Daily Devotions for Tuesday 21st May, 2024

Upper Room day

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

Reading : MATTHEW 25 verses 1-13
Meditation : take time and consider this passage this Tuesday morning.
Jesus said……

What words or images stay with you?
What is God teaching/reminding you today about His Kingdom?

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

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.犀利士

Evening
Reading : MATTHEW 25 verses 1-13
Read these words again – reflect and then pray in response to our God

I call to the LORD for help;
I plead with him.
I bring him all my complaints;
I tell him all my troubles.

In Jesus’ name.
Amen and Amen.

Tuesday Tuesday

As we journey through these days of May 2024….and reflect on Thy Kingdom Come prayer venture….

At Liberton Kirk 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 above the Kirkgate Cafe. This is a safe place for you to be.

The Upper Room will be open this Tuesday and you are encouraged to take time-out with God…..to find a quiet place with space at this busy time of year…..7.30am-7.00pm……with opportunities to pray with John and others at 8am… Midday and 7pm….

* A space for you to be still in your busy needy world
** To pause and pray with God at this time – the God of all comfort, wisdom, mercy and hope.
* To listen to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit – in these times

You are encouraged to visit the Offering House – beside the gates – 8am-5pm each day – where you can find more information and helpful leaflets and booklets about our faith and our Kirk. There is also a Prayer Request Box situated here for you to leave your own personal requests – our Prayer Team will prayerfully support those you name. Have you walked the Word for Today round the church building? It takes about 20-30 minutes and is focussed on words from Matthew 14 verses 22-33…. The COVID-19 memorial is now in place, beside the Cairn, and you may want to visit and pause there.

You are also encouraged to use the bench at the top left of the Kirkyard (under the large tree – weather permitting!) to pause and pray – to be still with God – to ask, seek, knock, wait and receive.

The Daily Devotions have been taking us to a daily time of considering God’s Good News with God’s written Word – and you may want to pause to pray with others at the start of each day as we consider the truths behind the words of this part of the Bible. During May our focus is on the closing chapters of Esther and the theme of the Kingdom of God. 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…….and the Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture daily reflections on our YouTube channel….from members of our Church Family providing a Sunday reflection over the 11 days period. This year the venture ran 9-19 May. Will you still be praying for 5??

May we each and all experience time-out with the Living and True God – whenever – wherever – as we continue to journey through 2024.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 19th May, 2024 – Pentecost Sunday!

Thy Kingdom Come on PENTECOST Sunday!

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

Reading : ROMANS 8 verses 1-17
Meditation : take time and consider this part of this chapter this Sunday morning.
(and maybe read the whole chapter later?)

Life in the Spirit!

What do these words mean for you today?

And then pray in response

Come Holy Spirit.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

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

O Sovereign King
We bow before You
Lord of all
Our Lord

O Gracious King
We bow before You
Lord of all
Our Lord

O Just and Righteous King
We bow before You
Lord of all
Our Lord

Amen

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from ROMANS 8 verses 1-17
Reflect on these great truths and then Pray in response to this God
Looking again at verses 16 and 17

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Pentecost Sunday
For we believe and trust in you
As we pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
With hope and confidence in You above all others
Come Holy Spirit again we call out!
In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Daily Devotions for Saturday 18th May, 2024 – God Empowers!

Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture – God Empowers!
Service of Healing at Balm Well

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

Reading : ROMANS 6 verses 1-14
Meditation : take the time to consider these words and events this Saturday morning.
Dead to Sin
Alive in Christ!

Which words stay with you as your day starts?
What is God teaching you about His Kingdom ways today?

And then take time to Pray with honest words in response to this God
Looking again at verse 4

Praise the LORD!
It is good to sing praise to our God;
it is pleasant and right to praise him.

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 ROMANS 6 verses 1-14
Reflect on the words…. and then Pray with honest words in response to what you have read

This is our God! The God who gives the victory over sin

In Jesus’ name, Amen.