Tag: Thy kingdom come

Daily Devotions for Monday 22nd May, 2023

Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture Day 5

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

Reading : 1 JOHN 3 verses 11-24
‘GIVES’
Meditation : take time to consider these words as your day starts.
Giving in Love to Others.
What words stay with you today?
Who will you give yourself to today?
What gift will you give to them?

Then Pause to Pray in response to the LORD our God
Pray to give rather than receive today.
Pray for 5 to meet with Jesus.
Pray for evidence of God’s Kingdom Love in our world.

Pray your own words at the start of this day
Of praise and thanksgiving
Of confession and trust
For others
For our nation
For our world

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Midday
Pray God’s blessing on those who feel they have nothing to give
God of grace and mercy and rich blessing, hear our prayers we ask
And surprise those we name before you – even today.

Evening
Reading : read these verses again from 1 JOHN 3 verses 11-24
‘GIVES’
Reflect prayerfully on what you read and then pray to our God in response
Pray with thanksgiving for gifts of love received today.
Pray for 5 to meet with Jesus.
Pray for evidence of God’s Kingdom Love in our world.

Loving and Faithful One, hear my evening prayer
As I thank you for your gifts of blessing and creation this day
As I lay myself and this world before you at the end of today
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Bible Verse for the Week and Sunday Morning Reflection

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.
And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.

1 John 3 verse 16

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Daily Devotions for Sunday 21st May, 2023

Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture Day 4

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

Reading : GENESIS 1 verses 1-5
‘CREATES’
Meditation : take time and consider these words this particular Sunday morning.
Creator God.
What do they mean for you today?
What part of God’s Creation will you enjoy today?

And then pray in response – using verse 1 as you turn to prayer
Pray with Thanksgiving.
Pray for 5 to meet with Jesus.
Pray for evidence of God’s Kingdom in our created world.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer

Dear LORD God,
As we witness the trials and the groaning of your beautiful creation,
which in large part we have caused, we ask You humbly
to grant us Your wisdom to try to put right all that we have done to foul it up.
We also ask You to bring about that new Kingdom with
a New Heaven and Earth to the end that we can see how Great is Our God!
We ask this of You, Mighty God, so that we may look forward to Your closer presence, through the blessings of Jesus our Saviour,
and the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from GENESIS 1 verses 1-5
‘CREATES’
Reflect on the words and images and then Pray in response to this God

O LORD, hear our evening prayers we ask
As we thank you for the blessings of this Sunday
As we believe and trust in you
As we name others seeking you
As we pilgrimage on into this new week
In Jesus’ name, Amen.