詩篇 119:41-48
41 耶和華啊，願祢照祢的話，使祢的慈愛，就是祢的救恩，臨到我身上。
42 我就有話回答那羞辱我的，因我倚靠祢的話。
43 求祢叫真理的話總不離開我口，因我仰望祢的典章。
44 我要常守祢的律法，直到永永遠遠。
45 我要自由而行，因我素來考究你的訓詞。
46 我也要在君王面前論說祢的法度，並不至於羞愧。
47 我要在你的命令中自樂，這命令素來是我所愛的。
48 我又要遵行祢的命令，這命令素來是我所愛的，我也要思想祢的律例。
Vav 自由的行走在寬闊之地（詩119:41-48）
遵行神的律法，讓我們脫離罪惡的綑綁，去除老我的纏累，自由的行走在寬闊之地；我們喜愛祂的命令，思想且遵行，因為它帶來救恩與應許。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 17:1-15. 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 17:1-9 (NIV)
When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.
The second half of the book of Acts is showing us these great pictures of God’s salvation. Acts 17 is going to show how God is saving his people and the kind of heart needed to respond. You may remember that Jesus told a parable that is the parable of the sower in Mark 4. The parable pictures a sower scattering seed across all kinds of different soils. Jesus explains that the parable as the sower sowing the word and the different soils as the different responses that happen from proclaiming the message of God (cf. Mark 4:14). So the parable is about considering if your life is guided by God’s word.
詩篇 119 : 33-40
33 耶和華啊，求祢將祢的律例指教我，我必遵守到底。
34 求祢賜我悟性，我便遵守祢的律法，且要一心遵守。
35 求祢叫我遵行祢的命令，因為這是我所喜樂的。
36 求祢使我的心趨向祢的法度，不趨向非義之財。
37 求祢叫我轉眼不看虛假，又叫我在祢的道中生活。
38 祢向敬畏祢的人所應許的話，求祢向僕人堅定。
39 求祢使我所怕的羞辱遠離我，因祢的典章本為美。
40 我羨慕祢的訓詞，求祢使我在祢的公義上生活。
遵行神的律法不在於「我可以遵行」，而在於「神教導引領」；求神教導律例，賜我悟性，引領我遵行，使我的心趨向神，與神對齊。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 16:25-40. 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 16:25-36 (NIV)
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose.
27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
On verses 25-36: Here we see why God allowed Paul and Silas to be flogged and imprisoned. It wasn’t because God was cruel, distant or indifferent. Rather God allowed this painful situation so that Paul, Silas and everyone in the prison with them, especially a lost jailer, could witness God’s incredible saving power. Not only did God save his servants from prison, but even more God used the situation so that the jailer and his family could receive Jesus and be saved from hell.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 16:1-12. 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 16:1-3 (NIV)
1 He came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was a Jewess and a believer, but whose father was a Greek.
2 The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
On verses 1-3: Lystra was the city where Paul experienced some of the worst persecution of his life. He was stoned and almost killed in Lystra (Acts 14:19). Yet Paul never gave up on Lystra and continued to reach and care for the believers there. Eventually in Lystra Paul would meet Timothy, who would become one of his dearest sons in the faith and one of his most important teammates. It goes to show that when you don’t give up on the place God has called you to, great things will happen eventually. You just need to last long enough to see it.
詩篇 119 : 25-32
25 我的性命幾乎歸於塵土，求祢照祢的話將我救活。
26 我述說我所行的，祢應允了我，求祢將你的律例教訓我。
27 求祢使我明白祢的訓詞，我就思想祢的奇事。
28 我的心因愁苦而消化，求祢照祢的話使我堅立。
29 求祢使我離開奸詐的道，開恩將祢的律法賜給我。
30 我揀選了忠信的道，將祢的典章擺在我面前。
31 我持守祢的法度，耶和華啊，求祢不要叫我羞愧！
32 你開廣我心的時候，我就往祢命令的道上直奔。
Dalet 詩篇 119 : 25-32
在逆境中，
祢的話救活我們幾乎歸於塵土的性命，
祢的話堅立我們因愁苦而消化的心靈。
在抉擇時，
祢的律法帶我們離開奸詐的道，
祢的典章領我們揀選忠信的道。
詩篇 119 : 17-24
17 求祢用厚恩待祢的僕人，使我存活，我就遵守祢的話。
18 求祢開我的眼睛，使我看出祢律法中的奇妙。
19 我是在地上作寄居的；求祢不要向我隱瞞祢的命令！
20 我時常切慕祢的典章，甚至心碎。
21 受咒詛、偏離祢命令的驕傲人，祢已經責備他們。
22 求祢除掉我所受的羞辱和藐視，因我遵守祢的法度。
23 雖有首領坐著妄論我，祢僕人卻思想祢的律例。
24 祢的法度是我所喜樂的，是我的謀士。
Gimmel 詩篇 119 : 17-24
遵行神的話語將我們圍護在神的恩典與應許中，讓我們遠離受咒詛、偏離神命令的驕傲人，除掉我們所受的羞辱和藐視，我們眼睛必看見神律法中的奇妙。神的話語是我的謀士，是我所喜樂的。
你的眼目要向前正看；你的眼睛（原文是皮）當向前直觀。要修平你腳下的路，堅定你一切的道。不可偏向左右；要使你的腳離開邪惡。（箴4:25-27）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 15:30-41. 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 15:30-32 (NIV)
30 The men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter.
31 The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message.
32 Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
On verses 30-32: Sent by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, Judas and Silas join Paul and Barnabas on their way back to the church in Antioch. There, the prophetically gifted Judas and Silas “said much to encourage and strengthen” the Christians in Antioch with their words.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage, Acts 15:13-29, is not the easiest passage in Acts to interpret, but there are some powerful lessons for those willing to dig deeper. 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 15:13-18 (NIV)
13 When they finished, James spoke up: “Brothers, listen to me.
14 Simon has described to us how God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for himself.
15 The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:
16 “‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
17 that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things’
18 that have been known for ages.
On verses 13-18: James, the brother of Jesus and a leader in the church in Jerusalem, continues the discussion about whether Gentile (non-Jewish) Christians should be subject to the law of Moses including Jewish requirements like circumcision. James acknowledges what Peter had just shared in verses 7 to 11, how Peter had personally seen God choosing Gentile Christians and giving them His Holy Spirit as much as He did Jewish Christians. While Peter referred to his own personal experience to support the idea that God had chosen believers from among the Gentiles as well, James refers to Scripture, quoting Amos 9:11-12 and showing that there is Scriptural support for the same idea that God had chosen believers from among the Gentiles.
詩篇 119 : 9-16
9 少年人用什麼潔淨他的行為呢？是要遵行祢的話。
10 我一心尋求了祢，求祢不要叫我偏離祢的命令。
11 我將祢的話藏在心裡，免得我得罪祢。
12 耶和華啊，祢是應當稱頌的，求祢將祢的律例教訓我。
13 我用嘴唇傳揚你口中的一切典章。
14 我喜悅祢的法度，如同喜悅一切的財物。
15 我要默想祢的訓詞，看重祢的道路。
16 我要在祢的律例中自樂，我不忘記祢的話。
我傳揚典章、喜悅法度、默想訓詞、看重道路，在神的律例中得著喜樂與滿足！
遵行神的話語就如同每一天我們行經十字路口，看等紅綠燈，行走斑馬線，我們得著保護，也不傷害別人。
當你行經試探的險徑時，記得撥打屬靈的119，讓神指引你，這是正道，要行在其間。
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