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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 84:9-12, Ezra 7:1-8:20; 1 Corinthians 4:1-21; Proverbs 20:28-30)
Today's key passage:
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. 15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 4:14-17
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: Imitate me as the model of a father!
Do you know what kind of Christians the Church needs most?
Since the Early Church to nowadays, what we need most are those who can demonstrate to us the model of a father like how Paul did! And, we have Timothy to witness of how Paul really demonstrated that important model as Paul was Timothy's spiritual father!
I do hope and pray that you have a spiritual father or fathers to give you a model to follow and that one day you can say to those you train successfully to be Jesus disciples: "Imitate me as the model of a father! "
Today I give thanks to the Lord because today's in the 39th Anniversary of the engagement of Michelle and me, officiate by Rev. Canon Edmund Der in the Chapel of Holy Trinity Church, Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. There were only four people there, Canon Der, Michelle, me and Mr. Kung who walked in the chapel and we told him what happened and he took this photo for us.
Dear Lord Jesus, Help us to be a model of a father for others to imitate as how Paul shows us. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. 15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 4:14-17
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: Imitate me as the model of a father!
Do you know what kind of Christians the Church needs most?
Since the Early Church to nowadays, what we need most are those who can demonstrate to us the model of a father like how Paul did! And, we have Timothy to witness of how Paul really demonstrated that important model as Paul was Timothy's spiritual father!
I do hope and pray that you have a spiritual father or fathers to give you a model to follow and that one day you can say to those you train successfully to be Jesus disciples: "Imitate me as the model of a father! "
Today I give thanks to the Lord because today's in the 39th Anniversary of the engagement of Michelle and me, officiate by Rev. Canon Edmund Der in the Chapel of Holy Trinity Church, Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. There were only four people there, Canon Der, Michelle, me and Mr. Kung who walked in the chapel and we told him what happened and he took this photo for us.
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to be a model of a father for others to imitate as how Paul shows us. 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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