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Tav求神教導、幫助、尋找我

2024-09-12 in , /by

詩篇 119:169-176

169 耶和華啊，願我的呼籲達到祢面前，照祢的話賜我悟性。

170 願我的懇求達到祢面前，照祢的話搭救我。

171 願我的嘴發出讚美的話，因為祢將律例教訓我。

172 願我的舌頭歌唱祢的話，因祢一切的命令盡都公義。

173 願祢用手幫助我，因我揀選了祢的訓詞。

174 耶和華啊，我切慕祢的救恩！祢的律法也是我所喜愛的。

175 願我的性命存活，得以讚美祢！願祢的典章幫助我！

176 我如亡羊走迷了路，求祢尋找僕人，因我不忘記祢的命令。

Tav 求神教導、幫助、尋找我（詩119:169-176）

詩人在最後的一段用「願」表達了他迫切的期盼，祈願他的呼籲和懇求能達到神面前，祈願他的嘴和舌頭能讚美歌唱神，祈願他的性命能存活，求神用手幫助、尋找如亡羊走迷的自己。

在急難困苦中，我們如亡羊走迷了路，記得撥打「屬靈的119」，回到神面前，聆聽祂話語，領受祂訓詞，遵行祂命令，這是神兒女得救、得勝的祕訣。

哪知祂為我們的過犯受害，為我們的罪孽壓傷。因祂受的刑罰，我們得平安；因祂受的鞭傷，我們得醫治。我們都如羊走迷；各人偏行己路；耶和華使我們眾人的罪孽都歸在祂身上。（賽53:5-6）

God’s Plan Will Prevail

2024-09-12 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 23:12-22.  As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

Acts 23:12-22 (NIV)
12  The next morning the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
13  More than forty men were involved in this plot.
14  They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

On verses 12-22:  Growing up as a kid I loved watching James Bond movies.  Not only did James Bond show tremendous skill, heart, and suave as he went about his mission, but he was also extremely lucky.  In every James Bond movie, there would be some crucial moment when his life would be in grave danger and he would be spared not because of his skill, his heart or his suave, but simply because he happened to be in the right place at the right time or because someone else happened to lend him a hand.  That’s what I see happening here with Paul too.

Shin 我一切所行的都在神面前

2024-09-11 in , /by

詩篇 119:161-168

161 首領無故地逼迫我，但我的心畏懼祢的言語。

162 我喜愛祢的話，好像人得了許多擄物。

163 謊話是我所恨惡所憎嫌的；惟祢的律法是我所愛的。

164 我因祢公義的典章一天七次讚美祢。

165 愛祢律法的人有大平安，甚麼都不能使他們絆腳。

166 耶和華啊，我仰望了祢的救恩，遵行了祢的命令。

167 我心裡守了祢的法度；這法度我甚喜愛。

168 我遵守了祢的訓詞和法度，因我一切所行的都在祢面前。

Shin 我一切所行的都在神面前（詩119:161-168）

在神的典章中，我們看見公義，在神的命令中，我們仰望救恩；我們敬畏神的話語，喜愛神的律法，遵守神的訓詞和法度，一天七次讚美神，並一切所行的都在神面前，不被絆腳且大有平安。

The God Who Stands Near You

2024-09-11 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 23:1-11.  As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Acts 23:1-5 (NIV)
1  Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, “My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.”
2  At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
3  Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!”

On verses 1-5:  Paul appears before the Jewish ruling council, the Sanhedrin.  He tells them that with a clear conscience he can say that he has fulfilled his duty to God, suggesting that those in the Sanhedrin who are upset with him are upset for no good reason.  In response, the high priest Ananias, whom historians describe as a hot-tempered and corrupt leader, orders Paul to be struck on the mouth.  Paul reacts strongly. 

When Your Citizenship Can Save You

2024-09-10 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 22:17-30.  As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

Acts 22:17-21 (NIV)
17  “When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
18  and saw the Lord speaking. ‘Quick!’ he said to me. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
19  “‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these men know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.
20  And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
21  “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'”

On verses 17-21:  In Paul’s mind, it seemed to make so much sense for him, when he first became a Christian, to stay in Jerusalem, since he was well known in Jerusalem as the most zealous persecutor of Christians and now had become a Christian himself.  But God had different plans for Paul. God knew that people were bent on killing Paul in Jerusalem, so God sends Paul far away to the Gentiles.  It turns out that there was wisdom in God’s plan after all.

Resh神因祂的慈愛而施行拯救

2024-09-10 in , /by

詩篇 119:153-160

153 求祢看顧我的苦難，搭救我，因我不忘記祢的律法。

154 求祢為我辨屈，救贖我，照祢的話將我救活。

155 救恩遠離惡人，因為他們不尋求祢的律例。

156 耶和華啊，祢的慈悲本為大；求祢照祢的典章將我救活。

157 逼迫我的，抵擋我的，很多，我卻沒有偏離祢的法度。

158 我看見奸惡的人就甚憎惡，因為他們不遵守祢的話。

159 祢看我怎樣愛祢的訓詞！耶和華啊，求祢照祢的慈愛將我救活！

160 祢話的總綱是真實；祢一切公義的典章是永遠長存。

Resh 神因祂的慈愛而施行拯救（詩119:153-160）

在苦難中，神的兒女不灰心、不喪膽；不忘記神的律法，相信祂看顧我、搭救我；相信祂為我辨屈，救贖我，照祂的話將我救活。神話語的總綱是真實，公義的典章是永遠長存。

我若不信在活人之地得見耶和華的恩惠，就早已喪膽了。要等候耶和華！當壯膽，堅固你的心！我再說，要等候耶和華！（詩27:13-14）

Qof 天未亮呼求仰望，更未換睜眼思想

2024-09-09 in , /by

詩篇 119:145-152

145 耶和華啊，我一心呼籲祢；求祢應允我，我必謹守祢的律例！

146 我向祢呼籲，求祢救我！我要遵守祢的法度。

147 我趁天未亮呼求；我仰望了祢的言語。

148 我趁夜更未換將眼睜開，為要思想祢的話語。

149 求祢照祢的慈愛聽我的聲音；耶和華啊，求祢照祢的典章將我救活！

150 追求奸惡的人臨近了；他們遠離祢的律法。

151 耶和華啊，祢與我相近；祢一切的命令盡都真實！

152 我因學祢的法度，久已知道是祢永遠立定的。

Qof 天未亮呼求仰望，更未換，睜眼思想（詩119:145-152）

「天未亮，呼求仰望神的話語，更未換，睜眼思想神的話語」述說詩人他的一天生活是時時刻刻與神的話語連結在一起，激勵我們渴慕每一天的「與神同行」。

耶穌提醒我們：離了祂，我們就不能做甚麼（約15:5）；相信祂，我們沒有一件不能做的事（太17:20）。

我是葡萄樹，祢們是枝子。常在我裡面的，我也常在他裡面，這人就多結果子；因為離了我，祢們就不能做甚麼。（約15:5）

When Was The Last Time You Shared THIS with Others?

2024-09-09 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 22:1-16.  As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

Acts 22:1-15 (NIV)
1  “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.”
2  When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul said:
3  “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

On verses 1-15:  Paul had spent years in Jewish synagogues throughout the Roman Empire defending the Christian faith and showing from the Hebrew Scriptures how Jesus Christ is the Messiah who died for our sins, rose from death and reigns forever as Lord.  Yet notice that Paul doesn’t go into the Scriptures when defending himself in front of this Jewish audience, many of whom were bent on killing him.  Instead, he shares his story, his testimony of how he encountered Jesus.  It goes to show that your testimony about the way you encountered God is a powerful tool that you can use as part of defending your faith.

God Watches How You Do THIS

2024-09-08 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 21:26-40.  As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go! 

Acts 21:26-36 (NIV)
26  The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.
27  When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

On verses 26-36:  Now we see why it was such a dangerous and risky idea for Paul to go to Jerusalem, and why others tried to discourage him from going.  Paul was a wanted man in Jerusalem, with many people bent on taking his life.  The violent opposition Paul faced in Jerusalem is reminiscent of what Jesus faced in Jerusalem.  Both Jesus and Paul knew that danger awaited them in Jerusalem.  In Luke 13, when people tried to discourage Jesus from going to Jerusalem, Jesus himself said, “In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day–for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!” (Luke 13:33). 

Tsade 神與祂的話語都是公義的

2024-09-08 in , /by

詩篇 119:137-144

137 耶和華啊，祢是公義的；祢的判語也是正直的！

138 祢所命定的法度是憑公義和至誠（極其信實）。

139 我心焦急，如同火燒，因我敵人忘記祢的言語。

140 祢的話極其精煉，所以祢的僕人喜愛。

141 我微小，被人藐視，卻不忘記祢的訓詞。

142 祢的公義永遠長存；祢的律法盡都真實。

143 我遭遇患難愁苦，祢的命令卻是我所喜愛的。

144 祢的法度永遠是公義的；求祢賜我悟性，我就活了。

Tsade 神與祂的話語都是公義的（詩119:137-144）

詩篇150篇中，總共123節談及神的慈愛，而84節談及神的公義；詩篇119篇全部176節中，有7節談及神的慈愛，有14節談及神的公義：公義的判語、公義上生活、公義的典章、公義的話、神是公義的、公義永遠長存、法度永遠是公義的、命令盡都公義…。詩人述說他們與神的關係，神的慈愛多過神的公義，但在神的話語、律法、典章、法度…方面，卻是神的公義多過神的慈愛。