I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 23rd of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in that well-known scripture found in Psalm 20:7:

”Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”

Then we go to Acts 23:14:

“They came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.”

Forty men pledge that they will eat nothing, they will drink nothing, until they kill the apostle, Paul. But of course, Jesus is Paul’s protector. He is also your protector and my protector.

What happened was that a young boy, the son of Paul’s sister, overheard the ambush that was going to take place and went to the Roman Commander and told them what was going to happen, and they took Paul out of the city. They protected him. Isn’t that beautiful? The Lord protects you and me often, and we do not even know that He is doing it. We will know when we get to Heaven. We just thank Him every day for protecting our families, our children, our parents, the widows and the orphans. He is our protection.

Remember that story of the preacher named William Duma who operated on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal? He was going on a bus to another preaching appointment. He was in the middle of the sugarcane fields, sitting in the front of the bus on the passenger side, when all of a sudden, the Holy Spirit impressed upon him to get off the bus immediately. So he pulled the emergency wire. The bus driver came to an abrupt halt. There was dust flying all over the place. The bus driver was very angry. “Who pulled the emergency wire, right in the middle of the sugarcane fields?” There were no houses, no village anywhere near to be seen. This little preacher put up his hand. He said, “It was me. I have to get off the bus.” The driver said, “Are you mad? You are in the middle of nowhere.” "Well,” he said, “the Lord told me I have to get off.” Well, he opened the door and pushed William Duma out, threw his suitcase after him, slammed the door, put the bus into gear and roared off with a cloud of dust, and the little man of God stood there wondering, “Why have You done this, Lord?” But do you know that the bus went round the corner, and it wasn’t a couple of kilometres away when it had a head-on collision with a truck coming from the opposite direction, and the worst damage was right in the passenger seat, in the front row, right next to where the bus driver was seated. William Duma would have died instantly. It was not his time.

Don’t be afraid today, call upon the name of the Lord. He will send His angels to protect you.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Monday morning, the 22nd of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Deuteronomy 14:25:

“…then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses.”

We are talking here about the tithe. That’s ten per cent of our income, which belongs to the Lord. When the Israelites had reaped their crop, they would take ten per cent to the Temple and give it to the Lord. What the Lord is saying, “but if you are far off, if you are in a far off place and you can’t get home, what you do is you sell ten per cent of your crop, take the money and with the money, you give it to the work of the Lord which the Lord will show you.”

Then we go to Malachi 3:8:

“Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
In tithes and offerings.

The Lord goes on in verse 10:

“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,…”

Where is the storehouse? The storehouse is the place where you receive your bread, your spiritual food. He says:

“And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.”

He goes on in verse 11, He says:

“And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the Lord of hosts;…”

Oh, my dear friend, it’s very straightforward and it’s something we don’t like to talk about, isn't it? Some people are just continually losing out, but they will not give the Lord His tithe, which is ten per cent. You might say, ”But I work on a far-off oil rig in the middle of the sea. There’s no church where I am.” But you can send your money home, to a place where you receive your daily nourishment, from wherever that might be. God will tell you where to send it, maybe to an orphanage, maybe to a missionary station. I don’t know, but folks, I want to tell you, we must not rob God. I am talking to myself as well. We have to give Him 10% of the income from our hard-earned work. He says, if we do, then He will reward us and He will keep the devourer back from us and He will not allow the devourer to destroy the fruit of our labours.

Let’s just be obedient and let's give to the Lord Jesus Christ His due money. May the Lord bless you, have a wonderful day, and do not feel guilty about it at all. Start as soon as you can, and you will see the difference.

Jesus bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Sunday morning, the 21st of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

It is Father's Day, I want to congratulate all fathers on this day, not an easy job!

We go to the Gospel of John 20:21:

”So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

You and I have been sent by God. That wonderful man of God, F B Meyer, wrote, ”We should never leave our room until we have seen the face of our dear Master, Jesus Christ, and have realised that we are being sent forth by Him to do His will and to finish the work that He has given us to do.” That’s quite an awesome thing, isn’t it, to be sent by the Lord?

Now, every single day, God has a plan for your lives and for my life, every single day. I can see some old lady there, in an old age home says, ”What have I got to do today? I can’t even leave my room.” What you can do, you can pray, and please put me on that list. You can pray because God answers prayer. That’s one thing I do know. You know, people ask me often, ”What can we do to help you or help the ministry?” And I just say one thing, ”Please pray.” You see when men work, they work, but when men pray, God works. So every single day, you and I have got something to do. He gives us the wherewithal to do the job.

I can hear a young man say, ”I will never get that degree, I just cannot get there.” You can and you will, and every day, you do your part, God will do the rest, and then of course, He doesn’t send us out like lambs amongst the wolves. No, He sends us out with the Holy Spirit, and if you listen to Him carefully, He will direct your paths. He will tell you, ”Don’t go this way, go that way. Don’t do this, do that. Phone that person, don’t phone the other person.” Listen! Get into a habit of listening to everything He wants you to do. We need to do exactly as Jesus did because Jesus said, ”The Father has sent Me and even so I send you.” Each one of us. I am so excited about what God has got in store for you today. It might just be what you think is something very small but it might just change a person’s life forever.

So Father, I pray for my friends now, that they will never think that they are of no use, but You have called them, appointed them for a time such as this. Make them obedient to Your word which says, ”Lord, please send me.”

I ask this in Jesus’ precious name, amen.