The
Readings
Before
reading The Heavenly Man and before using the notes, pray
and ask the Lord to impact
your
life through the book and the readings.
Day
11:
Chapter 6 – The God of Peter is Your God
(p.64-69) (Miraculous
Escape)
(second
half of chapter)
1.
Whose example did Yun follow in the interrogation room? (p.64)
2.
As everyone went out what did the Lord say to him? (p.64)
3.
Then what happened? How did he escape? (p.64,65)
4.
How did he find his way back to the believers? (p.65-67)
5.
What
help had been given to him back in Henan while he was away? (p.68,69)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that He is able to rescue His servants from the most dire
circumstances. Ask Him to build your faith to believe and pray.
- Thank
the Lord for Yun's testimony that clearly shows the Lord being with
him even in the midst of persecution. Pray for His grace for you
in your everyday life.
- Thank
the Lord that He inspired His people in Henan
to pray. Ask Him to build
your faith to pray and see results.
Bible
Reading
:
Acts 12:5-16
Additional
Point to Ponder: Am
I more in faith for bad things to happen, thant for God's provision
and deliverance?
Before
reading The Heavenly Man and before using the notes, pray
and ask the Lord to impact
your
life through the book and the readings.
Day
12:
Chapter 7 – God wants all of my heart
(p.70-74) (End
of Self)
(first
half of chapter)
1.
What ‘choice' was Yun given by the police? (p.70)
2.
In Hubei how did they live? (p.71)
3.
What gained the attention of the PSB ? (p.71)
4.
What discouragement did they receive after a meeting in a believer's
house? (p.71,72)
5.
How did Yun view all these things? (p.72)
6.
In what conditions did he receive a vision and what did it tell him?
(p.72,73)
7.
What conclusion did
he eventually reach? (p.74)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that through difficult circumstances He draws us closer
to Himself and more like Jesus (Jas 1:2-4)
- Thank
the Lord that persecution only means that more people are saved
by the Lord, yet pray for the
salvation of the oppressors in China.
- Think
of those you might consider your enemies and pray for them (Mt 5:44)
Bible
Reading
:
Philip 4:10-19
Additional
Point to Ponder: Why,
so often, do we care more about what people think of us than what
God wants for us?
Before
reading The Heavenly Man and before using the notes, pray
and ask the Lord to impact
your
life through the book and the readings.
Day
13:
Chapter 7 – God wants all of my heart (p.75-77)
(Persecution &
Salvation )
(second
half of chapter)
1.
In the early 1980's what two things did they experience more
of? (p.75)
2.
What happened to them at Yenzhang village? (p.75)
3.
What was going on in a nearby village at the same time? (p.75)
4.
What was the extent of their persecution while under arrest? (p.76)
5.
When the believers heard about the secretary's mother, what did they
first do? (p.76)
6.
How did everyone in the area view what had happened? (p.76)
7.
What was
the response of the Christians to the secretary and his family and
with what outcome? (p.77)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that He does always work for our good, as believers, in
the midst of all things. (Rom 8:28)
- Following
yesterday, think again of those you might consider enemies and pray
for them (Mt 5:44)
Bible
Reading
:
Acts 28:1-10
Additional
Point to Ponder: Wow!
They showed love and compassion towards their persecutor. We have
some stuff to learn!
Before
reading The Heavenly Man and before using the notes, pray
and ask the Lord to impact
your
life through the book and the readings.
Day
14:
Chapter 8 – Be still and know that I am God (p.78-85)
(To the North
& Arrest)
(first
half of chapter)
1.
What prophecy did they receive to reassure them, before they went
north? (p.79)
2.
From the ‘martyrs song' list the number of those who died for their
faith. (p.79,80)
3.
What word was Zhen given? (p.81)
4.
What happened to Yun following the three days of meetings? (p.81,82)
5.
What did he hear the Lord saying to him? (p.82)
6.
How did Yun try to warn the believers what was happening? (p.82-84)
7.
What did he do in the prison cell? (p.84,85)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for the many encouragements He gave His people that He
was with them in the midst of barbaric treatment by the Chinese
authorities.
- Thank
the Lord that He trusts His servants to remain true by His grace,
in the face of such inhuman treatment.
- Pray
in tears for this great nation which historically has spoken so
much about honour but which, in the last century, has degenerated
to such callous, cowardly and dishonourable behaviour.
Bible
Reading : Psa 2
Additional
Point to Ponder: God
may know but that doesn't always mean (though sometimes it does) that
He will come down to deliver speedily.
Before
reading The Heavenly Man and before using the notes, pray
and ask the Lord to impact
your
life through the book and the readings.
Day
15:
Chapter 8 – Be still and know that I am God
(p.86-93) (Violent
Beatings)
(second
half of chapter)
1.
What happened with the chief guard with the electric baton? (p.86,87)
2.
How did ‘an earthly man' become a ‘heavenly man'? (p.87,88)
3.
How were gifts of elderly women stolen? (p.88)
4.
How did the prison authorities use some of the prisoners? (p.89)
5.
What happened to Yun's steamed bun? (p.89)
6.
What happened to Yun next morning? (p.89,90)
7.
How did the authorities finally find out who Yun was? (p.91)
8.
What happened
back at Nanyang county? (p.91-93)
Prayer:
- Ask
the Lord to help you so that the violence we see on TV or films
will not desensitise you to the shear awfulness of the violence
of this chapter.
- Ask
for God's grace to face it without fear and thank Him that He kept
His servants through it.
- Pray
again for China
as we did yesterday.
Bible
Reading
:
2 Cor 11:24
-27
Additional
Point to Ponder: People
in highly stressful jobs often shut down on their emotions in order
to cope. People with terrifying memories often shutdown on their emotions,
usually without realising it. We need God's grace to face our emotions
and still be able to cope.
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