Mark 16:17-18 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Take delight in the LORD
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
What does it mean “Take delight in the LORD”? “Take delight in the LORD” means to exalt Him so highly that we seek after Him above any other person, any things, thoughts, or actions in our lives, especially those things that would knock Him out of first place. In other words we always put Him first.
It is always my desire to seek after Him, to draw near to Him. In 2017 the Lord led me to share the gospel to my high school classmates using wechat and build a gospel site to share the gospel.
I put the Lord and His work first, the Lord helps me in my computer work, helps me to pass my English exam and even inspires me to pray for the sickness of other people for healing and they get healed. There were many times the Lord help me to solve computer problems, one time one of my colleague asked me to solve a computer problem, right after the solution, I was thinking to go to my colleague office to tell him, and he came to my office instead, it was the right timing. In 2018, I had to take an English exam. the passing mark for both written and oral are 65%. I got 67.5% for my written, 86% for my oral. It is by Lord’s grace, I could pass the exam, so don’t have to spend time preparing again, so that I can spend more time in prayer and Lord’s work.
Amazingly the Lord also inspired me to pray for people’s sickness. I prayed for different people for their sickness, some got healed very fast, some after some time, some got complete healings, some got partial healings. the Lord also reminded me chasing after Him, not after miracles. If we chase after Him, then the miracles will accompany us. Thanks the Lord, glory to His name.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you
James 4:8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Here it says that if we draw near to God, and He will draw near to us. If we take the initiative to spend time drawing near to God, He will draw near to us. Sinners should confess their sins and repent, and those who are double-minded between God and the world should purify their hearts. We should do our best spending less time in the world and spend more time drawing near to God, and God will draw near to us and we will experience His presence.
PDF book: A short and easy method of prayer
Jesus and the miraculous catch of 153 Fish
John 21:1-14 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered. He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.[c] When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.
Today I would like to talk about the number 153, 153 fish Peter and other disciples catch. In 2017 the Lord led me to share gospel to my high school classmates wechat chat group. The total number of people in the chat group now is 151, very close to number 153, once it reached 153 for some time, even 154 for a while, later I guess a couple of people left the chat group, sometimes new people join in. Now I do gospel posting twice a week, I post hymns, testimonies, messages, etc. the Lord led me know the importance of posting songs, so I post song every time I post something else. the Lord also led me know the importance of sharing the gospel on the internet and encourages more people to share gospel on the internet.
Before I prepared this sharing, I had a idea to count other people I share gospel to in wechat. Right now I have 88 people in my friend circle, I also share gospel to other chat groups, such as university group, Concordia university group, etc. I counted all the people, it is 152 people. Among 152 people, there are a few repeats, becasue a few people in my friend’s circle, also in chat group, in total, there are less that 152 people, but it is interesting, it is also close to number 153.
If I can reach any people, it is by God’s grace, as 153 fish disciples catched are from the Lord. I would like to give all glory to the Lord, hope by the Lord’s grace to reach more people, catch more fish for the Lord.
May God bless everyone.
Put the Lord first
Mark 1:35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Here we see that Lord Jesus in the early morning went to a lonly place to pray. Lord Jesus gave us an example, we should also do the same, the first thing we need to do every morning is to pray, draw near to God, seek God, seek His face, seek His preserence.
Luke 10:38-42 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Here we see that Mary sits at the Lord’s feet listening to the Lord’s word while martha distracted, worried and upset about many things, the Lord says that Mary has chosen the good part. Besides praying and drawing near to God in the moring, we should also do so in the evening. I also find myself that if we put the Lord first, put prayer and drawing near to the Lord first, the Lord will take care the rest and our life will be more productive, as we know that He is the vine, we are the branches, we need to totally depend on Him in order to bear fruit.
Apart from me, you can do nothing
John 15 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
Here it says that the Lord Jesus is the vine, we are the branches, we need to abide in the Lord in order to bear fruit, apart from Him, we cannot bear fruit, we can do nothing. We are not so busy that we can not spend quality time with the Lord, not even busy with the Lord’s work.
If we don’t abide in the Lord, we will dry up, unable to bear any spiritual fruit. We cannot depend on ourselves to bear fruit, but need to totally depend on the Lord to bear fruit.
Teeth infection and pain healed after prayer
Not long ago, a sister caught a cold and had sputum in her throat. She got a lot better a couple of days after prayer. Not long later the cold was completely healed. Then she told me that she had dental infection and pain. She asked me to pray for her. After prayer, not long later she had no more dental infection and pain. Thank the Lord, glory to His name. 😊🙏
Sharing on “draw near to God, He will draw near to you”
Not long ago, I shared a short message on WeChat on “draw near to God, He will draw near to you.” quoting James 4:8. I shared it on Saturday, the following day on Sunday, the Pastor in our church shared the same message “draw near to God, He will draw near to you.”. Later I was thinking to listen to prayer quiet time music on YouTube. The first verse came up in the video was also “draw near to God, He will draw near to you”. Thank the Lord. 😁🙏


