Friday, April 29, 2011

DAY 618 - Willing to Delegate


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.


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 20

Please read 1 Chronicles 20 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 - Let God Arise



Please click the links below to 1 Chronicles 20:

In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, Joab led out the armed forces. He laid waste the land of the Ammonites and went to Rabbah and besieged it but David remained in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and left it in ruins.
1 Chronicles 20:1

What I've got from Jesus today is: Willing to delegate.

Leadership is about: training, equipping, delegate and coaching.

We do not know how David trained and equipped Joab as the general-in-command. But, we can see before this chapter David was the one who led his army and from this chapter on David delegated this job totally to Joab and he stayed in Jerusalem. This chapter starts with "In the spring, at the time when kings go off to was, Joab...". If you like to watch old time war movie like Lord of the Rings you know that king usually led the attack. So, David was setting a new paradigm for everybody to follow as a good leader three thousand years ago!

There are lot of leaders who do not know how to delegate. I was one of those not so long ago. We need to trust our leaders, release their gifts, confirm their contributions and let them fly! If you want to be a good leader, learn from David of his courageous delegation that his kingdom and God's kingdom can be extended. Well, coaching is another matter! That is the thing I did not know much a year ago and I am learning very hard recently!

Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to be willing to delegate to release the gifts of our brothers and sisters. In Jesus name we pray . Amen.


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


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. Dr. Doc Loomis (Ellen)

The Rt. Rev. Augustin Mvunabandi (Virginia)


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

Victoria Church Plant, the Table

Church Planter: Rev. Josh Wilton (Katie)

Church Planter: Rev. Andy Withrow (Katie)



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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