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Daily Devotions for Monday 7th March, 2022

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

Reading : LEVITICUS 4 verses 22-35

Meditation : take the time to consider this part of the chapter today.
Offerings for Unintentional Sins
What words or images stay with you?
What is God saying to you this morning?
What is your response to God’s Word today?

Pray in response – to our God , the God of amazing grace

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and worship
Of confession and trust
Of need – for yourself and others

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessings on our Hospitality Team
O LORD, have mercy on this work we call out and pour rich blessings!

Evening
Reading : read the passage again prayerfully from LEVITICUS 4 verses 22-35
Reflect….. and then pray to God in response

LORD God, the LORD Almighty, hear my prayer this evening.
As I thank you for the blessings of this day
And your amazing forgiving love to me
As I call out to you for others
As I lay myself and this world before you
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 6th March, 2022

First Sunday of Lent

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God

Reading : ROMANS 1 verse 7

Meditation : take time and consider these words this Sunday morning.
Loved by God. Called to be saints.
What encourages and challenges you today?

And then pray in response to the LORD our God
Making the second half of the verse your prayer for another today

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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 this one verse again – ROMANS 1 verse 7
Reflect on all that is said here and then Pray in response to this God of grace and peace

O LORD, our Great God,
Hear our evening prayers of praise we ask
As we thank you for what we read
As we look back over our day
As we look ahead to tomorrow
As we name before you those we are concerned about.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 5th March, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 1 verse 1

Meditation : as we pause with God we take time to consider these words this morning.
A servant. An apostle. Set apart.
What has God called you to do?

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

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen

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

Thank you Jesus Christ
That you came
From heaven to earth
As God’s perfect sacrifice

Spirit of God
Prompt us
Enable us
To share this Good News

In our family circle
In Liberton
In Edinburgh
In our world

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen

Evening
Reading : read ROMANS 1 verse 1 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 guidance 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.

Daily Devotions for Friday 4th March, 2022

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : LEVITICUS 4 verses 1-21

Meditation : consider these particular words this morning.
Offerings for Unintentional Sins
What is God teaching/reminding you today?

And then Pray in response – as God leads you
Pray with humility to our God as you ask Him to show any unintentional sin
Receive His forgiveness and cleansing

Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on our Kirk magazine as it is read by others
Father God, hear our prayers, have mercy and bless this real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from LEVITICUS 4 verses 1-21
Reflect on the words you have just read and pray in response

Spirit of the Living God
Fall afresh on me

Melt me
Mould me
Fill me

Spirit of the Living God
Fall afresh on me

In Jesus’ name
Amen.

Daily Devotions for Thursday 3rd March, 2022

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : LEVITICUS chapter 3

Meditation : take time and consider these words this morning.
Fellowship-Offerings
What will you offer to God today?
Is there a sacrifice He is asking of you?

Then pray in response to the LORD as your day starts

In Jesus’ name. Amen and Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the Kirkgate Youth Trust
Lord, hear our prayers and bless this work real good we ask.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from LEVITICUS chapter 3
Reflect on the words written here – and what God is saying to you now.
Pray in response to this God we believe and trust in

O LORD, hear our evening prayers as this day closes
As we praise you for who You are
As we return our thanks to You.
As we humbly confess our sins
As we lay all we are and have before You
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for MARCH 2022

In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
Leviticus 4 verse 35

During 2022 we are looking daily at the theme of GOOD NEWS as we journey with Paul through his letter to the ROMANS – and pausing at our times of Midday Devotion to pray for others in our church family, our city and our world.

In March, as we journey though Lent, we look into LEVITICUS as well as ROMANS.
Leviticus is not an easy book to chew over – but there are truths behind the words that will help us understand more about God’s Good News through the Sacrifice of Jesus.

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’

These 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 the 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 origins of the Celtic and Northumbrian traditions
which we started as a church family in 2015.

Morning
Reading and Meditation on the content and Prayer of response
Midday
Prayer – mostly for others
Evening
Verse(s) from the morning reading
Reflection and Prayer at the end of the day

A Prayer for the Month of MARCH

Thank you Jesus Christ
That you came
From heaven to earth
As God’s perfect sacrifice

Spirit of God
Prompt us
Enable us
To share this Good News

In our family circle
In Liberton
In Edinburgh
In our world

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen

The Lord’s Prayer