Dear Friends, Back to Egypt over the last month we’ve taken a break from our meander through Genesis and Exodus with an excursion into Jonah and a wander through the Basis of Union. Now we return to where we left off: the stories of a hard hearted Pharoah, Moses the liberator and now a plague … [Read more…]
Dear Friends, I hope you’ve found the last two weeks’ devotions on our Basis of Union useful; considering it’s place in our common life it does rather deserve to be better known. Now we’ve worked our way through it we return, tomorrow morning, to Exodus picking up where we left off as we start to … [Read more…]
Friday 7th August 2020 Basis of Union 23 Acts 20:17, 28, 31-35 From Miletus (Paul) sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to meet him. When they came to him, he said to them: “… Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you … [Read more…]
Thursday 6th August Basis of Union 22 St Luke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with … [Read more…]
Wednesday 5th August 2020 Basis of Union 21 Ephesians 4: 11-13 The 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 … [Read more…]
Tuesday 4th August 2020 Basis of Union 20 Ephesians 4.11-13 The 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 … [Read more…]
Monday 3rd August 2020 Basis of Union 19 1 Peter: 4: 7-11 The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Like good … [Read more…]
Sunday 2nd August 2020 Psalm 8 O Lord, our Lord, throughout the earth how glorious is your name,and glorious too where unseen heavens your majesty proclaim.On infant lips, in children’s song, a strong defence you raiseto counter enemy and threat, and foil the rebel’s ways. When I look up and see the skies which your … [Read more…]
Saturday 1st August 2020 Basis of Union 18 Basis The United Reformed Church, under the authority of Holy Scripture and in corporate responsibility to Jesus Christ its ever living head, acknowledges its duty to be open at all times to the leading of the Holy Spirit and therefore affirms its right to make such new … [Read more…]
Gone Camping…. Dear Friends, it’s always a pleasure to hear from you but, until the end of August, I will be away! We’re catching up on deferred annual leave and have taken ourselves off to far flung northern isles. Now, of course, this doesn’t mean the Daily Devotions will stop. They are all queued up … [Read more…]