Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Weekly Prayer (14)

Dear my Lord,

It's so great, just to sit hear, enjoy, and let your presence flow ALL OVER me. Lord, it's just so great to be with you.

When fear comes, attacking me with various thoughts about work, you gave me this verse:

1 John 3:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Yes Lord, indeed. In you there is no fear, You'll make me perfect in you, so there is no fear, no need to fear. I just need to look up to you and put everything into your hands.

And Lord, it's so great to spend time with you. Just to let your glory shine upon me. Yes in bible you said, when we came to you, your glory will be reflected from our face - like what happened to Moses. Lord, and I wanna be more like you, Lord. Let me spend more and more time with you Lord so I am becoming more and more like you. Lord, I wanna be more like you.

And Psa 16 is so very good. In particular I like these verses:
2 我 的 心 哪 , 你 曾 對 耶 和 華 說 : 你 是 我 的 主 ; 我 的 好 處 不 在 你 以 外 。
5 耶 和 華 是 我 的 產 業 , 是 我 杯 中 的 分 ; 我 所 得 的 , 你 為 我 持 守 。
6 用 繩 量 給 我 的 地 界 , 坐 落 在 佳 美 之 處 ; 我 的 產 業 實 在 美 好 。
7 我 必 稱 頌 那 指 教 我 的 耶 和 華 ; 我 的 心 腸 在 夜 間 也 警 戒 我 。
8 我 將 耶 和 華 常 擺 在 我 面 前 , 因 他 在 我 右 邊 , 我 便 不 致 搖 動 。
9 因 此 , 我 的 心 歡 喜 , 我 的 靈 ( 原 文 是 榮 耀 ) 快 樂 ; 我 的 肉 身 也 要 安 然 居 住 。
10 因 為 你 必 不 將 我 的 靈 魂 撇 在 陰 間 , 也 不 叫 你 的 聖 者 見 朽 壞 。
11 你 必 將 生 命 的 道 路 指 示 我 。 在 你 面 前 有 滿 足 的 喜 樂 ; 在 你 右 手 中 有 永 遠 的 福 樂 。


Oh Lord, and yes, this psalm too:

詩 篇 1: 1-3
1 不 從 惡 人 的 計 謀 , 不 站 罪 人 的 道 路 , 不 坐 褻 慢 人 的 座 位 ,
2 惟 喜 愛 耶 和 華 的 律 法 , 晝 夜 思 想 , 這 人 便 為 有 福 !
3 他 要 像 一 棵 樹 栽 在 溪 水 旁 , 按 時 候 結 果 子 , 葉 子 也 不 枯 乾 。 凡 他 所 做 的 盡 都 順 利 。
Lord, not only that you bless me: that you said I'm blessed indeed! And that I am this tree planted next to the stream (your cleansing stream! yeah!), and that I shall bear fruits at your designated time (yes, "fruits" in many different senses including children and work and other souls. and it's YOUR timing that we're looking at, the best timing. And I even thank you for the busy timing you have set up for us for all the 60th anniversary we are now working on, including the ATL production too. Lord I thank you for that and I praise you for that. I still don't know if I can handle that much but if you have arranged it that way and that I have you to work along side with me, then nothing is impossible! Thank you Lord, dear. Thanks for giving me this chance to work like this, with you.) And not just fruits, but the leaves are also well supplied and won't dry up. If fruits are the external things that our lives bearing, then leaves must be my own life: whether it's spirit, body or soul. But my whole self, including all 3 parts, will be so well nourished in you, Lord, that none of them wl dry up. Lord, though work is tough and life is busy, as long as I get the priority right and come to you first, you'll nourish my spirit, help me get my mind and soul submissive to you, and give me healthy body and enough energy to do all things that you have set me out to do. Lord, and I'll grow. The leaves are not dried and they're working properly to support the growth of the whole tree! Lord, the root will grow deeper in you and more extensive. More branches will grow and growing more and more leaves, so as to bear more and more fruits. Yes, keep growing, keep growing. We shouldn't stop in you but keep on growing, until the day we meet with you face to face and you make us complete, then. And the best of all, Lord, of course is your blessing that for whatever I do, things will work out smoothly and great. Lord, there is really no need for me to worry about anything. Even if it's work. Though I know and I am still learning to avoid my mistake, so that they won't spoil the plan, But as long as I've done my best and do what you ask us to do (it's really not that hard, as said in 1 John. Following the commendments you have given us, to trust and believe in Jesus Christ, to love you, and love one another. Simple, straight forward requirements. We just need hte holy spirit to come help us for that important first step, and keeping us going along the way.

Lord, thanks again for such great verses and such great blessings. Lord I wanna be this tree, and keep on growing with the nutrients, the words, the learnings, in the stream, in you. Lord I wanna bear fruits for you, all kinds of fruits, as you see fit. Lord I wanna continue to grow in you, with my leaves, to learn more, deepen my roots, extending my branches. Lord, bless me and my work and in all things I do, so I can be a blessing to the people around me, to the company, to the society.

Thanks again Lord. Thanks again.

In name of Jesus Christ I pray, amen.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Weekly Prayer (13)

Dear my Lord,

Thanks so much my Lord. You are worthy of all praise! Lord, nothing is enough for me to sing priase and give glory to you as you are so wonderful, so loving, so miraculous, and so great. Oh Lord, you are the God Almighty. Your plan is great and I'm so excited about it. Thanks so much you let me be part of it. Thank you so very very much.

Lord, I thank you for the Cleansing Stream Retreat weekend. Never before I felt so complete in you, Lord. Yes by your truth and your Holy Spirit, I am cleansed and I can become whole in you again. Lord, it's just so wonderful. Yes the hurt or damage, the big hole from the past is now filled. And yes the other unholy bonding and those bits and pieces of me which were given to others in the past, now all back to me in You. Oh Lord, we can only be complete in you, thanks so much for that.

And it's so wonderful for this wonderful status to continue! I have never felt a better Monday before and yesterday was just great! Lord, you are here, with me, whole day. You bless my hands and everything goes on just well. Lord, you bless me and you have determined to do so. Not just bless me but to bless us all - as we submit to you and follow your teaching, your blessings can then be poured out abundantly to us all. As long as we keep on being obedient to you, Lord. Oh it's just so wonderful.

Lord, and I long for you. I long for staying in your presence. I long for a life like this - living in you every day and night, at work or at home or at church. Everything I do I do it for you, Lord. It's such a wonderful life to have. Lord, I long to live as in the image of Jesus Christ, to really walk and live in your light, to be completely (as much as I can with the help of Holy Spirit, anyway!) obedient, to love what you love and hate what you hate. To really live a life that let your light to shine in front of people! To live a life so bright and so different that people will give glory to you! Lord, because it's only in you that such life is possible, that the difference is possible. Because we have the true life in you, Lord. Let me live such a life.

Lord, and I thank you for I know what I am praying for is accordingly to your will, that you wanna bless me in this way, also! It may not be now but certainly Lord you're equiping me and training me and cleansing me and helping me to develop such character to be more like you dear Jesus. Slowly but surely, I am to live more like you Jesus. And not just with your character with the fruit of Holy Spirit, but also with the power that you are to anoint me as well. Lord, I long for you and I long for a life so close to you and to live out your will accordingly. It's just so wonderful Lord.

And I thank you for this book "God @ Work". Lord it's such a wonderful book and it's wonderful because it's You speaking to me thru it.

Lord, thanks for once again ensuring me my calling to work in the marketplace for you: as in the e.g. in the book that the writer was called by you to be a pastor since he was small. I felt the same way for myself - Lord I always know that I'll work in a big company like this: not really a "front line" person, not really in non-profit organization, not to run my own biz. But really in the commercial world as a manager, but as YOUR worker.

Lord, and thanks so much for opening up a new ground, a new level to me for what it means for me to work for you in the marketplace. Lord, it's not just seeing my day to day work as my work for you. We are not just there to earn money and supply to church or to other charity organizations. It's not just seeing my career as service to you. It's also more than just sharing my testimony with people close to me or doing your work from a personal level. It's more than that, Lord, it's much, much more than that.

Lord, you'll anoint me and give me power to be the king of this world, using the same phase from the book. Lord, for you we will raise up as kings, as YOUR appointed kings for this world. Lord, you will anoint us to do all sorts of work - even marketing or programing or designing or financing. Lord, here, in the marketplace, at our position, we can do things and we are called to do things for you, here! We are to be successful and be influrential so as to transform a city, a country, and the world for you! Lord, you give us power so we can really bring your kingdom to this world - to fight poverty, inequality, unrighteousness. To help people in need, to give, rather than to take.

Lord, thank you so much. I was so excited when I was reading the teaching from the book last night and this morning. Lord, for indeed you have great plan for this world, for the marketplace, for Chinese, for HK, for us all - and it has already started! And we are already in the midst of it! Hallelujah!

Lord, I also keep on thinking about SIC and Pastor Mok when I was reading this book. Lord, how the church can equip and support and send out all these servants you've prepared for this great thing to take place in the marketplace in the society? What's the role of SIC to be played in the midst of all this? It's obvious that Lord you've already put this vision in Pastor Mok's heart - but what's next? what about the whole church - all other brothers sisters? Do they feel the same calling from you Lord so we can all serve you full time, whole heartedly, altogether, starting from our workplace? Lord, please reveal your will and prepare our hearts accordingly. So we will response to you obediently.

Lord, and thank you for the teaching your Holy Spirit revealed to me this morning: how I need to learn from King David and learn to be obedient, not to be proud, to respect the authority as you've assigned to men on earth. Lord, you've also taught me the importance and the power of the first fruit. Lord, please reveal to me what should be considered as my "first fruit" so I can separate it from the rest and dedicate it to you as holy sacrifice. Lord, and let me always remember how powerful our words are and let me always make great use of blessings and bless many, including our competitors.

Lord, I am so excited, once again. I can feel it in my spirity, Lord! Lots of wonderful things will happen, Lord. Please continue to prepare us so we can be ready for your use when it's time.

Lord, to your name I praise. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Weekly Prayer (12)

Dear my Lord,

Today is a busy day! Not only from work but also during this lunch time prayer, too. THere is the retreat camp for the Cleansing Stream seminar coming, also need to pray for SIC, and there is the evangelical gathering on coming Thursday in CX... lots of things.

But before all those, my Lord, let me sek you first. Let me get quiet in front of you, and to seek you first, my Lord. You are the most important. Our individual relathip wih you is the most important. Once we get a close relatinship with you, the rest will be sorted out.

Lord, thank you. And thank you for letting me see this from your perspective. Thank you for remijnding me so I won't get lost.It's so easy for us to be carried away, my Lord. That with many things happening around us we'd soon get lost and didn't know what we're doing or where we're going or why we are doing so. Lord, Holy Spirit, please remind me always so I'll fix my eyes on Jesus Christ. So I won't get lost or go astray.

Lord, let me first pray for the retreat camp. Lord, hope you appreciate the fasting that I take on this week. I like meat, you know, and I think it's good that everytime I wanna eat meat I am reminded of what I am fasting for. Lord, let me not think of my body first. Let me not think of the fleshly or earthly desires first. For you Lord, what's so big a deal not to eat meat for a few days? Just to let me 攻克己身 叫身服我. Let my body know Lord, only you and the spirit should be the master.

And for the lunch time this week, although not that many days I can quietly have time with you, I still think it's good thing to do. Lord, just like now. It's great to be able to talk and type to you.

Lord, please prepare my heart and prepare wesley's heart for the camp. Lord, let us be filled with your spirit. Let us really walk in your spirit and commit ALL AREAS of our life to you, before, during, and after the camp. Lord, may your presenence be with us then and to touch us, and to see thru us, and to reveal to us any sins that were still hiddden, hidden in our stuff, hiddden in our self. Lord, I pray that you'd come to free us from the devil's grip. Lord, let us prepare our hearts, so that when you are to free us, we'll be ready.

Lord, as we choose to walk into your cleansing stream, you promise you'll clean us. Lord, as we walk in, please reveal to us what we've sinned and help us to repent and renounce, and revive us in you.

Lord, not only I pray for myself and wesley, but also other brothers and sisters attending the course. Winnie, Irene, Joyce, Lydia, Priscilla and KY from my group. Kent, the other Wesley, Lab Bon, Calab and Raymond in Wesley's group. Also other bros and sis like Cody, Nancy, Anita, Kody and her husband, Caroline. Lord please pour out your blessings to them as well.

Especially I pray for all the group leaders and the intercessors who'll be joining the camp this week end. Lord, you'll bless them as they're so faithful and so willing to serve. Lord, please anoint them with your oil so that when they come back and minister to us, we'll also be blesssed. Protect them Lord, so they won't fall from the fire arrow or any other attack from the evil ones. Lord, give them your spiritual armor so they can stand firm, before and during and after the battle.

Lord, my dear holy spirit, please fill me up! pleaehelp me to keep my mind focus on you. so that I can dedicate this hour solely to you my Lord.

And I pray for SIC your church. Lord, there are lots of development and as Pastor Mok said, the atmosphere now is quite different from before. Lord, please lead our way. This is your church and you have special plan for it. Please reveal it to us. Please let us know how we need to prepare so we can be ready when you reveal your plan. Lord, revive us. Let more brother s and sisters burn their passion for you. Let us get excited and passionate about your work, your kingdom,

Finally, Lord, as we prayed about it this morning, please attract and prepare people's hearts for the evangelical function on Thursday. Lord, it's such a big harvest field here in marketplace, in Cathay. Lord, let us be a good worker and collect your harvest for you, so many more are to be saved here and transforming this company, this workplace to one that's pleasing to you.

Lord, I still don't know how to do it. I still can't see clearly how a big party like Rugby or the big party for our 60th celebration can be linked to you, to your teaching, directly. Lord, however please let me mind keep open. Please keep my hearts opened so that when you reveal this mysterious link to me, I'll see and I can hear. Not my mind or my thought to take the lead, but you, my Lord, you do.

You said when we come to you humbly you'll reveal to us 又大又難的事. And it's also true that your wisdom is higher than our wisdom, your road is higher than our road. So Lord, I just need to look up to you, and keep listening.

Lord, I look forward to the next step in your great plan. I'm so proud to be part of it Lord. It's really the joy of life to be in you. Nothing can compare with you, Lord. Nothing. And thanks for loving us so much so we can come back to you.

In name of Jesus Christ I pray. amen.