Luke 4. 16-21 When Jesus 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 was written: ‘The […]
URC Daily Devotion 17 November 2023
Revelation 4. 1-6. After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the spirit, and there in heaven […]
URC Daily Devotion 16 November 2023
St Luke 19:41-44 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around […]
URC Daily Devotion 15 November 2023
2 Corinthians 5 18:21 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on […]
URC Daily Devotion 14 November 2023
St Matthew 7:7-12 Jesus said: “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your […]
URC Daily Devotion 13 November 2023
Isaiah 55: 10-13 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there until they have watered the earth,making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty,but it […]
Sunday Worship 12 November 2023
We seek refuge in the Most High, who is always pleased to deliver us!We shelter in Christ, our rock and redeemer, who makes haste to help us!We find strength in the Abiding Spirit, who rejoices in our salvation! Hymn Christ is Coming! Let CreationJohn R Macduff (1853) Public Domain. Sung by Matt Scott from his album Poets and Saints. […]
URC Daily Devotion 11 November 2023
11 November 2023 Matthew 9:36 “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them…” Reflection Early in September 2022, more than three thousand people from all continents and Christian traditions gathered in Germany for the assembly that the World Council of Churches (WCC) holds every 8 years. They came together to celebrate unity in […]
URC Daily Devotion 10 November 2023
10 November 2023 Philippians 4:2 “I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord.” Reflection We cannot be entirely sure who Euodia and Syntyche were. They clearly were in dispute, but we don’t know why. These two women must have been influential in the nascent Philippian church; the […]
URC Daily Devotion 9 November 2023
St John 17: 20 – 21 Jesus said “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may […]