DAY 174 - A Dead, Deserted or Defected Soldier

Today’s Reading: Ephesians 6

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Welcome! The purpose of this blog is to encourage Christians to have daily devotion - a wonderful and intimate time with Jesus. There are three reasons for you to use this blog as your daily devotion:
1. A healthy spiritual diet - One chapter of the Bible daily. We really need at least one chapter of Bible daily so that we are well fed.

2. A good example of Spiritual Journaling - What I have committed for 1,189 days(the Bible has 1,189 chapters)to write this daily post is not for teaching purposes but this is my daily spiritual journal - I write down what I hear from Jesus and how I experience His intimate relationship with me each day.

I have launched a wide-spectrum research on daily devotion and have found out that there are less than 10% of Christians that are having daily devotion. Out of that 10%, many having daily devotion are doing so because of guilt (they know that they are Christians and need to have daily devotion and feel guilty if they don’t do that), duty (they need to fulfill their duty as a Christian) or study(lots of Christians primarily use their daily devotion as a time to study the Bible). I do pray and hope that you will make up your mind to have a relational daily devotion so that you can have an intimate time with Jesus. I pray that you will write your own spiritual journal as well.

3. An online discipler – One of the reasons that so many Christians do not have daily devotion is because they do not have a disciple. A discipler can help them build up this basic element of discipleship when they first become Christians. The best way for you is to have a discipler to walk with you for a certain period of time so that daily devotion become a good habit. Or, you may have a small group of two to three people to encourage and be accountable to each other so that you won’t stop your daily devotion. I offer myself as your online disciple to walk with you daily to enrich your spiritual journey. So, shall we start this journey with Jesus Christ our Lord now!


Please read Ephesians 6: 1 – 24 and listen to what the Lord Jesus Christ would like to tell you before reading my Spiritual Journal below. If you would like to learn a simple and good way of Daily Devotion method please read my “Count Down 5” from this blog. You may click this link directly for the method: Subject Shifting Devotion.pdf . (You may begin with a song to praise the Lord and complete you devotion by singing another praise song.)

Please click the links below to Ephesians 6:

Chinese: http://www.o-bible.com/cgibin/ob.cgi?version=hb5&book=eph&chapter=6
ESV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206&version=ESV
NIV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206&version=NIV
Message: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206&version=MSG

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6: 12


I wonder how many Christians are aware that we are in a spiritual warfare? I wonder how many Christians know that fighting a spiritual warfare needs spiritual armor, weapons and bullets?

Only the intimate relationship with Jesus can give us a full armor daily. Only with the readiness to use the Word of God and prayers can we have the real spiritual bullets to fight. If not, we will either be dead, deserted or defected soldiers.

I was so joyful to know that one of our members in our couples’ group, Lucy, received a call from the Holy Spirit to start a 100 days fasting starting just eight days ago. She is being trained by Jesus to be a good spiritual soldier, knowing the most effective 'spiritual bullet'!

I have received a call from the Holy Spirit today to start a never before “Prayer Run” on the first three Saturday morning in March after our weekly Saturday 9 a.m. prayer meeting. We have been prayer walking for the past three years all over Richmond but never prayer running. This is a good chance to help people to keep fit spiritually and physically. Do you want to join us? We will start at 10:15a.m., drive to a designated place and run for half an hour and then go to breakfast together around 11a.m.


Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to know that we are in a spiritual warfare and that we need spiritual armor, weapons and bullets to fight this war. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.


Prayer items today:

For ACiC/AI

Bishop: Rt. Rev. Silas Ng
Network Leader: Rev. Peter Klenner
Network Leadership Team: Rt. Rev. Silas Ng, Rev. Peter Klenner, Rev. Ed Hird, Rev. Simon Neill
Administrator: Mrs. Zenia Cheng

Pray for one ACiC/AI church one day at a time

St. Timothy’s, North Vancouver
Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Ken Bell

We have started our 2nd phase of 100 days of prayer. I am calling you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ to fill in your names in the new list below. Many wonderful things have happened in the past 100 days. Can we follow our King, our Shepherd, our Lord Jesus Christ to use an hour’s time to pray for His protection and blessings to my new ministry as the Bishop of ACiC/AI, all our ACiC/AI clergy, leaders and people? Pray that in the Holy and Mighty Name of Jesus Christ our Lord, we can win over Satan's tricks, in order to strengthen our brothers and sisters so that His Kingdom will be extended. Please click this new link to participate in our 2nd phase 100 days/24 hours Prayer Campaign (Nov 29, 2009 to March 8,2010)