Saturday, April 16, 2011

DAY 605 - Raise Up Brave Spiritual Warriors!





This newly designed key chains will be given to all members of ACiC/AI churches on the first Sunday of March (March 6, 2011). Please click this link to my second blog - Discipler 123: http://discipler123.blogspot.com/ You can also listen to my daily podcast in English and Cantonese through this new site.

What is Discipler 123? A campaign starting on the first Sunday of March for three months. It is for one Discipler gathering two friends to meet once a week to have devotion with them and encourage them to have daily devotion all through the three months from March through May.

Praise the Lord that we completed our 600 days/24 hours Prayer Campaign yesterday and start our 700 days/24 hours Prayer Campaign today! We have a new link for you to sign for the new stage. You really need to join us now to pray! The easiest way is to take one hour slot for the whole week.


What you need to do is very simple. Choose one day. The 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 your 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 much participation as we can in prayers. I encourage you to participate. We need you to join us! Trust in the power of prayers!

Please sign up for the 7th stage - 700 days **NEW link for the 7th 100 days 24 hours prayer campaign (April 13 to July 21, 2011)


Today's Reading: 1 Chronicles 7

Please read 1 Chronicles 7 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 - The Shout of El-Shaddai




Please click the links below to 1 Chronicles 7: All these were descendants of Asher - heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders.
1 Chronicles 7: 40


What I received from Jesus today is 'how can we raise up brave spiritual warriors'?

First we need to be one of those brave spiritual warriors. You can find quite a number of places in this chapter using words as: chiefs, men ready for battle, fighting men, heads of families and choice men.

Are you one of those? How can you not be one of those? Do you know that Jesus is counting on you to take part in fighting a good fight for Him, just like how Paul did and described himself.

And it is our responsibility to raise up brave spiritual warriors. Tomorrow will be my 2nd monthly gathering with young clergy, youth pastors and seminarians. I hope and pray to use this new Bishop's pioneer ministry to raise up brave spiritual warriors. First I'll treat them will a good lunch as an encouragement and then I'll use a six sessions(18 online video) Dr. Terry Walling's leadership development material as a bridge to prepare them to be good coaches. Please pray for them: Ben, Gill, Mark, Joshua, Damon, Ignatius.

I have been working hard in all areas raising up brave spiritual warriors.(The four years coaching contract with Dr. Terry Walling to all ACiC/AI clergy and leaders, the Annual ACiC/AI National Conference and some other clergy encouragement and training). Can you join us in building up a good team of leaders for Jesus? It all starts with you! How can you join and help?


Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to be brave spiritual warriors to extend your Kingdom. In Jesus name we pray . Amen.


Please click this link to worship with us - Day of Elijah




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 one Rwanda and Anglican Mission bishop one day at a time:

The Most Rev. Dr. Onesphore Rwaje (Josephine)

The Rt. Rev. Thad Barnum (Erilynne)

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

Toronto Emmanuel Church

Rector/Senior Pastor: Rev. Edmund Ho (Cecilia)



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 discipler. 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 discipler 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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  • Our 6th phase of 100 days of prayers (January 3 to April 12, 2011)
  • Our 5th phase of 100 days of prayers (September 25, 2010 to January 2, 2011).

  • Our 4th phase of 100 days of prayers (June 17 to September 24, 2010).

  • Our 3rd phase of 100 days of prayers (March 9 to June 16, 2010).

  • Our 2nd phase of 100 days of prayers (November 29, 2009 to March 8, 2010).

  • Our 1st phase of 100 days of prayers:

  • Part 2: 60 days (September 29 to November 28, 2009)

  • Part 1: 40 days (August 20 to September 28, 2009)

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