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
26:
Chapter 15 A Graveyard Covered with Thorns (p.166-170)
(Prison Camp - 1)
(first
part of chapter)
1.
How did Yun's spiritual state decline in that first year & what
effect did it have on him? (p.166,167)
2.
What did he vow to do at the beginning of the new year and what effect
did it have? (p.168)
3.
Why did life get easier for him? (p.168,169)
4.
How and why had Father Yu been cautious? (p.169)
5.
How was Yun and his church able to bless Yu? (p.169,170)
6.
How was Shi Zhou Ba changed? (p.170)
7.
What was the second miracle? (p.165)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for His word, the Bible and the strength it brings believers.
Thank Him for the way it strengthened Yu.
- Ask
the Lord to stir a fresh hunger in you for His word and to give
you the discipline to read and study it regularly.
- Pray
for those believers in the world who have little access to His word.
Bible
Reading
:
Psa 119:9-16
Additional
Point to Ponder: A
few verses a day might become a chapter a day, and a chapter a day
might change my life.
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
27:
Chapter 15 A Graveyard Covered with Thorns
(p.171-177) (Prison
Camp - 2)
(second
part of chapter)
1.
How was good news brought in 1985? (p.171)
2.
What happened in the toilet block on Christmas day of 1985? (p.172)
3.
How was Captain Wong changed? (p.173,174)
4.
How was life for Yun in 1986 and 1987 better for Yun in the camp?
(p.174)
5.
How did that all change in 1988? (p.174,175)
6.
What sort of cell was Yun transferred to? (p.176)
7.
How was he uplifted? (p.176,177)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for His salvation that is able to utterly transform lives.
- Thank
Him again for His word that is able to change us, uplift us and
encourage us.
- Pray
for those believers in the world who are enduring harsh treatment
unfairly in prisons.
Bible
Reading
:
Psa 119:17-24
Additional
Point to Ponder: God
is in the business of transforming lives. How wonderful!
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
28:
Chapter 15 A Graveyard Covered with Thorns
(p.177-182) (Prison
Camp - 3)
(third
part of chapter)
1.
What was Yun able to testify to his interrogators? (p.177)
2.
What three accusations did they make? What do you think of the last
one? (p.177,178)
3.
After his torture, what dream did Yun receive? (p.178,179)
4.
How was the first part of it fulfilled? (p.179)
5.
How was Yun using his time in the tiny isolation cell? (p.180)
6.
What dream did he receive and how was it fulfilled? (p.180,181)
7.
How were Xu's plans thwarted? (p.181,182)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that even when His children are imprisoned for their faith,
He is still there providing for them in the midst of it.
- Pray
again for those believers who are enduring unfair prison sentences,
for simply being believers.
- Affirm
your belief that the Lord can provide for you in the midst of difficult
circumstances.
Bible
Reading
:
Acts 16:22
-40
Additional
Point to Ponder: Prison
walls are no limitation for the 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
29:
Chapter 16 God pours out His Awesome Power
(p.183-189) (Release)
(first
part of chapter)
1.
Why was Yun able to go to the interrogation room at peace? (p.183)
2.
Who was he questioned about and what happened in there? (p.184)
3.
What turnabout occurred a few days later? (p.185)
4.
What conditions were imposed on him, but which did he decline and
why? (p.186)
5.
What did Yun feel about the Lord and his time in prison? (p.187)
6.
Who did Yun consider was the person who suffers? (p.188)
7.
What difficulty did he face when he returned home? (p.188)
8.
What dream did Yun receive and what warning did they consider it brought?
(p.189)
9.
Yet what started to happen in the Province? (p.189)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for Yun's example of being resourced by God's presence.
- Ask
the Lord that you may learn more what it means to know the Lord's
presence.
- Ask
the Lord to help you learn to appreciate brothers and sisters in
Christ in your freedom and not take them for granted.
Bible
Reading
:
Heb 13:1-10
Additional
Point to Ponder: God's
life' is available to me wherever I am
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
30:
Chapter 16 God pours out His Awesome Power
(p.190-188)
(Revival)
(second
part of chapter)
1.
How did the Lord instruct Yun in respect of the authorities and what
did he do? (p.190)
2.
How did Yun first have contact with Western believers in 1988? (p.190,191)
3.
How did Western preachers have difficulty? (p.191)
4.
How did the events of 4th June
1989 change the hearts of many
Chinese & with what effect? (p.191)
5.
How did his own village change? (p.192)
6.
What did they see happening in Wenzhou?
(p.193)
7.
What happened with the four demon possessed men and what did they
learn? (p.193,194)
8.
How did their activities change in the face of what was happening
and what the Lord said? (p.194)
9.
How did Yun fulfil a promise to Huang? (p.195)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that when HE considers the time right He pours out revival.
- Ask
the Lord to have mercy on your own land and bring revival to it.
- Ask
Him to come in power in your own life.
Bible
Reading
:
Acts 2:1-5,40,41
Additional
Point to Ponder: God
does have the power to transform nations.