Friday, March 4, 2011

DAY 562 - Could Not Finish Well










This newly designed key chains will be given to all members of ACiC/AI churches on the first Sunday of March (March 6, 2011). Please click this link to see a sample of my second blog to create a momentum for the launching of Discipler 123:
http://discipler123.blogspot.com/
You can also listen to my first podcast in this new blog now. Click now and you can hear my daily podcast in both English and Cantonese. I just posted the Cantonese version today (March 3)as a sample, the English version will start on March 6.




What is Discipler 123?
A campaign starting on the first Sunday of March for three months. It is for one Discipler gathering two friends to meet once a week to have devotion with them and encourage them to have daily devotion all through the three months from March through May.


Praise the Lord that we completed our 500 days/24 hours Prayer Campaign! We have a new link for you to sign for the new stage. You really need to join us now to pray! The easiest way is to take one hour slot for the whole week. We need you to join us! Trust in the power of prayers!

Please sign up for the 6th stage - 600 days
**NEW link for the 6th 100 days 24 hours prayer campaign(January 3 to April 12, 2011)

Today's Reading: 1 Kings 11
Please read 1 Kings 11 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 Kings 11:

As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
1 Kings 11: 4

The Lord became angry with Solomon because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 1 Kings 11: 9

Then the Lord raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite from the royal line of Edom. 1 Kings 11: 14

And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah. 1 Kings 11: 23

Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. 1 Kings 11: 26

Then Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father.
1 Kings 11: 43


Ignoring RED light! Ignoring RED light! Ignoring RED light!

This is perhaps the most frightening chapter for me in the whole Bible. God gave him the last chance to turn back to Him and repent( verses 11 - 13), but he did not get it and did not do anything. Then right after verse 13 God raised up enemies around him. Why? Hope that he would turn back to God when facing with all those hardship. But, he did not repent and then the Bible recorded the death of Solomon.

How said the wisest became the most foolish one! Solomon is a good example of not being able to finish well. According to reliable statistic that only 1/3 of Christian leaders can finish well. 2/3 of those after around 50 to 60 can't finish well, lose their faith, got depression, living without purpose ... What do you want to become? Able to finish well and pass your baton to the others or...

The pictures you see above are those vivid moments I have been experiencing this whole week. I am at present in Pasadena, California to have my last D. Min. course at Fuller Seminary under Dr. Terry Walling. The title of the course is "Organic Leadership Development: The Shaping of A Leader". This whole week Dr. Walling used a lot of time helping us to understand what is finishing well, why so many leaders can't finish well and how to finish well. Solomon gave us a very bad example of not finishing well and Dr. Billy Graham gives us one of the best example of finishing well. I am so joyful and honored that I can have another chance to visit Dr. John Stott again after 1 1/2 year on June 10 this year. Uncle John is also one of the best example of finishing well. May we have a chance to learn the secret of finishing well and can finish well!


Dear Lord Jesus,
Help me to finish well. 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 and Anglican Mission bishop one day at a time:

The Rt. Rev. TJ Johnston, Jr. (Rees)

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Laurent Mbanda (Chantal)

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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