Daily Devotions 1st June 2016

Morning

Pray to hear and receive from the LORD, our God

Reading :  1 TIMOTHY 1 verses 1-11
Meditation : consider Paul’s words of warning here

and then pray to have Paul’s servant heart – pray over verse 5 especially
(Pray your own words to this God, our God.
Of praise and trust in Jesus
For understanding of these verses
And of need – for heart, conscience and faith)
Amen we say together.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on believers in Nigeria under persecution
God of power, hear our prayers.

Evening

Reading : read the words of verse 5 again

Reflect how true they are for you and Pray in response to the LORD God
God of grace, hear my evening prayer.

Daily Devotions for June 2016

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‘But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God….’
1 Peter 2 verse 9            

As we continue to move through the year you are encouraged to take time each day and use the devotional guide provided – when we travel through the books of 1 & 2 TIMOTHY and 1 & 2 PETER this month. These letters from Paul and Peter were written as encouragements – to a younger man growing in his Christian life and to churches facing trying times.

The Devotions are but one way to feed on God’s Word in the morning, at midday, in the evening… to pray with Him continually through your day and even to share with others the treasures or hurdles you discover. The Church website and Facebook page (even on a handy mobile) provide a fuller daily devotional page. However it all follows the pattern below which the information provided fits into, based on the Kirk’s own origins of the Celtic and Northumbrian traditions.

Morning
Reading and Meditation on the theme
Prayer of response to the Word

Midday
Prayer – mostly for others

Evening
Verse(s) from the morning reading
Reflection on the day and Prayer

 

A Prayer for the Month

A Prayer for the Month of June

Holy and Gracious God
We praise and adore You
For who You are 

Loving and Merciful Saviour
We trust and follow You
Above all others 

Spirit of Truth and power
We need You
We need You 

To make us more like Jesus
That we might be holy like You are
To be pleasing to Father God
In every way 

Amen we cry out
This day and every day.
Until he comes!
Amen and amen.

Anon. 2016

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father,  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.

Daily Devotions 31st May 2016

Upper Room day

Morning

Pray to hear and receive from Jesus, Saviour and Lord

Reading : 2 Thessalonians 3 verses 6-18
Meditation : take time and consider how Paul ends his letter…..

Pray in response to know God’s peace and grace – even today
Father God,
I believe
I receive
….Even now
In Your name I ask, Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessings of peace and grace on someone in need at this time
Lord, hear our prayers

Evening

Reading : read these verses again

Reflect on this God and then Pray in praise to Him at the end of this devotion,
Giving thanks for His amazing grace and gift of eternal salvation in and through Christ Jesus
And for His worldwide Church – even yours!
LORD God, our God, hear our prayers, as we return our thanks to You.

Daily Devotions 30th May 2016

Morning

Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit

Reading : 2 Thessalonians 3 verses 1-5
Meditation : consider all that is taught in these few verses

Pray in response, for others known to you in need at this time
(Pray your own words at the start of this day based on these words
Of praise and worship
For others)
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on our churches as we met over this past weekend
Thank you, O Lord…

Evening

Reading : read verse 3 again

Reflect on its meaning and then pray to God in response
Father God, hear my prayers.

Daily Devotions 29th May 2016

Morning

Pray to hear and receive from the Living God

Reading : 2 Thessalonians 2 verses 13-17
Meditation :  take time and consider these words….

and then pray humbly in response, to stand firm in Christ Jesus
O LORD God,
As I read these words
Make them true in my life.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday

Pray for the work of TEAR Fund, helping a needy world
O LORD, our God, hear our cry!

Evening

Reading : read these verses again

Reflect on the words and then Pray in response
O LORD, hear our prayers we ask
As we give you our thanks for all of today.

Daily Devotions 28th May 2016

Morning

Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit

Reading : 2 Thessalonians 2 verses 1-12
Meditation : consider what Paul was teaching here and what these verses say to you                  

and Pray in response to be true to the Truth
O God of Perfect Truth,
Hear my morning prayer
And by Your Spirit’s help
Make me a person of truth.
Amen we pray together this new day.

Midday

Pray the Prayer for the Month as your midday prayer
(see the magazine or under the Prayer tab on LK website)
LORD, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening

Reading : read the verses again

Reflect on vs 1-3 in particular and then Pray
LORD God, our God, hear our prayers at the end of this day.