Devotional
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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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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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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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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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Daily Reading: Psalm 36 Yesterday, Psalm 33 announced the unfailing love of God for all humanity, and how He has fashioned each human being individually, in love. Today Psalm 36 particularly points to the generous love of God which is poured out when someone turns to God in faith and “takes refuge” in Him. 7 How…
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For this final week of Advent 2023 our attention shifts to the theme of LOVE – God’s love. Daily Reading: Psalm 33 “The earth is full of His unfailing love!” (v.5) The apostle John proclaimed in 1 John 4:8 that God is love. Here Psalm 33 declares that He has written His character into His…
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Daily Reading: Jude 1:17-25 Once again, our Bible reading reminds us that joy comes from the presence of the Lord and not from circumstances. Jude celebrates that God is able to keep the believer from stumbling and present us before His glorious presence without fault and with “great joy”. That “great joy” is “agalliasis” in…
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