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 […]
URC Daily Devotion 10th January 2023
Tuesday 10 January 2023St Matthew 2: 13 – 15 Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to […]
URC Daily Devotion 9th January 2023
Monday 9 January 2023 St Matthew 2: 1 – 12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising and have […]
Sunday Worship 8 January 2023
Sunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 8 January 2023 Today’s service is led by The Revd Sue McCoan Call to Worship Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendour.The voice of the Lord is over the […]