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Daily Devotions for 5th March, 2019

Upper Room day – time out with God

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

Reading : EXODUS chapter 2 verses 11-25

Meditation : consider all that happens here… at the start of your day.
What words stay with you? What is God saying to you from His Word?

And then Pray in response to what you have read
Taking time to wait before God

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
I have read these words
And now I pray for you to work them out
as a living reality in my life – even today
as I thank you that you are with me
on my journey through life.
In Jesus’ name.
Amen.

Midday
Take time to listen for God to speak with you at this time of day
…..and respond to His voice….
Father God…thank you.

Evening
Reading : read the verses again from Exodus 2
Reflect prayerfully on these events…. And then pray as your day closes
LORD God, our great God,
For all of today
I thank You,
Even for those things that have caused me fear and concern.
Help me to rest in Your unfailing love and on Your faithful Word
As I wait for tomorrow.
As I look around at this world
In these days.
Have mercy O Lord!
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Tuesday UPPER ROOM before LENT

An opportunity for time-out with God the day before the season of LENT starts
If you are unable to attend due to work or family commitments – why not find a place with space and join with others in pausing to listen and pray with God.

The room above the Café becomes an Upper Room each Tuesday – a place for time out with God.
Last Tuesday evening we gathered as a church family to pray….and there was a sense of God among us even before we began together!
This Tuesday – the day before Lent starts – you are invited to visit the UPPER ROOM….and wait..ask..seek..knock…

Space
Sofas
Candles
Cross
Prayer Tree
Bibles
Journals
Music
Windows with a view
all to be used – or not – as you prefer

There are opportunities to pause and pray and listen with others
7.30-8am
12 noon-12.30pm
2.45-3.45pm
7-7.30pm

And the Café is open from 9am!

You are encouraged to make these opportunities to pause and pray with God an active part of your walk with Jesus and our church life and work so that together we hear what God is saying to His Church at Liberton Kirk.

Daily Devotions for March 2019

‘There has never been a prophet in Israel like Moses;
the LORD spoke with him face to face.’
Deuteronomy 34 verse 10

During 2019 we are looking at various Bible characters and their relationship with God, and with each other – as well as a couple of Psalms each weekend – pausing in prayer at our times of Midday Devotion for others in our church family, our city and our world at this time of the year.

In March we journey with Moses and enter the season of Lent.

** There will be a call to Midday Prayer and Evening Prayer at various times during the week as we travel through this year. **

We are all encouraged to listen for God’s voice and make our response
as we start together in our ‘rhythm of devotion’ during 2019.

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

A Prayer for the Month of March

O God
Of Moses and Aaron
Of the weeks before Easter
We believe in You
We trust in You
We seek to please You
O Help us
Forgive us
Bless us
Guide us
Use us
Surprise us
This month
This time of Lent
In Jesus’ name
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