You are invited to pause and pray with others as you prepare to step into Sunday
You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today
You may need to name others before Father God
You may want to be still in God’s Presence
You are invited to pause and pray with others as you prepare to step into Sunday
You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today
You may need to name others before Father God
You may want to be still in God’s Presence
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : ACTS 20 verses 32-38
Meditation : take time to consider these verses this morning.
Paul’s farewell prayer at Ephesus.
What words stay with you?
What is God saying to you today about Prayer?
And then Pray in response to what you read – to this God of ours.
Look again at verses 36-38 as you turn to prayer
As you pray for others who live at a distance from you
In Jesus’ name
Amen and 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 again from ACTS 20
Reflect on this God, your God, our God…. and then Call on Him in your evening Prayer
LORD God, our God, receive our praise
For all you have done for us
For your help and protection even today.
May you continue to reach and save people
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done across our world
In our church family, in our community, in our city.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus
Reading : ACTS 13 verses 1-3
Meditation : consider these three verses this morning.
What do they teach you about Prayer in the life of the Church? Our Church?
And then Pray in response – as God leads you
Pray with confidence to our God to use us as He chooses
Amen – we pray together.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the work of OPEN DOORS in Somalia
Father God, hear our prayers, have mercy and bless them real good we ask.
Evening
Reading : read this short passage again from ACTS 13
Reflect on the words you have just read and pray in response
Lord Jesus, hear our evening prayers as we respond to these words
Send your Church in our city, in our nation, in our world
As you see best.
And bring a blessing to those in need this evening we ask.
Amen.
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God
Reading : ACTS 12 verses 12-17
Meditation : take time and carefully consider these words this morning.
What do they tell you about Prayer?
Then pray in response to the LORD as your day starts
Pray your own words this morning to the LORD God as you come near to Him……..
In Jesus’ name. Amen and Amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the work of OPEN DOORS in Vietnam
Lord, hear our prayers and bless each and all real good we ask.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in that land
Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from ACTS 12
Reflect on the words written here – and what God is saying to you now.
Pray in response to this God who is at work in our world
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
As we name others before you this evening
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus
Reading : ACTS 4 verses 23-31
Meditation : consider these particular words this morning.
The early believers at prayer.
What words and images stay with you?
Who are you praying for at this time?
And then pray in response – to this God of ours
O LORD our God,
We hear your call
We turn to you
Call us closer
In Jesus’ name,
Amen and amen!
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the work of OPEN DOORS in UK and Ireland
LORD, hear our prayers and give blessing real good we ask.
Evening
Reading : read these set verses again from ACTS 4
Humbly reflect on what you read and then pray in response –
for yourself and for others
LORD God, Father God, hear our many different prayers
As we thank you for your call on our lives
As we name others in our family and church family before you.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
You are invited to pause and pray with others at this time of the day.
We say together the prayers we would be using in the Upper Room…from the Northumbrian Community…pausing after the Lord’s Prayer to bring our own personal prayers…