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Tav求神教导、帮助、寻找我

2024-09-12 in , /by

诗篇 119:169-176

169 耶和华啊，愿我的呼吁达到祢面前，照祢的话赐我悟性。

170 愿我的恳求达到祢面前，照祢的话搭救我。

171 愿我的嘴发出赞美的话，因为祢将律例教训我。

172 愿我的舌头歌唱祢的话，因祢一切的命令尽都公义。

173 愿祢用手帮助我，因我拣选了祢的训词。

174 耶和华啊，我切慕祢的救恩！祢的律法也是我所喜爱的。

175 愿我的性命存活，得以赞美祢！愿祢的典章帮助我！

176 我如亡羊走迷了路，求祢寻找仆人，因我不忘记祢的命令。

Tav 求神教导、帮助、寻找我（诗119:169-176）

诗人在最后的一段用「愿」表达了他迫切的期盼，祈愿他的呼吁和恳求能达到神面前，祈愿他的嘴和舌头能赞美歌唱神，祈愿他的性命能存活，求神用手帮助、寻找如亡羊走迷的自己。

在急难困苦中，我们如亡羊走迷了路，记得拨打「属灵的119」，回到神面前，聆听祂话语，领受祂训词，遵行祂命令，这是神儿女得救、得胜的祕诀。

哪知祂为我们的过犯受害，为我们的罪孽压伤。因祂受的刑罚，我们得平安；因祂受的鞭伤，我们得医治。我们都如羊走迷；各人偏行己路；耶和华使我们众人的罪孽都归在祂身上。（赛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

诗篇 119:161-168

161 首领无故地逼迫我，但我的心畏惧祢的言语。

162 我喜爱祢的话，好像人得了许多掳物。

163 谎话是我所恨恶所憎嫌的；惟祢的律法是我所爱的。

164 我因祢公义的典章一天七次赞美祢。

165 爱祢律法的人有大平安，甚么都不能使他们绊脚。

166 耶和华啊，我仰望了祢的救恩，遵行了祢的命令。

167 我心里守了祢的法度；这法度我甚喜爱。

168 我遵守了祢的训词和法度，因我一切所行的都在祢面前。

Shin 我一切所行的都在神面前（诗119:161-168）

在神的典章中，我们看见公义，在神的命令中，我们仰望救恩；我们敬畏神的话语，喜爱神的律法，遵守神的训词和法度，一天七次赞美神，并一切所行的都在神面前，不被绊脚且大有平安。

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神因祂的慈爱而施行拯救

2024-09-10 in , /by

诗篇 119:153-160

153 求祢看顾我的苦难，搭救我，因我不忘记祢的律法。

154 求祢为我辨屈，救赎我，照祢的话将我救活。

155 救恩远离恶人，因为他们不寻求祢的律例。

156 耶和华啊，祢的慈悲本为大；求祢照祢的典章将我救活。

157 逼迫我的，抵挡我的，很多，我却没有偏离祢的法度。

158 我看见奸恶的人就甚憎恶，因为他们不遵守祢的话。

159 祢看我怎样爱祢的训词！耶和华啊，求祢照祢的慈爱将我救活！

160 祢话的总纲是真实；祢一切公义的典章是永远长存。

Resh 神因祂的慈爱而施行拯救（诗119:153-160）

在苦难中，神的儿女不灰心、不丧胆；不忘记神的律法，相信祂看顾我、搭救我；相信祂为我辨屈，救赎我，照祂的话将我救活。神话语的总纲是真实，公义的典章是永远长存。

我若不信在活人之地得见耶和华的恩惠，就早已丧胆了。要等候耶和华！当壮胆，坚固你的心！我再说，要等候耶和华！（诗27:13-14）

Qof 天未亮呼求仰望，更未换睁眼思想

2024-09-09 in , /by

诗篇 119:145-152

145 耶和华啊，我一心呼吁祢；求祢应允我，我必谨守祢的律例！

146 我向祢呼吁，求祢救我！我要遵守祢的法度。

147 我趁天未亮呼求；我仰望了祢的言语。

148 我趁夜更未换将眼睁开，为要思想祢的话语。

149 求祢照祢的慈爱听我的声音；耶和华啊，求祢照祢的典章将我救活！

150 追求奸恶的人临近了；他们远离祢的律法。

151 耶和华啊，祢与我相近；祢一切的命令尽都真实！

152 我因学祢的法度，久已知道是祢永远立定的。

Qof 天未亮呼求仰望，更未换，睁眼思想（诗119:145-152）

「天未亮，呼求仰望神的话语，更未换，睁眼思想神的话语」述说诗人他的一天生活是时时刻刻与神的话语连结在一起，激励我们渴慕每一天的「与神同行」。

耶稣提醒我们：离了祂，我们就不能做甚么（约15:5）；相信祂，我们没有一件不能做的事（太17:20）。

我是葡萄树，祢们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，祢们就不能做甚么。（约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 神与祂的话语都是公义的

2024-09-08 in , /by

诗篇 119:137-144

137 耶和华啊，祢是公义的；祢的判语也是正直的！

138 祢所命定的法度是凭公义和至诚（极其信实）。

139 我心焦急，如同火烧，因我敌人忘记祢的言语。

140 祢的话极其精炼，所以祢的仆人喜爱。

141 我微小，被人藐视，却不忘记祢的训词。

142 祢的公义永远长存；祢的律法尽都真实。

143 我遭遇患难愁苦，祢的命令却是我所喜爱的。

144 祢的法度永远是公义的；求祢赐我悟性，我就活了。

Tsade 神与祂的话语都是公义的（诗119:137-144）

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