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Silence
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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
"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, Time with Abba (Psalm 32:1-5; Leviticus 19:1-20:21; Mark 8:11-38, Proverbs 10:17)
Bible link:
English(NIV):https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+17&version=NIV
English(NIV):https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+17&version=NIV
PAUSE HERE!!!
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Please see below the passages I copied today:
My Listening
The topic I received from Jesus today is: Be holy: Confess your sins, consecrate yourself; follow me!
Today's four passages give us the "why" of so many people cannot follow Jesus:
But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? Mark 8:33-37
Today's four passages give us the "why" of so many people cannot follow Jesus:
1. Be holy
The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. Leviticus 19:1-2
The reason for us not able to follow Jesus is because we are not holy!
2. Confess your sins
When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
For day and night
your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave the guilt of my sin. Psalm 32: 3-5
So far as I know, all the big spiritual revival of this world in the past one hundred years started from a big flow of confession.
my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
For day and night
your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave the guilt of my sin. Psalm 32: 3-5
So far as I know, all the big spiritual revival of this world in the past one hundred years started from a big flow of confession.
Without knowing our sins, confess and repent, we cannot be holy, not being holy, we cannot see God and have a good relationship with Him, not being able to follow the Lord!
3. Consecrate yourself
“‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. Proverbs 10:17
Leviticus 20: 7-8
Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. Proverbs 10:17
When we know our sins, confess and repent, the blood of Christ cleanses us, we experience Jesus is Lord, being filled with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit anoints us to be able to consecrate ourselves so that we won't be lost again, being lost in this world of confusion and darkness, trying all the best to get everything. Instead, we will try our best to give everything!
4. Follow me
But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? Mark 8:33-37
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to experience "Confess our sins, consecrate ourself" so that we can be holy and willing to bear our own cross to follow you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Reflect on these questions:
1. How does today's theme "Be holy: Confess your sins, consecrate yourself; follow me!" speaks to you?
1. How does today's theme "Be holy: Confess your sins, consecrate yourself; follow me!" speaks to you?
2. What is your next step to be holy?
3. What have you heard from Jesus today?
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Praise and Thanksgiving