This page shows excerpts from Daily Devotions.
Click on any of the dates to read the full content.
18th. May. 2020. Daily Devotion.
The Pressure Continues It is not easy to accept without frustration the limitations we are under at present. May people are feeling it, some have been warned or fined by the police for very naturally wanting to enjoy the countryside around Loch Lomond and the Trossachs. Anything to relieve the pressure of being constantly at […]
16th. May. 2020. Daily Devotion.
When I read Peter’s Candle in the Window my thoughts immediately went to Chapter 38 of Job Here is part of it, read the rest if you wish. 38 Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: 2 “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? 3 Brace […]
15th. May 2020. Daily Devotion.
This week is Christian Aid Week, and we are reminded of our need to support the work of Christian Aid in the wider world, especially in its poorer areas. Today’s reading from 2 Kings Chapter 5 tells the story of how the blessings which belonged to the people of Israel are extended to a foreigner […]
14th. May. 2020. Daily Devotion.
An article in this morning’s paper asked, “I have plenty of time to sleep now, so why am I so tired?” Are you finding this time of lockdown wearisome? One day fine and full of energy, accomplishing plenty, the next collapsed on a sofa doing nothing. An old school friend said that to me (in […]
13th. May. 2020. Daily Devotion.
There is an almost apocalyptic feel about the time of coronavirus which is reflected in Revelation 18:11 in which the fall of Babylon, representing Rome and the great empires of the world, is described: “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore…” This morning we […]
12th. May. 2020. Daily Devotion.
I have heard some sad stories this week about people’s experience of the Covid 19 disease. Of a teenager suffering difficulties with her breathing, and her mother having to wait until she gets worse before taking her to hospital, because the first test result came back negative. Of a family birthday party in Glasgow before […]
11th. May. 2020.Daily Devotion.
A little bit of worldly wisdom from a secular source: What did you think about yesterday? What are you thinking about today? What are the thoughts that you think most often? Ask yourself these questions and find out the answers, because the thoughts you are thinking today, would most probably be what you will live […]
9th. May. 2020. Daily Devotion.
In a week in which the Secretary General of the United Nations has had to call people world-wide to show love and tolerance and to refrain from hatred and blame, and in which we remember the end of a terrible war 75 years ago, Peter Millar’s A Candle in the Window, Words to encourage us […]
8th. May. 2020. Daily Devotion.
Psalm 124 A song of ascents. Of David. 1 If the Lord had not been on our side – let Israel say – 2 if the Lord had not been on our side when people attacked us, 3 they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us; 4 the flood would have […]
7th. May. 2020. Daily Devotion.
This morning I wish to take a break and share with you some thoughts by Adam Thomas who is an Anglican priest in Mystic, Connecticut. The Lord bless you. We say the word “bless” so often. Whenever a person sneezes, someone else invariably responds with “bless you” or even “God bless you.” This is wonderful […]