Devotions
Daily devotionals to help you connect.
Rev Gav | Feb 19
19th February 2025
I remember as a kid, one of the things I hated was my mum taking her handkerchief, licking it, then wiping muck off my face…
Rev Gav | Feb 18
18th February 2025
Whenever I read this passage from Mark’s gospel, I always feel kinda sorry for the disciples. It is a bit of a face-palm moment. They…
Rev Gav | Feb 17
17th February 2025
Today’s Bible reading comes from what we call the ‘wisdom literature’. There’s so much in these eight verses, but I wonder, if like me, there…
Rev Gav | Feb 16
16th February 2025
Okay, so Paul can get a little ‘wordy’ but the point he is making is that without the resurrection of Jesus, our faith is worthless….
Rev Gav | Feb 15
15th February 2025
Where the **** is Dalmanutha? Did you know that no-one knew where Dalmanutha was until recently, when in 2013, archaeologists discovered a 2000 year old…
Rev Gav | Feb 14
14th February 2025
The thing about forgiveness is that, for it to affect the forgiven, it has to be mediated. Think of forgiveness like a gift being held…
Rev Gav | Feb 13
13th February 2025
Is it me or is there some banter and sassiness in this exchange between Jesus and the Syrophoenician woman? There’s a whole heap of stuff…
Rev Gav | Feb 12
12th February 2025
Back in first century Palestine, if you were a Jewish person, there were all kinds of purity laws about what you could or could not…
Rev Gav | Feb 11
11th February 2025
I always think of Psalm 8 when I think of our God-given mandate to look after creation. The psalm sweeps from the heavens down into…
Rev Gav | Feb 10
Superabundance
Luke 5:6-7. We have a superabundant God, a God who loves us and wants the best for us.
Rev Gav | Feb 8
10th February 2025
Whenever I read about Jesus healing the sick like this — even though I know it was a sign of God’s superabundant love — I…
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