You are invited to pause and pray with others at this time of your day
You may wish to revisit the Daily Devotions for today’s focus from the Bible
You may wish to be still with Father God
You are invited to pause and pray with others at this time of your day
You may wish to revisit the Daily Devotions for today’s focus from the Bible
You may wish to be still with Father God
Upper Room day – time out with God
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God
Reading : ROMANS 8 verses 9-11
Meditation : consider all that is said here… at the start of your day.
‘The Spirit gives you life.’
What is God teaching you this morning ?
What is your response to His Word?
And then Pray in response to what you have read
Taking time to wait before God
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
I have read these words
And now I pray for you to work them out
as a living reality in my life – even today
as I thank you that you are with me
on my journey through life.
In Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
…..and respond to His voice….
Father God…thank you.
Evening
Reading : read the three verses again from ROMANS 8
Reflect prayerfully on these words…. And then pray as your day closes
LORD God, our great God,
For all of today
I thank You,
Even for those things that have caused me fear and concern.
Help me to rest in Your unfailing love and on Your faithful Word
As I wait for tomorrow.
As I look around at this world
In these days.
Have mercy O Lord!
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the LORD God, the Eternal One
Reading : ROMANS 8 verses 1-8
Meditation : take time to consider these words this morning.
Life in the Spirit.
What are you challenged and encouraged by?
Which words will you hold onto today?
Then take time to Pray in response
Looking again at verses 1 and 2
O LORD our God,
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you!
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Jacqui and Colin Tait and their family at this time.
O LORD, hear our prayers at this time of day and bless them we ask.
Evening
Reading : read the set verses again from ROMANS 8
Reflect on their meaning for you and pray in response…to Father God
O Living and True God, our heavenly Father, hear our evening prayers
And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sinned against us even today.
O pour out a blessing on those we name before you
For we believe and trust in You above all others.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
In the same way the Spirit also comes to help us, weak as we are. For we do not know how we ought to pray; the Spirit himself pleads with God for us in groans that words cannot express.
Romans 8.26
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit, on this Sunday
Reading : REVELATION 2 verses 1-7
Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible.
The message to the Church in Ephesus.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?
Which part of the message stays with you?
Pray in response to what you have read and considered
As you pray for yourself..and a church known to you in our city at this time
In Jesus’ name
Today this is my prayer
For I believe and trust in Him
Amen.
Midday
Pray the words of 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 REVELATION 2.1-7 again as your day ends
Reflect on the truths beyond the words and then Pray to this God …our God
Including for a church known to you in need at this time
O Father, Son and Holy Spirit, hear our evening prayers
Build your Church Lord!
As we praise You for who You are
As we return our thanks to you for the blessings of this day.
As we name others in need before You.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus.
Reading : REVELATION 1 verses 1-11
Meditation : take time to consider these words this Saturday morning.
John’s opening words to his revelation.
As you imagine all that John saw and heard, what is God saying to you in these days?
Who is this Jesus to you?
Pray in response to the God of Revelation 1
Looking again at verse 8 as you turn to prayer
O LORD
Our God
Mighty and Holy One,
Receive our praise
Hear our prayers
And keep us on the right path we ask
As you walk with us this day
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your midday prayer
Come, Holy Spirit, live in me and transform my life.
You are a most precious gift, the breath of the living God.
You bring certainty to my trembling uncertainties, focus to my disorientation.
You bring companionship in my loneliness, comfort in my sadness,
strength for my weakness, courage for my fearfulness, hope in my despair.
Come, Holy Spirit, live in me and transform my life.
You have the power to change my mundane into your special,
the power to lift my earthbound self to your glory,
the power to change my monochrome to glorious technicolour,
the power to make me, even me, your light in the world.
Come, Holy Spirit, live in me and transform my life.
Amen.
Evening
Reading : read this passage again from Revelation 1
Reflect prayerfully on the words and images ….. and then Pray in response
Especially for others in need of seeing Jesus 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.
Thank you for all those you have introduced to Jesus today.
In Jesus’ saving name, Amen.