Time-Out Tuesday Today

As we journey into November……

At Liberton Kirk we usually set aside a Tuesday each week and provide a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out in our busy days above the Kirkgate Cafe. This is a safe place for you to be.

The Upper Room will be open this Tuesday……and you are invited to take time-out with God at some point…7.30am – 7.30pm….and to pause with Him….reflecting…praying….

This is a quiet place…..a place for you and God to take time-out together

* A space for you to be still in a busy world
** To pause and pray with God at this significant time – the God of all comfort, wisdom, mercy and hope
* To listen to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit – in these times

There are opportunities to pause and pray with others at 8am, 12 noon and 7pm….and John and others gathered then will be happy to see you at any of these times…..

You are invited to visit the Offering House – beside the gates – 8am-5pm – there are several helpful reflections and prayers – and helpful leaflets and booklets about our faith and our Kirk. There is also a Prayer Request Box situated here for you to leave your own personal requests – our Prayer Team will prayerfully support those you name. There is a new Bible passage/Word for Today passage in the Kirkyard – Jeremiah 29.7-14 – and you are invited to start at the Offering House and walk around the church building, pausing to consider the thoughts and prayers stationed at various locations.

You are also encouraged to use the bench at the top left of the Kirkyard (under the large tree – weather permitting) to pause and pray – to be still with God – to ask, seek, knock, wait and receive.

The Daily Devotions are taking us to a daily time of considering God’s Good News with God’s written Word in the book of ROMANS during 2022 – and you may want to pause to pray with others at the start of each day as we consider the truths behind the words of this part of the Bible. This is available on the Kirk website blog and our social media pages on Facebook and Twitter from 7am- and in the church magazine.

And – don’t forget the brief Sunday morning Reflection at 8am…….and you can still revisit Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture daily reflections on our YouTube channel…..from our Prayer Ministry Team providing a reflection over the recent 11 days

May we each and all experience time-out with the Living and True God – whenever – wherever – as we journey through these opening days of November 2022.

Daily Devotions for Monday 31st October, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 16 verses 25-27

Meditation : take time and consider these closing words this Monday morning.
Give glory to God!
What words stay with you?
What is your song of prayer and praise to God as the month ends?

Then Pray with words and songs of praise in response to the LORD our God
Looking again at verse 27

Praise the LORD!
Sing a new song to the LORD;
praise him in the assembly of his faithful people!
Be glad, Israel, because of your Creator;
rejoice, people of Zion, because of your king!
Praise his name with dancing;
play drums and harps in praise of him.

In Jesus’ name, Amen and Amen!

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Jacqui, Edna and Gary as they serve us
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these closing verses again from ROMANS 16 verses 25-27
Reflect on what you read and then give praise to our God in response

Praise the LORD!

The LORD takes pleasure in his people;
he honours the humble with victory.
Let God’s people rejoice in their triumph
and sing joyfully all night long.

And so to you, O God, we bring our evening words of prayer
Go with us as we step into a new month
In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Daily Devotions for Sunday 30th October, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 16 verses 21-24

Meditation : take time and consider these names and people this Sunday morning.
Greetings.
What is God teaching/reminding you about serving Him?

And then pray in response – naming others before our God

O God of greatness
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
We name others who serve you
In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your 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 ROMANS 16 verses 21-24
Reflect on the names and people and then Pray in response to our God

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
And those who have served us today
As we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 29th October, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 16 verses 17-20

Meditation : take the time to consider these final words of instruction this Saturday morning.
I urge you….
Which words stay with you as your day starts?
What is God teaching you about His ways today?

And then take time to Pray in response to this God

Amen we pray together this new day

Midday

Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer

O God of mercy and amazing grace
Thank you for all you have given us
In Christ Jesus

O God of love and saving grace
Thank you for all you are doing in us
Through Christ Jesus

O God of help and wondrous grace
Equip us to serve you in this world
For Christ Jesus

For yours is due all the glory and honour
Praises and worship
Because of Christ Jesus

Amen and Amen

Evening
Reading : read the verses again from ROMANS 16 verses 17-20
Reflect on Paul’s words…. and then Pray in response to what you have read
His God is our God

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for NOVEMBER 2022

Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 5 verse 1

During 2022 we have been looking daily at the theme of GOOD NEWS as we journeyed with Paul through his letter to the ROMANS – and pausing at our times of Midday Devotion to pray for others in our church family, our city and our world.

In November, as we move through the year, we take a final look at some of the truths again behind the words of these powerful chapters and verses.

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’

These Devotions are but one way to feed on God’s Word in the morning, at midday, in the evening… to pray with Him continually through the day and even to share with others the treasures or hurdles you discover.
The Church website and Facebook page (even on a handy mobile) provide a fuller daily devotional page. However it all follows the pattern below which the information provided fits into, based on the Kirk’s origins of the Celtic and Northumbrian traditions which we started as a church family in 2015.

Morning
Reading and Meditation on the content and Prayer of response
Midday
Prayer – mostly for others
Evening
Verse(s) from the morning reading
Reflection and Prayer at the end of the day

A Prayer for the Month of NOVEMBER

Lord, we thank You for our founder, Paul
We thank You for his wisdom and resolve
Help us to understand the intricacy
Of his message, and to follow You as a Christian Nation
Built from the ‘nations’.
In Jesus’ name
Amen
.

The Lord’s 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