Daily Devotions for Tuesday 17th November, 2020

Upper Room day – time-out with God

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

Reading : JOHN 1 verses 29-34

Meditation : take time and consider these verses this morning.
Jesus is the Son of God.
What does this mean for you?

Take time to Pray in response – including for others in your family at this time

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
Ask and seek and knock……and hear
Father God…thank you.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from JOHN 1
Reflect…. and then Pray to this Jesus as your day closes

Jesus, Son of God,
My Saviour and Lord,
We believe and trust in you.
Hear our evening prayers
As we follow you from today to tomorrow
Amen.

Daily Devotions for Monday 16th November, 2020

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

Reading : ROMANS 8 verses 12-17

Meditation : take the time to consider this passage…words from Paul.
Father God..Abba..
What is God saying to you this morning?
What is your response to God’s Word today?

Pray in response – to our God , our Heavenly Father

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and worship
Of confession and trust
Of need

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessings on fathers in our Church and community at this time
O LORD, have mercy on all we call out and pour rich blessings!

Evening
Reading : read the set passage again prayerfully at the end of your day
Reflect….. and then pray to Father God in response

Father God, hear my prayer this evening.
As I thank you for the blessings of this day
As I humbly name others before you.
As I lay myself and this world before you at this time
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Call to Sunday Evening Prayer

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

You may wish to revisit Psalm 119.129 and the Daily Devotions for today

You may wish to name others before Father God

You may need to be still with Him as you look back on your day and as you step into a new week

A Time to Pray with Others

At this time in your Sunday 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

For all in our Church Family

For NHS and Care Home staff in our city

For our country and our national leaders at this time

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