ADVENT
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Daily Reading: Psalm 146:5-10 During this third week of our Advent devotions, we are focused on recognising the presence and work of Jesus in our world. Jesus has come to us and is at work among us, but if we do not recognise Him, we cannot work with Him to bring about His Kingdom. In
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Daily Reading: Matthew 11:2-11 Last week we witnessed the powerful ministry of John the Baptist, calling people to repent because the Kingdom of God was at hand. The Gospels also show us how, in those early days, John supernaturally recognised that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ – the King of God’s Kingdom. John 1
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Daily Reading: Romans 15:5-13 This week we’re thinking about God’s invitation to repent towards Jesus by filling our minds and hearts with truth about Him. Throughout the New Testament letters, a very common issue the apostles addressed was the relationship between Jewish Christians and Gentile Christians. Their historic religious and cultural divides were so deep
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Daily Reading: Isaiah 11:1-9 This week the invitation is to repent towards Jesus by filling our minds and hearts with truth about Him. It may seem a little strange, then, to read a passage from the Old Testament. But this is a prophecy about the coming Messianic King, so we know that it is actually
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Daily Reading: Psalm 72 Let’s keep thinking about the call to repent as a call to turn towards Jesus, the King of God’s Eternal Kingdom. Psalm 72 is an ancient prayer for the king of Israel, and it highlights the thought that the earthly king’s rule should be a reflection of God’s rule. So the
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In this second week of Advent, John the Baptist calls out his timeless message that to be ready for the coming of the Lord – either physically at the End of the Age or spiritually today – we must live in repentance. Daily Reading: Matthew 3:1-12 2 …‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come
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Daily Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 I’ve read that many people report that the best day of their holiday is the one just before it starts, when the anticipation is at its peak. Perhaps you have an “Advent Calendar” on your fridge right now, counting down to Christmas Day. Perhaps your children or grandchildren are “counting
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Daily Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5 In a nation threatened by the advance of the all-conquering Assyrian army, Isaiah foresaw a Day of Peace. But this was not a peace accomplished by fighting fire with overwhelming fire in a cycle of ever-increasing violence, where finally the most powerful wins. Instead, Isaiah foresaw a Day of Peace established
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Believe it or not, Christmas is just around the proverbial corner, and next Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent 2025! “Advent” is a season that focusses Christian’s attention on the coming of Christ – His coming in the flesh in the Incarnation, His coming into our lives today by His Spirit, and also His
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Daily Readings: Philippians 3-4 and Psalm 145 Our world is filled with reasons to be anxious. Violence, crime, corruption, conflict, broken marriages and families, poverty, sickness, economic gloom; the list goes on and on. The Philippians faced most of these issues, but they could add persecution and potential martyrdom to their list too. From his
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