DAY 173 - No More One Man Band! (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)

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Today's Reading: Ephesians 4

Please read Ephesians 4 and listen to what the Lord Jesus Christ would like to tell you before reading my Spiritual Journal below. If you would like to learn a simple and good way of Daily Devotion method you may click this link directly for the method:Subject Shifting Devotion.pdf.


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It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4: 11-13

What I heard from Jesus today is: No more one man band!

Paul talks about the importance of the oneness in Christ. There are so many "one" in this chapter - one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God.

Do you know why this "oneness" can not happen in most churches? According to Paul in this chapter it is because we are not able to join and hold together as one body. Paul talks about the fivefold ministry: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Can one person be all that? What is your major role in this fivefold ministry, do you know? If you are a teacher and you want to take also an evangelist role, if you are a pastor and you want also to be a prophet, if you are an evangelist and you want to be an apostle, if you are an apostle and you want to be a teacher... Well, may be you have numerous gifts and you really can do all five, but do you have the strength and time to do all those? Why don't you pray and ask the Lord to open your eyes to see those helpers around you and to understand your major role so that you don't waste much time and that you can start to build the body of Christ acknowledging that you are just one small part in His body? There are too many one man band leaders, please don't be one of them!

Dear Lord Jesus,

Help us to know our major role and that we are just a small part of your body. Lead us to try all our best to join in others and cooperate with others to build up your body. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

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