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Today's Reading: Nehemiah 13
Please read Nehemiah 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.)
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Please click the links below to Nehemiah 13:
"So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign, and assigned them duties, each to his own task. I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me with favor, O my God."
Nehemiah 13: 30
What I received from Jesus today is just one word: I'm in, how about you?
The last chapter of Nehemiah is full of the three Kingdom password "consecrating", "worshipping" and "offering". Consecrated and purified are the two most used words to describe how God's people came back to God.
People put idols in their houses and they need to purify the house. Before they worhsipped the Lord they need to purified themselves just like we as Anglicans need to say confession and receive absolution before receiving the communion. The pain here in this chapter is their marrying foreign women and those people did that had to leave their wives and children!
Purified is not an easy job but a very important duty of our lives to be Christlikeness. Lots of time we do not know what and how to purify. Neil Cole's(author of Organic Church) Life Transformation Groups(LTG) card has a very good checking system weekly for those in that three people group. Let's examine our life with the questions in the LTG card and ask the blood of Jesus to purify us!
1. Have you been a testimony this week to the greatness of Jesus Christ with both your words and actions?
2. Have you been exposed to sexually alluring material or allowed your mind to entertain inappropriate sexual thoughts about another this week?
3. Have you lacked integrity in your financial dealings or coveted something that does not belong to you?
4. Have you been honoring, understanding and generous in your important relationships this week?
5. Have you damaged another person by your words, either behind their back or face to face?
6. Have you given in to an addictive behavior this past week?
7. Have you continued to remain angry toward another?
8. Have you secretly wished for another's misfortune?
9. Did you have your daily devotion and hear from God? What are you going to do about it?
10. Have you been completely honest to answer these questions?
Are you purified yet?
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help me to be purified daily that I can faithfully worship you and offer my life to you. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.
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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 Rt. Rev. TJ Johnston, Jr. (Rees)
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Laurent Mbanda (Chantal)