以弗所書4:32 要以恩慈相待，存憐憫的心，彼此饒恕，正如神在基督裡饒恕了你們一樣。
馬丁·路德·金恩博士是美國歷史上重要的民權運動領袖之一，他也是一位敬虔的基督徒牧師。面對種族歧視、暴力與不公，他選擇非暴力抗爭與愛的回應，顯出聖靈結出的「恩慈」果子。
在1950-60年代，金恩博士與他的追隨者常常面對辱罵、暴力攻擊、甚至死亡威脅。然而，他堅持以「恩慈」來回應仇恨。他在演講中不止一次提到：
「黑暗不能驅逐黑暗，只有光可以做到；仇恨不能驅逐仇恨，只有愛可以做到。(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.)」
God will always be the same. No one else will. Companies follow pay raises with pink slips. Friends applaud you when you drive a classic and dismiss you when you drive a dud. Not God. God is always the same.
James 1:17 says, with him, “there is no variation or shadow due to change.” Catch God in a bad mood? Won’t happen. Fear exhausting His grace? A sardine will swallow the Atlantic first. Think he’s given up on you? Wrong. Did he not make a promise to you?
You see, God is not a human being, and he will not lie. He is not a human, and he does not change his mind. What he says, he will do. What he promises, he will make come true. His strength, truth, ways, and love never change. Hebrews 13:8 declares he is “the same yesterday and today and forever.” What he says, he will do!
以弗所書4:32 要以恩慈相待，存憐憫的心，彼此饒恕，正如神在基督裡饒恕了你們一樣。
馬丁·路德·金恩博士是美國歷史上重要的民權運動領袖之一，他也是一位敬虔的基督徒牧師。面對種族歧視、暴力與不公，他選擇非暴力抗爭與愛的回應，顯出聖靈結出的「恩慈」果子。
在1950-60年代，金恩博士與他的追隨者常常面對辱罵、暴力攻擊、甚至死亡威脅。然而，他堅持以「恩慈」來回應仇恨。他在演講中不止一次提到：
「黑暗不能驅逐黑暗，只有光可以做到；仇恨不能驅逐仇恨，只有愛可以做到。(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.)」
People came to Jesus. My, how they came to him! They touched him as he walked down the street; they followed him around the sea; they invited him into their homes and placed their children at his feet. Why? Because he refused to be a statue in a cathedral or a priest in an elevated pulpit. He chose instead to be Jesus.
There’s not a hint of one person who was afraid to draw near him. There were those who mocked him. Those who were envious of him. There were those who misunderstood him. There was not one person who was reluctant to approach him for fear of being rejected.
Remember that. Remember that the next time you find yourself amazed at your own failures. Or the next time acidic accusations burn holes in your soul. Remember, it’s man who creates the distance. It’s Jesus who builds the bridge!
雅各書1:2-4 我的弟兄們，你們落在百般試煉中，都要以為大喜樂；因為知道你們的信心經過試驗，就生忍耐。但忍耐也當成功，使你們成全、完備，毫無缺欠。
尼克・胡哲(Nick Vujicic)患有先天性四肢切斷症，出生時沒有四肢，從小就面臨極大的身體限制與心理挑戰。他曾經在童年時期感到絕望，甚至想過結束自己的生命。然而，他後來透過信仰耶穌，找到了人生的意義與希望。
今天的尼克成為了世界知名的基督徒演講家、勵志作家、慈善機構創辦人，並且經常公開見證聖靈在他生命中結出了「忍耐」的果子。尼克分享過，從小到大，他的生活充滿了延遲的希望和長時間的等待。他說：
「我必須學會接受，禱告的答案不一定會按我想要的時間和方式實現，但我可以相信神依然是美善的。(I had to learn that my prayers wouldn’t always be answered when and how I wanted them to be, but I could trust that God was still good.)」
I can’t assure you your family will ever give you the blessing you seek, but God will. Let God give you what your family doesn’t. How do you do that? By emotionally accepting God as your father. It’s one thing to accept him as Lord, another to recognize him as Savior, but another matter entirely to accept him as Father.
To recognize God as Lord is to acknowledge that he is sovereign in the universe. To accept him as Savior is to accept his gift of salvation offered on the cross. But to regard him as Father is to go a step further. Ideally, a father is the one in your life who provides and protects. That’s exactly what God has done! God’s proven himself as a faithful father. Now let God fill the void others have left. You are his child, and he’ll give you the blessing he promised!
Healthy marriages have a sense of tenderness and honesty and ongoing communication. The same is true in our relationship with God. Sometimes we go to him with our joys, sometimes our hurts, but we always go. And as we go, the more we go, the more we become like him. Paul says we’re being changed from “glory to glory.”
People who live long lives together eventually begin to sound alike, to talk alike, even think alike. As we walk with God, we take on his thoughts, his principles, his attitudes. We take on his heart.
And just as in marriage, communion with God is no burden. Indeed, it’s a delight. The Psalmist says, “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” (Psalm 84:1-2 NIV). Nothing—nothing—compares with it!
腓立比書4:7 神所賜、出人意外的平安，必在基督耶穌裡保守你們的心懷意念。
NBA金州勇士隊球星Stephen Curry曾多次分享，信仰是他的人生和職業生涯的核心價值之一。作為一位職業運動員，柯瑞面臨極大的壓力，媒體關注、比賽勝負、傷病風險…，這些都可能讓人焦慮或失去方向。但他常提到「對耶穌的信仰」讓他享有心裡平安，無論在勝利還是失敗中都不動搖。
他說過：「我知道我是誰，也知道我是屬於誰的。(I know who I am, and I know whose I am.)」還說過：「我身上有比球衣更重要的東西。(There’s more to me than just this jersey I wear.)」這幾句話背後，就是他對神完全的信靠，讓他在動盪的環境中依然持守內心的平靜與安穩，這正是聖靈的果子-和平。
巴谷書3:17-18 雖然無花果樹不發旺，葡萄樹不結果，橄欖樹也不效力，田地不出糧食，圈中絕了羊，棚內也沒有牛；然而，我要因耶和華歡欣，因救我的神喜樂。
保羅和同工西拉在腓立比傳講福音（使徒行傳16:16-40），被誣告而遭到捉拿，受到眾人攻擊、毆打，最後被下到監裡，雙腳上了木狗，處境極為艱難。然而，即便是在這樣的困境中，保羅和西拉並沒有感到絕望，反而在監裡禱告，並且唱詩讚美神。
這時，令人驚奇的事發生了。一場地震使監牢的地基搖動，監門全開，囚犯的鎖鏈也都鬆開了。驚慌的獄卒以為囚犯都逃走了，想要拔刀自盡，但保羅喊住他：「不要傷害自己！我們都在這裡。」
獄卒被保羅和西拉的喜樂、信心及行為感動，戰兢地俯伏在他們面前，問道：「我當怎樣行才可以得救？」他們回應說：「當信主耶穌，你和你一家都必得救。」（使徒行傳16:30-31）最後，獄卒和他的全家接受了福音，並受了洗。
聖靈的同在帶給使徒力量與喜樂，即便是在最黑暗的時刻。保羅和西拉的信心和喜樂不僅讓自己得安慰，還讓其他人被感化，並榮耀了神。
Crankcase oil coursed my dad’s veins. He repaired engines for a living; Dad loved machines. God gave my dad a mechanical moron, a son who couldn’t differentiate between a differential and a brake disc. Dad tried to teach me. I tried to learn. Honestly, I did. Machines anesthetized me, but books fascinated me.
What does a mechanic do with a son who loves books? He gives him a library card. Buys him a few volumes for Christmas. Places a lamp by his bed so he can read at night. Pays tuition so his son can study college literature in high school. My dad did that. You know what he didn’t do? Never once did he say, “Why can’t you be a mechanic like your dad and granddad?”
Study your children while you can. The greatest gift you can give your children is not your riches, but revealing to them their own.
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