Devotion Archive
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Devotion for September 21, 2022
“But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.” (Ephesians 4:7) Mother Teresa is attributed with saying, “I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much!” Is that how you feel today? Like there is too much to do and…
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Devotion for September 20, 2022
“I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.” (Luke 10:19) When he went out to fight Goliath, David said, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD…
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Devotion for September 19, 2022
“Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’” (Isaiah 30:21) Someone quipped, “When Columbus set out, he didn’t know where he was going. When he arrived, he didn’t know where he was. And when he returned home,…
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Devotion for September 18, 2022
“We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield” (Psalm 33:20). What are you putting your hope in? Maybe it’s in your strength, health and ability to work and keep going, even through tough times. It could be in your intelligence, mental abilities, skills or talents. It could be in…
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Devotion for September 17, 2022
“Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless” (Ecclesiastes 5:10). According to the World Inequality Report 2021: The richest 10% of the global population currently take home 52% of the income. But the poorest half of the global population? Well, they earn just 8%…
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Devotion for September 16, 2022
“After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: ‘Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.’” (Acts 15:7) When God gives you a green light, you must go. And when He gives you a…
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Devotion for September 15 2022
“It is God’s gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil” (Ecclesiastes 3:13). Cleaning the toilet — beautiful work? You must be kidding! As we read today’s verses from Ecclesiastes, we realise that the parable of the rich man in our gospel reading for this week (Luke 12:13ff) is…
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Devotion for September 14, 2022
“How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me?” (Psalms 116:12) The surest way to ruin your child’s prospects for a happy life is to indulge their every whim, teach them that the world “owes them”, cultivate in them a sense of entitlement, under no circumstances allow them to “work by the…
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Devotion for September 13, 2022
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions” (Luke 12:15). We look at the rich man in Jesus’ parable and think, “Tsk, tsk — such greed!” But actually, Jesus is simply describing our normal human aspirations in this modern world: work hard, increase…