1 Praise the Lord, O all you nations;all you people, sing his praise.For his love is great towards us;his commitment lasts always.He is faithful now and ever.Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! You can hear a Free Church of Scotland congregation sing this to the tune Regent Square here or to Westminster Abbey here. Reflection Psalm 117 forms […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th October 2019
Friday 4th October Romans 15: 22 – 32 This is the reason that I have so often been hindered from coming to you. But now, with no further place for me in these regions, I desire, as I have for many years, to come to you when I go to Spain. For I do hope […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd October 2019
Thursday 3rd October Romans 15: 14 – 21 I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. Nevertheless, on some points I have written to you rather boldly by way of reminder, because of the grace given […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd October 2019
Wednesday 2nd October Romans 15: 7 – 13 Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God in order that he might confirm the promises given to the patriarchs, […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st October 2019
Tuesday 1st October Romans 15: 1 – 6 We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Each of us must please our neighbour for the good purpose of building up the neighbour. For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, ‘The […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th September 2019
In his book, Being Disciples, Rowan Williams writes of what Christian faith and discipleship can offer Western society, where everything is a matter of personal preference and my human rights are paramount. He describes 2 principles: firstly, we are each of equal value to God, and secondly, we are all dependent on one another. These […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th September 2019
Sunday 29th September Psalm 116 1 I love the LORD because he heard my voice; He listened when I cried to him for aid.2 I’ll call on him as long as I shall live,Because he turned to hear me when I prayed. 3 The cords of death gripped and entangled me,Upon me came the anguish […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th September 2019
Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarrelling over opinions. Some believe in eating anything, while the weak eat only vegetables. Those who eat must not despise those who abstain, and those who abstain must not pass judgement on those who eat; for God has welcomed them. Who are […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th September 2019
Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armour […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th September 2019
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet’; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ Love does […]