And he said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.” And he answers from within, “Do not bother me; the […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd March 2019
1 LORD, you are the God who saves me;I entreat you night and day.2 May my pleading come before you;turn your ear to me, I pray. 3 For my soul is full of troubleand my life draws near to death.4 Counted with the ones who perish,I have neither strength nor breath. 5 To the grave […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd March 2019
He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st March 2019
Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th February 2019
Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th February 2019
At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th February 2019
The seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!’ He said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt […]
URC Daily Devotion 25th March 2019
Then he told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, “See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th February 2019
1 On Jerus’lem’s holy mountainhe has founded his abode.2 More than all of Jacob’s dwellingsZion’s gates are dear to God. 3 Glorious things of you are spoken,Zion, city of the LORD:4 “Many drawn from all the nationsas your people I record. “I will name as those who know meEgypt, Tyre and Babylon;Philistine along with CushiteI […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd February 2019
We have already heard about the mission of the Twelve (Luke 9:1-6), now we have the mission of the Seventy (or is it 72?). In all the Gospels it is an account that is only given by Luke although the charge referring to ‘the harvest being plenty and the labourers being few’ has its parallels […]