you pray this simple prayer with me right now on Ascension Day:

Dear Lord Jesus,

Please forgive me for so often doubting You. Today I make a decision to believe what the Bible says about You and on Ascension Day, I surrender my life to You and I ask You to be my Lord and my Saviour and my soon-coming King. I ask this in Your precious name.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful Ascension Day!
Goodbye.