Daily Devotion

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25
Feb2025

Sent to their own communities

by Carolyn Ehrlich

… but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel (Matthew 10:6).

24
Feb2025

Labouring for God

by Carolyn Ehrlich

… he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd (Matthew 9:36b).

23
Feb2025

Being merciful

by Carolyn Ehrlich

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful (Luke 6:36).

22
Feb2025

Waiting in faith

by Rev Dr Noel Due

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not over the one who prospers, over the man who carries out evil (Psalm 37:7)!

21
Feb2025

News spreads, but no-one hears

by Rev Dr Noel Due

But they went away and spread his fame through all that district (Matthews 9:31).

20
Feb2025

Jesus is a ‘joke’…?

by Rev Dr Noel Due

[Jesus] said, ‘Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping’. And they laughed at him (Matthew 9:24).