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Bible in one year by Nicky Gumbel:
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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 94:12-23, Job 28:1-30:31; 2 Corinthians 2:12-17; Proverbs 22:7)
Today's key passage:
But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
2 Corinthians 2:14-17
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 today from Jesus is: Jesus always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession!
Today's 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 gives us a vivid video effect message, more than that, you can be able to imagine the smell of the aroma from the incense of the triumphal procession.
Paul says Jesus Christ always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession. We should not be captured by other king that the consequence is death.
What does it mean by being captives by other king?
Paul says in 2:17 "Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit."
If we are being captives by profit, money then our lives will be in dissatisfaction, darkness and without peace, the final consequence is eternal death!
If you are willing to become captives of Christ, then your whole life will live in satisfaction, light and peace, the final result is eternal life!
Dear Lord Jesus, Help us to be your captives that we can spread the aroma of the knowledge of you everywhere. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.o Reflect on these questions:
But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
2 Corinthians 2:14-17
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 today from Jesus is: Jesus always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession!
Today's 2 Corinthians 2:14-17 gives us a vivid video effect message, more than that, you can be able to imagine the smell of the aroma from the incense of the triumphal procession.
Paul says Jesus Christ always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession. We should not be captured by other king that the consequence is death.
What does it mean by being captives by other king?
Paul says in 2:17 "Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit."
If we are being captives by profit, money then our lives will be in dissatisfaction, darkness and without peace, the final consequence is eternal death!
If you are willing to become captives of Christ, then your whole life will live in satisfaction, light and peace, the final result is eternal life!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to be your captives that we can spread the aroma of the knowledge of you everywhere. 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.
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