Saturday, July 20, 2024

Mission accomplished today - Build My Temple, Promised Land

 









































 





 









Please click this link for the video version of today's blog :

https://youtu.be/o7drnbhnkWM?si=Fy2legvA1hOw07OH


Please click this link for today's Time with Abba one year Bible four passages:


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.”



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 76:10-12, 2 Chronicles 1:1-3:17; Romans 6:1-22; Proverbs 19:20-21)


    Today's key passages: 

     
 Then Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David.  He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.

      2 Chronicles 3:1-2

      Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 19:21
                   

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 isMission accomplished today - Build My Temple, Promised Land

    My catch today from Jesus is very special because He guided me to ponder on the word "begin to build", the words appears two times in 2 Chronicles 3:1-2!

    Starting from King David wanted to build the temple for God recorded in 1 Samual 7:1-17 to today's passage of King Solomon really began to build the temple for God was 27 years. After that 27 years, King Solomon used 20 years to build the temple. Wow! A total of 47 years since David had the wish to the completion of the temple!

    Dr. Sai Kui Lee of Toronto Emmanuel Church received a vision to build  Vintage Garden Toronto senior condos and Toronto Emmaneul Church project in 2002. We began to build in 2012, you can see the first picture of the ground breaking ceremony in 2012.

    You can see the second picture of the first date of the moving in for residence of Vintage Garden 1 of 185 units in 2015 with a big and bright 180 degree rainbow covering the whole six acres land of Vintage Garden project!

    Our Vintage Garden 2 completed in 2020, we had been waiting for 18 years from 2002 to 2020! And, you can see the poster of July 24, 2022 as Vintage Garden Sunday to give thanks to the Lord for the 10th Anniversary of the Weekly Wednesday night Prayer Meeting of all Board Members of Vintage Garden and photos of that Vintage Garden Sunday of all eight Board Members and four Vintage Garden main staff.

    We, Richmond Emmanuel Church received from the Lord a vision to purchase a land and to build God's temple in 2002, but because of the leaving of the Anglican Church of Canada due to the blessing of same sex issue we were in "exodus" and could not do anything until in 2013. I receive "10,000 Reasons Campaign" that each member of REC make an offering of more than $10,000 , eleven years ago. 

    Today, Jesus gave me a revelation!

    This revelation is that eleven years to wait seems too long for us but in God, if he prepares for us to wait it is a time of preparation. Just like in David's 47 years time, or in the 18 years of Vintage Garden!

    When can we begin to build and complete depend on how we believe in God's word from today's Proverbs 19:21:

    Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

  
    Today, July 20, 2024 is a big day because today our Contractor completed the renovation project! Starting next week we will move in chairs, tables, organ, pianos and other things needed in our new church. And, we pray that we will be able to receive City's permission to start using our new church as a place for worship and ministry in August 2024, two weeks later!   
    
    To God be the glory!

     Dear Lord Jesus,  
     Help us not to use human wisdom and plan to do your Kingdom project but to wait for your purpose and plan to reveal and we have a part in your Kingdom project and ministry. 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/

        My first blog started in July 2009, one chapter a day to read through
     the whole Bible link:

https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-1-i-am-blind.html

         

  

Anglican Mission in Canada and Richmond Emmanuel Church have launched MISSION 113 Campaign starting January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. We have received the baton from Archbishop Yong to continuous the call His Grace received in 1993 to bring more souls to God's eternal Kingdom! Please watch the two videos below to know from Archbishop Yong how Jesus used him to bring MISSION 113 to the Anglican Diocese of Sabah and beyond:

Archbishop Yong’s MISSION 113 videos, October 16, 2022:

https://youtu.be/Mp0-JPx4Vac

https://youtu.be/MyO6hMcOMOI


Please click this link for the videos of May 7 and 14 Workshop by Bishop Page:

     May 7: https://youtu.be/RgVc5KnPpe0?si=6Ot2WoGqqmsR2e0z

        May 14: https://youtu.be/v1BmK2yiveQ?si=uHJObsDdIdTNhr5N



        Anglican Mission Global Society:

Archbishop Melter’s 1st Connecting Workshop video, September 5, 2023: https://youtu.be/0lL8xNrgJb8

Archbishop Melter’s 2nd Connecting Workshop video, September 12 2023:  https://youtu.be/SM39qX0Q5XM


Please click this link to go to my "Break.Build" 40 days of Lenten daily devotion:

http://breakbuild.blogspot.com/2024/03/silence-1_29.html

Please click this link for the video recording of the 1st Connecting Workshop of MISSION 113 on Knowing, February 27, 2024. We had bishops, pastors and leaders from Africa, India, Sabah, Thailand, USA and  Canada. Thanks to Canon Philip Tse giving us a wonderful, warm and useful talk and Bishop Page Brooks as facilitator.

https://youtu.be/eepDh1Lqqxw?si=CB5KzyWKBL0SQvW1

Please click this link for the video recording of the 2nd Connecting Workshop of MISSION 113 on Knowing. We had Archbishop Melter from Sabah, Bishop Sospeter from Tanzania, Bishop William from Congo, Bishop Ivan from India, Bishop Page from USA, pastors and leaders from Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Thailand, USA and  Canada. Thanks to Canon Philip Tse giving us another wonderful, warm and useful talk and Bishop Page Brooks as facilitator.

https://youtu.be/GFyFWiZEY0U?si=K-ONwQ79jmdcgs81


Archbishop Yong’s MISSION 113 videos, October 16, 2022:

https://youtu.be/Mp0-JPx4Vac

https://youtu.be/MyO6hMcOMOI


Archbishop Yong's born again testimony

1st part: https://youtu.be/eogu1rMpvTQ

2nd part: https://youtu.be/BhyUU1ov1RM


Powerful testimony of Mr. Lu of All Saints Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Jesus lay hands on him while I asked members of Golden Saints Fellowship to raise up their hands to receive healing and blessings in October 2022. His 4th stage cancer being healed:

https://youtu.be/9TMSj_CJK9s?si=hGZ0sywgCCwD6-Vd











 

 

 

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