Daily Devotions for Wednesday 6th April, 2022

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

Reading : LEVITICUS 25 verses 39-55

Meditation : consider all that is said here as your day starts.
Confession and Covenant.
What is your response to God’s written Word today?
What words stay with you?

Then turn to pray to God in response

O LORD our God,
Thank you for all these words
And all they teach me.
Receive my sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving
And hear my prayer of confession this morning
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Kay and Alan Haggarty, as they serve Gracemount
O LORD, give blessing and hear our prayers we ask this day.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from LEVITICUS 25
Reflect on the words you have read and then pray in response – to this God, our God

LORD God, our God,
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.

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 5th April, 2022

Upper Room day – time-out with God

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

Reading : LEVITICUS 25 verses 35-38

Meditation : take time and consider this part of the Bible this morning.
Blessings and Judgment
What do the words mean to you at this time?

Take time to Pray in response – including for others known to you in need at this time

We can but worship you this day O LORD
Teach us your ways
We can but ask for those in need or trouble this day O LORD
Give blessing we ask
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from LEVITICUS 25
Reflect…. and then Pray as your day closes

God of yesteryear and the God of today,
The God of strong love
The God of eternal faithfulness
My God, our God,
Hear our evening prayers
As we thank you for your help today
As we journey from today to tomorrow
As we name others we care about before you
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Monday 4th April, 2022

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

Reading : LEVITICUS 25 verses 18-34

Meditation : take the time to consider this passage today.
Year of Jubilee
What words or images stay with you?
What is God saying to you this morning from His written Word?

Pray in response – to our God , the God who is with us

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and worship
Of confession and trust
Of need – for yourself and others

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessings on Trevor Martindale and his family
O LORD, have mercy we call out and pour rich blessings!

Evening
Reading : read the set passage again prayerfully at the end of your day
Reflect….. and then pray to this God in response

LORD God, the LORD Almighty, hear my prayer this evening.
As I thank you for the blessings of this day
As I call out to you for others
As I lay myself and this world before you
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Sunday Evening Prayer with Others

As we journey through Lent – with God – together – you may want to revisit today’s Daily Devotions from ROMANS 2 verse 2 – as we consider the Good News of Jesus

We PAUSE with the Lord in prayer

We REJOICE in the blessings He has given this day – to us and to others

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

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

Daily Devotions for Sunday 3rd April, 2022

5th Sunday of Lent

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

Reading : ROMANS 2 verse 2

Meditation : take time and consider these words this Sunday morning.
God’s Judgment
What is your response to this verse today?

And then pray in response to the LORD our God
Pray your own Sunday morning prayer

O LORD our God,
Hear our prayers
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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

When I survey the wondrous cross
Praise the name of Jesus!

For God so loved the world
How deep the Father’s love!

There is a Redeemer, God’s own Son
Thank you, O my Father!

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
Save in the death of Christ my God

When I stand in glory
I will see his face,
And there I’ll serve my King for ever
In that holy place.

Amen and Amen!

Evening
Reading : read these words again from ROMANS 2 verse 2
Reflect on what is said here in this particular verse
and then Pray in response to this God we believe in

O LORD, our Just God,
Hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for what we read
As we look back over our day
As we look ahead to tomorrow
As we name before you those we are concerned about.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.