但以理书 6:21-22 但以理对王说：「愿王万岁！ 我的神差遣使者封住狮子的口，叫狮子不伤我，因我在神面前无辜，我在王面前也没有行过亏损的事。」
近代印度的大传道人孙大信（1889-1933）有次到西藏的拉隆，这个充满喇嘛教徒市镇的教长不欢迎基督教，他无法在那里传道。但孙大信依著惯例，无论到何处、遇到什么逼迫，都把传福音当做他的使命。因此，他马上被抓并带去见教长，经过询问，竟然非法地被判应受极刑。
在旧约时代，耶利米被投入泥水井里，但以理被投入狮穴，现在孙大信也被投进一口放尸体的空井里面。刑吏押他到井口，剥去他的衣服，将他推进井里，因为颠落下去，右臂受到挫伤，在井里黑天暗地，只有等待着死。井穴里尸臭扑鼻，骸骨累累，充满了恶臭与死毒，手足所触摸，莫非腐肉与朽骨，真像一个活狱。在此时此境，他如同十字架上的耶稣，呼求神说：「我的神，我的神，为什么离弃我？」
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).
出埃及记 31:18 耶和华在西奈山和摩西说完了话，就把两块法版交给他，是神用指头写的石版。
出埃及记 34:6-7 耶和华在他面前宣告说：「耶和华，耶和华，是有怜悯有恩典的神，不轻易发怒，并有丰盛的慈爱和诚实。 7 为千万人存留慈爱，赦免罪孽、过犯和罪恶；万不以有罪的为无罪，必追讨他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代。」
耶和华在西乃山与百姓立约，把律法和诫命颁布给摩西，且刻在两块石版上（出31:18）。因着百姓拜金牛犊的大罪，摩西一怒之下摔碎这两块石版，但是神又重新作了两块，赐给摩西；同时，神在摩西面前宣告祂的属性：「耶和华，耶和华，是有『怜悯』有恩典的神，不轻易发怒，并有丰盛的慈爱和诚实，为千万人存留慈爱，赦免罪孽、过犯，和罪恶，万不以有罪的为无罪，必追讨他的罪，自父及子，直到三、四代。」（出34:6-7）
祭司撒迦利亚预言耶稣的诞生：「…因我们神『怜悯』的心肠，叫清晨的日光从高天临到我们，要照亮坐在黑暗中死荫里的人，把我们的脚引到平安的路上。…」（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.
约翰一书 5:1 凡信耶稣是基督的，都是从神而生；凡爱生他之神的，也必爱从神生的。
哥林多后书 4:18 原来我们不是顾念所见的，乃是顾念所不见的，因为所见的是暂时的，所不见的是永远的。
约翰福音 20:29 耶稣对他说：「你因看见了我才信，那没有看见就信的有福了！」
「爱」让我们看见（经历）那不能看见的神。做在最小的弟兄身上，就是做在主身上，「爱人」可以让我们观察、体验那看不见的神；在无助、穷乏的时候，「那双看不见的手」是我们的安慰、满足，「被爱」也可以让我们观察、体验那看不见的神。
「凡信耶稣是基督的，都是从神而生，凡爱生他之神的，也必爱从神生的。（约壹5:1）」
神奇妙的恩典不仅让「看得见的」能看见「那不能看见的」，也让「看不见的」同样能看见「那不能看见的」；且让我们领受视障者的心灵分享：
多数人依赖视觉的经验习惯，或许唯有黑夜才能体会何谓「看不见」；但对一群视障者来说，却在看不见中「看见」不同黑夜的风景。
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.
罗马书 4:4-8
4 做工的得工价，不算恩典，乃是该得的。 5 唯有不做工的，只信称罪人为义的神，他的信就算为义。 6 正如大卫称那在行为以外蒙神算为义的人是有福的， 7 他说：「得赦免其过、遮盖其罪的，这人是有福的！ 8 主不算为有罪的，这人是有福的！」
在美国读书的时候，每个月倚靠指导教授给的九百美金奖学金过活，扣掉学费、房租，所剩有限，仅可维持日常生活所需。博士班第一年时，向指导教授请假返乡结婚，很意外的，指导教授欣然同意，还给了我一个一千元美金的大红包（超出我一个月的薪水）。对一个住在储藏室、睡在一张床垫的穷留学生而言，一千元美金是无以言喻的惊喜；那天晚上，睡到一半，我从床垫爬起来，兴奋的感谢神！
祂让我体会领受恩典的感觉，在我做工所得工价以外，我白白获得的额外祝福。保罗提醒我们，我们的过得赦免、罪蒙遮盖，我们是有福的！不在于我们的行为，不在于我们的服事，而是白白得来的因信称义。
约翰福音 15:13 人为朋友舍命，人的爱心没有比这个大的。
哥林多前书 13:4-7 爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈，爱是不嫉妒，爱是不自夸，不张狂， 5 不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶， 6 不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理； 7 凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。 8 爱是永不止息。
一位年轻弟兄分享他们小组的讨论：爱有很多种，将你想像中的爱画出来会是甚么样子呢？什么是你心目中的爱呢？对你来说甚么是爱？
小组讨论中，有几位的分享令我印象深刻。一位身心症的女孩说，爱是在黑暗中的光，因为爱，她可以站在这边跟大家分享，正常的生活。耶稣说：「我是世界的光。跟从我的，就不在黑暗里走，必要得着生命的光。」（约8:12）
另外一位女孩说爱有很多种，有许许多多的色彩，但中间都包含着神无形的爱。「爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒；爱是不自夸，不张狂，不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒…」（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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