Judges 10: 6-18 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. Thus they abandoned the Lord, and did not worship him. […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 23 April 2026
Reading Judges 9:1-7, 16-21, 50-57 Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s kinsfolk and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother’s family, ‘Say in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem, “Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 22 April 2026
Judges 8:22-35 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, ‘Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Midian.’ Gideon said to them, ‘I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.’ Then […]
URC Daily Devotion for 21 April 2026
Reading Judges 7:1-4, 9, 16-25; 8:10-12, 21 Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the troops that were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of them, below the hill of Moreh, in the valley. The Lord said to Gideon, ‘The troops with you […]
URC Daily Devotion for 20 April 2026
Judges 6:25-40 Reading That night the Lord said to him, ‘Take your father’s bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the sacred pole that is beside it; and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of […]
Sunday Service 19th April 2026
Introduction Hello everybody. My name is Nick Jones and I am minister of two churches in Mersey Synod: Chester Road URC in Ellesmere Port, and Heswall URC on the Wirral, which is where I am speaking to you from today. It’s the season of Easter, the time of the Church year set aside to specifically remember and […]
URC Daily Devotion for 18 April 2026
Reading Then Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:‘When locks are long in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly— bless the Lord!‘Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; to the Lord I will sing, I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.‘Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from […]
URC Daily Devotion for 16 April 2026
Reading At that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgement. She sent and summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said […]
URC Daily Devotion for 15 April 2026
Reading After him came Shamgar son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an ox-goad. He too delivered Israel. The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died. So the Lord sold them into the hand of King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 14th April
Judges 3:12-30 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. In alliance with the Ammonites and the Amalekites, he went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of […]