Tuesday 3rd March St Luke 12:49-50 I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish that it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed. Reflection In Acts, Luke distinguishes between baptism with water and baptism with fire, […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd March 2020
St Matthew 3:13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way […]
Baptism and the Eucharist
Dear <<First Name>> I hope you have enjoyed our wander through 1 Corinthians – we will go and have a look at 2 Corinthians after Easter. For the next two weeks we will look, between Mondays and Saturdays, at the two Sacraments we celebrate in the United Reformed Church – Baptism and Eucharist. We continue to work […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th February 2020
Saturday 29th February I Corinthians 16: 12 – 24 Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to visit you with the other brothers, but he was not at all willing to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity. Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. Let […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th February 2020
Friday 28th February I Corinthians 16: 1 – 11 Now concerning the collection for the saints: you should follow the directions I gave to the churches of Galatia. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put aside and save whatever extra you earn, so that collections need not be taken […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th February 2020
Thursday 27th February I Corinthians 15: 35 – end But someone will ask, ‘How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?’ Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th February 2020
Wednesday 26th February Ash Wednesday I Corinthians 15 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; for as all die in Adam, so all will […]
URC Daily Devotion 25th February 2020
Tuesday 25th February I Corinthians 15: 12 – 19 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th February 2020
Monday 24th February I Corinthians 15: 1-11 Now I should remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd February 2020
Sunday 23rd February Psalm 137 By the streams of BabylonWe remembered Zion’s hill.There we sat and wept in grief;On the trees our harps lay still. 3 For our captors asked for songs;Our tormentors called for mirth:“Sing us one of Zion’s songsFrom the land that gave you birth.” 4 How can we sing to the LORD,Exiles […]