Sunday 5th January Psalm 130 1 LORD, from the depths I call to you;2 Lord, hear me from on highAnd give attention to my voicewhen I for mercy cry. 3 LORD, in your presence who can stand,if you our sins record?4 But yet forgiveness is with you,that we may fear you, LORD. 5 I wait—my […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th January 2020
Saturday 4th January Arise and Shine Isaiah 60: 1 – 6 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples;but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you.Nations shall come to your light, and kings to […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd January 2020
Friday 3rd January Our real homeland Hebrews 11: 13 – 22 All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth, for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd January 2020
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 […]