Time with Abba, Singing Praising 親親爸父，唱詩歌頌 : Sing new song to God, be blessed and in victory!

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Nicky Gumbel's Bible in one year today:

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Bible in one year by Nicky Gumbel:

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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.”

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 144:9-15, 2 Kings 23:31-25:30; Acts 22:17-23:10; Proverbs 18:13)

Today's key passage:

I will sing a new song to you, my God;

on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you,

to the One who gives victory to kings,

who delivers his servant David.

From the deadly sword  deliver me;
    rescue me from the hands of foreigners
whose mouths are full of lies,
    whose right hands are deceitful.

Then our sons in their youth
will be like well-nurtured plants,
and our daughters will be like pillars
carved to adorn a palace.

Our barns will be filled
with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
by tens of thousands in our fields;

our oxen will draw heavy loads.
There will be no breaching of walls,
no going into captivity,
no cry of distress in our streets.

Blessed is the people of whom this is true;
blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 144:9-15

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: Sing new song to God, be blessed and in victory!

Yesterday's Psalm 144:1-2 reminds us since the ancient time the world has been in lots of battle, only God can teach us how to fight this battle which we as human is doom to fail. Only in God's guidance and direction can we win this spiritual warfare!

Today's passage is the second part. It teaches us that in the midst of warfare we need to sing new song to God with instruments. When we
are willing to do so, God will protect us and bless our family and inheritance!

May you understand through yesterday and today's passage in Psalm 144 that no matter in real war or spiritual warfare, when we continue on our fervent prayers, scribing the Bible and to praise God, God will protect us and bless our family and inheritance!

Dear Lord Jesus,

Help us to obey your command to fight this spiritual warfare that we are willing to pray continuously, scribing God's Word, praising God, then we will be in God's protection and blessings. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.