詩篇 130 上行之詩。
1 耶和華啊，我從深處向祢求告。
2 主啊，求祢聽我的聲音！願祢側耳聽我懇求的聲音！
3 主耶和華啊，祢若究察罪孽，誰能站得住呢？
那是個不平安的下午，指導教授再度找我去談：「今年暑假我轉換教職到加州大學戴維斯分校，研究室成員都會隨我轉學到加州，你考慮的結果如何呢？」幾次跟指導教授據理力爭，我的回覆一直是否定的，因為我想要留在西北大學完成博士學位。離開指導教授的辦公室，他留下一句話給我：「那你今年碩士論文口試就排在最後一個…。」
帶著惶恐不安的心情走回住宿的地方，心想不順從老闆（窮留學生出國讀書，稱指導教授為老闆，因為他是衣食父母，掌管生殺大權），麻煩可大了，我的碩士論文口試大概要砸鍋，畢不了業了！蹣跚地走進我的蝸居（跟同學合租房子，分配住在儲物間），坐在擺在地面孤零零的一片床墊，心中百感交集；眼睛長針眼，用針戳破，好了，肚子痛，吞萬金油，也好了，上台報告，So what! I am nobody!也完成了…困難雖有，總是可以克服。但是，這一刻我深深覺得，我毫無辦法能面對這個難題，沒有人可以幫助我！
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 7:44-60. 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 7:44-50 (NIV)
44 “Our forefathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the desert. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
45 Having received the tabernacle, our fathers under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David,
46 who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
On verses 44-50: After talking about how the Israelites rejected Moses’ leadership and worshiped idols instead (v30-43), Stephen turns his attention to the way the temple in Jerusalem was built. Stephen recounts how God originally gave Moses specific designs for a tabernacle, which was a portable tent where His people could worship Him as they journeyed from place to place (v44). The Israelites would use this portable tabernacle to worship Him throughout the days of Joshua until the reign of King David (v45-46).
創世記 1:26-27
26 神說：「我們要照著我們的形象，按著我們的樣式造人，使他們管理海裡的魚、空中的鳥、地上的牲畜和全地，並地上所爬的一切昆蟲。」 27 神就照著自己的形象造人，乃是照著祂的形象，造男造女。
為自己譜一曲、唱一首「上帝愛我」的詩歌！
花了1年3個月，柯俊傑與基督教中華循理會三和教會青年弟兄妹合力將《上帝愛原住民》專輯完成，這一條恩典與夢想之路，柯俊傑與教會走了10年…。「10年前我們為耶穌懷抱夢想，10年後這個夢想成真！」回憶澆灌夢想發芽的動機，是因為部落年輕人外移現象嚴重，讓柯俊傑開始思考要用音樂抓住他們的心，把青年留在教會中服事神。
當時半工半讀的他，在騎機車趕往下一個目的地的路程中哼唱、完成這首詩歌，主要傳達不管世人對原住民抱有何種眼光，但他相信神造每一個人和族群，都有祂獨特的計畫，這也是柯俊傑獻給上帝的歌。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 7:30-43. 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 7:30-43 (NIV)
30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31 When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord’s voice:
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
On verses 30-43: Here Stephen recounts how Moses obeyed the call of God and how God performed incredible signs and wonders through Moses to deliver the Israelites from slavery in Egypt (v30-38). Yet despite all this, the Israelites rejected Moses and chose to worship idols instead of the LORD (v39-43). Stephen is connecting the way the Israelites in Moses’ time rejected Moses, God’s chosen servant, with the way many of Israelites’ opponents were now rejecting Jesus, God’s Son.
詩篇 23:4 我雖然行過死蔭的幽谷，也不怕遭害，因為祢與我同在，祢的杖、祢的竿都安慰我。
詩27:1-3 耶和華是我的亮光，是我的拯救，我還怕誰呢？耶和華是我性命的保障，我還懼誰呢？
2 那作惡的，就是我的仇敵，前來吃我肉的時候，就絆跌仆倒。
3 雖有軍兵安營攻擊我，我的心也不害怕；雖然興起刀兵攻擊我，我必仍舊安穩。
大衛躲避掃羅、四處逃竄（詩23:4），面對仇敵興起刀兵攻擊（詩27:1-3），在非利士人迦特王亞吉面前裝瘋（撒上21:10-15，詩34:4，詩56:3-4）…；危難時，大衛在詩歌裡宣告：我不怕遭害，因為你與我同在！我還怕誰呢？我還懼誰呢？血氣之輩能把我怎麼樣呢？人能把我怎麼樣呢？
初到美國讀書，最大的惶恐是上台報告，雖然複習多次，總會擔心英語不輪轉(台語:意思是不順暢)。兩句簡單且灑脫的話語，“I am nobody!”和“So what!”（我是無名小卒！講不好，那又怎樣！），常帶給我上台的勇氣，看著台下老美同學一愣一愣的聽完我的報告，我知道：我倚靠神！我不害怕，我盡力完成了我的報告。
在人面前，我一無掛慮，我是無名小卒，我承認I am nobody，我學習謙卑，謙卑釋放壓力；在神裡面，我是蒙愛的，我是個人物，我宣告I am somebody，我得著倚靠，倚靠帶出能力。讓我們親近神，將壓力轉變成能力，因此得勝。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 7:1-16. 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 7:1-16 (NIV)
1 Then the high priest asked him, “Are these charges true?”
2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’
4 “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.
On verses 1-16: Why is Stephen giving a speech to the Sanhedrin, Israel’s ruling council of elders, about the history of Israel? Remember that the Sanhedrin had accused Stephen of making false, blasphemous statements about Moses, about God (6:11), about the temple (6:13) and about the law of Moses (6:13). They accused Stephen of trying to subvert Judaism and advocate for a new religion, saying that Jesus would change the customs which the Jews had received from Moses (Acts 6:14).
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 7:1-16. 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 7:1-16 (NIV)
1 Then the high priest asked him, “Are these charges true?”
2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’
4 “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.
On verses 1-16: Why is Stephen giving a speech to the Sanhedrin, Israel’s ruling council of elders, about the history of Israel? Remember that the Sanhedrin had accused Stephen of making false, blasphemous statements about Moses, about God (6:11), about the temple (6:13) and about the law of Moses (6:13). They accused Stephen of trying to subvert Judaism and advocate for a new religion, saying that Jesus would change the customs which the Jews had received from Moses (Acts 6:14).
哥林多前書 12:4-11
4 恩賜原有分別，聖靈卻是一位； 5 職事也有分別，主卻是一位； 6 功用也有分別，神卻是一位，在眾人裡面運行一切的事。 7 聖靈顯在各人身上，是叫人得益處。 8 這人蒙聖靈賜他智慧的言語，那人也蒙這位聖靈賜他知識的言語， 9 又有一人蒙這位聖靈賜他信心，還有一人蒙這位聖靈賜他醫病的恩賜， 10 又叫一人能行異能，又叫一人能做先知，又叫一人能辨別諸靈，又叫一人能說方言，又叫一人能翻方言。 11 這一切都是這位聖靈所運行，隨己意分給各人的。
我喜歡唱詩歌，詩歌帶著神的話語，常不自主地由心中湧出，帶給我安慰和鼓勵，幫助我親近神。
我是自由派（失控派）的歌者，抓不住五線譜上的蝌蚪，掉拍和搶拍是常見的事，女兒給我評價：音色還好，音拍不準，肚子雖大，氣卻不長。我驚豔於鼓鈸上方飛舞的鼓槌，羨慕在黑白琴鍵和吉他弦線來回飄移的指頭，這是我想擁有，但神從未應許的恩賜。
我很喜歡「如果我能唱」這首詩歌，神用黃美廉博士 的詩歌來提醒我，拍不準續唱，氣不長再吸，只要能開口唱，那就是恩典，那就是真誠的敬拜。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 6:1-15. 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 6:1 (NIV)
1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
On verse 1: In the Old Testament God shows His heart to care for orphans and widows (see for example Exodus 22:22; Deuteronomy 10:18; and Psalm 146:9). This concern for orphans and widows is also found in the New Testament in verses like James 1:27, 1 Timothy 5, and here in Acts 6 where the growing Christian community has a ministry to care for widows in Jerusalem.
希伯來書 12:1-2
我們既有這許多的見證人，如同雲彩圍著我們，就當放下各樣的重擔，脫去容易纏累我們的罪，存心忍耐，奔那擺在我們前頭的路程， 2 仰望為我們信心創始成終的耶穌[a]。他因那擺在前面的喜樂，就輕看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦難，便坐在神寶座的右邊。
年少時向神禱告：「親愛的天父！明天我們主日學將在教會開始一個禮拜的兒童夏令營，我們都準備好了，孩子們也興奮地期待著；但是，颱風來了，我們需要祢的恩典，求祢保守我們一個禮拜的平安…」上帝聽了少年人和孩子們的禱告，颱風在台灣周圍整整繞了一個禮拜，等到夏令營結束，孩子們平安回家，它才狂暴地吹了進來。
年長時向神禱告：「親愛的天父！明天我們主日學將到長榮大學開始兩天一夜的兒童夏令營，我們都準備好了，孩子們也興奮地期待著；但是，颱風來了，考慮孩子們的出入平安和我的職責，我需要做明智的決定，很遺憾地取消這次夏令營…」上帝聽了孩子們的禱告，颱風沒進來，還幫忙掃掉了所有的烏雲，留下燦爛的陽光；只是，孩子們嘆息著：今天如果有夏令營該多好！那天，全台灣只有那位年長者在抱怨：今天為何沒有狂風暴雨！
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