Sunday 10th November Psalm 122 1 “To the LORD’s house!” they were calling, and with joy I went with them.2 Now at last our feet are standingin your gates, Jerusalem. 3 See, Jerus’lem, like a citybuilt compactly, close and strong.4 That is where the tribes assemble,tribes which to the LORD belong. To the LORD’s name […]
URC Daily Devotion 9th November 2019
Saturday 9th NovemberStanding up to Empire’s claims to say what love looks like 1 Sam 18: 1 – 5, 20: 30 – 42, 2 Sam 1: 23 – 27 When David had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. […]
URC Daily Devotion 8th November 2019
Ruth said, ‘Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you!Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge;your people shall be my people, and your God my God.Where you die, I will die — there will I be buried.May the Lord do thus and so to […]
URC Daily Devotion 7th November 2019
Thursday 7th November Subverting Empire’s claims to say wealth should be rewarded St Matthew 25: 14 – 30 ‘For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his […]
URC Daily Devotion 6th November 2019
Wednesday 6th NovemberStanding up to Empire’s claim that humanity is the centre of the Universe verses from Job 39 ‘Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer? Can you number the months that they fulfil, and do you know the time when they give birth, when […]
URC Daily Devotion 5th November 2019
Matthew 28:1-15 After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th November 2019
Revelation 14: 6 – 8 Then I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation and tribe and language and people. He said in a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgement has come; and […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd November 2019
Sunday 3rd November Psalm 121 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—Where am I to look for my aid?2 My help comes to me from the LORDBy whom earth and heaven were made. 3 Your foot he will not leave to slide—His watch over you he will keep.4 The LORD over Isr’el keeps […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd November 2019
inspiration in your inbox Saturday 2nd NovemberThe State We’re in…Despise not the Small Zechariah 4:6-10 He said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts. What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st November 2019
Friday 1st NovemberThe State We’re In….The End of Empire 1 Kings 12: 1 – 15 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt. […]