DAY 714 - Do Your Best to Copy Them (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)

Four years ago today, April 9, 2010, Michelle went to see her family doctor and was told that she got leukaemia. She was admitted to Vancouver General Hospital the next morning (http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/2010/04/day-234-my-wife-michelle-has-leukemia.html ). Michelle is not feeling well lately!  Her family doctor is now having a series of check-up for her to see what is happening. On this day, I would like to invite you to join us in a 100 days of prayer (From April 9 to July 17) for Michelle, our family and my ministry. Please click this link to join us to pray:
New 100 Days Prayer Campaign (2014.04.09-2014.07.17)

What you need to do is very simple. Choose one hour slot for the whole week to pray for Michelle, our family and my ministry. You may use the whole hour in prayer or you can still do you work in your office but use as much time as you can to pray and the other time work prayerfully that hour to pray for us. I encourage you to participate. We need you to join us! Trust in the power of prayers!

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                               Today's Reading: Hebrews 6:9-12

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Please click this link to read Hebrews 6:9-12

English(ESV): http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews 6&version=ESV

Chinese: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=希 伯 來 書 6&version=CUV

Bible Study

     Here in this passage the author gives us a picture of how we can attain maturity. We need to do our best to copy those mature leaders. 

Bishop N.T. Wright says ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._T._Wright ) :
      They themselves must make every effort, must avoid all temptations to be lazy, must continue with the life of faith and patience 'until it be thoroughly finished'.  They should take note of other people who are doing so (verse 12), and do their best to copy them. 

N.T. Wright. Hebrews for Everyone. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004, p.62-63.

      Do you have any model to copy? Who are those people? 
     

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 up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe":  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

Spiritual Journal

    The title I heard from Jesus today is: Do your best to copy them

    The message I got from Jesus today is a very practical message. Especially today is the completion of the two days Leadership Conference. We have so many good models to copy in the past two days. And, I think everyone who attended this year's Leadership Conference is on fire and have some good examples to follow.

     Just give you some important messages I dropped down in my notes:
Rick Warren - 
You don't need explanation. You need the presence of God.
The very hurt of you will become the most valuable experience in life.
Before you marry, opposite attract, after you married, opposite attack. 
The purpose of marriage is to help you holy, not happy.

Clare Chapman(Group People Director at BT Group, 2.3 million people under her leadership)-
In crisis, some come forward, some backward. I prepare myself to come forward.

Matt Redman - 
"Matt, what do you want to see in worship?" Matt replied, "I want to see more salvation."

Tim Hughes -
If the church was fully alive in worship would the world look the same? 

Mike Pilavachi(Founder and leader of Soul Survivor. And, he raised Matt Redman and Tim Hughes to become two world renowned worship leaders)
Both Tim and Matt are not the best worship leaders.  They make up by humility and relationship.
Congregation needs readiness. Are you ready to worship Jesus?

      Those are only some of the numerous good models I can copy. Both Michelle and I are on fire, renewed, refreshed and refilled! Praise the Lord!

    Please go to this link to watch some important video from this Conference:
http://www.htb.org.uk/

    Next Thursday to Friday, we, Anglican Mission - Canada, is going to have our Annual Leadership Conference from May 15 to 16 with Rev. Dr. Terry Walling as main speaker :  http://www.theamcanada.ca/

    If you are in Vancouver area, please try all you best to come. Today's passage tells us that we really need to try all our effort to copy those faithful and anointed leaders examples. If I do not make effort to come to London this year, how can I have so many models to copy and be renewed? 

    Come, join us! Don't be lazy, wake up, rise up, soldiers! 
     
Dear Lord Jesus,
Lead us to be willing to try all our best to enter into your preparations so that we have more and more good examples to copy and become mature disciples of you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Some pictures I took:
With Bishop and Mrs. Sandy Miller(founder of Alpha Course) and Rev. Ric Thorpe (http://sptc.htb.org.uk/staff )

Matt Redman (& Tim Hughes)

Rick Warren & Nicky Gumbel

Please click this link to worship with us -

從心合一

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJWZQyLzDRQ

Because He Live: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-zwE33zHA

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Daily Devotion on Fire 2(2 years plan -One year New Testament, one year Old Testament): 

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Daily Devotion on Fire (3 years and 3 months plan, one chapter a day to finish reading the whole Bible): 

http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/

Break.Build (40 days daily devotion- For Renewal or First Step for new Christians): http://www.breakbuild.blogspot.ca/

Emmanuel330 (40 weeks First Step Bible Study): 

http://emmanuel330.blogspot.ca/

This blog:
Discipler 123 (Daily devotion using N.T. Wright's NT for Everyone as source)

http://discipler123.blogspot.ca/


Rev. Nicky Gumbel's daily devotion: Bible in One Year
http://www.htb.org.uk/bioy