When Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. And when he learned that he was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was himself in Jerusalem at that time. When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had been wanting to see him for a long […]
URC Daily Devotion 22nd March
When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus in order to bring about his death. They bound him, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the Governor. Now Jesus stood before the Governor; and the Governor asked him, “Are you the King of the […]
URC Daily Devotion 21st March
Those who had arrested Jesus took him to Caiaphas the high priest, in whose house the scribes and the elders had gathered. But Peter was following him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest; and going inside, he sat with the guards in order to see how this would end. […]
URC Daily Devotion 20th March
While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; with him was a large crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and the elders of the people. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, ‘The one I will kiss is the man; arrest him.’ At once he came up […]
URC Daily Devotion 19th March
Sleep is an amazing thing. If you can get any, it brings rest and recuperation from the stresses of life, yet it is the stress of life that often denies us the sleep. The more we try to sleep, the more we stay awake and, as in our reading, the more the disciples try to […]
URC Daily Devotion 17th March
After the Lord had spoken these words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite: ‘My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has. Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant […]
URC Daily Devotion 16th March
‘I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.“Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?”Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.“Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.”I had heard of […]
URC Daily Devotion 15th March
‘Look at Behemoth, which I made just as I made you; it eats grass like an ox.Its strength is in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly.It makes its tail stiff like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are knit together.Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. ‘It is the […]
URC Daily Devotion 14th March
It is as though God pauses for breath and then turns to Job again and demands a response. God doesn’t seem to mind that Job has been critical of the ‘Almighty’; but insists that Job cannot fall silent now that God has opened his eyes to see the bigger picture of divine activity. Job, on […]
URC Daily Devotions 13th March
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. ‘Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or […]