Tag: Lent

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Three in One

Reading : JOHN 4 verses 11-15

Meditation : prayerfully consider these events as you imagine all that is said here.
What words stays with you?
What is Jesus saying to you today?

Then take time to pray in response to this Jesus

Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the Kirkgate Cafe
O LORD, hear our prayers and bless them real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from John 4
Reflect on the words you read and then pray in response

LORD God, our God, hear our evening prayers
As we thank you for all you have provided this day
As we thank you for your guiding hand this day
In Jesus’ name, Amen

Upper Room day

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

Reading : JOHN 4 verses 1-10

Meditation : take time and consider this passage this morning.
Jesus talks with a Samaritan woman.
What words or images stay with you?
What are you encouraged and challenged by today?

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

O Living LORD God,
Speak to us
Speak to me
By name
And help me hear
What the Spirit is saying in these days
To me
To my family
To my Church
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 the passage again from John 4
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray….to the LORD our God

God of this event from yesteryear, our God,
We bring our evening worship to you
As we lay ourselves and our families before you
As we acknowledge what you are saying to us at this time
As we receive from you
In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.

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

Reading : JOHN 3 verse 36

Meditation : take time to consider these words of Jesus as your day starts.
What is your response to these words this morning?
What do they mean for you in your life?

Then Pray with honesty in response to this Jesus.

(Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For others known to you)

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the churches in our local SEECAT group
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read the verse again from John 3
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then praise to our God in response

Eternal and Loving One, hear my evening prayers
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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

Reading : PSALM 119 verse 68

Meditation : take time and consider this verse this Sunday morning.
What does it mean for you today?
What is God teaching you?

And then pray in response – using the verse as you turn to prayer

O God of truth
As we step into this day
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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

Jesus,
Son of God
Son of Man
Saviour
Teacher
Bread of Life
The Good Shepherd

Teach us
Save us
Feed us
Afresh

That we might truly be
Yours
And Yours alone
Amen

Evening
Reading : read this particular verse again from Psalm 119
Reflect on the words written here 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
In Jesus’ name, Amen.