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When You’re Out of Sync with Your Spouse

2024-07-01 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

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 5:1-16.  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 5:1 (NIV) 
1  I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, O friends, and drink; drink your fill, O lovers.

On verse 1:  Here’s what seems to be happening: the groom is confirming with great satisfaction that he and his bride have consummated their marriage in a most satisfying fashion (at least as far as the groom is concerned). 

泉源涌流的生命

2024-07-01 in , /by

箴言 10:11  义人的口是生命的泉源，强暴蒙蔽恶人的口。

箴言 13:14    智慧人的法则是生命的泉源，可以使人离开死亡的网罗。

箴言 14:27  敬畏耶和华就是生命的泉源，可以使人离开死亡的网罗。

敬畏耶和华就是生命的泉源，从义人的口涌流而出，带出智慧的法则，使人离开强暴、愚昧、死亡…。

求主将活水充满我们，且能源源流出，不求磅薄江河，盼成绢绢细流；在这疫情纷扰、烽火蔓延、物价波动的震荡时刻，让我们将从神而来的平安、智慧和盼望，分享给四周围充满焦虑、徬徨和绝望的朋友们。是的，主！祢是我们现今时刻的唯一盼望！

义人的口是生命的泉源；强暴蒙蔽恶人的口。（箴10:11）

Secrets to Sweeter Sex

2024-06-30 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

A NOTE FOR PARENTS AND KIDS ABOUT TODAY’S GAME SHARING:  In today’s Bible passage we are talking about the gift of sex.  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 4:1-16.  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 4:1-7 (NIV) 
1  How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead. 
2  Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing. Each has its twin; not one of them is alone. 
3  Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate. 
4  Your neck is like the tower of David, built with elegance; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors. 
5  Your two breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle that browse among the lilies. 
6  Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense. 
7  All beautiful you are, my darling; there is no flaw in you.

神的泉源带来更新的改变

2024-06-30 in , /by

以赛亚书 41:18  我要在净光的高处开江河，在谷中开泉源；我要使沙漠变为水池，使干地变为涌泉。

以赛亚书 35:7 发光的沙要变为水池，干渴之地要变为泉源。在野狗躺卧之处，必有青草、芦苇和蒲草。

诗篇 114:8  祂叫磐石变为水池，叫坚石变为泉源。

神是创造的神，在高处、谷中、沙漠、干地、磐石、坚石…，神让干渴贫乏之地涌出泉源、蓄积水池、成为江河。

神是更新的神，神的泉源要流入且充满我们疲惫困顿、无助绝望、枯竭耗尽的生命，带来更新的改变，祂要在我们里面涌出活水，不仅丰沛流入，也要源源流出。

我要在净光的高处开江河，在谷中开泉源；我要使沙漠变为水池，使干地变为涌泉。（赛41:18）

神的泉源带出生命的救恩

2024-06-28 in , /by

以赛亚书 12:3  所以你们必从救恩的泉源欢然取水。

以赛亚书 58:11  耶和华也必时常引导你，在干旱之地使你心满意足，骨头强壮。你必像浇灌的园子，又像水流不绝的泉源。

撒迦利亚书 13:1  「那日，必给大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民开一个泉源，洗除罪恶与污秽。」

神的泉源在干旱之地涌出，水流不绝，使我们心满意足，骨头强壮；洗除我们的罪恶与污秽，且在我们里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。

所以，我们要从救恩的泉源欢然取水。（赛12:3）

耶和华也必时常引导你，在干旱之地使你心满意足，骨头强壮。你必像浇灌的园子，又像水流不绝的泉源。（赛58:11）

那日，必给大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民开一个泉源，洗除罪恶与污秽。（亚13:1）

Getting Ready for Your Royal Wedding

2024-06-28 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Song of Songs 3:1-11.  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 3:1-5 (NIV) 
1  All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. 
2  I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves. So I looked for him but did not find him. 
3  The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. “Have you seen the one my heart loves?” 
4  Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me. 
5  Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.

On verses 1-5:  All night long the girl is thinking about her boyfriend, whether consciously or in the form of a dream.  When she finds him, there is the temptation to be sexually intimate with one another (v4), but once again she reminds herself: “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires” (v5).  The girl restrains herself and wisely tells herself to wait until after they’re married.

Don’t Awaken Love Before Its Time

2024-06-27 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Song of Songs 2:1-17.  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 2:1-2 (NIV) 
1  I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 
2  Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens.
 
On verse 1:  Affirmed by her lover’s words, the girl who once said, “Don’t look at me” (1:6) now calls herself a rose of Sharon, which is a beautiful, though common, lily of the valleys.  In response, her lover says, “Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens” (v2).  In other words, “You, common?  Nah girl.  You’re beautiful and exceptional.  There’s no one like you.”

What can we learn from this?  One of the best things you can do to love someone is to help them see that they are uniquely beautiful. 

神的泉源显明丰足的应许

2024-06-27 in , /by

诗篇 84:5-7

5 靠祢有力量，心中想往锡安大道的，这人便为有福！
6 他们经过流泪谷，叫这谷变为泉源之地，并有秋雨之福盖满了全谷。
7 他们行走，力上加力，各人到锡安朝见神。

神的泉源涌出山谷，流入山间，走兽有水喝，野驴得解渴，飞鸟宿水旁，地得丰足。向往锡安朝见神的人，他们行走，力上加力，流泪谷成为泉源之地，秋雨之福盖满了全谷。

让我们歌唱，跳舞…我的泉源都在你里面。（诗87:7）

靠祢有力量、心中想往锡安大道的，这人便为有福！他们经过流泪谷，叫这谷变为泉源之地；并有秋雨之福盖满了全谷。他们行走，力上加力，各人到锡安朝见神。（诗84:5-7）

所见的是暂时的

2024-06-26 in , /by

哥林多后书 4:18  原来我们不是顾念所见的，乃是顾念所不见的，因为所见的是暂时的，所不见的是永远的。

罗马书 8:24-25   我们得救是在乎盼望。只是所见的盼望不是盼望。谁还盼望他所见的呢？ 25 但我们若盼望那所不见的，就必忍耐等候。

所见的是暂时的，所不见的是永远的；若盼望那所不见的，就必忍耐等候

人类长久习惯使用传统能源：煤炭、石油、天然气、铀，它们看得见、摸得着、抓得住，但它们是有限的；虽然它们带来各式能量的供应，但也造成严重的环境影响。

最近努力开发的再生能源：阳光（采光）、风力（捕风）、水力（截流）、地热（取热），它们看不见、摸不著、抓不住，但它们却是无限的；它们来自自然环境源源不绝的能量供应，也减少环境污染效应。

能源的使用似乎和我们信仰的追求有异曲同工之妙，我们需要顾念所不见的，所不见的是永远的；若盼望那所不见的，就必忍耐等候。

3 Reasons We Can Feel Insecure

2024-06-26 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today we begin the book called Song of Songs.  Here is some background info that you may find helpful:

– This book was most likely written by King Solomon or a musician in Solomon’s court in approximately 970 B.C.

– According to 1 Kings 4:32, Solomon wrote over 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.  However, this is the only song of Solomon’s that made it into the Bible.

– Over the centuries, Song of Songs has been known as one of the most difficult books in the Bible to interpret.  For this reason it is no surprise that this book has been interpreted to mean so many different things: an allegory of God’s love for Israel, a picture of Christ’s love for the church, a script for a Jewish stage production, and a historical account of a real life romance in Solomon’s life, among other theories.  However, it may be best to treat this book mainly as an intimate love song between two lovers that celebrates (and also teaches some important lessons about) romantic love and marriage.

Today’s passage is Song of Songs 1:1-17.  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!