REC 100 Days Prayer Meeting Day 68 - Praise the Lord!

     

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 150:1-6; Malachi 3:1-4:6; Revelation 22:1-21; Proverbs 31:25-31)

    Today's key passage:

    Praise the Lord.[a]

        Praise God in his sanctuary,

      praise him in his mighty heavens.

    Praise him for his acts of power;

    praise him for his surpassing greatness.

Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
    praise him with the harp and lyre,

    praise him with timbrel and dancing,

    praise him with the strings and pipe,

    praise him with the clash of cymbals,

    praise him with resounding cymbals.

      Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

     Praise the Lord.

                   Psalm 150:1-6

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:  Praise the Lord!

    Today is the last day of 2021, let us praise the Lord for this year!

    Well, this year has been quite difficult for lots of people, the pandemic and natural disasters has brought severe suffering to all people on earth. 

    But, we need to give thanks to the Lord and praise Him because it gives an opportunity for us as human beings to understand how helpless we can be when we are out of control!

    We really need to ask Jesus to help us and to hand over the lordship to Him. He is Lord of lords and King of kings!

    Let us learn from Psalm 150:1-6 that what we need to do as children of God is to use everything we can to praise Him, singing, dancing and all kinds of musical instruments. We praise Him and worship Him each day with angels and Archangels in His Holy Temple!

    

   May we pray for our church on the 68th  day of our 100 days Prayer Meeting now:

 

Dear Lord Jesus,

We give thanks to you for your presence in 2021. Move our hearts to love you more and be with you more, singing praises to you more each day that we will be crowned with victory. 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/u2ucIlPBJqg

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