Daily Devotions for Sunday 3rd September, 2017

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Holy Spirit, on this Sunday

Reading : ACTS 1 verses 9-26

Meditation : take time to consider these words as your Sunday starts.
What do you learn about these servants of the Early Church?
What is God saying to you today?

Take time to Pray in response to God

LORD God,
Thank You for those who serve us in our Church Family.
Help me to serve another – today.

In Jesus’ name I ask.
Amen.

Midday

Pray for your Church family to know Sunday blessings!
O God, hear our prayers.

Evening

Reading : read these particular verses again from Acts 1

Reflect on the truths beyond the words and then Pray with thanks to our God …

O Father, Son and Holy Spirit, hear our prayers
At the end of this day
As tomorrow appears on the horizon.
In Jesus’ name.     Amen

#thykingdomcome #Praise

As part of the follow-up to the Thy Kingdom Come prayer venture earlier this year across the world, we pause as God’s people this weekend and consider the theme again of #Praise

Take a few minutes now – or when you are practically able -with God , Father, Son and Holy Spirit- and bring Him your prayers and songs of Praises!

Praise my soul the King of Heaven!
Praise the Name of Jesus!
Praise Him! Praise Him!
Amen and Amen we call out!

#thykingdomcome #pledge2pray #Praise

Daily Devotions for 2nd September, 2017

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus.

Reading : ACTS 1 verses 6-8

Meditation : take time to consider what is said here by Jesus.
What does this mean for you? What is God saying to you today?
What is your response to Him? 

Take time to Pray in response…..to this Jesus….for the Spirit to empower.
And for those who are His witnesses in the corners of our world

O Spirit of God,
Fall upon us afresh!
Equip
Enable
Use us – even today

In Jesus’ name we ask- Amen.

Midday

Pray for the Spirit of God to bring Kingdom blessings to the Liberton area of Edinburgh

O LORD, hear our prayers. 

Evening

Reading : read these 3 verses again

Reflect on the words written here and what they mean for you….. and then Pray in response

Spirit of the Living God, hear our evening prayers
In Jesus’ name,   Amen.

Daily Devotions for 1st September, 2017

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the LORD God

Reading :  ACTS 1 verses 1-5

Meditation :  take time to consider carefully these opening verses from the writer, Luke.      Which words stay with you?
What is God saying to you today?

And then Pray in response to this God of the Early Church, our God

Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Teach us anew
From these words
And these Devotions we now begin.
Hear our prayers,
Pour out a blessing we cry out
That Your kingdom come, your will is done
In our lives
In our city
In our nation
In our world.

Amen.

Midday

Pray for the Spirit of God to bring Kingdom blessings to Edinburgh
Amen and Amen, O God.

Evening

Reading : read these 5 verses again

Reflect on their meaning for you and then pray….. with confidence and hope in God

O Lord, hear our evening prayers this day.
In Jesus’ name,   Amen

Daily Devotions for September 2017

‘There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved .’    Acts 4 verse 12       

The Daily 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 your day and to share with others the treasures or hurdles you discover. The Church website and Facebook page (even on a handy mobile) provide the fuller daily devotional.. 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. It was these traditions that gave birth to the Daily Devotions in early 2015.

Morning
Reading and Meditation on the content and a Prayer of response

Midday
Prayer – mostly for others

Evening
Verse(s) from the morning reading
Reflection and Prayer at the end of the day

As the year moves on and the season of Looking OUTWARD together starts, so we will be feeding on the book of ACTS during September and October – the Spirit is poured out! the Church is born! the Good News is spread further and further! 

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s Word speaking as we continue in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ during 2017. 

  

A Prayer for the Month

A Prayer for the Month of September

LORD God Almighty
Hear us
Save us
Rescue us
Lead us 

Father God in heaven
Hear us
We cry out
For ourselves
For others
For our world

LORD God Almighty
Have mercy
Show mercy
Give mercy 

In Jesus’ Name
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

Daily Devotions for 31st August, 2017

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : EXODUS 40 verses 34-38

Meditation :   take time and consider these few verses.
What do they say to you?
Where has God taken you this past month?
Where do you long to see the glory of the LORD?                        

then pray in response to Him 

O LORD, receive our praise and hear our prayers this morning.
Thank you for rescuing and saving us.
Forgive us when we wander from your laws.
And hear us as we call out for you to lead us forward.
For yours is the power and the glory!

Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on the growing Church in Saudi Arabia

O LORD, thank you! Continue to have mercy there we call out.

Evening

Reading : read these few verses again

Reflect on these words at the end of your day, your month
and Pray in response to this God, our God.

LORD, hear our evening prayers
As this day closes
As this month ends
As we thank you for Exodus
And that you haven’t finished with us yet!

In Jesus’ name,
Amen!