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Daily Devotion

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22
Jan2026

The people you meet

by Reid Matthias

Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ Philip asked (Acts 8:30).

21
Jan2026

Are you serious?

by Reid Matthias

‘Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?’ Nathanael asked. ‘Come and see,’ said Philip (John 1:46).

20
Jan2026

The very least

by Reid Matthias

I tell you, among those born of women there is no-one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he (Luke 7:28).

19
Jan2026

Your will

by Reid Matthias

Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer (Isaiah 53:10a).

18
Jan2026

That nobody is somebody

by Reid Matthias

The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah!’ (that is, the Christ). And Andrew brought his brother to Jesus (John 1:41,42a).

17
Jan2026

The waiting

by Jane Mueller

I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure (Psalm 40:1,2).