Time-Out Tuesday

As we step into February 2024….

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 encouraged to take time-out with God…..to find a quiet place with space at this busy time of year…..7.30am-7.00pm……with opportunities to pray with John and others at 8am… Midday and 7pm.

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

You are encouraged to visit the Offering House – beside the gates – 8am-5pm each day – where you can find more information and helpful leaflets and booklets about our faith and our Kirk. There is also a Prayer Request Box situated here for you to leave your own personal requests – our Prayer Team will prayerfully support those you name. Have you walked the Word for Today around the Kirk building yet?

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 have been taking us to a daily time of considering God’s Good News with God’s written Word – 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. During February our focus is on the words and events from the books of EXODUS and JOSHUA as we continue the theme of Before the Good News – God’s Plan Begins . 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 the Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture daily reflections on our YouTube channel….from members of our Church Family providing a reflection over the 11 days period. This year the venture will run 9-19 May. Will you still be praying for 5??

May we each and all experience time-out with the Living and True God – whenever – wherever – as we journey through 2024.

Daily Devotions for Monday 5th February, 2024

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

Reading : EXODUS chapter 7 verses 8-24
Meditation : take the time to consider these words and events today
Aaron
The plague of blood

What is your response to God’s Word today?

Pray in response – to this God, our God ,

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 OPEN DOORS at work in Indonesia
O LORD, have mercy on this work and give help we ask

Evening

Reading : read the set verses from Exodus 7 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
Confessing my failures of this day
Trusting you for tomorrow
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Bible Verse for the Week and Sunday Morning Reflection

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.”

Exodus 14 verse 13

Do you follow our Sunday morning reflection on the Bible Verse for the Week?

It is found on our YouTube channel…and our Facebook page……..8am each Sunday morning.
The link to this morning’s – from Alastair – is below…. “Do not be afraid. Stand firm…”

Daily Devotions for Sunday 4th February, 2024

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

Reading : EXODUS chapter 5
Meditation : take time and consider these words this Sunday morning
Bricks without straw
Unfair treatment

What encourages and challenges you today?
What words stay with you?

And then pray in response to the LORD our God
Pray your own prayer as you step into today.
Naming others receiving unfair treatment at this time

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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

O LORD our God
The God of Moses and Joshua
The God of miracles and signs
O LORD our God
Come near to us

O LORD our God
The God of miracles and signs
The God of holy things
O LORD our God
Be merciful to us

O LORD our God
The God of holy things
The God of battles and victories
O LORD our God
Help us we call out

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from EXODUS chapter 5
Reflect on all that happens here in this particular passage
and then Pray in response to this God

O LORD, our Great God,
Hear our evening prayers of praise 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 receiving unfair treatment
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 3rd February, 2024

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

Reading : EXODUS chapter 3
Meditation : take time to consider these verses afresh this morning
Moses and the Burning Bush
“I will be with you..”

What is your response to these verses this morning?

And then Pray in response to what you read – to this Holy God of ours.
Pray for God’s leading and help today for yourself and for another

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen

Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your 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 EXODUS chapter 3 again
Reflect on this God, your God, our God…. and then Call on Him in your evening Prayer

LORD God, our God, receive our praise
For who You are
Holy, holy, holy.
For your help and protection even today
And as we give it all back to you
May you continue to reach and save people
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done across our world
In our community, in our city.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Friday 2nd February, 2024

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : EXODUS chapter 2
Meditation : take time to consider God at work behind these events
Moses’ birth
Moses flees

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

Then take time to Pray in response to this God
Naming others who have run away from troubling circumstances

O LORD our God
Give help and courage we ask
In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those on our Church Prayer List at this time
Father God, hear our prayers, give grace and help we ask

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from EXODUS chapter 2
Reflect on the way God is at work in your life
and pray in response to Him

LORD God, Eternal and living God,
Hear our evening prayers
As we return our sacrifice of praise for who you are
And your help even this day
As we bring ourselves and our world to you at the end of this day.
Amen.