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Daily Devotions for 16th July, 2018

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : Book of JONAH

Meditation : take the time to consider this story and these events.
What do they mean for you today?
What is God saying to you this morning from the life of Jonah?

Pray in response – to the God who saves – to this God of amazing grace

(Pray your own words of honesty at the start of this day
Of praise and worship
Of confession and trust
For your city and nation)

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your midday prayer
(See Matthew 6 or online under the Prayer tab on LK website)
Father God of grace and mercy, hear our prayers.

Evening
Reading : read the JONAH chapters again at the end of your day
Reflect on all that happens and then pray to this God in response
Father God, hear my prayer this evening.
For those I have shared today with
For my city
As I humbly trust in You, my Saviour.
Amen.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 15th July, 2018

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God
Reading : DANIEL chapter 6

Meditation : take time and consider these words and images as your Sunday starts.
What is God saying to you today from His Word this morning?
What is your response to Him?

and then pray to Daniel’s God, our God, in response

O LORD God,
Great and so worthy of praise.
We bow before You.
We lay our lives before You.
Oh use us
Today and every day!
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday
Pray for your church family to experience God’s blessings!
O LORD, God of mercy, hear our cry and pour out a blessing we ask!

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from Daniel 6
Reflect on all that happens and is said here and then Pray in response to this God
O LORD, our Great God, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for what we read.
As we look back over this day
As we look ahead to tomorrow
As we name before you those we are concerned about.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Adore #ThyKingdomCome

In our land and across our world during the 10 days in May leading to Pentecost believers and followers of Jesus were invited to pause and pray for the Kingdom of God to be experienced and evidenced anew. This was a venture created by God through the Archbishop of Canterbury and others.

As part of our daily devotional rhythm there are 11 posts on our website and social media pages – each Saturday morning at 8am – on the 11 themes brought to us by the Thy Kingdom Come prayer venture leaders.

Today we are invited to pause in God’s presence – and bring Him our prayers and songs of adoration – for who He is and for all He has done for us and given in Christ Jesus!

Please take a few minutes to pray your prayers of adoration this morning.

O Come let us adore Him!em>

Daily Devotions for Saturday 14th July, 2018

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : EZEKIEL 37

Meditation : take time to consider these verses and images.
What do you see?
What is God saying to you today from His Word?

And then Pray in response to this God of new life!

O LORD God,
I read
I believe
I worship You
With cries of joy
With songs of praise
Oh this day
Renew me
And may we, the Church,
Be a people filled with Your Spirit
From the inside out!
In Jesus’ name,
Amen we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those who are struggling with doubt in their faith
God of grace and mercy hear our prayers and bless each real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read this chapter again from Ezekiel
Reflect on your God…. and then Praise Him in your evening Prayer
LORD God, our God, receive our praise
For who You are!
For all you have done for us!
And as we give it all back to you
May you continue to reach and save and renew people
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done across our world.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for 13th July, 2018

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus
Reading : JEREMIAH 1 – chapter 3 verse 5

Meditation : take the time to consider these words this morning.
What was God calling Jeremiah to do and say?
What is God saying to you today?

And then Pray in response – as God leads you
Invite and allow the Holy Spirit to bring words and images to your mind.

Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those facing a medical operation today
Father God, hear our prayers, and bless them each and all real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read the words again from Jeremiah
Reflect on the words you have just read and pray in response
Lord Jesus, hear our evening prayers
As we lay ourselves before you.
Amen.

Pray for BIG Alpha

Matthew 22 New International Version (NIV)

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”