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Daily Devotion

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29
Dec2025

Reflections with Matthew

by Libby Jewson

Long ago the Lord said to Israel: ‘I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself’ (Jeremiah 31:3).

28
Dec2025

Conversations with Matthew

by Libby Jewson

When Herod realised that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under (Matthew 2:16a).

27
Dec2025

Side by side

by Jonathan Krause

Young men and women alike, old and young together! (Psalm 148:12)

26
Dec2025

Why me?

by Jonathan Krause

And why has this happened to me, that the mother of my Lord comes to me? (Luke 1:43)

25
Dec2025

Lights out in Kmart

by Jonathan Krause

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it (John 1:5).

24
Dec2025

Has the carol got it wrong?

by Jonathan Krause

This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger (Luke 2:12).