The URC Statement of Faith Dear Friends, I hope you found our whistle stop tour through the David material in the Old Testament useful. Janet Tollington has an amazing grasp of the story and is able to make links with our own journeys through life; of course the complexity of David’s character mean we’re never […]
URC Daily Devotion 31st July 2021
Saturday 31st July Matthew 1:1; 9:27-31 and 22:41-46An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham… …As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, crying loudly, ‘Have mercy on us, Son of David!’ When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th July 2021
Friday 30th July Jeremiah 33:14-26The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfil the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th July 2021
Thursday 29th July Isaiah 11:1-5 and 55:1-5A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.His delight shall be in […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th July 2021
Wednesday 28th July 1 Kings 1:1-5, 11-18, 29-30 and 2:1-4, 10-11 King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. So his servants said to him, ‘Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king, […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th July 2021
Tuesday 27th July 2021 Chronicles 21:1-17, 28-22:1 Satan stood up against Israel, and incited David to count the people of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, ‘Go, number Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.’ But Joab said, ‘May […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th July 2021
Monday 26th July Psalm 18: 1-24, 46-50 To the leader. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Worship for 25th July 2021 – The Revd. Simon Walkling
United Reformed Church Daily DevotionsService for Sunday 25th July 2021 Photo Credit: Book of Love by Emmanuel Phaeton on Unsplash The Rev’d Simon Walkling Introduction Welcome to worship. My name is Simon Walkling and I serve as the synod moderator for the national Synod of Wales. Croeso i Gymru. In our worship we are going to reflect on […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th July 2021
When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord, and the Lord sent Nathan to […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 23rd July 2021
Friday 23rd July 2 Samuel 11:2-21 It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful. David sent someone to inquire about the woman. It was reported, ‘This is […]