DAY 255 - Who's The Woman And Who's The Beast?

Today’s Reading: Revelation 17

Please read Revelation 17 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.)

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Chinese: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017&version=CUV

NIV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017&version=NIV

ESV: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017&version=ESV

Message: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2017&version=MSG

"They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings - and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers." Revelation 17: 14

If someone tells you that the end of the world will be in 2012, do you believe them? If someone tells you that the woman in Revelation 17 is USA, do you believe them? If someone tells you that the beast will be the head of the United Nations, do you believe them?

The movie 2012 tells you that the end of the world would be in 2012. The famous book series "Left Behind" tells you that the woman is USA and the beast will be the head of the United Nations. Do you believe them? If you don't, then nothing will happen. If you do, then so what! Is that going to lead you to having a transformation of your life? Is that going to scare you so that you can't sleep well from now on?

I think that the book Revelation is for those who are called, chosen and faithful followers of Christ, for we take that very seriously. We know that we can't decode the messages if that's not God's time to tell us; we have a better chance to know that our future will be a spiritual warfare that we cannot cope with. Only the Lamb will overcome the ten kings and the beasts. So let us worship the Lamb, our Lord Jesus Christ for He is Lord of lords and King of kings!

Dear Lord Jesus,

You are worthy of our praise for you are our Lord and our King. Help us to be able to listen to your call, willing to be chosen by you and be faithful until death to follow you. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

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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
Bishop’s Chaplain: Rev. Ed Hird
Clergy Formation Advisor: Rev. Ken Bell

Administrator: Mrs. Zenia Cheng

Pray for one AMiA bishop one day at a time

The Rt. Rev. Terrell Lyles Glenn, Jr.

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

Immanuel Church

Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Simon Neill

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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!

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