Tuesday Spaces

As we journey through the closing days of September……

At Liberton Kirk we usually set aside a Tuesday each week and provide a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out in our busy days above the Kirkgate Cafe. This is a safe place for you to be.

The Upper Room will be open this Tuesday……and you are invited to take time-out with God at some point…7.30am – 7.00pm….and to pause with Him….reflecting…praying….

This is a quiet place…..a place for you and God to take time-out together

* A space for you to be still in a busy world
** To pause and pray with God at this significant time – the God of all comfort, wisdom, mercy and hope
* To listen to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit – in these times

There are opportunities to pause and pray with others at 8am and 12 noon….and John and others gathered then will be happy to see you at any of these times…..

You are also invited to join with others as we meet as a Church Family for our monthly Gathering for Prayer – in the Kirk 7.30-8.30pm – when we will take time to give thanks….to wait and listen with God…..to focus on our nation at this time… and to pray for others/each other around the Cross.

You are invited to visit the Offering House – beside the gates – 8am-5pm – there are several helpful reflections and prayers – and helpful leaflets and booklets about our faith and our Kirk – and our role as an Eco Congregation.

You are also encouraged to use the bench at the top left of the Kirkyard (under the large tree – weather permitting) to pause and pray – to be still with God – to ask, seek, knock, wait and receive.

The Daily Devotions are taking us to a daily time of considering God’s Good News with God’s written Word in the book of ROMANS during 2022 – and you may want to pause to pray with others at the start of each day as we consider the truths behind the words of this part of the Bible. This is available on the Kirk website blog and our social media pages on Facebook and Twitter from 7am- and in the church magazine.

And – don’t forget the brief Sunday morning Reflection at 8am…….and you can still revisit Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture daily reflections on our YouTube channel…..from our Prayer Ministry Team providing a reflection over the recent 11 days

May we each and all experience time-out with the Living and True God – whenever – wherever – as we journey through these closing days of September 2022.

Daily Devotions for Monday 26th September, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 12 verse 12

Meditation : take time and consider this short verse this particular Sunday morning.
Joyful. Patient. Faithful.
What words stay with you?
Where are you strongest? Where are you weakest?

Then Pray with honest and humble words in response to the LORD our God

Father God
Increase my hope
Strengthen me in affliction
Help me be faithful in prayer
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the work of Fresh Start in our city
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these words again from ROMANS 12 verse 12
Reflect on what you read and then pray to our God in response

Father God
Increase my hope
Strengthen me in affliction
Help me be faithful in prayer
Even tomorrow
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Sunday Evening Prayer with Others

As we step into the new week – with God – together – you may want to revisit today’s Daily Devotions from ROMANS chapter 12 verse 11– as we continue to consider the GOOD NEWS about Jesus through 2022

We PAUSE with the Lord in prayer as the day closes

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

We ASK for His presence, peace and strength – for ourselves and for others in our nation and in our world at this time

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

Daily Devotions for Sunday 25th September, 2022

* Harvest Thanksgiving *

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God

Reading : ROMANS 12 verse 11

Meditation : take time and consider this verse this particular Sunday morning.
Spiritual Fervour.
How would you describe your spiritual temperature at the moment?
Where is your zeal being expressed?

And then pray in response – using the words of the verse as you turn to prayer

O God of grace
The God who restores and renews
Help me
Equip me
Use me
Even today
As we give thanks for
All your Harvest blessings to us and others
As we name places in our world
Where a harvest is not healthy

In Jesus’ name
Amen

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

How good it is to give thanks to you, O LORD.
We sing and dance with joy!
How great are your ways, O LORD.
We sing and dance with joy!

You forgive my sin and cleanse me within
I sing and dance with joy!
You help me and guide me
I sing and dance with joy!

Praise the LORD all His people
We sing and dance with joy!
Praise the LORD all His creatures
We sing and dance with joy!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Amen and Amen!


Evening

Reading : read these particular words again from ROMANS 12 verse 11
Reflect slowly on the verse and then Pray in response to Father God

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Harvest Sunday
As we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
Restore
Renew
We ask
In Jesus’ name, Amen
.

Saturday Evening Prayer with Others

As we step into Harvest Sunday – with God – together – you may want to revisit today’s Daily Devotions from ROMANS chapter 12 verse 10– as we continue to consider the GOOD NEWS about Jesus through 2022

We PAUSE with the Lord in prayer as the day closes

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

We ASK for His presence, peace and strength – for ourselves and for others in our nation and in our world at this time

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

Daily Devotions for Saturday 24th September, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 12 verse 10

Meditation : take the time to consider these words this Saturday morning.
One another.
Which words stay with you as your day starts?
What is God teaching you about His Kingdom ways?

And then take time to Pray for others in response to this God
People in your family
People in your street
People in your Link Group
People in your Church Family
People in the wider Church

Amen we pray together this new day

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 the words again from ROMANS 12 verse 10
Reflect on the verse…. and then Pray for others in response to what you have read

People in your family
People in your street
People in your Link Group
People in your Church Family
People in the wider Church

In Jesus’ name, Amen.