By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Saviour of the world. God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and […]
URC Daily Devotion 24th June 2019
“You can have the sound of a thousand voices calling your name…” sang Shinedown; the song continued, “The one thing you leave behind is how did you love?” Paul tells us “I could speak in the tongues of mortals or of angels, but if I have not love, I am just a noisy gong” […]
URC Daily Devotion 23rd June 2019
1 LORD, listen to my prayer,And hear my cry for aid.2 Hide not your face from me,For I am so afraid.Incline your ear to me in need;And, when I call, be swift to heed. 3 Like smoke my days are gone;My bones are burned away.4 My appetite is lost;My heart is parched like hay.5 Because […]
URC Daily Devotion 22nd June 2019
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does […]
URC Daily Devotion 21st June 2019
And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he […]
URC Daily Devotion 20th June 2019
Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our hearts do […]
URC Daily Devotion 19th June 2019
A compass is a simple instrument but very effective. When we have lost our bearings we can be re-orientated. Throughout the Scriptures we discover the ‘compass’ of God’s love. Invariably it points away from us. In this passage we read once more that our love should be directed to others. We are mistaken if we […]
URC Daily Devotion 18th June 2019
Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who […]
URC Daily Devotion 17th June 2019
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do […]
URC Daily Devotion 16th June 2019
1 I’ll praise your love and justice, LORD;I’ll praise you cheerfully.2 I’ll strive to lead a blameless life—when will you come to me? Within my home the life I leadwill show a blameless heart.3 My eyes will view no worthless thing;from sin I will depart. I hate what faithless people do;it shall not cling to […]