申命记8:2-3 你也要记念耶和华你的神在旷野引导你这四十年，是要苦炼你、试验你，要知道你心内如何，肯守他的诫命不肯。 3 祂苦炼你，任你饥饿，将你和你列祖所不认识的吗哪赐给你吃，使你知道人活着不是单靠食物，乃是靠耶和华口里所出的一切话。
出埃及记12章记载：以色列人在住满埃及四百三十年的那一天，犹太历正月十五日，他们从兰塞起行，往疏割去；除了妇人孩子，步行的男人约有六十万（出埃及记12:37-41）。这大群以色列人包括妇人孩子，可能高达两百万人，神领他们出埃及，走旷野的路。
在旷野的旅程中，他们因恐惧埃及军队的追赶而抱怨摩西，怀疑神的带领（出埃及记14:10-12），在玛拉因水苦而抱怨（出埃及记15:23-24），在旷野中抱怨没有食物（神为此赐下吗哪和鹌鹑）（出埃及记16:2-20），在利非订再次因缺水而抱怨（出埃及记17:1-7），在西奈山下拜金牛犊，严重背叛神（出埃及记32:1-6）…。
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。
Romans 8:6 (NCV) reads, “If people’s thinking is controlled by the sinful self, there is death. But if their thinking is controlled by the Spirit, there is life and peace.”
We are what we think! For that reason, God redeems the thought patterns of his children. Do you realize what happened to you when you were saved? He began the process of renewing your mind. When you said yes to Jesus, he saved your soul, wrote your name in the Book of Life, washed away all your sins, gave you spiritual gifts, and adopted you into his family. “We have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16 ESV).
What a stunning statement! We have access to the mind of Jesus. He has enrolled us in Christlikeness 101. In time, with the help of his Spirit, we will think and live like him.
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.
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