United Reformed Church Daily Devotions Service for Sunday 9th May The Rev’d Tony Addy Welcome Good morning and welcome to this morning service. My name is Tony Addy and I am a URC minister. I am now living in Austria. Over the last 25 years I have lived in Geneva, Prague and Helsinki. In recent years, my main work […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th May 2021
Saturday 8th May 2 Thessalonians 2: 13 – 17 But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. For this purpose he called you through our […]
URC Daily Devotion 7th May 2021
Friday 7th May 2 Thessalonians 2: 1 – 12 As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from us, to the […]
URC Daily Devotion 6th May 2021
Thursday 6th May 2 Thessalonians 1: 5 – 12 This is evidence of the righteous judgement of God, and is intended to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering. For it is indeed just of God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to give relief […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th May 2021
Wednesday 5th May 2 Thessalonians 1: 1 – 4 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as […]
2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians Dear <<First Name>>, I hope you found our reflections on the 10 Commandments useful. Last year we looked at 1 Thessalonians and now it’s time to catch up with the sequel. The letter is traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle, with Timothy as a co-author. Modern biblical scholarship is divided on whether the epistle […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 3rd May 2021
Monday 3rd May Dealing with Sexual Desire Exodus 20: 17 You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour. Reflection Sex. Sex. Sex. It’s still a taboo in many situations, yet at the same […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Worship for 2nd May 2021 – The Revd. Andy Braunston
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed ChurchService for Sunday 2nd May The Fifth Sunday of EasterPicture credit © June 9, 2019, by Steve Mickelson Revd. Andy Braunston Call to Worship One: Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Many: He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! One: Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels!Exult, all creation around God’s throne!Jesus, our King, is risen!Sound […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 1st May 2021
Saturday 1st May Tell nothing but the truth! Exodus 20: 18 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. Reflection “The truth…and nothing but the truth.” Anyone who has stood in the witness box in court will know that this part of the oath can prove challenging. In our adversarial legal system, faced […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th April 2021
Thursday 29th April 2021 Exodus 20: 18 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. Reflection We live in a world in which ‘fake news’ has become a mantra, and in which social media are increasingly being held to account for what they allow to be posted. There’s a dilemma as to who monitors […]