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Bible in one year by Nicky Gumbel:
Nicky Gumbel's Bible in one year today:
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 94:1-11, Job 23:1-27:23; 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:11; Proverbs 22:5-6)
Today's key passages:
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas[b] and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
2 Corinthians 1:18-22
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: How to start children off on the way they should go?
Lots of Christians like to have Proverbs 22:6 as their motto and golden Bible verse to remind themselves of the importance of teaching their children right from the beginning. The sad thing is that many Christians know but they cannot do it!
Praise the Lord! Because how Paul's teaching and warning to the Christians in Corinth gives us the way how to teach our children: 1. We need some devoted servants of God like Paul, Silas and Timothy to teach us that we can grow up and become mature Christians. 2. We need to trust them who teach us and not like those Christians in Corinth to criticize on Paul. 3. We need to grow through our church as our spiritual home and to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Also, to be willing to allow Jesus to set His seal of ownership on us which means we have to go through severe test and trial to get that seal.
If we have a teachable heart to allow Jesus and those who sent by Him to teach us, then we know the way Jesus wants us to be and to follow Him till death. After that spiritual journey, we are able to teach our children so naturally to walk we have been through and they will not turn away from it when they are old!
Dear Lord Jesus, Help us to allow you and those you send to teach us so that we know how to teach our children. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.o Reflect on these questions:
Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas[b] and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
2 Corinthians 1:18-22
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: How to start children off on the way they should go?
Lots of Christians like to have Proverbs 22:6 as their motto and golden Bible verse to remind themselves of the importance of teaching their children right from the beginning. The sad thing is that many Christians know but they cannot do it!
Praise the Lord! Because how Paul's teaching and warning to the Christians in Corinth gives us the way how to teach our children:
1. We need some devoted servants of God like Paul, Silas and Timothy to teach us that we can grow up and become mature Christians.
2. We need to trust them who teach us and not like those Christians in Corinth to criticize on Paul.
3. We need to grow through our church as our spiritual home and to receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Also, to be willing to allow Jesus to set His seal of ownership on us which means we have to go through severe test and trial to get that seal.
If we have a teachable heart to allow Jesus and those who sent by Him to teach us, then we know the way Jesus wants us to be and to follow Him till death. After that spiritual journey, we are able to teach our children so naturally to walk we have been through and they will not turn away from it when they are old!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to allow you and those you send to teach us so that we know how to teach our children. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
o
Reflect on these questions:
1. What inspiration have you received from today's catch? 2. What is your next step?
1. What inspiration have you received from today's catch?
2. What is your next step?
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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