Tag: Thursday

A Time to Pray with Others

At this time in your Christmas Eve and in these changing times you are invited to pause and 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

For family and friends

For all in our church family at this time

For NHS and Care Home staff in our city

For our country and our national leaders at this time

Daily Devotions for Thursday 24th December, 2020

Christmas Eve

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

Reading : REVELATION 7 verses 9-17

Meditation : take time and consider this part of Revelation this morning.
Worship in Heaven.
What do these words mean for you?

And then pray in response – as your day starts

Pray your own words to the LORD God
With words of praise and worship

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom
and thanksgiving and honour
and power and strength belong to our God
forever and ever! Amen.”

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those about to birth in our community at this time
Father God…hear our prayers and bless them each and all we ask.

Evening
Reading : read this passage again from REVELATION 7
Reflect on the verses here at the end of your day
and Pray in response to God – our God of heavenly worship

O LORD, hear our evening prayers
As we return our sacrifice of praise to you
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

A Time to Pray with Others

At this time in your Thursday and in these changing times you are invited to pause and 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

For family and friends

For all emergency services in our city at this time

For NHS and Care Home staff in our city

For our country and our national leaders at this time

Daily Devotions for Thursday 17th December, 2020

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

Reading : 1 THESSALONIANS 5 verses 1-11

Meditation : take time and consider what is said here – as your day starts.
The Day of the Lord.
How is God encouraging or challenging you from His Word?

And then pray in response as your day starts

Pray your own words to the LORD God

O LORD of truth,
Receive our morning praise and hear our prayers.
We ask in Jesus’ name.
Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the work of Edinburgh City Mission at this time
O LORD, hear our prayers and pour out a blessing we ask

Evening
Reading : read the verses again from 1 THESSALONIANS 5
Reflect on these words again at the end of your day
and Pray in response to this God of ours

O LORD God, hear our evening prayers as we thank You for this hope in our lives.
O have mercy we ask
On others
On our Church
On our world in these days
In Jesus’ name, Amen.