Daily Devotions for Saturday 4th September, 2021

Messy in the Park – Gracemount

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

Reading : EXODUS 20 verses 1-21

Meditation : take time to consider these familiar verses this morning.
Pause with this God as you consider all He said here.
Which words is He pointing to this morning?

And then Pray in response to what you read – to this God of ours.

Pray for all God’s people in our city, in our nation, in the world.

Pray for Gracemount to know God’s blessings today.

In Jesus’ name
Amen

Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your midday prayer

Be still and know

Be still my restless mind

Be still with God

Be still in this world

Be still in my life

Be still and trust God

In Jesus’ name
Amen

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from EXODUS 20
Reflect on this God, your God, our God…. and then Call on Him in your evening Prayer

O LORD God, our God, receive our evening praise
For who You are!
For all you have done for us!
For your help and guidance 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 these days.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Friday 3rd September, 2021

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

Reading : EXODUS 3 verses 1-10

Meditation : consider these words this morning.
Pause with this God.
Listen. Look. Wait. Hear. See.

And then Pray in response – to this God we believe and trust in
Hearing. Seeing.

Amen – we pray together.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on Linda Wright as she serves others
Father God, hear our prayers, have mercy and bless her real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from EXODUS 3 verses 1-10
Reflect on the words you have just read and pray in response

P-ause
R-ejoice
A-sk
Y-ield/Yes!

Amen.

Daily Devotions for Thursday 2nd September, 2021

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

Reading : GENESIS 28 verses 10-22

Meditation : take time and carefully consider this part of the Bible.
Look again at verses 16 and 17.
Pause in God’s presence as you step into this day.

Then pray in response to this God as your day starts
Acknowledge He is with you
Expect to see and hear Him in this day

In Jesus’ name. Amen and Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those who administer our church finances
Lord, hear our prayers and bless each and all real good we ask.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done


Evening

Reading : read these particular verses again from GENESIS 28 verses 10–22
Reflect on the words written here – and what God is saying to you now.
Pray in response to this God who is only a prayer away

O LORD, hear our evening prayers as this day closes
As we return our thanks to You.
As we humbly confess our sins
As we ask for your help
As we lay all we are and have before You
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Call to Wednesday Evening Prayer with Others

As your Wednesday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as a new month starts

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from GENESIS 1 vs 1+2

You are encouraged to follow the pattern of A-C-T-S which many have found to be a blessing and a help

A doration … taking a few moments to bring your evening words of praise and worship to our Creator God

C onfession … of the sins of this day

T hanksgiving … for the blessings of this day … and of forgiveness received

S upplication or Asking … for a situation…or another person…for all those who have fled from Afghanistan at this time

In Jesus’ Name
Amen

Daily Devotions for Wednesday 1st September, 2021

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

Reading : GENESIS 1 verses 1 and 2

Meditation : consider these particular words this morning.
Pause with your Creator God as the day starts.

And then pray in response – to this God we believe and trust in

O God
Creator God
My God
Our God
The One who created all things
The One who knows me
And loves me

Thank you

Forgive me
Forgive us

In Jesus’ name
Amen!


Midday

Pray God’s blessing on the parish-wide magazine distribution this month
LORD, hear our prayers and give blessing real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these opening verses again from GENESIS 1
Humbly reflect on what you read and then pray in response –
To this God we believe and trust in

O God
Creator God
My God
Our God
The One who created all things
The One who knows me
And loves me

Thank you for this day

Forgive me
Forgive us

In Jesus’ name
Amen!

Daily Devotions for SEPTEMBER 2021

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him.
Psalm 37 verse 7

During 2021 we are looking daily at the theme of PRAYER – and pausing at our times of Midday Devotion to pray for others in our church family, our city and our world at this time.

From September to December we will be looking at P-R-A-Y
(with thanks to Lectio365/24-7 Prayer for this helpful aid)

Pause – Rejoice – Ask – Yield

And so this month we shall be taking the time to PAUSE with God in His written Word. *

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’.

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 traditionswhich 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 September

Be still and know

Be still my restless mind

Be still with God

Be still in this world

Be still in my life

Be still and trust God

In Jesus’ name
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