St Matthew 26: 36 – 46 Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I go over there and pray.’ He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and agitated. Then he said to them, ‘I […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 30th June 2023
I Kings 19: 1 – 18 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ‘So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 29th June 2023
Leviticus 25: 8 – 17 You shall count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the period of seven weeks of years gives forty-nine years. Then you shall have the trumpet sounded loud; on the tenth day of the seventh month—on the day of atonement—you shall have the trumpet sounded throughout […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 28th June2023
Wednesday, 28 June 2023 Every Seventh Year Leviticus 25: 1 – 7 The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land shall observe a sabbath for the Lord. For six years you shall sow […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Leviticus 23:3 For six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a sabbath to the Lord throughout your settlements. Reflection One of the difficulties in ministry is that we work on a Sunday. If the Sabbath (Sundays […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday, 26 June 2023
Genesis 1.1 – 2:4 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw […]
A Week on Rest
A Week on Rest Dear Friends, I hope you found the last two weeks’ looking at difficult Biblical passages interesting and useful in your own thinking about what we might mean when we say the Bible contains the Word of God. Thank you to everyone who has emailed me with their thoughts; it’s lovely to […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday, 24 June 2023
St John 1:1 – 4, 14 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, […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd June 2023
1 Corinthians 14: 26 – 40 What should be done then, my friends? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. If anyone speaks in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and […]
URC Daily Devotion 22nd June 2023
inspiration in your inbox 22nd June 2023 The Christian Household? Ephesians 5: 21 – 6: Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, […]