Tag: Thursday

Daily Devotions for Thursday 17th September, 2020

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

Reading : JOSHUA chapter 23

Meditation : take time and consider what is said here – as your day starts.
Joshua’s farewell address.
How would you describe his relationship with the LORD God and with His people?
How would you describe your relationship with Him today?

And then pray in response as your day starts

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,
And for others known to you at this time in a place of farewell.

O LORD of perfect timing and best planning,
Receive our morning praise and hear our prayers.
We ask in Jesus’ name.
Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the land and people of Ethiopia
O LORD, hear our prayers and pour out a blessing we ask on each and all

Evening
Reading : read the verses again from JOSHUA 23
Reflect on these words again at the end of your day
and Pray in response to this God of ours, the God of Joshua

O LORD God, hear our evening prayers as we thank You for Your call on our lives.
O have mercy we ask
On others
On our Church
On our world
And guide our steps in these days.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Daily Devotions for Thursday 10th September, 2020

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

Reading : JOSHUA chapter 12

Meditation : take time and carefully consider these words.
Kings defeated by Moses and Joshua.
You may consider this a strange part of the Bible but as you pause ….
what has God conquered in your life? Who or what is on your list?

Then pray in response to the LORD as your day starts
Giving thanks to Him for battles fought and victories won

Pray your own words this morning to the LORD our God……..

In Jesus’ name. Amen and Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the land and people of Bolivia
Lord, hear our prayers and bless each and all real good we ask.
Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in that land.

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from JOSHUA 12
Reflect on the words written here – and what God is saying to you now.
Pray in response to this God who gives victory over the enemy.

O LORD, hear our evening prayers as this day closes
As we return our thanks to You.
As we humbly confess our sins
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Sharing God’s Word – a short course

‘Sharing God’s Word – what can we learn from the early church in Acts?’ Led by Jared Hay

This short course is intended to complement the Sunday studies in the Gospels on ‘Sharing God’s Word,’ and the aim is to try to understand how the Early Church shared the Good News in their cultural context. That means investigating the context in which they lived, what they said and did, who said it and did it, and what intentional strategies they adopted to make sure the message was disseminated as widely as possible.

The course will run on Zoom over four Thursday evenings (7.30 – 9pm) spaced out to allow Link groups to meet between sessions to discuss what they’ve learned and how it might be applied in our cultural context. Some discussion questions are provided to help facilitate exploring and applying what has been learned. Members of the congregation are encouraged to join both the course and also a Link group for the follow-up discussion. Please do contact Caroline Barlee, John or Jared if you need help finding a group to join.

15 October – The world they lived in – honour and shame, money, sex and power in the First Century.
What are the major things that shape our cultures today?
How have they influenced the Church’s relationship with others?

29 October – The Word they shared – what was the message the Early Church took to the world?
What actions accompanied the message?
Does the word and action we share reflect the breadth of the activity of the early church?
Are there special emphases that might be useful to highlight when sharing with different groups and cultures?

12 November – The people who shared the Word – who were they and what were they like?
What qualities are needed to share the good news?

26 November – The strategies they used to share the Word – big pictures and jig-saw pieces.
Thinking of our context, what strategies might we adopt for sharing the good news, and how would we need to change to fulfil them?