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Daily Devotions for Sunday 22nd January, 2023

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

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

Reading : MATTHEW chapter 5 verses 21-26

Meditation : take time and consider this passage this Sunday morning.
But I tell you…
What is God teaching/reminding you today?
What words stay with you?

And then pray in response

In Jesus’ Name, Amen

Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your own midday 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

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from MATTHEW chapter 5 verses 21-26
Reflect on the words and truths from here and then Pray in response to this God

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
Naming others before you
For we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards a new week
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 21st January, 2023

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

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

Reading : MATTHEW chapter 5 verses 17-20

Meditation : take the time to consider these words from Jesus this Saturday morning.
The Law.
Which words stay with you as your day starts?
What is God teaching you today about His ways?

And then take time to Pray with Praise in response to this God
Make these words your own

Praise the LORD!
It is good to sing praise to our God;
it is pleasant and right to praise him.
The LORD is restoring Jerusalem;
he is bringing back the exiles.
He heals the broken-hearted
and bandages their wounds.
He has decided the number of the stars
and calls each one by name.
Great and mighty is our Lord;
his wisdom cannot be measured.
He raises the humble,
but crushes the wicked to the ground.

Amen we pray with praise together this new day

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

Dear Jesus, to each other we have given our gifts of love
When we celebrated your birth.
But the wise men brought gifts
Showing Your Kingship,
The bitterness of life,
And the embalming in death.
Help us to remember that You came Purposefully
To exchange Your Life for ours.
Amen

Evening
Reading : read the verses again from MATTHEW chapter 5 verses 17-20
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray in response to what you have read
This is our God!

Sing hymns of praise to the LORD;
play music on the harp to our God.
He spreads clouds over the sky;
he provides rain for the earth
and makes grass grow on the hills.
He gives animals their food
and feeds the young ravens when they call.
His pleasure is not in strong horses,
nor his delight in brave soldiers;
but he takes pleasure in those who honour him,
in those who trust in his constant love

Thank you O God
For your perfect ways
For your perfect Law
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Friday 20th January, 2023

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : MATTHEW chapter 5 verses 13-16

Meditation : take time and consider all that is said here about our God’s Kingdom ways
Salt and Light.
What images or words stay with you?
What is God teaching/reminding you?

And then Pray with your own words to this God of ours in response

And so we bring our evening prayers to you, our God Most High.
Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Jacqui, Edna and Sunny as they serve us
Father God, hear our prayers and bless them real good we ask

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from MATTHEW chapter 5 verses 13-16
Reflect on the words written here and pray in response to the LORD our King.

Praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD, my soul
I will praise him as long as I live;
I will sing to my God all my life.

Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth
As it is in heaven
In Jesus’ name, Amen