• A Saved People

    Daily Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Key Verses: 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. What a glorious privilege we have as disciples of Jesus. We have the honour of “living together with Christ” – when we are “awake” and when we are “asleep”. That’s

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  • Being saved

    Daily Reading: Romans 13:8-14 Key verses: 11…Our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light. Today’s passage emphasizes that salvation does not only mean that we have been saved

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  • Our Salvation

    For the first six weeks of 2024, the devotional blog will follow a similar rhythm to last year, with a daily reading and brief devotional thought related to the previous Sunday’s theme. From mid-February, however, we’ll loosen our connection to the Sunday theme and will start a reading plan that will take us through the

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  • A Review of the Year

    Over the last three days I’ve suggested a way of processing the “Changing of the Year”. I hope that’s been helpful. For those who may have felt the need for even more processing, here’s the content of a social media post by Pete Greig, founder of 24/7 Prayer. It is very similar to what I’ve

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  • Daily Reading: Revelation 21:1-6 5 He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’  The LORD we serve is eternally the God of new beginnings and new creation. Your life in 2024 need not be an exception. In light of your review of your year over the past two days, and the

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  • Daily Reading: Philippians 3:1-14 But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus. (v.13-14) In order to move forward with the Lord effectively we need to process our past in

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  • Daily Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 As the year draws slowly to a close, each day presents itself as a “time to be silent” and a “time to search” – a time to reflect on the year that has just passed, and to look ahead to the coming year. Over the next three days (Wednesday to Friday)

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  • Love: Day 5

    Daily Reading: 1 John 3 In this chapter the apostle John seems intent on proclaiming the message of God’s lavish love towards us. He frames everything else he writes with the great, central truth of the Christian gospel – our belovedness: 1See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be

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  • Love: Day 4

    Daily Reading: John 3:1-21 Why did Jesus come to earth? That’s the sort of question a preacher might ask the congregation and then be met by stony glares. There are just so many possible answers that everyone knows that the particular answer they shout out is highly unlikely to be exactly the one the preacher

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  • Love: Day 3

    Daily Reading: Isaiah 63:7-19 This complex prophetic word through Isaiah contains much to ponder, but our focus for today is particularly on what it reveals about what it calls “the steadfast love of the Lord“. Verse 7 explains that what follows is a recounting of the praiseworthy ways God’s steadfast love has been expressed. It’s

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