Tuesday 31st August Esther 2: 1 – 18 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. Then the king’s servants who attended him said, ‘Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. And let the […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 30th August 2021
Monday 30th August Esther 1: 13 – 22 Then the king consulted the sages who knew the laws (for this was the king’s procedure towards all who were versed in law and custom, and those next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media, who […]
URC Daily Devotion Sunday 29th August 2021
Sunday 29th August Psalm 57 Be gracious to me, Lord,and hold my spirit fast,that I may shelter by your sideuntil the storm is past. 2 Though snares are set for me,yet will I sleep in peace,for I have asked the care of Godwhose love shall never cease. 3 My soul, awake and sing,such boundless love […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th August 2021
Saturday 28th August Esther 1: 1 – 12This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, in the third year of his reign, he gave a […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th August 2021
Friday 27th August 2 Peter 3: 14 – 18Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him, speaking […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th August 2021
Thursday 26th August 2 Peter 3: 1 – 13This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you; in them I am trying to arouse your sincere intention by reminding you that you should remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour […]
URC Daily Devotion 25th August 2021
Wednesday 25th August 2 Peter 2 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Even so, many will follow their licentious ways, and because of these […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th August 2021
inspiration in your inbox Tuesday 24th August 2:Peter 1: 16 – 21 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received honour and glory from God the Father when that […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd August 2021
inspiration in your inbox Monday 23rd August 2 Peter 1: 1 – 15 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as precious as ours through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of […]
URC Daily Devotion 22nd August 2021
Be gracious, O my God, to whom I flee.I am oppressed, strong is my enemy,And all day long assailants harass me; They fight against me proudly.When I’m afraid, when fears of death enshroud me,I trust in God, who never disavowed me;His word I praise, He has with grace endowed me. What can flesh do to me? They […]