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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 95:1-11, Job 31:1-33:33; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18; Proverbs 22:8-9)
Today's key passage:
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Job 32:1-3
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: Why people want to sit on God's throne to judge other people? Why? Every time I read the book of Job again I got some new light. The past few days we have been reading Job and my eyes are opened to see a big deficit in humanity. We like to judge other people, more than that, we like to sit on God's throne to judge some people are hopeless and absolutely a "bad guy"! More terrible, when people see someone get into big trouble, they do not have a merciful heart but to kick and step them to the ground like mud!
That's what Job's three best friends did! They saw Job was being striped off everything in his life and they judged that Job must have committed great sins, if not that won't happen. And, Job did not confess which means that Job is self-righteous!
I do hope you won't be like that to become a judge, but to listen more, comfort more, being together more, less words but more love and care!
Dear Lord Jesus, Help us not to become a judge sitting on your throne to judge other people. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.o Reflect on these questions:
So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. But Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Job 32:1-3
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: Why people want to sit on God's throne to judge other people? Why?
Every time I read the book of Job again I got some new light. The past few days we have been reading Job and my eyes are opened to see a big deficit in humanity. We like to judge other people, more than that, we like to sit on God's throne to judge some people are hopeless and absolutely a "bad guy"! More terrible, when people see someone get into big trouble, they do not have a merciful heart but to kick and step them to the ground like mud!
That's what Job's three best friends did! They saw Job was being striped off everything in his life and they judged that Job must have committed great sins, if not that won't happen. And, Job did not confess which means that Job is self-righteous!
I do hope you won't be like that to become a judge, but to listen more, comfort more, being together more, less words but more love and care!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us not to become a judge sitting on your throne to judge other people. 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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