Alastair

Daily Devotions for 14th April 2017

Good Friday

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : Mark 15 verses 21-47

Meditation : take the time to consider these verses today….and what they mean for you…on this particular day

And then Pray in response as God leads you
Amen – we pray together on this day

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on those swimming upstream in life
Father God, hear our prayers and bless them real good we ask

Evening

Reading : read the verses again from Mark 15

Reflect slowly on the events recorded here read and pray in response
Lord Jesus, we can but bow down in praise before you
Thank you. Thank you.

Daily Devotions for 13th April 2017

Maundy Thursday

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : Isaiah 50 verses 10 and 11

Meditation : take time and consider carefully all that is said here.
Note verse 10 again.
What do these words teach you about our times?
What is God saying to you today?

then pray in response
for yourself
for your family and friends
for your nation
for our world in these days

(Pray your own words to the LORD God……..)

O LORD, thank you that you hear our morning prayers.
Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on link group/housegroup leaders in our land
Lord, hear our prayers and bless them all real good we ask.

Evening

Reading : read the verses again – esp verse 10

Reflect on how they apply to our world….reflect on the Name of the LORD….

and Pray in response to Him
O LORD God, hear our evening prayers

Daily Devotions for 12th April 2017

Stations of the Cross evening gathering at LK

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : Isaiah 50 verses 7-9

Meditation : consider these lovely verses of trust in God
What do they say to you as your day starts?

and then pray in response for the words to be a reality for you – and for others you know in need at this time

O LORD our God,
Hear our prayers,
And root our trust deep in you
Through Christ Jesus
As we see Your Kingdom come, Your will be done
In the lives of those we name before you.
Amen and amen!

Midday

Pray the words of the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer
(see the magazine or under the Prayer tab on LK website)

Father God, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening

Reading : read these words again from Isaiah 50

Reflect on what they say and then pray in response at the end of your day
LORD God, Father God, hear our evening prayers.

Daily Devotions for 11th April 2017

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : Isaiah 50 verses 4-6

Meditation : consider these words this morning….are they true for you?
In what ways is God making you more like Jesus?

Then turn the words into your morning prayer

‘To be like Jesus
This is my aim
This is my prayer’

Amen.

Midday

Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
Ask….seek….knock…..listen….hear!

Thank you, Lord.

Evening

Reading : read verses 4-6 again

Reflect on these words…. and pray in response as they speak to you
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for 10th April 2017

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the LORD God, the Eternal One

Reading : Isaiah 50 verses 1-3

Meditation : consider these 3 verses again today.
Look again at verse 2.
What was God saying then and what is God saying to you today?

Pray in response to Him – the Saviour God

LORD God,
Thank you that you have not stopped rescuing and saving!
Oh save and rescue one and another today we call out.
Amen and amen we pray together this day.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on those who find it hard to forgive another
LORD, hear our prayers

Evening

Reading : read these particular verses again

Reflect on their meaning and pray in response…for someone else
Saviour God, hear our evening prayers.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 9th April 2017

PALM SUNDAY

The Way of the Cross – Costly Obedience

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit, on this Sunday

Reading : Isaiah 50 verses 1-11

Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts about Israel’s sin and the LORD’s Servant.
What words stay with you?
What is your response to God’s Word this morning?

Take time to Pray in response to Israel’s God, our God.

LORD God,
Hear my prayer of this morning
And help me take it in
All that the Suffering Servant did for me.
In Jesus’ name I ask.
Amen.

Midday

Pray for God’s Church in our world to know Palm Sunday blessings
O God, hear our prayers.

Evening

Reading : read these verses again

Reflect on the truths beyond the words and then Pray with thanks to our God …
O Father, Son and Holy Spirit, hear our prayers.