Tag: hope

Daily Devotions for Monday 26th September, 2022

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

Reading : ROMANS 12 verse 12

Meditation : take time and consider this short verse this particular Sunday morning.
Joyful. Patient. Faithful.
What words stay with you?
Where are you strongest? Where are you weakest?

Then Pray with honest and humble words in response to the LORD our God

Father God
Increase my hope
Strengthen me in affliction
Help me be faithful in prayer
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the work of Fresh Start in our city
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these words again from ROMANS 12 verse 12
Reflect on what you read and then pray to our God in response

Father God
Increase my hope
Strengthen me in affliction
Help me be faithful in prayer
Even tomorrow
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Daily Devotions for Sunday 31st October, 2021

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

Reading : REVELATION 22 verses 6-21

Meditation : as we pause with God at the close of the month
Take time to consider these verses and rejoice that the best is yet to come!

And then pray with hope and rejoicing in response to this God, our God

O God of eternal hope
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
We look up to you
We offer you our songs of hope and praise
In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

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

We rejoice in your love, O God!

We rejoice in your care, O Father God!

We rejoice in your saving grace, O Lord!

We rejoice in your good gifts, O merciful Lord!

We rejoice!
We give thanks!
We worship you!

With our words and songs of praise!

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen.

Evening
Reading : read these set verses again from REVELATION 22
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God

Praise him, kings and all peoples,
princes and all other rulers;
young women and young men,
old people and children too.
Let them all praise the name of the LORD!
His name is greater than all others;
his glory is above earth and heaven

O LORD, hear our evening prayers of praise we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
As we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
And our hope of eternal heaven with you!
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

A Call to Evening Prayer with Others

As your Wednesday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as we journey through this week

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from 1 CORINTHIANS 15

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 God

C onfession … of the sins of this day

T hanksgiving … for the blessings of this day … and for the future hope in Christ!

S upplication or Asking … for a situation…or another person in need at this time

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Wednesday 27th October, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God

Reading : 1 CORINTHIANS 15

Meditation : take time to consider what these verses teach us.
What are you challenged and encouraged by this morning?

Then take the time to Pray with rejoicing to this God, our God of eternal life.

LORD God
I do not understand it all
But turn my unbelief
Into a lasting hope

In Jesus’ Name
Amen!

Midday
We give thanks for our Communications Group
O LORD God, have mercy on this work and bless them we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from 1 CORINTHIANS 15
Reflect on the truths behind the words…. And then pray to the LORD our God

O LORD God
Eternal One
I do not understand it all
But turn my unbelief
Into a lasting hope

In Jesus’ Name
Amen!