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Daily Devotions for Sunday 14th June, 2020

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

Reading : REVELATION 2 verses 12-17

Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible.
The message to the Church in Pergamum.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?
Which part of the message stays with you?

And then pray in response to the LORD our God

O LORD our God,
Good and majestic One,
Creator God,
Great and so worthy of praise.
We bow before You.
We lay our lives before You.
O fill us with your Spirit afresh
For of ourselves we get it so wrong
Today and every day!
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 verses again from REVELATION 2
Reflect on all that is said here in this message and then Pray in response to this God

O LORD, our Great and Holy God,
hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for what we read
As we look back over our day
As we look ahead to tomorrow
As we name before you those we are concerned about.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 13th June, 2020

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

Reading : REVELATION 2 verses 8-11

Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible.
The message to the Church in Smyrna.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?
Which part of the message stays with you?

And then Pray in response to what you read – to this God of ours.

In Jesus’ name
Amen and 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 part of REVELATION 2 again
Reflect on this God, your God, our God…. and then Praise Him in your evening Prayer

LORD God, our God, receive our praise
For who You are!
For all you have done for us!
And as we give it all back to you
May you continue to reach and save people
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done across our world
In our community, in our city.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Friday 12th June, 2020

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : ROMANS 8 verses 26-30

Meditation : consider these great words from Paul this morning
The help of the Holy Spirit.
God works everything for good.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?

And then Pray in response – as God leads you
Pray with confidence to this God, our God
Looking again at verses 26 and 27

Amen and Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the churches in the SEECAT group
Father God, hear our prayers, have mercy and bless them real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from ROMANS 8
Reflect on the words you have just read and pray in response

Lord Jesus, hear our evening prayers as we respond to these words
As we thank you for so much
And bring a blessing to those in need of hope we ask.
Amen.

Daily Devotions for Thursday 11th June, 2020

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

Reading : ROMANS 8 verses 18-25

Meditation : take time and carefully consider these words.
The future glory!
What is God saying to you today from His Word today?
Which words will you hold onto?

Then pray in response to the LORD as your day starts
Looking again at verses 24 and 25

(Pray your own words of hope this morning to the LORD our God……..)

In Jesus’ name. Amen and Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on your Link Group members
Or members of a small group in church you are a part of
Lord, hear our prayers and bless each and all real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from ROMANS 8
Reflect on the words written here – and what God is saying to you now.
Pray in response to this God who has a future ahead for all in Christ

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 look ahead to a future glory!
In Jesus’ name. Amen.