On Wednesday morning you are invited to pause and Bring Your Own Cuppa and chat a while with others via Zoom.
This week you are invited to wear a Christmas jumper or hat and consider making a donation to Bethany Christian Trust at this time of year…the link is below.
Come and go as you wish…and keep the hosts in the far north company…whatever the weather outside!
If you haven’t received the Zoom ID email please do contact Gary or Alastair!
Fourth Sunday in Advent
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God
Reading : REVELATION 1 verses 9-20
Meditation : take time to consider this vision on this Sunday.
The First and the Last.
What words or images stay with you?
What is your response to this vision today?
And then pray in response to this Person
We bow down
And worship
Saying
Hallelujah and Amen!
Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your own 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 these set verses again from REVELATION 1
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response at the end of your day
O LORD, Son of Man, the First and the Last,
We bring our evening sacrifice of praise to you.
As we return our thanks to you
As we acknowledge You our Saviour and Help even this day.
As we pray for all corners of our world
To know of You.
Amen.
You are invited to pause and pray with others at this time in your day
A prayer from the Church of England
At this time in your Saturday 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 are anxious 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
As part of God’s Church we participated in the global prayer venture of Thy Kingdom Come earlier this year. This ran during the 11 days between Ascension and Pentecost….many months ago now!
Each Saturday at 12 noon we are continuing to ask and seek and knock on Heaven’s door…..’Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done’…..and to pray for up to 5 people we know to meet with Jesus and to experience God’s Kingdom reign in their lives.
This week we focus on the theme of PRAY FOR as we pause to pray with others.
We are encouraged to take time to bring our prayers for others to the LORD our God
For family
For friends
For neighbours
For colleagues
For those in need known to us.
Have mercy we call out
In Jesus’ name….Amen
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : 2 PETER 3 verses 11-18
Meditation : take time to consider these verses this morning.
Looking forward.
What encourages and challenges you today?
What is God saying to you from His Word?
And then Pray in response – looking again at verse 15 as you turn to pray for others
O God,
Hear my morning prayer
And have mercy
As I lay myself
And others
Before you
In Jesus’ name.
Amen
Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer
Father God
You are preparing us for the coming of the new Heaven and the new Earth
The old will disappear
The new will come
Alpha and Omega
Beginning and End
You are our God and we are your children
Amen
Evening
Reading : read these verses again from 2 PETER 3 at the end of your day
Reflect on these words as you look back over the day and then Pray in response
LORD God, our God of future hope,
Hear our prayers this evening
As we return our thanks to You
And trust you for tomorrow
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
