Tuesday 8th September 2020 Covenant Renewed Exodus 34: 10 – 28 He said: I hereby make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform marvels, such as have not been performed in all the earth or in any nation; and all the people among whom you live shall see the work of the Lord; […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 7th September 2020 New Tablets
Monday 7th September 2020 New Tablets Exodus 34: 1-9 The Lord said to Moses, ‘Cut two tablets of stone like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets, which you broke. Be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai […]
URC Daily Devotion Sunday Service 6th September 2020
URC Daily Devotion ServiceforSunday 6th September 2020 The Rev’d Mike Shrubsole and the Rev’d David Coleman Introduction Good morning, I’m Mike Shrubsole, minister of four churches in the Ringwood area, and also one of the Green Apostles working across the thirteen Synods of the United Reformed Church. Today is Climate Sunday and this Sunday Worship has […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 5th September 2020 Divine Anger
Saturday 5th September 2020 Divine Anger Exodus 32: 30 – 35 On the next day Moses said to the people, ‘You have sinned a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.’ So Moses returned to the Lord and said, ‘Alas, this people has […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 4th September 2020 Anger and Murder
Friday 4th September 2020 Anger and Murder Exodus 31: 15 – 29 Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, tablets that were written on both sides, written on the front and on the back. The tablets were the work of God, and the […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 2nd September 2020 On the Mountain
Wednesday 2nd September 2020 On the Mountain Exodus 24: 9 – 18 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. God did […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 1st September 2020 The 10 Commandments
Tuesday 1st September 2020 The 10 Commandments Exodus 20 Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before[a] me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 31st August 2020 Moses Learns to Delegate
Monday 31st August 2020 Moses Learns to Delegate Exodus 18 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro took her back, along […]
Sunday Service from the URC Daily Devotions 30th August 2020
Worship from the URC’s Daily DevotionsforSunday 30th August 2020 The Rev’d David Coleman Introduction Welcome to this Service including Holy Communion, the first of two services I’ll be involved in, today led by myself, the Rev’d David Coleman, EcoChaplain with EcoCongregation Scotland. This is a special category ministry of the United Reformed Church, working ecumenically to […]
URC Daily Devotion Sunday 30th August 2020 Psalm 12
Sunday 30th August 2020 Psalm 12 Lying lips that falsely faltterkeep the truth far out of reach.Come, O God and still the chatter;end their boats and twisted speech. With these Babel sounds oppressing,who but God can tame the tongue?When the faithful seek God’s blessing,honest words are shared and sung. Rise, O God, and save the […]