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Daily Bible Reading
Morning: Genesis 33-34
Afternoon: Matthew 12:1-21
Evening: Psalm 16

January 16
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
"Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins." — Mat 1:21.

JESUS WAS "born a Saviour." Being what He is, the King of Love, it is not wonderful that He entered into so close an identification with our human race that needed Him so sorely. Could Infinite Love have stood idly by? Every soul which enters into the human family helps to quicken or depress its vitality. How much our race owes to the great souls that have been born into it, but how much more to Him who was in the form of God, and thought it not robbery to be equal with God! He laid aside the use of the mighty power, which as Creator He might have employed, and stooped to be born in a stable, that He might share the life of the humblest and poorest.

What love for men must have burned in the heart of Jesus! His zeal for mankind ate Him up. There was a true enthusiasm for humanity in His heart. Why should there not be the same with us? Let us ask that the "love of Christ—i.e. the very love which burnt within Him—may also constrain us." Let us be willing to subject ourselves to inconvenience, to limitations, to the wrapping of swaddling clothes, if only we may get near to others, removing all sense of distance and aloofness.

"'Glory to God in the Highest" (Luk 2:14). Nothing has so augmented the glory of the Father as this stooping to death, even the death of the Cross. (Php 2:6-11). Men have turned to God with adoring reverence, as they could not have done if they had known Him only in Nature. Whenever we seek the glory of God as our main end and purpose, it will always result in peace on earth. Live for the glory of God, and you will have peace in your heart, and your life will flow forth in goodwill and blessing for others.

The outburst of song from the shepherds, "glorifying and praising God," as they wended their way back to their flocks, must have amazed all whom they met, and it bespoke the wonder that had transformed their lives. We are so ordinary and commonplace, so unemotional and impassive, we cannot forget ourselves, and are never carried beyond ourselves. David said that while he mused the fire burned! Let us muse on the love of God in descending to our world, in living our life, and dying for us on the Cross. Then we shall burst out into songs, and shall come back to our ordinary life with the flow of a new spirit (Luk 2:20).

PRAYER

My Father God! Let the motto of my life henceforth be, "Glory to God in the Highest," for only so can there be peace in my heart and goodwill towards men. May my heart be kept in unison with the Angel's song. AMEN.

15/01/2024

Daily Bible Reading
Morning: Genesis 31-32
Afternoon: Matthew 11:16-30
Evening: Psalm 15

January 15
THINGS TO BE LEFT BEHIND
"Lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus." — Hebrews 12:1-2.

LEAVE BEHIND your past sins. They have been many and great, more than you can count. But if you have confessed and forsaken them, they have been put away, "as far as the east is from the west.'" Nothing could be more explicit than 1Jn 1:9. It is useless to brood over the past. God has buried it in the grave of Christ. Go and sin no more!

Leave behind your bad habits that encumber you (R.V. marg.). You know what they are, and how they cling—ill-temper, jealousy, pride, evil-speaking, and many another! You have fallen again and again, overtaken by them, tripped up, your robes stained and torn. There should be some finality in your life, a mark on the grass from which you start to run the race. The command to put off the old man is in the definite tense (Col 3:8-9). It be-speaks one sudden strong act of the will, God-nerved and God-empowered. This, then, is the hour when you must strike for liberty "Ye have died, and your life is hid with Christ in God."

Leave behind your accomplished ideals. They were once far in front and above you. As you climbed they seemed almost inaccessible, and mocking voices rang out their defiance of your attempt. But by the grace of God things that once you dreamt of are now realised, and you are sitting on the peak that once seemed to laugh you to scorn. But you must leave it behind! Look up! look forward! Are there not fresh ideals calling to you? Leave behind your attainments and strike your tents. One battle is fought, but a yet stronger foe bars the way immediately in front. It is suicidal to rest on your oars; to do so will expose you to the inevitable backward drift.

The best way to leave behind is to press forward. The Spirit of God bids us "run with patience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus." He is our Forerunner, always before us, always leading us on. His crest, like the plume of Henry of Navarre, is always in the very thick of the fight. Let the soul follow hard after Him, and it will become almost oblivious to what it leaves behind. The boy who is running for the goal, in his eagerness to win the prize, strips himself of one and another article of clothing. He will not count their worth, so long as he may win the prize. So run that ye may attain! Apprehend that for which you were apprehended! Lay hold on the outstretched crown of life!

PRAYER

Most gracious God, quicken me by Thy Holy Spirit, that I may run in the way Thou hast marked out for me. May I ever be kept looking off unto Jesus. AMEN.

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28/04/2023

From Dr. Jack Sin
How should believers conduct themselves in this fallen and trying world?Here are 4 adverbs that should describe us

1. Joyfully and patiently in the Lord despite the circumstances and short or long term trials and testings for his grace is sufficient for us.
"Shout to God with joy" (Ps 47:1).

2. Graciously to others by the strength of God and be a blessing to others
"Be kind to one another" (Ep 4:32).

3. Wisely as in prudent decisions and careful actions and not foolish moves and be receptive to godly advice too
"A wise man listens" (Prov 12:15).

4. Steadfastly as in not giving up but persevere in faith in the work of the Lord and there will be fruit in due season if we faint not
"Your labor is not in vain" (1 Cor 15:58).

Let us live fully by the grace of God according to his will and strength each day at a time

18/04/2023

From Rev. Jack Sin
Consider how we can develop 5Ps in our lives .They are namely,

1.Be Positive

There may be negative events in your life,be it in the past or the present,It is important to maintain a constructive outlook as we look to Christ our Refuge and Strength in life and move forward innth will of God and not be discouraged and defeated by the evil one. Phil 4:8

2.Be Patient and Polite

Learn to wait upon the Lord and not insist on our timing or rush listlessly in life .Psa27:14 The Chinese has a saying，no one will blame you for too much courtesy.
Treat others with patience and courtesy whether it is reciprocated or not,even to the hawker,bus driver and the cleaner or the maid and it is often return.Remember,No one dislike a courteous and patient person and the opposite is also true.

3.Be Persevering

Many give up easily and hence do not taste success.We need to be resolved and resilient and do not do a half job but finish it and complete the course
Perseverance is the key to victory in our spiritual life and work as well Gumption is an important quality to develop this year.Heb 12:1, 2

4.Be Prayerful

Prayer is the breath of godliness and the lifeline to divine supplies. Be humble and pray to God and thank God for your success for without Christ and his blessings,we can not do well in life and eternity .Phil 4:6,7

5.Be Productive
Let us be diligent in what ever we do for the Lord in the end of the year.

Be it our secular profession, studies or service In the Lord.An industrious person is blessed of God and the indolent and idle brings sorrow.Labour has its own rewards and laziness it's consequences too.

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