by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 26, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. – John 1:14 The Light does not merely shine towards the world; it enters it fully and personally. The eternal, uncreated...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 25, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. – John 1:12-13 To receive Christ is to place one’s trust in His...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 24, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. – John 1:10-11 The Light enters the world He Himself created, yet the world does not recognise Him. This is not a...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 23, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 22, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… All things were made through him… In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – John 1:1-5 Before...
by Esplanad Gospel Centre | Dec 19, 2025 | Weekly Devotions
… for he will save his people from their sins. – Matthew 1:21 We love the gentle scenes of Christmas. We admire the quiet stable, the sleeping baby, the wondering shepherds, the starlit sky. Yet if we linger only there, we miss the reason heaven broke into our...