Saturday 3rd October 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 24:5-14 Philippians 4:2-23 Jeremiah 6, Jeremiah 7:1-29 PHILIPPIANS 4 “Rejoice in the Lord always. Rejoice!” (v4). Paul echoes the voices of the Psalms in encouraging us to verbalise and harmonise our praise to the Lord. Spoken and sung praise and thanksgiving is a vital part of our worship and devotion. Do it corporately and…
Friday 2nd October 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 116:1-11 Philippians 3, Philippians 4:1 Jeremiah 4:10-31, Jeremiah 5 PHILIPPIANS 3The chapter begins with Paul tearing up his Curriculum Vitae – his whole life before he met Christ on the road to Syria. If anyone could have earned his way into the Kingdom of God, it was Paul! But, on meeting the Lord face…
Thursday 1st October 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 115:12-18 Philippians 2:12-30 Jeremiah 2:31-47, Jeremiah 3, Jeremiah 4:1-9 PHILIPPIANS 2 Paul had very few criticisms, if any at all, for his Philippian readers. But he did issue several warnings and encouragements to Christ-like behaviour: 2:2-5 “…then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one…
Wednesday 30th September 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 115:1-11 Philippians 1:27-30, Philippians 2:1-11 Jeremiah 1, Jeremiah 2:1-30 JEREMIAH 1, and 2 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations”. This was the word of the Lord to Jeremiah when he was called by…
Tuesday 29th September 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 23:29-35, Proverbs 24:1-4 Philippians 1:1-26 Zephaniah 1, Zephaniah 2, Zephaniah 3 PHILIPPIANS 1 “From Rome with love”. This is Paul’s ‘email’ (using the technology of his day) to the household churches in the province of Philippi, a prosperous Roman colony in Macedonia. Any citizen of Philippi was automatically given Roman citizenship, and they were immensely…
Monday 28th September 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 114:1-8 Ephesians 6 Nahum 1, Nahum 2, Nahum 3 EPHESIANS 6 Human relationships are the acid test of what goes on in our hearts. At the end of chapter 5 we read about the relationship between husband and wife. Now we learn about how to live out the gospel in other relationships…
Sunday 27th September 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 113:1-9 Ephesians 5:8-33 Isaiah 65:17-25, Isaiah 66 EPHESIANS 5 Under the old covenant, the burnt offering was described as producing a ‘pleasing aroma’ to the Lord – an acceptable sacrifice (Genesis 8:21; Exodus 29:18 etc.). The death and resurrection of Christ later produced an offering to God that was completely acceptable for all…
Saturday 26th September 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 112:1-10 Ephesians 4:17-32, Ephesians 5:1-7 Isaiah 63, Isaiah 64, Isaiah 65:1-16 ISAIAH 63, 64, 65 and 66 Chapter 63 clearly has messianic roots: verses 1-6 speak of the Messiah coming in vengeance over the surrounding nations, typified by Edom and its capital, Bozrah. The trampling of grapes is symbolic of God’s judgement of the nations – found also…
Friday 25th September 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 23:19-28 Ephesians 4:1-16 Isaiah 60, Isaiah 61, Isaiah 62 EPHESIANS 4 (continued from yesterday)…Or else Paul might have continued his interrupted train of thought in verse one of this chapter. “As a prisoner for the Lord…” he begins. Remember that the first verse of chapter 3 was a reference to Paul as a…
Thursday 24th September 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 111:1-10 Ephesians 3 Isaiah 57:14-21, Isaiah 58, Isaiah 59 EPHESIANS 3 Verse one of this chapter is rather like a false start in a sprint race: the runners seem to stop as soon as they have begun. Or, more literally, Paul interrupts himself before he has completed half of one sentence! “For this…
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