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Daily Devotions for Sunday 27th December, 2020

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

Reading : REVELATION chapter 19

Meditation : take time to consider this scene from Heaven this Sunday morning.
Songs of Victory in Heaven.
What do they mean for you?
What is God teaching you today?

And then pray in response

O God of greatness and glory
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your own 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 particular verses again from REVELATION 19
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God

O LORD, hear our evening prayers 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
So that one day we might sing a song of victory in Heaven!
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday December 26th, 2020

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

Reading : REVELATION chapter 16

Meditation : take the time to consider these words on this Saturday morning.
True and Just Judgments.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?
Which words stay with you as your day starts?

And then take time to Pray in response to this God of ours

Amen we pray together this new day.

Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your midday prayer

Father God
You are preparing us for the coming of the new Heaven and the new Earth
The old will disappear
The new will come
Alpha and Omega
Beginning and End
You are our God and we are your children
Amen

Evening
Reading : read the verses again from REVELATION 16
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray in response to what you have read

LORD God, our God, hear our evening prayers.
As we worship you for who you are
And for your true and just ways.
As we thank you for your help this day
And name others in our family before you
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

A Time to Pray with Others

At this time on Christmas Day and in these changing times you are invited to pause and pray with others in our city and across the nation…to the LORD our God, our Father God.

You are encouraged to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus

For family and friends and neighbours

For all who are alone on this Day

For NHS and Care Home staff in our city

For our country and our national leaders at this time

Daily Devotions for December 25th, 2020 – CHRISTmas Day

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : REVELATION 11 verses 15-19

Meditation : take time and consider all that is said here today.
The Seventh Trumpet sounded!
What images or words stay with you?
What is your response to God’s Word on this particular day?

Pray to this God of ours in response
With songs of praise on this CHRISTMAS Day

“We give thanks to you, Lord God, the Almighty,
the one who is and who always was,
for now you have assumed your great power
and have begun to reign.
The nations were filled with wrath,
but now the time of your wrath has come.
It is time to judge the dead
and reward your servants the prophets,
as well as your holy people,
and all who fear your name,
from the least to the greatest.
It is time to destroy
all who have caused destruction on the earth.”

Midday
Pray with thanksgiving for the Gift of a Saviour to the world!
Father God, thank you thank you thank you!

Evening
Reading : read this short passage again from REVELATION 11
Reflect on the words and events here and pray in response to the God Heaven

Living LORD, Saviour God,
Hear our evening prayers and receive our praise
For we believe and trust in you
For the large and the small things in our lives
For the world we live in.
For this great Day!
In Jesus’ name, Amen.