1 Praise God! Blessed is the man who fears the LORDAnd finds delight in following his word.2 His children will be mighty in the land;His line will know the blessing of God’s hand. 3 Riches and wealth within his house are found;His righteousness for ever will abound.4 The man who stands for mercy, truth and […]
URC Daily Devotion 31st August 2019
What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th August 2019
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death came through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned— sin was indeed in the world before the law, but sin is not reckoned when there is no law. Yet death exercised dominion from Adam to Moses, even over […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th August 2019
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we[c] boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th August 2019
For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th August 2019
Even the most tangled knot can be untangled with skill and patience. The Letter to the Romans can be a challenging read: Paul sought to expound the new faith to a mainly Jewish audience with centuries of tradition. When Alexander the Great encountered the Gordian Knot – a legendary knot of extreme complexity – his […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th August 2019
But now, irrespective of law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified […]
URC Daily Devotion 25th August 2019
1 Praise to the LORD! I will extol himwhile gathering with the upright.2 Great are the works of God, and ponderedby all who in them take delight. 3 His deeds are glorious and majestic;his righteousness endures always.4 He caused his works to be remembered;kind is the LORD and full of grace. 5 Food he provides […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th August 2019
What then? Are we any better off? No, not at all; for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin, as it is written:‘There is no one who is righteous, not even one; there is no one who has understanding, there is no one who seeks God.All have turned […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd August 2019
Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Will their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be […]