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每日天糧:走什麼路

十二月十一日  走什麼路 永遠的前途是由今生這幾十年決定的,將來的分別極大無比,絕不能聽任不理,等閒視之。為此聖經中有很多關於這方面的教訓與警告,不但一般人需要有一次徹底的選擇,要悔改信主走永生的道路,而對信徒來說也要作這樣的選擇,要走主的道路。因為有偏離正路,遠離主,失去所應許福分的可能。(太7:13,14) 我們天天都在走路,所走的究竟是什麼路呢?是走滅亡的路,或永生的路?是寬大的路,或窄小的路?是人多的路,或人少的路?是走神旨意的路,或是走自己的路?是跟從主或者隨從人?是天天捨己背十字架,或者要求自己滿足,讓肉體有所得著呢?這不僅是外面走什麼路,也是裡面走路的問題,我們的心究竟願意走什麼路,願意向哪個方向去,是隨從聖靈走屬天永生的路,或是隨從自己肉體的生命,仍走一條世俗的路呢? 屬靈的路不會是白走的,也不是一直走的,不久會來到終點;那時分別就大了,永遠的得失榮辱都因之而定。在世上短短的幾十年,卻決定了無窮的幸福與痛苦,關係是太大了。那時再想回頭來重新走路是不可能了。現在仍有一點時間,末後一段路可走,應當抓緊這時機走永生的道路。

葡萄樹與枝子 (Chinese & English)

葡萄樹與枝子 經文: 「常在我裡面的,我也常在他裡面,這人就多結果子。」(約翰福音十五:5) 在這節經文中,我們看到何謂新生命,何謂上帝應許門徒的聖靈工作,這也清楚反映什麼是信心的生活。 1.「不結果子的。」「結果子更多。」「叫你們的果子常存。」(約十五:2、8、16)信心生活的目的之一,就是多結果子,榮耀天父。 2.「修理乾淨。」——上帝的話活潑有功效,有如兩刃的利劍,可以修理乾淨我們的靈性雜渣。 3.「常在我裡面。」——親密的、不中斷的溝通團契。 4.「我也常在你們裡面。」——藉著聖靈,耶穌內住心中。 5.「離了我,你們就不能做什麼。」——極度的謙卑,承認自己一無所能,只有完全的仰賴耶穌。 6.「我的話也常在你們裡面。」「若遵守我的命令,就常在我的愛裡。」「你們若遵行我所吩咐的,就是我的朋友了。」——絕對的順服。 7.「我的話若常在你們裡面,凡你們所願意的,祈求就給你們成就。」——信心的寬廣面,上帝無限量的供應。 8.「這些事要成就在你們身上。」——禱告得蒙應允,不打折扣。 9.「我愛你們,正如同我父愛我一樣,你要住在我的愛裡。」——這是一種常活在主愛裡的信心生活。 10.「這些事我已經對你們說,是要叫我的喜樂,存在你們心裡,並叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。」——有滿足喜樂的生活。 11.「我給你們一個命令,就是要彼此相愛,像我愛你們一樣。」——這新命令藉著在我們心中的主愛,得以成就。 12.「我分派你們去結果子,叫你們的果子常存,使你們奉我的名,無論向父求什麼,祂就賜給你們。」——耶穌的名。 這是何等奇妙偉大! 這就是那穌所應許的信心生活,藉著聖靈的內住,得以成為可能。這是信徒迫切需要的真理信息,但遺憾的是,這在教會是多麼缺乏,但願弟兄姐妹都能存著一顆單純的信心,與絕對順服的心,讓主的應許,成就在我們身上。 THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES Scripture: "He that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit."—JOHN xv. 5.         In this parable we see what the new life is, which the Lord promised His disciples for the...

Health and Spiritual Healing from the Heaven

Four Principal for God to heal 1. It is God's nature to heal. 這是上帝的旨意醫治 [NIV]Exodus 15:26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."  [NASB]Exodus 15:26 And He said, "If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer."  [CUV]出埃及記 15:26 又說、你若留意聽耶和華你 神的話、又行我眼中看為正的事、留心聽我的誡命、守我一切的律例、我就不將所加與埃及人的疾病加在你身上、因為我耶和華是醫治你的。  Jesus is still the Lord who heal. [NIV]Malachi 3:6 "I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.  [NASB]Malachi 3:6 "For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of J...

Spiritual Food! From Mani

Part 1 It is we who are cursed and have the eternal condemnation due to sin but Jesus Christ loved us so much that He willingly became a curse for the sake of our sins which He took upon himself and died on the cross, was buried, rose from the dead and after forty days of His resurrection,  He was taken up alive to be at the right of the Almighty. Jesus Christ died for our sins on the cross so that we might receive the forgiveness of sins and the eternal life freely.  Jesus Christ forgave my sins and has given me the eternal life.  Have your sins been forgiven?  Have you received the eternal life? Part 2 The fact is Jesus Christ the eternal God-Man is alive and seated at the right hand of the Almighty. He listens to our prayer and is going to come again to judge the living and the dead including you. Will you face the judgement because of sin or escape it by receiving the forgiveness of sins in the name of Jesus Christ?  God cannot be cursed or become a curse bu...

代禱Intercession

10/12 代禱 經文: 「要互相代求。」(雅各書五:16) 代禱的功效與價值是無法估計,而且也是禱告內容不可或缺的一部份,它使我們的愛心更擴大,對上帝的信心也更增長,知道祂大能的手能行大事,能將祝福與救恩帶給眾人。讓我們徹底瞭解這個屬靈的功課:禱告不只為我們自己而已,禱告主要是為別人,讓我們先開始為周圍的親人朋友禱告,讓我們成為他們的助力,而非他們的阻力;我們為他們祈求上帝賜下智慧,愛心,不自私,多替他人著想,好讓他們屬靈生命,在見識與愛心上多而又多。 為所有朋友禱告,以及那些平常我們所接觸的人代求,求上帝讓我們有一顆心,願為他們的靈魂守望代禱;為基督徒禱告,特別是那些負有重責的牧師傳道人代禱。 為那些尚未成為基督徒的慕道友代禱,把那些上帝放在你心中的朋友名字列成一個清單,時時為他們靈魂的得救禱告。你是屬基督的,上帝需要你在禱告中,把這些親朋好友帶到上帝面前,為他們提名代禱。聖靈會激勵提醒你常常為他們儆醒禱告,並為那些貧窮,被人忽略的弱勢族群代禱。 為異教徒禱告,為所有的宣教工作禱告;切切盡心地為這些牧者,傳教士代禱,也要為宣教地區的人民有顆柔軟的心來代禱。 你認為這些都很花費時間嗎?只要想想藉著禱告可以幫助這些人靈魂回轉,不就非常值得?因此我們要常常仰望聖靈,求祂進一步帶領你進入更深一層的禱告生活。假如你覺得早晨時間太趕,無法從容地涵蓋這些禱告內容,可以在白天任何時間撥空來做這些事情。我們要有這樣的理念:「我被拯救是為了服事上帝。」因著我們有著「榮神益人」的生活目標,我們一心希望有更多人分享上帝救恩與福份,因此我們必會感受到為人服務的大喜樂。 INTERCESSION Scripture: "Pray one for another."—JAS. v. 16.         There is much value in intercession, and it is an indispensable part of prayer. It strengthens our love and faith in what God can do, and is a means of bringing blessing and salvation to others. Let us learn the lesson thoroughl...

The Sign of A True Church真實教會的印記

THE SIGN OF A TRUE CHURCH Scripture: "By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another."—JOHN xiii. 35.         We are taught in most of our creeds that the true Church is to be found where God's Word is rightly preached, and the holy sacraments dispensed, as instituted by Christ. Christ Him¬self took a much broader view. Not merely what the Church teaches through her ministers, was, to Him, the distinguishing mark of His followers, but a life lived in love to the brethren.         It is most important that we should understand this. In God, love reaches its highest point, and is the culmination of His glory. In the man Christ Jesus on the cross love is at its highest. We owe everything to this love. Love is the power that moved Christ to die for us. In love, God highly exalted Him as Lord and Christ. Love is the power that broke our hearts, and love is the power that heals them. Love is the power through which C...

HUMILITY謙卑12/8

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12/8 HUMILITY謙卑 Scripture: "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."--Matthew 11:29         After writing what we have given extracts from, Law goes on to prove how the Church of Christ the gifts of human learning and wisdom speedily asserted themselves, instead of that entire dependence upon the Holy Spirit, of which Christ had spoken. And with that learning came, as a natural consequence, the exaltation of self, and the whole difference became the question between Pride, in the power of human learning and wisdom, and Humility, in the absolute dependence on the teaching of the Holy Spirit.         "Man's intellectual faculties are, by the Fall, in a much worse state than his natural animal appetites, and want a much greater self-denial. To realize this we only need to know two things: 1. That our salvation consists wholly in being saved from ourselves, or that w...

我們有責任讀聖經

聖經不是杜撰的 聖經是世界上唯一一本由聖靈默示人而寫成的書 ,不是人躲到房子的角落杜撰出來的,也沒有人有權聲稱聖經是他們自己的故事。聖經不是一本私人的書,不是由一個人寫出來的, 而是由上帝揀選的眾聖徒跨越1,600年寫成的一本屬於全世界的書。 它的內容前後一致,完全吻合,天衣無縫。若不是出於上帝,這樣的事怎麼可能發生呢? 寫下這些故事的人都是被聖靈感動,支配或帶領,把上帝想要告訴我們的事情寫下來。 作者之一、主耶穌的門徒彼得特別強調說: 「我們從前將我們主耶穌基督的大能和祂降臨的事告訴你們,並不是隨從乖巧捏造的虛言,乃是親眼見過祂的威榮。祂從父上帝得尊貴榮耀的時候,從極大榮光之中有聲音出來,向祂說:『這是我的愛子,我所喜悅的。』我們同祂在聖山的時候,親自聽見這聲音從天上出來。」(彼得後書1:16-18) 彼得的意思是說,他們並沒有被欺騙而相信了謊言,而是親眼看見了主耶穌的威榮。聖經記載:主耶穌帶著彼得、雅各和約翰上了聖山,在他們面前變了形像。當他們在山上對話的時候,忽然有以色列歷史上的領袖摩西和先知以利亞顯現,跟耶穌說話。西門彼得看到這情景非常感動,就對耶穌說: 主啊,我們在這裡真好!讓我們在這裡搭三座棚,一座為祢、一座為摩西、一座為以利亞。正當彼得說這話的時候,忽然有一朵光明的雲彩遮蓋他們,且有聲音從雲彩裡出來,這是父上帝的聲音說:這是我的愛子,我所喜悅的。你們要聽祂!門徒聽見,就俯伏在地,極其害怕(參馬太福音17:1-6)。 上帝向彼得、雅各和約翰表明:耶穌比摩西和以利亞都要大,是上帝的兒子。 彼得告訴人們,憑著上帝的話語,憑著他們在山上親身的經歷,他們得到了極大的信心。 聖經的另一位作者、在那聖山上的見證人之一使徒約翰也向人們強調說,他們所傳的是他們親眼所見、親耳所聽的: 「論到從起初原有的生命之道,就是我們所聽見、所看見、親眼看過、親手摸過的。」「我們將所看見、所聽見的傳給你們……。」(約翰一書1:1,3) 不僅是在那聖山上親歷耶穌的變像,彼得和約翰等門徒還與耶穌在世同行了三年半,以他們的親身經歷見證他們所見所傳的有極大的可信度。聖經裡所記載的並不是為了讓我們感覺良好,也不是為了讓我們在篝火晚會時娛樂消遣而虛構的。 聖經預知了今天 聖經中充滿了預言且大量應驗,聖經由40多位不同背景、生活在不同時代的作者寫成,都受到同一位聖靈的感動。 彼得說:「我們並有先知更...

這個世界需要上帝的愛

上帝用智慧大能創造宇宙萬物,用祂豐盛的慈愛預備好我們所必須的空氣、陽光、雨水等各種適合我們生存的環境,以及能有助我們身體生長所需的各種食物;然後,祂照自己的形像造男造女,並賜福他們生養眾多,遍滿全地,管理這地。因為有上帝的形像,所以人有思想、有情感、有良心、有靈魂。這一切都是上帝白白賦予人類的,祂自始至終都沒有從被造物和人那裡收取任何祂應得的酬勞。上帝就是愛! 人類不喜愛和平 人類生養眾多,遍滿全地,劃地為國。各國領導人雖然各自為政,管理著自己的國家和人民,但上帝卻真心希望世人能和平快樂地相處,因為人是祂所造並按祂賜福的生育規律而生,都是祂所愛的。上帝就像我們的父母一樣,希望自己的兒女們彼此相愛,彼此包容,相互扶持,和睦共處地生活在這個地球上。 上帝說:「世人哪,耶和華已指示你何為善。祂向你所要的是甚麼呢?只要你行公義,好憐憫,存謙卑的心,與你的上帝同行。」(彌迦書6:8) 然而,世人偏行己路,不喜愛和平,感受不到上帝的愛,不遵行上帝的話。為了各自的利益,人也好,國也好,都以自我為中心,利益高於一切;恃強凌弱,妄自尊大,沒有包容忍耐的心,甚至以為用暴力戰勝對方就可以讓對方屈服。國要攻打國,民要攻打民,以為擁有比對方更強大的殺傷力武器,就可以讓對方害怕臣服。罪令全世界滿目淒涼,悲傷哀嚎,遍地黑暗,人為的災難、飢餓、疾病威脅折磨著我們的生存空間。 世人的心中普遍沒有了公義,沒有了敬畏上帝的心,沒有了愛人的心;心中被金錢、利益所充滿,滿了驕傲、謊言、盜竊、污穢、爭競、藐視、貪婪、不義、拜金、坑人、誹謗、褻瀆、歧視、邪惡、戀童、嫉妒、兇殺、詭詐、惡毒、霸權、傲慢、仇恨、強奪、拜偶像、行邪術、同性戀、淫亂、無親情、無憐憫、無公義等等罪。各種暴力和黑心物品充斥著這個世界,人們肆意妄為,濫殺各種野生動物,為了利益無惡不作。人心終日所思的盡都是惡,行上帝眼裡看為罪的事。 愛裡有祂的管教 很多人不承認上帝,也不感謝祂;很多人雖然口裡承認祂,心裡卻遠離祂,但是上帝卻不離不棄地愛著我們, 正如聖經所說:「祂叫日頭照好人,也照歹人;降雨給義人,也給不義的人。」(馬太福音5:45) 當然上帝的愛不是溺愛,祂看到自己用愛所創造出來的人類與祂的教導日行漸遠,甚至背道而馳,祂的心非常傷痛難過!因此, 上帝就容許各種的災難包括瘟疫來管教這個世界,讓我們認識到人是何等渺小無能,希望我們能遠離惡行,敬畏...

Science 1: 科學在苦難面前不萬能 (Science is not omnipotent in the face of suffering)

苦難源於罪性 全球確診感染新冠病毒(Covid-19)的人數已達數千萬,不少人失去生命。這些病人瀕臨死亡時家人也無法探視,所以連親人離世都無法見最後一面,真是非常難過的事情。 現在的社會不僅面臨著身體健康與生命安危的威脅,也面臨著大規模的經濟危機。美國的失業率已高達14.7%,還可能會繼續增長。公司為了生存不得不裁員,很多學生畢業就面臨著失業,非常多的小本生意行業,如餐飲業等都無法正常開門營業,這個惡性循環弄得人心惶惶。 人類為甚麼總會遇到一些苦難? 這是一個非常嚴肅的問題。 聖經給出答案,有可能是因為人的罪,也有可能是因為要顯出上帝的榮耀,展示上帝的計劃。 新冠病毒出現的具體原因我不知道,但是我可以告訴你, 苦難最深的根源的確是從人的罪開始。回溯到人類的起源,上帝造了亞當與夏娃,並且告訴他們伊甸園裡除了善惡樹上的果子不能吃,其他果子都可以吃;但是在蛇的出現和引誘下,夏娃偷吃了善惡樹上的果子,並引誘自己的丈夫亞當也吃了禁果,所以他們就犯了罪,違背了上帝的誡命。 那犯罪的後果是甚麼呢? 上帝當時就對亞當說:「你既聽從妻子的話,吃了我所吩咐你不可吃的那樹上的果子,地必為你的緣故受咒詛;你必終身勞苦才能從地裡得吃的。地必給你長出荊棘和蒺藜來;你也要吃田間的菜蔬。你必汗流滿面才得糊口,直到你歸了土。」(創世記3:17-19) 原來按聖經所說人本來過得很好,因為不聽上帝的話犯了罪而與上帝分開,亞當從此就要汗流滿面在荊棘地裡耕作才可以糊口。不止這樣,因為人犯罪的緣故, 「地必為你的緣故受咒詛」(創世記3:17) ,宇宙萬物也被牽連而變質,開始有了毀壞和死亡,所以新冠病毒的來源從總根源上是與人類犯罪有關。 科學不是處方 很多人說如今世界科技不斷進步,人類面臨的所有問題包括身體健康、食物短缺、心理需求、違法行為等等都會有解決的方法。 這是真的嗎?很諷刺的是,在我們高舉科學發明旗幟的同時,卻爆發了人類歷史上最大規模的兩次戰爭。因著人性的自私,很多有名的科學發明都被用於各樣殺傷力大的武器。人們藉高科技互相殘殺,製造出很多苦難的悲劇。 主耶穌曾預言末世快到的情景: 「只因不法的事增多,許多人的愛心才漸漸冷淡了。」(馬太福音24:12) 雖然這世上有越來越多的高科技,不法的事情卻也越來越多,很多人的愛心漸漸冷淡。現在我們的物質生活都很豐富,但人因此變得越來越可愛嗎?不一定,倒是變得越來越以...

教子之方

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教養兒女成難題 現在常常聽到父母抱怨孩子不聽話,學校老師也抱怨學生太難教。我們責怪孩子沒有感恩之心,好吃懶做,不愛學習,成天玩遊戲,更不懂得體貼孝順父母,甚至感歎一代不如一代。我們在問:「這個時代的孩子怎麼了?」 有些家長情急之下,到書店或者網站上找教育孩子的秘訣。有一位單身母親,只有一個女兒。女兒已經很大了,但是從不幹家務活,這位母親要上班,又要回家做飯洗衣,非常辛苦。偶爾叫女兒幫個忙,她總是一百個不願意。母親很頭疼,跑到書店買了一本書。這本書教父母如何快速培養自己的孩子,她讀後很高興,決定試用其中一招。她對女兒說:「女兒啊!從今天開始,只要妳幫我做家務,我就付錢給妳。」女兒一聽很開心,有錢賺了。接下來的幾週,女兒幫忙洗碗、洗衣服、整理打掃房屋,賺了不少錢。母親也很開心,終於找到了讓孩子做家務的秘訣。可是過了三個月,有一天這位母親回到家,看到洗衣機旁邊堆了一堆的衣服,女兒躺在沙發上看手機。她皺皺眉問女兒:「妳能幫忙把衣服洗一洗嗎?我還要做飯,今天很累。」沒想到女兒說:「我也很累,今天不想賺這個錢了。」 聽到這位母親的分享,我也感到寒心。家本該是幸福的港灣,父母與子女的關係應該是彼此相愛的關係,可是現在卻演變成金錢利益關係。 貧苦有時是良方 現在網上各樣教養兒女的奇招妙策,很多都是頭疼醫頭,腳疼醫腳,甚至甚麼也醫不了。其實很多教育兒女的失敗都是因為不當的寵養,所以某種意義上貧苦也是一劑天然的教子良方。 也許大家都聽說了何家南的故事,一個從大興安嶺出來讀書的男生。當父親東拼西湊了四千多元給他去讀大學,他知道父親已經盡了全力,含著眼淚安慰父親:「爹,您放心吧!兒子還有一雙手,一雙腿呢。」交完了學雜費,只剩下三百多元,五個月怎麼活下去呢?他沒有抱怨,沒有自卑,而是買了一部舊手機,幫人跑腿,給那些起不了床去買早餐的學生送飯,一次一元,校外一公里內每次兩元。因為他跑得快,又講信用,他的顧客群越來越龐大,代理的東西也從零碎小件到大的電子產品。一個學期下來,寒假回家,當父親還在為他下學期的學費發愁時,他把一千元遞到父親手中。這個像風一樣跑的男孩用他勤勞的手腳追求著美好的生活,用他的感恩回報安慰著他的家人。 上帝賜人一本書 問題是,畢竟很多家庭並沒有在經濟上捉襟見肘,所以簡單套用貧苦的處方教養兒女未必見效。有沒有一個解決通病的良方呢?我自己也是在成為基督徒後,才真切地體會到這個方子...

父母先要管理好自己的怒氣

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小事能成怒氣爆發點 一位媽媽下了班就趕到學校將七歲的兒子接回家,接著就進廚房收拾,準備晚餐,感到很疲勞。丈夫下班回家後也顯得很累,他到客廳往沙發上一坐就打開了電視。這個時候,兒子跑進廚房跟媽媽要餅乾,媽媽沒好氣地對他說:「晚飯前甚麼都不能吃。」 孩子到客廳看到一個糖果盒,就問爸爸能不能吃糖?爸爸也沒有同意。五分鐘後,孩子走過來,一邊打著籃球,一邊問爸爸:「能到朋友杉杉家玩嗎?」爸爸說:「作業沒做完不能去,不要在家裡打球。」孩子便進到廚房問媽媽:「書放在學校裡了,能到朋友家借一下書嗎?」他邊說邊拋球邊接球,忽然球落到餐桌上,一個杯子啪地摔到地上,碎了。 爸爸聽見聲音騰地從沙發上站起來,衝進廚房對孩子大叫:「我告訴你不要在家裡打球,你就不聽。」他一把將兒子的胳膊拎起來。妻子說:「放手。你要把兒子嚇死啊!」兒子嚇懵了,走進自己房間哭起來。妻子也回到自己房間生氣,不做飯了。丈夫一個人坐回沙發瞪著電視,甚麼也看不進去。家裡頓時變得一團糟。 好在這家父母的怒氣只是在一個初級階段。生活中人們很容易出現不愉快的情緒,當情緒失控就成了怒氣。有些家庭常為小事而爭吵,互不相讓,甚至怒中動手施暴,釀成不和;有些因為爭吵打鬧成了家常便飯,最後勞燕分飛離了婚,孩子從此在單親家庭裡成長,失去了正常完整的家庭。 小火星甚至引爆大事故 怒氣如果得不到及時控制和適當管理,人就容易犯罪。聖經告訴我們,人類始祖亞當和夏娃的孩子,因為怒氣釀成了人類的第一樁命案。哥哥該隱因為弟弟亞伯的供物被上帝耶和華所悅納,而自己的供物卻不被悅納, 因此「就大大地發怒,變了臉色。」(創世記4:5)上帝就對該隱說:「你為甚麼發怒呢?你為甚麼變了臉色呢?你若行得好,豈不蒙悅納?你若行得不好,罪就伏在門前。它必戀慕你,你卻要制伏它。」(創世記4:6-7) 怒氣常為罪打開破口,當怒氣大到一個程度,就很容易攻擊別人、傷害對方,小火星甚至能引爆大事故,所以必須要管理和制伏怒氣。可悲的是,該隱沒有做到這一點,他根本聽不進上帝的規勸,接下來在田間就將弟弟給殺了。怒氣在人間釀成的悲劇不勝枚舉,所以聖經中反覆勸導人們: 「你不要心裡急躁惱怒,因為惱怒存在愚昧人的懷中。」(傳道書7:9)「生氣卻不要犯罪;不可含怒到日落。」(以弗所書4:26)「不輕易發怒的,勝過勇士;治服己心的,強如取城。」(箴言16:32) 當我們發脾氣時,我們想要表現出自己的...

Looking Upon Jesus 仰望耶穌

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LOOKING UNTO JESUS Scripture: "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, look¬ing unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame."—HEB. xii. 1. 2. R. V.         In running a race the eye and heart are ever set upon the goal and the prize. The Christian is here called to keep his eye fixed on Jesus enduring the cross, as the one object of imitation and desire. In our whole life we are ever to be animated by His Spirit as He bore the cross. This was the way that led to the throne and the glory of God. This is the new and living way which He opened for us through the veil of the flesh. It is as we study and realize that it was for His bearing the cross that God so highly exalted Him, that we shall walk in His footsteps bear¬ing our cross after Him with the flesh condemned and crucified.         The impotence of the Church is greatly owing to ...

為河南蒙古族人祈禱Pray for Henan Mongolian Tribe, China

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Pray for Henan Mongolian Tribe, China Dear Heavenly Father in Glory!  All the people you created will come to praise you and worship your Holy Name! Your name is to be praised, now and forever. From the place of sunrise to the place of sunset, the name of Jehovah is to be praised! Your name is above all other names, your glory is above the heaven and the earth. You will bless those who fear your name, and those who obey and follow you will be saved. Heavenly Father, May your name be found in all the earth, glory to God!  Lord, today we handed over 30,000 people from Henan Mongol Autonomous County to your mighty hands. Henan Mongol Autonomous County belongs to Qinghai Province. The Mongols there speak the Amdo Tibetan language and maintain a few Tibetan culture and customs, but they always retain their traditional clothing, architecture and Mongolian New Year. In the 13th century, the Mongols created the largest empire in history. Today, 75% of Mongolians in the world form an o...

Renewing My Mind Everyday

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Dear Heavenly Father, I delicate myself to renewing my mind by reading, meditating and speaking your Word. It is my desire to keep my mind pure and clear from anything that would hurt or weaken me spiritually. I think on things that are pure, lovely, just, of a good report, virtuous and praiseworthy. I choose to think about good things, and I refuse thoughts that are inappropriate and give me hard feeling. I now cast down vain imaginations and bad thoughts in the name of Jesus. I will not let doubt, worry, anger, or fear to pollute my mind. I will be quick to respond to wrong thoughts and desires by replacing them with proper thoughts and by speaking God's Word over my life. I refuse to fill my mind with the poison of gossip, backbiting, unforgiveness, hurting and jealousy. I will guard and protect my mind by not watching , reading or listening to anything that is not pleasing to the Lord. I make a decision to meditate on God's Word and to keep my mind pure and undefiled, that ...

Healing Prayer_Stripe 3

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 Authority Over Satan  Stripe 3 [NIV]1Corinthians 15:57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  [NASB]James 4:7 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. [NASB]John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. Jesus came that I may have life, and have it abundantly, but Satan comes to steal, kill and destroy. God's Will for my life is health and wholeness. I command Satan right now:  Jesus has already defeated you and taken away your authority to harm me. In Jesus's almighty name, I boldly proclaim: Satan, you are under my feet. I resist you and I stand steadfast in my faith to defeat you. I command you to stop all attempts to put sickness or disease on my body and mind, and you have no hold on me at all. I take authority over Satan and break the power of any curses that have been spoken over my life. Witchcraft, black magic, and all ...

Healing Prayer_Stripe 2

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Overcoming Fear Stripe 2 Psalms 42:11 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.  [NASB]Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. I am strong and very courageous; I will not fear. I will not let fear impact my life. I am not afraid because God's Word gives me boldness and hope. For I fear no devil, no sickness and no disease. My faith and trust in God and His Word destroys the power of fear. God has not given me a spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind. Fear, I command you to leave me right now in the name of Jesus Christ. I have complete peace of God in my body, soul and spirit. I refuse to get stressed out, worry or be anxious about anything. I stand firm and fearless in my faith. God is for me, God is with me and God is in...

晨禱 Prayer for the Church 14/3

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Morning prayer 14/3 Good morning Emmanuel! ❤️Dear Glorious Heavenly Father! We thank you and praise you in this beautiful Holy Sunday. We honor and praise your Holy Name in every moment. Let our praises always be in our mouths. Our hearts boast in your name, because Lord you are great and deserve all praises! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. You are worthy of all praises! Dear Lord! May your eyes put upon to those who fear you, and you look upon to those who look up to you. You are our help, our shield and our refuge. Our hearts rejoice in you, because we rely on your Holy name. You show your kindness to those who look upon you. Abba Father! We come to worship you on this beautiful Sunday! May the whole earth come to honor Your holy name! Now, we call on you to bless your church on earth, the church will be able to honor you in all circumstances, especially in this pandemic. May you use your church to bear witness in your Holy name, because many helpless people need the ...

Healing Prayer_Stripe 1

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Jesus Already Did It! Stripe 1 Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.                                      I declare that Jesus bore my sickness and diseases on the cross. He was made sick so that I might be made well. He was beaten and bruised for me. He was my substitute, and He became sick so I would not have to be sick. By His stripes I was healed in the name of Jesus. Jesus already did it for me. Now I receive the healing today and healing is already mine. Healing is a gift from My Lord and Savior Jesus, I do not have to ask, but receive in faith. Jesus was bruised for my iniquities, the punishment He bore had brought me peace,...

Pray for the Lost 為未信主的人祈禱

Pray for the Lost 13/3 ❤️Dear Father God, we thank and praise you, you are the glorious God, you are the holy and righteous God, you must never regard the guilty as innocent, you made your son Jesus a scapegoat to save everything People who believe in Jesus' salvation.         Lord! Thank you for your grace for allowing us to be blessed. You have given us the grace of believing. You have given us eternal life through your salvation. You have taken our sins and made us clothed with yours. Righteousness, from now on we are no longer sinners, but become righteous by believing that You are the Christ and the Son of God. Lord! Thank you for what your grace has come to us, and we thank you again!         Lord! Today, I wish to put our unbelievers family, friends, and neighbors in your hands. May You open their blinded hearts, understand the truth, and accept You as the savior in their lives. May You take this wonderful eternal blessing It is given to th...

The Desire for God 渴慕上帝

THE DESIRE FOR GOD Scripture: Isaiah 26:9 My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.  What is the chief thing, the greatest and most glorious, that man can see or find upon earth? Nothing less than God Himself.          And what is the chief and the best and the most glorious thing that a man needs every day, and can do every day? Nothing less than to seek and to know, and to love and to praise this glorious God. As glorious as God is, so is the glory which begins to work in the heart and life of the man who gives himself to live for God.          Dear brothers and sisters, have you learnt what is the first and the greatest thing you have to do every day?          Nothing less and nothing greater than to seek this God, to meet Him, to worship Him, to live for Him and for His glory. It is a ...

How can I effectively do my daily devotion?

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How to make your time count: Psalms 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.  Pause and take a deep breath. As you do so, reflect on last year. What has God done in your life since Easter 2020? When you’re in the middle of a long season, it can be easy to forget what God is doing in the midst of your circumstances. That’s one of the reasons why reflecting on God’s Word is so important: it helps us slow down and remember that God is faithful in every season of life. As you prepare for Resurrection Sunday, spend some intentional time reflecting on God’s faithfulness by studying the Verse of the Day. Here are 3 ways you can do that: If you have 5 minutes… Open your Bible App, and look for the Verse of the Day. Before you start reading, ask God to make you aware of anything He wants to show you. Then, read through the verse slowly, paying close at...

如何有效地每天靈修

如何善用你的時間: 神啊,求你鑒察我,知道我的心思,試煉我,知道我的意念,看在我裏面有甚麼惡行沒有,引導我走永生的道路。[詩篇139:23-24] 稍息片刻,深呼吸,並同時回顧過去這一年。自 2020 年復活節至今,上帝在你生命中成就了什麼? 置身於漫長的人生時節,你很容易會忘了上帝正在你處境中的作為。而這正是反思上帝話語何以重要的原因之一:它能幫助我們緩下腳步,想起上帝在我們人生的每個時節裡都是信實的。 在預備迎接復活節之際,請有計畫地用一些時間研讀【今日經文】,反思上帝的信實。 你可以採用以下三種方式: 如果你有 5 分鐘⋯⋯ 打開聖經軟體,查看【今日經文】。請在開始閱讀前,先祈求上帝能讓你察覺到祂想要向你顯明的一切。然後慢慢閱讀今天的經文,細心留意任何吸引你注意的字句。 問問自己: 這節經文告訴我上帝的哪一個屬性?這段經文的重點是什麼? 我要如何將它應用在日常生活裡? 用禱告作結束,祈求上帝幫助你整天都反思這節經文。 如果你有 15 分鐘⋯⋯ 在讀完【今日經文】後,點擊【譯本對照】,接著選擇你想比較的 3-5 個聖經譯本。仔細閱讀每一個譯本,留意字詞上的差異,讓這些差異擴增你對這節經文的理解。 問問自己: 每一個譯本如何詮釋這節經文?在對照不同譯本之後,我對上帝有什麼新的認識?有哪些字句特別吸引我的注意? 寫下上帝給你的任何啟示,然後祈求祂幫助你將此經文應用在你的生活裡。 如果你有 30 分鐘⋯⋯ 用前五分鐘思想任何會攪擾你注意力的擔憂和問題。祈求上帝向你顯明祂話語中的真理,然後慢慢閱讀【今日經文】,並對照不同譯本。 做完這些之後,在【發掘】內輸入經文出處,查看相關資源。用一部分反思時間來選擇研讀其中一個資源。 問問自己: 這個資源提供了什麼樣的觀點?它如何影響或確認了上帝透過今天的經文對我的啟示?哪些引起我的共鳴?我可以如何將它應用在生活裡? 完成這些之後,請就你所研讀的經文,寫下 2-3 項領受的心得。(你甚至可以 嘗試這個學習方式。) 在結束反思時間之後,用幾分鐘禱告,祈求上帝一整天都提醒你學到的所有功課。每天重複這個步驟,直到復活節為止。 建議聖經軟件app Holy Bible 中英語言,聆聽牌聖經 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sirma.mobile.bible.android

Why do we need God? 為什麼人需要上帝

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ALONE WITH GOD Scripture:  "And it came to pass, as He was alone praying."—[LUKE9:18]  "He departed again into a mountain, Himself alone."[ JOHN6:15]           Man needs God. God made him for Himself, to find his life and happiness in Himself alone.                   Man needs to be alone with God. His fall consisted in his being brought, through the lust of the flesh and the world, under the power of things visible and temporal. His restoration is meant to bring him back to the Father's house, the Father's presence, the Father's love and fellowship. Salvation means being brought to love and to delight in the presence of God.                    Man needs to be alone with God. Without this, God cannot have the opportunity to shine into his heart, to transform his nature by His Divine working, to take possession and to fill him with t...

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2/25 上帝旨意的成全 經文: 「因為耶和華揀選了錫安,願意當作自己的居所。……我要住在這裏,因為是我所願意的。」(詩篇一三二:13~14) 由於上帝的心思意念都放在人的身上,祂的注意力也全部關注在人的幸福上,所以上帝義無反顧地要將救贖計劃完成,以拯救祂所愛的人類靈魂。 祂對摩西說:「讓我作他們的避難所,我要住在他們當中。」就像以色列人為神建聖殿,上帝的兒女也要將自己獻給上帝,做聖靈的殿,而且要吸引更多人認識主,使他們樂意將自己獻上,做為聖靈的殿。 這是多麼榮耀的呼召!把謀生的工作視為次要的事,而把救人靈魂,為上帝贏得更多的人歸向祂,作為首要的職志。因為上帝說:「我要住在這裡,這是我所願意的。」 這也是我代禱的主要內容,為周圍的人禱告,求聖靈在人心中動工,讓他們願意接受上帝住在他們心中。我為何願意這樣勞苦地為他們代禱?實在是因為上帝的大愛感動我的心,而上帝也要賜下大能與祝福,回應我的禱告。 想一想大衛念及上帝要住在人心中的心願,他說:「我不容我的眼睛睡覺,也不容我的眼目打盹;直等我為耶和華尋得所在,為雅各的大能者尋得居所。」(詩一三二:4、5)我們這些蒙恩的信徒,既知上帝內住的平安與好處,豈不更該不辭勞苦地為上帝找著更多的居所? 讓我們現在就為家人、朋友、鄰居禱告,不僅因為我們愛他們,更因為上帝願意萬人得救,不願一人沉淪。也感謝上帝揀選我們,作為祂愛的流通管道,讓我們操練做個「代禱勇士」的功課,讓上帝的心意得以滿足。 「主啊:祢說:『我把人心當作我的居所,這是我所願意的。』教導我們體貼祢的心願,晝夜不斷禱告,為祢贏得更多的人!奉耶穌的名,阿們。」

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晨禱 早上好 以馬內利! 一月三十日 星期六  ❤️親愛的阿爸父神!我們感謝讚美祢,感謝祢的大愛,祢賜下祢獨生兒子耶穌基督來救贖我們,把我們從這罪惡的世界裡,遷到祢愛子的國度,祢使我們脫離罪的轄制,在基督的裡面得自由,感謝祢賜給我們永生。  主啊,感謝祢賜給我們所有的一切,求祢扭轉我們的心,讓我們常常感恩,要以當下所有的為知足,不再追求虛無的,能衰殘的,短暫的富足。  主啊,這世界崇尚的,追逐的,總是以金錢為衡量標準。 那些想要發財的人,就陷在迷惑,落在網羅和許多無知有害的私慾裡,叫人沉在敗壞和滅亡中。 貪財是萬惡之根,有人貪戀錢財,就被引誘離了真道,用許多愁苦把自己刺透了,貪愛銀子的,不因得銀子知足;貪愛豐富的,也不因得利益知足;富足人的豐富,卻不容他睡覺,這都是虛空。 而擁有永生的我們,應常存知足的心,因為我們沒有帶什麼到世上來,也不能帶什麼去,有衣有食,就當知足。 願屬祢的門徒,將信心建立在祢的信實上,建立在祢的恩典上,將我們的目光定睛在為我們創始成終的主耶穌基督的身上,我們便能應積財在天,因為我們的財寶在那𥚃,我們的心也在那𥚃。  主啊,祢是我們的至寶,尋求祢的,什麼好處都不缺,願屬祢的聖徒,今生只為祢而活! 感謝神,求祢聽我們的禱告,奉耶穌基督的聖名所求,阿們!  

耶穌是主

新舊約《聖經》多方啟示耶穌基督的真理,以下說明「耶穌是主」的意義(紅色字為引用經文): 一、耶穌是「人類的救主」 信耶穌的人被稱為基督徒,而《聖經》亦多次提到耶穌基督這名詞。基督,在希伯來語中是指彌賽亞、是「救世主」。因此「耶穌基督」其實表明: 一、耶穌是救世主。 耶穌對他們說:「你們是從下頭來的,我是從上頭來的;你們是屬這世界的,我不是屬這世界的。所以我對你們說,你們要死在罪中。你們若不信我是基督,必要死在罪中。」《約翰福音》8:23-24 二、耶穌是「萬有的主」 神藉著耶穌基督(祂是萬有的主)傳和平的福音,將這道賜給以色列人。《使徒行傳》10:36 三、耶穌是「一切的主」 所以,神將祂升為至高,又賜給祂超乎萬名之上的名,叫一切在天上的、地上的,和地底下的,因耶穌的名無不屈膝,無不口稱「耶穌基督為主」,使榮耀歸與父神。《腓立比書》2:9-11 四、耶穌是「萬王之王,萬主之主」 要守這命令,毫不玷污,無可指責,直到我們的主耶穌基督顯現。到了日期,那可稱頌、獨有權能的萬王之王、萬主之主《提摩太前書》6:14-15 在祂衣服和大腿上有名寫著說:「萬王之王,萬主之主。」《啟示錄》19:16 相信「耶穌是主」必蒙基督拯救恩典,信祂的人能脫離罪的轄制和綑綁,得享永生之福。 你若口裡認耶穌為主,心裡信神叫祂從死裡復活,就必得救。因為人心裡相信,就可以稱義;口裡承認,就可以得救。《羅馬書》10:9-10 神愛世人,甚至將祂的獨生子賜給他們,叫一切信祂的,不至滅亡,反得永生。《約翰福音》3:16