DAY 232 - Do You Have the Anointing?

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Today’s Reading: 1 John 2

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 1 John 2 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 1 John 2:

Chinese: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%202&version=CUV
NIV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%202&version=NIV
ESV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%202&version=ESV
Message: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%202&version=MSG


As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit- just as it has taught you, remain in him. 1 John 2: 27

Glenn Barker in the Expositor's Bible Commentary states, "those false teachers in John's time claimed superior knowledge because they had received an exclusive ritual anointing that gave them knowledge (gnosis). The author combats his opponents' claim by reminding his readers: 'But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.'

What I heard from Jesus today is the importance of the word "anointing". The word "anointing" appears four times from verse 20 to 27. It is the anointing we have so that we won't fall into the trap of sinning, of being a liar, of disobedience to Jesus, of not walking with Jesus, of walking in darkness, of hating our brother, of living a life of blindness, of loving the world and of following the Deceiver.

He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 2 Corinthians 1: 21-22

Do you have the anointing? It is about time for you to pray to the Holy Spirit for His anointing to pour down on you so that you can be able to see, to listen and to obey!

Dear Holy Spirit,

I understand that without your anointing I can not be able to face the cunning scheme of the Deceiver who wants to pull me into darkness and blind me. Pour down on me your anointing. Oh! Thank you Holy Spirit! Thank you for your fresh anointing right now. It is so wonderful. Thank you Lord! Thank you for anointing, strengthening and empowering me now. Thank you Lord! In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

I can never explain to you what I just experienced a few minutes ago when I was typing my prayer and the fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit came. You need to believe that and exercise in faith of what Jesus says, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7: 7-8

Please pray and ask the Holy Spirit to pour down on you His fresh anointing now. Come, Holy Spirit come!

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
Bishop’s Chaplain: Rev. Ed Hird
Clergy Formation Advisor: Rev. Ken Bell
Administrator: Mrs. Zenia Cheng

Pray for one AMiA bishop one day at a time

The Rt. Rev. Thaddeus Rockwell (Thad) Barnum

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

Church of Redemption, Calgary

Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Ikechukwu Chukuka

Record for our 2nd phase of 100 days of prayers : this new link to participate in our 2nd phase 100 days/24 hours Prayer Campaign(Nov 29, 2009 to March 8, 2010)
Record for our 1st phase of 100 days of prayers(2nd part 60 days): this link(August 20 to Nov. 28, 2009)
Record for our 1st phase of 100 days of prayers(1st part 40 days): http://docs.google.com/Docdocid=0AbI_guJWaO4DZGRnYjNqZzRfMTRmZHFndjMzZA&hl=en