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Daily Devotion

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30
Oct2023

Jesus the cornerstone

by Pastor Fraser Pearce

The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes (Mark 12:10,11).

29
Oct2023

The greatest commandment

by Pastor Fraser Pearce

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets (Matthew 22:40).

28
Oct2023

Nourished

by Georgie Schuster

But they delight in the law of the Lord, mediating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do (Psalm 1:2,3).

27
Oct2023

A question of authority

by Georgie Schuster

[The chief priests, the scribes and the elders] said, ‘By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?’ (Mark 11:28).

26
Oct2023

It wasn’t meant to be this way

by Georgie Schuster

[Jesus] was teaching and saying, ‘Is it not written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations”? But you have made it a den of robbers’ (Mark 11:17).

25
Oct2023

Great expectations

by Georgie Schuster

Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!’ (Mark 11: 9,10)