Tag: Advent

Daily Devotions for Sunday 2nd December, 2018

First Sunday of Advent

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

Reading : ISAIAH 9 verse 7

Meditation : take time to consider these words about Jesus the Christ
What is God saying to you today from his Word?
Look again at the words as you turn to God in prayer.

Then take time to Pray in response to what you have read and considered

In Jesus’ name
Amen.

Midday
Pray for a church near your home to know Sunday blessings
O LORD God, hear and answer our prayers we ask.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Evening
Reading : read the verse again as your day ends
Reflect on the truths beyond the words and then Pray to our God …
Including for your Church Family.
A Celtic Prayer
O Son of God
Change my heart.
Your Spirit composes the songs of the birds and the buzz of the bees.
I ask of you only one more miracle:
Beautify my soul.

Amen.

ADVENT is a-coming

Will you be joining us at our times of Celtic Daily Devotions…morning, midday and evening?

Will you be joining us on our Advent Sundays as we worship and fellowship together…or at one of our events during December?

Will you be visiting Nativity Land 10th-15th December??

Will you be visiting the Upper Room and café on a Tuesday to have time out with God in this busy season?

ADVENT is a-coming!

Traditional Christian Christmas Nativity Scene of baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.

Daily Devotions for December 2018

‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and for ever..’
Hebrews 13 verse 8

As the year comes to an end, so we travel through selected verses – one a day – and focus solely on the Person of Jesus, the Son of God and Son of Man. We pause in prayer at our times of Midday Devotion for others in our church family, our city and our world.

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice as we continue together
in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ during this final month of 2018.

These 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 the 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 which we started as a church family in 2015

Morning
Reading and Meditation on the content and 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 of December
Jesus
Saviour and Lord
I welcome you
I bow before you

Jesus
My Jesus
I celebrate you
I worship you

Jesus
Name above all names
We lay ourselves before you
And live to serve you
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

UPPER Room Tuesday PRAYER Gathering

A place with space
above the Kirkgate Café

for time-out

with God

Sofas
Bibles
Cushions
Advent Prayer Tree

To pray
for yourself
for others
for your family

To pray with others
7.30-8 am
12noon-12.30 pm
7-7.15 pm

The café below is open from 9am

As a Church Family we gather in the Kirk in the evening
to pray for others
to pray for Advent and Christmas events
to pray with each other
7.30-8.45pm

Traditional Christian Christmas Nativity Scene of baby Jesus in the manger with Mary and Joseph.