Tuesday 3rd December 2 Kings 2:13-25 He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, ‘Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?’ When he […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd December 2019
2 Kings 2:1-12 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, ‘Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.’ But Elisha said, ‘As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st December 2019
Sunday 1st December Psalm 125 1 All those who trust the LORD Like Zion are secure,Which never can be movedBut always will endure. 2 Just as the mountains standAround Jerusalem,The LORD surrounds his own,For ever guarding them. 3 The wicked’s evil ruleWill not oppress for longThe righteous and their land,Lest righteous folk do wrong. 4 […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th November 2019
Saturday 30th November 2 Kings 1:9-17 Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, ‘O man of God, the king says, “Come down.”’ But Elijah answered the captain of fifty, ‘If […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th November 2019
Friday 29th November 2 Kings 1:1-8 After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel. Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria, and lay injured; so he sent messengers, telling them, ‘Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.’ But the angel of […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th November 2019
Thursday 28th November 1 Kings 21:15-29 As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, ‘Go, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.’ As soon as Ahab heard that Naboth […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th November 2019
Wednesday 27th November 1 Kings 19:19-21 So he set out from there, and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was ploughing. There were twelve yoke of oxen ahead of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle over him. He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th November 2019
Tuesday 26th November 1 Kings 19:9b-18 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ‘What are you doing here, Elijah?’ He answered, ‘I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I […]
URC Daily Devotion 25th November 2019
Monday 25th November 1 Kings 19:1-9a Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th November 2019
Sunday 24th November Psalm 124 1 If God the LORD had not been on our side—2 Let Isr’el say—had not the LORD been near3 When foes attacked us, filling us with fear,And when their wrath against us reached its height,Alive we had been swallowed in their spite. 4 We would have been enveloped by the […]