Tuesday 22nd September 2020Colossians Christ is the Head of All Creation Colossians 1: 15-20 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;for in him all things were created in heaven and on earth,things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powersall things have been created through him […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 21st September 2020 Colossians – Greetings
Monday 21st September 2020 Colossians – Greetings Colossians 1: 1 – 14 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. In our prayers for you we always […]
Colossians
Colossians Dear <<First Name>> I hope that the week thinking about Creation has been helpful and brings, again, to our minds the need to deal with the climate emergency through our own personal choices and those of our governments. We turn now, for the next few weeks, to the Epistle to the Colossians. Colossae was a prosperous […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 19th September 2020 Creation 6
Saturday 19th September 2020 Creation 6 Romans 8: 18 – 25 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God; for the creation was subjected to futility, […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 18th September 2020 Creation 5
Friday 18th September 2020 Creation 5 Isaiah 24: 4-6 The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers; the heavens languish together with the earth.The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants;for they have transgressed laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;therefore the inhabitants of the earth […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 17th September 2020 Creation 4
Thursday 17th September 2020 Creation 4 Job 12: 7 – 10 ‘But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.Who among all these does not know that the […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 16th September 2020 Creation 3
Wednesday 16th September 2020 Creation 3 Psalm 96: 10 – 13 Say among the nations, ‘The Lord is king! The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.’Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 15th September 2020 Creation 2
Tuesday 15th September 2020 Creation 2 Isaiah 42: 1 – 7 Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it,who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 14th September 2020 Creation 1
Monday 14th September 2020 Creation 1 St John 1: 1 – 5 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 […]
A Week on Creation
A Week of Creation Dear <<First Name>> I hope you’ve found our, long, journey through Exodus has been fruitful. Like Genesis, it is a book we think we know but are always surprised by. We leave that book now and spend a week thinking about Creation. In response to a call from the Ecumenical Patriarch many […]