Tuesday 22nd February 2022 St Luke 10: 25 – 37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 21 February 2022
St Luke 10: 1 – 23 After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 20th February 2022 – The Revd. Janet Sutton
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed ChurchService for Sunday 20th February 2022 Photo credit Torsten Dederichs/unsplash The Rev’d Janet Sutton Introduction Hello there. My name is Janet Sutton, and I am URC Minister living near Ely in Cambridgeshire. Today’s service is inspired by, and indeed parts of it are taken from, the induction service of the […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 19 February 2022
St Luke 9: 57 – 62 As they were going along the road, someone said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’ To another he said, ‘Follow […]
URC Daily Devotion 18 February 2022
St Luke 9: 51 – 56 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him. On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; but they did not receive him, because his […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 17 February 2022
Thursday 17 February 2022 St Luke 9: 49 – 50John answered, ‘Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.’ But Jesus said to him, ‘Do not stop him; for whoever is not against you is for you.’ ReflectionGrowing up, I […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 16 February 2022
Wednesday 16 February 2022 St Luke 9: 46 – 48An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest. But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side, and said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 15 February 2022
St Luke 9: 44 – 45While everyone was amazed at all that he was doing, he said to his disciples, ‘Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands.’ But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was concealed from them, so that they […]
URC Daily Devotion 14 February 2022
Monday 14 February 2022 St Luke 9: 37 – 43On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. Just then a man from the crowd shouted, ‘Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all […]
URC Daily Devotion Sunday 13 February 2022
Psalm 79 Remember not, O God,the sins of long ago;in tender mercy visit us,distressed and humbled low. 2 O Lord, our Saviour, help,and glorify your name;deliver us from all our sinsand take away our shame. 3 Then, safe within your fold,we will exalt your name;our thankful hearts with songs of joyyour goodness will proclaim. Public […]