Lutheran Church of Australia

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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.

01
Sep2023

Order up

by Emma Strelan

Everything must be done so that the church may be built up … For God is not a God of disorder but of peace (1 Corinthians 14:26b,33a).

31
Aug2023

Paul’s got feelings, and so do you

by Emma Strelan

So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding (1 Corinthians 14:15).

30
Aug2023

It’s all Christianese to me

by Emma Strelan

If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me (1 Corinthians 14:11).

29
Aug2023

Love does

by Emma Strelan

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud (1 Corinthians 13:4).

28
Aug2023

Body issues (part one)

by Emma Strelan

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it (1 Corinthians 12:27).

27
Aug2023

Question one

by Emma Strelan

‘But what about you?’ he asked. ‘Who do you say I am?’ (Matthew 16:15).