约拿书2:9 但我必用感谢的声音献祭于你，我所许的愿我必偿还。救恩出于耶和华！
读经文: 约拿书 2:1-10
1 约拿在鱼腹中祷告耶和华他的神， 2 说：「我遭遇患难求告耶和华，你就应允我。从阴间的深处呼求，你就俯听我的声音。 3 你将我投下深渊，就是海的深处，大水环绕我，你的波浪洪涛都漫过我身。
约拿在鱼腹里的祷告讲得很清楚，当他被投到海里时，他就知道自己大难临头了。
当他沉到海的深处时，对约拿而言，已经和到了死人所在的阴间差不多，觉得自己必死无疑。（因为他没有戴氧气筒，哈哈）。那时，大水环绕他，波浪洪涛都漫过他身。
在这样紧急的时刻里，约拿立刻求告耶和华。虽然不满意神的差遣，可还是知道只有神可以救他。他的感恩是，当他一求告神时，立刻得到神的应允。就是在此时，神安排大鱼把他吞到肚子里。离开了波浪洪涛，此时约拿才能呼吸到一些空气吧！
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 12:1-11. Let’s go!
Hebrews 12:1 (NIV)
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
On verse 1: What “great cloud of witnesses” is the writer of Hebrews talking about? He’s referring to every one of the heroes of faith he mentioned in Hebrews 11 and all of heaven as well, the greatest crowd ever assembled. Here the writer of Hebrews evokes the image of the Olympic games where people are watching in the stands while the runners run. I believe that while we are running our race on earth, heaven is watching and cheering us on, encouraging us to keep on going and not give up. When I know that heaven is watching and cheering me on, it gives me extra fuel to keep on running.
约拿书1:9 他说：「我是希伯来人，我敬畏耶和华，那创造沧海旱地之天上的神。」
读经文: 约拿书 1:1-17
1 耶和华的话临到亚米太的儿子约拿说： 2 「你起来，往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民呼喊，因为他们的恶达到我面前。」3 约拿却起来，逃往他施去躲避耶和华。下到约帕，遇见一只船要往他施去，他就给了船价，上了船，要与船上的人同往他施去，躲避耶和华。
亚米太的儿子约拿，是耶罗波安二世时的北国先知，曾经预言耶罗波安二世将会收回以色列边界之地，从哈马口直到亚拉巴海，事情果然应验了(王下14:25)。那时亚述方兴未艾，正虎视眈眈要进行侵略，以色列人对这个外患必然警戒防范在心。约拿一定没想到自己会被差遣去向他们“传福音”。好像雅各在雅博渡口与天使摔跤角力，约拿也开始和神斗智。神叫他去尼尼微，他立刻起身往另外一个方向逃跑，想去到遥远的西班牙躲起来。
约拿的逃跑使我想起小时候玩蚂蚁的情形，我和其他小朋友用树叶或石头挡住蚂蚁的去路，蚂蚁就绕来绕去找路，但是不管牠怎样跑，都会被我们抓住，或挡住。约拿在神的眼中也像只蚂蚁，不管他怎样跑，都在神的眼目之中。约拿如心所愿地上了往他施的船，放心地跑到底舱，躺卧沉睡。没想到外面狂风大作，船几乎下沉，大家忙着求自己的神，把货物抛掉。在沉睡中被叫醒，又被掣签掣出是导至祸患的人，约拿终于不得不面对自己的审判。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 11:30-40. Let’s go!
As we complete our look at Hebrews 11, notice how the phrase that gets repeated far more than any other in Hebrews 11 is “by faith”. Over and over the writer of Hebrews describes instances when someone “by faith” did something. What does it mean to do something “by faith”? It means that faith is the fuel behind your actions or decisions. God wants us to live by faith every day. In the verses that follow, we see more examples of what living by faith can do.
Hebrews 11:30 (NIV)
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
On verse 30: After talking about Moses and how he led the Israelites out of Egypt, the writer of Hebrews moves on to Joshua. He mentions how Joshua led the Israelites to break through and conquer the city of Jericho by obeying the Lord’s command to march around the city for seven days (Joshua 5-6). What can we learn from this? Faith in the Lord is the key to experiencing breakthrough and victory.
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 11:20-29. Let’s go!
Hebrews 11:20-22 (NIV)
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones.
On verses 20-22: When your life is empowered by God-pleasing faith, you will have a heart to encourage and help the next generation. That’s what happened in the case of Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. There is so much you could say about each of these men – just look at how long the book of Genesis is! And yet, the writer of Hebrews decides to focus here only on what Isaac, Jacob and Joseph did toward the end of their lives.
俄巴底亚书 1: 21 必有拯救者上到锡安山，审判以扫山，国度就归耶和华了。
阅读经文: 俄巴底亚书 1:1-21
1 俄巴底亚得了耶和华的默示。论以东说（我从耶和华那里听见信息，并有使者被差往列国去，说：「起来吧，一同起来与以东争战」）： 2 「我使你以东在列国中为最小的，被人大大藐视。 3 住在山穴中，居所在高处的啊，你因狂傲自欺，心里说：『谁能将我拉下地去呢？』 4 你虽如大鹰高飞，在星宿之间搭窝，我必从那里拉下你来。这是耶和华说的。
这本先知书，大家只知道俄巴底亚是“神的仆人”之意，没有背景，没有年代，也不知道他从哪里来。就像无名的传道者一样，回应了上帝的呼召，然后默默地告退。他的身世不详，但他的书却极受犹太人尊重而被列入旧约圣经；这书在全旧约是最短的，但却有极重要的属灵意义。俄巴底亚是第一个警告以色列人会被掳的先知；这是旧约最短的一卷书，书中有一个观念贯穿所有的大先知书，也贯穿新约圣经，就是“到那日”。从大小先知的预言，我们可以看出一个原则：上帝根据各国对待祂子民的态度来审判他们。上帝最看重的是我们怎么对待祂的子民，在旧约时代是指以色列民，在今天也包括教会。
阿摩司书 9: 6 那在天上建造楼阁，在地上安定穹苍，命海水浇在地上的，耶和华是祂的名。
阅读经文: 阿摩司书 9:1-15
1 我看见主站在祭坛旁边，他说：「你要击打柱顶，使门槛震动，打碎柱顶落在众人头上。所剩下的人我必用刀杀戮，无一人能逃避，无一人能逃脱。 2 他们虽然挖透阴间，我的手必取出他们来。虽然爬上天去，我必拿下他们来。
这章有四个预言，第1-10节是三个毁灭性预言，指出无人能逃避脱神的愤怒和审判。
一、神的愤怒 (9:1-10)
(1) 人受审判 (9: 1-4)
神吩咐先知击打柱顶，房子塌下，会死去很多人(参9:1)。剩下的用刀杀戮，神的愤怒下无人能逃脱。先知之前叫百姓悔改，但百姓不肯悔改，还叫先知离开并闭嘴，他们以为自己无问题，以为审判日子不会到。神却定住眼目，要把他们每一个人都杀尽，降祸不降福(参9:2-4)。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 11:8-19. Let’s go!
To illustrate what faith looks like in real life, the writer of Hebrews focuses in on the life of Abraham and his wife Sarah. Their incredible story is told in Genesis 12-25. Here’s what I learned verse by verse about what faith looks like from the life of Abraham and Sarah as described by the writer of Hebrews.
Hebrews 11:8 (NIV)
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
On verse 8: Faith is going where God tells you to go, even when you don’t see the whole picture. So if you’re waiting to see the full picture before you go, guess what? You’re not living by faith.
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Hebrews 11:1-7. Let’s go!
Hebrews 11:1 (NIV)
1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
On verse 1: In the previous verse (Hebrews 10:39), the writer of Hebrews channeled his inner football coach and encouraged his readers to keep on fighting the fight of faith. He told them “we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved” (Hebrews 10:39). Now the writer of Hebrews goes on to explain what faith is. His definition, as translated by the NIV: “faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (v1). I believe this verse shows us there are two parts to faith.
阿摩司书 8: 11 主耶和华说：「日子将到，我必命饥荒降在地上。人饥饿非因无饼，干渴非因无水，乃因不听耶和华的话。
阅读经文: 阿摩司书 8:1-14
1 主耶和华又指示我一件事：我看见一筐夏天的果子。 2 他说：「阿摩司啊，你看见什么？」我说：「看见一筐夏天的果子。」耶和华说：「我民以色列的结局到了，我必不再宽恕他们。」 3 主耶和华说：「那日，殿中的诗歌变为哀号，必有许多尸首在各处抛弃，无人作声。」
一、夏果临到 再不饶恕 (8:1-3)
「主耶和华又指示我一件事：我看见一筐夏天的果子。」(8:1) 夏果异象是接续第七章中的三个异象──蝗虫、火和准绳；这和之前三个异象相同的是神「指示我一件事」。当阿摩司看到蝗虫和火两个异象，他为以色列代求，但到第三个异象，神不许他代求；来到夏果异象，神同样没有让他代求。神说：「我民以色列的结局到了，我必不再宽恕他们。(8:2)」夏天的果子成熟了，再不吃也不能收藏多久，很快就腐烂，夏果表示结局到了！
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