Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:41-53. 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!
In today’s passage, as Solomon continues to pray for the newly constructed temple, we catch a glimpse of God’s heart for His church. Yesterday we learned that God wants His church to be a place of hope for the broken and hurting. In today’s passage we see four other ways God sees His church.
1 Kings 8:41-43 (NIV)
41 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name–
42 for men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm–when he comes and prays toward this temple,
43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.
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Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:31-40. 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 8:31-40 (NIV)
31 “When a man wrongs his neighbor and is required to take an oath and he comes and swears the oath before your altar in this temple,
32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on his own head what he has done. Declare the innocent not guilty, and so establish his innocence.
33 “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and confess your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,
On verses 31-40: Here Solomon prays that when people in Israel encounter various problems — whether it’s having wronged a neighbour (v31), being defeated by an enemy (v33), suffering from famine (v35) or some other form of disaster or disease (v37) — they will find hope, healing, and help whenever they prayed to God “in this temple” (v31, 33) or even “toward this temple” (v35, 39).
引言:今天我要介绍的是我非常喜欢的一首诗歌;它不但内容充满了属灵的亮光,而且旋律也非常温柔悦耳。当我最初听到这首诗歌时就有这样的猜想,诗歌的创作人可能是一位女性。果然,当我准备动手要写这篇文章时,我了解到不但诗歌的文字和作曲都是出自一位了不起的女性之手,而且这位女性之所以创作这首诗歌的激情和灵感还是来自另一位更为杰出的女性!诗歌的名字叫《当转眼仰望耶稣》(Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus )。
在伦敦她除了积极参加教会的各种事工外,还加入了当地的世界基督教女青年会(World Young Women’s Christian Association),从兼职做到全职秘书。具有爱心的她经常晚上独自一人在街头寻找那些流浪街头的妓女,说服她们接受职业技能培训,或者住进青年会提供的庇护所接受帮助。期间她帮助协会开设了伦敦第一家面向女性的平价公共餐厅。由于长时间的艰苦付出和精神压力她患了某种疾病,需要做一次手术;可就在后来进行的手术过程中发生了意外,导致她的心脏受到永久性的伤害。
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:22-30. 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 8:22-30 (NIV)
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven
23 and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below–you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
On verses 22-30: Here we see King Solomon leading the entire assembly of Israelites in prayer at the dedication service for the newly constructed temple. This was Solomon’s most glorious moment where he steps into his role not only as a ruler but as a spiritual leader and priest for the people he is leading.
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Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:12-21. 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 8:12-16 (NIV)
12 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;
13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”
14 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them.
On verses 12-16: After a cloud of God’s presence has miraculously filled the temple (v11), Solomon tells God that this temple is for Him to dwell in (v12-13). He then blesses the entire assembly of Israelites (v14) and tells them about how God faithfully fulfilled the promises He made to Solomon’s father David (v15). Then in verse 16, Solomon quotes God as saying:
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每一天忙碌的生活中,各式各样的人事物不断呈现在眼前,手中的咖啡搅拌著焦急、忧闷、烦躁…,咖啡的味道淡了,颜色混浊了,我需要被提醒「我想留给祢空间,让祢进入这空间;让永生神的灵重新降临,再次临到我们身上 (I just wanna give you the space, to move in this place; Spirit of the living God fall afresh and fall on us.)」
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:1-11. 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 8:1-5 (NIV)
1 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from Zion, the City of David.
2 All the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.
3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
On verses 1-5: Here King Solomon holds a dedication service for the newly completed temple. He decides to hold it “at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month” (v2). Why is that significant? It’s because this festival was the Israelites’ Feast of Booths, a festival which annually celebrates the end of the Israelites’ wanderings in the wilderness and how God had brought them to their own land. King Solomon strategically thought, “The Feast of Booths would be a perfect time to dedicate the temple, since all the Israelites will be gathering anyway and their hearts will be expecting celebration and renewal.
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