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Morning
Pray to hear and receive from Father God.
Reading :   Genesis 4
Meditation :  consider this family torn apart by murder
Pray for families you know – and for those who committed a murder, in our prisons
Father God
Oh hear our prayers.
May your blessing rest on those we name before You
Amen and amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on parents and families in our churches
Father God, hear our prayers.

Evening
Reading :  Genesis 4 vs 1-5
Reflect on these again and Pray aright to our God in response.
O God, may our evening prayers be pleasing to You.

Morning
Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit.
Reading :  Genesis 3
Meditation :   consider what went wrong –   Pray to understand
and then pray not to be someone who blames others
Prayer of response
LORD God,
Help me to realise the extent of how much You have forgiven me
And help me to love and serve and worship You all the more.
Even this new day.
I pray this simple prayer in Jesus’ name,   Amen.

Midday
Pray a blessing of God’s grace on all the churches in SE Edinburgh
God of mercy, hear our prayer.

Evening
Reading :  Genesis 3 vs 8-13
Reflect on these words and pray not to hide from God
LORD God, at the end of this Sunday
I bring my evening praise, my prayers, my life
And I now lay them all down before you.
I read these familiar verses again and
God of grace and forgiveness,
I ask for Your help to walk with You anew – even now.
Amen.

Morning
Pray to hear and receive from the Lord
Reading :   Genesis 1 v26 – ch.2 v3
Meditation : consider these words about our creation as human beings
What verse stays with you in your thoughts?
And then Pray with thanksgiving and trust to the LORD our Creator
(Pray your own words
Of praise and worship
Of need and confession
To the LORD our God
This new day)
Amen and amen we say together!

Midday
Pray for God’s blessing on all who will meet in our churches tomorrow
Father God, hear our prayers.

Evening
Reading :  Genesis 1 vs 29 and 30
Reflect on these words…the food you have eaten today…the meals shared with others…
and pray in response.
God, our God, thank you for our daily bread this day.

Morning
Pray to hear and receive from God
Reading :  Genesis 1 vs 1 and 2
Meditation :   take time and consider this truth…at the start of this year and this day
Pray to this God
Eternal God
Creator God
Almighty God
Receive our praise and worship
For Who you are
And all that You have created
Spirit of God, hover over us and move through us – Even this day
To the glory of our God!     Amen

Midday
Pray for all in leadership roles at LK and in our churches as 2016 begins
Lord in Your mercy, hear our prayers.

Evening
Reading :  Genesis 1 v 1
Reflect on these words…… and Pray in response to the Eternal God
God of forever hear our evening prayers.

Morning
Reading :  John 21
Meditation :  consider Jesus’ questions to Peter – how do we respond to them?
and Pray in response, confessing failed love in 2015 but seeking a truer love for Jesus in 2016
Saviour God of love undeserved,
Thank you for reaching out to me!
As this year ends and another begins
Use me, even me, even today, to tell others of Your Good News in Jesus!
Amen we pray together this particular day.

Midday
Pray the words of the Prayer for the Month….at the end of this year.
Faithful God, in Your mercy, hear our prayers.

Evening
Reading :  John 21 vs 24-25
Reflect on these words again and Pray in response,
Giving thanks for John’s words, for all those who read them this month, and for Jesus above all!
O God, our God, our Faithful God, hear our evening prayers.

Morning
Reading :   John 20
Meditation :  consider all that happened to Peter, John, Mary, Thomas…
….and the other disciples in that room!
…and then pray in joyful response!
O God of Israel, Judah and of Isaiah,
I am so thirsty, so hungry.
I come to You – satisfy me fully I so cry!
Help me trust Your thoughts, Your ways, Your Word
For my life, for others – for this day ahead of me.
And may I burst into songs of praise indeed!!
Amen – we pray together in Jesus’ name.

Midday
Take time and listen for what God is saying to you – at this time of the year.
LORD, Master, speak to me by name…. Amen.

Evening
Reading :  John 20 v 8
Reflect on the LORD, your God
And then Pray to Him in response.
LORD, I believe…hear my evening prayer.