I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Saturday morning, the 10th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We go straight to the Gospel of Mark 10:28-30:

Then Peter began to say to Him (to Jesus), “See, we have left all and followed You.” So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time…”

We will just stop there.

I really believe that today is decision time for you and for me. Are we going to follow Him with all our hearts? Are we going to be like the rich young ruler who walked away because he couldn’t? He couldn’t give it all up for Jesus’ sake. Jesus didn’t want it, He was just testing him, but he failed the test. I want to ask you today, are you counting the cost? You see, when you make a decision for Jesus, you could be mocked even by your very own family. It could cost you your relationship with your girlfriend, your boyfriend. Yes, it could cost you a job promotion. If you have made a decision to follow Jesus, it could cost you your very own life!

Remember Jim Elliot, that young 29-year-old man with his beautiful young wife and his baby daughter, who went to the Amazon Jungle to preach the Gospel to those who didn’t know Jesus. It cost him his life; they killed him. He said and I quote: “It is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” What can’t you keep? You can’t keep your own life, and when you make a decision for Jesus, you can’t lose. You have eternal life waiting for you. Today, you need to decide. Remember that song? We haven’t sung one for a while, have we? Sing it with me, “I have decided to follow Jesus.”

I have decided to follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus
I have decided to follow Jesus
No turning back, praise the Lord, no turning back

The world behind me and the cross before me
The world behind me and the cross before me
The world behind me and the cross before me
No turning back, praise the Lord, no turning back.

Don’t turn back now - It is too late! Jesus is not coming soon, He is on His way I tell you. Have a wonderful day, stand strong and He will stand with you. A very good day to you!

God bless you and goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 9th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the Book of Isaiah 43:1:

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.”

What a promise from God! Do not be afraid. Then we go to the New Testament, to 2 Timothy 1:7:

”For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

Now the opposite of fear is faith. That’s right. The Lord says in Mark 11:22 “Have faith in God”, not in anybody else, not even in yourself, in God! Many many times, the Lord, when he had prayed for the sick said, “Go in peace, your faith has made you well.” He said that to Bartimaeus, the blind man, in Mark 10:52:

“Go your way; your faith has made you well.”

We really need to put our eyes on Jesus and not on that fearful thing that is plaguing us at the moment.

Do you know folks, do you remember Neil Armstrong? Who was Neil Armstrong, young people? Well, he was the Captain of the space shuttle Apollo 11. He was the first man ever to walk on the face of the moon. Go out tonight and have a look at that moon. He walked on top of that moon. His famous quotation was, ”That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” Do you know that 530 million viewers worldwide heard that around the world. That is an incredible step of faith, step into the unknown.

Well, I want to tell you another little story. I’ve got three daughters and when they were small little girls, I would jump into the swimming pool and they would come and stand on the edge and I would say, ”Come on now. Jump in and I’ll catch you.” And you know what little girls are like, they want to jump in but they’re too scared. Then they are standing on the spot and their little feet are going up and down and they are holding their hands and they are saying, ”Dad, I’m scared. I’m scared, Daddy.” I’d say, ”Don’t be scared. Just watch me and jump and I’ll catch you.” And then they would take one giant leap and jump into that pool and they would defeat fear.

Today, maybe you are full of fear. You don’t know what the future holds for you and the devil’s telling you, “You’re a failure, you’ll never make it.” It’s a lie I tell you, from the pit of hell. Just take that leap of faith into God’s arms. He has promised you that you are His and He will keep you safe.

Lord, I pray for my friend listening to this very message now, that You will give them faith the size of a mustard seed, that they can take a giant leap into Your arms today, and their problems and their situations will disappear.

In Jesus name, amen.

God bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 8th of May, 2025, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

We start in the first book of the Bible, Genesis 1:1:

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

Do you believe that? I believe it with all of my heart. Then we go to the last book in the Bible, Revelation 22:12-13: Jesus says:

“And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.”

Listen to this now, verse 13:

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

Oh my dear friend, Jesus Christ is God made flesh. When the disciples said, “Lord, show us the Father”, He said, “You have been with Me so long, have you not seen?” He is Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in the Holy Trinity.

Now, I read an article explaining how the Big Bang started and this is what it says: “According to this theory, the universe expanded from an extremely small, extremely hot and extremely dense state. Since then it has expanded and become less dense and cooler. The Big Bang is the best model used by astronomers to explain the creation of matter, space and time, 13.7 billion years ago. That is the Big Bang Theory.

Now, you might say to me, “Who created God?” Well, God always was. I have just read it to you. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” He has always been and He always will be. He says,

“I am the same yesterday, today and forevermore”. (Hebrews 13:8)

The Big Bang Theory - we need to ask those astronomers, who created the Big Bang or who created the extremely hot, extremely dense state? And they cannot tell you. I want to say to you today, I have a high respect for science. In fact, I have family members who are science teachers so I am not going there, I am just a simple farmer - but I have met the Man from Galilee, I have met the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. He is my Friend. He saved me from eternal damnation and hell and He can be your friend too, if you will simply open your heart today and believe Him. If people ask you questions and you don’t have the answers, don’t try and give them your explanation. Just tell them, “I don’t know about all these things but I do know one thing - Jesus Christ is my Lord and my Saviour.”

Have a wonderful day, Jesus bless you and by the way, He is coming back very soon. I can’t wait, can you?
Bye.