Reading Then Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:‘When locks are long in Israel, when the people offer themselves willingly— bless the Lord!‘Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; to the Lord I will sing, I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.‘Lord, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from […]
URC Daily Devotion for 16 April 2026
Reading At that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the Israelites came up to her for judgement. She sent and summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said […]
URC Daily Devotion for 15 April 2026
Reading After him came Shamgar son of Anath, who killed six hundred of the Philistines with an ox-goad. He too delivered Israel. The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died. So the Lord sold them into the hand of King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 14th April
Judges 3:12-30 The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened King Eglon of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. In alliance with the Ammonites and the Amalekites, he went and defeated Israel; and they took possession of […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 13th April
Judges 3:1-11 Now these are the nations that the Lord left to test all those in Israel who had no experience of any war in Canaan (it was only that successive generations of Israelites might know war, to teach those who had no experience of it before): the five lords of the Philistines, and all the […]
Sunday Service 12 April 2026
Welcome and Introduction Hello and welcome to worship as we continue our Easter celebrations. In today’s service we think about faith and doubt, joy and sorrow, commitment and salvation. My name is Andy Braunston and I am the United Reformed Church’s Minister for Digital Worship. I live and work up in Orkney off Scotland’s far North Coast but when […]
Daily Devotion for Saturday 11th April
Judges 2:11-23 Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and worshipped the Baals; and they abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they followed other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were all around them, and […]
Daily Devotion for Friday 10th April
Judges 2:1-10 Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, ‘I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you into the land that I had promised to your ancestors. I said, “I will never break my covenant with you. For your part, do not make a covenant with the inhabitants […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 9th April
Judges 1:8-36 Then the people of Judah fought against Jerusalem and took it. They put it to the sword and set the city on fire. Afterwards the people of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, in the Negeb, and in the lowlands. Judah went against the Canaanites who […]
Daily Devotion for Wednesday 8th April
Wednesday, 8 April 2026 Judges 1:1-7 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the Lord, ‘Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?’ The Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up. I hereby give the land into his hand.’ Judah said to his brother Simeon, ‘Come up with me […]