Devotional
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Daily Reading: Isaiah 9:1-7 Isaiah 9:1-7 is often associated with the Christmas season because it was a prophecy that the Messiah would be born to God’s people as a child who would grow to rule over God’s Kingdom of light, joy, freedom and peace (v.2-5). The most noteworthy, marvellous and mysterious statement about this God-given
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Daily Reading: Psalm 72 Last week we considered Scriptures that revealed Jesus as King. This week we’ll consider some that reveal Him as the Son of God. Today’s passage starts by revealing quite how closely those two are linked in the Biblical idea of a king: “1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal
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Daily Reading: Revelation 11:15-19 Key Verse: 15 … there were loud voices in heaven, which said: ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.’ The day is set. On earth, it inches one day closer with every sunset. In the heavenlies,
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Daily Reading: 2 Peter 1:3-11 Yesterday we ended by praying that Jesus would be enthroned in our lives in such a way that He would transform us into His image as citizens of His Kingdom. Today, the apostle Peter teaches us that Jesus will not somehow accomplish this transformation all by Himself. Certainly, King Jesus
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Daily Reading: Acts 17:1-9 Key Verse: “6 …They dragged Jason and some other believers before the city officials, shouting: ‘These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here, 7 and Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one called Jesus.’”
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Daily Reading: Luke19:28-40 As Jesus entered Jerusalem just days before His death, He did so in a way that prophetically declared that He was the Messiah, God’s true Anointed King of the Jews. But He did so in a spirit they had never expected. Make no mistake, this was an incredibly courageous thing to do.
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Having focussed on the Lord as our Salvation last week, this week we turn our attention to readings that proclaim that the Lord is our King. Daily Reading: Psalm 47 Key verse: 2 For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth. It’s most likely that this Psalm was written after God had miraculously
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Daily Reading: Revelation 7:9-17 Key verses: 9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in
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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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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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