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
"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."
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.”
“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 (Psalm 9:1-6; Proverbs 3:11-12; Genesis 28:1-29:35;
Matthew 9:18-38)
2. How important it is for you to pray for more helpers? What is the consequence if you do not pray like that?
Matthew 9:18-38)
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
There are lots of things God commands us to do in today's readings:
1. We need to have our total trust in Jesus so that He can exercise His healing power
This is not most Christians can do because we are always lack of faith and not willing to let Jesus to exercise His healing power through us.
2. We need to accept His discipline and rebuke
This is almost impossible because nowadays people do not want to be disciplined and no one can rebuke anyone.
3. We need to tithe so that we can experience God's powerful presence, promise and provision
This is again something most Christians are hesitate to do. They rather to be control by money and not willing to let go of 1/10 of their money so that money can not control them anymore.
There are more things God commands us to do because there are lots of lost sheep out there. Our duty to do all those things would make us sooner or later to come to a burn out stage and not able to serve God anymore. Tired, weary, heavy burden and stuck!
We need to know the important of praying for more workers, helpers so that you can enter into God's team to His harvest field. Don't be a loner, a Rambo type leader!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to know what you want us not to be a loner and be willing to pray for more helpers so that we can enjoy the team work in your harvest field. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
This is not most Christians can do because we are always lack of faith and not willing to let Jesus to exercise His healing power through us.
2. We need to accept His discipline and rebuke
This is almost impossible because nowadays people do not want to be disciplined and no one can rebuke anyone.
3. We need to tithe so that we can experience God's powerful presence, promise and provision
This is again something most Christians are hesitate to do. They rather to be control by money and not willing to let go of 1/10 of their money so that money can not control them anymore.
There are more things God commands us to do because there are lots of lost sheep out there. Our duty to do all those things would make us sooner or later to come to a burn out stage and not able to serve God anymore. Tired, weary, heavy burden and stuck!
We need to know the important of praying for more workers, helpers so that you can enter into God's team to His harvest field. Don't be a loner, a Rambo type leader!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to know what you want us not to be a loner and be willing to pray for more helpers so that we can enjoy the team work in your harvest field. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Reflect on these questions:
1. Have you been in a burn out stage or are you in such stage? How can you pull yourself out from that stage of stuck?
2. How important it is for you to pray for more helpers? What is the consequence if you do not pray like that?
3. What have you got from Jesus today?
Let us praise the Lord:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E
Let us praise the Lord:
10,000 Reasons
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