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When It’s Not Politically Correct To Obey God

2024-07-21/in GAMEtime Sharing /by meiling

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 5:17-32. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!

Acts 5:17-25 (NIV)
17  Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
18  They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
19  But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out.
20  “Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

On verses 17-25: The high priest is jealous of the apostles and the positive attention they were getting from the miracles God had enabled them to perform. The high priest throws the apostles in jail. Yet miraculously God sends an angel to deliver the apostles, taking them out of jail without being noticed. At daybreak the next morning, the high priest finds the apostles in the temple courts telling people “the full message of this life” (v20).

因着信，我们能爱

2024-07-19/in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2024 /by meiling

马太福音 17:14-21

14 耶稣和门徒到了众人那里，有一个人来见耶稣，跪下， 15 说：「主啊，怜悯我的儿子！他害癫痫的病很苦，屡次跌在火里，屡次跌在水里。 16 我带他到你门徒那里，他们却不能医治他。」 17 耶稣说：「唉！这又不信又悖谬的世代啊，我在你们这里要到几时呢？我忍耐你们要到几时呢？把他带到我这里来吧！」 18 耶稣斥责那鬼，鬼就出来，从此孩子就痊愈了。

车子飞快地奔驰著，心想还有半小时就到台南，应该可以准时回家吃中饭。一转瞬，街道旁中年妇人的身影闪过我的眼角，一身破烂、一根柺杖、还有缠着绷带且不断挥舞的双手，显然的，她在期待撘便车。荒郊野地，一位脏兮兮的妇人，让她撘便车，不方便吧！那根柺杖，会不会有危险啊！日头赤焰焰，随人顾生命……。是的！中午的日头赤焰焰，她的手可能要挥舞好久，才能盼到第二辆车子。心念一转，随着右脚的煞车动作，心中唠叨了几句，上帝啊！祢可得帮帮忙喔！保守我的平安。车子拐个弯，停在妇人的身旁。

Integrity Matters

2024-07-19/in GAMEtime Sharing /by meiling

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 5:1-16. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!

Acts 5:1-11 (NIV)
1  Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.
2  With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet.
3  Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land?

On verses 1-11: What exactly did Ananias and Sapphira do wrong here? Weren’t they generous in giving money to the church? Did God strike them down simply because they kept a bit of the money for themselves? Are we not allowed to keep anything for ourselves when we sell something?

How Situations Can Changewith Prayer and God’s Word

2024-07-18/in GAMEtime Sharing /by meiling

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 4:23-37. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!

Acts 4:23-36 (NIV)
23  On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
24  When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them.
25  You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
26  The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One.

On verses 24-26: Notice how much the early church relied on two habits: prayer and studying the Scriptures. Before the book of Acts, we see no record of the disciples searching and quoting the Scriptures themselves, but now after seeing the resurrected Jesus and after being filled with the Holy Spirit, the Scriptures become so important and alive to them.

一句话的能力

2024-07-18/in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2024 /by meiling

罗马书 13:9 像那「不可奸淫，不可杀人，不可偷盗，不可贪婪」，或有别的诫命，都包在「爱人如己」这一句话之内了。

有一天我走路经过面包店的骑楼，恰好碰到我的研究生，我不经意的问她：「妳最近好吗？」打过招呼后，我们就各走各路。她来自大陆，先在德国读书，再来台湾修读双学位。她是女生，我比较不方便，也未曾关心过她的生活情形。几个月后，她完成双学位后到美国，她捎来一封信告诉我，「妳最近好吗？」那一句话温暖了她的心，安慰她思乡之苦，因为她出外读书多年，从未有人关心过她。从此以后，她在过年过节总会email问候，分享她在美国的生活，有时也寻求我的建议。

The Most Important Proof that Jesus is Alive

2024-07-17/in GAMEtime Sharing /by meiling

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 4:13-22. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!

Acts 4:13 (NIV)
13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

On verse 13: Peter and John did not have any formal education, but they had spent three years with the Word, Jesus Christ. You don’t need to have a formal education or spectacular worldly credentials to be used by God. In the end, all you need is to have been with the Word, Jesus Christ. The more you’ve been with the Word, Jesus Christ, who is wisdom personified, the more He gives you wisdom to live, to do relationships well, to pursue God-given dreams and to serve His people with power.

一句话也不说

2024-07-17/in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2024 /by meiling

创世记 24:21 那人定睛看她，一句话也不说，要晓得耶和华赐他通达的道路没有。

书6:10 约书亚吩咐百姓说：「你们不可呼喊，不可出声，连一句话也不可出你们的口，等到我吩咐你们呼喊的日子，那时才可以呼喊。」

马太福音 27:14 耶稣仍不回答，连一句话也不说，以致巡抚甚觉稀奇。

以赛亚书 53:7 祂被欺压，在受苦的时候却不开口。像羊羔被牵到宰杀之地，又像羊在剪毛的人手下无声，祂也是这样不开口。

「一句话也不说」是信心的功课，亚伯拉罕的老仆人认真等候神，约书亚和百姓倚靠祂得胜，耶稣谦卑顺服天父旨意。许多时候，我们需要一句话也不说，定睛仰望神。

管理亚伯拉罕全业最老的仆人定睛看利百加，一句话也不说，要晓得耶和华赐他通达的道路没有。（创24:21）

约书亚吩咐百姓不可呼喊，不可出声，一句话也不可出口，等到呼喊的日子。（书6:10）百姓围绕耶利哥城六日，一日一次，第七日绕城七次，他们听见角声，百姓大声呼喊，城墙塌陷，各人往前直上，将城夺取。

The One Name That Saves

2024-07-16/in GAMEtime Sharing /by meiling

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 4:1-12. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!

Acts 4:1-4 (NIV)
1  The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.
2  They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
3  They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.
4  But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

On verses 1-4: The Sadducees were a group that did not believe in the idea of resurrection and were big critics of anyone who preached it (see for example Matthew 22:23, Mark 12:18 and Acts 23:8). According to Acts 5:17, the high priest and all his associates were members of the Sadducees.