約拿書 4:2 就禱告耶和華說：「耶和華啊，我在本國的時候，豈不是這樣說嗎？我知道你是有恩典有憐憫的神，不輕易發怒，有豐盛的慈愛，並且後悔不降所說的災，所以我急速逃往他施去。
約拿書 4:10-11 耶和華說：「這蓖麻不是你栽種的，也不是你培養的，一夜發生，一夜乾死，你尚且愛惜，11 何況這尼尼微大城，其中不能分辨左手右手的有十二萬多人，並有許多牲畜，我豈能不愛惜呢？」
神安排風浪，阻擋約拿逃往他施去躲避耶和華；約拿被人抬起，拋在海中，海的狂浪就平息了。
神安排大魚，吞了約拿，他在魚腹中三日三夜；約拿在魚腹禱告許願，神吩咐魚吐約拿在旱地。
神安排蓖麻，高過約拿，影兒遮蓋他的頭，救他脫離苦楚；發怒中的約拿因這棵蓖麻大大喜樂。
神安排蟲子，咬那蓖麻，以致枯槁；神安排東風，炎熱吹襲，日頭曝曬；約拿的頭發昏，他就為自己求死。
神安排風浪、大魚、蓖麻、蟲子、東風、日頭…，向約拿顯明祂是有恩典、有憐憫的神，不輕易發怒，有豐盛的慈愛，並且後悔不降所說的災（拿4:2）。耶穌說這世代唯一的神蹟是悔改的神蹟，是十架赦免的神蹟（路11:29-32）。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 11:1-18. 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 11:1-18 (NIV)
1 The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him
3 and said, “You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
4 Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened:
On verses 1-18: The circumcised believers in Jerusalem criticized Peter for associating with Gentiles. So “starting from the beginning” (v2), Peter explains what happened to him: the vision he saw while praying (v5-10), the three men Cornelius sent and who arrived right at that same moment (v11), his meeting with Cornelius (v12-14), the way the Holy Spirit fell on these new Gentile believers as Peter was preaching (v15) and the lessons he learned from these experiences (v16-17).
男女老幼都要稱頌耶穌永遠不改變的慈愛–祂在十架上流出寶血，潔淨一切信祂的人，讓我們成為祂的子民。
/耶穌愛我，我知道/
耶穌愛我，我知道，因有聖經告訴我，幼小孩童祂牧養，他們軟弱主剛強。
主耶穌愛我，主耶穌愛我，主耶穌愛我，因聖經告訴我。
耶穌愛我捨生命，將我罪惡洗乾淨，天堂恩門為我開，讓祂小孩走進來。
/破碎/
懷著虔敬的心，我們來到祢的桌前；單單依靠祢的憐憫，數算祢慈愛無限。多少次遠離，多少次的歸回，祢深知我們的軟弱，求祢施恩典。
求用破碎的身體，來擁抱我們的破碎，以傾注的寶血，來挽回我們的心，祢奇妙的救恩，我們永遠無法完全體會。求用釘痕的雙手，來纏裹我們的傷痕，將倒空的生命，來滋潤我們的乾渴，親愛的救主，願一生相隨。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 10:34-48. 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 10:34-35 (NIV)
34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism
35 but accepts people from every nation who fear him and do what is right.
On verses 34-35: Peter recognizes that it was the Holy Spirit who gave him and Cornelius each a vision around the same time and used those visions to bring the two of them together. Even as he is preaching to Cornelius’ household, Peter himself is realizing that truly God’s heart is for people from every nation.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 10:17-33. 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 10:17-19 (NIV)
17 While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon’s house was and stopped at the gate.
18 They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there.
19 While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Simon, three men are looking for you.
On verses 17-19: In verse 3 the Holy Spirit called Cornelius by name. A number of times in Acts 10 the Holy Spirit calls Peter by name. (In fact, the Holy Spirit calls him by his new name “Peter” in verse 13 and then calls him by his old name “Simon” in verse 19.) What can we learn from this? God is a personal loving Father who knows us and calls us by name.
撒母耳記上 13:1-14
掃羅登基年四十歲。做以色列王二年的時候， 2 就從以色列中揀選了三千人，二千跟隨掃羅在密抹和伯特利山，一千跟隨約拿單在便雅憫的基比亞；其餘的人，掃羅都打發各回各家去了。 3 約拿單攻擊迦巴非利士人的防營，非利士人聽見了。掃羅就在遍地吹角，意思說要使希伯來人聽見。 4 以色列眾人聽見掃羅攻擊非利士人的防營，又聽見以色列人為非利士人所憎惡，就跟隨掃羅聚集在吉甲。
望著高鐵窗外掠過的夕陽美景，內心沒有絲毫感動，只有不斷向神呼求憐憫的禱告…。剛剛出席我們預備承接研究案的開標作業，開標現場的長桌上坐著主辦單位的業務、會計、政風人員，在拆封審視投標文件和研究計畫書的當時，政風人員狐疑的冒出幾句：「奇怪！這三間學校的投標計畫書，除了投標金額不一樣外，其他內容好像都一樣？ 」標場氣氛凝結片刻，沒人答腔，開標繼續進行，我們以最低的投標金額得標，承接這個研究案。離開標場，政風人員狐疑的眼神依然留存在我腦海裡，帶上回台南的高鐵，伴隨著忐忑不安的心情，迴繞著我好幾個星期，在每次的禱告中，我求神憐憫，求神赦免。
傳道書 3:11-14 神造萬物，各按其時成為美好，又將永生安置在世人心裡，然而神從始至終的作為，人不能參透。 12 我知道，世人莫強如終身喜樂、行善。 13 並且人人吃喝，在他一切勞碌中享福，這也是神的恩賜。 14 我知道，神一切所做的都必永存，無所增添，無所減少，神這樣行，是要人在祂面前存敬畏的心。
人的一生像一天的生活，早晨雞鳴像嬰兒啼哭入世，夜晚沉睡則恍如虛無離世；在其中，我們早早起床，喝杯咖啡，帶著希望，充滿活力…；大家整天忙碌，有時工作順利，贏得讚許，有時遭遇挫折，深受傷害，有時一事無成，心情沮喪…；撐到夜幕低垂，有人加班值班，有人舉杯歡宴，有人累縮沙發，有人悠遊網域…；疲憊了，爛醉了，通通要休息，躺在床上，窩在沙發，趴在街道，沉沉睡了。沒人能預知夢中有啥？誰能預約一個美夢？誰能將銀行的存摺、豐盛的酒席、歡樂的音符帶進睡夢中？或許有，那只不過是似有若無、虛無縹緲的夢境！
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 10:1-16. 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 10:1-4 (NIV)
1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.
2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.
3 One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
4 Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked. The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.
On verse 4: God heard the sincere prayers and took note of the generous donations Cornelius made to the poor, though Cornelius at this point had not yet put his trust in Jesus Christ. Regardless of your faith position, God sees the good that you do and the sincerity with which you pray. But if all the good you do was good enough to save you, God wouldn’t have sent Jesus Christ for you. Likewise despite all the good that Cornelius had done in his lifetime, God still connected Cornelius to Peter so that Cornelius could hear the saving news about Jesus Christ.
耶利米書 24:2-7
2 一筐是極好的無花果，好像是初熟的；一筐是極壞的無花果，壞得不可吃。 3 於是耶和華問我說：「耶利米你看見什麼？」我說：「我看見無花果，好的極好，壞的極壞，壞得不可吃。」
4 耶和華的話臨到我說： 5 「耶和華以色列的神如此說：被擄去的猶大人，就是我打發離開這地到迦勒底人之地去的，我必看顧他們如這好無花果，使他們得好處。 6 我要眷顧他們，使他們得好處，領他們歸回這地。我也要建立他們，必不拆毀；栽植他們，並不拔出。 7 我要賜他們認識我的心，知道我是耶和華。他們要做我的子民，我要做他們的神，因為他們要一心歸向我。
以色列人被擄掠到外邦之地，在急難時刻，神應許眷顧他們，使他們得好處，建立不拆毀，栽植不拔出；為的是讓他們認識神的心，知道祂是神，一心歸向祂。
在困境裡，我們要經歷呼求禱告得應允，專心尋求必尋見，被擄得招聚歸回；因為神向我們所懷的意念是賜平安的意念，要叫我們末後有指望。
神的兒女倚靠神，在失望中得建立、被栽植，認識神、經歷神，贏得生命得歸回的永恆盼望。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 9:23-43. 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 9:23-28 (NIV)
23 After many days had gone by, the Jews conspired to kill him,
24 but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him.
25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
26 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.
28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
On verses 23-28: Here we see various groups responding to Saul in different ways. Some (his former allies) want to kill him (v23-24). Others (his new converts) want to protect him (v25). Some are afraid of him and doubt his intentions (v26). Barnabas believes in him and advocates for him (v27). Just as Barnabas advocated for Saul and spoke on his behalf so that he could join the apostles’ team, so Jesus Christ stood in the gap for us and spoke on our behalf so that we could join His team.
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