It’s odd, isn’t it? The Lord didn’t appoint seventy rabbis and send them to synagogues. No, he appointed ‘others’ and sent them to every town and place where he himself intended to go. It’s almost as though he knew that there were people living their lives, getting on with day-to-day things, that needed ministering to. […]
URC Daily Devotion 6th May 2019 Vocations 1
Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all […]
Vocations
Dear <<First Name>> In the URC we observe Vocations Sunday on the 4th Sunday of Easter – this year that falls on next Sunday, 12th May. In order to help us reflect on this we have prepared 7 devotions on the broad theme of vocations – recognising we are all called. One of our new writers, […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th May 2019
They asked him, ‘Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign that this is about to take place?’ And he said, ‘Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, “I am he!” and, “The time is near!” Do not go after them. ‘When you […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd May 2019
He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. He said, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd May 2019
Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married, […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st May 2019
So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said, so as to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. So they asked him, ‘Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and you show […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th April 2019
Frank Sinatra is one of the 20th Century’s most celebrated artists. Famously, Sinatra popularised the song “My Way” in 1969 which became an anthem for individualism in Western culture: I’ve lived a life that’s fullI’ve traveled each and every highwayAnd more, much more than thisI did it my way This is a song for the […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th April 2019
One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and telling the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came with the elders and said to him, ‘Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who is it who gave you this authority?’ He answered them, ‘I will also ask […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th April 2019
1 O LORD, the God of vengeance,O righteous God, shine forth!2 Arise, condemn the haughty,O Judge of all the earth. 3 How long will evildoers,O LORD, be jubilant?4 They pour out wicked boasting;their words are arrogant. 5 O LORD, they crush your people,oppress your heritage;6 The widow, stranger, orphanthey murder in their rage. 7 They […]