Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Why God Used D. L. Moody By R.A Torrey

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a. Now that we have completed the review of this book and prayed through the issues       raised, what next? What now?

b. What must happen in my own life now?

c. If the Lord tarries or takes me home sooner, what dew from my life will impact the       lives of men just as the dew from D L Moody’s life has?

d. God used D L Moody, He can use me too!

e. What posture must I take now? What must be the object of my life’s pursuit and             devotion now?

1.     A fully surrendered man.
2.     A man of prayer.
3.     A deep and practical student of the Word
4.     A humble man.
5.     Entire freedom from the love of money.
6.     His consuming passion for the salvation of the lost.
7.     Definitely endued with Power from on High.


  • These were the devotions of DL Moody and resulted in a great revival in his own day.
  • These were the same devotions of Jesus Christ while He was on earth! This is an expression of the only life acceptable to God, as Jesus portrayed for us to follow. This life was formed in DL Moody and it is still affecting lives today!
  • By observing the life of our brother Moody, I can see that it is possible to live this only life that is acceptable to God. This gives me great hope!
  • I must not stop there. I must not stop short of this life being visibly and identifiably formed in me too!


JESUS was a man fully surrendered to His Father God. – Hebrews 10:5-7
JESUS was a man of prayer and unbroken fellowship with the Father.- Hebrews 5:7
JESUS was a deep and practical student of the word. - Luke 4:17-21
JESUS was a humble man. – Philippians 2:8; Matthew 11:29
JESUS was entirely free from the love of money. – Matthew 6:24, John 14:30
JESUS was consumed with a passion for salvation of the lost. – Luke 19:10
JESUS was definitely endued with power from on high! Acts 10:38

 So our love for him grows more and more, filling us with complete confidence for the day when he shall judge all men- for we realise that our life in this world is actually his life lived in us. 1 John 4:17 (J B Philips)

Ø Lord, thank You for coming to live Your life in me. Thank You for making me Your dwelling place, Your temple, the place where You live and express Yourself.

Ø Lord, I ask You to take up Your place fully in me. Live Your life to the fullest in me so that on the last day I will have confidence.

Ø Let there be no difference between the life that I am living and the life You want to live in me. Holy Spirit, I surrender my vessel to You. Possess me completely.

Ø Lord, cause me to be established firmly in those devotions (Your devotions) that portray the only life acceptable to God. Keep making me, Lord.

Ø Lord, is there yet a devotion or aspect of Your life that is not being expressed in me? Lord, I surrender to the working of Your Holy Spirit- work this out in my life, Lord.

Ø Lord, help me to keep following in Your steps as Your disciple (John 8:31-32), abiding steadfastly in Your word that makes me (John 17:17), until JESUS CAME IN THE FLESH is manifested in me.

 “This priceless treasure we hold, so to speak, in a common earthenware jar- to show that the splendid power of it belongs to God.”-  2 Cor 4:7 (J B Philips)

 “But this precious treasure- this light and power that now shine within us- is held in a perishable container, that is, our weak bodies. Everyone can see that the glorious power within us must be from God and is not our own.”  (Living Bible)

Ø Lord, as You live Your life in me, help me to always remember that the glory is Yours and not mine.

Ø Lord, grant me a fresh revelation of priceless and precious value of Your life in me so that I can assume a humble posture as perishable container.

Wednesday, 14 June 2017

His Consuming Passion For the Salvation of the Lost

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Chapter 6 of the Book: WHY GOD USED D.L. MOODY by R.A. Torrey

PRAYER:

    Grace to share the Gospel despite my busy life...
-Lord, help me to concentrate on what will make Heaven rejoice daily.
-Increase the desire to share the true Gospel in me at all times.
-Grant me the boldness to declare my all for “the sake of Christ and His Gospel.”

    Seasoned words of grace to convict the lost...
-Lord, please make me a determined minister of the Gospel in every area.
-Release the words of life unto me for the cause of the Gospel.
-Give me a Calvary-centred-message from my own conviction.

    Knowledge and zeal for the Gospel...
-Lord, please let the Mystery of the Gospel create an eternal zeal for the lost in me.
-Let me know the reality of the urgency of Heaven on The cross-centred Gospel.
-Baptise me with divine knowledge and zeal for the Gospel.

    Fire for the lost...
-Lord, please increase in me the fire for souls that are deep in sin and darkness.
-Make me partake of Your “Heaven-Sent-Revival” for lost souls in my generation.
-Make room in my life for Your WILL and Your WAY to harvest souls unto Yourself.

    Divine Presence for the lost...
-Lord, please make my mortal body worthy of what it takes to carry the Power to deliver souls from the pit of hell.
-Make me and all that concerns me one with the true Gospel.
-Baptise me with the compassion of Jesus Christ for the lost.  

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

D. L Moody: A Deep and Practical Student of The Bible

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(Chapter 3 of the Book: WHY GOD USED D.L MOODY by R.A Torrey)


PRAYER:
  • Lord, please create a longing in my heart that will make me arise for the cause of Your Kingdom. Let me run for the True Gospel, and also run with it so I can fulfil the demands of Heaven in my life.
  • Lord, let me be sensitive to the dying and the lost souls around me. Let me not be carried away by my own life, but make me alert to those that are hungry for The True Gospel – The Truth that is in the Word of God.
  • Lord, please cause a fresh hunger to arise in me for the light and the life that is in Your Word. Open my eyes to the great depth of Your Word and fasten my life to this depth till eternity, O Lord!
  • Lord, help me find my true identity in Your Word each time I read it: let me lay hold on the power that Your Word imparts, and let this cause a lasting change in every area of my life.
  • Lord, please break every barrier (spiritual background, mindset, educational achievements, legitimate aspirations...) to the longing in my soul for the cleansing power of Your Word. Please kindle in me a quickening fire for Your Word. Baptise me into Your Word. 
  • LORD, Please condition my heart and my life to the practical knowledge of the Bible. Let me know the reality of dedicating myself to the study of Your Word.  


Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Corrie Ten Boom: Faith that Works By Love

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2 Corinthians 4:5-12 

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.”


“But the most important part of our task will be to tell everyone who will listen that Jesus is the only answer to the problems that are disturbing the hearts of men and of nations. We shall have the right to speak because we can tell from our experience that His light is more powerful than the deepest darkness.” (Betsie Ten Boom)

“...Every day we see that misery only deepens. How wonderful that the reality of His presence is greater than the reality of the hell about us!… All of our efforts must go into bringing the gospel, for we shall have many opportunities...” (Betsie Ten Boom)

“Bep's eyes did not see the dirty throng around us. She was gazing into the future, and a glow of happiness brightened her emaciated face.” 

“Human hearts are amazingly alike. As I talk with people… I frequently find the same need, the same ignorance of what we can be in Jesus Christ if only we accept the Bible in a simple, childlike way as the Word of God. The Word that teaches us the foolishness of God that is wiser than the wisdom of men… When we read the Bible, we should never use as our guide the wisdom of men or the standards of our own reason.” (Currie Ten Boom)

“Faith is the radar that sees reality through the clouds.” (Currie Ten Boom)



“I am not a scholar but much of the little I do know, I learned as I face death in front of the crematorium in Revensbruck. That is why God sometimes uses me to help people who know far more than I.” (Currie Ten Boom)

Wednesday, 10 August 2016

Thomas Watson: The Doctrine of Repentance (2)

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Isaiah 40; Psalm 110 

Read the Book:
The Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson (1600s)


Meditative Prayer Points:
  • Lord, help me to first come to myself like the prodigal son, i.e. recognise that myself is no good for You. “In me, (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing” (Rom 7:18). Give me a clear revelation of the sinfulness and evil of the human nature that I inherited from my natural birth. May I stop defending SELF!
  • Lord, please tear off the veil of the sinful nature from me. Expose every hidden thing of the cancer of sin that is eating into my life without my knowledge. Help me know that SELF will bring pollution and contamination to my most sacred labours and make my life sacrifices unacceptable to God because they have been tainted by self (SIN).
  • As You give me revelation about sin and its evil, help me invest all my heart into dealing with it so my connection with You is not broken. Don't let me be laid back and lazy about the matter of sin. Don't let me sweep it under the carpet but help my heart and my members be ready to distance my life from sin (self/the flesh).
  • Lord, please inject godly sorrow into me. Let my heart break over the evil of sin and sinfulness. Let godly sorrow well up in my heart every time the thought of what brought my Master JESUS to the cruel death of the cross comes to mind.
  • “Until the heart is full of sorrow for sin, it is not fit for Christ.” (Thomas Watson) Fill my heart with sorrow for sin that it may be fit for You my Christ.
  • Lord, please let me receive Your comfort in my heart after I have sorrowed for sin and sinfulness. Let Your comfort overrun the evil consequences of sin in my life. Let the joy of the Lord fill my heart as a result of Your comfort in me.
  • Thank You Lord for the grace of REPENTANCE - sorrowing for sin. This is what brought You from heaven to earth. You sorrowed for my sin. You died for my sin. Now You are highly exalted because You humbled Yourself to save me. Baptise me Lord into Your REPENTANCE. I know You will lift me up. Amen.


Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Thomas Watson: The Doctrine of Repentance (1)

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Isaiah 40; Psalm 110 

Read the Book:
The Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson (1600s)

Meditative Prayer Points:
  • Lord, thank You for the Word You have been sending into my life that got me where I am today. Thank You.
  • Lord, please let the hammer of Your Word break me into pieces just like my Lord's body was broken for me. Don't let there be any leg for self to stand on when confronted by Your Word and thereafter. 
  • Luke 24:32. Let the fire of Your Word melt my heart too. Let my heart burn within me as You expound Your Scriptures to me daily.
  • Make me a captive of Your Word, Lord, so that Your Word may set me free from all other captivities.
  • Let the Holy Spirit breathe on the Word and illuminate and convert me wholly to God.
  • May the Spirit cause me to mourn for sin and the injustice and pain it brought unto my Lord. And the wreckage it is still bringing on the souls of men today.
  • May the Word not fall on deaf ears in my life. Rathe,r may the Spirit carry the Word into my conscience to produce a lifelong disciple of Jesus in me.
  • Holy Spirit, please join the chariot of God's Word and carry me to heaven when it is time. Amen.
  • Thank You, Lord for the life of Thomas Watson. Cause my life also to drop the dew of daybreak for others to profit from, now and long after I have gone to glory. Amen.

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