Daily Devotions for Sunday 15th November, 2020

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

Reading : PSALM 119 verse 129

Meditation : take time and consider these words this Sunday morning.
What stays with you?
What encourages and challenges you today?

And then pray in response to the LORD our God

O LORD our God,
Good and majestic One,
Creator God,
Great and so worthy of praise.
We bow before You on this Sunday morning.
We lay our lives before You.
O fill us with your Spirit afresh
For of ourselves we get it so wrong
Today and every day.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.


Midday

Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own Midday Prayer

Heavenly Father — You know us better than we know ourselves.
We are conscious of our own limitations, and the weakness of our faith and witness.
Give us your Strength and Power –
show us how to find the right way – in the footsteps of your Son.
Let the re-assurance of your forgiveness be with us always.
We think of your promises given to your people over the ages — to Abraham — to David –
to Solomon — to the Virgin Mary — to the Apostles and Saints– and to us in our generation.
Help us to live out these Promises, with the help of your Holy Spirit.
Enable us to follow in the path of our Saviour, your Son Jesus Christ.
Make us more fully able to love You, to love our neighbours, and to love ourselves in due measure.
Give life in all its fullness, to our communities and to us,
so that in this way we may be agents in the advancement of your Kirk, in our World.
AMEN

Evening
Reading : read these words again from Psalm 119 v 129
Reflect on what is said here in this one verse and then Pray in response to God

O LORD, our Great Creator God,
hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for what we read
As we look back over our Sunday
As we look ahead to the week coming
As we name before you those we are concerned about.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

A Call to Evening Prayer

You are invited to pause and pray with others at this time in your Saturday and as you journey into Sunday

You may wish to revisit Psalm 119.127 and the Daily Devotions for today

You may wish to name others before our Father God

You may need to be still with Him as you look back on your day

A Time to Pray with Others

At this time in your Saturday 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 all who work on public transport in our city

For NHS and Care Home staff in our city

For our country and our national leaders at this time

Thy Kingdom Come #Jesus

As a Church we took part in the global prayer venture of Thy Kingdom Come earlier this year.
This ran during the 11 days between Ascension and Pentecost….many weeks and months ago now!

Each Saturday at 12 noon we are continuing to ask and seek and knock on Heaven’s door…..’Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done’…..and to pray for up to 5 people we know to meet with Jesus and to experience God’s Kingdom reign in their lives.

This week we focus on the theme of JESUS as we pause to pray with others.

We give thanks that Jesus came from heaven to earth.

We name others we long to see meet with Jesus

We pray for the Name of Jesus to be lifted high in our nation

We ask these things together in Jesus’ name, Amen!

Daily Devotions for Saturday 14th November, 2020

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

Reading : PSALM 119 verse 127

Meditation : take time to consider this verse this morning.
What does it mean for you?
What is God saying to you today from His Word?

And then Pray in response to what you read – to this God of ours.

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 Psalm 119 v 127 again
Reflect on this God, your God, our God…. and then turn to Him in your evening Prayer

LORD God, our God, receive our sacrifice of praise
For who You are!
For all you have done for us!
And as we give it all back to you
May you continue to reach and save people
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done across our world
In our families, in our community, in our city.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Call to Evening Prayer

You are invited to pause and pray with others at this time in your Friday

You may wish to revisit Psalm 24.10 and the Daily Devotions for today

You may wish to name others before this God of ours, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies!

You may need to be still with Him as you look back on your day