I feel that I have grown up with this Psalm, loving to ‘sing a new song to the Lord’ set to one of the great common metre tunes most typically St Magnus. Over time however I began to recognise that this was far more than simply a great sing and a grand hymn of praise. […]
URC Daily Devotion 25th May 2019
Some of us might wish that the prayer said something to God like, “teach us to forgive others, so that we might also be forgiven.” But it doesn’t, because that would put us in control. That would mean that we could be righteous, reaching out in love to those who had injured and wronged us. […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th May 2019
When we ask God to give us our daily bread it’s a daily reminder that our lives, like our bread, are gifts from God. In the middle of all the talk about heaven and God, the prayer now reminds us that we’re ordinary people who need food to eat, and it’s God’s gift to us. […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd May 2019
‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. […]
URC Daily Devotion 22nd May 2019
It seems like a story of rivalry and struggle within a troubled family, but it turns out to be part of a larger story of God’s purposes for the world. God hasn’t been thwarted by the brothers, and Joseph isn’t the hero, because the hero is God. It’s wholly understandable to feel fearful before nuclear […]
URC Daily Devotion 21st May 2019
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. ‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went […]
URC Daily Devotion 20th May 2019
Christianity isn’t really about trying to do the right thing and to live a good life, because it’s first a matter of what God in Christ has done. We can’t really know what good lives and deeds are until we first know who God is. So when we pray, “hallowed be your name”, that is […]
URC Daily Devotion 19th May 2019
1 The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad!Let distant shores express delight!2 Clouds and thick darkness cover him;His throne is built on truth and right. 3 Fire goes before him and consumesHis enemies on every side.4 His lightning flashes through the world;At this the earth is terrified. 5 Hills melt like wax before the […]
URC Daily Devotion 18th May 2019
There’s an episode of Open All Hours, where Arkwright looks up to the sky, and remarks in a philosophical tone, “93 million miles from here to the sun”, and Granville, sweeping with a worn out brush, replies, “aye, and that’s about how many miles this brush has done”. My mind starts to boggle when I […]
URC Daily Devotion 17th May 2019
URC Daily Devotion 17th May 2019 Today’s Daily Devotion from the United Reformed Church View this email in your browser Share Tweet Forward …Father… St Matthew 23:1-9 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, ‘The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; therefore, do whatever they teach you and follow it; […]