Welcome and Introduction Hello and welcome to this service of worship from the United Reformed Church. I’m the Revd Jonnie Hill and it’s my pleasure to be leading worship today on this 14th day of June. Come and let us worship the living God, Amen! Call to Worship We come to worship like Abraham, unsure how, or in whom, we will encounter […]
URC Daily Devotion 13 June 2026
Saturday, 13 June 2026 Church and State 6 Matthew 27.11-23 Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, ‘Are you the King of the Jews?’ Jesus said, ‘You say so.’ But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he did not answer. Then Pilate said to him, ‘Do you not hear […]
URC Daily Devotion 12 June 2026
Church and State 5 2 Samuel 11.27b-12.10 But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord, and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, ‘There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds; but the […]
URC Daily Devotion 11 June 2026
Church and State 4 Luke 22.24-30 A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. But Jesus said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you; rather the greatest among […]
URC Daily Devotion 10 June 2026
Church and State 3 Romans 13.6-8 For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, busy with this very thing. Pay to all what is due to them—taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honour to whom honour is due. Owe […]
URC Daily Devotion 9 June 2026
Mark 12.13-17 Then they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to trap him in what he said. And they came and said to him, ‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and show deference to no one; for you do not regard people with partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with […]
URC Daily Devotion 8 June 2026
Monday, 8 June 2026 Church and State 1 Romans 13.1-5 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgement. For rulers are not […]
URC Daily Devotion 7 June 2026
Psalm 128 O blessed are those who fear the Lordand walk in his ways! By the labour of your hands you shall eat.You will be happy and prosper;the wife like a fruitful vinein the heart of your house;children like shoots of the olive,around the table. Indeed thus shall be blessedthose who fear the Lord.May the […]
URC Daily Devotion 6 June 2026
When the Spring Still Flows: Revelation 21:6 Then he said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life. Reflection As I come to the end of these twelve […]
URC Daily Devotion 5 June 2026
When Rain Becomes Praise: Joel 2:23-24 O children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in the Lord your God;for he has given the early rain[a] for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before.The threshing-floors shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. Reflection […]