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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.

02
Apr2026

The world where God encounters you

by Jacob Traeger

Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end (John 13:1).

01
Apr2026

A troubled spirit

by Jacob Traeger

After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit and declared, ‘Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me’ (John 13:21).

31
Mar2026

The seed that bears fruit

by Jacob Traeger

Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit (John 12:24).

30
Mar2026

The aroma that fills the world

by Jacob Traeger

Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume (John 12:3).

29
Mar2026

The heart of the gospel

by Jacob Traeger

Christ Jesus emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness (Philippians 2:7).

28
Mar2026

Jesus, the gate

by Maria Rudolph

This is the gate of the Lord through which the righteous may enter. I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation (Psalm 118:20,21).