Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” Jesus answered him, “Very […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd October
When he was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival, many believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to testify about anyone; for he himself knew what was in everyone. […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd October
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st October
LORD, hear my righteous pleaand listen to my cry;It does not rise deceitfullyor come from lips that lie. Declare me innocentand vindicate my name;LORD, may your eye see what is rightand free me from all blame. Though you examine meand probe my heart and mind,And though you test me in the night,yet nothing you will […]
October 2017
Dear Friends, After thinking in last month’s letter about what it means to wrestle with God, my focus in this month’s musing picks up on the second theme I raised in August’s communion service – that of the Church as a place to feed the needy. We can immediately think of this as an act […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th September
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th September
The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, ‘Look, here is the Lamb of God!’ The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, ‘What are you looking for?’ […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th September
This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th September
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light […]
Next Daily Devotion Series starts tomorrow
Dear <<First Name>> I hope that the long series looking at the Acts of the Apostles since Pentecost has been useful; it’s not often we read through such a long book and make links between our own age and the exciting, fast moving, world of the New Testament. It has been suggested that we make this […]