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Daily Devotions for 7th November, 2018

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God

Reading : ROMANS chapter 6
Meditation : take time to consider this chapter this morning .
Which words are you drawn to? How do they encourage and challenge you?
What is your response to God today?

Then take time to Pray to this God of ours – Father, Son and Holy Spirit

LORD God,
I read these words,
Let me hear what you are saying to me
And how I should then be living
To please you
Even this day.
Amen I pray.

Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your midday prayer
(See in the magazine or online under the Prayer tab on LK website)
God of grace and mercy…and hope, hear our prayers.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from Romans 6
Reflect ….. and pray with God at the end of your day
Only in Christ Jesus Amen and Amen we pray, O LORD our God

Daily Devotions for 6th November, 2018

Upper Room day – time out with God

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

Reading : ACTS 16 verses 11-15
Meditation : consider the words recorded here about God at work in Lydia’s life.
What is He saying to you today from these verses?
What is your response to Him?

And then turn to God in response with your morning prayer

O Father God,
LORD God,
Our God,
Amen.

Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
Ask…… seek…… knock……….hear!
Father, thank you.

Evening
Reading : read these set verses again
Reflect on the words…and on your day…. and Pray in response – to Father God
(Pray your own words at the end of this day
Words of worship and praise – for who God is
Words of confession and trust – for what Father God has done today for you
Words of hope and longing – for what God will do in and through you – even tomorrow)

Amen we pray together!

Daily Devotions for 5th November, 2018

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

Reading : ACTS 10 verses 44-48
Meditation : take time to consider these further words from Acts 10
What is God saying to you today?
What is your response?

and then bring your morning prayer of response to Peter’s God, our God

(Pray your own words in response to what you have read and meditated on
Giving thanks for others changed by faith in Christ
As you ask for something in God’s will – even for today)

In and through Christ Jesus alone we pray this morning, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s hand of blessing on those needing guidance at this time
O LORD God, in your mercy hear our prayers.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from Acts 10
Reflect on these words at the end of your day….. and then pray to this God of amazing grace
Father God, receive our praise and hear our prayers this evening.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 4th November, 2018

Why do we Baptise?
Family Communion Sunday

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus – our Redeemer and Saviour

Reading : JOHN 1 verses 19-34

Meditation : take time and consider these words about John the Baptist and Jesus
as your day starts.
Which words stay with you?

Pray in response to this God – including those considering baptism

Our God of new life,
My God,
Hear my prayer this Sunday morning.
Amen and Amen.

Midday
Pray for the Church in our world to experience Sunday blessings
O God of Life and Hope, hear our prayers!

Evening
Reading : read these verses again
Reflect on these words – and Pray in response to what you read.
A Celtic Prayer
Come close to our hearts this evening and listen to our prayers.
Let us feel your presence ever near us as we lay our burdens
At your feet and offer our souls to your service.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Together We Pray in the evening

Today, as the Church of Scotland calls us to a national day of prayer, we pause and pray this evening for the world and the world-wide Church. We use a prayer that was used by those who gathered at this week’s Gathering for Prayer in the Kirk.

Prayer for the World and the World-Wide Church

Dear God

We pray for our Church:
many parts yet one body
under the authority of Jesus Christ.
From north to south, east to west,
help us build your Kingdom,
to see lives transformed.

We ask that in your power
we would be mobilised
as your body
to continue your work.
Of healing
compassion
of showing practical care and love
and of building your kingdom here on earth.

Grant wisdom and love to Church leaders,
so that the way churches interact
would reflect the love of brothers and sisters
and would reflect your love for us.

We Pray for our brothers and sisters
that face persecution for their faith.
That have to meet in secret,
and suffer fear and brutality.
Strengthen them in their time of trial,
Comfort them in their time of sorrow,
Deliver them from evil, we ask.

We pray for our world,
So much suffering and indifference,
Yet so much good and happiness as well.
We pray for your presence
to be in our rejoicing
and in our distress.

In famine,
in drought,
in war,
in poverty,
in political turmoil,
in response to terrorism,
in tribal conflict,
to refugee’s,
Bring your peace and healing
your compassion and provision
reconciliation and aid.

AMEN


The Church at Canning Garden Methodist in Malaysia, our twinned church family.

Together We Pray at midday

Today, as the Church of Scotland calls us to a national day of prayer, we pause and pray at midday for our community in Liberton and SE Edinburgh. We use a prayer that was used by those who gathered at this week’s Gathering for Prayer in the Kirk.

Prayer for our Community

Dear God

We pray for our communities:
the people we are called to love,
the people amongst whom we work;
us, together, within our communities;
every one known to you and
loved by you.

Grant us discernment
that we might know how to serve
in practical and spiritual ways,
that we might more fully understand
the lives of others,
that we might embody the love of God
in everything we do
as part of these communities.

Grant us courage
to stand with those on the margins,
to challenge inequalities,
to fight injustice
and to be a light in the darkness.

Grant us humility,
to recognise the poverty of
our understanding
and the depth of your wisdom,
to acknowledge the riches of your grace
and your endless desire to renew,
as today, your presence renews our lives.

May our community be a place
where the gifts of many are united
in common purpose,
where all are allowed to flourish
and be valued,
where together
we are built into a dwelling place
for the Holy Spirit,
as together we grow in love.

AMEN