但以理書 6:21-22 但以理對王說：「願王萬歲！ 我的神差遣使者封住獅子的口，叫獅子不傷我，因我在神面前無辜，我在王面前也沒有行過虧損的事。」
近代印度的大傳道人孫大信（1889-1933）有次到西藏的拉隆，這個充滿喇嘛教徒市鎮的教長不歡迎基督教，他無法在那裡傳道。但孫大信依著慣例，無論到何處、遇到什麼逼迫，都把傳福音當做他的使命。因此，他馬上被抓並帶去見教長，經過詢問，竟然非法地被判應受極刑。
在舊約時代，耶利米被投入泥水井裡，但以理被投入獅穴，現在孫大信也被投進一口放屍體的空井裡面。刑吏押他到井口，剝去他的衣服，將他推進井裡，因為顛落下去，右臂受到挫傷，在井裡黑天暗地，只有等待著死。井穴里屍臭撲鼻，骸骨累累，充滿了惡臭與死毒，手足所觸摸，莫非腐肉與朽骨，真像一個活獄。在此時此境，他如同十字架上的耶穌，呼求神說：「我的神，我的神，為什麼離棄我？」
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 23:15-29. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 23:15-18 (NIV)
15 While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life.
16 And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.
17 “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “My father Saul will not lay a hand on you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.”
18 The two of them made a covenant before the LORD. Then Jonathan went home, but David remained at Horesh.
On verses 15-18: When David was hiding from Saul in the desert, Jonathan went to David and helped him find strength in God. He spoke encouraging words to David and reminded David of God’s calling on his life (v17).
出埃及記 31:18 耶和華在西奈山和摩西說完了話，就把兩塊法版交給他，是神用指頭寫的石版。
出埃及記 34:6-7 耶和華在他面前宣告說：「耶和華，耶和華，是有憐憫有恩典的神，不輕易發怒，並有豐盛的慈愛和誠實。 7 為千萬人存留慈愛，赦免罪孽、過犯和罪惡；萬不以有罪的為無罪，必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代。」
耶和華在西乃山與百姓立約，把律法和誡命頒佈給摩西，且刻在兩塊石版上（出31:18）。因著百姓拜金牛犢的大罪，摩西一怒之下摔碎這兩塊石版，但是神又重新作了兩塊，賜給摩西；同時，神在摩西面前宣告祂的屬性：「耶和華，耶和華，是有『憐憫』有恩典的神，不輕易發怒，並有豐盛的慈愛和誠實，為千萬人存留慈愛，赦免罪孽、過犯，和罪惡，萬不以有罪的為無罪，必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三、四代。」（出34:6-7）
祭司撒迦利亞預言耶穌的誕生：「…因我們神『憐憫』的心腸，叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們，要照亮坐在黑暗中死蔭裡的人，把我們的腳引到平安的路上。…」（路1:67-80）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 23:1-14. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 23:1 (NIV)
1 When David was told, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,”
On verse 1: The name Keilah probably means “fortress”. Yet the Philistines seemed to have no problem attacking and looting this Israelite city. This tells me 2 things. First, the only truly unbeatable fortress is God. Just as Keilah needed David’s help, all of us, no matter how strong we think we are, need the help of Jesus, the Son of David, to save us. Jesus alone is the true Keilah, the only impenetrable fortress.
約翰一書 5:1 凡信耶穌是基督的，都是從神而生；凡愛生他之神的，也必愛從神生的。
哥林多後書 4:18 原來我們不是顧念所見的，乃是顧念所不見的，因為所見的是暫時的，所不見的是永遠的。
約翰福音 20:29 耶穌對他說：「你因看見了我才信，那沒有看見就信的有福了！」
「愛」讓我們看見（經歷）那不能看見的神。做在最小的弟兄身上，就是做在主身上，「愛人」可以讓我們觀察、體驗那看不見的神；在無助、窮乏的時候，「那雙看不見的手」是我們的安慰、滿足，「被愛」也可以讓我們觀察、體驗那看不見的神。
「凡信耶穌是基督的，都是從神而生，凡愛生他之神的，也必愛從神生的。（約壹5:1）」
神奇妙的恩典不僅讓「看得見的」能看見「那不能看見的」，也讓「看不見的」同樣能看見「那不能看見的」；且讓我們領受視障者的心靈分享：
多數人依賴視覺的經驗習慣，或許唯有黑夜才能體會何謂「看不見」；但對一群視障者來說，卻在看不見中「看見」不同黑夜的風景。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 22:11-23. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
For context, let’s start at verse 9.
1 Samuel 22:9-23 (NIV)
9 But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officials, said, “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
10 Ahimelech inquired of the LORD for him; he also gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
11 Then the king sent for the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and his father’s whole family, who were the priests at Nob, and they all came to the king.
On verses 9-23: To understand what led to the murder of Ahimelech the priest, his family, 84 other priests as well as the entire town of Nob, we must first go back to verses 9-10 and understand who Doeg was and his role in this situation.
On paper Doeg was Saul’s head shepherd (v7), but his real role was as Saul’s personal assassin, his “closer”. To me Doeg fits the mold of a classic James Bond henchman, a heartless killer who speaks few words and flexes a lot of muscle, a one-man wrecking crew.
羅馬書 4:4-8
4 做工的得工價，不算恩典，乃是該得的。 5 唯有不做工的，只信稱罪人為義的神，他的信就算為義。 6 正如大衛稱那在行為以外蒙神算為義的人是有福的， 7 他說：「得赦免其過、遮蓋其罪的，這人是有福的！ 8 主不算為有罪的，這人是有福的！」
在美國讀書的時候，每個月倚靠指導教授給的九百美金獎學金過活，扣掉學費、房租，所剩有限，僅可維持日常生活所需。博士班第一年時，向指導教授請假返鄉結婚，很意外的，指導教授欣然同意，還給了我一個一千元美金的大紅包（超出我一個月的薪水）。對一個住在儲藏室、睡在一張床墊的窮留學生而言，一千元美金是無以言喻的驚喜；那天晚上，睡到一半，我從床墊爬起來，興奮的感謝神！
祂讓我體會領受恩典的感覺，在我做工所得工價以外，我白白獲得的額外祝福。保羅提醒我們，我們的過得赦免、罪蒙遮蓋，我們是有福的！不在於我們的行為，不在於我們的服事，而是白白得來的因信稱義。
約翰福音 15:13 人為朋友捨命，人的愛心沒有比這個大的。
哥林多前書 13:4-7 愛是恆久忍耐，又有恩慈，愛是不嫉妒，愛是不自誇，不張狂， 5 不做害羞的事，不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒，不計算人的惡， 6 不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理； 7 凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。 8 愛是永不止息。
一位年輕弟兄分享他們小組的討論：愛有很多種，將你想像中的愛畫出來會是甚麼樣子呢？什麼是你心目中的愛呢？對你來說甚麼是愛？
小組討論中，有幾位的分享令我印象深刻。一位身心症的女孩說，愛是在黑暗中的光，因為愛，她可以站在這邊跟大家分享，正常的生活。耶穌說：「我是世界的光。跟從我的，就不在黑暗裡走，必要得著生命的光。」（約8:12）
另外一位女孩說愛有很多種，有許許多多的色彩，但中間都包含著神無形的愛。「愛是恆久忍耐，又有恩慈；愛是不嫉妒；愛是不自誇，不張狂，不做害羞的事，不求自己的益處，不輕易發怒…」（林前13:4-5）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 22:1-10. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 22:1-2 (NIV)
1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
On verses 1-2: David was at the lowest point of his life so far. His hiding in a cave symbolized the darkness, loneliness and distress David was experiencing as he ran from Saul. Yet it was in this cave that God took David’s leadership to another level, from being a military leader that led well trained soldiers who were commanded to follow him, to becoming a leader of people who were not as well trained or experienced but who wanted and chose to follow him.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 21:1-15. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 21:1-9 (NIV)
1 David went to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
2 David answered Ahimelech the priest, “The king charged me with a certain matter and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about your mission and your instructions.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place.
On verses 1-9: When David runs away from Saul, the first place David flees to is Nob, “the town of the priests” (see 1 Samuel 22:19). There David meets Ahimelek the priest, who gives David bread and a sword:
– The bread which Ahimelek gave David was known as “the bread of the presence” (or the “showbread”) and was supposed to be eaten by the priests (Leviticus 24:9). Ahimelek saw that David needed the bread more than he did, so out of compassion for David, Ahimelek gave his bread to David. In a way, this points to Jesus our high priest who saw our need and in compassion gave us what He had.
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