Tag: Midday

Daily Devotions for Tuesday 30th June, 2020

Upper Room day – time out with God
Evening Gathering for Prayer with BI churches

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

Reading : 1 JOHN 5 verses 6-12

Meditation : take time and consider this passage this morning.
The testimony of the Spirit.
Which 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 passage again from 1 JOHN 5
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray….to the LORD our God

Living God, 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
O keep us in step with the Spirit!
In Jesus’ name.
Amen and 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 of 2020….

Daily Devotions for Monday 29th June, 2020

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

Reading : 1 JOHN 4 verses 13-21

Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
Loving God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit
What do they mean for you in your life at this time?

Then Pray with honesty in response to the LORD our God

(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 the materials in the Perspex boxes at our gates
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from 1 JOHN chapter 4
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response

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

Daily Devotions for Sunday 28th June, 2020

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

Reading : REVELATION 3 verses 14-22

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

And then pray in response to what you have read

O God of greatness
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
Protect your Church
Bless your Church
Use your Church
In these times
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 particular verses again from REVELATION 3
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God, our 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
As we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
In Jesus’ name, Amen.