Category: Celtic Devotions

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 28th May, 2019

Upper Room day and Evening Gathering for Prayer

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus, Saviour and Lord

Reading : 2 KINGS 6 verses 8-23

Meditation : take time and consider these events this morning.
What words or images stay with you?
What is your response to God’s Word today?

Pray in response to what you have read
For our city
For our world

O Lord
Speak to us
Speak to me
By name
And help me hear
What the Spirit is saying in these days
To me
To my family
To my Church
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

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

Evening
Reading : read the set passage again from 2 Kings
Reflect on the words and events…and those involved…. and then Pray….to the LORD our God
God of grace and God of judgment
We bring our evening worship to you
As we lay ourselves and our families and our world before you
In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.

Tuesday UPPER ROOM Thy Kingdom Come

During the Thy Kingdom Come prayer venture (30th May-9th June) you are invited to discover new habits and ways of praying to God, that those whom you know might come to know Jesus for themselves.

We are invited to ask..seek..knock…that the Kingdom of God is experienced and evidenced anew in our day
in our lives
in our family
in our church and community
in our land
in our world

You are therefore invited to visit the UPPER ROOM this Tuesday and make this your prayer

The Room is open 7.30am-7pm this week

There is space
for time out with God

There are opportunities to pause and pray with others
7.30-8am
12noon-12.30pm

And we gather in the Kirk in the evening 7.30-8.45pm
to ask..seek..knock..together as a Church Family.
You are invited to join us as we step into this prayer venture in our day.

Daily Devotions for 27th May, 2019

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

Reading : 2 KINGS chapter 5

Meditation : take time to consider these words and events as your day starts.
What is God saying to you today from His written Word?

Then Pray and Praise in response to the LORD our God
The God of healing!

(Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For understanding and obedience
For others in need at this time)

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the land and people of Wales
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from 2 Kings 5
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then praise and pray to this God in response
O God of mercy and healing, hear my evening prayers
As I lay myself and others before you at the end of this day
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 26th May, 2019

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

Reading : PSALM 65

Meditation : take time and consider these words this Sunday morning.
A song of praise from David.
What do they mean for you today?
What is your response to God’s Word today?

And then pray in response – using verses 1-4

O God of help
Thank you
Thank you
For your mercy and love
Even to me
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s Kingdom blessing on someone you prayed for this past week
O LORD, God of mercy, hear our cry and bless this person we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from Psalm 65
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God
O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we cry out to you for others in need in our day
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
As we believe and trust in you
In Jesus’ name, Amen.