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2024-08-28 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 18:12-28.  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 18:12-17 (NIV)
12  While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him into court.
13  “This man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.”
14  Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, “If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you.
15  But since it involves questions about words and names and your own law–settle the matter yourselves. I will not be a judge of such things.”
16  So he had them ejected from the court.
17  Then they all turned on Sosthenes the synagogue ruler and beat him in front of the court. But Gallio showed no concern whatever.
 
On verses 12-17:  In the past, in virtually every city where Paul preached the gospel, Paul faced persecution and harassment.  But while Paul was in Corinth, the Lord said to Paul, “Do not be afraid…I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city”.

Tet 受苦中得著精明和知識

2024-08-28 in , /by

詩篇 119:65-72

65 耶和華啊，祢向來是照祢的話善待僕人。
66 求祢將精明和知識賜給我，因我信了祢的命令。
67 我未受苦以先走迷了路，現在卻遵守祢的話。
68 祢本為善，所行的也善，求祢將祢的律例教訓我。
69 驕傲人編造謊言攻擊我，我卻要一心守祢的訓詞。
70 他們心蒙脂油，我卻喜愛祢的律法。
71 我受苦是與我有益，為要使我學習祢的律例。
72 祢口中的訓言與我有益，勝於千萬的金銀。

Tet 受苦中得著精明和知識，領悟神的話語（詩119:65-72）

…主的眼看顧義人；主的耳聽他們的祈禱。惟有行惡的人，主向他們變臉。你們若是熱心行善，有誰害你們呢？你們就是為義受苦，也是有福的。不要怕人的威嚇，也不要驚慌；只要心裡尊主基督為聖。…神的旨意若是叫你們因行善受苦，總強如因行惡受苦。（彼前3:12-17）

Chet 在神的恩典和憐憫中遵行遵守祂的話

2024-08-27 in , /by

詩篇 119:57-64

57 耶和華是我的福分，我曾說，我要遵守祢的言語。
58 我一心求過祢的恩，願祢照祢的話憐憫我。
59 我思想我所行的道，就轉步歸向祢的法度。
60 我急忙遵守祢的命令，並不遲延。
61 惡人的繩索纏繞我，我卻沒有忘記祢的律法。
62 我因祢公義的典章，半夜必起來稱謝祢。
63 凡敬畏祢、守祢訓詞的人，我都與他做伴。
64 耶和華啊，祢的慈愛遍滿大地，求祢將祢的律例教訓我。

Chet 在神的恩典和憐憫中遵行遵守祂的話（詩119:57-64）

我遵守神的話，因祂是我福分，我尋求神的恩，因祂憐憫我；

我思想且轉步歸向神，我遵守命令並不遲延，我與敬畏祢、守祢訓詞的人同伴。

Thank God for Your Aquilas and Priscillas

2024-08-27 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 18:1-11.  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 18:1-3 (NIV)
1  After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
2  There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them,
3  and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them.
 
On verses 1-3:  Paul, Aquila and Priscilla had a lot in common: they had all recently moved to Corinth (Paul from Athens, Aquila and Priscilla from Rome); they were all tentmakers; they were all Jewish by heritage; and there is a good chance that Aquila and Priscilla were already Christians by the time they met Paul.  With so much in common, it made sense to them to go into business together.  

Zayin依靠神的話語

2024-08-26 in , /by

詩篇 119:49-56

49 求祢記念向祢僕人所應許的話，叫我有盼望。
50 這話將我救活了，我在患難中因此得安慰。
51 驕傲的人甚侮慢我，我卻未曾偏離祢的律法。
52 耶和華啊，我記念祢從古以來的典章，就得了安慰。
53 我見惡人離棄祢的律法，就怒氣發作，猶如火燒。
54 我在世寄居，素來以祢的律例為詩歌。
55 耶和華啊，我夜間記念祢的名，遵守祢的律法。
56 我所以如此，是因我守祢的訓詞。

Zayin 依靠神的話語，在患難中得安慰（詩119:49-56）

上帝未曾忘記祂的應許，患難中我們滿有盼望，

因著應許我們經歷救恩，患難中我們得著安慰；

在世短暫寄居中，我們以神的律例為詩歌，

夜間疲乏安歇時，我們記念神的名為滿足。

The Reason God Allows Everything That Happens In Your Life

2024-08-26 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 17:16-34.  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 17:16-17 (NIV)
16  While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols.
17  So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there.

On verses 16-17:  Because Paul was distressed to see so many idols being worshiped in Athens, Paul decided to do something about it.  He begins to preach about Jesus in the synagogue and marketplace of Athens.

What can we learn from Paul’s example?  When you are distressed by something that you see, don’t just complain about it or be frustrated by it.  With your time and your talents, do something productive in light of it.

Vav自由的行走在寬闊之地

2024-08-25 in , /by

詩篇 119:41-48

41 耶和華啊，願祢照祢的話，使祢的慈愛，就是祢的救恩，臨到我身上。
42 我就有話回答那羞辱我的，因我倚靠祢的話。
43 求祢叫真理的話總不離開我口，因我仰望祢的典章。
44 我要常守祢的律法，直到永永遠遠。
45 我要自由而行，因我素來考究你的訓詞。
46 我也要在君王面前論說祢的法度，並不至於羞愧。
47 我要在你的命令中自樂，這命令素來是我所愛的。
48 我又要遵行祢的命令，這命令素來是我所愛的，我也要思想祢的律例。

Vav 自由的行走在寬闊之地（詩119:41-48）

遵行神的律法，讓我們脫離罪惡的綑綁，去除老我的纏累，自由的行走在寬闊之地；我們喜愛祂的命令，思想且遵行，因為它帶來救恩與應許。

A Life Guided by the Bible

2024-08-25 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 17:1-15.  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 17:1-9 (NIV)

When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3 explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. 4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women.

The second half of the book of Acts is showing us these great pictures of God’s salvation. Acts 17 is going to show how God is saving his people and the kind of heart needed to respond. You may remember that Jesus told a parable that is the parable of the sower in Mark 4. The parable pictures a sower scattering seed across all kinds of different soils. Jesus explains that the parable as the sower sowing the word and the different soils as the different responses that happen from proclaiming the message of God (cf. Mark 4:14). So the parable is about considering if your life is guided by God’s word.

Hey求神教導遵行祂的律法

2024-08-23 in , /by

詩篇 119 : 33-40

33 耶和華啊，求祢將祢的律例指教我，我必遵守到底。
34 求祢賜我悟性，我便遵守祢的律法，且要一心遵守。
35 求祢叫我遵行祢的命令，因為這是我所喜樂的。
36 求祢使我的心趨向祢的法度，不趨向非義之財。
37 求祢叫我轉眼不看虛假，又叫我在祢的道中生活。
38 祢向敬畏祢的人所應許的話，求祢向僕人堅定。
39 求祢使我所怕的羞辱遠離我，因祢的典章本為美。
40 我羨慕祢的訓詞，求祢使我在祢的公義上生活。

遵行神的律法不在於「我可以遵行」，而在於「神教導引領」；求神教導律例，賜我悟性，引領我遵行，使我的心趨向神，與神對齊。

Praise God BEFORE the Miracle Happens

2024-08-23 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Acts 16:25-40.  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 16:25-36 (NIV)
25  About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
26  Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose.
27  The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
28  But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
29  The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

On verses 25-36:  Here we see why God allowed Paul and Silas to be flogged and imprisoned. It wasn’t because God was cruel, distant or indifferent. Rather God allowed this painful situation so that Paul, Silas and everyone in the prison with them, especially a lost jailer, could witness God’s incredible saving power. Not only did God save his servants from prison, but even more God used the situation so that the jailer and his family could receive Jesus and be saved from hell.