St Barnabas Daily Devotions

John 7:32-36 - Daily Devotion - 15 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 32 When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him. 33 So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me. 34 You will look for Me, but you will not find Me;...

John 7:25-31 - Daily Devotion - 14 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ? 27 But we know where this man is from. When the Ch...

John 7:14-24 - Daily Devotion - 13 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 14 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach. 15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?” 16 “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me. 17 If anyone...

John 7:1-13 - Daily Devotion - 11 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him. 2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near. 3 So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see t...

John 6:66-71 - Daily Devotion - 10 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 66 From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him. 67 So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?” 68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We believe and know that You are the Holy One...

John 6:60-65 - Daily Devotion - 9 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 60 On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?” 61 Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before? 63&...

John 6:52-59 - Daily Devotion - 8 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 52 At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life...

John 6:41-51 - Daily Devotion - 7 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 41 At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’” 43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” J...

John 6:37-40 - Daily Devotion - 6 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 37 Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me. 39 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but rais...

John 6:30-36 - Daily Devotion - 4 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the b...

John 6:22-29 - Daily Devotion - 3 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 22 The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone. 23 However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread afte...

John 6:14-21 - Daily Devotion - 2 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 14 When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself. 16 When evening came, His disciples went do...

John 6:1-13 - Daily Devotion - 1 April 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 1 After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias). 2 A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples. 4 Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was nea...

Ecclesiastes 12:9-14 - Daily Devotion - 31 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 9 Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught the people knowledge; he pondered, searched out, and arranged many proverbs. 10 The Teacher searched to find delightful sayings and to record accurate words of truth. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologie...

Ecclesiastes 12:1-8 - Daily Devotion - 30 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,” 2 before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain, 3 on the day the kee...

Ecclesiastes 11:1-10 - Daily Devotion - 28 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 1 Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. 2 Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land. 3 If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the...

Ecclesiastes 10:16-20 - Daily Devotion - 27 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 16 Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning. 17 Blessed are you, O land whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes feast at the proper time— for strength and not for drunkenness. 18 Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the ha...

Ecclesiastes 10:8-15 - Daily Devotion - 26 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake. 9 The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself. 10 If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill p...

Ecclesiastes 10:1-7 - Daily Devotion - 25 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 1 As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. 3 Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a...

Ecclesiastes 9:11-18 - Daily Devotion - 24 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 11 I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all. 12 For surely no man knows his time: Like fish ca...

Ecclesiastes 9:1-10 - Daily Devotion - 23 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield and Bossley Park 1 So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate. 2 It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the...

Ecclesiastes 8:10-17 - Daily Devotion - 21 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 10 Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile. 11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil. 12&nbsp...

Ecclesiastes 8:1-9 - Daily Devotion - 20 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed. 2 Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God. 3 Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad caus...

Ecclesiastes 7:15-29 - Daily Devotion - 19 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 15 In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. 16 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? 17 Do not be excessively wicked, an...

Ecclesiastes 7:8-14 - Daily Devotion - 18 March 2026 St Barnabas Anglican Church Fairfield & Bossley Park 8 The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one. 9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool. 10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask abou...