Saturday, December 24, 2011

DAY 857 - Rejoice And Be Glad!


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The easiest way is to take one hour slot for the whole week. What you need to do is very simple. Choose one dayThe 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 you 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 many participation as we can in prayers. I encourage you to participate. We need you to join us! Trust in the power of prayers!


Today's Reading: Psalm 118

Please read Psalm 118 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 - Worthy Is The Lamb/Amen (Handel's Messiah - Schola Cantorum Emmanuel)


Chinese praise song -
我的心你要稱頌耶和華 Praise the Lord, O My Soul


Please click the links below to Psalm 118:

This is the day the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118: 24

What I received from Jesus today is: Rejoice and be glad!

What was the last time you experienced rejoice and be glad? The day refereed to here is a day of salvation or rescue. We need to consider everyday should be a day of salvation and do not need to wait for some specific date. Of course the psalmist wants to show us a special day that the Israelites experience the powerful salvation from God. But, is that everyday should be a day that Jesus is Lord and King? Is it not everyday we can experience the presence of our Lord and that we can rejoice and be glad each day! You do not need to wait for that day to come but you change your lifestyle accordingly so that you can demonstrate that power of "rejoice and be glad" through your life of Christlikeness.

Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to be sure that we are with you and that we can rejoice and be glad each day. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.


**Six days ago(Sunday) Michelle and I were having lunch with our church choir members. Our Music Director, Edmund Cheung said, "Silas, I understand what you said about the best thing in last night's Schola Cantorum Emmanuel's concert was "life". I really experienced a powerful outburst of life in all of us when we sang especially when we sang "Hallelujah" and "Worthy is the Lamb/ Amen"." Yes, it was indeed a powerful concert yesterday night. Please click the two links in this post to listen to how we praise God yesterday. The recording was just taken from a small camera and not a good recording. I'll give you the link of our official recording once Andy Li is done for the whole concert. Don't know when yet.

When we praise the Lord like that spirit in this psalm we will know the "life" and power right away of the joy we received when we praise Him! All of our Schola members and those who attended yesterday's(Saturday's) concert felt the same way that we were richly blessed when we richly praised our Lord!

Thanks to our son Ignatius who took a wonderful and powerful photo of me capturing the "life" in this concert and with his comment on his face book:

Live fully. Live passionately.
You know that feeling when you do something you love, and time seems to stand still?
It's not quite clear, but you've lost in the moment of it.

Congrats to Schola Cantorum for singing Handel's Messiah today!




Please click this link to worship with us - Hallelujah (Handel's Messiah - Schola Cantorum Emmanuel)

Chinese praise song -
我知誰掌管明天I Know Who Hold The Future


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 our retired primates who are giving us spiritual oversight and our chairman bishop:
The Most Rev. Emmanuel Kolini (Freda)

The Most Rev. Moses Tay (Cynthia)

The Most Rev. Yong Ping Chung (Julia)

The Rt. Rev. Chuck Murphy, III (Margaret)


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)

English & Youth Pastor: Pastor Joshua Siu (Rachel)

Children Ministry: Mr. Jim Kelly (Margaret)

Music Ministry: Miss Emily Yeung




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