DAY 147 – Use your gifts to build not to kill

Today’s Reading: 1 Corinthians 14

Please read 1 Corinthians 14: 1 – 40 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 14:

Chinese: http://www.o-bible.com/cgibin/ob.cgi?version=hb5&book=act&chapter=14

ESV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2014&version=ESV

NIV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2014&version=NIV

Message: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2014&version=MSG

Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church.

1 Corinthians 14: 12

Jesus drew my attention to some important words: strengthening, encouragement, comfort, build, order, peace and love. On the other hand, Christians in the church of Corinth challenged Paul, “Do you know how to speak in tongues and other spiritual gifts? Show us if you really know.” And Paul answered, “I can of course but I don’t want to show. Don’t be a child, grow up man.”

If you have received some spiritual gifts and you do not use those gifts to strengthen, encourage, comfort, build, love and to do everything in a fitting and orderly way, then you are not building but may be killing!

Dear Lord Jesus,

Help me to build and not to kill. 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

Church of Redemption, Calgary

Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Ikechukwu Chukuka

We have started our 2^nd 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)