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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 91:1-8, Job 4:1-7:21; 1 Corinthians 14:18-40; Proverbs 21:27)
Today's key passage:
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
Psalm 91:1-6
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 from Jesus today is: How can we get over with this deadly plague and disaster?
The first six verses of Psalm 91 has the word "plague" repeated three times. Actually this is a very timely direction and encouragement to this world in the midst of the deadly plague the past three and a half years and the wildfire and natural disaster happening the past two weeks: 1. Be with God each day and you will be like how mother chickens protect their babies. Verse 1 says:
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2. Do not be frightened, because God is your refuge, your fortress, no one, not even any plague can take you down!
So, even the deadly plague and disaster comes to this whole world now, we can get over with its destruction because Jesus is Lord of lords and King of kings!
Dear Lord Jesus, Help us to have that assurance that nothing can take us down becasue we are willing to be with you and close to you each day. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you
from the fowler’s snareand from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
Psalm 91:1-6
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 from Jesus today is: How can we get over with this deadly plague and disaster?
The first six verses of Psalm 91 has the word "plague" repeated three times. Actually this is a very timely direction and encouragement to this world in the midst of the deadly plague the past three and a half years and the wildfire and natural disaster happening the past two weeks:
1. Be with God each day and you will be like how mother chickens protect their babies. Verse 1 says:
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2. Do not be frightened, because God is your refuge, your fortress, no one, not even any plague can take you down!
So, even the deadly plague and disaster comes to this whole world now, we can get over with its destruction because Jesus is Lord of lords and King of kings!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to have that assurance that nothing can take us down becasue we are willing to be with you and close to you each day. 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, to be holy - that is 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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