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Daily Devotions for Saturday 4th September, 2021

Messy in the Park – Gracemount

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

Reading : EXODUS 20 verses 1-21

Meditation : take time to consider these familiar verses this morning.
Pause with this God as you consider all He said here.
Which words is He pointing to this morning?

And then Pray in response to what you read – to this God of ours.

Pray for all God’s people in our city, in our nation, in the world.

Pray for Gracemount to know God’s blessings today.

In Jesus’ name
Amen

Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your midday prayer

Be still and know

Be still my restless mind

Be still with God

Be still in this world

Be still in my life

Be still and trust God

In Jesus’ name
Amen

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from EXODUS 20
Reflect on this God, your God, our God…. and then Call on Him in your evening Prayer

O LORD God, our God, receive our evening praise
For who You are!
For all you have done for us!
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 these days.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Call to Evening Prayer with Others

As your Friday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as we step into the weekend

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from EXODUS 3 vs 1-10

You are encouraged to follow the pattern of A-C-T-S which many have found to be a blessing and a help

A doration … taking a few moments to bring your evening words of praise and worship to our God

C onfession … of the sins of this day

T hanksgiving … for the blessings of this day … and of forgiveness received

S upplication or Asking … for a situation…or another person…for Messy in the Park at Gracemount tomorrow

In Jesus’ Name
Amen

Pause to Pray for Others

On this first Friday in September…as the nation and the world wrestles with new cases and vaccine supplies…and other points of crisis and concern in our world are before us… 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 pray for all those affected by the coronavirus – in our community, in our nation and in our world

For family and friends and neighbours

For the people of New Orleans in these days of hurricane turmoil

For NHS and Care Home staff across the nation

For our country and our national leaders at this time of decision making

Daily Devotions for Friday 3rd September, 2021

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

Reading : EXODUS 3 verses 1-10

Meditation : consider these words this morning.
Pause with this God.
Listen. Look. Wait. Hear. See.

And then Pray in response – to this God we believe and trust in
Hearing. Seeing.

Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Linda Wright as she serves others
Father God, hear our prayers, have mercy and bless her real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from EXODUS 3 verses 1-10
Reflect on the words you have just read and pray in response

P-ause
R-ejoice
A-sk
Y-ield/Yes!

Amen.

A Call to Evening Prayer with Others

As your Thursday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from GENESIS 28 vs 10-22

You are encouraged to follow the pattern of A-C-T-S which many have found to be a blessing and a help

A doration … taking a few moments to bring your evening words of praise and worship to our God

C onfession … of the sins of this day

T hanksgiving … for the blessings of this day … and of forgiveness received

S upplication or Asking … for a situation…or another person…for the people of Asia at this time of turmoil

In Jesus’ Name
Amen

Daily Devotions for Thursday 2nd September, 2021

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

Reading : GENESIS 28 verses 10-22

Meditation : take time and carefully consider this part of the Bible.
Look again at verses 16 and 17.
Pause in God’s presence as you step into this day.

Then pray in response to this God as your day starts
Acknowledge He is with you
Expect to see and hear Him in this day

In Jesus’ name. Amen and Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those who administer our church finances
Lord, hear our prayers and bless each and all real good we ask.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from GENESIS 28 verses 10–22
Reflect on the words written here – and what God is saying to you now.
Pray in response to this God who is only a prayer away

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