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Daily Devotions for Wednesday 1st May, 2024

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

Reading : ESTHER chapter 4

Meditation : prayerfully consider these words and events this morning
Mordecai asks for help

Who do you identify with most in this chapter?
Who has asked you for help recently?

Then turn to pray to this God in response

O LORD our God
Thank you for these words
And all they teach us
Receive my sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving
For all Your help given
Even to me
In Jesus’ name
Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the members of the Royal Family
O LORD, give wisdom and help and hear our prayers we ask this day.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from ESTHER chapter 4
Reflect on the words you have read and then pray in response – to this God, our God

LORD God, our God,
Our Great Helper
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.

Tuesday Evening Prayer with Others

As we step further into a new week….. with God – together – you may want to revisit today’s Daily Devotions from ESTHER chapter 2 v 19 – chapter 3 – as we consider BEFORE THE GOOD NEWS – GOD’S PLAN BEGINS through 2024.

We PAUSE with the Lord in prayer as the day closes….

We REJOICE in the help and blessings He has given this particular Tuesday – to us and to others

We ASK for His presence, peace and strength – for ourselves and for others in our church family and our nation and in our world at this time – especially prayerfully supporting the people of Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Yemen and other parts of our world in deep need at this time

We YIELD – say Yes – to His Kingdom ways for tomorrow

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 30th April, 2024

Upper Room day and Gathering for Prayer in the evening

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

Reading : ESTHER chapter 2 v19 – chapter 3
Meditation : take time and consider this passage this Tuesday morning
Mordecai
Haman

What words or images stay with you?
What is God teaching/reminding you today?

Pray in response to what you have read
Taking time to pause and listen for God’s answer to you

I call to the LORD for help;
I plead with him.
I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

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

Evening
Reading : ESTHER chapter 2 v19 – chapter 3
read these words again – reflect and then pray in response to our God
naming others in a hard place at this time

I call to the LORD for help;
I plead with him.
I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.

In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.

Evening Prayer with Others

As we step into a new week….. with God – together – you may want to revisit today’s Daily Devotions from ESTHER chapter 2 verses 1-18 – as we consider BEFORE THE GOOD NEWS – GOD’S PLAN BEGINS through 2024.

We PAUSE with the Lord in prayer as the day closes….

We REJOICE in the help and blessings He has given this particular Monday – to us and to others

We YIELD – say Yes – to His Kingdom ways for tomorrow

Daily Devotions for MAY 2024

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6 verse 33

During 2023 we were looking daily at the theme of TELLING OTHERS THE GOOD NEWS as we journeyed with Matthew, Mark, Luke and John through their gospels.

In 2024 we consider BEFORE THE GOOD NEWS – GOD’S PLAN BEGINS – as we step back into the Old Testament and pausing at our times of Midday Devotion to pray for others in our church family, our city and our world.

In May we conclude our journey with Esther and enter into the global prayer venture Thy Kingdom Come 2024.

We are all invited to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ in 2024.

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

Prayer for the Month of MAY

O Sovereign God
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy Will be done
In our world

O Almighty LORD
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy will be done
In our Church life and work

O Father God
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy will be done
In our lives
In my life

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen!

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

Daily Devotions for Monday 29th April, 2024

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

Reading : ESTHER 2 vs 1-18
Meditation : take time and consider this passage this Monday morning.
Esther is made Queen

What words stay with you?

Then Pray with your own words in response

In Jesus’ name, Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on our World Mission Team
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from ESTHER 2 vs 1-18
Reflect on what you read and then pause to pray to our God in response

The LORD takes pleasure in his people;
he honours the humble with victory.
Let God’s people rejoice in their triumph
and sing joyfully all night long.

And so to you, O God, we bring our evening words of prayer
In Jesus’ name, Amen!