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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.

27
Aug2021

Like living stones

by Marlene Cooper

You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Christ Jesus (1 Peter 2:4b).

26
Aug2021

Short time or long

by Marlene Cooper

Paul replied, ‘Short time or long – I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains’ (Acts 26:29).

25
Aug2021

Witnessing with the Spirit

by Marlene Cooper

We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him (Acts 5:32).

24
Aug2021

Move over for Jesus

by Marlene Cooper

That joy is mine and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less (John 3:39b,40).

23
Aug2021

Listen and hear, look and see

by Marlene Cooper

Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: the law will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations. My salvation is on the way (Isaiah 51:4,5a).

22
Aug2021

To whom shall we go?

by Marlene Cooper

Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life’ (John 6:68).