As we move onward from Thy Kingdom Come 2024 ……so we keep praying!!
Each Sunday at Midday we are re-visiting the daily themes – including the Cheeky Pandas and Youth Videos for the younger members of our Church Family!
Here was the Cheeky Pandas post from TKC with Mary Berry telling a Bible story for us to ponder afresh…..
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from the Living God
Reading : LAMENTATIONS 3 verses 19-24
Meditation : take time and consider this part of the chapter this Sunday morning.
The LORD’s unfailing love and mercy
What do these words mean for you today?
And then pray in response – using the words of verses 22-24 as you turn to prayer
O God of faithful promise
We bow before you
We believe in you
We trust in you
This new day
In Jesus’ Name, Amen
Midday
Pray the Prayer for the Month as your own midday prayer
O LORD my God
Faithful and Eternal
Planner and Potter
Guide my steps
O LORD my God
Saviour and Teacher
Guide and Protector
Lighten my load
O LORD my God
Merciful and Forgiving
Helper and Provider
Walk with me
This month
This day
This moment
Amen and Amen.
Evening
Reading : read these particular verses again from LAMENTATIONS 3 verses 19-24
Reflect on the truths behind the words 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 pilgrimage on towards tomorrow
With hope and confidence in You above all others
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean;
I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;
I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36 verses 25 and 26
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 October we journey with the major prophets of EZEKIEL and DANIEL.
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 OCTOBER
O LORD our God
The God of Ezekiel and Daniel
Yesterday, today and forever
Breathe upon us
O Spirit of our God
The God of Ezekiel
Yesterday, today and forever
Renew and Restore us
O Living LORD our God
The God of Daniel
Yesterday, today and forever
Empower and use us
O Holy Spirit of our God
The God of Ezekiel and Daniel
Yesterday, today and forever
Fill us afresh
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
Morning
Look Upward and Pray to hear and receive from God, the Three in One
Reading : JEREMIAH chapter 33 verses 1-3
Meditation : prayerfully consider these words this morning
Call to me.
Then pray in response to this God of ours
Call on Him with confidence
Call on Him with honesty
Call on Him with humility
Call on Him for others
In Jesus’ name
Amen and amen.
Midday
Pray God’s blessing on the wider SEECOS Church Family..
O LORD, hear our prayers and bless each and all real good we ask.
Evening
Reading : read the verses again from JEREMIAH chapter 33 verses 1-3
Reflect on these words you have read and then pray in response
LORD God, merciful God, our God, hear our evening prayers
As we bow before You
As we call out to You
For ourselves
For others
In Jesus’ name, Amen
As we step into this final week of September 2024….and reflect on God’s walk with us…
At Liberton Kirk we usually set aside a Tuesday each week and provide a place with space – the UPPER ROOM – a place for time-out in our busy days above the Kirkgate Cafe. This is a safe place for you to be.
The Upper Room will be open this Tuesday once more – and you are encouraged to take time-out with God…..to find a quiet place with space at this busy time of year…..7.30am-7.00pm……with opportunities to pray with John and others at 8am… Midday and 7pm….
* A space for you to be still in your busy needy world
** To pause and pray with God at this time – the God of all comfort, wisdom, mercy and hope.
* To listen to God – Father Son and Holy Spirit – in these times
You are invited to gather with others in the Kirk in the evening as we come together for a Gathering for Prayer for Healing – a time to give thanks, to hear personal stories and to receive prayer ministry for yourself or another. 7.30-8.30pm with refreshments available afterwards.
You are also encouraged to visit the Offering House – beside the gates – 8am-5pm each day – where you can find more information and helpful leaflets and booklets about our faith and our Kirk. There is also a Prayer Request Box situated here for you to leave your own personal requests – our Prayer Team will prayerfully support those you name. Have you walked prayerfully around the Kirk building following the Word for Today helpful words for this month? As you do…pray for the building, inside and outside… The COVID-19 memorial is now in place, beside the Cairn, and you may want to visit and pause there.
You are also encouraged to use the bench at the top left of the Kirkyard (under the large tree – weather permitting!) to pause and pray – to be still with God – to ask, seek, knock, wait and receive.
The Daily Devotions have been taking us to a daily time of considering God’s Good News with God’s written Word – and you may want to pause to pray with others at the start of each day as we consider the truths behind the words of this part of the Bible. During September our focus is on the book of JEREMIAH. This is available on the Kirk website blog and our social media pages on Facebook and Twitter from 7am- and in the church magazine.
And – don’t forget the brief Sunday morning Reflection at 8am…….and the Thy Kingdom Come global prayer venture daily reflections on our YouTube channel….from members of our Church Family providing a Sunday reflection over the 11 days period. This year the venture ran 9-19 May. Will you still be praying for 5??
May we each and all experience time-out with the Living and True God – whenever – wherever – as we continue to journey through 2024.