Devotional
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Daily Reading: 2 Peter 1:12-21 As our passage begins, it’s evident the apostle Peter has a deep sense that his death (which Jesus prophesied in John 21:18-19) is imminent. He writes of his urgent need to remind his readers of the great truths of the gospel message, because he knows that he will soon put…
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Today we start a four-week season of focussing on various “Ancient Paths”. This is a reference to Jeremiah 6:16 in which God’s people are commanded to “‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths,ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” Of course, in…
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Daily Reading: 1 John 4 One very helpful way to study a passage in an apostolic letter of the New Testament (an epistle) is to work on rewriting it’s teaching, or the argument it is presenting, in one’s own words. This exercise helps one to ensure that one is digesting the core truths of the…
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Daily Reading: Mark 15:33-39 Key verse: 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, ‘Surely this man was the Son of God!’ I nailed hundreds to those crossesNo other compared to You.You drew near to death,And the cosmos grieved in darkness.It mourned for You like no other.…
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Daily Reading: Matthew 16:18-20 In an astounding flash of God-given insight, Simon Peter made the breakthrough declaration to Jesus: ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’ (v.16) The Jews had been expecting a “Messiah”, by which they meant a king so powerfully anointed by God that he would rescue them from every…
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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.’”…
