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
6:
Chapter 3 – Go to the West and to the South
(p.36-41)
(Preaching & Miraculous Happenings)
(
second half of chapter)
1.
What was Yun able to tell his mother? (p.36)
2.
How was that fulfilled? (p.39,40)
3.
How did Yun first go about preaching? (p.37)
4.
Who was the young woman who approached Yun? (p.38)
5.
What amazing experience did he have returning home? (p.39)
6.
What happened to the villagers of Gao? (p.41)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for the ‘word of knowledge' He gave Yun in a dream, and
for the amazing experience he had on the way home.
-
Ask the Lord to increase your faith to believe that He can
move supernaturally in your life as circumstances require it.
- Ask
the Lord to move supernaturally to turn the hearts of the Chinese
authorities today to be compassionate towards the church.
- Thank
the Lord for Yun's fervour in learning and sharing God's word. Ask
the Lord to stir such fervour in the church today.
Bible
Reading
:
John 14:8-21
Additional
Point to Ponder: Declaring
the Scriptures out loud brought conviction. How we need to regain
our belief in the power of God's word!
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
7:
Chapter 4 – God blesses my whole family
(p.42-47)
(Marriage- Chinese Style!)
(whole
of chapter)
1.
Remembering from a previous chapter that Yun's mother was virtually
illiterate and having little knowledge
of the Bible, how did Yun describe her, which
obviously made up for that? (p.42)
2.
What had Yun warned his future wife, and what was her response? (p.42,43)
3.
How had they first met and what happened (p.44)
4.
What happened at the marriage office (p.43 & 45)
5.
What took place at their wedding? (p.46) How did that seem different
from our Western weddings?
6.
What happened a few days after the wedding? (p.43 & 46)
7.
What impression have you been left with after reading of their early
days together?
Prayer:
•
Thank the Lord for Yun's obvious commitment to Him.
•
Thank the Lord for Deling's obvious commitment to her husband.
•
Ask the Lord to increase your faith and your commitment to those you
love – name them before the Lord.
Bible
Reading : Acts 20:17 -24
Additional
Point to Ponder: Utter
commitment to my partner is crucial to our wellbeing in the future.
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
8:
Chapter 5 – The Path of Persecution
(p.48-53) (Truth,
opposition & Appeasement)
(first
half of chapter)
1.
What opposition did Yun's mother suffer, how did she cope with it,
and how did it diminish? (p.48)
2.
When was Yun first arrested? What did persecution do? (p.48,49)
3.
When did they start baptising people and how did they do it with God's
help? (p.49)
4.
What happened in 1980? (p.49)
5.
What miraculous things occurred then? (p.50)
6.
How did the enemy seek to undermine them at the end of 1980? (p.50-52)
7.
How did
Yun respond and with what result? (p.52,53)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for the testimonies of His people's faithfulness in this
half chapter, and of the signs of His miraculous power released.
- Ask
the Lord to lead and guide the church in the West to make use of
its freedom to proclaim the Gospel, full of grace and truth, making
the most of every opportunity.
Bible
Reading
:
Acts 4:23
-31
Additional
Point to Ponder: Appeasement
has always been an enemy of the truth.
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
9:
Chapter 5 – The Path of Persecution (p.53-58)
(Persecution)
(second
half of chapter)
1.
What thus became Yun's question to the Lord and what answer was he
given? (p.53)
2.
How was the bird analogy applied to the Three Self Church and then
to the House Church? (p.54,55)
3.
What was ‘fleeing evangelism'? (p.55,56)
4.
What comfort was given through the Scriptures? (p.55,56)
5.
With what was Yun charged? (p.57)
6.
How did he escape arrest at the barn meeting? (p.57,58)
7.
What did the
vision Deling received convey? (p.58)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord that WE are called to serve Him, despite any opposition
that may come.
- Thank
Him that He will always be there for us and His grace will be available
for us to help us cope.
-
Ask for His grace to be faithful to Him in your family, school,
college or work place.
- Thank
the Lord for the freedom we now have in the Spirit – to be led by
Him, not having to conform to
cultural expectations and limitations.
Bible
Reading
:
2 Cor 11:22
– 12:10
Additional
Point to Ponder: Walking
in the truth can be costly.
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
10:
Chapter 6 – The God of Peter is Your God (p.59-63)
(Going Further Afield)
(first
half of chapter)
1.
What happened in 1983 that involved the House Churches? (p.59)
2.
How did Yun end up going to Shaanxi Province? (p.60)
3.
What warning vision did he receive? (p.60,61)
4.
What happened on the second day there? (p.61,62)
5.
What happened when he was arrested? (up until he was in the interrogation
room) (p.62,63)
Prayer:
- Thank
the Lord for the concern of the Chinese church to take the Gospel
further afield.
-
Ask the Lord to take your eyes and heart further afield than
simply your local community.
- Thank
the Lord that when He knows His servants are going into difficult
circumstances He warns them and equips them.
-
Ask the Lord to teach you to learn to listen and have a sensitive
ear to Him.
Bible
Reading
:
Acts 21:7-15
Additional
Point to Ponder: Do
I hold before me the realisation that life is an ongoing battle against
our spiritual enemy?
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