30th August 2026

Never Ending Story

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday

and today and forever.” 

Hebrews 13:8

Reading: Hebrews 12:1–3.

Our lives are filled with changing seasons. People change, circumstances shift, and what once seemed certain can suddenly feel uncertain. Yet there is one story that never ends and never changes—the story of God’s love and faithfulness.

Jesus was there yesterday, He is with us today, and He will remain with us tomorrow. His promises do not expire, His grace does not run dry, and His love does not have an ending. When we cannot see what lies ahead, we can trust the One who already holds tomorrow.

Your story may have difficult chapters, but God is not finished writing. What looks like an ending may simply be the beginning of something new in His hands.

Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank You for being constant in a changing world. Help me trust You with every chapter of my life, knowing that Your story of love and grace never ends. Amen.

29th August 2026

Welcoming Foreigners

"[God] defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,

and loves the foreigner. ”

Matthew 4:20

Today's Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 10:17-20.

In 2021, as thousands of Ukrainian women and children arrived at Berlin’s railway station fleeing war, they were met with a surprise—German families holding up handmade signs offering refuge in their homes. “Can host two people!” one sign read. “Big room [available],” read another. Asked why she offered such hospitality to strangers, one woman said my Saviour Jesus Christ once needed refuge, and she wanted to help others in such need. 

In Deuteronomy, God calls the Israelites to care for those far from their homelands. Why? Because He is the defender of the fatherless, the widow and the foreigner (Deuteronomy 10:18), and because the Israelites knew what such vulnerability felt like: “for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt” (v 19) Empathy was to motivate their care. 

But there is another side to this too. When the widow at Zarephath welcomed the foreigner Elijah into her home, she was the one blessed (1 Kings 17:9-24), just as Abraham was blessed by his three foreign visitors (Genesis 18:1-25). God often uses hospitality to bless the host, not just the guest. 

Welcoming strangers into your home is hard, but those German families may be the real beneficiaries. As we too respond to the vulnerable with God’s empathy, we may be surprised at the gifts He gives us through them. 

Prayer: Dear God, give me a heart as big as Yours for the widow, the fatherless, vulnerable and the stranger. In the name of Your Son, I ask. Amen.

28th August 2026

A Day of Good-News

". . . This day is a day of good news . . ."

2 Kings 7:9

Today's Bible Reading: 2 Kings 7:1-16.

In 2 Kings 7:9, we encounter a powerful moment in the Old Testament, a moment that resonates with the message of Good News that we find in the New Testament through Jesus Christ. The context of this verse is a earnest one – a city besieged by an enemy, its people are starving, and four lepers sitting outside at the city gate. These lepers made a remarkable discovery; the enemy camp had been abandoned, and the 4 lepers found an abundance of food and treasure.

Their response to this discovery holds a profound lesson for us today. The lepers realized that what they had found was not meant to be hoarded or kept to themselves. They recognized that it was a day of good news – a day of deliverance, provision, and blessing. In their understanding of this truth, they knew that they had a responsibility to share this good news with others, with the people of their city.

In the same way, as Christians, we are recipients of the ultimate Good News – the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He came to save us from our sins, offer us forgiveness, and give us eternal life. Today is indeed a day of Good News because Jesus saves.

Just like the lepers, we must recognise that the Good News we have received is not meant to be kept hidden or kept to ourselves. Instead, we are called to share this incredible message of salvation with others. We are called to be witnesses of God's grace and love, telling the world about the hope and redemption that can be found in Christ, and Christ alone.

Prayer: Thank You, Father God, that we have a Gospel to proclaim-Good-News for all mankind. Help me to play my part. In the name of Jesus I ask. Amen.