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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.

11
Apr2025

Not to be served but to serve

by Maria Rudolph

Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave (Matthew 20:26b,27).

10
Apr2025

Grumbling

by Maria Rudolph

When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner (Matthew 20:11).

09
Apr2025

Be a Peter

by Maria Rudolph

Peter answered Jesus, ‘We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?’ (Matthew 19:27)

08
Apr2025

Living under the promise and not the curse

by Maria Rudolph

Jesus replied, ‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning’ (Matthew 19:8).

07
Apr2025

Freely, freely, you have received

by Maria Rudolph

Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you? (Matthew 18:33)

06
Apr2025

Martha served

by Maria Rudolph

Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honour. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him (John 12:2).