Tag: Thursday

Daily Devotions for AUGUST 2021

How good it is to give thanks to you, O LORD;
to sing in your honour, O Most High God,
to proclaim your constant love every morning
and your faithfulness every night.

Psalm 92 verses 1 and 2

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

* In July and August we are therefore PRAYING THE PSALMS *

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ during this year of 2021.

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 AUGUST

How good it is to give thanks to you, O LORD.
We sing and dance with joy!
How great are your ways, O LORD.
We sing and dance with joy!

You forgive my sin and cleanse me within
I sing and dance with joy!
You help me and guide me
I sing and dance with joy!

Praise the LORD all His people
We sing and dance with joy!
Praise the LORD all His creatures
We sing and dance with joy!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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

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

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from PSALM 80

You are encouraged to

P ause in God’s presence

R ejoice in the blessings of this day He has given

A sk for His help – for yourself and for another

Y ield to His Kingdom will for tomorrow – say yes!

Pause to Pray for Others

On this final Thursday in July…as the nation continues to journey forward and the world wrestles with new cases and vaccine supplies.. 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

For family and friends and neighbours

For families struggling financially across the world

For NHS and Care Home staff across the nation

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

Daily Devotions for Thursday 29th July, 2021

Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from Father God

Reading : PSALM 80
Meditation : take time and consider these words this morning.
Another Prayer for the nation.
What words stay with you?
What is your prayer for our nation at this time?

Then pause to pray to our God
Looking again at verses 3, 14 and 18

O LORD, hear our prayers
As we call out to you at this time.
Have mercy
Give saving grace
In our day we ask
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the Bible Society of Honduras
God of grace…hear our prayers and pour a blessing we ask on each and all

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from PSALM 80
Reflect on the words and images – at the end of your day
and Pray in response to this God – our God
for His Church
for our nation
for this world

O LORD, hear our evening prayers
Thy Kingdom come
Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
In Jesus’ name, 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

You may want to revisit the Daily Devotions for today from PSALM 64

You are invited to pray with….A C T S

A doration in praise and worship for who God is

C onfession for the sins of this day

T hanksgiving for the good gifts God has given today – to you and to others!

S upplication – asking for His help – for a certain situation or person