Tag: Monday
Daily Devotions for Monday 22nd May, 2023
Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture Day 5
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : 1 JOHN 3 verses 11-24
‘GIVES’
Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
Giving in Love to Others.
What words stay with you today?
Who will you give yourself to today?
What gift will you give to them?
Then Pause to Pray in response to the LORD our God
Pray to give rather than receive today.
Pray for 5 to meet with Jesus.
Pray for evidence of God’s Kingdom Love in our world.
Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For others
For our nation
For our world
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those who feel they have nothing to give
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask
And surprise those we name before you – even today.
Evening
Reading : read these verses again from 1 JOHN 3 verses 11-24
‘GIVES’
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response
Pray with thanksgiving for gifts of love received today.
Pray for 5 to meet with Jesus.
Pray for evidence of God’s Kingdom Love in our world.
Loving and Faithful One, hear my evening prayer
As I thank you for your gifts of blessing and creation this day
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Evening Prayer with Others
Daily Devotions for Monday 15th May, 2023
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus, Saviour and Lord
Reading : REVELATION chapter 10
Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible this morning.
The Angel and the Little Scroll.
What is God teaching/reminding you today from His written Word?
Pray in response to what you have read
In and through Christ Jesus we pray together, Amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the SEECAT Church Family.
O LORD, hear our prayers and bless them all good we ask – even today.
Evening
Reading : read these words again from REVELATION chapter 10
Reflect on the words and images here and then Pray in response
In and through Christ Jesus we pray together, Amen.
Daily devotions for Saturday 13th May, 2023
Messy in the Park on Liberton Northfield grounds
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : REVELATION chapter 5
Meditation : take time to consider these verses this morning.
Worthy is the Lamb!
What encourages and challenges you today?
What words stay with you as you step into the new day?
And then Pray in response
With words and songs of praise
LORD
I look up to you,
Up to heaven, where you rule.
Hear my morning prayer
Hear the morning prayers of your people
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth
At Messy in the Park
Where I am
As it is in heaven
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 verses again from REVELATION chapter 5
Reflect on these words as you look back over the day and then Pray in response
LORD
I look up to you,
Up to heaven, where you rule.
Hear my evening prayer
Hear the evening prayers of your people
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
Where I will be tomorrow
In Jesus’ name.
Amen
Evening Prayer with Others
As we step into a new week….. with God – together – you may want to revisit today’s Daily Devotions from EPHESIANS 4 verses 25-32 – as we consider TELLING OTHERS THE GOOD NEWS about Jesus through 2023.
We PAUSE with the Lord in prayer as the day closes
We REJOICE in the help and blessings He has given this particular Monday – to us and to others
We ASK for His presence, peace and strength – for ourselves and for others in our church family and our nation and in our world at this time – especially prayerfully supporting the people of Sudan, Yemen, Ukraine and other parts of our world in deep need at this time
We YIELD – say Yes – to His Kingdom ways for tomorrow
