Friday, March 18, 2011

DAY 576 - How Blessed to Have A Godly Coach!











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 my second blog - Discipler 123:

http://discipler123.blogspot.com/


You can also listen to my daily podcast in English and Cantonese through this new site.



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: 2 Kings 3
Please read 2 Kings 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 this link to worship with us - God Will Make A Way

Please click the links below to 2 Kings 3:
But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of the Lord through him?" 2 Kings 3: 11


What a big contrast! In chapter one, king Ahaziah wanted to consult Baal-Zebub and he died for that sin. In chapter three Ahaziah's brother Joram became king and united with Jehoshaphat king of Judah and also the king of Edom. But instead of following his brother Ahaziah's footstep to consult a false god, King Jehoshaphat consulted Elisha and they all lived.

One choice led to death and the other led to life. What is the turning point?

The turning point is whether you know the importance of having a Godly coach to give you word and vision from God and a new paradigm strategy. Pray that you know who to "cling" to and not like Joram who "clung to the sins of Jeroboam"(2 Kings 3: 4). The sins Joram clung to can be found in 1 Kings 12: 28 - 32.

How blessed to have a Godly coach! Do you have one? God prepares at least one for you; pray that you know who does God prepares for you as your coach!

Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to know the importance of coaching so that we can find the coach or coaches you prepare for us. And raise us up so that we can coach those people you prepare for us to coach just like how you coached Peter, James and John. In Jesus name I pray . Amen.


Please click this link to worship with us - You Raise Me Up

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. Philip Hill Jones (Claudia)

The Rt. Rev. Louis Muvunyi (Winnie)

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

St. Barnabas Mission, Waterford, Ontario

Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Susan Zakamarko (Peter)



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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