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Nicky Gumbel's Bible in one year today:
Bible in one year by Nicky Gumbel:
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)
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 Word, Time with Abba (Psalm 74:1-11,1 Chronicles 22:1-23:32; Romans 3:9-31; Proverbs 19:13-14)
Today's key passage:
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Romans 3:23-24
Romans 3:23-24
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 is: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God!
Many years ago an experienced and senior pastor told me quite a number of time: "Every time when I read the Confession passage during worship I felt uneasy, because I have no sin to confess."
I was sad whenever he told me that! Because today's Romans tells us:
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God!
This verse does not use past tense but a present perfect tense which means sinning is never a past event but we keep on sinning!
Our problem is that usually we do not know our sins, or even we know we do not want to confess, or even we are willing to confess but we are not willing to change, to be totally being transformed by the Holy Spirit! The result is that we do not have Jesus as our Lord lording us each day! We take the lordship most of time!
Our sins take away the glory of Christ in us! Take away the light of Christ in our face and the glory of Christ cannot show forth because we are not willing to be used by Jesus! What a waste! How sad!
So, what should we do?
1. We need to ask the Holy Spirit to shine on us each day because we are not able to know our sins. Jesus tells us very clearly in John 16:8-11 that it is the job of the Holy Spirit to shine on us so that we can see our sins!
2. We need to confess our sins and ask God for His forgiveness because of His Grace. And we really need to repent with true repentance, real action!
If you can be that close to Jesus each day and are willing to do that, I am sure that your relationship with Jesus will be sweeter and sweeter each day, and the light of Christ on your face will be brighter and brighter each day and God will use you to show forth His glory!
Are you willing?
Dear Lord Jesus, Help us to be able to know that we are all sinners falling short of your glory. Lead us to be willing to ask the Holy Spirit to shine on us each day that we know our sins and be able to confess, repent and change so that you can send us out to show forth your glory. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
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 is: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God!
Many years ago an experienced and senior pastor told me quite a number of time: "Every time when I read the Confession passage during worship I felt uneasy, because I have no sin to confess."
I was sad whenever he told me that! Because today's Romans tells us:
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God!
This verse does not use past tense but a present perfect tense which means sinning is never a past event but we keep on sinning!
Our problem is that usually we do not know our sins, or even we know we do not want to confess, or even we are willing to confess but we are not willing to change, to be totally being transformed by the Holy Spirit! The result is that we do not have Jesus as our Lord lording us each day! We take the lordship most of time!
Our sins take away the glory of Christ in us! Take away the light of Christ in our face and the glory of Christ cannot show forth because we are not willing to be used by Jesus! What a waste! How sad!
So, what should we do?
1. We need to ask the Holy Spirit to shine on us each day because we are not able to know our sins. Jesus tells us very clearly in John 16:8-11 that it is the job of the Holy Spirit to shine on us so that we can see our sins!
2. We need to confess our sins and ask God for His forgiveness because of His Grace. And we really need to repent with true repentance, real action!
If you can be that close to Jesus each day and are willing to do that, I am sure that your relationship with Jesus will be sweeter and sweeter each day, and the light of Christ on your face will be brighter and brighter each day and God will use you to show forth His glory!
Are you willing?
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to be able to know that we are all sinners falling short of your glory. Lead us to be willing to ask the Holy Spirit to shine on us each day that we know our sins and be able to confess, repent and change so that you can send us out to show forth your glory. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
Reflect on these questions:
1. What inspiration have you received from today's catch and what have you heard from Jesus now?
2. What is your next step to be more closer to Jesus and to do what Jesus wants you to do and not to do what Jesus wants you not to do?
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:http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/
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