Wednesday 27th May – Sodom Destroyed Genesis 19: 1 – 25 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. “My lords,” he said, “please turn […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 26th May
Tuesday 26th May – Pleading for Sodom Genesis 18:20-33 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.” The […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 25th May
Monday 25th May – The Three Visitors Genesis 18: 1 – 15 The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from […]
Sunday Worship for 24th May – The Rev’d Michael Hopkins
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 24th May Today’s service comes from the Spire Church, a Methodist and United Reformed Church local ecumenical partnership at Farnham in Surrey. The service is led by the Rev’d Michael Hopkins. You may wish to light a candle during the Call to Worship. Welcome Good morning. My name […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 23rd May
Saturday 23rd May – The Covenant with Abraham Genesis 17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” Abram fell facedown, and God […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 22nd May 2020
Friday 22nd May – Hagar and Ishmael Reading – Genesis 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 21st May
Thursday 21st May – Abram the Pimp Genesis 12: 10-20 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “I know what a beautiful woman you […]
URC Daily Devotion 20th May 2020
Wednesday 20th May – Abram Genesis 12: 1 – 9 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you;I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.I […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 19th May
Tuesday 19th May Babel’s Tower Genesis 11: 1 – 9 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 18th May
Monday 18th May The Curse on Canaan Genesis 9: 18 – 28 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth. Noah, a […]