Tuesday 11th August 2020 The Plague of Gnats Exodus 8 16 – 19 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Say to Aaron, “Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats throughout the whole land of Egypt.”’ And they did so; Aaron stretched out his hand … [Read more…]
Monday 10th August 2020 The Plague of Frogs Exodus 8: 1 – 15 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh and say to him, “Thus says the Lord: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. … [Read more…]
Daily Devotions from theUnited Reformed ChurchSunday Worship for 9th August 2020 Holy CommunionThe Rev’d Stewart CutlerSt Ninian’s Church, Stonehouse Introduction Good morning and welcome to worship. My name is Stewart Cutler and it’s my privilege to get to be the minister of St Ninian’s Church in Stonehouse. St Ninian’s is a Local Ecumenical Partnership between … [Read more…]
Sunday 9th August 2020 Psalm 9 Come sing to God with all your heart; give thanks to God Most High, who makes the ruthless fall from power and rescues those who cry. For, Holy One, you take our part; your ways are always just. You stop the tyrants in their tracks and turn … [Read more…]
Saturday 8th August 2020 The Plague of Blood Exodus 7 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go. Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water; stand by at the river bank to meet him, and take in your … [Read more…]
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…]