The story of a hot water bottle and a doll - TRUE! #fb #dumcMY

This was shared by Francois Vosloo, the Associate International Director of Operational Mobilisation during his sermon yesterday (13/03/2011) in the Dream Centre. It has been verified as true. You can 'gunakan tanpa was-was.'

The original story can be found here.

THE HOT WATER BOTTLE - A True Story By Helen Roseveare, Missionary to Africa

One night, in Central Africa, I had worked hard to help a mother in the labor ward; but in spite of all that we could do, she died leaving us with a tiny, premature baby and a crying, two-year-old daughter.

Outpouring IV – Prayer and Power

Mrs Nancy Lyn, 02/10/2010
This is the fourth of five plenary sessions of the Prayer Conference 2010.
In Malachi 1 and 2, we read that when the Lord confronted the people with their sins, the people responded by asking in what way  / how. The same goes when God brought up his love for them, the people offering defined food, etc. They were oblivious to what they had done wrong.
Often when we head a sermon, we think to ourselves he / she is not talking about us. We don’t share the Lord’s perspectives.
The burden of the Word of the Lord for this conference, as sister Nancy shared.

We love the Lord but have not removed the high places or idols in our lives.

1Ki 3:3  Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.
From this verse, we see that one can love the Lord and yet still sins and eventually falls away.
Many young people look up to ministers and pastors. When these people fall, they got the wrong idea it is ok for them do the same thing, We are not to see things that way.
“Others may, I can't’”, ~ A.W. Tozer.

MPF I - Fire from Inside Out II

Pastor Daniel Ho, 11/09/2010
This is the second part of a two-part sermon in the Making Prayer Foundational (MPF) Series.
Dear reader, may the peace of God be with you.
Pastor Daniel reminded we are living in the most exciting and strategic times here in Malaysia. There are so many challenges that threatens to tear the nation apart. Malaysia is a great country. We want to believe as people of God that Malaysia can be a great nation. Faced with all these challenges, we have all the more reason to stay on. Unless we are called to leave, we should stay. When there is nothing worth dying for, there is nothing worth living for. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is worth dying for. It is so important for us to recognize the call of God to the churches in Malaysia to be watchmen.

MPF I - Fire from Inside Out I

Pastor Daniel Ho, 04/09/2010
This is the first of a two-part series which is also the first installment of the Making Prayer Foundational (MPF) Series.
One of the first thing we throw out of the window when we are busy is prayer. It is also the one thing that causes fire to burn, to shake a place is a visitation of the Holy Spirit. Prayer invites God to work in our individual life and the church.
Scriptures in this article are taken from the Message.

So, that's why I was bothered ...

Looking back the past blog posts, I now realize why I was bothered. It was because of this.

So, I was forewarned. I just could not put my fingers on it. I was already anticipating it. So, let it be.

I will continue to be the sunshine to the people I care.

... then why do I still feel burdened?

If things have indeed worked out well for her, why do I still have a heavy heart? What is burdening me now?

I feel like there is something I need to pray / intercede. I don't know what that is.

Holy Spirit, please show me.

Paul – Total Commitment. What is Commitment?

Pastor Reynold Lim, 29 Jun 2008.

Are you a "pig" Christian or a "hen" Christian? A pig and a hen passed by a church and wanted to know how they could contribute to the church. The hen suggested ham and egg. The pig was appalled. In the giving of ham and egg, the hen was giving a contribution but the pig would be giving a total commitment.

What is Commitment?

A person who has "commitment" is one that is being "boung emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or persons." When we are committed to something, we are totally bounded body, mind and soul to that something or someone.

We are almost halfway into 2008. Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, earthquake in SiChuan and the sank ferry in the Philippines claimed many lives without the knowledge of Christ.

In the words of Charles Dickens in Great Expectations, we are in the best of times and we are in the worst of times.

Pastor Reynold remembered in the past when he mail missionaries, he would get a reply in a matter of weeks. Today, his test messages are replied within seconds.

Pastor Reynold wanted to encourage us to crossover, just like the Israelites crossing the river Jordan. Those who murmured could not cross Jordan.

Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock. So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation, "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, the land that the LORD struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock." And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan."

(Num 32:1-5)

The 2.5 tribes of Gad, Reuben and Manasseh (1/2) did not want to cross Jordan.

Mat 8:28-32 And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. (29) And behold, they cried out, "What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?" (30) Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. (31) And the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs." (32) And he said to them, "Go." So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.

Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

Let our prayer, our words of encouragements and our sermons be acceptable to God. Let them be from our heart.

1. Take the first Step v3 "As he journey… "

Act 9:3 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

Salvation is not just about us receiving redemption. It is also God putting the Holy Spirit in us to conform us to the image of Christ. Salvation is not about what we do. True success is about how much we allow God to work in us.

Saul was the Pharisee of the Pharisees. He was not contented in where he was. How could Paul wrote such profoundly if he has not taken the first step? Some of us will follow God up to how our logic will take us.

2. Examine your heart v4 "Why are you persecuting Me?"

Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

1Sa 12:23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

The Bible tells us prayerlessness is disobedience and it's a sin. As long as we don't have our eyes on the throne, we are sinning.

Jacob was running away from Esau for twenty years. He was also running away from God. He was the ladder where angels going up and down. But his life was not changed. Today Christians want Jesus to do all the dying while we do all the living. We have taken the Word of God and apply it according to our own desire / mindset / convenience and filter out what we don't want. We judge the preachers according to our own way. In doing so, we cannot get the full value of the Word and hence could not grow from glory to glory. Preachers have come and gone. Have we allowed the Word of God to change our lives?

When the angel spoke to Mary, she responded "be it unto me." Mary was willing to take the consequences of a self-righteous community that may stone her to death for an unexplained pregnancy.

3. Make a Commitment of Faith v5 "Who are You, Lord?"

Act 9:5 And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

Does Jesus know us? Are we known by God? The first passion in our LORD is to have a personal relationship with Him, not ministry

4. Embrace the LORDship of Christ v6 "LORD, what do You want me to do?"

Act 9:6 But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do."

Every time we invoke the name "LORD" and yet we do not obey then we are calling the name of the LORD in vain. We have been trained to know what will happen tomorrow. When we follow God, we are not too sure what will happen. We are happy to relate to Him and His deliverance from hell. We are happy to find joy and comfort in Him. But we are not happy to follow him unconditionally. Every invoking of the word LORD must be followed by making a personal commitment.

Act 9:16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

No wonder we don't want to ask God this question (what God wants us to do.) When Saul made the commitment to know what God wanted him to do, he forfeited everything.

Php 3:7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

Saul had everything to lose yet he was willing to give up everything. Jesus is not the LORD of our lives until we make Him our master in every part of our lives.

In John 5, the man who had an infirmity for 38 years could not get a chance to get healing by getting into the pool. Jesus asked him whether he wanted to be well. Surely Jesus knew he wanted to be well. The man explained why he was not well. He should have answered he wanted to be well. But Jesus was merciful and healed him.

Paul was blinded but he made a commitment and took the journey to die to self.

5. Die to self vv7-9

Act 9:7-9 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. (8) Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. (9) And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

What do we do when we are blind? Paul was blinded for 3 days. He did not eat or drink. He was blind physically but God opened his spiritual eyes.

Paul's Response:

1. A Commitment to Body Ministry: Serving Others (v10-17)

Act 9:10-17 Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord." (11) And the Lord said to him, "Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying, (12) and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight." (13) But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem. (14) And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name." (15) But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. (16) For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." (17) So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

2. A Commitment to the Public Declaration of Faith: Water Baptism and Testimony

Act 9:18,20 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized; (20) And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."

Water baptism is an outward act of an inward obedience in faith.

3. A Commitment to Body Life

(19) and taking food, he was strengthened. For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus.

Because he preached the Gospel to passionately his life was endangered.

We need to grow from infants (awareness) to children (receptiveness) to young men (believing) and ultimately to fathers (commitment.)

Commitment to cell life in a cell church like CBC is important for the following reasons.

1. Life in association with one another – People who become responsible to one another and for another.
   
2. God is real and active in our midst.
   
3. Learning is done through experiences in the cell community.
   
4. Every member is a minister.
   
5. Cell experience body life through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
   
6. Cell penetrates the community through Body Evangelism.
   
7. A church that can survive any government.
   

How do I get started?

1. Initiate a Paradigm Shift
   
2. Your Commitment to a Biblical Community & Authentic Relationship
   

Give a nudge – do it today

A Sharp Warning 当头棒喝

Ps Wong CM – 22 Jun 2008, 0930

We only know about prayer when we pray. When we begin to pray, we will find out that we know little about prayers and other things. On why pray when God already knows, Oswald Chambers wrote that it is for us to know Him for who He is. God's invitation to prayers is not due to our needs or requests but in the end we might come into knowledge of God. Prayer is the overflow of our relationship with God.

Any invitation to prayers is to do with God dealing with our hearts. Our flesh does not welcome prayer. It's easy to server, to run around and do things for God. But when it comes to prayer, every part of the body starts to revolt and recoil. As a Christian, this is a battle we fight throughout our whole lives. We often struggle because we do not understand the issue of the prayer which deals with the heart. To pray is to die, to pray is to work. That's why prayer is so difficult.

The whole core and journey of prayer is a revelation of the true state of the heart, it is to come into a confrontation of the real situation of our heart.

No man ever came to prayer ever boast about his prayer life. He will not take glory of it. The more he prays, the more crushing / humbling the experience he gets. Prayer is like breathing. We don't have to teach people to pray / breath. When we need to teach people to pray, it is already a sign of decay / death. Prayer is an indication of our spiritual health. We are not conscious of our health. We only become conscious when we get sick. It is only then when we begin to appreciate health and cannot wait to become healthy again.

Now that we have 'flu', we desperately want to be well again. We go see doctors and try remedies. Anything we do in our natural lives, we do it in our spiritual lives too. We eventually find the right food, right way to cure the flu and we begin a crusade to tell others how to get well from flu. We latch on to this particular experience and it became everything. It was a genuine experience but God did not meant for it to be like that. It became a distraction. But we don't have to even get flu in the beginning. If we have been following the rules (resting enough, getting enough water, etc.) we do not even have to get sick.

In our time of spiritual sickness and weakness, we begin to seek remedies. We start to pray and get the influx of joy, things begin to move and we become ok. That's not healthy. Will we let the state of wellbeing continue? Will we hold the mode of prayer? Prayer is demanding. The normal has become abnormal. Why do spend so much time in abnormalcy trying to discover the normalcy when it should be normal in normalcy? The 'juice' that worked is not the reason for health. This has become trap for many.

In the first place, we should not have become abnormal. We should be praying to such a point that we do not realize we are praying. Why is prayer a focus? It is because we have not been praying. Things are not in their right places. The 'juice' or emphasis of prayers will not last. We will be back to our own state (with the lack of prayer) and wait for another crisis to arise before we emphasize prayers again.

We need to read the Psalms, which is the overflow of a life of normalcy. They are the cry of the people to YHWH. It's the whole spectrum of man's normal relationship with God. It is the expression of a nation to God. We need to draw the heritage from the Psalms. More than half of the Psalms are written by a man who understands the dynamics of relationship with God; this is King David, a man after God's own heart. When a man is after God's heart, the peace of God is shared with that man. Something of God's nature is imparted into him; something in this man has come into the communion with God. He understood the state of normalcy.

Every time when we are discouraged or hurt we go to Psalms because Psalms came from a relationship with God where prayer is normal. Sometimes we miss the boat because we miss the centrality of the matter. We are sidetracked.

We meet people who swear by their own brand of 'juice.' It's a book, a person or a particular experience. Intercessors should not be diagnosed with this kind of abnormalcy. It can be spiritual clairvoyance where he or she is more sensitive to certain things. He / she the spiritual thermometer (e.g. the ear turns red when something is wrong.) In our shallowness, we give in to such things. We want to put the sanity back into our lives.

If we talk about prayer life, it is as though it is not normal. Just like the sunshine and the wind, we appreciate them but we are not paying attention to them as thought they are not normal.

Abnormalcy can show in the way of the way we read the Bible, in the way we divide doctrine and church governance. That's why we are not on the living edge. We are not fully functional.

(Psa 19:14) Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

This is the proof of a man living in the normalcy. Our prayer cannot be greater that our heart. Everything our mouths declare must first be agreed by our hearts. What we say must be the same of who we are. The prayer and the life must be the same. If our prayers are greater that our lives we are lying or being forced. We are impressed by the prayers of others. The English, the length and the voice impress us. The Bible doesn't mention prayer warriors or prayer giants. The Bible only mentions people who pray because it is normal.

That is why the Jews still read the Psalms even though they don't have a Messiah.

Jesus is sitting on the right hand of God exercising his high priesthood to intercede for us. Melchizedek liveth and interceded.

Christian marriages failed. An entire generation of kids in British doesn't want to live it. During a Teen Challenge meeting, children are devastated because they didn't see their parents and churches living the way they should.

We can only pray the prayers if we are living the lives in the normalcy.

There was crisis in David's life but he came back quickly. (Ps 51)

There is a stream or a river being opened. Until this is attended to, the Lord will hold back.

Isa 6:1-5 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. (2) Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. (3) And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!" (4) And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. (5) And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"

Who told Isaiah his lips were unclean? It was a prayer overflowing from a life of normalcy.

Realizing what is keeping us from prayer is not enough. It is not an indication of normalcy.

Jesus is abiding in this ministry of intercession. This is the mandate for the head of the church. How much more is it for the members of the body?

Prayer is not earth to heaven, it is heaven to earth. We are not born knowing how to pray. All our prayers are predicated on the premise of needs. Jesus' prayer in John 17 is about union. Until the union is in place, our prayer and our lives are abnormal.

Ps Wong Chew Mun, 22 Jun 2008, 1126

Joh 6:41-66 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."
(42) They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" (43) Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.
(44)
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
(45)
It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me--
(46)
not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
(47)
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
(48)
I am the bread of life.
(49)
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
(50)
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
(51)
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
Joh 6:52-60 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" (53) So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
(54)
Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
(55)
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
(56)
Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
(57)
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
(58)
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever."
(59) Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum. (60) When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?" Joh 6:61-66 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Do you take offense at this?
(62)
Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
(63)
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
(64)
But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) (65) And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."
(66) After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. Joh 6:67-71 So Jesus said to the Twelve, "Do you want to go away as well?"
(68) Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, (69) and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God." (70) Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."
(71) He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.

The seven miracles recorded in John point to a greater message than the miracles themselves.

By the time it was all through, Jesus went into the boat at the other side of the lake.

The people asked Jesus about his miracles (v30) but Jesus didn't answer them directly knowing they were more concerned in filling their stomach. God is not committed to answer all our answers. This is the issue of the Lordship of Jesus Christ over our life in our journey with Him.

"Who can listen to this" indicated the people were offended and uncomfortable. Many left. Jesus turned to the chosen twelve and asked them directly whether they wanted to leave. Reality confronted man at this point of time.

What was Jesus after? Jesus performed a miracle that was breathtaking, unprecedented and unparalleled.

There is a crisis in the Church today.

Sacramental = has intrinsic nature in our Christian life, something we require in our lives but we lack it or don't even possess it. To be sacramental mean the actual and real presence of God coming through in our everyday life. Even the material things become spiritual. Dichotomy is a problem in the lives of Christians. We departmentalize our lives. God is real when we come to church to worship Him on Sundays. But when we go back to our families or work places, God is not there. That is not sacramental. The life of a man and woman in God is to be a sacramental life. We must understand that as life and death hangs in the balance.

This explained the reason the people who just witnessed the miracle of feeding the thousands still did not get the message. This is the old ego and the centrality of man. They followed Jesus because they wanted something for themselves. Gradually and surely, Jesus turned to the crux of the matter.

The people even wanted to make Jesus a king after the miracle. Jesus knew what was in man and he didn't trust man. This is the same old trick that is being used today. Feed the bellies of a nation and you will be made a king. This is happening in Zimbabwe. When Jesus came to confront the matter, many are offended.

The entire Judaism teachings did not prepare the Jews for the teachings. They were given the Torah, the Talmuds, the Laws and the Psalms. But they were shocked. They found it barbaric for Jesus to suggest them to eat his flesh and drink his blood. It provoked moral convictions. The message wasn't neutral or mere informational. It did not just arouse intellectual engagements. It provoked anger even to the point of offending people.

The people received well the Sermon on the Mount (including the Beatitudes) but they were offended by this new teaching about eating his flesh and drink his blood. They turned around and refused to have anything to do with Jesus.

We have seen many miracles and enjoyed many blessings. Would we respond just like these people?

When we read this story after thousands of years we may be detached. We need the Holy Spirit to help us get connected.

While Jesus was dividing the bread and the fish He knew what He was doing.

The two (2) basic elements of life include eating and drinking. Take them out we cannot live. A machine can keep up alive without food and drinking but we are no longer in control and we are actually dead.

Jesus was not being literal. He didn't ask the people to kill one another and become cannibals. He was talking to Jews which was difficult. Israel has a history of God dwelling among them. The Jews had no problem with the idea that God living among them. They believe Jerusalem will one day become the capital city of their nation. Jesus came and took things one step further and this was where it hurt.

Christians today have no problem with Sunday morning religion. We dress up nicely and go to church and praise and worship. We are professional enough to tell whether a preacher is good or not.

Jesus came not only to dwell among the people but he wanted to manifest His presences in their everyday life including eating and drinking. Jesus wanted to be in our sacramental life. Jesus wanted to be in every area of our lives.

The church languishes in carnality for decades. The church members warm the church seats with their lives are not changed. This is a Christianity that is convenience to our own wish and desire. It is convenience and not obedience. We serve / pray / give according to our convenience. What if the reality of Christ goes into every area of our lives including our eating, drinking, pockets and our idiosyncrasies; it hurts.

When our prayer is greater than our lives, it promotes deceptions. Our prayer can only be in tandem from our lives. Our prayer comes out from our lives.

Paul confessed that the church is built on the foundation of the apostles. The entire superstructure of the universal church depends on this foundation. And yet, Jesus had no qualms asking them if the disciples were going to leave.

The Jews understood well human sacrifice. King Manasseh and his kingdom were judged for it.

The words from Jesus are life and spirit. The people didn't have the spirit yet. They didn't bother to wait and left. The spirit would come on Pentecost.

It tells us why our Christian youths are failing, Christian marriages are failing and our morality is failing. The God that we want is not the God that we want. We want a God in our image.

Jesus gave us a higher moral standard. No one is saved just by not taking another man's wife. Many people do not take another person's wife. But they think and have sexual fantasies. Many people do not steal. But we think and we are greedy. That hurts. Jesus says we are to eat his flesh and to drink his blood. He wants to be in our common lives, from habits to eating and drinking, from buying to selling. He said until we do that he knows us not.

The reason we cannot preach or share a message that is radical is because we do not know the Jesus that is radical. The Word is humanized. We know exactly where to put God. It's like floral arrangement. It's like the basic orders of life. That's how we are safe. There are Christians who are saved but not safe to live with. This is what perpetuated the departure of the thousands.

It was not accidental that Jesus chose the bread and the wine to represent his death. He told his closest disciples that when they eat the bread and drink the wine, they remember Him.

We have lost that. We come to church to gobble down a small piece of bread and a small cup of grape juice. The significance if lost to us.

It's surprising that Christians called themselves Christians for decades when the attitudes are not changed. They sit in their same seats for decades and yet their lives are not changed.

An estimated 850000 men and women died in died in the ethnic clash in Luanda in 1994. A mission worker went there for 6 months to help the rebuilding. She almost lost her faith and sanity. It took less than 4 months to have so many people killed. Time magazine said there were no more demons in hell because they went to Luanda. People who sought refuge in the churches were betrayed and turned over to the enemies. The Belgian missionaries pioneered mission works there. The churches were part of the massacre. They have a religion that didn't came across and a faith that is not apostolic.

We are stretching pastors beyond their capacity. Jesus didn't save us so He could give us what we want, to give us a comfortable live. He didn't come to give us bigger houses and more money. He came so he could turn our lives inside out and to be conform to the will of God.

There will be a Lordship of authority.

Pray and Praise!

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We the Church. You can send prayer request and praises in a twitterish manner.

Follow whose guidance?

Casting Crown has a song called What If His People Pray. I love Casting Crown. I'll share the lyrics here.

What If His People Prayed Lyrics
What if the armies of the Lord
Picked up and dusted off their swords
Vowed to set the captive free
And not let satan have one more

What if the Church, for heaven's sake
Finally stepped up to the plate
Took a stand upon God's promise
And stormed hell's rusty gates

Chorus I:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His faith, yeah
And turn from their old ways

And what would happen if we prayed
For those raised up to lead the way
Then maybe kids in school could pray
And unborn children see light of day

What if the life that we pursue
Came from a hunger for the truth
What if the family turned to Jesus
Stopped asking Oprah what to do

Chorus I:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face yeah
And turn from their own way
Chorus II:
He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear, yeah
If only we would pray

Bridge:
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray
If My people call by My name
If they'll humble themselves and pray

Choruses:
What if His people prayed
And those who bear His name
Would humbly seek His face, yeah
And turn from their old ways
He said that He would hear
His promise has been made
He'll answer loud and clear yeaah
If only we would pray

(Choruses and bridge ad lib)

The last line of the 2nd stanza has a reference to Oprah. It is no joke. Do not underestimate the influence of Oprah and the power of media.

I share with you some resources that explains the situation.

The Church of Oprah Exposed
Oprah's Spirituality: Exploring a New Earth
Oprah's Spirituality: It's No Secret
Oprah and Eckhard Tolle's New Earth
Genuine Jesus or Counterfeit Christ?
Ancient New Age

The world is not my home.

I once was lost but now I'm found

That is the song of the bag of Ngui Wen Jie, Jesse, son of Ngui Yuen Loong.

Jesse has scout meeting in school yesterday. Like all his other friends, he put his bag in the canteen and went for the activities. When they came back, Jesse found his bag missing. He could not find it even with his friends' help.

I have lost quite a bit of things in school myself. But the school bag is something I have never lost.

When Jesse was in Yuk Chai, a confused school mate took his bag home, leaving his own one. They got their respective bags back later. That's fine.

But a missing bag?

I told him it's not the money (well, it is but not as significant) but the responsibility. He should take care of what was given to him. I told him about the lost time to catch up on the homework. Kathleen thought he could use the extra work since he didn't do them too seriously the first time.

At around 2:30 p.m, I called home and found Jesse watching 我猜我猜我猜猜猜while cooking instant noodles. His bag was found in the canteen. The pencil box is gone. Ok. Praise God. We pray that whoever took Jesse's pencil box will feel the love inside it. We pray that he / she / they will know Jesus one day.

I'd have asked you to pray for the retrieval of the bag. But I didn't want to bother you. We prayed and God listened. Praise God. Thank God.

God is good. All the time. And all the time. God is good.

Translation - A Father's Prayer for His Child's First Day In School

I promised to translate this in May. Here it is now. A father's prayer on the start of school

Act 2:39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself." Lord Jesus, today is the first day at school for my son. This tiny tot has been under our tender loving care since young. I can hardly bring myself to lead him to the school gate and bid him farewell. I am most fearful of the fact that he doesn't know how terrible the outside world is. The world today is so much different from the day I first went to school. Soon, he will find out the home he has been for six years is different from the outside world. Father in Heaven, I pray that you will keep him within your powerful arms, help him to understand it is ok to be different, it is ok not to sweat, it is ok not to lie and it is definitely ok to follow what he has been taught at home. The great journey of life will soon show its ugly side, faster than our time. In this fallen world, younger kids can get drugs from older kids, graphical images in the news and tv shows are filled with violence and gores and these things don't seem like they will disappear from the world. Lord Jesus, I am also worried that he will begin to face a different set of values and views. He will be spending more than 30 hours in classes every week, far more than the time we will be spending together, please strengthen the foundation we lay for him since young. Even though he is still a child, we pray that you will help him to tell rith from wrong, to discern between truth and lies and that he can uphold justice even when he is alone. O, Lord Jesus, the busy crowd is making me uncomfortable. Help him to choose friends. Help me as a father to know when to say yes and when to say no. We have been trying to help him understand that the most important thing to be righteous. But soon he will discover, this is not always the principle in the outside world. Father God, take his hand and lead him every step of the way. Please help him to understand that not everyone can be trusted. But without trust between one another, we cannot establish lasting friendship and we will not be able to learn to love one another. I pray that God you will help him to remember all that we have taught him, whenever there is a villain, there is a hero; whenever there is an enemy, there is a friend. Where there are fallen people, there are also righteous people. Wherever there are temptations to make you fall, there are doorways to escape. We hope that he can understand that if he does not try his best, he will disappoint us and you. But when he has tried his best, no matter win or lose, we will be proud of him. Lord, we pray that you will help him to realize that there is no shame in failure as long as he has tried his best. But if he is lying and cheating to win, then he is bringing shame to your name. Lord, there is one more thing. I hope my son will be a strong Christian, not only know you and love you but can also become a leader, a light in the darkness of the world, to resist the enemy of today and to impact the world. I shudder to think of what he may face. But when I think of the precious promise you gave to me, my child and those who trust in you, I am in joy. Thank you Lord, thank you for the blessed assurance. It allows me to bid adieu to my son in the school gate.

Prayer meeting last night

I had time to go home to take a shower and had dinner at my parents' before I went to the prayer meeting.

It was raining. The traffic was bad. It started slightly later than scheduled. But once it got started, it went full force.

I like the new format of blending worship with prayer. This is the service of the harp and incense. They should go together. Always.

When worship is no longer something we want to get out of the way before we can start with the list of items to pray (which incidentally is something we want to get out of the way before it's time we go home) we allow the Spirit to move in us. We are free to sing and pray.

The flow was ok. I was the concierge for Charmaine. I tried to get her the music notes. I also joined in the singing and praying.

It was good. Wish you were there with us.

Say, I have been only blogging about sermons and prayers. I'll get back to other things soon.

To pray or not to pray

I have a penchant of skipping the corporate prayer. This is especially so when we met monthly.

Now that it's a weekly meeting, I attend more often. Still, sometimes due to work, sickness, mood, I'd give it a skip.

Last Wednesday, I was not feeling well. I had running nose and the beginning of a sore throat. However, I still went to the church because I didn't think I could walk home. I went there to get a ride from Kathleen who would go there with Jesse. They didn't turn up. I joined in the prayer and worship (these two should always go together, harp and incense mah.) I had a good time. I felt healthy. I got a ride home.

Yesterday, I had fever. But I wanted to go to the church to just find out if the projector worked. It didn't. By the time I tried everything, almost everyone was there. I moved the PC so everyone could see the monitor. (I always wanted to have worship without having to read words. Matt Redman once led a worship with NO singing. And he said it was good.) And once again I stayed because I didn't feel strong enough to walk home. K and Jesse came. I once again joined in the worship and prayer, helping in whatever little way I could. Again I had a good time. But I still didn't feel fully recovered.

If I were to go home both times, walk or taking a taxi, I would probaly go home feeling sick and wallow in self-pity. That's not good.

A few children prayed last night. We need to encourage them to seek the Lord themselves.

Of course, we ourselves need to pray.

A Father's Prayer for the Son's First Day in School

I picked this up from the Bible Broadcasting Network. I will work on the translation possible on Sunday evening. For those who could read, can you feel the love? 一位父亲在开学日的祷告

「这应许是给你们，和你们的儿女，并一切在远方的人，就是主我们神所召来的。」(使徒行传 2:39) 主耶稣，今天是我儿子上学的第一天。 这个小不点，从小就受到我们无微不至的照顾。 要把他带到校门口，跟他说再见，心里真是舍不得。 但是最令我害怕的，就是他不知道外面的世界多吓人，现在的世界跟我当时第一天上学的情况相比，简直是天壤之别。 他很快就会发现，那个他住了六年的家，跟外面的世界截然不同。 天父，我求祢用祢有力的膀臂环绕着他，帮助他了解与众不同是没有关系的，不跟着其他孩子说脏话是没有关系的，不说谎是没有关系的，持守我们在家里所教导的也是没有关系的。 生命伟大的冒险旅程很快就要显出它丑恶的一面，速度比我们那个年代还快。 在这堕落的世界，年纪小的孩子可以从年纪大的孩子那里拿到毒品，新闻和戏剧中充斥着血腥暴力的画面，这些似乎不可能从这个世界上消失。 主耶稣，我还担心另外一点，那就是他将面对与我们所相信的不同的价值和观念。 他每周会花 30 个小时在课堂上，远超过我们在一起的时间，求主坚固我们在他小时候所建立的基础，就算他现在还只是个孩子，我也求主帮助他能分别对错，分别真理和谎言，就算孤独，他也能持守公义。 喔，主耶稣，那熙来攘往的人群也令我不安。 求祢帮助他能慎选益友，帮助我这个为父的，知道何时该说「好」，何时该说「不好」。我们一直试着让他明了，最重要的，就是要行得正。但是很快他就会发现，这并不总是在外面生活的法则。父神，求祢牵着他的小手，一步步带领他。 求祢帮助他了解，不是所有人都值得信任，但人与人之间若没有信任，我们就无法建立起持久的友谊，也无法学会彼此相爱的功课。 求主帮助他记得我们所教导他的：哪里有坏蛋，哪里就有英雄。哪里有敌人，哪里就有朋友。哪里有堕落的人，哪里就有正直的人。哪里有试探要引诱你跌倒的，哪里就有出路让你逃脱。 我们希望他了解，如果他凡事不尽力，他就让我们失望，也让祢失望。但是当他尽力时，无论他是输是赢，我们都会以他为荣。 神啊，求祢帮助他了解，失败没有什么可耻的，只要他尽力就好。但是如果他是靠说谎或欺骗来赢得胜利，他就是羞辱祢的名了。 神啊，还有一件事情。 我渴望我的儿子能成为一个坚强的基督徒，不但认识祢，爱祢，而且能成为领袖，成为这黑暗世界的一盏明灯，抵挡现今的仇敌，影响这个世界。 每当我想到他所面对的，我就不禁颤抖。但是因着我想到祢对我、对我的孩子、对所有信靠祢的人，你对我们所做的宝贵应许，我就欢喜快乐。 感谢主，感谢祢给我们的确据， 这让我能安心地在校门口对我的孩子说「再见」。

作者： 圣经广播网 发表于： 10/5/2007 3:41 PM

Whoa! Another ganglion.

On Thursday, I noticed a little lump (1 cm in diameter) on my wrist (near the thumb.)

I didn't know what was it. I thought I could have sprained it. I thank you for all your prayers.

I got it checked this morning. It's a ganglion. To be specific, it's a volar wrist ganglion.

The ganglion is right on top of my artery and vein. So, if surgery is required, the surgeon has to be more careful. If it were not so, I can request all of you (my dear church members) to take turn whacking it with a Bible to burst it. Heh.

In 2 weeks' time, we shall know if surgery is required. Doctors do not know the cause of ganglions but they theorize that repetitive strain could be one factor.

Just found out that besides being known as Bible cyst, a ganglion is also known as Bible bumps or Gideon's disease for the unorthodox book-whacking treatment.

Do continue to pray for me. Thank you. May the Lord bless you richly.

Who's with me to start a Boiler Room?

Find out what's a 24/7 Boiler Room.

What is a 24-7 Boiler Room Community?

The Purposes, Principles & Practices of a Boiler Room

A 24-7 Boiler Room is a simple Christian community that practices a daily rhythm of prayer, study and celebration whilst caring actively for the poor and the lost.

(i) The Two Purposes: a 24-7 Boiler Room exists to love God in prayer and to love its neighbours in practice. These purposes are contextualised in community and expressed in a defined location.

(ii) The Three Principles: at the heart of every Boiler Room is a living community committed to being 1. Authentic: True to Christ. 2. Relational: Kind to People. 3. Missional: Taking the Gospel to the World.

(iii) The Six Practices: Every Boiler Room Community applies the three principles practically through six core activities:

A Boiler Room is true to Christ by being:

+++ A prayerful community practicing a daily rhythm of intercession, contemplation and Christian worship.

+++ A creative community where artistic expressions of prayer and worship may take the form of art, sculpture, new music, poetry, dance etc.

A Boiler Room is kind to people by being:

+++ A merciful community where the practical needs of the local poor are met and where liberation is championed.

+++ A hospitable community where pilgrims are welcomed, meals are shared and where friendships can flourish across boundaries of race and culture.

A Boiler Room is committed to the sharing the gospel by being:

+++ A missional community existing for the sake of those who don’t know Jesus both locally and cross-culturally. To act as well as to pray.

+++ A learning community of training and discipleship, where people are growing in their faith, their life-skills and their ability to lead.

Do we have what it takes to establish a Boiler Room here?

Pray and work

This is something Hudson Taylor said.

"I have seen many men work without praying, though i have never seen any good come out of it; but i have never seen a man pray without working." ~ Hudson Taylor

Click here for the whole article.

Global Day of Prayer on Jun 4

June 4 is the Global Day of Prayer. Malaysia is in the list of registered countries.

The 10-day prayer Guildlines (English and Traditional Chinese) and Materials are available.

The 10-day prayer guidlines are also available in various languages here.

I am sure prayer is already our lifestyle. Do pray.

You can get Chinese resources from here.

This is a very beautiful 10-day prayer based on Scripture. I can feel the power just reading it. If we pray it ... wow.

全球祷告日
2006
10天的「经文祷告」

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经文祷告！第一天：五月廿五日 星期四

基督国度转化的大能

天 父，我们祈求祢的国降臨，祢的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。1 祢是宇宙的王，我们为世界列国的教会來到祢面前敬拜祢，祢是管治万国的。2 祢的宝座是永永远远的，祢的国权是正直的。3从各族各民，我们传說祢国的荣耀，谈論祢的大能，好叫世人知道祢大能的作为，并祢国度威严的荣耀。祢的国是永 远的国，祢执掌的权柄存到万代。4

因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们，政权必担在祂的肩头上。祂名称为「奇妙策士」、「全能的 神」、「永在的父」、「和平的君」！祂的政权与平安必加增无穷。祂必在戴维的宝座上治理祂的国，以公平公义使国坚定稳固，从今直到永远。5 我们着意于自己的需要和建立自己的国度上，而忘记在各民中建立祢的居所，求祢饶恕。6 求祢照明我们心中的眼睛，使我们可以知道祢的恩召有何等指望；祢在圣徒中得的基业有何等丰盛的荣耀；并知道祢向我们这信的人所显的能力是何等浩大，就是照 祢在基督身上所运行的大能大力，使基督从死裡復活，叫祂在天上坐在祢的右边，远超过一切执政的、掌权的、有能的、主治的和一切有名的，不但是今世的，連來 世的也都超过了。7 我们屈膝和承认耶稣是主和祂圣名的权柄。8

我们祈求更多信徒听到并明白天国福音的话语，这种子被撒在被准备好的心田上，以致这一代有一个极大的收割。9 求祢转化我们的生命，使我们像世上的盐和散布各国中的酵。10

我 们称颂至高者，赞美尊崇永活的神。11 我们宣告日子将到，有宝座设立，而祢这位亘古常在者将要坐在宝座上。祢的衣服洁白如雪，头发如纯净的羊毛。祢的宝座乃火焰，其輪乃裂火，在祢面前侍立的有 千千万万。祢坐着要行审判，案卷都展开了。然后有一位像人子的，驾着天云來到祢面前，祢赐祂权柄、荣耀和国度，使各方、各国、各族的人都事奉祂。祂的权柄 是永远的，不能废去；祂的国必不败坏。然而，至高者的圣民，必要得国享受，直到永远。12 我们連同在天上、地上、地底下、沧海裡和天地间一切所有被造之物同唱：「但愿颂赞、尊贵、荣耀、权势都归给坐宝座的和羔羊，直到永永远远！」13

我们现在向各民宣告：「众城门哪，你们要抬起头來！永久的门户，你们要被举起！那荣耀的王将要进來。」14 阿们！

1 太6:9,10. 2诗22:27,28. 3诗45:6. 4诗145:11-13. 5赛9:6,7. 6该1:4-8. 7弗1:18-21. 8腓2:10-11. 9太13:3-23. 10太5:13; 太13:34. 11但4:34. 12但7:9,10,13,14,18. 13启5:13. 14诗24:7.

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经文祷告！第二天：五月廿六日 星期五

合一的祷告

父、 子、圣靈，一神，我们宣告身体只有一个，圣靈只有一个，正如我们蒙召，同有一个指望。一主，一信，一洗，一神，就是众人的父，超乎众人之上，贯乎众人之 中，也住在众人之内。1 我们祈求赐忍耐、安慰的神，叫我们各族各民的教会彼此同心，寻求祢的面，使我们一心一口荣耀神、我们主耶稣基督的父。帮助我们彼此接纳，如同基督接纳我们 一样，使荣耀归与神。2

我们承认，我们过去行事为人，与基督的福音不相称，但现在我们愿以坚定不移同一的心志，为所信的福音齐心努 力。3 我们承认我们单顾自己的事，而不顾别人的事。现在我们又承认我们贪图虚浮的荣耀。我们存心谦卑在祢面前，祈求祢帮助我们能看别人比自己强。4 当我们齐來同心祷告，赐我们彼此体恤，相爱如弟兄，存慈憐的心，不以惡报惡，不以辱骂还辱骂，倒要祝福，好叫我们能承受祝福。5 我们不要自以为聪明，志气高大，倒要俯就卑微的人。6 帮助我们用爱心互相宽容，不要以自己为中心，如同基督不求自己的喜悦，7 并竭力保守圣靈所赐合而为一的心。8 又求祢除去任何妨碍我们祷告的不圣洁的结盟。9

感谢祢赐我们使徒，先知，传福音的，牧师和教 师。为要成全圣徒，各尽其职，建立基督的身体，直等到我们众人在真道上同归于一，认識神的儿子，得以长大成人，满有基督长成的身量，使我们不再作小孩子， 中了人的诡计和欺骗的法术，被一切異教之风摇动，飘來飘去，就随从各样的異端。惟用爱心說诚实话，凡事长进，連于元首基督。全身都靠祂聯络得合式，百节各 按各职。10 耶稣应许我们，当我们同心合意地求甚么事，那么我们在天上的父的祢 ，必为我们成全和会在我们中间。11

鼓勵我们在等候祢的应许中坚持而不灰心。12 感谢祢，虽然我们软弱和本不晓得怎样祷告，圣靈却替我们祷告。祢是鉴察人心的，请听我们的祷告。13

现在，愿使人有盼望的神，因信将諸般的喜樂平安充满我们的心，使我们借着圣靈的能力大有盼望。14 阿们！

1弗4:4-6. ² 羅15:1-7. ³ 腓1:27. 4腓2:2-4. 5彼前3:8-9. 6羅12:16. 7羅15:1-3. 8弗4:2-3.
9启17:13. 10弗4:11-16. 11太18:19-20. 12路18:1. 13羅8:25-27. 14羅15:13.

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经文祷告！第三天：五月廿七日 星期六

神的靈浇灌一切

主 耶稣基督的父，感谢祢赐圣靈指教、引領和安慰，以致我们活在祢的命定与时刻中。1 感谢祢，在圣靈降臨节那天（约1970多年前），当祢遵守祢的应许，将祢的靈浇灌凡有血气的，教会便借着火的洗禮诞生了。2感谢祢以圣靈浇灌來证明耶稣的 献上已被祢接纳，好叫我们得与祢和好，并祂已被尊崇在祢的右边。3 感谢祢，当世界上许多国家加入「全球祷告日」，祢藉圣靈让教会得着能力，在列国中传扬耶稣基督的福音，和見证祢的信实。4 感谢祢因着圣靈的恩赐，同证祢愿所有的人都认識祢的话语。5

感谢祢，借着圣靈，儿子的名份，6 让我们可以认識祢和呼叫祢「阿爸，父！」7 祢没有撇下我们，更赐我们一位保惠师。8 感谢祢，赐圣靈作我们得救赎的印记，祂是那等着我们去得着的基业的凭据，借着祂我们得以成圣。9 我们成为祢圣靈的殿，我们是属于祢的。10 感谢祢，借着圣靈洗涤、洁净和刚强我们，使我们可以真实地成为祢的居所。11 请饶恕我们多次叫圣靈担忧和消灭圣靈的感动或拒绝顺服祢的带領和敌挡祢。12 保守我们永远不会干犯、悖逆圣靈或向圣靈說谎，以致祢不会作我们的仇敌和敌挡我们。13

祢的靈赐我们智慧和胆量，向所有人，甚至在位 的，分享祢的道。14 赐我们更大的胆量，即使当我们受逼迫的时候，我们仍能传讲真理，而不会对于祢的爱和在我们心裡的盼望缄默。15 帮助我们铭记当我们的信仰受威吓时，祢的靈会赐我们当說的话。16 赐我们智慧，使我们知道怎样服侍有需要的人。17 祢赐给我们不是胆怯的心，乃是刚强、仁爱、谨守的心。18 让圣靈所结的果子在并且透过我们的生命被彰显出來。19

神啊，我们渴慕 祢，如同干旱疲乏无水之地，我们切望祢的靈再次浇灌。20 主啊，赐我们更新的时刻和復兴我们。21 耶稣邀请我们：「人若渴了，可以到我这裡來喝！信我的人，就如经上所說：『从祂腹中要流出活水的江河來。』」请让这圣靈的活水满足我们对祢的渴慕，并涌流 出生命到各族各民。22 愿圣靈差遣我们出去，又借着祂的能力使我们满有盼望。23

來，我们请圣靈來，叫世人为罪、为义、为审判，自己责备自己。24 又让祢的教会增多，行事为人敬畏主，并得着祢圣靈的安慰。25 阿们！

1 约14:26. 2珥2:28-32; 徒2:1-14;17-21; 太3:11. 3徒2:33. 4徒1:8. 5箴1:23; 林前12:1-30; 來2:4. 6羅8:15;加4:6. 7弗1:17. 8约14:16,18;约15:26. 9弗1:13,14; 帖后 2:13; 彼前1:2. 10林前6:19. 11多3:5; 弗3:16. 12弗4:30; 帖前5:19; 徒5:51. 13太12:32; 徒5:3; 赛63:10,11. 14但4:9; 5:11; 徒4:18. 15徒4:31; 羅5:5. 16可3:11; 路12:11-12. 17徒6:3. 18提后1:7. 19加5:22-23. 20诗66:1; 赛44:3. 21徒3:19; 诗85:6. 22约7:37-39. 23徒13:4; 羅15:13.
24约16:7-8. 25徒9:31.

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经文祷告！第四天：五月廿八日 星期日

悔改：叫多人能从罪中转向基督裡的新生命

主 啊，我们的神，祢是大而可畏的神，祢向爱祢守祢诫命的人守约施慈爱。祢是公义的，因着我们对祢不忠，我们是脸上蒙羞的。我们和我们的列祖都犯罪作孽，行惡 悖逆，偏離祢的诫命典章，纵然我们违背了祢，但祢我们的神是憐悯饶恕人的。神啊，求祢因祢名的缘故，垂听仆人的祈祷恳求，求祢侧耳而听，睁眼而看，眷顾我 们荒凉之地，求主应允而行。1

我们这基督的跟随者，今天在我们不同的国家中站立在祢面前，撕裂心肠，求祢的憐悯和恩典臨到我们的国 家；祢是有恩典，有憐悯，不轻易发怒，且有丰盛的慈爱。2 我们尽心尽性归服祢。3 赐我们属神的忧愁，这样就生出引致救恩和生命的懊悔來，4 使我们远離引致死亡的世俗忧愁。让我们的懊悔生出殷勤和自责，叫我们的惡行被洁净，使我们敬畏祢，在我们裡面造出一个要按祢的道而活的强烈意愿与热情。5 让我们真的结出果子來，行事为人都与悔改的心相称（太3:8; 徒26:20）。启示我们真知道祢是谁，以致我们能和乔布說：「我从前风闻有祢，现在亲眼看見祢。因此我厌惡自己，在尘土和爐灰中懊悔。」7 求祢涂抹我们的罪，靠近我们，赐我们从主面前來到那更新的日子。8 求祢从天上垂听，赦免我们的罪，医治我们的地。」9

主耶稣基督， 祢命令我们要向列国奉祢的名传悔改、赦罪的道。10 因祢不喜悦惡人死亡，11 祢的话說：「惡人当離弃自己的道路，不义的人当除掉自己的意念，归向耶和华，耶和华就必憐恤祂…神必广行赦免。」12 祢，主耶稣，來到世上召罪人悔改，13 求祢赐那抵挡祢的人悔改的心，可以明白真道而醒悟，脱離魔鬼的网羅。14 当我们向列国传神悔改和信靠主耶稣基督的福音时，愿天上有喜樂，因着众罪人悔改和回转归祢。15 赐我们话语，叫我们刚强壮胆，以致无人能敌挡我们靠智慧和圣靈所說的话。16

圣靈，请祢來，叫世人为不信的罪，为在耶稣裡找到的义，因为祂在父神的右边，为这世界的王撒旦受了审判，自己责备自己。17

父啊，是祢的良善和恩慈領我们悔改。18 我们爱，因为祢先爱我们，19 惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候为我们死，祢的爱就在此向我们显明了（羅5:8）20。让罪人明白这真理，就觉得扎心而归向祢。21 阿们！

1 但9:3-19. 2珥2:13. 3王上8:48. 4林后7:9-10; 徒44:18. 5林后7:11. 6太3:8; 徒26:20. 7伯42:5-6 8徒3:19. 9代下7:14. 10路24:47. 11结18:23. 12赛55:7-8. 13太9:13. 14提后2:25-26. 15路15:10; 徒20:21. 16徒6:10. 17约16:8-11. 18羅2:4. 19约一4:19. 20羅5:8. 21徒2:37

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经文祷告！第五天：五月廿九日 星期一

基督的平安 ── 带來转化的关系

主耶稣基督，祢是教会全体之首，祢是元始，是从死裡首先復生的，祢在凡事上居首位。父喜欢叫一切的丰盛在祢裡面居住，并借着祢在十字架上所流的血成就了和平，叫万有都与祢自己和好了。1

我 们作为教会承认，我们没有正确分辨祢的身体，我们却看自己过于所当看的，忘记我们是有很多肢体的身体，也忘记肢体不都是有一样的用处，但我们仍然互相聯络 作肢体。2 我们承认我们随着自己的欲心，无故地自高自大，作为一个身体不持定元首，使身体受苦，筋节不得以相助聯络，而不得长进。3 我们不断的相咬相吞，因缺乏爱而彼此消灭。4 求祢饶恕我们，重修我们的关系。祢配搭这身子，没有分门别類，能够彼此相顾，并一同受苦，就如一个肢体得荣耀，所有的肢体就一同快樂。5 求祢保守我们合而为一，像祢和天父一样。愿祢的祷告蒙应允，叫父因祂名的大能和赐给祢的名，使我们的合一能于彼此间的爱中彰显出來。6 因为世人是透过这爱认出我们是属于祢的。7

主耶稣基督，帮助我们脱去我们从前行为上的旧人，这旧人是因私欲的迷惑渐渐变坏的。又将我 们的心志改换一新，叫我们穿上新人，这新人是照着神的形像造的，有真理的仁义和圣洁，以致我们能互为肢体地一起生活。8 让基督的平安在我们心裡做主，9 所以当我们禁食祷告，谦卑自己寻求祢面的时候，祢会垂听应允我们的祷告和医治我们的地。10

祢向教会所启示的这奥秘，就是外邦人在基督耶稣裡，借着福音，得以与以色列人同为后嗣，同为一体，同蒙应许。11 当我们作为世上的列国一起祷告，求祢重建我们，就是教会，那是照祢从万世以前所定的旨意。12 当我们在合一裡彼此接纳，愿祢的名被称颂。13

看哪，弟兄姊妹和睦同居，是何等的善，何等的美！这好比那贵重的油浇在我们大祭司的头上，流到胡须，因在合一那裡有耶和华所命定的福，就是永远的生命。14 愿祢的教会经歷这样的生命，如同这油从头流至身体，全都聯合成为一。

主耶稣基督，祢是和平的君，借着祢我们得与神相和。15 是神所赐出人意外的平安，在基督耶稣裡，保守我们的心怀意念。16 祢将这传和平与和好的信息，交托我们，就是祢的教会。17 愿赐平安的神与我们同在，掌管我们的心。18 阿们！

1 西1:18-20. 2羅12:3-5. 3西2:18-19. 4加5:14-15. 5林前12:24-27. 6约17:11. 7约13:35. 8弗4:22-25. 9西3:15. 10赛58:3-4; 代下7:14. 11弗3:6. 12弗2:15; 弗3:10,11. 13羅15:7. 14诗133:1-3. 15赛9:6; 羅5:1. 16腓4:7.
17徒10:36; 林后5:18. 18腓4:9.

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经文祷告！第六天：五月卅日 星期二

将近的世代 ── 神对家庭和孩童的旨意

我 们主耶稣基督的父，我们在祢面前屈膝，地上的各家，都是从祢得名。1 我们万族的家庭要将祢名所当得的荣耀归给祢，我们在列邦中要說：「耶和华作王！祂要按公正审判众民。」2 祢应许埃布尔拉罕，地上所有的家庭都要因他和借着他的后裔得福。3 祢借着差遣祢的儿子死在十字架上，使我们能与祢和好，祢是真的祝福了我们。4

因 为所有家庭的源头都在于祢，我们求祢医治和重建世上的家庭。我们承认我们家庭经歷的许多痛苦是因我们的惡行。我们承认我们在婚姻、教养儿女及照顾孤儿上， 都没有按祢的标准而活。5 我们忽视了祢的命令，就是丈夫要爱妻子，如同基督爱教会；妻子要顺服和尊敬自己的丈夫，如同教会顺服主。6 我们借着基督的血得以彼此和好。7 帮助我们尊重自己的身体和对祢所交托我们的负责任。8 让我们的婚姻再次反映祢与教会的关系，9 使祢得荣耀。

我 们又承认我们作为儿女的，没有顺服我们的父母，又没有照祢的命令孝顺他们。10 作为父母的，我们承认没有以圣洁的生活方式作儿女的榜样。我们使他们跌倒，又惹他们的气；我们没有向他们谈論祢，归荣耀给祢，以致他们对祢变得悖逆和不 忠。11 我们需要祢的洁净和医治。请祢來，用祢的道洁净我们的家庭。12 祢是孤儿的父、寡妇的伸寃者，祢看見我们因自己的奸惡毒害所引致的苦恼忧伤。求祢将公义带给我们，拯救我们的孩童，压碎那欺压人的。13 让我们的孩子再次成为从主而來的产业，将喜樂带给我们的心。14 主耶稣，祢邀请小孩子到祢那裡去，又应许在神国的，正是他们这样的人。15 让这邀请达到那被遗弃、失丧无家的亿万儿童。让我们这代回转归向祢，为祢的名带來荣耀，并以恩慈待我们，直至我们将祢的能力向下一代宣告，以致后世的人能 听到祢16 并长大成人去赞美祢的名。17

所以，我们现在呼求祢，父啊，是祢使我们生在祢家裡，求祢使祢创造我们的旨意，在教会中再 次得着修復，叫我们行在爱中，成为馨香的供物和祭物献给祢。18 感谢祢收纳了我们，使我们能呼叫：「阿爸，父！」19 求祢向万民启示祢的父亲身份，并让他们听到祢邀请他们生在祢家。20 阿们！

1弗3:14,15. 2诗96:7-10. 3创12:3. 4西1:20. 5赛1:23. 6弗5:22-23; 彼前3:7. 7林后5:18; 林前7:11. 8林前7:2-5. 9弗5:22-25. 10提后3:2; 出20:12. 11弗1:4-6; 诗78:4-8. 12弗5:26. 13诗68:5; 诗10:14. 14诗127:3-5; 诗72:4. 15可10:14. 16诗71:18. 17诗102:18. 18弗5:1,2. 19羅8:15. 20太11:27; 彼前1:23.

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经文祷告！第七天：五月卅一日 星期三

神的呼召 ── 听祂的声音

我 们在天上的父，我们連同天上的众子，要将荣耀和能力归给祢。将祢的名所当得的荣耀归给祢，以圣洁的妆饰敬拜祢。祢的声音发在列国（水上），荣耀的神打雷， 耶和华在列国（大水）之上。祢的声音大有能力；是的，我们神的声音满有威严。祢的声音震破香柏树；是的，耶和华震碎黎巴嫩的香柏树。祢声音使火焰分岔！祢 的声音震动旷野（列国的黑暗）；祢的声音惊动母鹿落胎，树木也脱落净光；凡在祢殿的（教会的心）都称說：「荣耀！」 1

天父，祢說： 「要有光！」就有了光。2 祢差派祢的儿子來到我们世界的黑暗中，道成了肉身！3 于是就有了光… ！感谢祢差派祢的儿子，使我们得見真光，心中有指望。4 祢有声音从天上出來，吩咐我们要听祢儿子的话。5 耶稣說祂是好牧人，祂的羊都认得祂的声音。6 帮助我们分辨谎话和真理，并且真正认出祢的声音。7 也在我们听到祢声音的时候，帮助我们不要硬着心和叛逆祢。求祢煉净和洗净我们，以致我们没有凶惡不信的心，反而我们对祢存着信靠。8

开通我们的耳朵來耹听并顺服，因为祢說：「…听命胜于献祭…。」9 求祢赦免我们曾经听見祢的声音，却没有留心，不顺服也没有照祢所吩咐的去行。让我们再次听到祢的声音，随着祢的指引來跟随祢。10

纵 然外邦喧嚷，列国动摇，我们祈求世上列国都听到祢的声音，11 让那些不认識祢或不着意顺服祢的，得見祢的大能并且跪拜祢。12 赐我们祢的话语，好使我们向政府和領袖說话，帮助他们行在祢的道路中。13 帮助我们亲近祢，領受祢希望藉祢的教会传递的信息。14 也祈求祢赐我们能力去宣讲并将福音翻译成为各民各族的语言。15

现在是唤醒祢新妇的时候，让教会听到新郎的声音并为祢将心敞开。16 求祢帮助我们紧紧地靠近祢，以致我们听到祢心所渴望，并献上自己为祢所用。17 时候将到，死人要听見祢的声音，我们将要復活得生，18 永远和祢在一起。阿们！

1诗29:1-9. 2创1:3. 3约1:1-14. 4弗1:18. 5可9:7. 6约10:3-5; 14-16. 7约18:37. 8來3:7-15.
9诗40:6; 撒上15:22-24. 10赛30:21. 11诗46:6. 12出5:2. 13可3:11 14申5:25-27. 15徒2:11.
16歌2:8; 5:2. 17赛6:8. 18约5:25-29.

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经文祷告！第八天：六月一日 星期四

耶稣的荣耀 ── 为祂的名受苦

主 耶稣基督，祢呼召我们，纵然在苦难中都跟随祢。祢被辱骂和蒙受不公平的对待，但祢从不还口，只将自己交托那按公义审判人的主。1 祢必须受苦，好叫我们的罪得蒙赦免，2 又因着祢的顺服和甘愿受苦，我们得称为义。感谢祢背负我们的痛苦，为我们受鞭伤和击打，叫我们从父神裡得享平安、永生。3

祢称为义受 逼迫的人有福了，当我们按祢的名祝福那些辱骂和逼迫我们的人，祢应许我们在天上的赏赐是大的。4 帮助我们有祢一样的心志，好使我们为神的旨意而活，5 使我们能像早期教会为主受苦一样心裡欢喜，因被算是配为这名受辱。6 保羅宣告凡立志在基督耶稣裡敬虔度日的，也都要受逼迫。求主帮助我们明白受苦的意义。7 帮助我们如保羅所說：「我们只愿认識基督，晓得祂復活的大能，并且晓得和祂一同受苦，效法祂的死，或者我也得以从死裡復活。」8 帮助我们愿意为教会受苦，好叫祢的荣耀在我们中间彰显。9 又赦免我们曾以为主作見证为耻。10

我们为那些因主的名受苦和被逼迫的， 祈求祢会成全他们，坚固他们，赐力量给他们。11 帮助我们都說：「被人咒骂，我们就祝福；被人逼迫，我们就忍受；被人毁谤，我们就善劝。」12 我们受敌，却不被困住；心裡作难，却不至失望；遭逼迫，却不被丢弃；打倒了，却不至死亡。身上常带着耶稣的死，使耶稣的生也显明在我们身上。13 我们祈求与那些信贤同列，就是那些忍受戏弄、鞭打、捆锁、监禁各等的磨煉的，被石头打死，被锯锯死，被刀殺，受穷乏、患难、苦害，这些人都是因信得了美好 的证据。14 当我们受恐吓和逼迫时，赐我们大放胆量，讲祢的道；15 也帮助我们因所受的苦难学了顺从。16

我们为那些逼迫教会的人，祈求像保羅一样得以遇見祢，停止敌挡祢和开始在他们的国民中宣告祢的名和荣耀。17 我们祈求各民族的領袖都能以公义带領他们的人民，在他们反对祢的时候，也看見自己愚昧的行为，以谦卑和悔改的心转向祢。18

我们承认并宣告现在的苦楚若比起将來要显于我们的荣耀，就不足介意了。19 因此我们要欢喜和樂意与基督一同受苦，以致在祂荣耀显现的时候，我们也可以极之欢喜快樂。20 主耶稣，让祢的旨意成就于我们的生命中。阿们！

1 彼前2:21-24. 2路24:46-47. 3赛53:2-12. 4太5:10-12. 5彼前4:1,19. 6徒5:41; 腓1:29; 帖后1:5-6. 7羅8:17; 提后3:12. 8腓3:10-11. 9西1:24; 羅8:18. 10提后1:18. 11彼前5:10. 12林前4:12,13. 13林后4:8-10. 14來11:36-40. 15徒4:29. 16來5:8. 17徒22:4-16; 徒5:39. 18徒4:25-27; 5:39. 19羅8:18. 20彼前4:13.

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经文祷告！第九天：六月二日 星期五

基督的医治

我 的心哪，你要称颂耶和华，不可忘记祂的一切恩惠！祂赦免你的一切罪孽，医治你的一切疾病。1 耶和华拉法（耶和华是医治你的）祢是神，是我们的医治者。2 祢把祢的儿子耶稣基督赐给我们，祂担当我们的忧患，背负我们的痛苦，哪知祂为我们的过犯受害，为我们的罪孽压伤。因祂受的刑罚，我们得平安；因祂受的鞭 伤，我们得医治。祢使我们众人的罪孽都归在祂身上。祢定意将祂压伤，使祂受痛苦；祢以祂为赎罪祭，因为祂担当世人的罪孽，使祂现在能够为罪人代求。3 祢以圣靈和能力膏祂，去宣讲神国的福音，医治各样疾病，甚至医治那些被邪靈压制的。4 公义的日头已经出现，其光线有医治之能。5

主耶稣，我们需要祢的医治，求祢來医治我们，因为我们得罪了祢；6 医好伤心的人，宣告被罪所擄的得释放，被囚于有沉溺行为中的、自致的捆绑中的、腐化心靈中的和在属靈营壘中的出监牢。7

主耶稣，现在求祢鉴察我们的心，并差派我们，祢的仆人，有能力去医治疾病和驱赶邪靈，借着圣靈伸出祢的手，使神迹奇事因着祢的名行出來。求圣靈再次充满更新我们，以致我们放胆进入接触这个满有需要的世界。8

祢 曾应许这称为祢名下的子民，若是自卑、祷告，寻求祢的面，转離他们的惡行，祢必从天上垂听，赦免他们的罪，医治他们的地。9 我们的民族需要医治，当我们在祢面前谦卑同心祷告，寻求祢的面和转離我们的惡行，求祢按祢所应许的赐我们医治。求祢赐给我们一个新心，将新靈放在我们裡 面。除掉石心，赐给我们肉心。将祢的靈放在我们裡面，使我们顺从祢的律例，谨守遵行祢的典章。10 以公义的靈和焚烧的靈，洗去和除净我们的污秽。11

祢是赐生命者，祢赐我们生命，在祢宝座中有生命树，树上的葉子乃为医治万民。12 让我们进到祢的同在，从祢裡面領受生命，我们敬拜祢。祢就是道路、真理、生命。13 阿们！

1 诗103:2-3. 2出15:26. 3赛53:1-12. 4太4:23-24; 徒10:38. 5玛4:2. 6诗41:4. 7赛61:1. 8徒4:29-31. 9代下7:14. 10结36:26-29. 11赛4:4. 12启22:2. 13约14:6.

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经文祷告！第十天：六月三日 星期六

基督的祝福 ── 成就神话语中所有的应许

主 耶稣基督，祢是神的话语，神所有的应许在祢裡面都是是的！阿们！太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神。1 諸天藉祢的命而造；2 祢常用权能的命令托住万有。3 主啊！祢的话安定在天，直到永远。4 祢使祢的话显为大，过于你所应许的。5 祢的道是活泼的，是有功效的，比一切兩刃的剑更快，甚至魂与靈、骨节与骨髓，都能刺入、剖开，連心中的思念和主意都能辨明。6 祢的话像火，又像能打碎盘石的大锤。7 圣靈的宝剑，就是神的道。8 祢口所出的话，决不徒然返回，却要成就祢所喜悦的，在祢发它去成就的事上必然亨通。9

祢借着祢的话向我们显现，10 又打开我的心窍 ，使我能明白圣经，11 并赐我智慧和启示的靈，使我真知道祢，12 祢的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。13 祢的言语一解开就发出亮光，使愚人通达。14 求祢用祢的话使我脚步稳当，不许什么罪孽辖制我。15 祢有永生之道，16 祢对我们所說的话就是靈，就是生命。17 祢的话安慰我，18 我靠祢口裡所出的一切话而活，19 我将祢的话藏在心裡，免得我得罪祢。20 感谢祢，祢的道洁净我。21 我要是遵行祢的话，我就得保持洁净。22 是祢的话医治我，救我脱離死亡。23 我仰望和信靠祢的应许。24

祢 话的总纲是真实，祢一切公义的典章是永远长存。祢用真理使我成圣。25 祢的言语纯净，如同银子在泥爐中煉过七次。26 我信靠祢，因祢的话是煉净的。27 祢的言语甘甜，当我发现祢的话语，口裡尝过，心裡便满有喜樂。28 祢的律法全备，能苏醒人心；祢的法度确定，能使愚人有智慧；祢的训词正直，能快活人的心；祢的命令清洁，能明亮人的眼目；祢的道理洁净，存到永远；祢的典 章是真实的，完全公义，都比金子可羡慕，且比极多的精金可羡慕；比蜜甘甜，且比蜂房下滴的蜜甘甜；况且我因此受警戒，守着这些便有大赏。29

让 祢的话语丰丰富富的存在我心裡，使我可以教导和鼓勵他人，30 并胜过那惡者。31 我爱慕祢的话语，那纯净的靈奶，像才生的婴孩爱慕奶一样，叫我在属靈上长进。32 让听道带來信心，33 使我能得祢的喜悦。34 主耶稣基督，神生命之道，祢就是道路、真理、生命。35 让祢的话常在我裡面，我也常在祢裡面，凡我所愿意的，祈求就给我成就。36

在我们的城市和国家之中建立祢的话，使之大大兴旺，而且得胜。37 凡有血气的，尽都如草，人的美荣都像草上的花。草必枯干，花必凋谢；惟有主的道是永存的。38 阿们！

1 林后1:20; 约1:1. 2诗33:6. 3來1:3. 4诗119:89. 5诗138:2, 6來4:12. 7耶23:29. 8弗6:17. 9赛55:11. 10撒上3:21. 11路24:45. 12弗1:17. 13诗119:105. 14诗119:130. 15诗119:133. 16约6:68. 17约6:63. 18诗119:15. 19申8:3; 太4:4. 20诗119:11. 21约15:3; 弗5:26. 22诗119:9. 23诗107:20. 24诗119:81,144. 25诗119:160; 约17:17.
26诗12:6. 27诗119:103. 28撒后22:31. 29诗19:7-11. 30西3:16. 31约一2:14. 32彼前2:2. 33羅10:17. 34來11:6.
35约14:6. 36约15:7. 37徒19:20. 38彼前1:24