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Daily Devotions for Thursday 10th March, 2022

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

Reading : LEVITICUS 6 verses 1-13

Meditation : take time and consider what is said here – as your day starts.
Offerings and Sacrifices.
What words stay with you?
What is God saying to you today?

And then pray in response as your day starts

Pray your own words to the LORD our God

In Jesus’ name.
Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on our Messy Church Team
O LORD, hear our prayers and pour out a blessing we ask on this work

Evening
Reading : read the set verses again from LEVITICUS 6 verses 1-13
Reflect on these words again at the end of your day
and Pray in response to this God we believe and trust in

O LORD God, hear our evening prayers
As we thank You for Your grace and mercy in our lives.
O have mercy we ask
On others
On our Church
On our world
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Wednesday 9th March, 2022

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Three in One

Reading : LEVITICUS 5 verses 14-19

Meditation : consider what is said here as your day starts.
Repayment Offerings
What is your response to God’s written Word today?
Is there an offering God is asking of you at this time?

Then turn to pray to God in response

O LORD our God,
Thank you for all these words
And all they teach me.
Receive my sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the work of our Care Team
O LORD, give blessing and hear our prayers we ask this day.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from LEVITICUS 5 verses 14-19
Reflect on the words you have read and then pray in response – to this God, our God

LORD God, our God,
God who deserves our thanks
Hear the evening prayers of your people
For we are indeed in need of rescue from this world
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 8th March, 2022

Upper Room day – time-out with God

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus, Saviour and Lord

Reading : LEVITICUS 5 verses 1-13

Meditation : take time and consider this very passage this morning.
Cases requiring Sin-Offerings
What do the words mean to you at this time?
What is your response to God’s Word today?

Take time to Pray in response – including for others known to you in need at this time
The love of God
The forgiveness from God

We can but bow before you this day O LORD
We can but ask for those in need or trouble this day O LORD
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
Ask and seek and knock……and hear
Father God…thank you.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from LEVITICUS 5 verses 1-13
Reflect…. and then Pray as your day closes

God of the Old Testament and the God of today,
The God of strong love
The God of wondrous forgiveness
My God, our God,
Hear our evening prayers
As we thank you for your help today
As we journey from today to tomorrow
As we name others we care about before you
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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.