Devotional
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Daily Reading: John 20:24-31 Jesus’ resurrection body enables Him to come to the disciples despite locked doors. His resurrected body is visible, His voice is audible, He can be touched and related to just as He could before His death. Mysteriously, He is also able to come and go at will, and is not subject…
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Daily Reading: John 20:19-23 When Jesus appeared among the disciples in that locked room, they really needed to know that Jesus came to them with love and peace, not with an angry desire to avenge the betrayals, denials and abandonment they had dished out to Him in His hour of need. As they mourned together…
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Daily Reading: John 13:1-17, 34-45 “It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” (v.1) This is the moment everything shifts in John’s Gospel.…
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Daily Reading: John 12:1-11 If yesterday we looked into the mirror of the religious authorities to examine our own hearts and lives, today we will have to look into the mirror of Judas and his behaviour in this passage. I find myself reflecting on the reason he picked on Mary for her beautiful offering, when…
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Daily Reading: Matthew 26:1-5 What strikes me as I read this morning’s passage is the contrast between how settled and resolved Jesus is to willingly and lovingly lay down His life for the sake of the world, and how settled and resolved the religious leaders are to selfishly and wilfully sacrifice Jesus (innocent as he…
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As Holy Week begins, we watch in deep sadness as one of the Twelve Apostles, Judas, betrays the Lord Jesus Christ and agrees terms to hand Him over to the religious rulers for 30 silver coins. Daily Reading: Luke 22:1-6 The Passover Week has begun. Jerusalem is jam-packed with pilgrims. The streets are abuzz with…
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Daily Reading: John 6:1-15 In John 6, a great crowd of people were following Jesus. We’re told that they were following Him “because they saw the signs He had performed by healing those who were ill.” (v.2) No doubt they were filled with great excitement and anticipation. What would be next? They were certainly not…
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Daily Reading: Matthew 5:38-48 In Matthew 21, as Jesus entered Jerusalem, with the crowd accompanying Him spread cloaks and palm branches on the road hailing Him as “the Son of David” and “He who comes in the name of the Lord”, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” (Matt 21:9-11) The citizens…
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Daily Reading: Psalm 118 Psalm 118:1-14 calls God’s people to bring God thanks and praise because of His goodness and His eternal love for us. It extols God’s presence with us and His power to save and deliver us from danger. It reminds us that God is our refuge and strength, and that it is…
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Daily Reading: Zechariah 9:9-17 Because next Sunday is Palm Sunday and our focus will fall on Jesus’ fulfilment of this prophecy from Zechariah, it would be easy to focus almost entirely on v.9 when we read today’s passage. That’s the part of the prophecy that Jesus very obviously fulfilled on that glorious day in Jerusalem…
