Daily Devotions for 28th August, 2017

Morning

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

Reading : EXODUS 35 verse 30 – ch. 36 verse 7

Meditation : consider what happens here as your day starts.
What is God saying to you?
What is your response? What do you need to do now?

Pray in response

(Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and worship
Of confession and trust
Of offering and service)

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday

Pray the Prayer for the Month as your midday prayer
(See in the magazine or online under the Prayer tab on LK website)

God of grace and mercy…and hope, hear our prayers.

Evening

Reading : read the words again from the reading set

Reflect on their meaning – now and then – and then pray to God in response

Father God, hear my evening prayers.

Daily Devotions for Sunday 27th August, 2017 – Covenant Sunday

Covenant Sunday together at Liberton Kirk

Morning

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

Reading : EXODUS 34 verses 27-35

Meditation :  take time and consider these verses this morning.
Picture in your mind what happens.
What words or image stays with you?

and then pray in response to this God, our God

O LORD God, our glorious God!
Shine Jesus shine!
Flow river flow!
Blaze Spirit blaze!
Today!
On me!
On our church!
On our city!
In our land!
In our world!

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s Kingdom blessings on your church family
And on the Church worldwide in these days.

O LORD, God of mercy, hear our cry!

Evening

Reading : read these verses again from chapter 34

Reflect on how they apply to your life and then Pray in response

O LORD, hear our prayers we ask this evening.

#ThyKingdomCome #toJesus

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

Take a few minutes now – or when you are practically able -with God , Father, Son and Holy Spirit- and pray with Him, asking for His Kingdom to come in the lives of those known to you – for one and another to come to meet Jesus.

Father God, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in the lives of those we name before You.    In Jesus’ name,  Amen we pray together.

#thykingdomcome #pledge2pray #toJesus

Daily Devotions for Saturday 26th August, 2017

Messy Church afternoon

Morning

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

Reading : EXODUS 33 verses 12-23

Meditation : consider what is said here – how God promises to be with His people.
What is God saying to you today?
What is your response to Him?

And then Pray in response to what you have been considering 

O God,
Hear our morning prayers

Amen we pray together this new day.

Midday

Pray the Lord’s Prayer as your own midday prayer
(See Matthew chapter 6 or online under the Prayer tab on LK website)

God of grace and mercy…and hope, hear our prayers..and pour out a blessing on Messy Church this afternoon we ask.

Evening

Reading : read these given verses again

Reflect on these truths…. and then Pray to this God

LORD God, our God, hear our prayers
As we thank you for being with us all of today.

Daily Devotions for 25th August, 2017

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Jesus

Reading :   EXODUS 33 verses 7-11

Meditation : take time and consider these 5 verses.
What message do you seek from the LORD?
Where will you go to meet with Him?

Pray to this God, our God, who meets with us – in and through Jesus! 

O God of truth,
I read
Help me believe
And trust in You.
Oh let me hear Your voice
Even today!

Amen – we pray together.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on Tim, Judith and Andrew
As Tim serves LK as Probationer and as they seek God’s leading for the future

Father God, hear our prayers and bless them real good we ask 

Evening

Reading : read this chapter again

Reflect on this God who was at work in Thessalonica and pray in response to Him – for your church and the church worldwide

Lord Jesus, hear our evening prayers.

Daily Devotions for 24th August, 2017

Morning

Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : EXODUS 32 verse 1 – ch. 33 verse 6

Meditation :   take time and consider carefully all that happens here.
What words stay with you?

then pray in response – asking the Spirit to show if there is any idol to be removed and destroyed in your life, in our church life

(Pray your own words to the LORD God
In worship and thanks for what you have read,
In confession and need to be more like Jesus,
For yourself and for others.) 

O LORD, receive and hear our prayers we humbly call out.
Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on Linda Wright
As she serves LK as Pastoral Worker and also serves at Bristo Craigmillar

O LORD, hear our prayers and bless her real good we ask

Evening

Reading : read these particular verses again

Reflect on the events recorded here
and Pray in response at the end of your day

O LORD, hear our evening prayers

As we confess, oh may you give forgiveness!