My heart is ready, O God;I will sing, sing your praise.Awake, my soul;awake, lyre and harp,I will awake the dawn. I will thank you, Lord, among the peoples,among the nations I will praise you,for your love reaches to the heavensand your truth to the skies.O God, arise above the heavens;may your glory shine on earth! […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday, 22 November 2025
St Matthew 8: 1 – 4 When Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him; and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.’ He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I do choose. Be made […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday, 21 November 2025
St Matthew 7: 24 – 29 Jesus said: ‘Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 20th November 2025
St Matthew 7: 21 – 23 ‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 19th November 2025
St Matthew 7: 15 – 20 Jesus said: ‘Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 18th November 2025
St Matthew 7: 13 – 14 Jesus said: ‘Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and there are few who find it. […]
URC Daily Devotion 17 November 2025
17 November 2025 St Matthew 7: 12 ‘In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.’ Reflection Some years ago I was asked to be the URC representative at the opening of a new green burial ground. A group of us, from a variety of different […]
URC Daily Devotion 16 November 2025
Psalm 107 “O give thanks to the Lord for he is good;for his love endures for ever.” Let them say this, the Lord’s redeemed,whom he redeemed from the hand of the foeand gathered from far-off lands,from east and west, north and south. Some wandered in the desert, in the wilderness,finding no way to a city they could dwell […]
URC Daily Devotion 15 November 2025
St Matthew 7: 7 – 11 Jesus said: ‘Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 14 November 2025
St Matthew 7:6 Jesus said: ‘Do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under foot and turn and maul you. Reflection I am writing this Devotion sitting on my office chair which I am cosily sharing with my dog, Miss Eve the […]