Friday, April 22, 2011

DAY 611 - Angry Against God?!





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 600 days/24 hours Prayer Campaign yesterday and have started our 700 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.



What you need to do is very simple. Choose one day. The easiest way is to take one hour slot for the whole week then prayerfully remembering the ministry of ACiC(ACiC has two Networks: ACiC, Anglican Coalition in Canada and AI, Asian Initiative). You may use the whole hour in prayer or you can still do your work in your office but use as much time as you can to pray and the other time work prayerfully that hour to pray for our ministry. I deeply believe that this is a way to draw as much participation as we can in prayers. I encourage you to participate. We need you to join us! Trust in the power of prayers!



Please sign up for the 7th stage - 700 days **NEW link for the 7th 100 days 24 hours prayer campaign (April 13 to July 21, 2011)


Today's Reading: 1 Chronicles 13


Please read 1 Chronicles 13 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 Chronicles 13:

Then David was angry because the Lord's wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah. David was afraid of God that day and asked, "How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?"
1 Chronicles 13: 11-12


What I received from Jesus today is: Angry against God?!

It seems impossible for David to angry against God after all those extensive consultations, gathering of all people together having a big celebration with all their might before God with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets. Can you imagine how glorious it was?

Then, because of a careless mistake of Uzzah, he was killed by God and David was angry against God that he did not received the ark into Jerusalem. So what really happened?

One of the resources states:
Uzzah was an Israelite. It is recorded in scripture (1 Chronicles 13:11 and 2 Samuel 6:7) that the Israelites were not transporting the Ark in the commanded manner (see Exodus 25:14). When Ark of the Covenant seemed in danger of falling, Uzzah reached out his hand and touched the Ark. This was in violation of the commandment against touching holy things (Numbers 4:15). For this transgression, Uzzah was struck dead.

When David did a "big show" to transport the ark to Jerusalem with all his people there, he as the top leader and a human being needed to do everything "right". You can imagine what a mess it was when that happened and David lost face! He did not know that he did not do it "right" in God's standard and that was a time for God to teach through a severe punishment.

A Christian leader told me he was very angry against God of not taking good care of him so he stopped reading the Bible and waited to see how God did to him. He said God didn't do anything bad to him but he started to read the Bible again. Well, I see that reading the Bible and a daily intimate relationship with Jesus are two different things. I do hope that he means reconnecting with Jesus again!

David's anger was a relationship problem. There was a relationship problem with David to God so as with all of us. What is your personal relationship with Jesus lately?

Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to stay focused and walk in your way and not our way. In Jesus name we pray . Amen.



Please click this link to worship with us - Amazing Grace



Bishop Chuck Murphy teaching on Theology of Stewardship:



2. When I Write the Check, it Stings


3. Tithing


4. In the Garden of Eden


5. A new willing heart is needed


6. Stewardship insights on Abraham


7. Joseph's Dreamcoat Stewardship


8. Jesus' Kingdom insights on stewardship


9. Stewardship insights on Joseph & Moses


10. Stewardship through Jesus' Parables


11. Prayer on getting out of the boat financially



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), Mr. Andy Li (Amy)

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

Bishop's Assistant: Mrs. Michelle Ng (Silas)

Clergy Formation Advisor: Rev. Ken Bell (Sonya)

Treasurer: Mr. Andy Li(Amy)

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:



Richmond Emmanuel Church


Rector/Senior Pastor: Rt. Rev.SilasNg (Michelle)


Teaching Pastor: Pastor Eliza Poon (Harry)


Youth Pastor: Pastor Joshua Siu (Rachel)


English/Children: Mr. Jim Kelly (Margaret)


Music Ministry: Miss Emily Yeung

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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  • Our 6th phase of 100 days of prayers (January 3 to April 12, 2011)
  • Our 5th phase of 100 days of prayers (September 25, 2010 to January 2, 2011).

  • Our 4th phase of 100 days of prayers (June 17 to September 24, 2010).

  • Our 3rd phase of 100 days of prayers (March 9 to June 16, 2010).

  • Our 2nd phase of 100 days of prayers (November 29, 2009 to March 8, 2010).

  • Our 1st phase of 100 days of prayers:

  • Part 2: 60 days (September 29 to November 28, 2009)

  • Part 1: 40 days (August 20 to September 28, 2009)
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