DAY 72 - How Can We Be Perfect?

This blog is to help you to have a daily intimate personal relationship with Jesus 

and to be able to memorize one golden verse everyday.

We will cover New Testament in one year(Dec.1,2012 to Nov. 30,2013), 

Old Testament in another year(Dec.1,2013 to Nov. 30,2014). 

Golden Verse 金句

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

                                             Matthew 5: 11-12

" 所 以 ，你 們 要 完 全 ， 像 你 們 的 天 父 完 全 一 樣 。"

                                            

                                                  馬太福音 5: 21-12

                                                                

                                                                                                                

Today's Reading: Matthew 5:21-48

Please read Matthew 5:21-48 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 my Devotion on Fire blog:

http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html .

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 -

I Will Run to You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s2wCVcmYOU

Chinese praise song -

祢讓我生命改變 You Transform My Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbbsl9vP4uI


Please click the links to Matthew 5:21-48

Chinese 中文: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew 5&version=CUV

English (The Message): http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew 5&version=NIV1984

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     What I got from Jesus is: How can we be perfect?

     

     What I receive from Jesus today is a question he wants us to ask ourselves. It seems impossible for us to be perfect, right? I had been a perfectionist for some years and I could not feel satisfied because I could never be perfect. So, what did Jesus say?

     Actually this is the second part of the Beatitudes. The first part is to tell us the path to Christlikeness. How we can live a life returning to God's Kingdom being more and more like Christ. Jesus Christ is perfect so we are more and more towards his perfect character, yet we can never be perfect.

     Then the second part from verse 21 to 47 is to tell us what is the opposite to Christlikeness, imperfect. It's a total paradigm shift, if we can start with our repentance to return back to the Kingdom of God, then we will be more and more like Christ and that we can be more and more towards perfect. 

Dear Lord Jesus,

Lead us to follow you each day that we can be more and more like to to extend your kingdom. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

      

Please click this link to worship with us :

English praise song-

Still

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Fw8DgvTQA

Chinese praise song -

每天的禱告 My Daily Prayer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTK9olv2-ZE&feature=related

Please click these two links to my other blogs/podcasts:

Devotion on Fire: http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/2009/08/day-1-i-am-blind.html

Discipler123: http://discipler123.blogspot.com/

Pray for our AMiA Archbishops: 

The Most Rev. Emmanuel Kolini <Retired> (Freda)

The Most Rev. Moses Tay <Retired> (Cynthia)

The Most Rev. Yong Ping Chung  <Retired> (Julia)

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

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

All Saints Community Church

     Rector/Senior Pastor:  Rev. Peter Klenner (Jenny)

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Prayer items today:

For ACiC/AI

Bishop: Rt. Rev. Dr. Silas Ng (Michelle)

  

Network Leader: Rev. Peter Klenner (Jenny)

Network Leadership Team: Rt. Rev. Dr. Silas Ng(Michelle), Rev. Peter Klenner(Jenny),

Rev. Ed Hird (Janice), Rev. John Cox (Sheryl)

  

Administrator: Rev. Dave DeJong(Megan)

Bishop's Chaplain: Rev. Ed Hird (Janice) 

Bishop's Assistant: Mrs. Michelle Ng (Silas) 

Treasurer: Mr. Andy Li(Amy)

Web site for Anglican Mission in the Americas, Canada(ACiC/AI):

http://www.theamcanada.ca/

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