You are invited at this time in your day to pause and pray
You may want to be still in God’s refreshing presence on this Tuesday evening
You may need to name others before Father God
You may find it helpful to read the words from today’s Daily Devotions – 2 Thessalonians 3 verses 1-5
a Prayer from the Church of Scotland
You are invited at this time in your day to pause and pray with others
You may want to be still in God’s refreshing presence on this Tuesday
You may need to name others before Father God – including those in need known to you and the situation in India at this time
You may find it helpful to pray the words we usually use in the Upper Room at this time on a Tuesday
Upper Room day and Evening Gathering for Prayer
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus, Saviour and Lord
Reading : 2 THESSALONIANS 3 verses 1-5
Meditation : take time and consider this passage this morning.
What words stay with you?
What are you encouraged and challenged by today?
Pray in response to what you have read
Taking time to pause and listen for God’s answer to you
O Lord
Speak to us
Speak to me
By name
And help me hear
What the Spirit is saying in these days
Even today
To me
To my family
To my Church
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 set verses again 2 THESSALONIANS 3
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray….to the LORD our God
God of Paul and the church at Thessaalonica, our God,
We bring our evening worship to you
As we lay ourselves and our families before you
As we acknowledge what you are saying to us at this time
In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.
You are invited at this time in your day to pause and pray as your week starts
You may want to be still in God’s refreshing presence on this Monday evening
You may need to name others before Father God
You may find it helpful to read the words from today’s Daily Devotions – 1 Thessalonians 5 verses 25-28
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : 1 THESSALONIANS 5 verses 25-28
Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
What do they teach/remind you about Paul and prayer and the Early Church?
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 others
For our nation
For our world
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on OPEN DOORS at work in Laos in these days
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.
Evening
Reading : read these verses again from 1 THESSALONIANS 5
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response
Eternal and Faithful One, hear my evening prayers
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
You are invited at this time in your day to pause and pray as you count your Sunday blessings
You may want to be still in God’s refreshing presence before you step into a new week
You may need to name others before Father God
You may find it helpful to read the words from today’s Daily Devotions – 1 Thessalonians 5 verses 12-24
