Devotional
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Daily Reading: Psalm 33 Almighty and Ever-living God, You are worthy to be worshipped and adored. You are perfect in goodness, faithfulness and unfailing love. In Your love, You rejoice to draw Your children home to right standing with You. The vast starry skies in all their beauty, the endless oceans in their wild displays…
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Daily Reading: Luke 4:38-43 Jesus, I am deeply humbled by the ways You prioritised the deepest needs of others over Your own needs. Suffering from the rejection of Your home town, and having just confronted and overcome the oppressive powers of disease and darkness in the place of worship, You sacrificed Your moment of rest…
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Daily Reading: Mark 1:14-15 Lord, Your good news offers me such a beautiful and simple invitation – to turn my back on the sin that slowly robs me of life, and to incline my heart and soul towards the love of the King and His Kingdom-Family, where there is true life, forever. Forgive me Lord,…
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Daily Reading: Acts 8:1-25 Heavenly Father, truly You turn all things around for Your glory and our good. You turned around Stephen’s devastating death and the widescale persecution it unleashed, and used them to catapult the early Church into the mission field of Samaria. You turned around the darkness of demonic oppression that was so…
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Daily Reading: Acts 3:1-26 Lord Jesus, I marvel at the confidence and faith Peter and John displayed as they followed the prompting of the Holy Spirit and ministered Your healing miracle to the man at the Beautiful Gate. I marvel at Your power put on display to restore that man’s health, wholeness and dignity. Like…
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Daily Reading: Psalm 98 I worship and exalt You, Saviour God, for Your great and awesome work of salvation! I honour and praise You, God of all the earth, for making Your saving work available to people of every tongue, tribe and nation! I marvel at Your unfailing, steadfast and eternal love, which reaches to…
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Daily Reading: Mark 16:14-20 Lord Jesus, thank You for entrusting to me the sacred task of disciple-making. Despite the times I lack faith, despite my own occasional stubborn refusal to believe, and even despite my apathy and laziness – by pure grace, You have chosen me to be a disciple-maker. Thank You for this holy…
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Today we turn our attention towards this week’s theme – our call to make disciples! Daily Reading: Matthew 28:16-20 Lord Jesus, Bearer of all authority in heaven and on earth, despite the doubts that rise in my mind from time to time, I choose this day to worship You by faith. I choose to hold…
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Daily Reading: John 15:26 – 16:15 Holy Spirit of Truth, this world is filled with so much deception and untruth: Testify to me about the Truth, I pray, and empower me to stand strong in the Truth. This world is filled with opposition to the truth: Fill me with the discernment, wisdom and courage to…
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Daily Reading: John 14:15-29 Lord Jesus, I love You and I long to please You through the life I lead. Please fill me afresh with Your Holy Spirit, just as You promised. From a place of humble hunger I pray: Holy Spirit, be with me and within me. Reveal the beauty and majesty of Jesus…
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