约翰福音3:30 祂必兴旺，我必衰微。
《让我爱而不受感戴》是倪柝声弟兄于1930年所作的一首诗歌，其前半部分是根据中世纪的圣法兰西斯祷文而作，后半部分为续写。倪弟兄因信仰的缘故，长期被囚并殉道，这首诗被认为概括了他的一生。
让我爱而不受感戴，让我事而不受赏赐；
让我尽力而不被人记，让我受苦而不被人睹。
只知倾酒，不知饮酒；只想擘饼，不想留饼。
倒出生命来使人得幸福，舍弃安宁而使人得舒服。
不受体恤，不受眷顾，不受推崇，不受安抚；
宁可凄凉，宁可孤苦，宁可无告，宁可被负。
愿意以血泪作为冠冕的代价，愿意受亏损来度旅客的生涯。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 4:1-19. 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 Kings 4:1-19 (NIV)
1 So King Solomon ruled over all Israel.
2 And these were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok–the priest;
3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha–secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud–recorder;
4 Benaiah son of Jehoiada–commander in chief; Zadok and Abiathar–priests;
On verses 1-19: What can we learn from this list of officials in Solomon’s court? Here we see that King Solomon “ruled over all Israel” (v1) by delegating different parts of the kingdom to various people whom he trusted to help him govern the kingdom well (v2-19). What can we learn from this?
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 3:16-28. 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 Kings 3:16-28 (NIV)
16 Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
17 One of them said, “My lord, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was there with me.
18 The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us.
On verses 16-28: As proof that God had answered Solomon’s prayer for a wise and discerning heart, here we see Solomon displaying superior wisdom in dealing with a difficult situation where two prostitutes argue over who is the true mother of a newborn baby boy. Since neither side would budge, Solomon asks for a sword and orders that the child be cut in two. One of the women cannot bear to see the baby boy cut in two and asks the king to give the baby to the other woman.
美国神学家尼布尔(Reinhold Niebuhr)于1934年写下的无名祈祷文，后来被称为「平静祷文或宁静祷文(Serenity Prayer)」：
God, grant me the serenity to accept things that I cannot change.
Grant me courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
上帝啊！请赐予我宁静，能接受我无法改变的事；
请赐予我勇气，能改变我可以改变的事；
请赐予我智慧，让我能分辨两者的不同。
Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time,
accepting hardship as a pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it, trusting that He will make all things right.
以赛亚书50:4 主耶和华赐我受教者的舌头，使我知道怎样用言语扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能听，像受教者一样。
诗篇5:3 耶和华啊，早晨祢必听我的声音；早晨我必向祢陈明我的心意，并要警醒！
主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能听，像受教者一样；我早晨的祷告也要达到祢面前，歌颂祢的力量，高唱祢的慈爱，向祢陈明我的心意，并要警醒！
主耶和华赐我受教者的舌头，使我知道怎样用言语扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能听，像受教者一样。（以赛亚书50:4）
耶和华啊，我呼求祢；我早晨的祷告要达到祢面前。（诗篇88:13）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 3:1-15. 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 Kings 3:1-3 (NIV)
1 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the LORD, and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the LORD.
3 Solomon showed his love for the LORD by walking according to the statutes of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
On verses 1-3: It helps to read these verses with Deuteronomy 12:1-14 in mind. There, Moses makes it clear that when the Israelites entered their promised land, they were not to sacrifice offerings to the LORD at the elevated places (known as “high places”) where the Canaanites would sacrifice to their gods.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 2:28-46. 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 Kings 2:28-35 (NIV)
28 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
29 King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the LORD and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!”
On verses 28-35: For many years Joab was the ruthless commander of King David’s army. Joab’s ruthlessness was never more manifest than when he unsuspectingly murdered two high ranking Israelite officials, Abner (in 2 Samuel 3) and Amasa (in 2 Samuel 20:9-10), possibly for fear that they would one day replace him. Joab also killed Absalom, David’s son, specifically against David’s orders. Yet for some reason David always spared Joab’s life. David literally let Joab get away with murder.
耶利米哀歌3:23 每早晨这都是新的，祢的诚实极其广大。
诗篇30:5 因为祂的怒气不过是转眼之间，祂的恩典乃是一生之久，一宿虽然有哭泣，早晨便必欢呼。
早晨是神恩赐给每一个人新的一天的开始，昨夜的哭泣已然逝去，清晨的盼望让我们欢呼，因为神的慈爱和信实何其广大！
因为，祂的怒气不过是转眼之间；祂的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿虽然有哭泣，早晨便必欢呼。（诗篇30:5）
每早晨，这都是新的；祢的诚实极其广大！（耶利米哀歌3:23）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 2:13-27. 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 Kings 2:13-18 (NIV)
13 Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. Bathsheba asked him, “Do you come peacefully?” He answered, “Yes, peacefully.”
14 Then he added, “I have something to say to you.” “You may say it,” she replied.
15 “As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the LORD.
n verses 13-18: Here Adonijah goes to Bathsheba the king’s mother with a request: he asks Bathsheba to convince his son King Solomon to give him Abishag the Shunammite as his wife. Why? It’s not because Adonijah was in love with Abishag. Rather it was a political move. Remember that Abishag was effectively David’s last concubine. Abishag lived with David, took care of David, slept in the same bed as David, though she never had sexual relations with David (see 1 Kings 1:3-4).
马太福音5:3-12
「虚心的人有福了！因为天国是他们的。 4 哀恸的人有福了！因为他们必得安慰。 5 温柔的人有福了！因为他们必承受地土。 6 饥渴慕义的人有福了！因为他们必得饱足。 7 怜恤人的人有福了！因为他们必蒙怜恤。 8 清心的人有福了！因为他们必得见神。 9 使人和睦的人有福了！因为他们必称为神的儿子。 10 为义受逼迫的人有福了！因为天国是他们的。 11 人若因我辱骂你们，逼迫你们，捏造各样坏话毁谤你们，你们就有福了。 12 应当欢喜快乐，因为你们在天上的赏赐是大的。在你们以前的先知，人也是这样逼迫他们。
马太福音记载耶稣呼召门徒后，开始走遍加利利，在各会堂里教训人，传天国的福音，医治百姓各样的病症。当下，有许多人从加利利、低加坡里、耶路撒冷、犹太、约旦河外来跟着他。（马太福音4:23-25）接下来，从第五章到第七章记载了耶稣上了山，坐下教导跟随祂的众人，也就是大家耳熟能详的「登山宝训」。
登山宝训的起头是「八福」（马太福音5:3-12），我们常聚焦在八个「有福」，强调：天国的得着、得安慰、承受地土、得饱足、蒙怜恤、得见神、得称为神的儿子，却忽略了耶稣教导众人「有福」所需拥有的八个「属天特质」：虚心、哀恸、温柔、饥渴慕义、怜恤人、清心、使人和睦、为义受逼迫。
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