Thursday 2nd January The Meaning of Faith Hebrews 11: 1-12 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st January 2020
Wednesday 1st January For Everything a Time Ecclesiastes 3: 1 – 13 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;a time to kill, and a time to […]
URC Daily Devotion 31st December 2019
Tuesday 31st December Light of the World St John 8: 12 – 18 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’ Then the Pharisees said to him, ‘You are testifying on your own behalf; your […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th December 2019
2 Corinthians 4: 16-18 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th December 2019
Saturday 28th December Holy Innocents St Matthew 2: 16 – 18 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th December 2019
Proverbs 8: 22 – 31 The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago.Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.Before the mountains had been shaped, before […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th December 2019
Thursday 26th December On the Feast of Stephen Acts 7: 59 – 8:8 While they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ When he had said this, he died. And Saul approved of […]
URC Daily Devotion 25th December 2019
Wednesday 25th December Manifestation of God’s Glory Titus 2: 11 – 14 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th December 2019
Isaiah 9: 2-7 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined.You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy;they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder.For the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd December 2019
St Luke 1: 46 -55 And Mary said,‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.His mercy is for […]