Wednesday 5th February I Corinthians 8 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that ‘all of us possess knowledge.’ Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; but anyone who loves God is known by him. Hence, as to the eating of […]
URC Daily Devotion 4th February 2020
Tuesday 4th February I Corinthians 7: 36 – 40 If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly towards his fiancée, if his passions are strong, and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry. But if someone stands firm in his resolve, being under […]
URC Daily Devotion 3rd February 2020
Monday 3rd February I Corinthians 7: 25 – 35 Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. I think that, in view of the impending crisis, it is well for you to remain as you are. Are you bound […]
URC Daily Devotion 2nd February 2020
Sunday 2nd February Psalm 134 1 Praise the LORD, all you his servants,as you serve with one accord;Praise the LORD in your night watchesin the temple of the LORD. 2 Raise your hands within his temple;to the LORD your God give praise.3 He who made the earth and heavensbless you from his holy place! Reflection […]
URC Daily Devotion 1st February 2020
Saturday 1st February 1 Corinthians 7: 17 – 24 However that may be, let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove […]
URC Daily Devotion 31st January 2020
To the rest I say—I and not the Lord—that if any believer has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. And if any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For […]
URC Daily Devotion 30th January 2020
Thursday 30th January I Corinthians 7: 8 – 11 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain unmarried as I am. But if they are not practising self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion. To the married I […]
URC Daily Devotion 29th January 2020
inspiration in your inbox Wednesday 29th January I Corinthians 7: 1-7 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: ‘It is well for a man not to touch a woman.’ But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. The husband should give to […]
URC Daily Devotion 28th January 2020
Tuesday 28th January I Corinthians 6: 12 – 20 ‘All things are lawful for me’, but not all things are beneficial. ‘All things are lawful for me’, but I will not be dominated by anything. ‘Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food’, and God will destroy both one and the other. […]
URC Daily Devotion 27th January 2020
Monday 27th January 1 Corinthians 6: 9 – 11 Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. And this is what some of you used to […]