Service 3 Isaiah 58: 6 – 7Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke,to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house;when you see the naked, to […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th October 2021
Service 2 St Luke 9:10-17On their return the apostles told Jesus all they had done. He took them with him and withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida. When the crowds found out about it, they followed him; and he welcomed them, and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th October 2021
St John 13: 1-17 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 3rd October 2021 – The Revd. Dr Walter Houston
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed Church Service for Sunday 3rd October 2021The Rev’d Dr Walter Houston Introduction Good morning. My name is Walter Houston. I’m a retired URC minister living in Macclesfield in Cheshire, with a view of the Peak District hills from our top window, and I’m a member of Macclesfield and Bollington URC. […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd October 2021
When they heard these things, they became enraged and ground their teeth at Stephen. But filled with the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st October 2021
Acts 1:3-9 After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. “This,” he said, “is what you […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday September 30, 2021
Thursday September 30, 2021Running witnesses St Matthew 28:1-10 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday September 29, 2021
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.’ The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah is […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday September 28, 2021
Tuesday September 28, 2021The chief witness St Luke 4:16-21 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th September 2021
St John 1:6-9; 19-23 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into […]