Amos

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 26th November, 2024

Upper Room day and Gathering for Prayer in the evening (on Zoom)

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus, Saviour and Lord

Reading : AMOS chapter 9
Meditation : take time and consider this closing chapter this Tuesday morning

What words or images stay with you?
What is God teaching/reminding you today?

Pray in response to what you have read
Looking again at verse 6

Taking time to pause and listen for God’s answer to you

I call to the LORD for help;
I plead with him.
I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
Ask, seek, knock….hear!
Father God…thank you.

Evening
Reading : AMOS chapter 9
Read these words again – reflect and then pray in response to our God
The LORD of verse 6

I call to the LORD for help;
I plead with him.
I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.

In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.

Daily Devotions for Monday 25th November, 2024

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

Reading : AMOS chapter 8
Meditation : take time and consider this passage this Monday morning.
Another vision
Israel’s doom

What words stay with you?

Then Pray with your own words in response to this God we believe in
Praying for our world
Praying for Israel

In Jesus’ name, Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on believers in Egypt
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from AMOS chapter 8
Reflect on what you read and then pause to pray to our God in response

The LORD takes pleasure in his people;
He honours the humble with victory.
Let God’s people rejoice in their triumph
and sing joyfully all night long.

And so to you, O God, we bring our evening words of prayer
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Sunday Evening Prayer with Others

As we step into a new week….. with God – together – you may want to revisit today’s Daily Devotions from AMOS chapter 7 – as we continue to pause in the Old Testament….

We PAUSE with the Lord in prayer as the day closes….

We REJOICE in the help and blessings He has given this particular Sunday – to us and to others

We ASK for His presence, peace and strength – for ourselves and for others in our church family and our nation and in our world at this time – especially prayerfully supporting the people of Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, Russia, Yemen and other parts of our world in deep need at this time

We YIELD – say Yes – to His Kingdom ways for tomorrow

Daily Devotions for Sunday 24th November, 2024

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

Reading : AMOS chapter 7
We take time to consider these words this Sunday morning ….
3 visions
Amos and Amaziah

And then pray in response to our God
Naming others known to you seeking the way forward from God

In Jesus’ Name, Amen

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

O LORD our God
The God of Hosea and Joel
The God of Amos and Jonah
Journey with us
In the good and the bad times

O Spirit of our God
The God of Hosea and Joel
The God of Amos and Jonah
Forgive us
Restore and Renew us

O Living LORD our God
The God of Hosea and Joel
The God of Amos and Jonah
Have mercy upon us
Teach us Your ways of justice

O LORD our God
The God of Hosea and Joel
The God of Amos and Jonah
Be Patient with us
Use even us

Amen and Amen!

Evening
Reading : read these words again from AMOS chapter 7
Reflect on these words and then Pray in response at the end of your day

O LORD, our Great Hope,
We bring our evening sacrifice of praise to you
For who you are
As we acknowledge You our Help even this Sunday.
As we name others in need
As we pray for the Church in all corners of our world
To live and speak of Jesus.
In His saving name, Amen.

Saturday Evening Prayer with Others

As we step into Sunday….. with God – together – you may want to revisit today’s Daily Devotions from AMOS chapter 5 – as we continue to pause in the Old Testament….

We PAUSE with the Lord in prayer as the day closes….

We REJOICE in the help and blessings He has given this particular Saturday – to us and to others

We YIELD – say Yes – to His Kingdom ways for tomorrow

Daily Devotions for Saturday 23rd November, 2024

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

Reading : AMOS chapter 5
Meditation : take time and consider all that is said here.
A call to Repentance

And then take time to Pray in response to this God
Praying for those struggling with God’s ways at this time

Examine me, O God, and know my mind;
test me, and discover my thoughts.
Find out if there is any evil in me
and guide me in the everlasting way

Amen we pray together this new day.

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 the verses again from AMOS chapter 5
Reflect on the truths behind the words…. and then Pray in response to what you have read
For yourself and for others

Examine me, O God, and know my mind;
test me, and discover my thoughts.
Find out if there is any evil in me
and guide me in the everlasting way

In Jesus’ name, Amen.