希伯来书1:3 祂是神荣耀所发的光辉，是神本体的真像，常用祂权能的命令托住万有。祂洗净了人的罪，就坐在高天至大者的右边。
这是我首次飞往印度，班机在凌晨抵达班加罗尔机场。尽管要来接机的朋友先前已经寄给我许多电子邮件，但我还是不知道谁会来接我，也不知道该在哪里与对方碰面。我随着人群来到行李领取处，再前往海关，在潮湿闷热的黑夜里，试图从茫茫人海中看到友善的眼神。
整整一小时，我在人群前面来回走动，希望有人能认出我。最终，有个和蔼可亲的人走过来，问道：「你是惟恩吗？真抱歉！你就在我面前走来走去，我却认不出你，但你的样子跟我想像的完全不一样。」
我们经常因为一时糊涂，而无法认出我们应认得的人或地方。但上帝提供一种明确的方式，让我们能准确无误地认出祂。
Overreactions are understandable. If I trigger your unseen emotional wound, you might react in a manner disproportionate to my action. Overreactions have their reasons. They also have their consequences. They can trap us in a stronghold.
Untruths lead to False narratives that prompt Overreactions. UFOs.
We need to follow Paul’s instructions: “Fight to capture every thought until it acknowledges the authority of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5 PHILLIPS). You confront worry at the door of your brain. You grab worry by the nape and march him into the presence of the Prince of Peace. With the confidence of a burly barroom bouncer, toss anxiety out the door.
A narrative is a message that ceaselessly plays in your mind. It is the way you see yourself and what you say to yourself.
Do you know anyone who seems to be incurably irritable, cranky, or melancholy? I would bet that a negative, intrusive loop dominates their thoughts. The untruth has dredged a rut, and this rut has resulted in a false narrative.
It seems that a lot of people have chosen to be less happy than they could be. Their problem began with an untruth. The untruth spread like mold and became part of their identity. And since it was left uncontested, it morphed into a false narrative that defines the way they see themselves and what they say to themselves. What narrative are you listening to today?
希伯来书1:3 祂是神荣耀所发的光辉，是神本体的真像，常用祂权能的命令托住万有。祂洗净了人的罪，就坐在高天至大者的右边。
这是我首次飞往印度，班机在凌晨抵达班加罗尔机场。尽管要来接机的朋友先前已经寄给我许多电子邮件，但我还是不知道谁会来接我，也不知道该在哪里与对方碰面。我随着人群来到行李领取处，再前往海关，在潮湿闷热的黑夜里，试图从茫茫人海中看到友善的眼神。
整整一小时，我在人群前面来回走动，希望有人能认出我。最终，有个和蔼可亲的人走过来，问道：「你是惟恩吗？真抱歉！你就在我面前走来走去，我却认不出你，但你的样子跟我想像的完全不一样。」
我们经常因为一时糊涂，而无法认出我们应认得的人或地方。但上帝提供一种明确的方式，让我们能准确无误地认出祂。
James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Satan connives, plots, and deploys tactics. He has a strategy – that’s cause for concern. He is predictable – that is reason for hope. The devil, while potent, is a rotten chess player. He signals his moves in advance. He runs the same play over and over. And since we know it, we can defend against it.
Satan always starts with an untruth. It might be a blatant lie or simply an inaccurate assumption. Either way, it is untrue. Do you remember his words to Eve? “Did God really say, ‘You may not eat from any tree in the garden’?…God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:1,5 NIV).
希伯来书1:3 祂是神荣耀所发的光辉，是神本体的真像，常用祂权能的命令托住万有。祂洗净了人的罪，就坐在高天至大者的右边。
这是我首次飞往印度，班机在凌晨抵达班加罗尔机场。尽管要来接机的朋友先前已经寄给我许多电子邮件，但我还是不知道谁会来接我，也不知道该在哪里与对方碰面。我随着人群来到行李领取处，再前往海关，在潮湿闷热的黑夜里，试图从茫茫人海中看到友善的眼神。
整整一小时，我在人群前面来回走动，希望有人能认出我。最终，有个和蔼可亲的人走过来，问道：「你是惟恩吗？真抱歉！你就在我面前走来走去，我却认不出你，但你的样子跟我想像的完全不一样。」
我们经常因为一时糊涂，而无法认出我们应认得的人或地方。但上帝提供一种明确的方式，让我们能准确无误地认出祂。
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Monitor your default thoughts. Most of us are unaware of the inner dialogue we carry on with ourselves each day. Appraisals. Criticisms. Assumptions. They are knee-jerk reactions. “I’m so stupid.” “I’ll never get this under control.”
When self-criticism or worry plays like a tape in your head, there is always a reason. Someone trained you to think this way. They are the result of injury after injury, influence after influence, regret after regret—days, years, decades of immobilizing notions until a person cannot escape.
马可福音8:14-21 门徒忘了带饼，在船上除了一个饼，没有别的食物。 15 耶稣嘱咐他们说：「你们要谨慎，防备法利赛人的酵和希律的酵。」 16 他们彼此议论说：「这是因为我们没有饼吧？」 17 耶稣看出来，就说：「你们为什么因为没有饼就议论呢？你们还不醒悟，还不明白吗？你们的心还是愚顽吗？ 18 你们有眼睛看不见吗？有耳朵听不见吗？也不记得吗？
「吃饭囉！」太太吆喝着。「好吃的吗？」总是有个期待，「哇！吃草哩！苜蓿芽…」在惊叹中享用晚餐。女儿抱着小纸盒进家门。「好吃的吗？」欢迎她回家。「来来来！吃吃看！一本书。」女儿逗趣著回应。
在家里，自己口头禅「好吃的吗？」似乎多过于「感谢主！」
「活在恩典很随意，认知恩典不经意」是我们的日常生活写照，耶稣的门徒似乎也是如此。
John 8:31-32 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
I’ve listened to lesser voices. Locker-room know-it-alls. Godless teachers. Messed-up movie stars. Self-absorbed talk show hosts. They don’t know what they are talking about. I need an authoritative voice, an owner’s manual. And so do you.
I played catcher in Little League baseball, Pony League baseball, and high school baseball. I noticed something: the width of home plate never changed. It was always seventeen inches wide. The width of the plate was permanent.
约书亚记6:2-5 耶和华晓谕约书亚说：「看哪，我已经把耶利哥和耶利哥的王，并大能的勇士，都交在你手中。 3 你们的一切兵丁要围绕这城，一日围绕一次，六日都要这样行。 4 七个祭司要拿七个羊角走在约柜前。到第七日，你们要绕城七次，祭司也要吹角。 5 他们吹的角声拖长，你们听见角声，众百姓要大声呼喊，城墙就必塌陷，各人都要往前直上。」
七个祭司拿七个羊角，绕耶利哥城七日，第七日绕城七次，耶利哥城墙就塌陷了。七是圣经中的完全数，神用六日创造天地，第七日安息（创世记2:1-3），七日成为一周，七代表完美、完全。
最近我也经历七次「刚强壮胆」的提醒。前些日子读经，从申命记末几章读到约书亚记第一章，发现约书亚分别从摩西（申命记31:7）、神（申命记31:23，约书亚记1:6，1:9）以及以色列百姓（约书亚记1:18）得着五次鼓励，当「刚强壮胆」承接摩西的使命，降服于神，竭力追求神的旨意，带领以色列人进入迦南地。
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