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3 Truths about God’s Love for You

2019-01-09 in /by

Today’s passage is Hosea 3:1-5.  It contains a powerful lesson for us as we begin our fast together.  Open your Bible, click on the above Scripture link or check out your GAME booklet to read today’s passage.  Let’s go!

First, God’s love for you is unconditional (v1).  We see God’s unconditional love in verse 1 where it says “the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes” (v1).

To illustrate His unconditional love, God tells the prophet Hosea to love his wife, though she had cheated on him, with that same unconditional love: “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.  Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites” (v1).

溫柔的人有福了！

2019-01-08 in /by

馬太福音5:5_溫柔的人有福了！

5 溫柔的人有福了！因為他們必承受地土。

5 “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.

有很多人喜歡畢德生牧師的信息聖經The Message，也有不少人批評他翻譯得不像聖經。畢牧師翻譯聖經的動機來自他的教學經驗。當他在教〈加拉太書〉時，他發現學生完全不能從英文的聖經裡感受到保羅寫信的那份心情。所以他開始用第一手的翻譯來寫聖經，為了讓讀經的人可以真正地理解經文裡的含意，而有豐富的收穫。

12 Ways God Loves You

2019-01-08 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Hosea 2:14-23.  Let’s go!

On verses 14-23:  After describing in previous verses how God wanted to punish Israel for their unfaithfulness to Him, Hosea now goes on to describe the amazing, forgiving, second-chance-giving love that God extends to Israel.  From these verses we can learn 12 ways that God loves you and me.

1. God’s love takes initiative. God is a leader and, like a good leader, God takes the initiative.  God will not force Himself upon you, but He does take the first step and waits for you to respond.  He stands at the door and knocks.

哀慟的人有福了

2019-01-07 in /by

馬太福音5:4_哀慟的人有福了

4 哀慟的人有福了！因為他們必得安慰。

4 “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

每次讀到〈傳道書〉第四章第10節時，我總是感到迷惘：“ 我見神叫世人勞苦，使他們在其中受經練。”我不明白為何一定要勞苦才能受經練。但是最近觀察了一些剛作父母的朋友，心裡稍有體會。可能因為自己的兒子己經做父親，我己經忘了他小時候，我的不眠之夜。因此看到這些年輕父母疲乏的面容時，心裡就明白了何謂勞苦和經練。

10 Clues That You Might Be Worshiping An Idol

2019-01-07 in /by

Today’s passage is Hosea 2:1-13.  Let’s go!

Hosea 2:1 (NIV)  “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’ 

Verse 1:  This verse fits in more with the contents of chapter 1 than with chapter 2.  At the end of chapter 1 Hosea describes how God will show His people amazing grace and mercy and restore them after they have cheated on Him.  Verse 1 here is part of that restoration. 

虛心的人有福了！

2019-01-06 in /by

馬太福音5:3  虛心的人有福了！因為天國是他們的。

3 “You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.(MSG)

當耶穌一開口教訓人的時候，祂是以一個神的角度來看眾人的需要，而不是用人的角度去揣摩人的需要或想要。當耶穌因為禁食而肚子餓時，祂還是說：『人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠神口裡所出的一切話。』祂知道人真正的需要，因為人的生命是祂所賜。

Find Your Story in the Book of Hosea

2019-01-06 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today we begin the book of Hosea, a book written by the prophet Hosea in approximately 8th century B.C.  Today’s passage is Hosea 1:1-11.  Let’s go!

Hosea 1:2-3 (NIV) 
2 When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the LORD.” 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. 

God Watches How You Treat His Other Children

2019-01-05 in /by

Joel 3:1-21

On verses 1-21: While everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved from God’s wrath (Joel 2:32) and blessed abundantly (2:18-32), the opposite is also true: those who do not trust in the Lord, who reject the Lord as God, will suffer God’s wrath.

耶穌上山坐下

2019-01-04 in /by

馬太福音5:1 耶穌看見這許多的人，就上了山，既已坐下，門徒到他跟前來，2 他就開口教訓他們，說：

你可能會奇怪耶穌看見的許多人是指誰？在第4章的最後一段說： 耶穌走遍加利利，在各會堂裡教訓人，傳天國的福音，醫治百姓各樣的病症。他的名聲就傳遍了敘利亞。那裡的人把一切害病的，就是害各樣疾病、各樣疼痛的和被鬼附的、癲癇的、癱瘓的，都帶了來，耶穌就治好了他們。當下，有許多人從加利利、低加波利、耶路撒冷、猶太、約旦河外來跟著他。(4:23-25)

What God Will Do For Those Who Humble Themselves

2019-01-04 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Joel 2:18-32. Let’s go!

On verses 18-32: God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble (Proverbs 3:34; 1 Peter 5:5; James 4:6). We see that here in these verses. After urging his people to humble themselves through repentance, fasting and praying together (v12-17), Joel now describes what God will do for His people when they humble themselves that way:

– He will have pity on his people (v18)
– He will send them new grain, wine and oil that fully satisfies (v19, v24)