Devotional
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Daily Reading: Acts 14:8-20 What a joy it has been to wake to the sound of rain every morning this week. In our drought-stricken region, this feels like something very significant. At the very least, it is a reminder of the kindness of God. Thank You, Lord! In today’s reading, Paul and Barnabas were confronted…
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Daily Reading: Matthew 5:38-48 How unspeakably kind the Lord has been to us! When humanity had rejected and rebelled against Him, He reached out to us in love and laid down His life to rescue us from death. Even today, He continues to love those who turn away from Him and even those who speak…
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Daily Reading: Isaiah 63:7-9 This week we’re considering kindness as a “flavour” of the Fruit of the Spirit, which He is hard at work to produce in us. In today’s reading, the prophet Isaiah praises the kindness of God, but notice that twice in v.7 he refers to the “kindnesses” of the LORD. Isaiah understood…
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Daily Reading: Colossians 3:1-17 Colossians 3 puts a lot of emphasis on the role we play in the production of the Spirit’s Fruit. While the fruit is always a product of our relationship with Christ Jesus as Lord, and of the power of the Holy Spirit at work to trabsform us, we still participate in…
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Daily Readings: Matthew 7:15-23 “By their fruit you will recognise them … ” (v.16) What do the fruits of my life reveal about me? It takes humility and courage to ask that question. But it’s a vital question to ask the Lord Jesus, and oneself, and even a close and trusted Christian friend from time…
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Daily reading: Psalm 1 On Monday we reflected on John 15 and saw how Jesus promised that our lives will bear much fruit if we abide in Him through abiding in His words and His love. To abide in Jesus is to continue in a healthy, open, honest, committed, loving, free-flowing fellowship with Jesus. This…
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Daily Readings: Philippians 2:12-13 and Philippians 3:12-14 Every follower of Jesus has a wondrous privilege. We have been created in Christ Jesus to be a display of the beauty and glory of God. By His grace He has caused His own Spirit to dwell in us. From within us, the Spirit goes to work to…
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Daily Reading: John 15:1-17 Jesus’ metaphor of the Vine and its branches makes it wonderfully clear that any disciple who remains deeply connected to Him in relational fellowship will be highly fruitful. As we focus our attention and energy on strengthening our relationship with Jesus, His life will flow through us and will produce good…
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Daily Reading: John 21:15-25 In this lovely, poignant passage, the risen Jesus spends one-on-one time with Peter. Walking along the lakeside which was filled with so many of their shared personal memories, Jesus draws Peter back to the heart of the matter: “Do you love Me?” Peter had denied thrice that he even knew Jesus,…
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Daily Reading: John 21:1-14 Peter had denied publicly that he knew Jesus or was ever his disciple – thrice! Afraid and ashamed, Peter would quite probably no longer have put himself into the category of ‘disciple’, feeling that he had disqualified himself, and that Jesus, having seen and overheard his denials in the high priest’s…
