This year’s devotional readings have been prepared by Major Barbara Sampson from the New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Territory. Each week, Barbara draws on Scripture and poetry to pose questions that help us reflect on the hope of God and encourage us to consider how we can live out our hope.
Week One: What Are You Doing Here?
When we read the Bible, the Bible reads us. As we hear the questions put to individuals in the pages of Scripture, we hear them being put to us as well.
Week Two: Who Is My Neighbour?
This same question comes to us at this time of Self-Denial. Who is my neighbour? We are called to see, look out for, care for, and offer compassion and hope to.
Week Three: Do You Love Me?
Do we have sacrificial love, that sees a stranger overseas as a brother or sister in need of hope?
Week Four: Why Are You So Afraid?
When our prayers, our giving and our faith seem like nothing more than a drop in a vast ocean of need, remember that God notices the least, the lowest, the smallest gesture of kindness or sacrifice.
Week Five: What Is That In Your Hand?
Discover that in the hands of Jesus, what seems not much at all becomes a blessing to thousands.
Week Six: Do You See This Woman?
The stories from this year’s Self-Denial Appeal features people who have been ‘seen’ and become involved with projects that support and benefit them.
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