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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.

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Mar2023

Dying of thirst

by Pastor Reid Matthias

Let anyone who is thirsty, come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will from within them (John 7:37b,38).

23
Mar2023

Knowing Jesus

by Pastor Reid Matthias

Jesus answered, ‘My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me’ (John 7:16).

22
Mar2023

Is it time?

by Pastor Reid Matthias

You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival because my time has not fully come (John 7:8).

21
Mar2023

Where else can we go?

by Pastor Reid Matthias

Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God (John 6:68b,69).

20
Mar2023

Just eat it

by Pastor Reid Matthias

But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever (John 6:50,51a).

19
Mar2023

In him

by Pastor Reid Matthias

‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned,’ said Jesus, ‘but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him’ (John 9:3).