I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 6th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in 2 Corinthians 3:6:

“…for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”

Then we go on to Acts 7:3. This is Stephen talking to the High Priest and the Council. He is telling them, “and then the Lord said to Abraham, “Get out of your country and your from your relatives and come to a land that I will show you.” Then he goes right on from there to tell the High Priest and the Council, the whole history of the Jewish nation from the time that they were delivered from Egypt out of slavery by the Lord using Moses.

A waiter - yes, a waiter reminded the intellectuals, the High Priest, the Council. Those men had so much power they could almost administer the death penalty, and yet it took an ordinary waiter who was serving at the tables to teach them about their own history. Do you know why? Because he knew the Author of the word. That’s right, he knew our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, He knew God the Father, and he was filled with the Holy Spirit. That is why the Bible tells us that the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life.

You can know the Bible inside out, back to front. That doesn’t mean to say that you understand it unless you are filled with the Spirit of God. All you become is a history teacher. Isn’t that right? No, it is when the Holy Spirit empowers you, like He did Stephen, that Stephen understood the meaning of God’s Holy Word.

I want to say to you today, yes, we must read the Bible. I read the Bible every single day of my life. You know that. That is where I get these Thoughts for Today from, but not only read it but understand it. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you understanding before you read your daily scriptures. The High Priests knew the word, but they didn’t know the Holy Spirit, so they had no understanding of the power of the written word of God. So today remember, the letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Easter Sunday morning, the 5th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

I just want to say to you, a very happy Easter Sunday. Yes, He is alive! He is not in the tomb, He has risen from the dead! We go to Romans 8:11:

”But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

We want to thank God this morning for His precious Holy Spirit. Remember, Jesus said to His disciples, “It is expedient that I leave because if I don’t leave, I can’t send my Spirit to you. Now, the Holy Spirit is with you young man, right as I am talking, with you young lady, old gentleman, with you, granny, right now, because the Spirit of the Lord is all over the world at one time. He is alive, and because He is alive, you and I can face tomorrow. The same power that raised Christ from the dead can give you and I strength, courage, and hope to finish our race. I want to sing that old song with you, I am sure you know it, Spirit of the living God:

Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
Melt me, mould me, fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me!

Father God,

I want to thank You for my dear friends that faithfully listen to the Thought for the Day every single morning.

Holy Spirit, remind them today that they will never, ever be alone again. Father, Your Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is with each and every one of Your believers today and You have promised us that You will never leave us and You will never forsake us. Hebrews 13:5.

In Jesus’ name.

I want to wish you a blessed Sunday and we know that Christ is alive, He is well, and most of all, He is coming back soon. Jesus bless you and have a wonderful Easter Sunday, together with your loved ones.

Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 4th of April, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Gospel of Luke 21:15. Jesus says:

“…for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries (all your enemies) will not be able to contradict or resist.”

He will give you the words to speak when it is needed. Don’t worry about that. Now, remember the waiter, yes - his name was Stephen. He was confounding all the Pharisees with the word of God, and so they accused him of speaking evil against the Temple and against Jehovah. Acts 6:15:

“And all who sat in the council, (they were judging him now) looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.”

I want to tell you something now. You don’t have to defend yourself. You just have to spend time in the presence of Jesus and He will give you the words to speak to defend yourself. He will give you godly wisdom and counsel. And do you know what will happen? When you start speaking from your heart, it doesn’t matter how clever your adversaries are, they will be confounded because that is what happened to the High Priests when they were judging Stephen. They saw him and his face looked like the face of an angel. The word of God is very powerful when it is spoken through the mouth of an ordinary person. Remember David Wilkerson, the Cross and the Switchblade? The skinny preacher who went down and started preaching to the gangsters in downtown New York? Nicky Cruz was the leader of the Mau Mau gang. David Wilkerson said to him, “Nicky, God loves you,” and Nicky said to David Wilkerson, “Preacher, get away from me, otherwise I will cut you with my flick knife into a hundred pieces.” And David Wilkerson says, “And Nicky, every piece will tell you the same thing, that Jesus loves you.” And with that, that hardened gangster just crumbled and David Wilkerson led him to Jesus.

Do you know that the old gentleman is now in his eighties? He is still an evangelist, preaching the love of God. Don’t worry about what you will say. Just love people, and the Lord will put the words into your mouth. It doesn’t matter who it is.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.