Daily Devotions for Monday 1st July, 2024

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

Reading : PROVERBS 12 verse 5
Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
Honest people

What is your response to these words?

Then Pause to Pray in response to this God we believe and trust in

Pray your own words at the start of this day

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday

Pray God’s blessing on believers across Canada
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from PROVERBS 12 verse 5
– in another version?
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to Father God in response

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
Hear my evening prayer
As I lay myself and my family before you at the end of this day
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Thy Kingdom Come – Scottish video for Day 1

Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture happened earlier this year in May.

But….we pray on!

Each Sunday at midday we are revisiting the videos – including the Cheeky Pandas and Youth Videos – to be encouraged and challenged to keep praying for our 5 friends to meet with Jesus.

Here is the Scottish video for Day 1 to watch and listen to…..

Daily Devotions for Sunday 30th June, 2024

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

Reading : PSALM 92
we take time to consider these words this Sunday morning ….
A Psalm of praise!

What is your song of praise today?

And then pray in response to this God

In Jesus’ Name, Amen!

Midday

Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer

O LORD our God

Teach us how
To trust You with all our heart
and lean not on our own understanding;

Help us
In all our ways to submit to You,
and know You will make our paths straight.

For we believe and trust in You
Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Amen and Amen

Evening

Reading : read these words again from PSALM 92
Reflect on these words of praise and then Pray in response at the end of your day

O LORD, our Great Hope,
We bring our evening sacrifice of praise to you
For who you are
As we acknowledge You our Help even this past month
As we name others in need
As we pray for the Church in all corners of our world
To live and speak and sing out of Jesus.
In His saving name, Amen!

Daily Devotions for JULY 2024

Do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,
because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

Proverbs 3 verses 11 and 12

In 2024 we are considering BEFORE THE GOOD NEWS – GOD’S PLAN BEGINS – as we step back into the Old Testament and pausing at our times of Midday Devotion to pray for others in our church family, our city and our world.

In July we continue our journey with a few Psalms and the book of Proverbs.

We are all invited to listen for God’s voice and make our response as we journey together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ in 2024.

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

Prayer for the Month of JULY

O LORD our God

Continue to teach us how
To trust You with all our heart
and lean not on our own understanding;

Help us day by day
In all our ways to submit to You,
and know You will make our paths straight.

For we do believe and trust in You
Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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

Midday Prayer with Others

On this last Tuesday in June – you are invited to pause and pray where you are with those gathered in the Upper Room today……

P-ause with God
R-ejoice in His blessings given
A-sk for the particular needs of our church family, the SEECOS church family, our nation and our world at this time – especially the people and leaders of Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Yemen and other countries in need
Y-ield to His Kingdom ways