Devotions for Friday 16th July

We thank You, O Lord, for all the good things within Your world:

You have created love, by which people are bound together

You have made sight, sound and taste to enrich our environment

You have filled the earth with the possibilities of joy and happiness

You have saved the sinner and given humanity hope for the future

We thank You, O Lord, for Your generosity is unbounded!  Alleluia!

When sorrowful, because everything fails to satisfy the soul;

 Come to Christ, for His comfort and reassurance.

When troubled, because facing the truth is harder than life;

 Come to Christ, and be set free from worldly fears.

When tempted , because the Evil One has found a foothold;

 Come to Christ, who saves repentant the sinner.

When forgetful, because nothing stays in an occupied mind;

 Come to Christ, the One who holds all things in His hands.

When stressed, because what was safe has grown insecure;

 Come to Christ, for His love will soothe and pacify.

And thence remade, because the work of God will never fail;

 Still, come to Christ, in whom all things are complete.

Prayer ideas

Contact a relative you have not spoken to recently, and use the conversation to inform your prayers

On-going prayers

• Pray about worship.   Pray for those who preach the Gospel in your services of worship
• Give thanks to God for the many ways that we can communicate with each other today
• Pray for the people of Haiti who are still struggling to survive

Select your Bible study for today:

  Use the recommended WEEKEND study

                                                                                         choose from a range of possible options                 (a third option will appear in due course)

                     Psalm 3                             

Psalm 3 describes how to deal with life’s troubles.  It is a simple psalm, but like so many others, it hides considerable spiritual and practical advice about how to trust God and live as His people.