Our morning devotional was by Po Wong Yeung. He was born in China in a family that worshiped idols and ancestors. At the age of four his family moved to Hong Kong. As a young teen he met a missionary from ABWE by the name of Bill Commons. He said that it wasn't the knowledge of the missionaries or the truth of the Bible that atracted him to Jesus, but the humility and love of the missionaries.
He became a follower of Jesus Christ, and went on to become an ABWE missionary, planting churches in Hong Kong, and later among Chineese communities in Canada.
Then the first class was by Dr. David Smith. He talked to us about developing a Personal Ongoing Sanctification Project. His Bible text was from the Old Testament Bible book of Ezra. It says that Ezra set his heart to Study the Word of God, apply it to his life, and teach it to others. Dr. Smith pointed out that "setting your heart" on something speaks of the following
*A deliberate conscious choice
*It implies forthought, planning, and preparation
*Set or fix suggests the idea of diligence or whole-hearted devotion to something, involving you emotions and will.
He noted that we must be purposeful about studying and applying the Bible, if we hope to authentically teach it to others.
Each of us where given a challenge to study and apply the Bible to our daily lives. Simple day-to-day application could be in our driving habits, attitudes, money, escapes/comforts, and pleasures, food, and computer use, etc.
Other areas include broken or strained relationships. That cut me to the quick. I know that there are people that may be upset with me. They are upset with me due to something that I did which I believe was the right and moral thing to do. However 12:14 says, “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. . .” So the right thing for me to do is also to make every effort to restore peace to those relationships.
I'm sure that I could also improve my parenting.
We have today to brainstorm some areas of application and then he is going to explain a practical method for following through with changes in our lives.
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