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Daily Devotion

Start or finish each day in God’s word, with devotions written by LCA/NZ members specifically for these challenging times. 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 2022’. 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. The Daily Devotions project is supported by the LCA Special Ministry Fund, which is made possible by the generous financial assistance of the LLL.

26
Jan2023

Being purposeful

by Pastor Greg Fowler

[My word] will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it (Isaiah 55:11).

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25
Jan2023

New love

by Pastor Greg Fowler

For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back (Isaiah 54:7).

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24
Jan2023

Bearing suffering

by Pastor Greg Fowler

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering (Isaiah 53:4a).

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23
Jan2023

God on our side

by Pastor Greg Fowler

The Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard (Isaiah 52:12b).

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22
Jan2023

Can I be healed?

by Pastor Greg Fowler

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people (Matthew 4:23).

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21
Jan2023

Just one thing?

by Sal Huckel

… that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple (Psalm 27:4).

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20
Jan2023

Gives and takes away

by Sal Huckel

See, I have taken out of your hand the cup that made you stagger; from that cup, the goblet of my wrath, you will never drink again (Isaiah 51:22b).

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19
Jan2023

You put words in my mouth!

by Sal Huckel

I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand – I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people’ (Isaiah 51:16).

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18
Jan2023

Stop, look and listen!

by Sal Huckel

Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults (Isaiah 51:7).

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17
Jan2023

Read past verse three

by Sal Huckel

Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? (Isaiah 50:2).

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