Friday 20 January 2023 St Matthew 5: 13 – 20 ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. ‘You are the light of the world. A city built […]
URC Daily Devotion 19 January 2023
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.‘Blessed are the meek, for […]
URC Daily Devotion 18 January 2023
Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ‘Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 17 January 2023
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.’ But he answered, […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 16 January 2023
Monday 16 January 2023 St Matthew 3: 13 – 17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for […]
Sunday Worship 15 January 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 15 January 2023 Today’s service is led by The Revd Andy Braunston and student ministers of The Scottish College Call to Worship Come and hear the voice of Jesus say: Come unto me and rest!Come and lay down your burdens upon His chest. We come & are glad!Come and […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 14 January 2023
St Matthew 3: 7 – 12 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit worthy of repentance. Do not presume to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our ancestor”; for I […]
URC Daily Devotion 13 January 2023
St Matthew 3: 1 – 6 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’ This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, ‘The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the […]
URC Daily Devotion 12 January 2023
St Matthew 2: 18 – 23 When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.’ Then Joseph got up, took […]
URC Daily Devotion 11th January 2023
Wednesday 11 January 2023 St Matthew 2: 16 – 18 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise […]