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
36: Chapter
19 God's Oil Station (p.224-231)
(Changed Priorities)
(second
part of chapter)
1.
What did the elderly sister in Guangzhou
tell Yun? (p.224)
2.
How did Yun change his priorities from then on? (p.224)
3.
So what did he teach? (p.224,225)
4.
How did help come from the West? (p.225,226)
5.
What was Yun's lifestyle and the lifestyle of his workers like? (p.226,227)
6.
What upset occurred in Shandong,
but with what outcome? (p.227-229)
6.
How did Yun work against the one-child policy? (p.229-231)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord again for Yun's example of a man willing to learn and to
change his attitude in respect of caring for his wife.
- If
you are married, ask the Lord to show you how you may be failing
your partner. Ask for grace to change.
- Thank
the Lord for Yun's heart of mercy, reaching out to children not
wanted by the State. Ask the Lord to touch your heart with mercy
for those in need around you.
Bible
Reading
:
Eph 5:21-33
Additional
Point to Ponder: God,
family, church and world?
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
37: Chapter
20 The Road to Unity (p.232-240)
(The Gradual Unity
Process)
(whole
of chapter)
1.
How had the West met a need, but also created disunity? (p.232-234)
2.
When Yun proposed unity what suspicion was he met with and why? (p.235)
3.
Yet when did hope come? (p.236)
4.
How were hearts melted? (p.236-238)
5.
Why was there initially rejection of Xu, and how was that changed?
(p.239)
6.
What happened at the end of 1996 which brought further change? (p.239,240)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for the gradual willingness of the Chinese house churches
to accept one another.
- Ask
the Lord to highlight within you any negative attitudes about other
Christians in general, from other churches or groups, and ask His
forgiveness.
- Ask
the Lord to convict your heart of any division in respect of anyone
else in your own local church, ask His forgiveness and ask for His
grace to work for real, genuine unity with your brothers and sisters
in Christ.
Bible
Reading
:
1 Cor 12:21
-27
Additional
Point to Ponder: God
loves all my brothers and sisters. So must I!
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
38:
Chapter 21 Third Time in Prison
(p.241-250)
(Arrest, Torture & Healing)
(whole
of chapter)
1.
How did Yun seek to avoid arrest and with what consequence? (p.241-242)
2.
What did they do to him when they arrested him? (p.242)
3.
What happened to the church back at Nanyang? (p.243)
4.
What did they do to him after he was seen by the judge? (p.243-244)
5.
What did they do to him at the Maximum Security Prison? (p.244,245)
6.
What three ways did Yun use to overcome what was happening? (p.245)
7.
How did Yun feel about all this and how did he manage to fellowship
with Xu (p.246 & 248)
8.
How did Yun minister to the false criminal'? (p.247,248)
9.
How did Yun's children suffer? (p.249,250)
Prayer:
- Acknowledge
before the Lord that we are all prone to making misjudgements. Thank
the Lord that He spared Yun's life when he jumped out the window.
- Ask
the Lord to convict those who the enemy has been able to use to
inflict pain and torture on believers.
- Ask
the Lord to grant you wisdom and grace to respond to those who question
you about your faith (1 Pet 3:15)
Bible
Reading
:
1 Pet 3:13-17
Additional
Point to Ponder: Dare
I in my security and comfort condemn those who act less than perfectly
under persecution.
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
39:
Chapter 22 A Miraculous Escape
(p.251-256) (Challenge,
Obedience & Action)
(first
half of chapter)
1.
Why did Xu's suggestion that Yun seek to escape seem so impossible?
(p.251)
2.
How did God encourage him through His word? (p.252,253)
3.
What vision did he receive and what did the Lord say to him through
it? (p.254)
4.
How did he call for Xu and what did he tell Yun? (p.254,255)
5.
What time was it and why was this the worst time to escape? (p.255)
6.
What did Yun decide to do and so what did he do? (p.255,256)
7.
How did Yun get through the first gate (p.256)
8.
How did the Lord encourage Yun at the second gate? (p.256)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that when He asks us to do the impossible, He gives us
a number of forms of guidance because He knows our frailty.
- Thank
Him for the variety of forms of guidance that He gave Yun that it
was time to leave!
- Ask
the Lord to teach you to be sensitive to His leading and ask Him
to help you come to the place of commitment and obedience where
you are willing to step out when He prompts.
Bible
Reading
:
Acts 5:17
-32
Additional
Point to Ponder: Lord,
open my ears to hear. Strengthen my heart to obey.
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
40:
Chapter 22 A Miraculous Escape (p.256-262)
(Escape)
(second
half of chapter)
1.
How did Yun get past the guard at the second gate? (p.256, 257)
2.
What happened when he got to the bottom gate? (p.257)
3.
What happened in the courtyard? (p.257)
4.
How did he get away from the area? (p.257)
5.
What had the church been doing and what had the Lord told them? (p.258)
6.
When he rode the bike what did he realise for the first time? (p.259)
7.
How were the tracker dogs thwarted (p.259, 260)
8.
What did Xu testify? (p.260, 261)
9.
What did Musheng testify? (p.261,262)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that when He wants His children released, nothing can stop
them!
- Praise
the Lord that He is sovereign some of His children He releases,
some He allows to stay in prison.
- Ask
the Lord to give you faith to pray for the supernatural. Also pray
for grace to accept the Lord's will for your circumstances.
Bible
Reading
:
Rom 8:28
-39
Additional
Point to Ponder: Lord,
open my ears to hear. Strengthen my heart to obey.