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Agree with God

2025-10-23 in /by

Confession is agreeing with God. We agree about the reality of our sin. We don’t pretend we never sinned, nor do we discount its severity. We admit to it. God has an acceptable standard of behavior. “Everyone has sinned and fallen short of God’s glorious standard” (Romans 3:23 NCV). God’s standard is perfection, and we are anything but.

We are prone to tamper with the standard. We compare ourselves with others, we justify misbehavior, we downplay the severity of our sin. In confession we quit tinkering with the system. Our thought process should go something like this: I took the wrong path. I ignored the direction of God. But though my sin is great, God’s grace is greater. I trust him to forgive me. We agree with God about the reality of our sin.

Choose Gratitude

2025-10-22 in /by

“God raised Christ from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything” (Ephesians 1:20-22 MSG).

Christ runs the show. He has authority over the world, and he has authority over your world. Your date of birth, your date of death. Your mood swings, sleep patterns, eating habits, your salary. He’s never surprised, he’s never caught off guard. He’s never ever uttered the phrase, “ Now how did that happen?”

Uproot your fear of pandemonium and replant the assuring promise: “God makes everything work out according to his plan” (Ephesians 1:11 NLT).

你曾否…

2025-10-22 in , /by

哥林多后书4:13-16 但我们既有信心，正如经上记着说：「我因信，所以如此说话」，我们也信，所以也说话。14 自己知道那叫主耶稣复活的，也必叫我们与耶稣一同复活，并且叫我们与你们一同站在他面前。 15 凡事都是为你们，好叫恩惠因人多越发加增，感谢格外显多，以致荣耀归于神。

你曾否只坐在那儿静静想念你所关心的人，却突然觉得为他（她）做了件好事的经验。那是天父的同在，祂透过你心中的圣灵对你们说话…

你是否曾想念久未见面的朋友，而过不久就遇见或接到他们的电话。那是天父的同在，祂使我们心意相通…

你曾否收过一件很棒但你从未要求的事物，譬如信箱摆钱，或欠债神秘的被清偿，或获得极想要买但买不起物品的商家折价券。那是天父的同在，祂知道你内心最深的渴求…

Christ Runs the Show

2025-10-21 in /by

“God raised Christ from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything” (Ephesians 1:20-22 MSG).

Christ runs the show. He has authority over the world, and he has authority over your world. Your date of birth, your date of death. Your mood swings, sleep patterns, eating habits, your salary. He’s never surprised, he’s never caught off guard. He’s never ever uttered the phrase, “ Now how did that happen?”

Uproot your fear of pandemonium and replant the assuring promise: “God makes everything work out according to his plan” (Ephesians 1:11 NLT).

就在那里，天父要我去

2025-10-21 in , /by

诗篇8:3-4   我观看祢指头所造的天，并祢所陈设的月亮星宿，便说：人算什么，祢竟顾念他？世人算什么，祢竟眷顾他？

我从一位未曾认识的上班族听到一些故事，我知道这是天父要我听到，且认真思想的故事。

他是一位被聘任在911被毁双子星大厦幸存者共用办公室的保全公司人员，他用充满敬畏的声音告诉我，为什么这些人得以幸存，而其他的人死亡的故事。这些故事都只是源于一些小小的事…

这公司的老板那天早上迟到，是因为他的儿子第一天上幼稚园，另一个人则因轮到他去买甜甜圈，他们得以躲开灾难。还有一个让我讶异的是那天因穿新鞋上班而幸存者，他转很多道车上班，就在他到办公室前，发现脚起了水泡，他转到药房买OK绷，这就是他幸存的原因。

We Must Pray

2025-10-20 in /by

Satan hates to see you pray. He does not scatter when you listen to a sermon. Demons do not backpedal when you perform acts of benevolence.  The principalities of hell are not flustered when you open a Christian book.  But the walls of hell shake when, with an honest heart and faithful confession, you bow your head and pray. Satan knows the power of prayer.

Do you long for peace? Then pray. “Prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long” (Ephesians 6:18 MSG). You cannot control events that are uncontrollable, so don’t try. You cannot change the future as long as the future is in the future, so don’t try. There is so much we cannot do. But there is one thing we must do. We must pray.

神叫风吹地，水势渐落

2025-10-20 in , /by

创世记6:19-20   凡有血肉的活物，每样两个，一公一母，你要带进方舟，好在你那里保全生命。20 飞鸟各从其类，牲畜各从其类，地上的昆虫各从其类，每样两个，要到你那里，好保全生命。

创世记8:1 神记念挪亚和挪亚方舟里的一切走兽牲畜。神叫风吹地，水势渐落。

有关洪水的灾劫，圣经用了整整创世记7、8两章来记录其过程，若我们细心查看，不难发现这段记录原有一个非常工整的对称结构：

七日等候洪水降临（创世记7:4），七日后洪水降临（创世记7:10），四十日洪水上升（创世记7:17），一百五十日洪水淹浸（创世记7:24）；

神记念挪亚和挪亚方舟里的一切走兽牲畜。神叫风吹地，水势渐落（创世记8:1）；

一百五十日洪水渐退（创世记8:3），四十日洪水下降（创世记8:6），七日鸽子叼回叶子（创世记8:10），七日鸽子不再回来（创世记8:12）。

When Your Heart Needs Peace

2025-10-19 in /by

Jesus offers this assurance: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27 NKJV).

Jesus contrasts two types of peace—the peace the world offers and the peace he offers. The peace the world offers depends upon circumstances. If the weather is right, if the traffic is light, if the stock market is up. If…If…If. Exchange if peace for his peace. We can have the peace of Jesus. We can uproot thoughts of catastrophe and replace them with truths like this one: “The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts” (Philippians 4:7 NKJV).

上帝的来访-恩典的记号

2025-10-19 in , /by

希伯来书 4:16   所以我们只管坦然无惧地来到施恩的宝座前，为要得怜恤，蒙恩惠，做随时的帮助。

还记得摩西遇见上帝吗？还记得雅各遇见上帝吗？还记得约伯遇见上帝吗？上帝的来访，不总是充满喜乐，可能是飘泊、折磨、也可能是撒旦的搅扰。

17世纪著名的英国传教士约翰·多恩(John Donne)对于病痛的肇因没有找到合理的解释，但他却提到了「反应」才是最为关键的议题。如果有正确的反应，我们就可以坦然无惧的信靠上帝。

我们无法接近一位令我们害怕的上帝。求上帝给我们正确的敬畏与信靠，犹如面对耶稣复活的妇女们既惊恐又喜乐，因为上帝亲自用祂的大能，征服最后的敌人—死亡。

Be Full of Joy

2025-10-17 in /by

Philippians 4:4 commands, “Be full of joy in the Lord always. Again I will say, be full of joy.”

How can you be full of joy when you’ve got bills to pay and kids to raise? Those anxious, negative thoughts? Refuse to indulge them. Grab the weed of anxiety and give it a good yank. Then before the enemy can sow a seed, remind him and yourself that you live life “in the Lord.”

If you believe you face your problems alone, you will never find deep and lasting peace. On the other hand, if you believe that you face your challenges in the Lord—in the presence of the Lord, in the name of the Lord, in the power of the Lord, in the protection of the Lord—then you can be full of joy because you are full of the Lord.