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Taiwan's top government agency handling relations with China on Thursday admonished the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after its leader Xi Jinping (習近平) pledged to reunify with Taiwan, during an event to celebrate the centenary of the CCP.
https://focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait/202107010017
Are you doing things based on past experience, or are you allowing yourself to be led by the Holy Spirit?
Perhaps you are sensing a leading to do something new or be somewhere else, but you are afraid because it feels so unfamiliar and almost impossible.
The apostle Philip was led to do something new. He had a thriving ministry in the villages of the Samaritans. He could have chosen to stay and play shepherd to his congregation, but he wasn’t disobedient to God’s instruction.
“They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans. But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.” He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship. He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”” (Acts 8:25-29 WEB)
Philip took a leap of faith and journeyed into the desert. God led him to meet a eunuch who was the royal treasurer serving Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians. This eunuch was studying the Scriptures. Only God can cause you to be at the right place at the right time like that.
Philip had the chance to share the Gospel to him, and the eunuch received Jesus as Lord by faith, and was water baptized. Phillip’s ministry went international, and we can imagine that the eunuch went back to Ethiopia and grew God’s kingdom there too.
Being Spirit-led will lead you to experience growth like you’ve never seen before because God will give you the opportunity of a lifetime, to put you in front of people that you will never have the chance to meet if you miss the timeframe. Those who can help you and who can be greatly useful to God.
Being Spirit-led can also protect you from suffering unnecessary harm.
“When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them, and said to them, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.” (Acts 27:9-11 WEB)
The centurion listened to the ship owner, trusting human experience more than a prompting from the Holy Spirit as shared by Paul.
No matter how well your knowledge and technique served you in a past season, don’t place your confidence in them. A new season requires fresh grace and new ways of doing things as led by the Holy Spirit. Be willing to follow Him into uncharted waters and you will realize the great plans God has in store for you!
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Beijing loyalists in Hong Kong have admonished the government over its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, with some laying the blame on public health minister Sophia Chan.
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Here we go again? Not this time.
The Denver Nuggets frittered away a big lead over Phoenix for the second time in 24 hours, but unlike their drubbing in the desert, they recovered from their latest meltdown for a crucial 126-120 victory over the Suns at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday night.
"I love playing back-to-back games, especially after a loss," said Allen Iverson, who led Denver with 31 points. "You get a chance to get at it again and try to make sure you don't have the same nightmares from the night before. All I was thinking about was the loss yesterday until we started playing today.
"I couldn't sleep all last night because of that loss."
Iverson didn't try counting sheep, either, but just lamented the 132-117 loss in which Denver blew a 22-point lead.
"You don't want to watch TV because you might see the highlights from that game. You stay away from the sports channels," Iverson said. "I woke up and tried to watch movies and tried to stay away from sports."
With the win, the Nuggets pulled into eighth place in the ultra-competitive Western Conference playoff race, a half-game ahead of Golden State, which lost at San Antonio on Tuesday night. And they denied the Suns a chance to move into first place by themselves in the Pacific Division over the idle Los Angeles Lakers.
The Nuggets have won nine of 12 overall and nine straight at home, but it's not like they're getting giddy. After all, either the Mavericks, Warriors and Nuggets might all win 50 games and one of them is going to be staying home for the playoffs.
"One loss and you're back down the totem pole," J.R. Smith said. "We can't be too excited about this. We've got to just keep playing our game."
This time, the Nuggets not only buckled down on defense, but they returned to their hallmarks: getting to the rim and the free-throw line -- 47 times, making 37 of them, compared to Phoenix's 14-for-26 performance from the foul line.
"When we want to play, we can play," Smith said.
Carmelo Anthony grabbed two key rebounds and sank two free throws in the final 27 seconds and finished with 25 points. Kenyon Martin chipped in 18 points and Smith had 17.
Leandro Barbosa led the Suns with 27 points but missed a 3-pointer that would have tied it with 15 seconds left. Anthony grabbed the board and sank one of two free throws, just as he had after pulling down a miss by Steve Nash with 27 seconds left.
After Nash (17 points and 18 assists) missed a 3-pointer, Shaquille O'Neal got the rebound and drew the foul but missed both free throws. Martin pulled down the second miss and sank two foul shots to secure Denver's ninth straight win at home.
The Suns didn't grab their first lead until Nash sank two free throws with 3:11 left, putting Phoenix on top 113-112. It seesawed after that until Marcus Camby's slow-motion jumper from the top of the key with 37 seconds left gave Denver a 122-120 lead.
Forward Grant Hill missed his third straight game with a strained right groin, and guard Raja Bell was ejected after picking two quick technicals in the third quarter.
The Suns had trimmed a 14-point, first-half deficit to 74-71 when the officials assessed Bell and Anthony a double-technical and admonished them both. Bell immediately pushed off on Anthony and drew the foul, then mouthed off, drawing his second technical and automatic ejection.
"Losing Raja hurt," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We missed his play from the wing, plus he is our defensive guy."
Stoudemire said he didn't even hear Bell blow up at the officials, either.
"Raja got ejected for smiling. I never saw that in my career. All he did was smile at the official and got ejected," Stoudemire fumed. "That was key for us. Raja is one of our key players. It's a big playoff atmosphere, both teams are fighting for the playoffs and one of our starters get ejected for smiling. That definitely didn't play to our favor."
The officials had left the arena by the time Stoudemire criticized their calls.
The teams combined for a half dozen individual technicals, four of them on the Suns.
"Sometimes you get heated, sometimes it's emotional," D'Antoni said. "This is not a regular season game. For them, it's do or die. For us, it's do or die."
Game notes
Denver improved to 31-7 at home. ... Nuggets PG Anthony Carter had a career-best six steals. ... O'Neal (14 points, 13 boards) posted his second straight double-double against Denver.
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