Tag: Bible

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 28th April, 2020

Upper Room day – time out with God

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

Reading : JOHN 20 verses 19-23

Meditation : take time and consider these few verses this morning.
Which words stay with you?
What are you encouraged and challenged by today?

Pray in response to what you have read
Taking time to pause and listen for God’s answer to you

O Lord
Speak to us
Speak to me
By name
And help me hear
What the Spirit is saying in these days
To me
To my family
To my Church
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 : read the verses again from JOHN 20
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray….to the LORD our God

O God, our God,
We bring our evening worship to you
As we lay ourselves and our families before you
As we acknowledge what you are saying to us at this time
In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.

Daily Devotions for April 27th, 2020

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

Reading : JOHN 20 verses 10-18

Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
What do they mean to you?
What is your response to these verses in these times?

Then Pray with honesty in response to the LORD our God

(Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For our nation
For our world)

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the materials in Perspex boxes at our LK gates
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from JOHN 20
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then praise to our God in response

Eternal and Faithful One, hear my evening prayers
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 26th April, 2020

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

Reading : JOHN 20 verses 1-9

Meditation : take time and consider this part of John’s Gospel this Sunday morning.
What does it mean for you today?
What is God teaching you from His written Word?

And then pray in response to what you have read

O God of grace
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
In Jesus’ Name, 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 these particular verses again from JOHN 20
Reflect on the words and then Pray in response to this God of ours

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
As we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
In Jesus’ name, Amen