URC Daily Devotion 25th July 2019

Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace to be heated up seven times more than was customary,  and ordered some of the strongest guards in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of […]

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URC Daily Devotion 24th July 2019

The resolve of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego resonates with my own experience and articulates my own faith.   It is also, I suggest, a resolve that has echoes of our Dissenting spirit. Firstly, it affirms faith and confidence in the power of the God who “is able to deliver”.  Faced with the prospect of the furnace […]

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URC Daily Devotion 23rd July 2019

King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue whose height was sixty cubits and whose width was six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.  Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent for the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counsellors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials […]

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URC Daily Devotion 22nd July 2019

Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshipped Daniel, and commanded that a grain-offering and incense be offered to him.  The king said to Daniel, ‘Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery!’  Then the king promoted Daniel, […]

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URC Daily Devotion 21st July 2019

1 Praise the LORD! Extol his goodness!for his love endures always.2 Who can tell his mighty actions,or in full declare his praise?3 Blessed are those whose way is right,acting justly in his sight. 4 When you show your people favour,then, O LORD, remember me.Help me when you come to save them;5 let me know prosperity—Joyful […]

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URC Daily Devotion 20th July 2019

Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, ‘Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will give the king the interpretation.’ Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel before the king and said to him: […]

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URC Daily Devotion 19th July 2019

In an ancient kingdom a powerful ruler sets his experts a deadly test, ‘reveal to me my dream and its interpretation, or pay the ultimate price’. Concerned for his life and that of others, a mid-level advisor makes a promise that he cannot in his own strength keep, to reveal the king’s dream and its […]

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URC Daily Devotion 18th July 2019

In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed such dreams that his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him. So the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. When they came in and stood before the king, he said to […]

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URC Daily Devotion 17th July 2019

The media tend to lampoon young people—the “hipster” generation—for their unorthodox ways, entitled personalities and lack of knowledge. They always have, right?  Sometimes young people can surprise us at the very moment we are losing faith in them—and subsequently, humanity itself. As I write I am reading of 16 year old Greta Thunburg who is […]

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URC Daily Devotion 16th July 2019

Daniel is about living in Empire, not how to survive it.  How does one work, eat, and create faithfully? Do you yield to the stimuli around you, or do you uphold the finest and most profound foundations of your belief? Today’s reading is a lesson about appearances. Daniel and the others are in the palace […]

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