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Daily Devotions for Tuesday 27th October, 2020

Upper Room day and Evening Gathering for Prayer

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

Reading : COLOSSIANS 1 verses 1-14

Meditation : take time and consider this passage this morning.
Brought into the Kingdom of the Son.
What do these verses mean for you in your life?

Pray in response to what you have read
Taking time to praise in prayer for God’s grace to you

O God of amazing grace
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you
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 COLOSSIANS 1
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray with Praise….to the LORD our God

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

Daily Devotions for Monday 26th October, 2020

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

Reading : ACTS 1 verses 1-11

Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
Jesus is taken up to Heaven.
What is God teaching you today?
What is your response to His Word this morning?

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 your neighbours at this time
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from ACTS 1
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response

Eternal and Faithful One, hear my evening prayer
O help me to ever be an upward looking person
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 25th October, 2020

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

Reading : PSALM 119 verse 116

Meditation : take time and consider this part of the Psalm this Sunday morning.
What do the words mean for you today?
What is God teaching you this morning?

And then pray in response – using the verse as you turn to prayer

O God of truth
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
In Jesus’ Name, 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 this particular verse again from Psalm 119
Reflect on the words written here 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
Lead us
Guide us
In Jesus’ name we ask, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 24th October, 2020

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

Reading : PSALM 119 verse 114

Meditation : take the time to consider these words this Saturday morning.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?

And then take time to Pray in response to this God
Make these words your own

Amen we pray together this new day.

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

O Great King of kings
Your kingdom come
We say
Your will be done
In our lives
In your Church
In this world
As it is in heaven
For yours is the eternal kingdom
All the power and heavenly glory
Now and forever
Amen!

Evening
Reading : read the verse again from Psalm 119
Reflect on the words here…. and then Pray in response to what you have read

LORD God, our God, hear our evening prayers.
As we worship you for who you are
As we thank you for your help this day
And name others in need before you
In Jesus’ name, Amen.