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。
罗马书 5:6-8 因我们还软弱的时候，基督就按所定的日期为罪人死。 为义人死是少有的，为仁人死或者有敢做的；唯有基督在我们还做罪人的时候为我们死，神的爱就在此向我们显明了。
北京的天坛是明代的建筑物，每年皇帝都会在这里的圜丘坛上献上燔祭﹝焚烧﹞的牛，而圜丘坛的北方有一座圆锥顶的建筑物「皇穹穻」，里面没有供奉任何偶像，只在朝北的墙壁上刻了四个大字：「皇天上帝」，显然上帝就是天坛敬拜的对象，这个充满了帝王色彩的祭天大典，到了1911年满清皇朝被推翻后，才停止下来。
天坛的历史大约600年，在这之前，祭天大典是在国家的边境﹝山东省的泰山顶﹞举行，即所谓「郊祀」，而对「郊祀」，最早的文字记载，更可以追溯到公元前2205年前的尧舜二帝，孔子《书经 舜典》篇有舜“肆类于上帝”，记载了舜向上帝献祭的史实，孔子《中庸》有“郊社之礼，所以事上帝也”。
所以这个孔子非常注重的祭天大典，而历代君王所不断执行的，在中国存留了四千多年，到底谁是这位献祭对象的上帝，和基督教圣经里神所常用的一个称号上帝﹝EL SHADDAI – 发音很像上帝﹞是否是一位的神呢？
Wait on the Spirit. If Peter and the apostles needed his help, don’t we? They walked with Jesus for three years, heard his preaching, and saw his miracles. They saw the body of Christ buried in the grave and raised from the dead. They witnessed his upper room appearance and heard his instruction. Had they not received the best possible training? Weren’t they ready? Yet Jesus told them to wait on the Spirit. “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised…the Holy Spirit” (Acts 1:4-5).
Learn to wait, to be silent, to listen for his voice. Cherish stillness; sensitize yourself to his touch. And just think—you don’t need a thing, you’ve got it all. All God’s gifts right in front of you as you wait expectantly for our Master Jesus to arrive on the scene.
To walk in the Spirit, respond to the promptings God gives you. Don’t sense any nudging? Just be patient and wait. Jesus told the disciples, “wait for the gift my Father promised—the Holy Spirit“ (Acts 1:4-5). Abraham waited for the promised son. Moses waited forty years in the wilderness. Jesus waited thirty years before he began his ministry.
God instills seasons of silence in his plan. Winter is needed for the soil to bear fruit. Time is needed for the development of a crop. And disciples wait for the move of God. Wait for him to move, nudge, and direct you. This beautiful promise in Isaiah 30:21 where God says, “This is the way; walk in it.” It’s nice to be led by a master. Won’t you let your Master lead you?
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