至於我和我家，我們必定事奉耶和華!

 

楊平忠大主教領受 "使命113"異象之見證 Archbishop Yong’s MISSION 113 videos, October 16, 2022:

https://youtu.be/Mp0-JPx4Vac

https://youtu.be/MyO6hMcOMOI

親愛的弟兄姊妹，請欣賞我們在統一廣場(神為我們預備的應許地，現正進行裝修我們第一個物業，在三樓五千八百呎的教會 Church in a Mall)2023年12月16日報佳音的錄影：

https://youtu.be/7u_EbZjWUMc?si=lwr10ui1jlE5CfLA

 

今日博客的錄影:

 https://youtu.be/Oe4oaJbD2kQ?si=cCx_JYgm8YprKx2m

Nicky Gumbel 牧師今日靈修博客:

https://evoturi-zcmp.campaign-view.eu/ua/viewinbrowser?od=3zd157131b6d471dd26510cd1848ef8722&rd=119344be6044437a&sd=119344be6043cb40&n=11699e4bf7220bc&mrd=119344be6043cb2c&m=1

Nicky Gumbel 牧師每日靈修博客上載連結:

https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/

 安靜

1.  停下來. 靜一靜

2.  等候主. 深呼吸經歷主之平安, 享受神同在, 呼出你的憂慮

讚美及感恩
1.  思想最近使你開心歡笑的時刻
2.  為那些時刻及有關的人感恩

知罪，認罪，悔改 (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method 轉位靈修法  https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html

1. 求聖靈光照，使你知罪，願意認罪悔改 
     "親愛的聖靈, 求你光照我心靈的深處, 使我看見我的罪, 我和主耶穌的阻隔, 
        求你幫助, 奉主耶穌基督名求。阿們。"

2. 透過聖靈的工作, 安靜一刻, 省察自己, 之後祈禱:
     「親愛的主耶穌，感謝你為我的罪釘死在十字架上，我願意在你面前承認我的罪（凡聖靈光照到的，請逐一說出），求你用你的寶血赦免我的罪，我願意打開心門讓你作我的救主，求你救贖我，我願意一生跟隨你讓你作我生命的主，求你帶領我。聖靈，求你充滿我，使我得著恩賜及力量去侍奉主、見證主，奉主耶穌基督名求，阿們。」

3.  司徒德牧師每天早上的 "活像基督"祈禱 John Stott's daily prayer of Christlikeness (Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017, 13)

請到此連結看神怎様籍司徒德牧師改變我的生命: 

https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/07/

   "天父，求你使我今天活在你的同在中，你一天比一天更喜悦我。

    主耶穌，求你使我今天能背起我的十字架去跟隨你。

    聖靈，求你在今天充滿我，使你的果子能彰顯在我的生命中: 仁愛，喜樂，和平，忍耐，恩慈，良善，信實，温柔及節制。"

             

親親爸父, 唱詩歌頌

 

今日親親親爸父經文連結: http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/

親親爸父經文:(詩篇 58:1-11; 約書亞記 24:1-33; 路加福音 21:1-28;  箴言 13:20-23)  

     14 現 在 你 們 要 敬 畏 耶 和 華 ， 誠 心 實 意 的 事 奉 他 ， 將 你 們 列 祖 在 大 河 那 邊 和 在 埃 及 所 事 奉 的 神 除 掉 ， 去 事 奉 耶 和 華 。

15 若 是 你 們 以 事 奉 耶 和 華 為 不 好 ， 今 日 就 可 以 選 擇 所 要 事 奉 的 ： 是 你 們 列 祖 在 大 河 那 邊 所 事 奉 的 神 呢 ？ 是 你 們 所 住 這 地 的 亞 摩 利 人 的 神 呢 ？ 至 於 我 和 我 家 ， 我 們 必 定 事 奉 耶 和 華 。

31 約 書 亞 在 世 和 約 書 亞 死 後 ， 那 些 知 道 耶 和 華 為 以 色 列 人 所 行 諸 事 的 長 老 還 在 的 時 候 ， 以 色 列 人 事 奉 耶 和 華 。

約書亞記 24:14-15, 31

現在讓你有一個安靜的時刻，給聖靈一個空間，讓主耶穌可以藉着剛才讀過的經文，親自對你説話。

 

 今日我從主耶穌領受的主題是: 至於我和我家，我們必定事奉耶和華!  

    約書亞在他的生命大功告成之前，和所有的以色列人及長老在神面前重新立約，由耶和華神帶領亞伯拉罕開始，數算神的奇妙恩典，所有的神蹟奇事，吩咐他們要敬畏耶和華，誠心實意地事奉他，選擇耶和華降福而不是降禍。

    約書亞説: "至於我和我家，我們必定事奉耶和華!" 

    當時的以色列人都同聲説: "我們必事奉耶和華我們的神，聽從他的話。"

    可惜在約書亞記的最後記載，24:31告訴我們，竟然在約書亞及所有的長老死後，所有的以色列人都不再事奉耶和華了!

    為甚麼會發生這悲慘的情况?

    我想是當他們的後代生活漸漸安逸，不再需要神，沒有經歷神，慢慢更受了他們四圍拜偶像的異族同化，使强如摩西及約書亞，也不能使下一代繼續忠心事奉神!

    我家的大門口牆上掛了約書亞記24:14-15約書亞對神的承諾，我在家用的杯是約書亞第一次聽到神藉摩西的説話 "你要剛强壯膽，不要害怕，也不要畏懼他們，因為我必和你同在"。神藉摩西向約書亞吩咐了二次(申命記31:6, 7), 神在摩西在生時對約書亞親自吩咐了一次(申命記31:23)，在摩西死後吩咐了三次(約書亞記1:6,7,9)。

    看我在大門口，拿着那杯，望着用約書亞記24:14-15那塊板向主重新立約，並在主的同在下領受他向約書亞重覆了六次的應許，請你現在向主重新立約，並領受他的應許，好嗎?

    

    親愛的主耶穌, 
我選擇我和我家都一生事奉你，求你使我剛强壯膽，不要害怕，也不要畏懼任何生命的危機，因為你必和我同在，和我家同在，奉主耶穌基督名求，阿們。

省察問題 

 1. 今日的信息對你有何啓發?  主耶穌現在對你説甚麽話?

 2. 你的下一步是什麼行動?

   

     家庭角落

找機會與家人一起分享今日的領受。 

Anglican Mission Global Society:

Archbishop Melter’s 1st Connecting Workshop video, September 5, 2023: https://youtu.be/0lL8xNrgJb8

Archbishop Melter’s 2nd Connecting Workshop video, September 12 2023:  https://youtu.be/SM39qX0Q5XM

Please click this link for the video recording of the 1st Connecting Workshop of MISSION 113 on Knowing, February 27, 2024. We had bishops, pastors and leaders from Africa, India, Sabah, Thailand, USA and  Canada. Thanks to Canon Philip Tse giving us a wonderful, warm and useful talk and Bishop Page Brooks as facilitator.

https://youtu.be/eepDh1Lqqxw?si=CB5KzyWKBL0SQvW1

Please click this link for the video recording of the 2nd Connecting Workshop of MISSION 113 on Knowing. We had Archbishop Melter from Sabah, Bishop Sospeter from Tanzania, Bishop William from Congo, Bishop Ivan from India, Bishop Page from USA, pastors and leaders from Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Thailand, USA and  Canada. Thanks to Canon Philip Tse giving us another wonderful, warm and useful talk and Bishop Page Brooks as facilitator.

https://youtu.be/GFyFWiZEY0U?si=K-ONwQ79jmdcgs81

Archbishop Yong’s MISSION 113 videos, October 16, 2022:

https://youtu.be/Mp0-JPx4Vac

https://youtu.be/MyO6hMcOMOI

楊平忠大主教得救見証 Archbishop Yong's born again testimony

上集 1st part: https://youtu.be/eogu1rMpvTQ

      下集 2nd part: https://youtu.be/BhyUU1ov1RM

 

As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord!

 

  

Anglican Mission in Canada and Richmond Emmanuel Church have launched MISSION 113 Campaign starting January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. We have received the baton from Archbishop Yong to continuous the call His Grace received in 1993 to bring more souls to God's eternal Kingdom! Please watch the two videos below to know from Archbishop Yong how Jesus used him to bring MISSION 113 to the Anglican Diocese of Sabah and beyond:

Archbishop Yong’s MISSION 113 videos, October 16, 2022:

https://youtu.be/Mp0-JPx4Vac

https://youtu.be/MyO6hMcOMOI

Please click this link for the video version of today's blog :

 

Please click this link for today's Time with Abba one year Bible four passages:

http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/

Nicky Gumbel's Bible in one year today:

https://evoturi-zcmp.campaign-view.eu/ua/viewinbrowser?od=3zd157131b6d471dd26510cd1848ef8722&rd=119344be603b140c&sd=119344be60392a85&n=11699e4be539cfc&mrd=119344be60392a73&m=1

Bible in one year by Nicky Gumbel:

https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/

Silence

1.   Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence

2.   Wait for God. Breathe deep for God's peace and feel His presence. Exhale your worries.

Praise and Thanksgiving

1.   Think through your day, all the times that made you smile

2.   Thank God for all those moments, and for all those people

3.   Sing a song to praise God (you are welcome to use "Father, I adore you" which I have been singing every morning for the past 20 years or your own choice to praise God)

          Father, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

          Jesus, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

          Spirit, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

      

Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method) 

https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html

1.  Pray for the Holy Spirit to shine on you that you are able to discover your sins and be willing to repent:

     “Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God and having Jesus as my Lord. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

2.  Through the Holy Spirit, examine yourself for a short silence and then pray:

     "Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sins to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gifts to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

3.  John Stott's daily prayer of Christlikeness (Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017, 13)

(Please click this link to see how God used John Stott to change my life:https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/07/

           "Heavenly Father, I pray that this day I may live in your presence and please you more and more.

             Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.

             Holy Spirit, I pray that this day you will fill me with yourself and cause your fruit to ripen in my life: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

The Word, Time with Abba (Psalm 58:1-11, Joshua 24:1-33; Luke 21:1-28; Proverbs 13:20-23)

    Today's key passage: 

    

         14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

      31 Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced everything the Lord had done for Israel.

     Joshua 24:14-15, 31

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time to Jesus as you listen to Him. 

   

     My Listening

    The topic I received today from Jesus is:  As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord!

    Before Joshua died, he called all the Israelites and their elders to renew their covenant with God. He started to count God's blessings from Abraham's time of God's amazing grace and all those signs and wonders. Joshua commanded them to fear God and to serve Him faithfully, to choose blessings and not disaster.

    Joshua said, 'But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord!"

    All the Israelites said, "We will serve the Lord our God and obey Him."

    Sadly, as recorded in Joshua 24:31 is that after Joshua and all the elders died, all Israelites did not serve the Lord anymore!

    How could this tragedy happen?

    I think it is because when the second generation and third generation lived in peace and they did not need God and had not experienced God anymore. Slowly they were being blended in with other religions surrounding them worshiping all kinds of idols. So sad, as strong as Moses and Joshua could not lead their descendants to serve the Lord faithfully!

    If you walk in my front door, you will find Joshua 24:14-15 hanging on the wall. The mug I have been using for many years at home is what Joshua heard the first time of God's command to him through Moses: "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.". God commanded this to Joshua two times through Moses(Deuteronomy 31:6,7). God commanded to Joshua Himself one time when Moses was still living(Deuteronomy 31:23), and God commanded to Joshua three times after Moses died (Joshua 1:6,7,9).

    I stood at the front door holding the mug, look at that plate of Joshua 24:14-15 and renewed my covenant with the Lord. And, to receive God's promise in His presence that He promised Joshua six times!

    Are you willing to renew your covenant with the Lord now?

    

     Dear Lord Jesus,  

     As for me and my household, we choose to serve you all the time of our lives. Give me courage and that we will not fear any kind of crisis, because you promise to be with us. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

    Reflect on these questions:

     1. What inspiration have you received from today's catch and what have you heard from Jesus now?

      

      2.  What is your next step to be more closer to Jesus, to be holy - that is to do what Jesus wants you to do and not to do what Jesus wants you not to do?

    

      Family Corner:

     Find an opportunity to share with your family the importance of today's message. 

     

     To know, learn and practice the method of Time with Abba, please click this link:http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/

        My first blog started in July 2009, one chapter a day to read through

     the whole Bible link:

https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-1-i-am-blind.html

        Anglican Mission Global Society:

Archbishop Melter’s 1st Connecting Workshop video, September 5, 2023: https://youtu.be/0lL8xNrgJb8

Archbishop Melter’s 2nd Connecting Workshop video, September 12 2023:  https://youtu.be/SM39qX0Q5XM

Please click this link to go to my "Break.Build" 40 days of Lenten daily devotion:

http://breakbuild.blogspot.com/2024/03/silence-1_29.html

Please click this link for the video recording of the 1st Connecting Workshop of MISSION 113 on Knowing, February 27, 2024. We had bishops, pastors and leaders from Africa, India, Sabah, Thailand, USA and  Canada. Thanks to Canon Philip Tse giving us a wonderful, warm and useful talk and Bishop Page Brooks as facilitator.

https://youtu.be/eepDh1Lqqxw?si=CB5KzyWKBL0SQvW1

Please click this link for the video recording of the 2nd Connecting Workshop of MISSION 113 on Knowing. We had Archbishop Melter from Sabah, Bishop Sospeter from Tanzania, Bishop William from Congo, Bishop Ivan from India, Bishop Page from USA, pastors and leaders from Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Thailand, USA and  Canada. Thanks to Canon Philip Tse giving us another wonderful, warm and useful talk and Bishop Page Brooks as facilitator.

https://youtu.be/GFyFWiZEY0U?si=K-ONwQ79jmdcgs81

Archbishop Yong’s MISSION 113 videos, October 16, 2022:

https://youtu.be/Mp0-JPx4Vac

https://youtu.be/MyO6hMcOMOI

Archbishop Yong's born again testimony

1st part: https://youtu.be/eogu1rMpvTQ

2nd part: https://youtu.be/BhyUU1ov1RM