Tag: Midday

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 23rd June, 2020

Upper Room day – time-out with God

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : EPHESIANS 5 verse 18

Meditation : consider this one verse this morning.
Be filled with the Spirit.
What does this verse mean for you in your life at this time?
Is the Spirit constantly filling you up?

Take time to Pray in response to the LORD our God

Spirit of God divine,
Fill this heart of mine
With holy flame,
To praise the name
Of Jesus my Lord.

Fill me again,
Fill me again,
Fill me again,
O Spirit of the Lord.

In Jesus’ Name
Amen.

Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
‘Thy Kingdom come’ Father God
LORD our God…thank you.

Evening
Reading : read the words again from EPHESIANS 5.18
Reflect on Paul’s words…. And then pray to our God in response

Father God, our gracious God, hear our evening prayers,
As we return our thanks to You.
As we look back on our day
As we lift our open hands and hearts afresh to You
As we trust you for tomorrow
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Time-Out Tuesday

As a Church we have set aside a Tuesday each week and provided a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out. However in these times sadly it is not possible to open and run this space….at the moment.

But…..our Tuesdays can still be an opportunity for time out…..with God…..where we are at home or work

You are invited to pause at some time in your Tuesday tomorrow and be still with God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

You are encouraged to speak with Him….to listen to Him.…to receive from Him…especially at this time as we seek to hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church in our times.

You are invited to share in the Midday Prayer and Evening Prayer that will be posted online at 12noon and 9pm. We are also encouraged to pray with others in our city and across our land at 5pm….focussing on all those affected by the coronavirus.

You are invited to pray with others in our Church family as we journey through this week together…..and to listen for what God is saying to us in these particular days….

Daily Devotions for Monday 22nd June, 2020

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

Reading : EPHESIANS 1 verses 13 and 14

Meditation : take time to consider this part of Paul’s letter.
The promised Holy Spirit.
What encourages or challenges you today?
Which part of these verses will you hold onto today?

Pray in response to what you have read
Reading again the words as you turn to prayer

Spirit of the living God
Fall afresh on me
Spirit of the living God
Fall afresh on us

In and through Christ Jesus, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on our children and young people at this time
O LORD, hear our prayers and bless them real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these words again from EPHESIANS 1.13+14
Reflect on the truths written here and then Pray in response

‘For a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit
On the people of God
All over the world,
And in all worship traditions.
For a readiness to be changed and made new;
For a softening of the ground of our hearts
To receive without fear.’

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 21st June, 2020

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

Reading : REVELATION 3 verses 1-6

Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible.
The message to the Church in Sardis.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?
Which part of the message stays with you?

And then pray in response

O God, our God,
Hear our Sunday prayers
We ask
as your Church
In Jesus’ Name, Amen

Midday
Pray the words of 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 opening verses again from REVELATION 3
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response at the end of your day

O LORD, our Maker, our Great King,
We bring our evening sacrifice of praise to you.
As we return our thanks to you
As we acknowledge You our Saviour and Help even this day.
As we pray for all corners of our world
To know of Jesus.
In His saving name we ask, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Saturday 20th June, 2020

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

Reading : REVELATION 2 verses 18-29

Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible.
The message to the Church in Thyatira.
What are you encouraged and challenged by?
Which part of the message stays with you?

And then Pray in response

O God, the Judge of all,
Hear my morning prayer
And have mercy
As I lay myself
And your Church
And this day
Before you
In Jesus’ name.
Amen

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

Come, Holy Spirit, live in me and transform my life.
You are a most precious gift, the breath of the living God.
You bring certainty to my trembling uncertainties, focus to my disorientation.
You bring companionship in my loneliness, comfort in my sadness,
strength for my weakness, courage for my fearfulness, hope in my despair.

Come, Holy Spirit, live in me and transform my life.
You have the power to change my mundane into your special,
the power to lift my earthbound self to your glory,
the power to change my monochrome to glorious technicolour,
the power to make me, even me, your light in the world.

Come, Holy Spirit, live in me and transform my life.
Amen.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from REVELATION 2 at the end of your day
Reflect on these words as you look back over your day and then Pray in response

LORD God, our God, hear our prayers this evening
As we return our thanks to You
As we bring our prayers of confession to You
And trust You for tomorrow
In Jesus’ name. Amen.