马太福音 1:23 必有童女怀孕生子，人要称他的名为以马内利。」（「以马内利」翻出来就是「神与我们同在」。）
「在花园里」这首诗歌，总唱了四十多年了吧！可是每次听到都还会激动；特别是副歌那两句：「祂与我同行，又与我共话，对我说，我永属于祂。」
心里激动，口里忍不住要跟着唱。声音变得颤抖沙哑了，脑子又在提醒自己：这是我丧礼中要唱的诗歌，最好用女声二重唱，得交代众儿女记得这条节目。
这首诗虽然常来眼泪，却不是悲伤；是内心深处喜乐的涌流，是给人家说中了你的经验以后的共鸣，是对主的感恩，对自己的不配而发生更衷诚的感恩。
主的复活给我最大的证明，就是今日我能与祂共话同行，每时每刻都可以跟祂交通，祂就活在我身旁，用不着什么历史考证或神学理论。我就是直接了当地知道，祂活在心中，不断地与我相交。
Do you remember a time when as a child you got lost? You felt the paralyzing fear of looking around and failing to see the north star of your parents’ strong presence. You were lost. These moments of lostness can leave a pit in your stomach and bring fear to your soul.
What is even worse is coming to a point in life when we realize that we’ve lost our way as a human being. We’re not sure why we are on this planet. We have no sense of our purpose.
It is in these moments we look to God, the Master Storyteller, and discover that the best way to understand our story is to listen to His. As we understand God’s story and where we fit within it, the haze begins to clear and our story begins to make sense. There’s more to your story my friend.
Do you remember a time when as a child you got lost? You felt the paralyzing fear of looking around and failing to see the north star of your parents’ strong presence. You were lost. These moments of lostness can leave a pit in your stomach and bring fear to your soul.
What is even worse is coming to a point in life when we realize that we’ve lost our way as a human being. We’re not sure why we are on this planet. We have no sense of our purpose.
It is in these moments we look to God, the Master Storyteller, and discover that the best way to understand our story is to listen to His. As we understand God’s story and where we fit within it, the haze begins to clear and our story begins to make sense. There’s more to your story my friend.
传道书 12:1 你趁著年幼，衰败的日子尚未来到，就是你所说「我毫无喜乐」的那些年日未曾临近之先，当记念造你的主。
人的生命用甚么来量度呢？用时间。
固然，一个人生命的长度，与他的价值不一定成正比；但他能在短促的生命中，获得价值，表示他尽量利用了时间，发挥他生命的本质。
因此，浪费时间，就是浪费生命。
每次参加聚会的时候，主席一宣布：「现在我们把时间交给讲员。」我就紧张起来。把时间交给讲员，就是把我们生命中的一部份交给他。如果他没有好好准备，所讲的对人无益，那么，他不但浪费了他自己的生命，连所有听众的生命都浪费了。
时间是很容易浪费的。因为你不能抓住它，把它保存起来。它永远那样无声地流，你只有赶上去，与它同行。稍一停顿，就错过了不少光阴。
诗篇 29:10 洪水泛滥之时，耶和华坐着为王；耶和华坐着为王，直到永远。
2009年8月，台东县太麻里嘉兰部落有五十一户民宅在莫拉克风灾中遭洪水冲走，但其中也发生了一件上帝拯救王云凡一家人的故事。
台风来袭前后，连续下了两天大雨，八月八日早上河堤崩溃，立时危及附近三十几户民宅。这时王云凡一家五口都爬上木梯，站上屋顶去求援，然而对岸达旺浸信会的刘正宏牧师却只能在岸上祷告，毫无办法，因为洪水太大了，根本无法涉水过去帮助他们脱困。
手机还可通时，王云凡的母亲就一直打电话问牧师：「直升机为何未到、为何还未到？」此时水势凶猛，眼见滚滚洪水持续高涨，一栋栋民宅都在他们眼前淹没了。这时教会的同工们有很多都不敢看下一幕，因为洪水快要把王云凡一家人冲走。但刘牧师心中想着：「洪水泛滥之时，耶和华坐着为王；耶和华坐着为王，直到永远。」他也想到摩西如何为以色列人祷告，当他手下垂时，以色列就打输了；当他的手举起来时，以色列就打赢了；所以刘牧师的手一直不敢放下来，除非看到上帝拯救他们。
As you discover your place in God’s plan, you make this wonderful discovery: you will graduate from this life into heaven. Jesus’ plan is to “gather together in one all things in Christ.” “All things” includes your body (Ephesians 1:10).
God will reunite your body with your soul and create something unlike anything you have seen. An eternal body. You will finally be healthy. You never have been. Even on the days you felt fine, you weren’t. You were a sitting duck for disease. And what about you on your worst days? Don’t you hate disease. I’m sick of it. So is Christ.
When Christ appears, Scripture tells us, “we shall be like him (1 John 3:2). You’ll have a spiritual body, with all members cooperating toward one end. So we’re not giving up. How could we? As God’s story becomes our story, the best is yet to be.
罗马书 3:19 我们晓得律法上的话都是对律法以下之人说的，好塞住各人的口，叫普世的人都伏在神审判之下。
以弗所书 2:1 你们死在过犯罪恶之中，他叫你们活过来。
阿达生长在一个相当闭塞的乡村，自小好武，喜欢舞棍弄棒，专好打抱不平，在纯朴的乡民眼中，阿达一直是众人心目中的英雄好汉。
乡村中的生活一向平淡无奇，日复一日，总归是太阳升起又落下，月亮落下又升起，似乎年年月月、日日时时都是如此，没有什么变化迁移。
直到有一天，皇帝下令甄选卫队勇士，要求的条件是射箭好手，必须百步穿杨、箭箭中的才能入选。
阿达和村民们听到这个消息，也不禁沸腾了起来，经过村民集议，大家一致同意推举阿达代表全村逐鹿群雄，为乡争光，报效皇帝。
There are so many things we don’t know. We don’t know if the economy will dip or if our team will win. We don’t know what our spouse is thinking or how our kids will turn out. And Scripture reminds us we don’t even know “what we ought to pray for” (Romans 8:26).
But according to Paul’s words in Romans 8:28, we can be absolutely certain about four things: We know God works. He is ceaseless and tireless. God works for our ultimate good. God works for the good of those who love him. And God works in all things. Not a few things, in all things!
Puppet in the hands of fortune or fate? Not you. You are in the hands of a living, loving God. Your life a crafted narrative written by a good God who’s working for your supreme good.
You don’t have to hurry or scurry. The Spirit-led life does not panic; it trusts.
In Ephesians 1:19-20 (NCV) the apostle Paul reminds us that, “God’s power is very great for us who believe. That power is the same as the great strength God used to raise Christ from the dead and put him at his right side in the heavenly world.” The same hand that pushed the rock from the tomb can shove away your doubt. The same power that stirred the still heart of Christ can stir your flagging faith. The same strength that put Satan on his heels can, and will, defeat Satan in your life.
Just keep the power supply open. Who knows, you may soon hear people asking, “What’s gotten into you?” You see, as God’s story becomes our story, his power becomes our power.
约翰福音 3:30 祂必兴旺，我必衰微。
约翰福音 15:5 我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么。
有一个夏令会的晚上，我看见温伟耀也在操场中踱步，我便过去问他：「你说经历上帝很真实，是不是？」
「是。」
「为甚么我不能信得像你们那么深、那么多经历、那么喜乐？」
「你愈想得自己多，就愈想得神少。」说罢，他就转身离开。
当头棒喝。
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