以赛亚书 50:2 我来的时候，为何无人等候呢？我呼唤的时候，为何无人答应呢？我的膀臂岂是缩短，不能救赎吗？我岂无拯救之力吗？看哪，我一斥责，海就干了，我使江河变为旷野，其中的鱼因无水腥臭，干渴而死。
以赛亚书 64:4 从古以来，人未曾听见、未曾耳闻、未曾眼见在祢以外有什么神为等候祂的人行事。
等候是信心的功课，不要让神扑了个空（赛50:2），祂为等候祂的人行事（赛64:4），祂为爱祂的人所预备的是眼睛未曾看见，耳朵未曾听见，人心也未曾想到的。（林前2:9）。
在非利士人强大压力、百姓惶恐而即将散去的景况下，扫罗未能等候撒母耳，就擅自献上燔祭；这件糊涂事，使得扫罗的王位不能长久，神已经定意寻着一个合祂心意的人，立他作百姓的王。
扫罗照着撒母耳所定的日期等了七日。撒母耳还没有来到吉甲，百姓也离开扫罗散去了。扫罗说：「把燔祭和平安祭带到我这里来。」扫罗就献上燔祭。刚献完燔祭，撒母耳就到了。扫罗出去迎接他，要问他好。撒母耳说：「你做的是甚么事呢？」
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Today’s passage is Acts 1:12-26. 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 1:12-14 (NIV)
12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day’s walk from the city.
13 When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
On verses 12-14: After spending time with the resurrected Jesus and witnessing His ascension into heaven, the disciples, including Jesus’ female followers, Jesus’ mother Mary and Jesus’ brothers, would return to the place where they were staying and join together constantly in prayer. It was their closest, most natural and most direct way of keeping in contact with their Lord Jesus. They would pray together, knowing that Jesus heard them. It was all coming together for them that Jesus truly is all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful God. What can we learn from this?
创世记 24:21 那人定睛看她，一句话也不说，要晓得耶和华赐他通达的道路没有。
管理亚伯拉罕全业的老仆人，学得亚伯拉罕的信心，他走远路回乡，求神施恩给他主人，让他遇见好机会，定睛要晓得神赐他通达的道路，他终于找著以撒的妻子利百加，他就低头下拜感谢神。
求告、等候、得着和感谢是信心的旅程，等候是最难的部分，圣经描述老仆人的等候：…那人定睛看她，一句话也不说，要晓得耶和华赐他通达的道路没有。
亚伯拉罕对管理他全业最老的仆人说：…你要往我本地本族去，为我的儿子以撒娶一个妻子。…那仆人…起身往美索不达米亚去，到了拿鹤的城。…他说：耶和华─我主人亚伯拉罕的神啊，求你施恩给我主人亚伯拉罕，使我今日遇见好机会。…话还没有说完，不料，利百加肩头上扛着水瓶出来。
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Today we begin the book of Acts. Written by a Christian physician called Luke in approximately 60-70 A.D. as a sequel to the Gospel of Luke, Acts is such an important book in that: (1) it gives us a detailed account of what happened to Jesus’ followers after Jesus ascended to heaven; (2) it gives us a historical backdrop for understanding the letters of Paul, which would make up much of the New Testament; (3) it shows us what the early church looked like and the incredible faith, courage and perseverance they displayed in the face of great uncertainty and persecution; and (4) it takes us on a tour from Jerusalem to the various nations where the church spread. Even more, the book of Acts is filled with powerful lessons for us today.
Today’s passage is Acts 1:1-11. 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 1:1 (NIV)
1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach
创世记 45:7-8
神差我在你们以先来，为要给你们存留余种在世上，又要大施拯救，保全你们的生命。 8 这样看来，差我到这里来的不是你们，乃是神。祂又使我如法老的父，做他全家的主，并埃及全地的宰相。
我们等候神的目的，不仅在于困难的突破、阻碍的挪开、事情的成就…，更重要的是在我们等候过程中，看见我们的教师，听见祂的声音。
约瑟17岁被卖，30岁被法老拔擢治理埃及全地，经过7个丰年，约瑟得两子；他给长子取名叫玛拿西，说：「神使我忘了一切的困苦和我父的全家。」他给次子取名叫以法莲，说：「神使我在受苦的地方昌盛。」
受苦、等候20多年，当荒年时约瑟与兄弟相认时，他终于明白：「神差我在你们以先來，为要给你们存留余种在世上，又要大施拯救，保全你们的生命。这样看來，差我到这裡來的不是你们，乃是神。他又使我如法老的父，作他全家的主，并埃及全地的宰相。」（创45:7-8）
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A NOTE FOR PARENTS AND KIDS: Given the nature of today’s topic, we would advise parents to review this GAME sharing first before your kids do and then decide whether your kids should see it. Kids, if you are reading this, please ask your parent or guardian to review this GAME sharing first before you read it and ask your parent or guardian if they think you should read it now or wait until you’re older.
Today’s passage is Song of Songs 8:1-14. 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!
Song of Songs 8:1 (NIV)
1 If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother’s breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
2 I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house– she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
On verses 1-2: Why does the wife wish that her husband was her brother so that “if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me” (v1)? Keep in mind in the ancient middle east where Song of Songs was written, public displays of affection were frowned upon.
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A NOTE FOR PARENTS AND KIDS: Given the nature of today’s topic, we would advise parents to review this GAME sharing first before your kids do and then decide whether your kids should see it. Kids, if you are reading this, please ask your parent or guardian to review this GAME sharing first before you read it and ask your parent or guardian if they think you should read it now or wait until you’re older.
Today’s passage is Song of Songs 7:1-13. 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!
Song of Songs 7:1-8 (NIV)
1 How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of a craftsman’s hands.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies.
3 Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
On verses 1-9: As you read verses 1-8 you may think that they sound just like the guy’s praise of his wife’s beauty in previous chapters. However, the difference here is that the guy’s words in verses 1-8 are now even more intimate and direct than his previous praises of his wife. When the guy says to his wife in verse 2 “your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine” and calls her waist “a mount of wheat”, he is basically telling his wife that she is like the most delicious food to him.
以赛亚书 30:15-19
主耶和华以色列的圣者曾如此说：「你们得救在乎归回安息，你们得力在乎平静安稳。」你们竟自不肯！ 16 你们却说：「不然，我们要骑马奔走。」所以你们必然奔走。又说：「我们要骑飞快的牲口。」所以追赶你们的也必飞快。 17 一人叱喝必令千人逃跑，五人叱喝你们都必逃跑，以致剩下的好像山顶的旗杆，冈上的大旗。
18 耶和华必然等候，要施恩给你们，必然兴起，好怜悯你们，因为耶和华是公平的神。凡等候他的，都是有福的！ 19 百姓必在锡安，在耶路撒冷居住，你不再哭泣。主必因你哀求的声音施恩给你，祂听见的时候，就必应允你。
我们等候神，是因为我们确信我们等候的对象，祂有怜悯、恩慈，且大有能力，更重要的是祂已经且必然等候我们，为了施恩给我们。
当我们独自奔走、惶恐挣扎时，我们切切寻求神的拯救，渴慕等候神的带领；我们要看见，就像回转归家、寻求赦免的浪子，他看见的是相离还远、跑来抱他颈项、连连与他亲嘴的慈父。
于是起来，往他父亲那里去。相离还远，他父亲看见，就动了慈心，跑去抱着他的颈项，连连与他亲嘴。（路15:20）
主耶和华─以色列的圣者曾如此说：你们得救在乎归回安息；你们得力在乎平静安稳；你们竟自不肯。
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Today’s passage is Song of Songs 6:1-13. 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!
Song of Songs 6:1-3 (NIV)
1 Where has your lover gone, most beautiful of women? Which way did your lover turn, that we may look for him with you?
2 My lover has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to browse in the gardens and to gather lilies.
3 I am my lover’s and my lover is mine; he browses among the lilies.
On verses 1-3: Earlier in chapter 5 (see verses 6-8), the girl could not find her lover, whether that means not knowing his physical whereabouts or, perhaps more likely, feeling emotionally distant from him. But here in verse 1 when the girl’s friends ask her again where her lover has gone, the girl responds by saying, “My lover has gone down to his garden, to the bed of spices, to browse in the gardens and to gather lilies. I am my lover’s and my lover is mine” (v2-3). The girl’s response shows that whatever conflict she and her husband had experienced in chapter 5 has now been resolved.
诗篇 65:4 祢所拣选使他亲近祢，住在祢院中的，这人便为有福！我们必因祢居所，祢圣殿的美福知足了。
诗篇 73:28 但我亲近神是与我有益！我以主耶和华为我的避难所，好叫我述说祢一切的作为。
以赛亚书 58:2 他们天天寻求我，乐意明白我的道，好像行义的国民，不离弃他们神的典章，向我求问公义的判语，喜悦亲近神。
感谢神！因着耶稣宝血，我们得以亲近神；我们当洁净我们的手，清洁我们的心，亲近神，祂就必亲近我们！
祢所拣选、使他亲近祢、住在祢院中的，这人便为有福！我们必因祢居所、祢圣殿的美福知足了。（诗65:4）
但我亲近神是与我有益；我以主耶和华为我的避难所，好叫我述说祢一切的作为。（诗73:28）
他们天天寻求我，乐意明白我的道，好像行义的国民，不离弃他们神的典章，向我求问公义的判语，喜悦亲近神。（赛58:2）
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