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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 119:113-120, Ezekiel 12:1-14:11; Hebrews 7:1-17; Proverbs 27:3)
Today's key passages:
I hate double-minded people, but I love your law. You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.
Psalm 119:113-114
The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people.
Ezekiel 12:1-2
Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passages we have just read. Offer this time to Jesus as you listen to him.
My Listening The topic I received today from Jesus is: You are my hiding place!
The past few days reading Ezekiel made me really very uncomfortable and quite frightening! Well, knowing that all the terrible disaster Ezekiel prophesied really did happen but no one believed!
So, I thought: In that critical days of live or die, is there still any chance that things could be changed?
Then, Jesus said to me, "Yes, if they stop to be rebellious, confess their sins, repent and return back to me. Yes, I am their hiding place and their shield. They will be saved. But they just did not believe and listen!"
I do hope in this pandemic, you do listen and experience God is your hiding place and your shield!
Dear Lord Jesus, The plague is here now, help us to be willing to listen to you and to listen to your servants guidance that we can experience you are our hiding place and our shield. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Reflect on these questions:
I hate double-minded people,
but I love your law.
You are my refuge and my shield;
I have put my hope in your word. Psalm 119:113-114
The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people.
Ezekiel 12:1-2
Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passages we have just read. Offer this time to Jesus as you listen to him.
My Listening
The topic I received today from Jesus is: You are my hiding place!
The past few days reading Ezekiel made me really very uncomfortable and quite frightening! Well, knowing that all the terrible disaster Ezekiel prophesied really did happen but no one believed!
So, I thought: In that critical days of live or die, is there still any chance that things could be changed?
Then, Jesus said to me, "Yes, if they stop to be rebellious, confess their sins, repent and return back to me. Yes, I am their hiding place and their shield. They will be saved. But they just did not believe and listen!"
I do hope in this pandemic, you do listen and experience God is your hiding place and your shield!
Dear Lord Jesus,
The plague is here now, help us to be willing to listen to you and to listen to your servants guidance that we can experience you are our hiding place and our shield. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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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