Tag: December
A Song for Saturday – What a Friend we have in Jesus!
Daily Devotions for Saturday 4th December, 2021
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : REVELATION 1 verses 9-20
Meditation : take time to pause with the Living God this Saturday morning.
And then Pray in response to what you read – to this God of ours.
Pray for God’s help today for yourself and for another as we yield to His Kingdom will
In Jesus’ name
We offer our prayers this day
Amen and 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 REVELATION 1 verses 9-20 again
Reflect on this God, your God, our God…. and then Call on Him in your evening Prayer
LORD God, our God, receive our praise
For who You are
For your help and protection even today
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.
An Evening Prayer – for Advent
Pause to Pray for Others
On this first Friday in Advent…as the nation and the world wrestles with new cases and vaccine supplies…and other points of crisis and concern… you are invited to pause and continue to pray with others in our city and across the nation…to the LORD our God, our Father God.
You are encouraged to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus – in our community, in our nation and in our world – and for parts of the world in turmoil at this time
For family and friends and neighbours
For the supply of vaccines to each and all in our world
For NHS and Care Home staff across the nation
For our country and world leaders at this time
Daily Devotions for Friday 3rd December, 2021
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus
Reading : PHILIPPIANS 3 verses 12-21
Meditation : take time to consider these words today from Paul about yielding to God’s ways.
What is God teaching/reminding you this morning?
And then Pray in response – as God leads you
Pray with confidence to our God to bless others on their journey with Him
Amen – we pray together.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Leprosy Mission work in Niger
Father God, hear our prayers, have mercy and bless this work real good we ask.
Evening
Reading : read this set passage again from PHILIPPIANS 3
Reflect on the words you have just read and pray in response
Lord Jesus, hear our evening prayers as we respond to these words
Build your Church, Lord
Make us strong, Lord.
And bring a blessing to those in need this evening we ask.
Amen.