Category: Celtic Devotions

Summer Buzz Club week

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus.

Reading : EXODUS 20 verse 13

Meditation : take time to consider this 1 verse.
Consider the truth here.
Consider what God’s Word says about human life. 

Pray in response…
Including for those in prisons who have committed a killing
And for those whose lives have been affected by a killing 

Father God,
Hear our prayers

In Jesus’ name – Amen.

Midday

Pray the Prayer for the Month as your midday prayer
(See in the magazine or online under the Prayer tab on LK website)

God of grace and mercy…and hope, hear our prayers.  

Evening

Reading : read this verse again

Reflect prayerfully on the words ….. and then Pray in response – for others

Spirit of the Living God, hear our evening prayers.

Summer Buzz Club week

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the LORD God

Reading :  EXODUS 20 verse 12

Meditation :  consider carefully and prayerfully this one verse.

Take time out with God in Prayer in response
Giving thanks for your parents
Praying for your family
Praying for those in a difficult family situation

Father God,
Hear our prayers
This morning.

Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on the persecuted Church in Pakistan.
O LORD God, have mercy and hear our prayers.

Evening

Reading : read this 1 verse again

Reflect on its meaning for you and then pray…..for others known to you

O Lord, hear our various prayers at this evening hour.

Summer Buzz Club week

Morning

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

Reading : EXODUS 20 verses 8-11

Meditation : take time and consider these words about the Sabbath.
What words stay with you?
What is God saying to you today?

Pray in response

LORD God
Thank you for creating a Sabbath
Help me
Teach me
To honour You
Each and every day
This I pray

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on the suffering Church in Afghanistan.
O LORD God, have mercy and hear our prayers. 

Evening

Reading : read the verses again

Reflect on these words and then Pray in response as this particular day ends

Father God, hear my evening prayer
And lead me safely through tomorrow I ask.

Summer Buzz Club week

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God

Reading : EXODUS 20 verse 7

Meditation :  take time to consider these words about the Name of the LORD our God.
What do they teach you?

Then take time to Pray to Him. 

In Jesus’ Name
Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on the persecuted Church in Somalia.
O LORD God, have mercy and hear our prayers.

Evening

Reading : read verse 7 again

Reflect …. and pray in worship to this God at the end of your day.
Amen and Amen we pray to you, O God

Summer Buzz Club week

Morning

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

Reading : EXODUS 20 verses 4-6

Meditation :   take time to consider these verses afresh today.
What is God saying about Himself? about our worship of Him?
What is God saying to you today? What is your response to Him?

Pray in response – to put these words into practice

O Living and True God,
Our God,
Help us to make these words we read
A living reality…day by day…today,
With the help of Your Holy Spirit within us
For of ourselves we fail and fall.
Cleanse our lives of any idol
And be pleased with our morning worship
Unto You, O LORD God.

Amen we say together.

Midday

Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
Father God…thank you.

Evening

Reading : read these 3 verses again

Reflect on these particular words – and the truths here – and Pray in response

(Pray your own words at the end of this day
Words of worship and praise – for who God is
Words of trust and thanks – for what God has done today for you
Words of hope and longing – for what God will do in and through you – even tomorrow)

Amen and Amen.

‘The LORD is a warrior;
The LORD is his name.’
Exodus 15 verse 3            

As the months move on, so we find ourselves in the season of preparation between Looking INWARD and Looking OUTWARD.  During July and August we are taking the time to consider the book of EXODUS – when God rescued His people from Egypt and prepared them for the Promised Land.

We are encouraged to listen for God’s voice as we continue together in this ‘rhythm of devotion’ during 2017. 

The Devotions are but one way to feed on God’s Word in the morning, at midday,
in the evening… to pray with Him continually through your day and even to share with others the treasures or hurdles you discover.
The Church website and Facebook page (even on a handy mobile) provide a fuller daily devotional page. However it all follows the pattern below which the information provided fits into, based on the Kirk’s origins of the Celtic and Northumbrian traditions.

Morning
Reading and Meditation on the content and a Prayer of response

Midday
Prayer – mostly for others

Evening
Verse(s) from the morning reading
Reflection and Prayer at the end of the day  

A Prayer for the Month

A Prayer for the Month of August

Gracious, loving Father, we bring to you our adoration and praise for the beauty and majesty of your creation, and for your unfailing love for us.
We confess that daily we fail you and are undeserving of the love and forgiveness you freely give, over and over again.
Father, thank you for sending Jesus to save us, to show us how much you love us and to teach us how to live in a way pleasing to you.
As you have led your people from the time of the exodus from Egypt, to the present time, we pray you will continue to lead us in the future, in a way that enables us to follow you wholeheartedly.

We offer this prayer in Jesus’ name.   Amen

 

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation But deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory. Now and for ever

Amen