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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 105:16-22, Isaiah 30:12-33:12; Galatians 5:1-12; Proverbs 23:22)
Today's key passage:
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.
You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
Therefore your pursuers will be swift!A thousand will flee
at the threat of one;
at the threat of five
you will all flee away,
till you are left
like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
like a banner on a hill.”Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him!
Isaiah 30:15-18
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: Restful or Restless? Live or die? Your choice!
Today's Isaiah 30:15-18 is talking about restful and restless, talking about live or die!
Because when Isaiah delivered today's message, the Northern Kingdom Israel was not yet to be destroyed by Assyria. But Israel did not listen and choose not to rest in the love and protection of God and they really died. Israel was gone!
Afterwards King Sennacherib of Assyria with his vast army attacked the Southern Kingdom and attacked Jerusalem, King Hezekiah led the whole Southern Kingdom Judah to repent and rested in God's salvation. They got saved miraculously as recorded in Isaiah 36:1-37:38.
Nowadays many Christians do not want to spend time with Jesus each day to rest in Him, instead they keep on occupying themselves in all kinds of things. They are restless, sleepless and lots of time hopeless!
Are you willing to rest in the Lord more each day that you can be strengthened each day and have sweet sleep each day?
Restful or restless, what is your choice?
Dear Lord Jesus, Lead us to be willing to rest in you more each day that we can be strengthened each day and have sweet sleep each day. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.o o Reflect on these questions:
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says:
“In repentance and rest is your salvation,
in quietness and trust is your strength,
but you would have none of it.
You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’
Therefore you will flee!You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
A thousand will flee
at the threat of one;
at the threat of five
you will all flee away,
till you are left
like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
like a banner on a hill.”
at the threat of one;
at the threat of five
you will all flee away,
till you are left
like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
like a banner on a hill.”
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him!
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him!
Isaiah 30:15-18
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: Restful or Restless? Live or die? Your choice!
Today's Isaiah 30:15-18 is talking about restful and restless, talking about live or die!
Because when Isaiah delivered today's message, the Northern Kingdom Israel was not yet to be destroyed by Assyria. But Israel did not listen and choose not to rest in the love and protection of God and they really died. Israel was gone!
Afterwards King Sennacherib of Assyria with his vast army attacked the Southern Kingdom and attacked Jerusalem, King Hezekiah led the whole Southern Kingdom Judah to repent and rested in God's salvation. They got saved miraculously as recorded in Isaiah 36:1-37:38.
Nowadays many Christians do not want to spend time with Jesus each day to rest in Him, instead they keep on occupying themselves in all kinds of things. They are restless, sleepless and lots of time hopeless!
Are you willing to rest in the Lord more each day that you can be strengthened each day and have sweet sleep each day?
Restful or restless, what is your choice?
Dear Lord Jesus,
Lead us to be willing to rest in you more each day that we can be strengthened each day and have sweet sleep each day. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
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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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