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Sunday, September 28, 2014

OT DAY 21 - Pray for Hong Kong, Pray for God's Protection (請按此處收聼廣東話Cantonese podcast click here)

Today's Reading: Genesis 4:14-17

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Please click this link to read Genesis 4:14-17

English(ESV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis 4&version=ESV

Chinese: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=創世記 4&version=CUV

Bible Study

I have been weeping the whole morning today for what is happening to Hong Kong, I find this passage very comforting. Even for Cain's sin to kill his brother Abel, God still graciously gave him guaranteed protection.

Let's take a look at what Professor John Goldingay says (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goldingay) :

Cain has acknowledged his waywardness, but his acknowledgment is more like remorse than repentance, as his parents were more concerned to blame someone else than to accept responsibility for their action.
His concern is thus with the vulnerability to other people that his waywardness and his homelessness will bring to him…
God's grace to Cain takes the form of guaranteeing him protection because he feels he needs it.

John Goldingay. Genesis for Everyone. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2010, p.75.

How do you experience God's grace? Are you sure that you are under His protection?

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: Pray for Hong Kong! Pray for God's protection.

The message I receive from Jesus today is a very timely message. Lots of people in Hong Kong are in fear, anger and insecure after tear gas, baton charge in historic standoff early this morning.

With how Cain killed his own brother, most people would think that execution from God might be a suitable punishment. But, God gave him guaranteed protection instead. That's how God's love that He wants to change every stone heart into hearts of flesh and blood, renewal.

This is not the time to argue who is right and who is wrong for the chaos in Hong Kong. This is the time to pray to our gracious God to protect people in Hong Kong. We pray that more people will come to received Jesus as their Saviour and Lord.

Dear Lord Jesus,

We give thanks to you for your gracious love. We ask you to protect all people in Hong Kong in your special way that more will come to you to seek for shelter , security and love. And that through this chaos more people will become faithful disciples of you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.