Friday 14th August 2020 The Plague of Boils Exodus 9: 8 – 12 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘Take handfuls of soot from the kiln, and let Moses throw it in the air in the sight of Pharaoh. It shall become fine dust all over the land
Continue readingThursday 13th August 2020 The Plague of Pestilence Exodus 9: 1-7 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. For if you refuse to let them
Continue readingIf you have a problem… Sometimes the Daily Devotions emails go astray. As we send out over 4,000 a day some internet service providers label them as Spam or Junk. If an email doesn’t arrive check your Spam/Junk Folder in the first instance. If the email is there then
Continue readingWednesday 12th August 2020 The Plague of Flies Exodus 8: 20 – 32 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Rise early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, “Thus says the Lord: Let my people go, so that
Continue readingTuesday 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;
Continue readingMonday 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
Continue readingDaily 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
Continue readingSunday 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
Continue readingSaturday 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
Continue readingDear 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
Continue readingDear 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
Continue readingFriday 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
Continue readingThursday 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
Continue readingWednesday 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
Continue readingTuesday 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
Continue readingDear <<First Name>> We have now finished our long journey through the Saul – David – Solomon saga. Well done for sticking with the story, the long readings and, I hope, the interesting practical reflections on them. We try to alternate between Old and New Testament and mix various styles of
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