Yes, Sir. Aye, Aye Sir!
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Silence
Today's Time with Abba: Psalm 32:1-5, Leviticus 19:1-20:21; Mark 8:11-38; Proverbs 10:17
Please click this link for today's Time with Abba one year Bible: http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/
Key passages:
"Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord." Leviticus 19: 37
"You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them... You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own." Leviticus 20: 23, 26
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.
The topic I received today from Jesus is: Yes, Sir. Aye, Aye Sir!
Jesus reminded me of an incident at a Starbuck. I went with a friend and then he met a friend and chatted a while; then he said, "Do you know ___ ?" His friend said, "Oh, yes of course, your friend?" "Ya, from church." "What? He's a Christian? Oh, my God! You really need to pray for him! He is a bad guy!"
There are so many Christians living a lifestyle in which other people can't believe they are Christians! We really need to know that we as children have been set apart from those worldly customs and that people should know that we are Christians from our Godly lifestyle.
What I heard today is how much effort God wanted to tell, train and test His people so that they live out a life in which God is their Lord and their God, a holy life.
When I read Leviticus that past few days, God opened my eyes to see a training officer for new soldiers saying loudly, "What, what do you say?" "Yes, Sir. Aye, Aye Sir." "What? I can't hear? Louder!" "Yes, Sir, Aye, Aye Sir." "What? Louder! Louder!" "Yes, Sir. Aye, Aye Sir."
God used those method in Moses' time, and He uses same, similar or different methods now to us. God always has His tailored-made method to tell, train and test us. Do you know how to say, "Yes, Sir. Aye, Aye Sir"?
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help me to listen and obey to you daily so that I can live a true Godly lifestyle, truly more and more like you. In Jesus name I 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. Please click this link for today's Time with Abba one year Bible four passages: http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/
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.
For the Chinese version of this daily blog and video, please click this link (中文版請按此連結): To know, learn and practice the method of Time with Abba, please click this link:http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/
If you would like to follow my "Subject shifting Devotion Method" from the "Time with Abba, Praising Singing", you are welcome to follow the direction below and then go back to the top of this blog to read today's key passage and my listening and sharing:
Silence1. Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence
Praise and Thanksgiving1. Think through your day, all the times that made you smile
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."
My first blog "Devotion on Fire" was written in English only (July 17, 2009年7月17日至November 22, 2012年11月22日). Each day one chapter of Bible, from New Testament and then Old Testament. Completed in four months and three years:
http://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/07/blessings-from-rev-dr-john-stott.html
My second blog "Discipler 123" was written in both Chinese and English (March 6,2011to December 31, 2016 ):
https://discipler123.blogspot.com/2011/02/day-1-choose-light-away-from-darkness.html
and "Time with Abba" blog and video (January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2024):
https://discipler123.blogspot.com/2017/01/1-2017.html
Please click this link for today's Time with Abba one year Bible four passages: http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/
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 first blog "Devotion on Fire" was written in English only (July 17, 2009年7月17日至November 22, 2012年11月22日). Each day one chapter of Bible, from New Testament and then Old Testament. Completed in four months and three years:
http://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/07/blessings-from-rev-dr-john-stott.html
My second blog "Discipler 123" was written in both Chinese and English (March 6,2011to December 31, 2016 ):
https://discipler123.blogspot.com/2011/02/day-1-choose-light-away-from-darkness.html
and "Time with Abba" blog and video (January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2024):
https://discipler123.blogspot.com/2017/01/1-2017.html
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