REC 100 Days Prayer Meeting Day 38 - How to get away from the anxiety of the spreading of Omicron variant?

 

 

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

3.   Sing a song to praise God (you are welcome to use "Father, I adore you" which I have been singing every morning for the past 20 years or your own choice to praise God)

          Father, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

          Jesus, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

          Spirit, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

      

Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/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.”

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 sins 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 gifts to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

3.  John Stott's daily prayer of Christlikeness (Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017, 13)

(Please click this link to see how God used John Stott to change my life:https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/07/

           "Heavenly Father, I pray that this day I may live in your presence and please you more and more.

             Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.

             Holy Spirit, I pray that this day you will fill me with yourself and cause your fruit to ripen in my life: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

    

    The link to today's Time with Abba passages:   http://api.pastoralcareschool.org/twa/

    Time with Abba passages: Psalm 133:1-3, Daniel 8:1-27; 1 John 2:1-17; Proverbs 28:25-26

    Today's key passage:

   

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

      1 John 2:15-17

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 to Jesus as you listen to him. 

   

     My Listening

    The topic I received from Jesus is:  How to get away from the anxiety of the spreading of Omicron variant?

    This pandemic pulls many people into lots of anxiety and difficulties each day! Then, when it seems that the vaccine can control the situation, here comes the Omicron variant! Oh! When can we stop this pandemic? 

    Today's 1 John 2:15-17 gives us a great encouragement and direction telling us that everything in this world will be pass soon, including this pandemic. If we can spend more time to open the Bible to dip into the intimate relationship with the Lord each day and to humbly admitting that this is the time that we as human cannot save ourselves and we really need our Saviour to take us out of this darkness, then everything will be changed!

    Your attitude will be changed! Your anxiety will be gone!

    Because of this pandemic, you will love the Lord more, to enjoy more time to be close to the Lord, to be willing to love your family, your church and those who are in desperate need!

   May we pray for our church on the 38th  day of our 100 days Prayer Meeting now:

 

Dear Lord Jesus,

In the midst of this pandemic, help us to love you more, to enjoy more time to be close to you, to be willing to love our family, our church and those who are in desperate need. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

  

      Reflect on these questions:

     1. What inspiration have you received from today's catch and what have you heard from Jesus now?

      

      2.  What is your next step to be more closer to Jesus?

    

      Family Corner:

     Find an opportunity to share with your family the importance of today's message. 

     

Please click this link for the video version of this blog:  https://youtu.be/KgO_e9enlYg 

 

     To know, learn and practice the method of Time with Abba, please click this link: https://www.pastoralcareschool.org