You are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as your day closes
You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today….2 CHRONICLES 20 verses 1-30….a king in prayer
You may need to name others before Father God
You may want to be still in God’s presence…and receive from Him
Following on from John’s message to us on Sunday morning…and the opportunities we have to spend time with God in prayer….and on this the first of 10 days in the lead up to World Day of Prayer on 5th March….
As a Church we usually set aside a Tuesday each week and provide a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out in these busier days. In these weeks and months of lockdown 2021 it is not possible once again to open and run this space….for the moment .
You are invited however to make time to pause and take time out…at this time of the year…perhaps for the first time….. and it doesn’t have to be a Tuesday!
However, this Tuesday instead of visiting the Upper Room you are encouraged to…..tarry a while with God, maybe a bit longer than usual……to wait…ask…seek…receive….
* Find a space to be still in a busy world
** For regular time-out during this month
* Private prayer for yourself and for others
** Listening to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit
You are encouraged to speak with Him….to listen to Him.…to receive from Him…especially at this time as we seek to hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church in our times.
You are invited to share in the Midday Prayers and Evening Prayers that will be posted online at 12noon and 9pm on various days on the Kirk website and on our social media pages. We are also encouraged to pray with others in our city and across our land at 5pm….focussing on all those affected by the coronavirus…..and during these particular weeks you are invited to join with others and pray for all those affected afresh by the new coronavirus restrictions.
We are all invited to pray with others in our Church family as we journey through these early days of 2021 together…..and to listen for what God is saying to us in these changing and uncertain days. You are encouraged to take some exercise by the Government..and we would invite you to take a walk around the Kirkyard and consider the Word for Today words and images from PSALM 121 at this time.
And in the evening…we come together via Zoom to give thanks together in prayer…to ask, to seek, to receive from Father God….to share what God has been doing and saying….to pray for others and each other….7.30pm.
Upper Room day – and evening Gathering for Prayer
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God
Reading : 2 CHRONICLES 20 verses 1-30
Meditation : consider this passage – the king in prayer.
What is God saying to you today from this passage?
What is your response to Him today?
Take time to Pray in response to the LORD our God
With honest humility
In Jesus’ Name
Amen.
Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
‘Thy Kingdom come’ Father God
LORD our God…thank you.
Evening
Reading : read the passage again from 2 CHRONICLES 20
Reflect on these words…. And then pray to our God in response
Father God, our gracious God, hear our evening prayers,
As we return our thanks to you.
And as we lift up our nation and our world in these days
O have mercy!
O give saving grace!
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus, Saviour and Lord
Reading : 1 KINGS 19 verses 1-18
Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible and all that happens!
Elijah on Mount Sinai.
What words or images stay with you?
What is God saying to you from His Written Word?
Pray in response to what you have read
Looking again at verse 11-13
O LORD, hear our cry!
Have mercy we ask
Show us where to go
Send us
Even today!
In and through Christ Jesus, Amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the land and people of Algeria
O LORD, hear our prayers and bless them real good we ask.
Evening
Reading : read these words again from 1 KING 19
Reflect on the events and words recorded here and then Pray in response
LORD God, our God, hear our evening prayers,
As we confess our failures
As we lift up to you
Our circumstances
Today
Tomorrow
And others responding to your call
At this time
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
As your Sunday closes you are invited to pause in God’s presence as you step into a new weeek
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God
Reading : PSALM 18 verses 37-45
Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Psalm on this Sunday.
You give me strength for the battle and victory over my enemies.
What does this part of the Bible teach you today?
What is your response?
And then pray in response,
Using the verses as part of your own prayer
O God
Give help and strength
And protection and safety
For this day
To others
To your Church in hard places
In Jesus’ Name, Amen
Midday
Pray the words of the Prayer for the Month as your own prayer today
God of the journey,
You call us to follow you
Without fear of stumbling,
Your hand held out
To steady the weakest soul.
Grant us faith strong enough
To take you at your word
And, should we struggle,
To know you’re with us along the way.
Through Christ our Saviour
Amen.
Evening
Reading : read these set verses again from Psalm 18
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response at the end of your day
You give me strength for the battle
and victory over my enemies.
Thank you O my God and Saviour,
In Jesus’ name. Amen.
