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Devotional Readings
UCC Daily Devotional: Litany of Purpose
“Because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!” - Luke 18:5...
UCC Daily Devotional: Just Love
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. - Psalm 119:105 (NRSV) I do whatever I can to avoid talking about sex in church....
UCC Daily Devotional: That Sinking Feeling
Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat, started...
UCC Daily Devotional: Longing for Cucumbers
“We remember the fish we had in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.” - Numbers 11:5 (NRSV) There...
UCC Daily Devotional: If This Is Goodbye
The day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar … and the earth and everything done in it will be laid...
UCC Daily Devotional: Kiss by Kiss
Surely salvation is at hand for those who fear the Lord … Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss...
UCC Daily Devotional: Dear God: Do Better
During the day when I’m in trouble I look for my Lord. At night my hands are still outstretched and don’t grow numb; my whole being...
UCC Daily Devotional: Would Paul Wear a Mask?
I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean,...
UCC Daily Devotional: Real Relationships Renegotiate
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God –...
UCC Daily Devotional: Figuring Out The Plumbing
Written by Talitha Arnold “I hate, I despise your religious festivals; your assemblies are a stench to me. Even though you bring me burnt...
UCC Daily Devotional: The Long Road of Avoidance
When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though...
UCC Daily Devotional: Goings-on and Come-uppances
The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore. - Psalm 121:8 (NRSV) In a decorative box on my...
UCC Daily Devotional: New Songs
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, God’s praise in the assembly of the faithful. - Psalm 149:1 (NRSV) I used to sing. Not...
UCC Daily Devotional: Protecting My Energy
But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” … But concerning Israel he...
UCC Daily Devotional: Dogged
A Syrophoenician woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about Jesus, and she came and bowed down at his feet. She begged...
UCC Daily Devotional: Who is This Even For?
If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress. - Psalm...
UCC Daily Devotional: Let God's People Go
Moses told this to the Israelites; but they would not listen to Moses because of their broken spirit and their cruel slavery. Then the...
UCC Daily Devotional: Mostly Dead
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and...
UCC Daily Devotional: Naming Evil
The Anarchist’s coming is all Satan’s work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery...
UCC Daily Devotional: Concerns and Condolences
So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them. - Exodus 2:25 (NIV) Many Americans celebrated the lives and mourned the...
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