There is nothing new under the sun! Everything becomes new forever above the sun!
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Bishop Silas conducting Vancouver Oratorio Society, VOS Chamber and Schola Cantorum singing Parry's I was Glad:
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Bishop Silas conducting Schola Cantorum Emmanuel and Vancouver Oratorio Chamber Choir singing Palestrina's O Beata Trinitas:
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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 97:7-12, Ecclesiastes 1:1-3:22; 2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Proverbs 22:15
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Key passages:
The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
Ecclesiastes 1:1-2
All things are wearisome, more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
nor the ear its fill of hearing.What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 1:8-9
I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:10-11
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4
I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:10-11
“Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun.
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
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: There is nothing new under the sun! Everything becomes new forever above the sun!
When I read Ecclesiastes today, Jesus asked me to count how many times does the word "under the sun", "meaningless", "chasing after the wind", "a time"appear. When I started to count, tears came out nonstop:
under the sun - 10
meaningless -14
chasing after the wind - 5
a time - 28
Then Jesus said, "If King Solomon, the man with wisdom and had all the money, power and desire he wanted to have but was being pulled in the darkness of dissatisfaction, life is meaningless like chasing wind, who can live a life of satisfaction under the sun?"
Wow! I was trembling as Jesus told me that!
Yes, we cannot be satisfied under the sun which means under our own control, under the system of the world. Only we are willing to be led by the Lord each day and that is above the sun, we will understand God controls everything! In His time, everything comes into being and no matter how clever we are or how powerful we can be, we cannot get out of God's timing!
The most important catch I have today is that God "set eternity in the human heart"!
"Eternity" means our "born again" life that we can have a relationship with God eternally when we receive Jesus as Saviour and Lord of Life. When we are still living in this world and after we die, we are in this eternal life, eternal relationship!
If we can live each day above the sun to see Jesus and chat with Jesus each day, worship God, then everyday is a new day and a joyful day! Satisfied!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to live each day above the sun to see you and chat with you each day that everyday is a new day and a joyful day. 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 97 blog:
Please click this link to today's Old Testament Ecclesiastes 1:1-3:22 blog and video:
Please click this link to today's Old Testament Proverbs 22 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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