Friday, February 12, 2010

DAY 177 - Enemies of the Cross



Today’s Reading: Philippians 3

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 disciple. 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 disciple to walk with you daily to enrich your spiritual journey. So, shall we start this journey with Jesus Christ our Lord now!


Please read Philippians 3: 1 – 21 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 Philippians 3:

Chinese: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%203&version=CUV
ESV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%203&version=ESV








For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. Philippians 3: 18-20


There is a 1998 movie called Enemy of the State. Do you know what would happen to you if you become an enemy of the State? I think that you would be hunted down and ...



How about enemies of the Cross? Ha, sometimes we are hunted down by 'the enemies of the cross'!




Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. Philippians 3:17



Jesus reminds me today of what Paul said to join with others in following Paul's example and can be an example for others to follow. It is so easy to become enemies of the Cross if we follow the wrong people living in an earthly lifestyle and not a Missional lifestyle. We need to know that our citizenship is in heaven and that the currency on earth cannot be cashed in heaven! Do not become enemies of the Cross!






Dear Lord Jesus,
Open my eyes to see the glory of your Cross. Help me to follow Paul's example so that I would not become an enemy of the Cross. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.


Prayer items today:
For ACiC/AI
Bishop: Rt. Rev. Silas Ng
Network Leader: Rev. Peter Klenner
Network Leadership Team: Rt. Rev. Silas Ng, Rev. Peter Klenner, Rev. Ed Hird, Rev. Simon Neill
Administrator: Mrs. Zenia Cheng




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



St. Brendan's, Bellingham, WA



Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Kevin Bond Allen

Deacon: Rev. Pam Schmaling


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)

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