Daily Devotions for Tuesday 11th August, 2020

Upper Room day – time-out with God

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

Reading : PSALM 105 verses 1-7

Meditation : take time and consider these verses this morning.
God and His People
Which words stay with you?
What is God saying to you today about Himself and what is your response?

Take time to Pray in response
including for others known to you at this time in our Church Family

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 for what you are saying to me at this time

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from PSALM 105

Reflect…. and then Pray as your day closes

God of Abraham and Jacob and the God of today,
My God, our God,
Hear our evening prayers
As we journey from today to tomorrow
Lead us
Guide us
Bless us
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Daily Devotions for Monday 10th August, 2020

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

Reading : PSALM 103

Meditation : take the time to consider this Psalm this Monday morning.
‘Praise the LORD, O my soul!’
‘Do not forget how kind he is’
‘He fills my life with good things’
‘The LORD is merciful and loving,
slow to become angry and full of constant love’
‘Praise the LORD, my soul’

Pray in response – to this God, our God, your God.
Use the verses as part of your morning prayer.

O LORD our God,
God of wonders
Hear our prayers this day
As we lay ourselves before you
As we praise you for SO much!
In Jesus’ name, Amen and Amen!

Midday
Pray God’s blessings on those who live near the Kirk
O LORD, have mercy on all we call out and pour rich blessings!

Evening

Reading : read the passage again prayerfully at the end of your day
PSALM 103

Reflect….. and then pray to God in response as your day closes
Use verses 1-5 as you turn to prayer

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
This is my prayer
This is my song
You are my God
Today and tomorrow.
Amen.

Call to Midday Prayer

Lord, hear my prayer!
Listen to my plea!
Don’t turn away from me
in my time of distress.
Bend down to listen,
and answer me quickly when I call to you.

Together we say Amen – as we pray for others known to us in need at this time

Words from this morning’s Daily Devotions – Psalm 102

Call to Evening Prayer

Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth!
Worship the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing with joy.
Acknowledge that the Lord is God!
He made us, and we are his.
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good.
His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation

Together we say Amen!

Words from this morning’s Daily Devotions – Psalm 100

Call to Wednesday Midday Prayer

Come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come to him with thanksgiving.
Let us sing psalms of praise to him.
For the Lord is a great God,
a great King above all gods.
He holds in his hands the depths of the earth
and the mightiest mountains.
The sea belongs to him, for he made it.
His hands formed the dry land, too.

Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the Lord our maker,
for he is our God.
We are the people he watches over,
the flock under his care.

Together we say Amen and Amen!

Words from this morning’s Daily Devotions – Psalm 95

Call to Evening Prayer

Joyful are those you discipline, Lord,
those you teach with your instructions.
You give them relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.
The Lord will not reject his people;
he will not abandon his special possession.
Judgment will again be founded on justice,
and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

Who will protect me from the wicked?
Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Unless the Lord had helped me,
I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

Together we say Amen.

Words from this morning’s Daily Devotions – Psalm 94