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Daily Devotions for Sunday December 6th, 2020

Second Sunday in Advent

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

Reading : MATTHEW 24 verses 15-31

Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible.
The Awful Horror.
What is God teaching/reminding you today from his Word?
What is your response to Him?

Pray in response to what you have read and considered
Pray for our Sunday Services to evidence God at work

In Jesus’ name
Today this is my prayer
For I believe and trust in Him
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 MATTHEW 24.15-31 again as your day ends
Reflect on the truths beyond the words and then Pray to this God …our God
Including for others known to you in need at this time

O Father, Son and Holy Spirit, hear our evening prayers
As we praise You for who You are
As we return our thanks to you for the blessings of this day.
As we name others in need before You.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

A Time to Pray with Others

At this time in your Saturday and in these changing times you are invited to pause and 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

For family and friends and neighbours

For all in our Church Family at Liberton

For NHS and Care Home staff in our city

For our country and our national leaders at this time of decision

Thy Kingdom Come #sorry

As part of God’s Church we participated in the global prayer venture of Thy Kingdom Come earlier this year. This ran during the 11 days between Ascension and Pentecost….many months ago now!

Each Saturday at 12 noon we are continuing to ask and seek and knock on Heaven’s door…..’Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done’…..and to pray for up to 5 people we know to meet with Jesus and to experience God’s Kingdom reign in their lives.

This week we focus on the theme of SORRY as we pause to pray with others.

We are encouraged to take time to bring our words of confession to the LORD our God

We confess words said that we should not have said

We confess words not said that should have been said

We confess actions done that we should not have done

We confess actions not done that should have been done

We confess to Father God where we have gone our own way – and not His Kingdom will for us.

Have mercy we call out
In Jesus’ name….Amen

Daily Devotions for Saturday December 5th, 2020

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus.

Reading : MATTHEW 24 verses 1-14

Meditation : take time to consider these words this Saturday morning.
Good News preaching in bad times.
What is God saying to you today from His Word about future times?

Pray in response to the God of all tomorrows.
Looking again at verse 14 as you turn to prayer

O LORD
Our God
Mighty and Eternal One,
Receive our praise
Hear our prayers in these days
And keep us on the right path we ask
As you walk with us even this day
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

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

Father God
You are preparing us for the coming of the new Heaven and the new Earth
The old will disappear
The new will come
Alpha and Omega
Beginning and End
You are our God and we are your children
Amen

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from MATTHEW 24
Reflect prayerfully on the words and images ….. and then Pray in response
Especially for others in need of hearing the Good News at this time

Spirit of the Living God, hear our evening prayers at the end of this day
And be with those we name before you.
Make us ever a people who look forward and upward we call out!
In Jesus’ saving name, Amen.

A Time to Pray with Others

At this time in your Friday and in these changing times you are invited to pause and 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

For family and friends

For those anxious about a family member

For NHS and Care Home staff in our city

For our country and our national leaders at this time of decision