Monday, January 4, 2010

DAY 138 - Is everything really fine with you?



Today’s Reading: 1 Corinthians 5

Please read 1 Corinthians 5: 1 – 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.)

Please click the links below to 1 Corinthians 5:
Chinese: http://www.o-bible.com/cgibin/ob.cgi?version=hb5&book=1co&chapter=5
ESV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%205&version=ESV
NIV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%205&version=NIV
Message: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%205&version=MSG

But I am saying that you shouldn't act as if everything is just fine when a friend who claims to be a Christian is promiscuous or crooked, is flip with God or rude to friends, gets drunk or becomes greedy and predatory. You can't just go along with this, treating it as acceptable behavior. 1Corinthians 5:11(The Message)


We always want to think and to say that everything is fine. But Paul says we shouldn’t act as if everything is just fine when a friend who claims to be a Christian is having unacceptable behavior, especially sexual immorality.

The whole worldwide Anglican Church is in a severe sexual immorality crisis concerning with the consecration of two homosexual bishops and the blessing of same-sex marriage. We need to make a stand for Jesus and not act as if everything is just fine.

On a deeper level, the sexual immorality way of living has become an acceptable lifestyle for many people, including Christians in pornography and other related sexually immoral lifestyles. We need to make a stand for Jesus and not act as if everything is just fine. Don’t do it! We need to help other people not to do it!


Dear Lord Jesus,
Shine your light on me daily that I can live out a lifestyle acceptable to your sight.. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.


Prayer items today:

For ACiC/AI

Bishop: Rt. Rev. Silas Ng
Network Leader: Rev. Peter Klenner
Administrator: Mrs. Zenia Cheng

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

St. Timothy’s, North Vancouver
Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Ken Bell


We have started our 2nd phase of 100 days of prayer. I am calling you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ to fill in your names in the new list below. Many wonderful things have happened in the past 100 days. Can we follow our King, our Shepherd, our Lord Jesus Christ to use an hour’s time to pray for His protection and blessings to my new ministry as the Bishop of ACiC/AI, all our ACiC/AI clergy, leaders and people? Pray that in the Holy and Mighty Name of Jesus Christ our Lord, we can win over Satan's tricks, in order to strengthen our brothers and sisters so that His Kingdom will be extended. Please click this new link to participate in our 2nd phase 100 days/24 hours Prayer Campaign (Nov 29, 2009 to March 8, 2010)

1 comment:

  1. Dear Bishop,

    I praise and thank God that you are so brave and courageous to voice this out in the wilderness of the church in N. America. Hallelujah! Strive on!

    boris

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