daily-devotional

“And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Matthew 24:12

Psalm 46’s call to “be still” comes in the middle of mountains falling and waters roaring. A devotional for households shaken by tremors, storms and sudden trouble.

The first ripe fruit promises a harvest to come. Paul calls the risen Christ the firstfruits, and tells us our labour in the Lord is not in vain, including the unseen work of loving a household.

Jesus’ puzzling parable of the dishonest manager ends with a call to use money for lasting good. What might that look like for the space, savings and property we hold?

Every family has a story about what went wrong: the land that was lost, the business that failed. Paul’s words in Philippians 3 invite us to stop letting that story decide where the household goes next.

Many households go to bed with the day’s argument still hanging in the air. A devotional on Psalm 4 and Ephesians 4 about letting go of anger before sleep, and the peace it brings to a home.

Jesus said, “Let not your heart be troubled.” Those two words, let not, suggest that peace in a household is partly a matter of what we refuse to let in.

Psalm 107 begins with wanderers who could not find a place to live. For families who have moved from yard to yard, island to island or country to country, it is a psalm to be spoken aloud.

Romans 14:17 describes the kingdom of God not as food and drink but as righteousness, peace and joy. What might that look like in the everyday life of a household?

Jesus’ puzzling parable of the dishonest manager ends with a call to use money for lasting good. What might that look like for the space, savings and property we hold?

Acts 10 is a story of houses: a tanner’s home by the sea and a centurion’s crowded front room. A devotional on favouritism, hospitality and the freedom to open our doors.

Some housing decisions have no clean answer. A devotional on Proverbs 3 for families weighing hard choices about homes, parents and money late into the night.

Enoch is remembered for walking with God, but Genesis places that walk in the middle of ordinary family life. What does closeness to God look like in a noisy home?

After a sale falls through, a job ends or a marriage breaks, many people spend a season sleeping in a relative’s spare room. Psalm 23 speaks of a valley we walk through, a table spread and a house we will one day call home.

A final mortgage statement stamped ‘paid in full’ is a small picture of a far greater payment. A reflection on Romans 5:8 and what it means to hold our homes as people who were bought at a price.