OT DAY 372 - Jepthah The Judge Made A Big Mess (Please click here for English podcast)

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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.   Open your heart to praise the Lord

        I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
              and in his word I hope;

           my soul waits for the Lord

             more than watchmen for the morning,
             more than watchmen for the morning.

                       Psalm 130 :5-6

Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html)

1.  Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in you:

     “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. 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 sin 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 gift to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

The Word (Judges 12:1-7)

English(ESV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges 12&version=ESV

             
     The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.” 2 And Jephthah said to them, “I and my people had a great dispute with the Ammonites, and when I called you, you did not save me from their hand. 3 And when I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?” 4 Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.” 5 And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,” 6 they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth,” and he said, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell.

7 Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.

                      Judges 12:1-7

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

My Listening

          Yesterday we read about how Jepthah as a father made a mess causing the death of his own daughter. Today we read how Jepthah made a mess causing the Israelites killing themselves. 

           Actually Satan's main job is to divide God's people and then make them to dislike each others or even killing each others. Don't fall into the Devil's trap to kill each others. Love one another is the only way to test whether you are really God's servant!

           The Bible recorded "Jephthah the Gileadite died". God has his own way to deal with leaders who made a mess! 

Dear Lord Jesus, 

Lead us each day that we won't make a mess like what Jepthah did. Help us to focus on you that we can extent your mighty Kingdom and not to diminish the territories you have given us.  In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

Reflect on these questions:
    1. Why do you think Jepthah made such a mess? 

2. How can you prevent to make such a mess? 

3. What have you got from Jesus today?

Today's Time with Abba daily reading that I recited loudly and copy the Bible is:

Psalm 119:153-160

Ezekiel 21:1-22:31

Hebrews 10:1- 17

Proverbs 27:12

Photos of my copying the Bible today using Time with Abba passages

Yesterday's Golden Verse 

Other passages

DAY 16 of 40 Days Prayer for REC Promised Land, 7a.m. 

Praise and Thanksgiving

Let's give thanks for God with us. Let us praise Him:

10,000 Reasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E

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