马太福音18: 12_14_520_521
12 「一个人若有一百只羊，一只走迷了路，你们的意思如何？他岂不撇下这九十九只，往山里去找那只迷路的羊吗？ 13 若是找著了，我实在告诉你们：他为这一只羊欢喜，比为那没有迷路的九十九只欢喜还大呢。 14 你们在天上的父也是这样，不愿意这小子里失丧一个。
我是在5月20日预备这篇灵修的，因为看到有人说「520」代表「我爱你」，心想怎么这样巧，因为这段经文就是神在对我们说：「我爱你」啊! 后来又看到，原来5月21日—521的意思是「我愿意」，假如那是我们每个人对神的回应，那该是多美好啊!
网络情人节源于歌手范晓萱在1998年演唱的歌曲《数字恋爱》中的歌词，歌词里数字「520」被喻成「我爱你」；后来，「521」也被情侣们赋予了「我愿意、我爱你」的意思。现在每年的5月20日和21日就成了网友们自发兴起的节日——网络情人节。
在这个美丽的节日里，耶稣用一个故事阐述了神对世人的爱。意思是说，祂若有一百只羊，只走失了一只，祂也要费尽心思和精力地去把牠找回来。因为每一只羊在神的眼中都极为宝贵，因为神爱牠。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 13:1-13. Let’s go!
On verses 1-9: These verses describe the 17 year reign of Jehoahaz King of Israel, the son of Jehu. Notice that because Jehoahaz did evil in the Lord’s eyes by following the sins of Jeroboam, worshiping the golden calves Jeroboam had set up (v2), the entire nation under Jehoahaz’s care suffered greatly and oppressed by their foreign enemy, the Arameans (v3). With hardly an army to defend the nation (v7), Jehoahaz finally looks to the Lord for help and the Lord provides a deliverer to rescue Jehoahaz and the nation of Israel (4-5). Even so Jehoahaz does not turn completely away from the idols in Israel (v6).
What can we learn from Jehoahaz’ life?
1. When we turn away from God, three things happen: (1) those in our care end up suffering, (2) we become vulnerable to the attack of the enemy, and (3) like a nation without an army our ability to defend and fight back is severely limited.
马太福音18: 7_10不要绊倒人
7 「这世界有祸了，因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！8 倘若你一只手或是一只脚叫你跌倒，就砍下来丢掉！你缺一只手或是一只脚进入永生，强如有两手两脚被丢在永火里。 9 倘若你一只眼叫你跌倒，就把它剜出来丢掉！你只有一只眼进入永生，强如有两只眼被丢在地狱的火里。 10 你们要小心，不可轻看这小子里的一个。我告诉你们，他们的使者在天上，常见我天父的面。
大批中东难民为了避开伊斯兰国的恐怖杀戮，携家带眷从海上陆上逃往欧洲，有一个匈牙利的记者在拍摄一批难民过边界的时候，故意用脚突然去勾倒一个抱着孩子正在跑的人，让他们重重的摔在地上，这个事件透过媒体报导引起全世界各国对难民问题的注意，也引发许多人对这个女记者的愤怒抗议，因为她就是一个绊倒人的人。
那个记者绊倒人之后马上被公司开除还被司法调查，这个事件可以让我们很容易明白绊倒是怎么一回事，不小心绊倒滑跤或一时大意做错事很难避免，发生了无可厚非，因为那是不小心，但是故意让人跌倒让人受伤，让人出错，那就不对。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 12:13-21. Let’s go!
Exercising Financial Self-Discipline (Also, How You Finish > How You Start)
2 Kings 12:13-16 (NIV)
13 The money brought into the temple was not spent for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets or any other articles of gold or silver for the temple of the LORD;
14 it was paid to the workmen, who used it to repair the temple.
15 They did not require an accounting from those to whom they gave the money to pay the workers, because they acted with complete honesty.
16 The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the temple of the LORD; it belonged to the priests.
马太福音18: 1_6天国里谁最大
1当时，门徒进前来，问耶稣说：「天国里谁是最大的？」 2 耶稣便叫一个小孩子来，使他站在他们当中， 3 说：「我实在告诉你们：你们若不回转，变成小孩子的样式，断不得进天国。 4 所以，凡自己谦卑像这小孩子的，他在天国里就是最大的。 5 凡为我的名接待一个像这小孩子的，就是接待我。 6 凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，沉在深海里。
有一次在教会准备一个庆生会时，有位姐妹推荐了教会里一些孩子合奏小提琴，并且让一位小朋友以钢琴伴奏。因为我认识那孩子，便随口问了一句：“他也会拉小提琴，叫他弹钢琴，他会不会觉得吃亏？＂那位姐妹楞了一下，说：“不会的，小孩子不会计较那些。＂这句话一直留在我的心里，因为它提醒我，何谓小孩子的样式。从大人的眼光来看，或许在前面演奏看起来风光一些，被派去当伴奏，躲在钢琴后面，谁也看不到，是否就是吃亏？其实，他们真的一点也不介意，应该说，孩子们根本想都没想过这种事。他们只是单纯地，一起开心地用乐器赞美神。大人有面子问题，小孩子没有面子问题。
因此，门徒才会议论谁比较大？才会问耶稣，在天国里谁最大。在成人的世界里，也常有这种较劲的事？你不听我的，难道你比我大吗？你听他的，不听我的，你觉得他比我大吗？不得不听老板的，因为他比较大；巴不得有一天我也当他的老板，那时我也要让他尝尝我现在的滋味！我们的心里总是不停地在比较，谁比有钱，谁比较重要。因此，耶稣说：“我实在告诉你们，你们若不回转，变成小孩子的样式，断不得进天国。＂
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 12:1-16. Let’s go!
2 Kings 12:1-3 (NIV)
1 In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
2 Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
On verses 1-3: Notice what it says in verse 2: “Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.” Here we see the importance of being teachable and accountable to someone you trust and respect. Joash was blessed to have a wise and God-loving father figure and mentor in his life called Jehoiada. As long as Joash was willing to let Jehoiada speak into his life and keep him accountable, Joash did what was right in God’s eyes. When Joash stopped having someone to stay accountable to, that’s when his life would go off the rails (see 2 Chronicles 24:17-19).
马太福音17: 24_27鱼口得税银
24 到了迦百农，有收丁税的人来见彼得，说：「你们的先生不纳丁税吗？」 25 彼得说：「纳。」他进了屋子，耶稣先向他说：「西门，你的意思如何？世上的君王向谁征收关税、丁税？是向自己的儿子呢，是向外人呢？」 26 彼得说：「是向外人。」耶稣说：「既然如此，儿子就可以免税了。 27 但恐怕触犯他们，你且往海边去钓鱼，把先钓上来的鱼拿起来，开了牠的口，必得一块钱，可以拿去给他们，做你我的税银。」
在义大利文艺复兴时代有一位很年轻的画家，原名托马索‧迪乔瓦尼‧迪西莫内‧圭迪，绰号马萨乔Masaccio，意思是傻瓜。可能因为他作风懒散，除了艺术什么都漠不关心，但他一点也不傻。虽然出身清苦，师承不明，却在21岁时就被获准加入当时正统的画家协会，圣路加工会。马萨乔的艺术真实而有气势，非常注意光和空气在画中对人物和环境造成的距离感，使他所画的人物和场景显得特别实在而立体。很可惜，他在27岁时就因病过世。在他留下的创作里，《纳税银》The Tribute Money可以说是他的代表作之一。
《纳税银》是一幅巨型的壁画，以连环的形式描绘出这段经文的三个环节：阻拦、捉鱼及交付丁税。画中人都是与画家同时代的普通百姓，组合成基督与门徒在迦百农的一个小故事。耶稣和门徒到了迦百农时，路经一个关卡，收税人上前拦住他们的去路，要收他们的丁税。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 11:1-21. Let’s go!
2 Kings 11:1-3 (NIV)
1 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.
2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.
3 He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.
On verses 1-21: After talking about the kingdom of Israel and how Jehu became its king in 2 Kings 9 and 10, the author of 2 Kings turns our attention once again to the kingdom of Judah. Judah’s King Ahaziah was killed by Jehu of Israel, but instead of Ahaziah’s brother or son taking over Ahaziah’s throne in Judah, Ahaziah’s mother Athaliah seizes power for herself.
马太福音17: 22_23门徒的忧愁
22 他们还住在加利利的时候，耶稣对门徒说：「人子将要被交在人手里， 23 他们要杀害他，第三日他要复活。」门徒就大大地忧愁。
每次看到有信徒被迫害的消息，我的心情总是非常难过，只能不停地为他们祷告，直到心情平静下来。有的人要求连合签名上书，抗议基督徒所受的非人待遇，可是我相信那些陈情不会有什么效果。我相信只有神的及时拯救才能帮助他们。可是假如连耶稣都必须面对逼迫，我们又怎么敢说，求主让我们不要受苦呢？
有部电影《抢救雷恩大兵》，以1944年6月6日诺曼地登陆史实为背景，前面半个小时只有一个剧情，敌军的机关枪扫射著海岸线，联军勇士前仆后继抢攻滩头，尸横遍野。登陆成功的队长米勒，接获任务带领八人小组深入前线，寻找一位名叫雷恩的伞兵。类似美国的〈仅存者政策〉，防止一家庭数香火无继的情形发生，若有兄弟姊妹在服役时丧生可提出免服兵役，战区军人则可退役。而雷恩的三位兄长都为国捐躯，米勒要找到他，为雷恩家留后。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 10:15-36. Let’s go!
2 Kings 10:28-29 (NIV)
28 So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel.
29 However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit–the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
On verses 15-36: Having gotten rid of the house of Ahab along with a slew of others, Jehu now focuses on erasing the worship of the idol Baal in Israel. He invites all the prophets of Baal to the temple of Baal under the auspices that he is going to hold an assembly in honour of their god. Jehu even gives each prophet of Baal a special robe (which seems like a gift when in fact it just makes them an easier target). As these prophets make their sacrifices to Baal, Jehu’s men ambush the prophets of Baal and cut them down with the sword inside the temple. They also destroy the temple of Baal and begin using it as a urinal.
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