Tag: Midday

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 29th June, 2021

Church Gathering for Prayer

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

Reading : HABAKKUK chapter 2

Meditation : take time and consider this passage this morning.
The LORD’s answer to Habakkuk.
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 Lord
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 chapter again
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray….to the LORD our God

God of Habakkuk, 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
In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.

Summer Time-Out

As a Church we usually set aside a Tuesday each week and provide a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out in our busy days. This is a safe place, and COVID-19 guidelines are carefully followed.

However – the Upper Room is now on holiday until mid-August!
And some of us are taking time away over the next few weeks – at last!

However, it is good to continue to take time-out with God in these coming days and weeks.

* To find space to be still in a busy world
** To pause and pray with God – for yourself and for others
* To listen to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit – in these slower days and moments

So – why not plan to read a meaningful devotional book in this summer break?
Or have a notebook or journal nearby and record thoughts and dreams and prayers – and what God is saying to you at this time?

You are invited to take a meaningful walk…around the Pathway of Peace that will be available during July and August around the Kirk building.
We would invite you to take a walk around the Kirkyard and consider what God is saying to you at this time from the words displayed at various locations from the Bible…starting at the Offering House.
You are invited to use the bench at the top left of the Kirkyard (under the large tree) to pause and pray – to be still with God – to ask, seek, knock, wait and receive.
You are also reminded of the Prayer Wall available on the Kirk website under the Prayer tab – a place you can bring your prayers – and ask for prayer if appropriate.

The Daily Devotions will take us to the Psalms in July and August – and you may want to pray a psalm each day. This is available on the Kirk website blog and our social media pages on Facebook and Twitter from 7am- and in the church magazine.
And – don’t forget the brief Sunday morning Reflection at 8am…

Above all – make the most of summer time-out – for body, mind and spirit!

P-ause
R-ejoice
A-sk
Y-ield/say Yes to God’s ways!

Daily Devotions for Monday 28th June, 2021

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

Reading : HABAKKUK chapter 1

Meditation : take time to consider these honest words of complaint as your day starts.
Do you have a complaint to God at this time?
What is your response to our world in these times?

Then Pray with honesty in response to the LORD our God
Looking again at verse 5

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 John and Lindsay and their family
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from Habakkuk 1
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response

P ause and wait before God
R ejoice in His goodness to you
A sk
Y ield/Yes to His ways
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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 as we pray for 5 people we know to meet with Jesus!

Each Sunday at Midday we will re-visit one of the 11 daily themes.
This week it is OFFER – as we pause to offer all that we are and all that we have to the King of kings for His purposes!

Daily Devotions for Sunday 27th June, 2021

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

Reading : MICAH 7 verses 14-20

Meditation : take time and consider this passage this Sunday morning.
The God of Salvation.
What do the words mean for you today?
What is God teaching you about Himself?

And then pray in response – using verses 18-20 as you turn to prayer

O God of greatness
As we pause in your presence
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday
Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your 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 MICAH 7
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we pause in your presence
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
For we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
In Jesus’ name, Amen.