Welcome to Battle Drill, a weekday devotional. Join us as we share hope and encouragement as we read and study the Bible together.
Most of the daily devotionals follow on from my preaching on a Sunday. You can find the relevant sermon on the Sermons page. I try to provide positive, practical encouragement from the Bible each week.
I pray that you will enjoy these daily devotionals online and that you are equipped for your daily walk with God as you go through this Battle Drill.
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Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: It’s Radical Love that Helps Your Corps to Grow
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. (Philippians 2:5)
Read Philippians 2:1-11. Do you know what happens when you truly love those in your church o…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Don’t Let Gossip Destroy Your Corps
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3)
Read Philippians 2:1-11. Keeping a confidence allows pe…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Be a Friend Who Builds Up Rather Than Tears Down
Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. (Philippians 2:3)
Read Philippians 2:1-11. Who do you look l…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: You are an Important Part of the Jigsaw Puzzle
Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. (Philippians 2:4)
Read Philippians 2:1-11. The church – or your Salvation Army corps …
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: You Belong Here!
Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. (Philippians 2:2)
This week we consider what we can do to b…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Honour the Women in Your Life
Read Proverbs 31:10-31. We began this week by discovering these verses are a poem, not a job description. That these words show us how we should do the things we do, not what we should do…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Head Up the Family Learning Centre
Read Proverbs 31:10-31. Can you remember some of things your parents taught you? I remember Mum teaching me how to bake. I can recall Dad teaching me how to plant vegetables. I was a…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Go the Extra Mile with Unexpected Kindness
Read Proverbs 31:10-31. What’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of God? What’s his most important characteristic? You might think of his sovereignty. You migh…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: As You Care for Your Family, God Cares for You
Read Proverbs 31:10-31. When a mother looks out for the needs of her children, there is always a cost. We didn’t have a lot of money when I was growing up. I know my Mum …
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Be the Same Person in Private as You Are in Public
This week, following Mothers’ Day, we are considering the character of the Woman of Valour described in Proverbs 31. Her values are ones we should all cultivate in ou…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Use Your Gifts to Serve Others
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. (1 Peter 4:10).
Read 1 Peter 4:1-11. God has a purpose for your life. He…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Put Your Service to the Test!
Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay. 1 Peter 4:9.
Read 1 Peter 4:1-11. Do you remember the Disney film, Beauty and the Beast? A French prince is cur…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Don’t be Controlled by Your Emotions
You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God. (1 Peter 4:2).
Read 1 Peter 4:1-11. Have you ever had a meltdown? …
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Your Faith Needs a Bench Press!
Strengthen yourselves so that you will live here on earth doing what God wants, not the evil things people want. (1 Peter 4:2 NCV).
Read 1 Peter 4:1-11. Last year at the Summer Olymp…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: God Has a Purpose for Your Pain
So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you have suffered physically for Christ, you hav…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Make Love Your Number One Priority
If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. (1 Corinthians 13:3)
Read 1…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Loving Others is Messy
“Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master”. (Matthew 10:24)
Read Matthew 10:1-42. Do you sometimes wonder if life would be easier without oth…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Be There for Others, But Don’t Lose Yourself
Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. (John 13:3)
Read John 13:1-17. I remember the …
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Learn to Listen Like Jesus
Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he cancelled the larger debt”.
“That’s right”, Jesus said. (Luke 7:43)
Read Luke 7:36-50. Are you a good listener? Or are you like me? If I’m …
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: The Church is Christ with Skin On
The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighbourhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true …
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Your Weakness is a Witness
Read 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. Who are the people you are impressed by? Is it those who are wealthy and powerful? Those who are successful? Over the years, I have come to be more impressed by…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: You Bring Glory to God, Whatever You Think About Yourself
Read 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. What do you say to yourself when you look in the mirror? Are you pleased with what you see? Or do you wish you were different? Do…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: God Has a Purpose for Your Weaknesses
Read 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. How do you feel about your weaknesses? Are you pleased to have them? Or do they frustrate you? If we’re honest, most of us find our weaknesses annoyi…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Weaknesses Encourage You to Lean on God’s Strength
Read 2 Corinthians 12:1-10. Your weaknesses can be a good thing. Why? They encourage you to rely on God’s strength rather than your own. When I rely on my own stren…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Your Weaknesses Do Not Stop God from Loving You
We are crack pots! We all live out of brokenness and vulnerability to some extent. The good news is that the Kingdom of God is a bottom-up Kingdom. God uses our weakne…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Decide in Advance to Say Yes to Whatever God Says
Read Luke 8:4-15. When God speaks to you, what’s your response? “Mmm. I’m not sure that’s a good idea. Let me think about it”? “Let me compare your request with my o…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Weed Out the Distractions
Read Luke 8:4-15. “Sorry, what did you say? I wasn’t listening!” How many times does someone have to repeat something to you because you were distracted by something else? The same is true …
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: You Can’t Hear God’s Voice if You’re Rushing Around
Read Luke 8:4-15. “I can’t talk now. I’m busy!” Have you ever said that to anyone? Has anyone said it to you? Many of us – me included, on occasions – say this to …
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Are You Ready to Hear God’s Voice?
Read Luke 8:4-15. Sometimes the reason we don’t hear God’s voice is because we don’t want to! We don’t want to give up control over our lives. We’re afraid of what God might say or…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Find a Quiet Place to Hear God’s Voice
Christians often talk about hearing God’s voice. What does it mean and how can we hear from God? This week we consider the environment we need and most especially the attitudes…
Today’s Battle Drill Devotional: Humility is the Path to Transformation
Read Lamentations 3:1-33. Embracing our pain and loss and learning to wait on God can lead to great transformation in our lives. Jeremiah is able to let go of any need for cont…
Read Lamentations 3:1-33. The world tells us we can do or be anything we want. Sometimes, we are even guilty of telling our children this. But pause for a moment and we realise it’s just not true. God has placed limits on all of us, however gifted we…
Read Lamentations 3:1-33. Do you like waiting? I’m not sure any of us do! We hate waiting for food, drink, buses, traffic, and people. We finish other people’s sentences. We talk too fast. We love to be in control. Waiting on God when life is confusi…
Read Lamentations 3:1-33. It is perfectly natural for us to want to avoid the pain and loss in our lives. It can feel sado-masochistic to turn into it! But when you stop to think about it, that is the way of the Christian. The way to life in Christ i…
We all experience loss in our lives. We can try and escape it or if we have the courage, we can face it and find that it can be the place where self-awareness and powerful change can happen. This week, we discover what our limits have to say to us as…
Read Genesis 45:1-15. It is often said that hurt people hurt people. When someone has caused us pain and left us deeply wounded, often our first response is to want to hurt them in return. Joseph had a chance to respond to his brothers in anger. He c…
Read Genesis 45:1-15. The situations we’ve faced and the experiences we’ve had, particularly in childhood, often give us negative messages or life scripts that unconsciously inform how we see the world and the decisions we make. Maybe your past circu…
Read Genesis 45:1-15. Do you know what your name means? I remember my mum telling me that Robert means “bright fame”. I’m still not sure what to do with that! Long after his many years of suffering, when Joseph was prospering in Egypt, he had to chil…
Read Genesis 45:1-15. Through his brothers scheming, Joseph lost his parents, his brothers, his culture, food, language, freedom and above all his hope, all in one day as he was sold into slavery in Egypt. Falsely accused of rape by his master’s wife…
This week, we continue the demanding work of selecting reverse to move forward – breaking free from the destructive patterns of our past and living out the purpose God has for our lives. The story of Joseph gives us a practical, biblical example of f…
Read Mark 3:31-35. Throughout this week we have reflected on the impact our family have on the way we think and act in the present. But our family’s past does not decide our future. God does!
When we place our faith in Christ and his work on the cr…
Read Mark 3:31-35. When you look back at your family, you may challenge me and suggest that it has not passed on any unhealthy habits or patterns of behaviour. Or you may feel that your family are so messed up, there is no hope of breaking free and m…
Read Mark 3:31-35. Our families teach us so much. If we grew up in a Christian family, then they may have taught us how to pray, how to read the Bible, and how to take part in worship. But they may also have ingrained habits and ways of behaving whic…
Read Mark 3:31-35. What beliefs does your family hold that still have an influence on you today? We often underestimate the deep imprint our families leave on us. But they teach us certain ways of behaving and thinking. These can be hard to break wit…
Following Jesus requires us to break free from the destructive patterns of our past and living out the purpose God has for our lives. Sometimes, we need to go back to move forward. This week, we focus on the part our family plays in our life with God…
Read Matthew 22:34-40. Sometimes I think the best way Gail tells me she loves me is by bringing me that first mug of coffee in the morning! Doing things we know people like us to do is a fantastic way of expressing our love for them.
Every week I s…
Read Matthew 22:34-40. Right at the beginning of the first Coronavirus lockdown in March 2020, I saw a picture that said, “To my friends saying they can’t wait to hug everyone when this ends. I didn’t hug you before this started and I’m not hugging y…