Author: Alastair

Daily Devotions for Monday 11th October, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit

Reading : PSALM 33

Meditation : take the time to consider this psalm today as your week starts.

Pray with praise in response – to our God , the God who is with us

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
Of need – for yourself and others

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
We give thanks for those serve us in the Kirkgate Cafe
O LORD, have mercy on them we ask and pour rich blessings

Evening
Reading : read the set passage again prayerfully at the end of your day
Reflect….. and then pray with rejoicing to God in response

LORD God, the LORD Almighty, hear my prayer this evening.
As I thank you for the blessings of this day
As I call out to you for others
As I lay myself and this world before you
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Call to Sunday Evening Prayer with Others

As your Sunday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as we step into a new week

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from PSALM 30

You are encouraged to follow the pattern of P-R-A-Y which we have found to be a blessing from Lectio365/24-7 Prayer

P ause in God’s presence – acknowledge He is with you where you are

R ejoice in the blessings of this day He has given

A sk for His help – for yourself and for a situation/person known to you at this time

Y ield to His Kingdom will for tomorrow – say yes!

Pause to Pray for Others

On this Sunday in October…as the nation and the world still wrestles with new cases and vaccine supplies…and other points of crisis and concern… you are invited to pause and continue to pray with others in our city and across the nation…to the LORD our God, our Father God.

You are encouraged to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus – in our community, in our nation and in our world – and for parts of the world in turmoil at this time

For family and friends and neighbours

For the Church in our world at this time – to be salt and light

For NHS and Care Home staff across the nation

For our country and world leaders at this time of decision making

Thy Kingdom Come at Midday

As a Church we were part of the global prayer venture – Thy Kingdom Come.

This prayer continues around the world!

Each Sunday at Midday we will re-visit one of the 11 daily themes.
This week it is CELEBRATE – as we are encouraged to count our blessings and celebrate God’s good gifts to us!

Daily Devotions for Sunday 10th October, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God

Reading : PSALM 30

Meditation : As we pause with God take time and consider these words this Sunday morning.
A Prayer of Thanksgiving!
What words stay with you?
What encourages and challenges you today?

And then pray in response to the LORD our God
Pray your own prayer of praise and thanksgiving today.

O LORD our God,
Good and mighty One,
Our Creator God,
Great and so worthy of praise.
We bow before You.
We lay our lives before You.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer

We rejoice in your love, O God!

We rejoice in your care, O Father God!

We rejoice in your saving grace, O Lord!

We rejoice in your good gifts, O merciful Lord!

We rejoice!
We give thanks!
We worship you!

With our words and songs of praise!

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from PSALM 30
Reflect on all that is said here in this psalm and then Pray with rejoicing to this God

O LORD, our Great God,
Hear our evening prayers of praise we ask
As we thank you for what we read
As we look back over our day
As we look ahead to tomorrow
As we name before you those we are concerned about.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.