Sunday September 12 Psalm 59 Deliver me, O God, I pray Thee,From ruthless foes who seek to slay me;Protect me, rescue me again,And save me from bloodthirsty men.They lie in wait and will not spare me;Fierce men are plotting to ensnare me.For no trespass of mine, or fault,They run to plan their dark assault. Arouse […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 11th September 2021
Saturday 11th September Esther 9: 18 – 10:3 But the Jews who were in Susa gathered on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested on the fifteenth day, making that a day of feasting and gladness. Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the open towns, hold the fourteenth day of […]
URC Daily Devotion 10th September 2021
Friday 10th September Esther 9: 1 – 17Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain power over them, but which had been changed to […]
URC Daily Devotion 9th September 2021
Thursday 9th September Esther 8 On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her. Then the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th September 2021
Wednesday 8th September Esther 6: 14 – 7: 10While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman off to the banquet that Esther had prepared. So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. On the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said […]
URC Daily Devotion 7th September 2021
Tuesday 7th September Esther 6: 1 – 13That night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king. It was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and […]
URC Daily Devotion 6th September 2021
Monday 6th September Esther 5: 9 – 14Haman went out that day happy and in good spirits. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and observed that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was infuriated with Mordecai; nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Then he sent and called for his […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th September 2021
Sunday 5th September Psalm 58Do you indeed, you men so mighty,Decree in justice what is right?Are all your verdicts truth and light,And do you judge all men uprightly?No, in your hearts you wrongs devise:You deal out violence and lies. Right from their birth the wicked wander,And from the womb they go astray;Deceit and falsehood mark […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th September 2021
Saturday 4th September Esther 5: 1 – 8 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, opposite the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne inside the palace opposite the entrance to the palace. As soon as the king saw […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd September 2021
Friday 3rd September Esther 4: When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went through the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry; he went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with […]