Friday 13th December 2 Kings 9:1-13 and 10:15-17, 28 Then the prophet Elisha called a member of the company of prophets and said to him, ‘Gird up your loins; take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. When you arrive, look there for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi; go […]
URC Daily Devotion 12th December 2019
Thursday 12th December 2 Kings 8:1-15 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, ‘Get up and go with your household, and settle wherever you can; for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for seven years.’ So the woman got up […]
URC Daily Devotion 11th December 2019
Wednesday 11th November 2 Kings 6:32b-7:2, 16-20 Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, ‘Are you aware that this murderer has sent someone to take off my head? When the messenger comes, see that you shut the door and […]
URC Daily Devotion 10th December 2019
Tuesday 10th December 2 Kings 6: 1-23 Now the company of prophets said to Elisha, ‘As you see, the place where we live under your charge is too small for us. Let us go to the Jordan, and let us collect logs there, one for each of us, and build a place there for us […]
URC Daily Devotion 9th December 2019
Monday 9th December 2 Kings 5:1, 8-19a, 25-27 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favour with his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from leprosy.___But when Elisha the man of God […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th December 2019
1 When Zion’s fortunes God restored,it was a dream come true.2 Our mouths were then with laughter filled,our tongues with songs anew. The nations said, “The LORD has donegreat things for Israel.”3 The LORD did mighty things for us,and joy our hearts knew well. 4 Restore our fortunes, gracious LORD,like streams in desert soil.5 A […]
URC Daily Devotion 7th December 2019
Saturday 7th December 2 Kings 4:38-44 When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the company of prophets was sitting before him, he said to his servant, ‘Put the large pot on, and make some stew for the company of prophets.’ One of them went out into the field to gather […]
URC Daily Devotion 6th December 2019
Friday 6th December 2 Kings 4:8-37 One day Elisha was passing through Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to have a meal. So whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for a meal. She said to her husband, ‘Look, I am sure that this man who regularly passes our way […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th December 2019
Thursday 5th December 2 Kings 4:1-7 Now the wife of a member of the company of prophets cried to Elisha, ‘Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the Lord, but a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves.’ Elisha said to her, ‘What shall I do for you? Tell […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th December 2019
Wednesday 4th December 2 Kings 3:11-20 But Jehoshaphat said, ‘Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may inquire of the Lord?’ Then one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, ‘Elisha son of Shaphat, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah, is here.’ Jehoshaphat said, ‘The word of the Lord is […]