彼得前書 5:7 你們要將一切的憂慮卸給神，因為祂顧念你們。
路加福音 18:1 耶穌設一個比喻，是要人常常禱告，不可灰心。
馬太福音6:32 你們需用的這一切東西，你們的天父是知道的。
「信靠耶穌真是甜美」的作者史戴德(Louis M. R. Stead, 1850-1917)出生於英國，少女時有蒙召做宣教士的心願，期望能去中國傳道，但因體弱不能成行。她21歲時遷居美國俄亥俄州，4年後結婚，育有一女莉莉。
當莉莉4歲時，那年夏天他們全家去紐約長島海灘野餐，史戴德看著丈夫和女兒挖沙戲水，其樂融融，不禁對自己說：「我的福杯滿溢，擁有虔誠的丈夫和可愛的女兒。」正在此時，她看到一個男孩在巨浪中掙扎呼救，她丈夫毫不猶豫跳下去救那男孩，可是兩人不幸一同被海浪捲去，史戴德抱著女兒莉莉在海邊聲嘶力竭的呼喚，也無濟於事，眼看著他們兩人遭受滅頂之災。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 20:24-42. 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 20:24-29 (NIV)
24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon festival came, the king sat down to eat.
25 He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan, and Abner sat next to Saul, but David’s place was empty.
26 Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, “Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean–surely he is unclean.”
27 But the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”
28 Jonathan answered, “David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.
On verses 24-29: Here we see Jonathan protecting David as he had promised and speaking to his father on David’s behalf. Jesus does the same for us (see 1 John 2:1).
雅各書 2:15-18
15 若是弟兄或是姐妹赤身露體，又缺了日用的飲食， 16 你們中間有人對他們說「平平安安地去吧，願你們穿得暖、吃得飽」，卻不給他們身體所需用的，這有什麼益處呢？ 17 這樣，信心若沒有行為就是死的。 18 必有人說：「你有信心，我有行為。」你將你沒有行為的信心指給我看，我便藉著我的行為，將我的信心指給你看。
這是一個小孩子寫的禱詞：「主啊，請幫助我們做個好孩子，又幫助我們能夠去幫助別人。」這是一個值得學習「求主幫助」的禱告。
禱詞中並不是說「使我們」，而是說「幫助我們」。這個孩子懂得禱告的真正含義，不是「神蹟改變」，而是「與主同工」。
要是禱告時能盡量少說「我」，多說「我們」，那麼我們所得到的力量會大得多。
這一個禱告所祈求的只是幫助做個「好孩子」。沒錯，只要生命的主體是好的，其他部分也都會跟著好。我們缺少的東西很多，但好的人格是最重要、最不可或缺的。一個人如果為人正直，就不會有其他大的缺點。
創世記 1:27 神就照著自己的形象造人，乃是照著祂的形象，造男造女。
馬太福音 5:14 你們是世上的光。城造在山上，是不能隱藏的。
加拉太書2:20 我已經與基督同釘十字架，現在活著的不再是我，乃是基督在我裡面活著。並且我如今在肉身活著，是因信神的兒子而活，祂是愛我，為我捨己。
一位年輕弟兄的分享：
神就照著自己的形象造人，乃是照著祂的形象，造男造女。（創1:27）
我們都是天父最完美的傑作，要好好看待自己的恩賜，結出三十、六十、百倍的果實。你們是世界的光。建在山上的城是不能隱藏的（太5:14）。要學著活出基督的樣式。
也許有些人早已找到自己的命定，而有些人還在尋找，但不管如何，在小事上忠心，必然能夠結出果子，活出榮耀神的生活。So let go my soul and trust in him.-It is Well。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 20:1-23. 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!
1 Samuel 20:1-8 (NIV)
1 Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to take my life?”
2 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without confiding in me. Why would he hide this from me? It’s not so!”
3 But David took an oath and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”
On verses 1-8: Before David made the big decision to run away from King Saul, he confided in his friend Jonathan, the Prince of Israel. David told Jonathan his troubles, asked Jonathan to speak into his life, and looked to Jonathan for guidance. What can we learn from this? Before you make a big decision, it helps to consult people who have godly character and whom you respect and trust.
列王紀上 12:24 耶和華如此說：『你們不可上去與你們的弟兄以色列人爭戰。各歸各家去吧！因為這事出於我。』」眾人就聽從耶和華的話，遵著耶和華的命回去了。
腓立比書 4:12 我知道怎樣處卑賤，也知道怎樣處豐富，或飽足或飢餓，或有餘或缺乏，隨事隨在，我都得了祕訣。
一位年輕弟兄的分享：
困苦是我增加信心與能力的時候，有時也許灰心，但不失盼望，我相信每個失敗都是成長磨練信心的機會。
猶記得教會小組長曾經問過我一個問題：你能習慣以前的自己跟現在的自己的差距嗎？當時的我還天真地覺得身心症也沒甚麼，就是需要吃藥有點麻煩而已。應該沒有甚麼不同吧？
過往的我，一路資優班、第一志願、學測榜首、碩博免試入學、六年唸完學士加一個本土碩跟國外碩，在24歲時便遊歷歐洲各大國，甚至有外商科技業的預聘，全國第二名進入國營企業工作，一切都是如此的順遂，如果沒有發生那件事，現在的我成就會如何呢？
Hi GAMErs,
Today in 1 Samuel 19:18-24 we learn a third way that God protects us.
1 Samuel 19:18-24 (NIV)
18 When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
19 Word came to Saul: “David is in Naioth at Ramah”;
20 so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s men and they also prophesied.
On verses 18-24: When David was fleeing from Saul, the first person David wisely went to for help was the prophet Samuel (v18). There with his spiritual leader, David was safe.
In a similar albeit a strange and more indirect way, Saul also goes to Samuel his pastor. (Samuel was technically still Saul’s spiritual mentor and pastor, although by this time Saul was living as if he had no pastor and was accountable to no one. Even his going to Samuel was not because he wanted to see Samuel but because he knew David was with Samuel.) As Saul stood there in the presence of his spiritual leader Samuel and in the presence of the Holy Spirit, the damage that spiritually unhealthy Saul could have done was neutralized (v19-22).
約翰福音 1:29 次日，約翰看見耶穌來到他那裡，就說：「看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人罪孽的！
約翰福音 12:32 我若從地上被舉起來，就要吸引萬人來歸我。
約翰福音 19:19 彼拉多又用牌子寫了一個名號，安在十字架上，寫的是：「猶太人的王，拿撒勒人耶穌。」
古舊十架，這首傳統聖詩的作者貝納（George Bennard, 1873-1958）的父親是煤礦的礦工，十五歲時父親去世，他去礦場工作，負起扶養寡母和四個幼妹的重任。信主後，他進入救世軍服務，多年後，他和妻子都在救世軍中擔任要職。貝納離開救世軍後，一度是無宗派的傳道人，後來被美以美會按牧。他一心以主的話語為念，勤奮傳道，足跡遍及美國中西部、北美及加拿大各地；有一段時期完全致力於奮興佈道會。
本聖詩作於1913年，同年六月，在芝加哥培靈大會介紹這聖詩，就不脛而走，流傳全國。本詩歌被灌成唱片，發行了千萬張，再經電台播放，迅速傳入教會、佈道會、家庭、醫院…，甚至監獄中囚犯也稱它是「囚犯之歌」。貝納和妻子哈拿一共作了三百多首詩曲。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 19:1-17. 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 19:1-7 (NIV)
1 Saul told his son Jonathan and all the attendants to kill David. But Jonathan was very fond of David
2 and warned him, “My father Saul is looking for a chance to kill you. Be on your guard tomorrow morning; go into hiding and stay there.
3 I will go out and stand with my father in the field where you are. I’ll speak to him about you and will tell you what I find out.”
On verses 1-7: King Saul wanted to kill David, but Saul’s son Jonathan, the Prince of Israel, stood up for his best friend, declaring his innocence. Because this prince spoke in David’s defense, David’s life was spared.
Similarly, we too are protected and saved because a prince spoke in our defense. When our sin made us objects of God’s wrath, Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, stood up for us and spoke in our defense, declaring us innocent.
約翰福音 13:34 我賜給你們一條新命令，乃是叫你們彼此相愛，我怎樣愛你們，你們也要怎樣相愛。
中午尖峰時刻過去了，原本擁擠的小吃店，客人都已散去，老闆正要喘口氣翻閱報紙的時候，有人走了進來。那是一位老奶奶和一個小男孩。
「牛肉湯飯一碗要多少錢呢?」奶奶坐下來拿出錢袋數了數錢，叫了一碗熱氣騰騰的湯飯。奶奶將碗推向孫子面前，小男孩吞了吞口水望著奶奶說：「奶奶，您真的吃過中飯了嗎？」「當然了。」奶奶含著一塊蘿蔔泡菜慢慢咀嚼。一晃眼功夫，小男孩就把一碗飯吃個精光。
老闆看到這副景象，走到兩個人面前說：「老太太，恭喜您，您今天運氣真好，是我們的第一百個客人，所以免費。」
過了一個多月的某一天，小男孩蹲在小吃店對面像在數著什麼東西，使得無意間望向窗外的老闆嚇了一大跳。原來小男孩每看到一個客人走進店裡，就把小石子放進他畫的圈圈裡，但是中餐時間都快過去了，小石子卻連五十個都不到。
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