October – Page 40

Daily Devotions for Saturday 2nd October, 2021

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

Reading : GENESIS 1 verses 24-31

Meditation : take time to consider these verses this morning
As we pause with Creator God.

And then Pray with rejoicing in response to what you read – to this God of ours.
Pray for others as well as yourself

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen!

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

We rejoice in your love, O God!

We rejoice in your care, O Father God!

We rejoice in your saving grace, O Lord!

We rejoice in your good gifts, O merciful Lord!

We rejoice!
We give thanks!
We worship you!

With our words and songs of praise!

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen.

Evening
Reading : read GENESIS 1 verses 24-31 again
Reflect on this God, your God, our God…. and then Call on Him in your evening Prayer

LORD God, our God, receive our praise
For who You are – our Creator
For your help and protection even today
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 community, in our city.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Call to Evening Prayer with Others

As your Friday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as we journey into the weekend

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from GENESIS 1 vs 1-23

You are encouraged to follow the pattern of A-C-T-S which many have found to be a blessing and a help

A doration … taking a few moments to bring your evening words of praise and worship to our God

C onfession … of the sins of this day

T hanksgiving … for the blessings of this day … and for forgiveness received

S upplication or Asking … for a situation…or another person in need at this time

In Jesus’ Name
Amen

Pause to Pray for Others

On this first day in October…as the nation and the world still wrestles with new cases and vaccine supplies…and other points of crisis and concern… you are invited to pause and continue to 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 – in our community, in our nation and in our world – and for parts of the world in turmoil at this time

For family and friends and neighbours

For the supply of vaccines across our world at this time

For NHS and Care Home staff across the nation

For our country and world leaders at this time of decision making

Daily Devotions for Friday 1st October, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading : GENESIS 1 verses 1-23

Meditation : consider these words this morning.
As we rejoice in God’s Creation all around us
What is God teaching/reminding you today?
What evidence of His creation is in your sight right now?

And then Pray in response – as God leads you
Pray with rejoicing to our Creator God!

Amen – we pray together.

Midday
We give thanks for our local shopkeepers
Father God, hear our prayers and bless them real good we ask.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from GENESIS 1
Reflect on the words you have just read and pray in response

LORD our God
Creator God
Thank you
Thank you
Amen.

A Call to Thursday Evening Prayer with Others

As your Thursday closes you are invited to pause and pray with others in our Church Family as we step into a new month

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from REVELATION 8 v 1

You are encouraged to follow the pattern of A-C-T-S which many have found to be a blessing and a help

A doration … taking a few moments to bring your evening words of praise and worship to our God

C onfession … of the sins of this day

T hanksgiving … for the blessings of this day … and for forgiveness received

S upplication or Asking … for a situation…or another person in need at this time

In Jesus’ Name
Amen

Daily Devotions for OCTOBER 2021

May you always be joyful in your union with the Lord.
I say it again: rejoice!

Philippians 4 verse 4

During 2021 we are looking daily at the theme of PRAYER – and pausing at our times of Midday Devotion to pray for others in our church family, our city and our world at this time.

* From September to December we will be looking at P-R-A-Y
(with credit to Lectio365/24-7 Prayer for this helpful aid)
Pause – Rejoice – Ask – Yield

And so this month we shall be taking the time to REJOICE with God in His written Word. *

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’.

These Devotions are but one way to feed on God’s Word in the morning, at midday, in the evening… to pray with Him continually through the day and even to share with others the treasures or hurdles you discover.
The Church website and Facebook page (even on a handy mobile) provide a fuller daily devotional page. However it all follows the pattern below which the information provided fits into, based on the Kirk’s origins of the Celtic and Northumbrian traditions which we started as a church family in 2015.

Morning
Reading and Meditation on the content and Prayer of response
Midday
Prayer – mostly for others
Evening
Verse(s) from the morning reading
Reflection and Prayer at the end of the day

A Prayer for the Month of OCTOBER

We rejoice in your love, O God!

In Jesus’ name
Amen and Amen.

The Lord’s 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