Devotional
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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 2026 need not be an exception. In light of your review of your year over the past two days, and the response
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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 prayer, grow
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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 (Monday to Wednesday) the
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A very blessed Christmas to you. May the Light of Christ’s love shine brightly into your heart and soul as you worship Christ the King this Christmas Day. May these words of Hebrews 1:1-3 inspire your worship today: 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various
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After an uncomfortable and very painful journey to Bethlehem, labour was finally behind her and her baby lay snugly wrapped up in the manger. It seemed a strange place for him, but it was the best she could do out here with the animals. At first she had slept like a log, but his first
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The grazing was good in the fields around Bethlehem, but the nights were just as dark and cold as anywhere else in Judea. He envied the others their rest as they lay snoring softly, but it was his turn to be awake and on guard against the constant threat of wolves. He shifted position on
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As we enter the last few days before Christmas, our lives can become so busy that we lose sight altogether of the reason for our busyness – the gathering of God’s people to celebrate the “Feast of the Incarnation” – known more commonly as Christmas. So let us make time today to read and re-read
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He’d been lying awake night after night since Mary first broke the news of her pregnancy. He knew he was not the father. Her weird claim that “God did it” only added fuel to the fire of his feelings of betrayal and anger. Doubt, confusion, frustration, disappointment, shame, bitterness – these were the fierce emotions
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They looked more like grandparents, this elderly man and his wife. Yet here they were cradling their newborn son, just as the angel had said it would be. Zechariah was filled with nine months of bottled-up awe and wonder. Struck dumb as a consequence of his unbelief, he had spent Elizabeth’s entire pregnancy communicating with
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Many of the key moments on our scriptural journey to Christmas are encounters between individuals and God (usually represented by His angel). In these one-on-one moments, the veil between heaven and earth seemed to open for an individual to see and hear the glory of God’s plan for the coming of His Son. But today’s
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