At this time in your Monday and in these changing times you are invited to pause and pray with others in our city and across the nation…to the LORD our God, our Father God.
You are encouraged to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus
For family and friends and neighbours
For our Church family
For NHS and Care Home staff in our city
For our country and our national leaders at this time
You are invited to pause and pray at this time of the day
You may wish to revisit the Daily Devotions for the Midday prayer theme
You may want to be still with Father God
You may need to name others before Him
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit
Reading : ACTS 1 verses 1-11
Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
Jesus is taken up to Heaven.
What is God teaching you today?
What is your response to His Word this morning?
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 your neighbours at this time
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.
Evening
Reading : read these verses again from ACTS 1
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response
Eternal and Faithful One, hear my evening prayer
O help me to ever be an upward looking person
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
At this time in your Monday and in these uncertain times you are invited to pause and pray with others in our city and across the nation…to the LORD our God, our Father God.
You are encouraged to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus
For family and friends
For those anxious about others in our community
For NHS and Care Home staff in our city
For our country and our national leaders at this time
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus, Saviour and Lord
Reading : MATTHEW 13 verses 1-23
Meditation : take time to consider this part of the Bible and all that is said.
Jesus and the Parable of the Farmer
What words or images stay with you?
How does God encourage or challenge you today?
Pray in response to what you have read
O LORD,
We pray for a rich harvest in our nation
In our community
In our street
In our family
We ask
In and through Christ Jesus, Amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the materials in the Perspex boxes at our gates
O LORD, hear our prayers and use them real good we ask.
Evening
Reading : read these words again from Jesus in MATTHEW 13
Reflect on the images and words written here and then Pray in response
LORD God, our God, hear our evening prayers,
As we lift up to you
Our circumstances
From today
For tomorrow
And others responding to your call
Across the world
At this time
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
You are invited to pause and pray at this time of the day
You may wish to revisit the Daily Devotions for today
You may wish to be still with God
You are encouraged to name others before Father God
Together we say Amen.
