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Seven Aspects of God-Honouring Worship

2025-09-16 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 14:1-11.  With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 14:1-9 (NIV)
1  Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some sly way to arrest Jesus and kill him.
2  “But not during the Feast,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

On verses 1-9:   In Matthew 14:1-11 we see three groups of people: (1) those who have never been with Jesus, don’t understand Jesus and are looking to eliminate him (e.g. the chief priests and teachers of the law – v1-2); (2) those who are closer to Jesus and committed to honouring Him (v3-8); and (3) those who have committed their lives to Jesus before but end up leaving him (v10-11). 

永在灯塔，长亮的光

2025-09-16 in , /by

约翰福音1:1-4 太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神。 2 这道太初与神同在。 3 万物是借着他造的；凡被造的，没有一样不是借着他造的。 4 生命在他里头，这生命就是人的光。 5 光照在黑暗里，黑暗却不接受光。

约翰福音8:12 耶稣又对众人说：「我是世界的光。跟从我的，就不在黑暗里走，必要得着生命的光。」

希腊古诗记载，远在西元前666年，地中海上就有导航用的「灯标」，当时在埃及与腓尼基船只进出频繁的尼罗河及地中海沿岸，筑有类似我国古代建于边境的「烽隧台」或「烽火台」，焚烧柴草产生火光，作为船只夜间航行的辨识目标。

世界上最早的灯塔是「亚历山卓」灯塔，位于埃及的亚历山卓对面的法罗斯岛上，也叫「法罗斯岛(Pharos)」灯塔，是古代世界七大奇蹟之一。这灯塔大约在西元前283年由小亚细亚的建筑师索斯塔特(Sostrate)设计，在托勒密王朝时建造，二十余年始完成，三层楼的塔高约130公尺，强光足以照亮方圆55公里的海面。

灯塔通常用来提供船舶定位、引导船只航行、指示港口航道、警示险礁浅滩…，它的功能是确保海上船舶航行安全。人们常用灯塔来形容人生的方向、希望…

一生必须不断成长

2025-09-15 in , /by

诗篇23:5  祢用油膏了我的头，使我的福杯满溢。

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。

有一富户人家，主人带着仆人清早提着一大桶香浓的牛奶，准备分送给窝居大宅边的流浪汉。

第一位来到主人面前，举起他的杯子要装牛奶，主人问：「杯子内怎还有半杯黄色的液体？」他回应着：「这是我特别留下来的绍兴酒，舍不得丢掉。」仆人在旁提醒他：「倒掉它吧！牛奶不能混酒喝。」他犹豫片刻，拿着那半杯绍兴酒离开了。

接着第二位，主人皱着眉头问他：「你的杯内还有牛奶，已经发酸了！」他说：「这是您上个星期给我的，我喝不完，一直留存著。」仆人插话说：「喝不完，何不分给别人？现在牛奶发酸了，不能喝。倒掉它吧！」他踌躇著，紧握那半杯酸牛奶离开了。

4 Ways to “Watch” for Jesus

2025-09-15 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 13:28-37.  With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 13:28-29 (NIV)
28  “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
29  Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door.

On verses 28-29:  “When you see these things happening”, Jesus says, “you know that it is near” (v29).  What things?  What’s near? 

空杯求福，福杯满溢！

2025-09-14 in , /by

诗篇23:5  祢用油膏了我的头，使我的福杯满溢。

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。

有一富户人家，主人带着仆人清早提着一大桶香浓的牛奶，准备分送给窝居大宅边的流浪汉。

第一位来到主人面前，举起他的杯子要装牛奶，主人问：「杯子内怎还有半杯黄色的液体？」他回应着：「这是我特别留下来的绍兴酒，舍不得丢掉。」仆人在旁提醒他：「倒掉它吧！牛奶不能混酒喝。」他犹豫片刻，拿着那半杯绍兴酒离开了。

接着第二位，主人皱着眉头问他：「你的杯内还有牛奶，已经发酸了！」他说：「这是您上个星期给我的，我喝不完，一直留存著。」仆人插话说：「喝不完，何不分给别人？现在牛奶发酸了，不能喝。倒掉它吧！」他踌躇著，紧握那半杯酸牛奶离开了。

Why Must The End Times Be So Terrifying?

2025-09-14 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 13:14-27.  With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 13:14-27 (NIV)
14  “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong–let the reader understand–then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
15  Let no one on the roof of his house go down or enter the house to take anything out.
16  Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak.

On verses 14-27:  Many scholars believe that verses 14-23 are referring to two periods of time: first, the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD and second the end times when Jesus comes again.

What Jesus Wants His Church to Focus On

2025-09-12 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 13:1-13.  With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!
 
Mark 13:1-2 (NIV)
1  As he was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!”
2  “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
 
On verses 1-2:  Even as the disciples were admiring Jerusalem’s pride and joy, the temple, as well as the surrounding buildings, Jesus predicts that all these builds will be destroyed one day.  Jesus was right. 

麦死（袂死=不会死）的勇气

2025-09-12 in , /by

约翰福音12:24-25 我实实在在地告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒，若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。爱惜自己生命的，就失丧生命；在这世上恨恶自己生命的，就要保守生命到永生。

莫大的恩典让我能领受神的话语， 且能与你(妳)分享. 分享中， 祷告里， 心中总是有个祷求， 我们能一起明白神的话语， 跟随主的脚步， 经历圣灵的保守， 让我们走出疑惑， 失望， 挫折及失败的阴影， 寻得平安喜乐的生命. 我恳求神， 照着祂丰盛的慈爱和不断绝的怜悯， 成就祂对我们每一个人的应许。

带着担忧，我们走入2025年，因为我们亲眼看见耶稣的提醒：

「你们听见打仗和打仗的风声，不要惊慌。这些事是必须有的，只是末期还没有到。民要攻打民，国要攻打国；多处必有地震、饥荒。这都是灾难的起头。」（马可福音13:7-8）

带着使命，我们走入2025年，因为我们明白领受耶稣的托付：「但你们要谨慎；因为人要把你们交给公会，并且你们在会堂里要受鞭打，又为我的缘故站在诸侯与君王面前，对他们作见证。然而，福音必须先传给万民。」（马可福音13:9-10）

Worthy of All the Honour

2025-09-11 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 12:35-44.  With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 12:35-37 (NIV)
35  While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “How is it that the teachers of the law say that the Christ is the son of David?
36  David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”‘
37  David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with delight.

On verses 35-37:  The Pharisees, the Herodians, the Sadducees and the teachers of the law all had their turns asking Jesus tough questions.  Jesus answered every one of their questions with amazing wisdom and poise.  Now it was Jesus’ turn to ask a question. 

迎接新一天的盼望

2025-09-11 in , /by

诗篇59:16   但我要歌颂祢的力量，早晨要高声称颂祢的慈爱；因为祢作过我的高台，在我急难的日子作过我的避难所。

诗篇46:5 神在其中，城必不动摇；到天一亮，神必帮助这城。

新衣、新车、新房…，每一个人都喜欢，但不竟然人人都能得到，且能经常得到。机会，也是每一个人都喜欢，但奇妙的是，人人都能得到，且能经常得到；每一天全新的早晨，摆在你眼前的就是全新的机会，你想如何踏出今天的第一步？

早晨是「我新的存在」，显明神在我身上，不断绝的慈爱与怜悯。「我们不致消灭，是出于耶和华诸般的慈爱；因祂的怜悯不致断绝。每早晨，这都是新的；祢的诚实极其广大！」（耶利米哀歌3:22-23）

早晨是「更新的开始」，忧愁留在昨夜梦回，不再藏于今日思绪。「祂的怒气不过是转眼之间；祂的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿虽然有哭泣，早晨便必欢呼。」（诗篇30:5）