DAY 346 - The Power of Listen And Obey

Today's Reading: Exodus 36

Please read Exodus 36 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.)

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Please click the links below to Exodus 36:

Chinese: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus 36&version=CUV

NIV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus 36&version=NIV

ESV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus 36&version=ESV

Message: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus 36&version=MSG

Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: "No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." And so the people were restrained from bringing more, because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work. Exodus 36: 7

Our church Richmond Emmanuel experienced a smaller scale similar "more than enough offerings" in 2006 when we moved from a small warehouse to a large building of 24,000 sq. feet. In just two Sundays of worship, our people lined up to offer money that we can buy sufficient furnitures, equipments, organ and other things and we collected more than $230,000. We needed to ask people to stop offering in the third Sunday!

So, money is never the 'big deal' for a church but the relationship with Jesus and unity is the 'big deal'.

What I heard from Jesus in this chapter is a demonstration of the power of listen and obey:

1. Total obedience (v.1)

2. More than enough offerings (v.7)

3. Skillful ministries (v.8)

If we really establish a daily intimate relationship with Jesus, then everything would be more than enough! How could you contribute to this "more than enough Relational and Missional lifestyle of being a true discipleship of Christ? What do you have to change to be transformed?

Dear Lord Jesus,

Help us to taste the fruit of listening and obeying. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Michelle is getting better and better each day. Please pray that she will receive a good report this coming Monday.

My son, Ignatius, completed his three weeks mission in Ethiopia yesterday.We are so joyful to welcome him home and know that he experienced God mightily in that three weeks. His one word of experience is "JOY"! Please click this link to read his wonderful sharing:http://21ethiopiandays.wordpress.com/

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Prayer items today:

For ACiC/AI

Bishop: Rt. Rev. Silas Ng (Michelle)

Network Leader: Rev. Peter Klenner (Jenny)

Network Leadership Team: Rt. Rev. Silas Ng, Rev. Peter Klenner, Rev. Ed Hird (Janice),

Rev. Simon Neill (Jo), Rev. Ken Bell (Sonya)

Bishop's Chaplain: Rev. Ed Hird (Janice)

Clergy Formation Advisor: Rev. Ken Bell (Sonya)

Administrator: Mrs. Zenia Cheng (Clarence)

Pray for one AMiA bishop one day at a time

The Rt. Rev. Terrell Lyles Glenn, Jr. (Teresa)

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

Church of Redemption, Calgary

Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Ikechukwu Chukuka (Wife, Courtney)

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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 discipler. 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 discipler to walk with you daily to enrich your spiritual journey. So, shall we start this journey with Jesus Christ our Lord now!

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