Thursday, January 27, 2011

DAY 526- To Give Not to Keep





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Today's Reading: 1 Samuel 30
Please read 1 Samuel 30 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 1 Samuel 30:
David replied, "No, my brothers, you must not do that with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and handed over to us the forces that came against us. Who will listen to what you say? The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who sent down to the battle. All will share alike." David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this. 1 Samuel 30: 23-25


Today I had a wonderful experience with Jesus. When I read this chapter my focus was on 30: 6 that people wanted to stone David to death but David found strength in the Lord his God. Then Jesus said, "No, no, no. You are still being locked in those time that your people wanted to stone you to death. I am going to release you from all those pictures, all those faces who hurt you."

Then He brought me to 30: 23-25. A true Band of Brothers spirit to give, to share and not to keep. Jesus showed me the real meaning of Psalm 23: 1 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want."

When I have my Lord Jesus Christ as my shepherd I do not want anything more. My lifestyle has to be changed. Not a consumer dominated "wanting" mentality always want more, more, more. One of the big lifestyle change after being in Rwanda is this "wanting more" lifestyle. Most of the people in Rwanda's monthly salary is under US$200 to $300. They earn poorly, they live poorly but they live joyfully and abundantly! How come, because they walk with Jesus daily and they shall not want! What do you want my dear brother and sister?

Dear Lord Jesus,
Help me to change my lifestyle into the lifestyle of Christlikeness that you always want me to be. I know it is difficult but help me Lord that I shall not be in want always but just want you to be with me. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.



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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 Rwanda or Anglican Mission bishop one day at a time:

The Rt. Rev. Thaddeus Rockwell (Thad) Barnum (Erilynne)

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

Immanuel Church

Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Simon Neill (Jo)



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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