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
56:
Chapter 29 – A Future as Bright as God's Promises
(p.342-347)
(Release)
(whole
of chapter)
1.
What was the final phase of this present book? (p.342)
2.
What did Yun struggle with that Deling had to help him with? (p.343)
3.
What was Yun's feeling about going back to China
? (p.344)
4.
What was Deling's biggest heart ache? (p.345)
5.
What were Yun's present desires for his ministry? (p.346)
6.
What does he feel about death? (p.347)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that as we give ourselves to Him, we can be assured He
will lead us and guide us in His purposes.
- Thank
Him for the sense of the ongoing nature of His purposes that come
though in this book.
- Thank
Him that He desires to bless and lead you more than you want to
receive it. Commit your way into His hands.
Bible
Reading
:
Eph 2;10, Rom 12:1,2,
Psa 37:5,6
Additional
Point to Ponder: God
has a plan for my life. I may only understand a bit of it, bit it
IS good!
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
57:
God's Guidance (Varied
readings)
In
these closing four days of these sixty days of prayer, we are going
to focus on themes or subjects that come through in this book. In
this first one we are going to look up some of the many times the
Lord guided Yun and Deling. Look up at least some of the following:
Page(s)
|
Vision
|
28-30
|
About
receiving a Bible |
32
|
Deling's
healing |
34-40
|
A
voice (twice) sending him to the west and south, then a confirming
dream |
55,56
|
Reassurance
through Scripture |
58
|
A
vision for Deling to live a Spirit-led life |
59,60
|
Wisdom
from a wise leader |
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that He is a God who communicates – if we will learn to
listen.
- Ask
Him to give you a sensitive ear to hear Him speaking to you.
- Ask
Him for an increase in faith to step out in obedient response to
what He shows you.
Bible
Reading
:
Jn 14:25,26,
16:13,14
Additional
Point to Ponder: Open
my ear, Lord.
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
58:
Man's Inhumanity to Man (Varied
readings)
These
will be uncomfortable readings but we must not be blasé about
Sin. Sin is godless, self-centred rebellion against God. It is manifest
in the ‘world', (1 Jn 2:15 -17)
- godless, self-centred humanity - and is seen in governments, rulers,
administrators and people generally. It is what makes humanity vulnerable
to being led by Satan (1 Jn 5:19).
It results in eternal death and is why men need saving. Look up the
following expressions of sin in this book:
Page(s)
|
Expressions
of Sin |
59
|
Crime
and desperate government lashing out at the House Churches
|
62
|
Rejection
of the Cross & violent unfair arrest |
75,76
|
A
party secretary and his insane brother |
86
|
Torture
by electric baton |
Compare
these actions with the transformed lives of those coming to Christ:
Page(s)
|
Expressions
of Goodness |
133,134
|
A
cell of prisoners turn to Christ |
148,149
|
Huang,
a murderer, comes to Christ |
336
|
Prisoners
in Myanmar
prison come to Christ |
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for sending Jesus to die for us.
- Think
of those around you who do not know Christ. Ask the Lord to really
show you their lost state, and then pray for their salvation.
- Ask
the Lord to use you to bring them to Himself, and ask Him to show
you what is the next step for you to play in bringing His love to
them.
Bible
Reading
:
1 Tim 1:15-17, Rom 10:14
,15
Additional
Point to Ponder: Lord,
please use me to lead others to you.
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
59:
God's ‘Supernatural' Provision (Varied
readings)
Of
course all provision from God is ‘supernatural' but sometimes the
Lord does things that are spectacularly so. We need to remind ourselves
that He still does this and that such things are not limited to the
history of the Bible:
Page(s)
|
Expression
of God's Supernatural Provision |
25
|
The
healing of Yun's father |
300,301
|
The
healings of Yun's mother |
64,65
|
Escape
from prison in Shaanxi
province |
124
|
Yun's
supernatural 70 day fast |
256,257
|
Miraculous
escape from top security prison |
Prayer:
- Declare
before all heaven that “with
God all things are possible,”
(Mt 19:26) and that “nothing is impossible
with God.” (Lk 1:37).
- Affirm
afresh that “Jesus Christ
is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
(Heb 13:8)
- Ask
the Lord to take your life and use it in whatever way He will.
Bible
Reading
:
Acts 4:23
-31
Additional
Point to Ponder: Lord,
increase my understanding, increase my availability and do what you
will.
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
60: Human
Frailty (Varied
readings)
This
book has been about a frail couple in the hands of a mighty God. They
have acknowledged their weakness and that sometimes they got it wrong.
To reread those things is not to relish their failures but to remind
ourselves that we are all, of ourselves, prone to weakness and to
getting it wrong – yet God comes and takes and uses us for His glory,
in as much as we will give ourselves to His purposes.
Page(s)
|
Expressions
of human weakness and failure |
197,198
|
Burned
out & refusing the leading through his wife & fellow
workers – prison! |
316
|
Ignoring
God's warning and his wife's counsel – prison! |
345
|
Deling's
testimony – we are nothing |
Prayer:
- Affirm
afresh that we are but earthen vessels or jars of clay (2 Cor 5:7).
- Declare
also that we hold the glory of God (2 Cor 5:7) “so
that his life may be revealed in our mortal body,”
(2 Cor 5:11 ) and thus He will be glorified.
- Thank
Him that even though we may feel weak, and we may fail Him, “we
have one who
speaks to the Father in our defense - Jesus Christ, the Righteous
One.” (1
Jn 2:1).
- Thank
Him that His grace IS sufficient (2 Cor 12:9) and that, “God
is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at
all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good
work.” (2 Cor 9:8). Hallelujah!
- Thank the Lord for the wonderful
testimonies of Yun and Deling and ask that he will continue to bless
and use them.
Bible
Reading
:
Psa 144
Additional
Point to Ponder: The
Lord Reigns!