Daily Devotions for Monday 18th November, 2024

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

Reading : JOEL 3 verses 1-15
Meditation : take time and consider this passage this Sunday morning.
God will judge

What words stay with you?

Then Pray with your own words in response to this God we believe in

In Jesus’ name, Amen

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on believers in Niger
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from JOEL 3 verses 1-15
Reflect on what you read and then pause to pray to this God in response
Humbly
Honestly

And so to you, O God, we bring our evening words of prayer
In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Thy Kingdom Come – day 7 video

As we continue to move onward from Thy Kingdom Come 2024 ……so we keep praying!!

Each Sunday at Midday we are re-visiting the daily themes – including the Cheeky Pandas and Youth Videos for the younger members of our Church Family!

Here was the global video for Day 7 2024 for us to consider afresh…..God listens to us

Daily Devotions for Sunday 17th November, 2024

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

Reading : JOEL 2 verses 18-32
Meditation : take time and consider this part of the chapter this Sunday morning.
God restores
Be glad!
I will pour out…..
Dreams and visions

What do these words mean for you today?
Which promise will you take into today?

And then pray in response
Giving thanks
Asking and seeking

O God of grace-giving-Life
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
We offer you our songs of praise
This new day
In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

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

O LORD our God
The God of Hosea and Joel
The God of Amos and Jonah
Journey with us
In the good and the bad times

O Spirit of our God
The God of Hosea and Joel
The God of Amos and Jonah
Forgive us
Restore and Renew us

O Living LORD our God
The God of Hosea and Joel
The God of Amos and Jonah
Have mercy upon us
Teach us Your ways of justice

O LORD our God
The God of Hosea and Joel
The God of Amos and Jonah
Be Patient with us
Use even us

Amen and Amen!

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from JOEL 2 verses 18-32
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
With hope and confidence in You above all others
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 16th November, 2024

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

Reading : JOEL 2 verses 1-17
Meditation : take the time to consider these words and truths this Saturday morning.
Locusts
A warning
Repent!

Which words stay with you as your day starts?
What is God teaching you today?

And then take time to Pray in response to this God
Honestly
Humbly

He heals the broken-hearted
and bandages their wounds.
He has decided the number of the stars
and calls each one by name.
Great and mighty is our Lord;
his wisdom cannot be measured.
He raises the humble,
but crushes the wicked to the ground.

Amen we pray together this new day

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 the verses again from JOEL 2 verses 1-17
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray in response to what you have read

He spreads clouds over the sky;
he provides rain for the earth
and makes grass grow on the hills.
He gives animals their food
and feeds the young ravens when they call.
His pleasure is not in strong horses,
nor his delight in brave soldiers;
but he takes pleasure in those who honour him,
in those who trust in his constant love

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Friday 15th November, 2024

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : JOEL chapter 1
Meditation : take time and consider all that is said here
The people mourn
Crops destroyed

What images or words stay with you?
What words encourage and challenge you today?

And then Pray with honest words to this God of ours in response

Happy are those who have the God of Jacob to help them
and who depend on the LORD their God,
the Creator of heaven, earth, and sea,
and all that is in them.
He always keeps his promises;
He judges in favour of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry

And so we ask, Holy Spirit,
Have mercy on those we name before you
Give hope and blessing we ask
Amen – we pray together.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those on our Church Prayer List
Father God, hear our prayers and bless them all real good we ask

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from JOEL chapter 1
Reflect on the words written here and pray in response to this great God

Honestly
Humbly

In Jesus’ name, Amen and Amen