At this time in your Friday and in these changing times you are invited to pause and pray with others in our city and across the nation…to the LORD our God, our Father God.
You are encouraged to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus
For family and friends and neighbours
For all who live alone in our city at this time
For NHS and Care Home staff in our city
For our country and our national leaders at this time
On this Friday…at the start of a new year….you are invited to pause and pray with others
To Father God
For yourself…and for others in your family at this time
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the LORD God
Reading : JEREMIAH 33 verse 1
Meditation : take time to carefully consider this one verse today.
There is nowhere God cannot reach us.
How does this encourage or challenge you this morning?
What is your response to God’s Word as you step into today?
Take time out with God in Prayer in response – as God leads you
Including praying for others in hard circumstances
O Father God,
Hear our cry
On this first day of a new year
Be near those we name before you
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on our Church Family as we step into 2021
O LORD God, have mercy on each and all and hear our prayers we ask.
Evening
Reading : read these words again from JEREMIAH 33.1
Reflect ….and then pray….for others as well as yourself
O LORD God, hear our prayers at this evening hour
For we believe and trust in you, the Three in One
As we lay ourselves and others before You in Jesus’ name, Amen.
At this time in your Thursday and in these changing times you are invited to pause and pray with others in our city and across the nation…to the LORD our God, our Father God.
You are encouraged to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus
For family and friends
For all who live in our city at this time
For NHS and Care Home staff in our city
For our country and our national leaders at this time
On this Thursday…the last day of 2020…you are invited to pause and pray with others
To Father God
For yourself…and for others
Call to me and I will answer you,
and will tell you great and hidden things
that you have not known.
Jeremiah 33 verse 3
During 2020 we were looking at standing on the promises of God in the Bible – as well as dipping into the Psalms some weekends – pausing in prayer at our times of Midday Devotion for others in our church family, our city and our world at this time of the year.
In 2021 we will be looking daily into our Bibles and the theme of PRAYER.
In January we therefore start by considering THE GOD WE PRAY TO.
We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ during this new year of 2021.
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 January
Thank you, our Lord and God most high,
for your constant love every morning and your faithfulness each night,
for all you have done that rejoices our hearts:
you have taught us your wisdom, you have blessed us in our worship,
you have given us happiness, you have kept us safe,
you have strengthened us through the passing years.
Lord, we trust in your mercy and protection:
thank you, Lord. Amen
(based on the words of Psalm 92)
The Lord’s 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
