Thursday 17th September 2020 Creation 4 Job 12: 7 – 10 ‘But ask the animals, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.Who among all these does not know that the … [Read more…]
Wednesday 16th September 2020 Creation 3 Psalm 96: 10 – 13 Say among the nations, ‘The Lord is king! The world is firmly established; it shall never be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.’Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and … [Read more…]
Tuesday 15th September 2020 Creation 2 Isaiah 42: 1 – 7 Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it,who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I … [Read more…]
Monday 14th September 2020 Creation 1 St John 1: 1 – 5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come … [Read more…]
A Week of Creation Dear <<First Name>> I hope you’ve found our, long, journey through Exodus has been fruitful. Like Genesis, it is a book we think we know but are always surprised by. We leave that book now and spend a week thinking about Creation. In response to a call from the Ecumenical Patriarch many … [Read more…]
URC Daily Devotions ServiceSunday 13th September 2020 The Rev’d Gethin Rhys Introduction Bore da – Good morning from Wales – (or if, like us, you listen to this service as you light your ecumenical candle at 7pm – Noswaith dda – Good evening). Croeso – welcome to the study in my home in Heath in … [Read more…]
Sunday 13th September 2020 Psalm 14 Oh that your salvation and your rescuewould swiftly come to renew your people. The fools have said in their heart:“There is no God”: they are corrupt,their deeds are all loathsome;not one of them does good. The Lord looks down from the heavensseeking for those who understand, any seeking out … [Read more…]
Saturday 12th September 2020 Moses’ Death Deuteronomy 34: 1 – 12 Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the … [Read more…]
Friday 11th September 2020 Joshua Commissioned Deuteronomy 31: 1 – 8 When Moses had finished speaking all[a] these words to all Israel, he said to them: ‘I am now a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the Lord has told me, “You shall not cross over this … [Read more…]
Thursday 10th September 2020 Choose Life Deuteronomy 30: 11 – 20 Surely, this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it too far away. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us, and get it for us so … [Read more…]