Ephesians 4:11-16The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, […]
URC Daily Devotion 11 December 2022
Psalm 146: 5-10 Happy the one whose hopes relyon Israel’s God; who made the skyand earth and seas with all their train;God’s truth for ever stands secure;to save th’ oppress’d and feed the poor,and none shall find God’s promise vain. The Lord has eyes to give the blind;arms to uplift the sinking mind;God sends the labouring conscience […]
URC Daily Devotion 10 December 2022
St Luke 4: 16 – 21When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it […]
URC Daily Devotion 9 December 2022
1 Corinthians 9: 19-23 For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to gain Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 8 December 2022
8 December 2022 St Matthew 5: 43 – 47 (NIV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbour and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 7 December 2022
7 December 2022 Can I turn a blind eye to injustice? Proverbs 24:10-12 If you faint in the day of adversity,your strength being small;if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death,those who go staggering to the slaughter;if you say, “Look, we did not know this”—does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?Does not […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 6 December 2022
St Mark 10.17-21 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘You shall not […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 5 December 2022
2 Timothy 4: 6 – 8 As for me, I am already being poured out as a libation, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which […]
URC Daily Devotion Sunday 4th December 2022
Sunday 4 December 2022 World Cup 3 – Domestic Violence – Skewed Perceptions from Lamentations 1 She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks…she has no one to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies. Her foes have become the masters, her enemies prosper, […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 3rd December 2022
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point […]