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Daily Devotions for Saturday 15th January, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS chapter 15

Meditation : take time to consider these verses this morning.
Paul’s reasons and plans.
What encourages and challenges you today?
What is God saying to you from His Word?

And then Pray in response

LORD
I look up to you,
Up to heaven, where you rule.

Hear my morning prayer
Guide and guard me

Hear the morning prayers of your people
In every corner of this world

In Jesus’ name.
Amen

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

Thank you our God
For sending Jesus
The Good News
In our world

Thank you Jesus
That you came
From heaven to earth
As our Good News

Holy Spirit
Inspire us
Enable us
To share this Good News

In our street
In Liberton
In Scotland
In our world

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from ROMANS chapter 15 at the end of your day
Reflect on these words as you look back over the day and then Pray in response

LORD
I look up to you,
Up to heaven, where you rule.

Hear my evening prayer
Of thanksgiving for the blessings of this day

Hear the evening prayers of your people
For guiding and guarding this day

In Jesus’ name.
Amen

Pause to Pray for Others

On this particular Friday…as the nation and the world wrestles with the new variant and vaccine supplies…and other points of crisis and concern are before us in our nation and our world … you are invited to pause and continue to pray with others in our city and across the nation…to the LORD our God, our Father God.

You are encouraged to continue to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus – in our community, in our nation and in our world – and for parts of the world in turmoil at this time

For family and friends and neighbours

For senior citizens in our local community

For NHS and Care Home staff across the nation

For our country and world leaders at this time

Daily Devotions for Friday 14th January, 2022

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : ROMANS chapter 14

Meditation : as we pause with God we consider these verses this morning.
How to love others.
What are you encouraged and challenged by today?
What words stay with you?

Then take time to Pray in response to this God of ours
Praying for others
Your neighbours
Your family
Your colleagues
Those on your prayer list

In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Your Church in Scotland in 2022
Father God, hear our prayers, have mercy and pour out blessings we ask

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from ROMANS chapter 14
Reflect on the way God has blessed you in your life
and pray in response to Him
and for others known to you at this time

LORD God, the God of perfect love,
Our God,
Hear our evening prayers
As we return our sacrifice of praise for who you are
And your help even this day
As we bring ourselves to you at the end of this day.
As we name others before You.
Amen.