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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.”
"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."
“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 135:1-7, 1 Kings 18:1-46; Acts 11:1-30; Proverbs 17:12-13)
Today's key passage:
17 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”18 “I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals. 19 Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.”But the people said nothing.1 Kings 18:17-21
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 is: Follow God totally, do not waver between two lords!
Three years of no rain, a historical draught in Elijah's time and the pandemic at present is an opportunity for people to get rid of idol worship back to worship God totally and not partly!
Elijah warned the Israelites not to waver between two opinions, whether to worship God or worship Baal, or to worship both! The Israelites thought that they were worshiping God but they were worshiping an empty shell because God was not there with them anymore. And, the consequence is Satan was in control pouring down a pandemic on the Israelites!
How about you? God with you is a past tense or a present tense? Are you worshiping and loving God totally daily?
Dear Lord Jesus, Help us to understand that we can not waver between two opinions, two lords. We have only one Lord and King and that is you, our Lord Jesus Christ. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen. Reflect on these questions: 1. How can you experience today's topic "Follow God totally, do not waver between two lords! "?
2. What is your next step to make this happen?
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 is: Follow God totally, do not waver between two lords!
Three years of no rain, a historical draught in Elijah's time and the pandemic at present is an opportunity for people to get rid of idol worship back to worship God totally and not partly!
Elijah warned the Israelites not to waver between two opinions, whether to worship God or worship Baal, or to worship both! The Israelites thought that they were worshiping God but they were worshiping an empty shell because God was not there with them anymore. And, the consequence is Satan was in control pouring down a pandemic on the Israelites!
How about you? God with you is a past tense or a present tense? Are you worshiping and loving God totally daily?
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to understand that we can not waver between two opinions, two lords. We have only one Lord and King and that is you, our Lord Jesus Christ. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
Reflect on these questions:
1. How can you experience today's topic "Follow God totally, do not waver between two lords! "?
2. What is your next step to make this happen?
Family Corner:
Find an opportunity to share with your family the importance of today's message.
To know, learn and practice the method of Time with Abba, please click this link: https://www.pastoralcareschool.org
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