Devotional
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Daily Readings: 1 Peter 1-2 and Psalm 43 The letter called 1 Peter was written by the apostle Peter from the great city of Rome during the reign of Nero, who was the instigator of horrendous persecution of believers. Peter wrote to Christians who had been “scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia…
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Daily Readings: James 5 and Psalm 42 9 Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! You would think that this would be a very simple command to obey, wouldn’t you? Everyone inside the Church of Jesus Christ gets on really well with one…
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Daily Readings: James 3-4 and Psalm 41 Speaking of “the tongue” as symbolic of the way we speak, James writes: “9 We use it to give thanks to our Lord and Father and also to curse other people, who are created in the likeness of God. 10 Words of thanksgiving and cursing pour out from the same mouth.…
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Daily Readings: James 1-2 Did you spot a sense of familiarity about reading Luke 24 this morning? Was it almost as though you had read and reflected on it recently? Well, if you follow our Reading Plan, you would have been right to feel that way! Only in hindsight did I realise that I had…
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Daily Readings: Luke 24 and Psalm 40 (T)hey crucified Him; 21 but we had hoped that He was the one who was going to redeem Israel. For a moment, imagine this conversation on the road to Emmaus from Jesus’ perspective. He had just lived an entire human life sinlessly. He had resisted every temptation for 33 years…
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Daily Readings: Luke 23 and Psalm 39 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals – one on his right, the other on his left. 34 Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ I imagine being arrested in the dead of night, abandoned…
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Daily Readings: Luke 22 and Psalm 38 31 ‘Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.’ Satan came to Jesus in the wilderness (all the way back in Luke 4), seeking…
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Daily Readings: Luke 21 and Psalm 37 Jesus looked around and saw rich people dropping their gifts in the Temple treasury, 2 and he also saw a very poor widow dropping in two little copper coins. 3 He said, “I tell you that this poor widow put in more than all the others. 4 For the others offered their gifts from…
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Daily Readings: Luke 20 and Psalm 36 45 While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, 46 ‘Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the market-places and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of…
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Daily Readings: Luke 19 and Psalm 35 37 When He came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen … The disciples did not comprehend it at the time, but Jesus was…
