I am the real way leading you to the eternal life of the Father!

                            

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 72:8-14, 2 Samuel 4:1-6:23; John  13:31-14:14; Proverbs 15:31-32)

    Today's key passage: 

    

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 

John 14:1-6

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 today from Jesus is: I am the real way leading you to the eternal life of the Father!

    Last Monday the topic I received from Jesus was: Experiencing the seven "I am" gives you victory!

    The Gospel of John recorded the seven "I am" that Jesus claimed who he is:

1. I am the bread of life                         - 6:35,41

2. I am the light of the world                  - 8:12, 9:5

3. I am the gate for the sheep                - 10:7,9

4. I am the good shepherd                     - 10:11,14

5. I am the resurrection and the life        -11:25

6. I am the way and the truth and the life-14:6

7. I am the true vine                              - 15:1,5

Today Jesus commands me to tell you this:
There are lots of wrong ways leading you to Satan's destruction and eternal death. I am the real way leading you to the eternal life of the Father!
I am not pointing you to that way but I am that way. Follow me and you will have life because I am life. Let me be your Lord and King and you are in eternal life!"

     Dear Lord Jesus,  

     Come and be the Lord and King of our lives so that we are in eternal life and not to fear death, or COVID-19 or anything that frighten us anymore. You are the way and the truth and the life. 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/yCEfnOQYZTE  

  

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