I have told all your people about your justice. I have not been afraid to speak out, as you, O Lord , well know. I have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart; I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power. I have told everyone in the great assembly of your unfailing love and faithfulness.
Psalms 40:9-10 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.40.9-10.NLT
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Thy Kingdom Come #BigAlpha
As part of the Thy Kingdom Come prayer venture launched in May 2017 we have been pausing on a Saturday morning and asking, seeking and knocking on heaven’s door.
Today, as 2018 starts and autumn will see Big Alpha at LK, we are encouraged to find a place and space and pause in prayer with the Living God….and offer ourselves to His Kingdom service and the opportunity to bring others to Jesus – even before autumn.
Oh LORD God at this time of the year we pause in Your presence.
We acknowledge Your Kingdom reign in our lives and offer ourselves as living sacrifices to Your service.
We ask You to take us and fill us and use us so that others may meet with Jesus and have lives changed by Your Holy Spirit.
We ask these things in Jesus’ name, Amen.
#ThyKingdomCome #BigAlpha
Big Alpha – prayerfully preparing
Today – we pause and pray for Kenny and Emily – as they plan to prepare the young people at LK into this venture.
Daily Devotions for January 2018
‘Come, let us praise the LORD!
Let us come before him with thanksgiving….
For the LORD is a mighty God, a mighty king over all the gods.’
Psalm 95 verses 1-3
As we welcome 2018 we lift our eyes Upward to the LORD our God, the Mighty King, King of kings and Lord of lords! Our focus for the year as a church family is ‘Treasure in Jars of Clay’…..and we have Big Alpha at Liberton Kirk in the autumn months very much now on the horizon!
We are encouraged to spend time with the LORD our God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit each and every day, to ‘read the Bible, pray every day’ seeking to become more like Jesus as we open up to the Holy Spirit at work in us as individuals, as part of a group and as a church family.
The Daily 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 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. It was these traditions that gave birth to the Daily Devotions in early 2015.
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 January
O Worship the King
Great and glorious above
Praise my soul this King of heaven
Great and glorious above!
Jesus name above all names
Great and glorious above!
I worship You
I love You
I serve You
Here and now
On earth below.
And one day
I shall see You
Face to face
And gladly bow the knee
In heaven above.
Hallelujah!
Praise the LORD!
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
BIG Alpha – prayerfully prepare – now
Today – pause and pray for John – as he leads the Task Team and the Church into this venture.
BIG Alpha – autumn 2018 – Liberton Kirk
Start praying now….for people to meet and know Jesus.
Ask God who to invite….and start praying for them now.
Pray for the members of the Task Team….
and all the preparations now under way.
John and Lindsay Young
Karen Watts
Jacqui Tait
Kenny McCartney
Fiona Knight
Sandy Hutchison
Hannah Hay
Alastair Cameron
Want to know more? Ask one of the team.
Be ready.
Be part.
Be praying.
#Alpha