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Daily Devotion

Start or finish each day in God’s word, with devotions written by LCANZ members. Sign up to receive Daily Devotion in your inbox every morning. Permission is granted to print and publish these devotions with this acknowledgement: ‘Reproduced with permission: Lutheran Church of Australia 2025.’ If possible, please provide a link to the Daily Devotion archive page: www.lca.org.au/daily-devotion. LCA Communications is producing a week of devotions in advance in ready-to-print format for congregations to deliver to members. To receive a link to the printable sets each week, simply ask us at lca.comms@lca.org.au. Click here to find the print versions of Daily Devotion.

02
Jul2024

Freed from a public prison

by Carolyn Ehrlich

They arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison (Acts 5:18).

01
Jul2024

Lying to keep up appearances

by Carolyn Ehrlich

But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?’ (Acts 5:3).

30
Jun2024

Faith: the place of earnest pleas

by Carolyn Ehrlich

Seeing him [Jesus], he [Jairus] fell at his feet … But the woman … came in fear and trembling and fell down before him (Mark 5:22b,33a).

29
Jun2024

Giving thanks to God

by Pastor Fraser Pearce

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever (Psalm 30:12b).

28
Jun2024

Prayer and the gift of the Holy Spirit

by Pastor Fraser Pearce

When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness (Acts 4:31).

27
Jun2024

Boldness from the Holy Spirit

by Pastor Fraser Pearce

We cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard (Acts 4:20).