Today’s service is led by the Revd Dr John McNeil Scott Introduction Greetings from Glasgow! My name is John McNeil Scott and I serve as Principal of the Scottish College, one of the colleges that helps the United Reformed Church in the area of learning. Ministers of Word and Sacrament train with us, elders and […]
Daily Devotion for Saturday 8th June 2024
Reading Micah 6:8 What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Reflection This verse, printed on my URC membership card, has always been a powerful reminder to me of our calling as Christians. However, it is in my journey with the […]
Daily Devotion for Friday 7th June 2024
Galatians 5: 1, 13-15 Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you….It is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life. Just make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 6th June 2024
Psalm 5:1-3 Give ear to my words, O Lord; give heed to my sighing. Listen to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you I pray. O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch. Reflection New Zealand is […]
Daily Devotion for Wednesday 5th June 2024
Reading “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed but not driven to despair; persecuted but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies” (2 Corinthians 4:8-10 ESV) Reflection Our world is […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 4th June 2024
Tuesday, 4 June 2024 Conquest and Chaos 2 Kings 25:22-30 [The king of Babylon] appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan as governor over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had left. Now when all the captains of the forces and their men heard that the king […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 3rd June 2024
Reading Psalm 146 Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord, O my soul!I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day […]
Sunday Worship 2 June 2024
Today’s service is led by the Revd Andy Braunston Welcome As Queen’s nostalgic defence of radio fades away we focus today on listening. Above the noise of our world we seek to listen to God’s call – a call which comes in the everyday things of life, often in unexpected places and through unexpected people. […]
Myanmar
Reflections on Myanmar Dear Friends, I hope you found the last five weeks’ worth of Devotions on the Five Marks of Mission – as reimagined by Graham Adams – interesting. We’ll return to these ideas later on. Now we turn to two weeks’ worth of material reflecting on Myanmar and the work of the Presbyterian […]
URC Daily Devotion 31 May 2024
Matthew 9: 35-38 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then […]