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Thy Kingdom Come #Praise

In our land and across our world during the 10 days before Pentecost earlier this year believers and followers of Jesus were invited to pause and pray for the Kingdom of God to be experienced and evidenced anew. This was a venture created by God through the Archbishop of Canterbury and others.

As part of our daily devotional rhythm we are revisiting the 11 themes on our website and social media pages – each Saturday morning at 8am.

Today we are invited to pause in God’s presence – and bring Him our prayers and songs of praise – for who He is and for all He has done and given!

Please take a few minutes to pray your prayers of praise this morning.

O LORD our God
Receive our praises
With songs of thanksgiving
In Jesus’ name, Amen and Amen!

Daily Devotions for December 2018

‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and for ever..’
Hebrews 13 verse 8

As the year comes to an end, so we travel through selected verses – one a day – and focus solely on the Person of Jesus, the Son of God and Son of Man. We pause in prayer at our times of Midday Devotion for others in our church family, our city and our world.

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice as we continue together
in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ during this final month of 2018.

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 December
Jesus
Saviour and Lord
I welcome you
I bow before you

Jesus
My Jesus
I celebrate you
I worship you

Jesus
Name above all names
We lay ourselves before you
And live to serve you
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

Daily Devotions for 30th November, 2018

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : REVELATION chapter 5
Meditation : take time and consider this chapter this morning.
What is your response to what God is saying here?

Pray and Praise to the God of great things ahead in heaven!

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those nearing heaven at this time
Father God, hear our prayers and give comfort we ask

Evening
Reading : read this chapter again
Reflect on this God in heaven above and pray in response to Him
Lord Jesus, Servant King, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we bring our prayers and praise!

Daily Devotions for 27th November, 2018

Upper Room day including Evening Church Gathering for Prayer

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

Reading : ACTS 7 verses 54-60
Meditation : prayerfully consider this part of Stephen’s life.
What words stay with you?
What is God saying to you today from this part of the Bible?

Pray in response to the words you have read

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
I have read these words.
Thank you for a life surrendered to serve You.
Here I am.
Use even me I ask
Even today.
In Jesus’ Name
Amen.

Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
Ask…… seek…… knock……….hear!
Father, thank you.

Evening
Reading : read the verses again
Reflect on the words ….. and pray in response
LORD God, our great God,
As I thank you for my Church family,
Help me to rest in Your unfailing love this evening.
In Jesus’ powerful name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 24th November, 2018

Messy Church Afternoon

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

Reading : ROMANS 10 verses 5-21
Meditation : take the time to consider these words this morning.
Which words stay with you?
What is God saying to you today? What is your response to Him?

and Pray in response to this God of ours

O God of Paul and your Church in Rome,
God of today and of tomorrow,
Hear my morning prayer
And by Your Spirit’s help
Make me a person who takes each opportunity
To tell others
And serve Your Kingdom purposes
Even today.
Amen we pray together this new day.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Messy Church this afternoon
God of grace and mercy… hear our prayers and pour out a blessing we ask!

Evening
Reading : read this passage again
Reflect on the words and events and then Pray in response
as Sunday approaches
LORD God, our God, hear our prayers at the end of this day
As we trust You for all that lies ahead tomorrow.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Pray for Big Alpha

This evening the course comes to an end with Part 11 – Telling Others!

Pray for all who attend.

Pray for God’s blessing!

Pray for an overflow to others!

“1. Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.”

2 Corinthians 4 verses 1-6