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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.

05
Apr2025

Weeping and praising

by Neil Bergmann

Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them (Psalm 126:6).

04
Apr2025

Lost and found (again)

by Neil Bergmann

And if he finds [the lost sheep], truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off (Matthew 18:13).

03
Apr2025

Who is the greatest?

by Neil Bergmann

Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:3).

02
Apr2025

Faith in forgiveness

by Neil Bergmann

‘The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life’. And the disciples were filled with grief (Matthew 17:22b,23).

01
Apr2025

Transfigured

by Neil Bergmann

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’ (Matthew 17:5)

31
Mar2025

Follow me

by Neil Bergmann

Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me’ (Matthew 16:24).