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Daily Devotions for Sunday 4th April, 2021

EASTER SUNDAY!

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

Reading : EPHESIANS 6 verses 10-18

Meditation : take time to consider these verses today.
What is God saying to you today from his Word on this Easter Sunday?
What are you encouraged and challenged by?

Pray in response to what you have read and considered

In Jesus’ name
On this Easter Sunday
Today this is my prayer
For I believe and trust in Him
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 EPHESIANS 6.10-18 again as your Easter Sunday ends
Reflect on the truths beyond the words and then Pray to this God …our God
Including for others known to you in need of a victory at this time

O Father, Son and Holy Spirit, hear our evening prayers
As we praise You for who You are
As we return our thanks to you for the blessings of this Easter day.
As we name others in need before You.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 3rd April, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus.

Reading : EPHESIANS 3 verses 14-21

Meditation : take time to consider these words this Saturday morning.
Paul in prayer for other believers.
What is God saying to you today from His Word about Prayer?

Pray in response to this God of ours – for others

O LORD
Our God
Hear our prayers
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

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

God of Peter
God of yesterday
Hear us
Answer us

God of Paul
God of today
Lead us
Help us

God of James and John
God of tomorrow
Guide us
Use us

And may we be careful
To give You all the glory!
In Jesus’ name
Amen

Evening
Reading : read this passage from EPHESIANS 3 again
Reflect prayerfully on the words ….. and then Pray in response
Especially for others in our church family at this time

Spirit of the Living God, hear our evening prayers at the end of this day
And be with those we name before you.
In Jesus’ saving name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Friday 2nd April, 2021

Good Friday

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

Reading : EPHESIANS 1 verses 15-23

Meditation : take time to carefully consider these words of thanksgiving on this particular day

Take time out with God in Prayer in response – as God leads you
Giving thanks for Jesus – for the Cross – as well as for others today

O Father God,
Hear our prayers
On this Good Friday
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on OPEN DOORS at work in China at this time
O LORD God, have mercy on each and all and hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these words again from EPHESIANS 1
Reflect ….and then pray….for others as well as yourself

O LORD God, hear our prayers on this Good Friday
For we believe and trust in you, the Three in One
As we lay ourselves and others before You in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Thursday 1st April, 2021

Maundy Thursday

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : EPHESIANS 1 verses 3-14

Meditation : take time and carefully consider these words of praise from Paul.
What do the words mean for you in your prayer life?

Then pray in response to this God as your day starts

Pray your own words this morning to the LORD our God……..

In Jesus’ name. Amen and Amen!

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on OPEN DOORS at work in North Korea
Lord, hear our prayers and bless each and all real good we ask.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from EPHESIANS 1

Reflect on the words written here – and what God is saying to you now.
Pray in response to this God who is the Living and True One

O LORD, hear our evening prayers as this day closes
As we return our thanks to You.
As we humbly confess our sins
As we lay all we are and have before You
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for APRIL 2021

Pray that I may be bold in speaking about the gospel as I should.
Ephesians 6 verse 20

During 2021 we are looking daily at the theme of PRAYER – and pausing at our times of Midday Devotion to pray for others in our church family, our city and our world at this time.

* In April as we journey on from Easter we consider therefore PETER, PAUL and JAMES – the EARLY CHURCH IN PRAYER. *

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ during this year of 2021.

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 traditionswhich 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 April

God of Peter
God of yesterday
Hear us
Answer us

God of Paul
God of today
Lead us
Help us

God of James and John
God of tomorrow
Guide us
Use us

And may we be careful
To give You all the glory!
In Jesus’ name
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

Daily Devotions for Wednesday 31st March, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God

Reading : HEBREWS 4 verse 14 – ch.5 verse 10

Meditation : take time to consider what these verses teach us
about Jesus, our Great High Priest.
What does this mean for you in your daily living?

Then take the time to Pray to this God, our God
Look again at verses 14-16 of chapter 4 as you turn to prayer

Pray your own words in response to these truths

In Jesus’ Name
Amen!

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on TEARFUND at work in South Africa in these days
O LORD God, have mercy on each and all and hear our prayers this day.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from HEBREWS 4 and 5
Reflect on the words…. And then pray to the LORD our God

Hear our evening prayers, O God, as this day ends.
As we thank you for Jesus, our Great High Priest.
We believe and trust in You and lay ourselves before You.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.