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“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."
The Word, Time with Abba (Psalm 105:37-45, Isaiah 37:1-38:22; Galatians 6:1-18; Proverbs 23:24)
“This will be the sign for you, Hezekiah:
“This year you will eat what grows by itself, and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
will take root below and bear fruit above.For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,
and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
“Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:
“He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
or build a siege ramp against it.
By the way that he came he will return;
he will not enter this city,”
declares the Lord.“I will defend this city and save it,
for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!”
Then the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.
Isaiah 37:30-38
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 from Jesus is: Do you want to take root below and bear fruit above?
"Take root below and bear fruit above" is what many Christians want to happen in their lives and their church!
But when God told Isaiah to prophesy to King Hezekiah, Judah was in the brink of being totally destroyed by Assyria after Assyria destroyed Israel not too long ago!
More than that, King Hezekiah was under those terrible threatening words from King Sennacherib and his officers, the painful and desperate situation is beyond what we can think of!
If you were King Hezekiah, what would you do?
He chose to ask for the help from God's servant Isaiah! He chose to cry out to God in the temple of God in Jerusalem to lead his people to repent, to fast and pray!
He chose to trust in what Isaiah said and not King Sennacherib and his officers said!
Then, God sent one angel and the next morning 185,000 Assyrian soldiers died and no one knew what happened! The consequence of the pride of King Sennacherib was the death of his vast army and himself!
If we choose to repent and to return to God, to trust in God's servants and not to other threatening words from other people and circumstances, we can enjoy "take root below and bear fruit above"!
How about you? Does your choice make you to take root below and bear fruit above?
If not, I think you need to be more closer to Jesus!
Dear Lord Jesus, Help us to be willing to listen and obey to your words, to follow you so that we can enjoy your promise to take root below and bear fruit above . In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
will take root below and bear fruit above.
and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.
The zeal of the Lord Almighty
will accomplish this.
He will not come before it with shield
or build a siege ramp against it.
he will not enter this city,”
declares the Lord.
for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!”
Isaiah 37:30-38
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:
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 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
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
Video Recording of Archbishop Melter: MISSION 113 - Bringing (Part 1)
MISSION 113 - Bringing (Part 2)
https://youtu.be/Nb1xQQqoNQs?si=_VLw_mV0X9NqVmcO
楊平忠大主教得救見証 Archbishop Yong's born again testimony
上集 1st part: https://youtu.be/eogu1rMpvTQ
下集 2nd part: https://youtu.be/BhyUU1ov1RM
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:
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 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
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
Video Recording of Archbishop Melter: MISSION 113 - Bringing (Part 1)
MISSION 113 - Bringing (Part 2)
https://youtu.be/Nb1xQQqoNQs?si=_VLw_mV0X9NqVmcO
楊平忠大主教得救見証 Archbishop Yong's born again testimony
上集 1st part: https://youtu.be/eogu1rMpvTQ
下集 2nd part: https://youtu.be/BhyUU1ov1RM
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