彼得前书 5:7 你们要将一切的忧虑卸给神，因为祂顾念你们。
路加福音 18:1 耶稣设一个比喻，是要人常常祷告，不可灰心。
马太福音6:32 你们需用的这一切东西，你们的天父是知道的。
「信靠耶稣真是甜美」的作者史戴德(Louis M. R. Stead, 1850-1917)出生于英国，少女时有蒙召做宣教士的心愿，期望能去中国传道，但因体弱不能成行。她21岁时迁居美国俄亥俄州，4年后结婚，育有一女莉莉。
当莉莉4岁时，那年夏天他们全家去纽约长岛海滩野餐，史戴德看着丈夫和女儿挖沙戏水，其乐融融，不禁对自己说：「我的福杯满溢，拥有虔诚的丈夫和可爱的女儿。」正在此时，她看到一个男孩在巨浪中挣扎呼救，她丈夫毫不犹豫跳下去救那男孩，可是两人不幸一同被海浪卷去，史戴德抱着女儿莉莉在海边声嘶力竭的呼唤，也无济于事，眼看着他们两人遭受灭顶之灾。
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).
雅各书 2:15-18
15 若是弟兄或是姐妹赤身露体，又缺了日用的饮食， 16 你们中间有人对他们说「平平安安地去吧，愿你们穿得暖、吃得饱」，却不给他们身体所需用的，这有什么益处呢？ 17 这样，信心若没有行为就是死的。 18 必有人说：「你有信心，我有行为。」你将你没有行为的信心指给我看，我便借着我的行为，将我的信心指给你看。
这是一个小孩子写的祷词：「主啊，请帮助我们做个好孩子，又帮助我们能够去帮助别人。」这是一个值得学习「求主帮助」的祷告。
祷词中并不是说「使我们」，而是说「帮助我们」。这个孩子懂得祷告的真正含义，不是「神蹟改变」，而是「与主同工」。
要是祷告时能尽量少说「我」，多说「我们」，那么我们所得到的力量会大得多。
这一个祷告所祈求的只是帮助做个「好孩子」。没错，只要生命的主体是好的，其他部分也都会跟着好。我们缺少的东西很多，但好的人格是最重要、最不可或缺的。一个人如果为人正直，就不会有其他大的缺点。
创世记 1:27 神就照着自己的形象造人，乃是照着祂的形象，造男造女。
马太福音 5:14 你们是世上的光。城造在山上，是不能隐藏的。
加拉太书2:20 我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活，祂是爱我，为我舍己。
一位年轻弟兄的分享：
神就照着自己的形象造人，乃是照着祂的形象，造男造女。（创1:27）
我们都是天父最完美的杰作，要好好看待自己的恩赐，结出三十、六十、百倍的果实。你们是世界的光。建在山上的城是不能隐藏的（太5:14）。要学着活出基督的样式。
也许有些人早已找到自己的命定，而有些人还在寻找，但不管如何，在小事上忠心，必然能够结出果子，活出荣耀神的生活。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.
列王纪上 12:24 耶和华如此说：『你们不可上去与你们的弟兄以色列人争战。各归各家去吧！因为这事出于我。』」众人就听从耶和华的话，遵著耶和华的命回去了。
腓立比书 4:12 我知道怎样处卑贱，也知道怎样处丰富，或饱足或饥饿，或有余或缺乏，随事随在，我都得了祕诀。
一位年轻弟兄的分享：
困苦是我增加信心与能力的时候，有时也许灰心，但不失盼望，我相信每个失败都是成长磨练信心的机会。
犹记得教会小组长曾经问过我一个问题：你能习惯以前的自己跟现在的自己的差距吗？当时的我还天真地觉得身心症也没甚么，就是需要吃药有点麻烦而已。应该没有甚么不同吧？
过往的我，一路资优班、第一志愿、学测榜首、硕博免试入学、六年唸完学士加一个本土硕跟国外硕，在24岁时便游历欧洲各大国，甚至有外商科技业的预聘，全国第二名进入国营企业工作，一切都是如此的顺遂，如果没有发生那件事，现在的我成就会如何呢？
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).
约翰福音 1:29 次日，约翰看见耶稣来到他那里，就说：「看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人罪孽的！
约翰福音 12:32 我若从地上被举起来，就要吸引万人来归我。
约翰福音 19:19 彼拉多又用牌子写了一个名号，安在十字架上，写的是：「犹太人的王，拿撒勒人耶稣。」
古旧十架，这首传统圣诗的作者贝纳（George Bennard, 1873-1958）的父亲是煤矿的矿工，十五岁时父亲去世，他去矿场工作，负起扶养寡母和四个幼妹的重任。信主后，他进入救世军服务，多年后，他和妻子都在救世军中担任要职。贝纳离开救世军后，一度是无宗派的传道人，后来被美以美会按牧。他一心以主的话语为念，勤奋传道，足迹遍及美国中西部、北美及加拿大各地；有一段时期完全致力于奋兴布道会。
本圣诗作于1913年，同年六月，在芝加哥培灵大会介绍这圣诗，就不胫而走，流传全国。本诗歌被灌成唱片，发行了千万张，再经电台播放，迅速传入教会、布道会、家庭、医院…，甚至监狱中囚犯也称它是「囚犯之歌」。贝纳和妻子哈拿一共作了三百多首诗曲。
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.
约翰福音 13:34 我赐给你们一条新命令，乃是叫你们彼此相爱，我怎样爱你们，你们也要怎样相爱。
中午尖峰时刻过去了，原本拥挤的小吃店，客人都已散去，老板正要喘口气翻阅报纸的时候，有人走了进来。那是一位老奶奶和一个小男孩。
「牛肉汤饭一碗要多少钱呢?」奶奶坐下来拿出钱袋数了数钱，叫了一碗热气腾腾的汤饭。奶奶将碗推向孙子面前，小男孩吞了吞口水望着奶奶说：「奶奶，您真的吃过中饭了吗？」「当然了。」奶奶含着一块萝卜泡菜慢慢咀嚼。一晃眼功夫，小男孩就把一碗饭吃个精光。
老板看到这副景象，走到两个人面前说：「老太太，恭喜您，您今天运气真好，是我们的第一百个客人，所以免费。」
过了一个多月的某一天，小男孩蹲在小吃店对面像在数着什么东西，使得无意间望向窗外的老板吓了一大跳。原来小男孩每看到一个客人走进店里，就把小石子放进他画的圈圈里，但是中餐时间都快过去了，小石子却连五十个都不到。
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