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Daily Devotion

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11
Oct2026

Kua rite katoa; haere mai (Everything is ready; come)

by Mark Whitfield

Look, I have prepared my dinner … and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet (Matthew 22:4b).

10
Oct2026

Pursued by goodness and mercy

by Kathy Matuschka

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long (Psalm 23:6).

09
Oct2026

Where is the vineyard?

by Kathy Matuschka

But the residents of the city were divided: some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles (Acts 14:4).

08
Oct2026

Pruning season

by Kathy Matuschka

He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit (John 15:2).

07
Oct2026

This isn’t smelling great!

by Kathy Matuschka

He replied, ‘Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it’ (Luke 13:8).

06
Oct2026

Settled

by Kathy Matuschka

I will plant them upon their land, and they shall never again be plucked up out of the land that I have given them, says the Lord your God (Amos 9:15).