As your Friday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as we start the weekend
You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from PSALM 105
You are encouraged to
P ause in God’s presence
R ejoice in the blessings of this day He has given
A sk for His help – for yourself and for another
Y ield to His Kingdom will for tomorrow – say yes!
(from the Northumbrian Community Midday Prayers)
(1-3 were our Midday Prayer yesterday)
How good it is to give thanks to you, O LORD;
to sing in your honour, O Most High God,
to proclaim your constant love every morning
and your faithfulness every night.
Psalm 92 verses 1 and 2
During 2021 we are looking daily at the theme of PRAYER – and pause at our times of Midday Devotion to pray for others in our church family, our city and our world at this time.
* In July and August we are therefore PRAYING THE PSALMS *
We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ during this year of 2021.
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
A Prayer for the Month of AUGUST
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!
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
As your Friday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as the week and month starts to end
You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from PSALM 84
You are encouraged to
P ause in God’s presence
R ejoice in the blessings of this day He has given
A sk for His help – for yourself and for another
Y ield to His Kingdom will for tomorrow – say yes!
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus
Reading : PSALM 84
Meditation : take time and consider all that is said here by the psalmist.
A Prayer of Longing.
What images or words stay with you?
What is God teaching/reminding you today?
Pray to this God of ours in response
Including for others on a journey meeting with God
O Living LORD,
I read these words.
I come closer to you.
Help me let the Holy Spirit work out these truths
In my life
In our lives as a Church
Even today.
May you guide and bless others on a journey with you
At this time in their lives
Amen – we pray together.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the Scottish Bible Society at work in our nation
Father God, hear our prayers and bless them real good we ask
Evening
Reading : read this passage again from PSALM 84
Reflect on the words and images here and pray in response to this God
Living LORD, hear our evening prayers and receive our praise
As we pause in your presence
For we believe and trust in you
For the large and the small things in our lives
For the journey we are on
For the world we live in.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
As your Friday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family
You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from PSALM 67
You are invited to pray with….A C T S
A doration in praise and worship for who God is
C onfession for the sins of this day
T hanksgiving for the good gifts God has given today – to you and to others!
S upplication – asking for His help – for a certain situation or person
