Wednesday 4th August Statement of Faith 3 We worship God, source and sustainer of creation, whom Jesus called Father, whose sons and daughters we are. Matthew 6: 9-13 ‘Pray then in this way:Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Tuesday 3rd August Statement of Faith 2 God alone we worship; in God we put our trust. John 4:24 ‘God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.’ Reflection That telling phrase ‘God alone we worship’, somehow suggests a back story. If we say we worship God alone, are […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd August 2021
Monday 2nd August Statement of Faith 1 We believe in the one and only God, Eternal Trinity, from whom, through whom and for whom all created things exist. Deuteronomy 6: 4-9 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all […]
The URC Statement of Faith
The URC Statement of Faith Dear Friends, I hope you found our whistle stop tour through the David material in the Old Testament useful. Janet Tollington has an amazing grasp of the story and is able to make links with our own journeys through life; of course the complexity of David’s character mean we’re never […]
URC Daily Devotion 31st July 2021
Saturday 31st July Matthew 1:1; 9:27-31 and 22:41-46An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham… …As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying loudly, ‘Have mercy on us, Son of David!’ When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th July 2021
Friday 30th July Jeremiah 33:14-26The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfil the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th July 2021
Thursday 29th July Isaiah 11:1-5 and 55:1-5A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.His delight shall be in […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th July 2021
Wednesday 28th July 1 Kings 1:1-5, 11-18, 29-30 and 2:1-4, 10-11 King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. So his servants said to him, ‘Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king, […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th July 2021
Tuesday 27th July 2021 Chronicles 21:1-17, 28-22:1 Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to count the people of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, ‘Go, number Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.’ But Joab said, ‘May […]
Newstand – August 2021
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