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 124:6-8, 2 Samuel 18:1-19:10; John 20:1-31; Proverbs 16:14-15)
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Today's main passage:
24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
John 20:24-31
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: My Lord and my God!
Today's message from John is the second part of my sermon yesterday, Day of Pentecost.
Yesterday I preached on John 20:19-23 about how the risen Jesus breathed on his ten apostles for them to receive the Holy Spirit and to be the Sent Ones to do what Jesus has shown them what he has been doing the past three years.
But, Thomas was not there and he did not believe what the ten apostles told him until Jesus appeared the second time. He needed to see Jesus himself and to hear Jesus himself to believe.
How about you? Are you the Thomas before seeing the risen Christ or the Thomas after seeing the risen Christ?
Have you said to Jesus as Thomas said, "My Lord and my God!"
Because Jesus ascended to heaven already so according to John 20:19-23 you need the Holy Spirit so that you can see Jesus Christ and be able to experience His presence. Because the Triune God is not to be separated, so you need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and that you can experience the presence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit greatly!
Today's message from John is the second part of my sermon yesterday, Day of Pentecost.
Yesterday I preached on John 20:19-23 about how the risen Jesus breathed on his ten apostles for them to receive the Holy Spirit and to be the Sent Ones to do what Jesus has shown them what he has been doing the past three years.
But, Thomas was not there and he did not believe what the ten apostles told him until Jesus appeared the second time. He needed to see Jesus himself and to hear Jesus himself to believe.
How about you? Are you the Thomas before seeing the risen Christ or the Thomas after seeing the risen Christ?
Have you said to Jesus as Thomas said, "My Lord and my God!"
Because Jesus ascended to heaven already so according to John 20:19-23 you need the Holy Spirit so that you can see Jesus Christ and be able to experience His presence. Because the Triune God is not to be separated, so you need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and that you can experience the presence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit greatly!
Dear Holy Spirit,
May you fill us each day, every minute and every second that we can see Jesus and experiencing Jesus. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
Reflect on these questions:
1. How can you be filled with the Holy Spirit at all time so that you can see Jesus and experiencing Jesus ?
2. What is your next step to make that happen?
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