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
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 shine on you that you are able to discover your sins and be willing to repent:
“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 and having Jesus as my Lord. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”
"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."
“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 and having Jesus as my Lord. 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 65:1-8, Judges 17:1-18:31;John 3:1-21; Proverbs 14:20-21)
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Today's main passage:
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
John 3:16-17
John 3:16-17
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.
My Listening
The topic I received today from Jesus is: Do not judge others, but to lead more to be saved!
John 3:16 is perhaps the most well known verse in the whole Bible, but lots of people do not aware that this verse has a second part, like Part 1 and Part 2!
Part 1 tells us that God loves us and gave us Jesus. If we believe in Jesus, receive this biggest gift of our lives and we will be saved. We are in eternal life right away and do not need to wait until we die!
But, Part 2 that is verse 17 tells us that Jesus did not come to this world to condemn us, to judge us but to save us. He came not as a judge to put us to live our lives in guilt but to cleanse our sins with His blood, to give us redemption, to free us and to save us!
This morning I had a shocking experience because I heard Jesus said,
"I come not to be a Judge but to be a Saviour, to free people. Why you guys taking the role of a judge to judge other people everyday. To judge this one is right, that one is wrong all the time. You know this hurt you and other people?"
After I heard what Jesus said this morning, I have been meditating in a very deep way of what does Jesus want to say to me, to you. Yes, we really take the role of a judge to judge other people everyday, use our standard, our ruler to measure who is right, who is wrong! This kind of judgement causes lots of painful feeling and breaking lots of good relationship! Why?
When we claim Jesus is our Lord, why can't we allow Jesus to use us to bring other people to Him so that they can be free and saved?
Part 1 tells us that God loves us and gave us Jesus. If we believe in Jesus, receive this biggest gift of our lives and we will be saved. We are in eternal life right away and do not need to wait until we die!
But, Part 2 that is verse 17 tells us that Jesus did not come to this world to condemn us, to judge us but to save us. He came not as a judge to put us to live our lives in guilt but to cleanse our sins with His blood, to give us redemption, to free us and to save us!
This morning I had a shocking experience because I heard Jesus said,
"I come not to be a Judge but to be a Saviour, to free people. Why you guys taking the role of a judge to judge other people everyday. To judge this one is right, that one is wrong all the time. You know this hurt you and other people?"
After I heard what Jesus said this morning, I have been meditating in a very deep way of what does Jesus want to say to me, to you. Yes, we really take the role of a judge to judge other people everyday, use our standard, our ruler to measure who is right, who is wrong! This kind of judgement causes lots of painful feeling and breaking lots of good relationship! Why?
When we claim Jesus is our Lord, why can't we allow Jesus to use us to bring other people to Him so that they can be free and saved?
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us not to be a judge anymore to cause pain and to break relationship but to allow you to use us to bring other people to you so that they can be free and saved. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Reflect on these questions:
1. How can you stop to be a judge anymore but to allow Jesus to use you to bring other people to Jesus so that they can be free and saved?
2. What is your next step to make that happen?
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