1 O Lord God, my heart is steadfast,and with all my soul I’ll sing.2 Harp and lyre I will awaken,and my song the dawn will bring. 3 LORD my God, among the nations,I will ever give you praise;In the midst of all the peoplesI will sing of you always. 4 For your steadfast love is […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd August 2019
Then, at break of day, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions. When he came near the den where Daniel was, he cried out anxiously to Daniel, ‘O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God whom you faithfully serve been able to deliver you from the lions?’ Daniel then […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd August 2019
Although Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he continued to go to his house, which had windows in its upper room open towards Jerusalem, and to get down on his knees three times a day to pray to his God and praise him, just as he had done previously. The conspirators came and […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st August 2019
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom, and over them three presidents, including Daniel; to these the satraps gave account, so that the king might suffer no loss. Soon Daniel distinguished himself above all the other presidents and satraps because an excellent spirit was […]
URC Daily Devotion 31st July 2019
King Belshazzar made a great festival for a thousand of his lords, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand. Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar commanded that they bring in the vessels of gold and silver that his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem, so that […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th July 2019
So we begin this passage with Nebuchadnezzar coming to his senses and recognising that God is everlasting and all enduring. God is constant in a world that is always changing. I think Nebuchadnezzar, having been on a journey where he realises that the God of Daniel and the Israelites is “the God of power and […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th July 2019
All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, and the king said, ‘Is this not magnificent Babylon, which I have built as a royal capital by my mighty power and for my glorious majesty?’ While the words were still […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th July 2019
1 O thank the LORD, for he is good;his love endures always.2 Let those whom God redeemed say this,those rescued by his grace.He saved them from their enemies3 and brought them from the lands,From east and west, from north and south,safe from oppressing hands. 4 Some wandered in the desert wastes,not finding any wayTo reach […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th July 2019
Then Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar, was severely distressed for a while. His thoughts terrified him. The king said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or the interpretation terrify you.’ Belteshazzar answered, ‘My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation for your enemies! The tree that you saw, which […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th July 2019
King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages that live throughout the earth: May you have abundant prosperity! The signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me I am pleased to recount. How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders!His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his sovereignty is from generation to […]