Then Jesus said to the disciples, ‘There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? Give me an account of your management, because you cannot be […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd April 2019
Then Jesus said, ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.” So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and travelled to a distant […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st April 2019
Now all the tax-collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, ‘This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine […]
URC Daily Devotion 31st March 2019
1 How good it is to praise you, LORD Most High,And to make music to your holy name,2 To sing about your love when morning comesAnd every night your faithfulness proclaim.3 With music of the lyre my praise will soundAnd to the harp’s sweet melody resound. 4 For by your deeds you make me glad, […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th March 2019
Now large crowds were travelling with him; and he turned and said to them, ‘Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. For which […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th March 2019
On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, ‘Is it lawful to cure people on […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th March 2019
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, ‘Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.’ He said to them, ‘Go and tell that fox for me, “Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th March 2019
He said therefore, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in the garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.’ And again he said, ‘To what should […]
URC Daily Devotion 26th March 2019
In this passage Luke continues to show Jesus living out his commission in Luke 4 to proclaim, heal and deliver. The reading raised several questions for me. Why is the leader of the synagogue so indignant that this is happening on the Sabbath? Is healing really work? Isn’t spending time in synagogue not meant to […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th March 2019
1 The one whose dwelling is with God Most HighIn the Almighty’s shadow safe will rest.2 “He is my refuge,” I say of the LORD,“My fortress and my God; in him I trust.” 3 Surely he saves you from the fowler’s snareAnd rescues you from deadly pestilence.4 Under his wings a refuge you will find;His […]