Lead me to the rock that is higher than I
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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 the Lord
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10,000 Reasons
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)
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"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."
Today's Time with Abba: Psalm 61:1-4, Judges 8:18-9:21; Luke 23:44-24:12; Proverbs 14:9-10
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Key passages:
From the ends of the earth I call to you,
I call as my heart grows faint;lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the foe.
Psalm 61:2-3
No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals.
No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals.
Judges 8:33
It is extremely sad that one of the sons of Gideon, Abimelek killed his own seventy brothers! What a tragic end of Gideon! Why? How can God allowed that to happen?
The fact is that Gideon had been in power for forty years and in that forty years he had many wives and concubines. Those women had 72 sons for Gideon, not knowing how many daughters!
Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through today's TWA passages we have just read. Offer this time to Jesus as you listen to Him.
The topic I received today from Jesus is: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I
Another historical tragedy happened again, just as Joshua, Othniel, Ehud, Deborah and Gideon died, once again the Israelites deserted God and worshipped the Baals!
It is extremely sad that one of the sons of Gideon, Abimelek killed his own seventy brothers! What a tragic end of Gideon! Why? How can God allowed that to happen?
The fact is that Gideon had been in power for forty years and in that forty years he had many wives and concubines. Those women had 72 sons for Gideon, not knowing how many daughters!
I think it is the power and lust to pull Gideon down that he could not pass on the faith to his next generation and to the Israelites! He ate his own fruit!
Psalm 61:2 tells us that it is so easy to have a rock in between God and us, we need to cry to God to raise us up above our height so that we can be able to see. So that we can remember those saving acts God did to us, can be able to feel His presence and can have the hope for our future!
May you be able to pray using Psalm 61 when you are hopeless so that you can enter into His protection, guidance and blessing again!
Psalm 61:2 tells us that it is so easy to have a rock in between God and us, we need to cry to God to raise us up above our height so that we can be able to see. So that we can remember those saving acts God did to us, can be able to feel His presence and can have the hope for our future!
May you be able to pray using Psalm 61 when you are hopeless so that you can enter into His protection, guidance and blessing again!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to be able to pray using Psalm 61 when we are hopeless so that we can enter into your protection, guidance and blessing again and that we can be able to become your mighty warriors. 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.
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.
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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):
Please click this link to Old Testament Psalm 60 blog:
Please click this link to today's Old Testament Judges 6:1-40; blog and video:
Please click this link to today's Old Testament Proverbs 14 blog:
For the Chinese version of this daily blog and video, please click this link (中文版請按此連結):
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):
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