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 69:29-36, 1 Samuel 20:1-21:15; John 9:1-41; Proverbs 15:15-17)
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Today's main passage:
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
39 Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
40 Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”
41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.
John 9:1-3, 39-41
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: Have you seen the works of God displayed in the midst of this pandemic?
John 9 is one of the most inspiring chapters in the Bible because Jesus gives us a new definition of suffering through the opening of a man's eyes who was born blind.
For the Jews, they judged that it is because of sins to make a man blind like that. It might be the sins of that blind man or the sins of his parents.
Even though Jesus performed this miracle, but the Pharisees did not believe and did not see God's works displayed. What the Pharisees wanted was to accuse Jesus of working during Sabbath.
Then Jesus says this most inspiring words:
“For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
Have you seen the works of God displayed in the midst of this pandemic?
Are you willing to let Jesus using you to display the works of God in the midst of this pandemic?
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to acknowledge that we are blind and open our eyes so that we are able to see the works of God in the midst of this pandemic and be willing for you to use us to display your miraculous works. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
Reflect on these questions:
1. How can you be able to see the works of God displayed in the midst of this pandemic?
2. What is your next step to make that happen?
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