Now as an elder myself and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I exhort the elders among you to tend the flock of God that is in your charge, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion but willingly, as God would have you […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 20th August 2021
Friday 20th August 2021 1 Peter 4: 12 – 19 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice in so far as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 19th August 2021
Thursday 19th August 2021 1: Peter 4: 1 – 11 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same intention (for whoever has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin), so as to live for the rest of your earthly life no longer by human desires but by the will of […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 18th August 2021
Wednesday 18th August 2021 1 Peter 3: 8 – 22 Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were […]
URC Daily Devotion 17th August 2021
Tuesday 17th August 2021 1 Peter 3: 1 – 7 Wives, in the same way, accept the authority of your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Worship for 15th August 2021 – The Revd. Andy Braunston
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed ChurchService for Sunday 15th August Photo Credit: Rafik Wahba, Unsplash The Rev’d Andy BraunstonThinking About Mary Introduction Hello. My name is Andy Braunston, I work with four URC congregations in and around Glasgow in Scotland’s Central Belt. I also co-ordinate the Daily Devotions from the URC. Today much of the […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 14th August 2021
Saturday 14th August 1 Peter 2: 11 – 17 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul. Conduct yourselves honourably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honourable deeds and glorify God when […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 13th August
Friday 13th August 1 Peter 2: 1 – 10 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Come to him, […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 12th August 2021
Thursday 12th August 2021 1 Peter 1: 13 – 25 Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. Instead, as he who […]
URC Daily Devotion 11th August 2021
Wednesday 11th August 2021 1 Peter 1:1 – 12Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: […]