St Luke 8: 19 – 21 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. And he was told, ‘Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.’ But he said to them, ‘My mother and my brothers are those who hear […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 1 February 2022
Tuesday 1 February 2022 St Luke 8: 16 – 18 ‘No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 31 January 2022
St Luke 8: 11 – 15 ‘Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. The ones on the rock are […]
URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 30th January 2022 – The Revd. Paul Whittle
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed ChurchService for Sunday 30th January 2022Picture Credit Pixabay/Pexels.com The Rev’d Paul Whittle Introduction Welcome. It’s good to be with you. My name is Paul Whittle and I am the Moderator of the National Synod of Scotland, a post in which I began just over a year ago, though we only moved […]
URC Daily Devotion Saturday 29 January 2022
St Luke 8: 1 – 10 Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, […]
URC Daily Devotion Friday 28 January 2022
St Luke 7: 36 – 50 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of […]
URC Daily Devotion Thursday 27th January 2022
St Luke 7: 18 – 34 The disciples of John reported all these things to him. So John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’ When the men had come to him, they said, […]
URC Daily Devotion Wednesday 26th January 2022
St Luke 7: 11 – 17 Soon afterwards he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow; and with […]
URC Daily Devotion Tuesday 25th January 2022
St Luke 7: 1 – 10 After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to […]
URC Daily Devotion Monday 24 January 2022
St Luke 6: 46 – 49 ‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord”, and do not do what I tell you? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them. That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the […]