Daily Devotions for Tuesday 28th December, 2021

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

Reading : JOHN 2 verses 1-11

Meditation : take time and consider this passage this morning.
What words or images stay with you?
What is God teaching/reminding you today?

Pray in response to what you have read
Taking time to pause and listen for God’s answer to you

I call to the LORD for help;
I plead with him.
I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.

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 God…thank you.

Evening
Reading : read JOHN 2 verses 1-11 again as your day closes
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray….to the LORD our God

I call to the LORD for help;
I plead with him.
I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.

In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.

Daily Devotions for Monday 27th December, 2021

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

Reading : JOHN 1 verses 43-51

Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
What is your response to God’s written Word today?

Then Pause to Pray in response to the LORD our God

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For our nation
For our world

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on Church leaders across the world at this time
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening

Reading : read these verses again from JOHN 1 verses 43-51
– in another version?
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response

Eternal and Faithful One, hear my evening prayer
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen
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Sunday Evening Prayers with Others

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

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from JOHN 1 verses 35-42

You are encouraged to follow the pattern of P-R-A-Y which we have found to be a blessing from Lectio365/24-7 Prayer

P ause in God’s presence – acknowledge He is with you where you are

R ejoice in the blessings of this particular day He has given

A sk
for His help – for yourself and for a situation/person known to you at this time

Y ield to His Kingdom will for tomorrow – say yes!

Thy Kingdom Come at Midday

As a Church we were part of the global prayer venture – Thy Kingdom Come.

This prayer continues around the world!

Each Sunday at Midday we will re-visit one of the 11 daily themes….and this time we revisit the youth videos.
This week it is CELEBRATE – as we are encouraged to pause and bring our songs and prayers of celebration at this time of the year!