Tag: Holy Spirit

Daily Devotions for Saturday 12th February, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 11 verses 25-36

Meditation : take time to consider these verses this morning.
God’s Mercy on All.
Praise to God!
What encourages and challenges you today?
Which words stay with you?

And then Pray with Praise in response
Making verses 33-36 your own song of praise

LORD
I look up to you,
Up to heaven, where you rule.

Receive my morning praises
Hear the morning prayers of your people

In Jesus’ name.
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 these verses again from ROMANS 11 verses 25-36
at the end of your day – in another version?
Reflect on these words as you look back over the day and then Pray in response

LORD
I look up to you,
Up to heaven, where you rule.

Receive my evening praises
Hear the evening prayers of your people

In Jesus’ name.
Amen

Daily Devotions for Friday 11th February, 2022

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : ROMANS 11 verses 13-24

Meditation : take time to consider these verses this morning.
Salvation for the Gentiles
What are you encouraged and challenged by today?
What words stay with you?

Then take time to Pray and Praise this God of ours
The God with a Master Plan
Looking again at verse 22

In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the Church in hard places in our world
Father God, hear our prayers, have mercy and pour out blessings we ask

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from ROMANS 11 verses 13-24

Reflect on the way God has blessed you in your life
and pray in response to Him
and for others in our world at this time

LORD God, the God of saving grace and undeserved mercy
Our 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 to you at the end of this day.
As we name others before You.
Amen.

Daily Devotions for Thursday 10th February, 2022

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : ROMANS 11 verses 1-12

Meditation : take time and consider what is said here – as your day starts.
God’s Mercy on Israel
What is God teaching/reminding you today?

And then pray in response as your day starts

Pray your own words to the LORD God

O LORD our God
God of mercy and amazing grace
Hear our cry!
In Jesus’ name.
Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the SEECAT group of churches
O LORD, hear our prayers and pour out a blessing we ask on this work

Evening
Reading : read the set verses again from ROMANS 11 verses 1-12

Reflect on these words again at the end of your day
and Pray in response to this God of ours

O LORD God, hear our evening prayers
As we thank You for Your help in our lives.
O have mercy we ask
On others
On our Church
On our world
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Wednesday 9th February, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 10 verses 5-21

Meditation : consider all that is said here by Paul as your day starts.
Salvation is for All
What is your response to God’s written Word today?
Who is on your prayer list these days?

Then turn to pray to God in response

O LORD our God,
Thank you for all these words
And all they teach me.
O hear my prayer for others
Give saving grace!
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the Big Idea group of churches
O LORD, give blessing and hear our prayers we ask this day.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from ROMANS 10 verses 5-21

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 8th February, 2022

Upper Room day – time-out with God

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

Reading : ROMANS 10 verses 1-4

Meditation : take time and consider these few verses this morning.
Paul’s Prayer for Israel
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
Pray for Israel
Pray for Israel’s neighbours
Pray for a nation in our world known to you

O God of saving grace and world-wide love
Have mercy!
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 ROMANS 10 verses 1-4

Reflect…. and then Pray as your day closes

God of the Paul and the God of today,
The God of strong love
The God of eternal faithfulness
The God of Israel
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 call out to you for the nations and peoples of our world
In Jesus’ name. Amen!

Time-Out Tuesday

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 our busy days above the Kirkgate Cafe. This is a safe place, and COVID-19 guidelines are carefully followed.
Please do remember to take a lateral flow test before you come out…..face coverings and social distancing please.

As we journey further into this month, the Upper Room will be open this Tuesday 7.30am-7.30pm – and perhaps this will be a place for you to visit – for the first time?

* To find a quiet space to be still in a busy world
** To pause and pray with God – for yourself and for others at this time in your week
* To listen to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit – in these slower days and moments

There will be opportunities to pause and pray with others – at 8am – 12 noon – 7pm – and John and those who gather will be glad to share these with you.

You are invited 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.

Complementing our recent WORLD MISSION service, the Offering House will have a display of the breadth of the church’s missionary interests across our European, African and Asian Partners. It will remain up there until 20th February, so, take the opportunity to visit (it will be open daily) and become better informed so as to PRAY more effectively for our contacts around the world.

You are also reminded of the Prayer Wall available on the Kirk website under the Prayer tab – a place you can bring your prayers – and ask for prayer from the Prayer Team if appropriate. At this time of new coronavirus cases you may want to add your own prayer for our world at this time.

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 – and you may want to pause to pray with others at the start of each day. 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…

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