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Jesus is Greater Any Legion of Doom

2025-08-04 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 5:1-10. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 5:1-5 (NIV)
1  They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.
2  When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
3  This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain.
4  For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5  Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
 
On verses 1-5:  Notice what happened when Satan got a hold of this man’s life: the man had unusual strength (v4) and yet he spent his days among dead people, living in the tombs (v3), cutting himself with stones (v5) and desperate for help. 

律法全备，苏醒人心

2025-08-04 in , /by

诗篇19:7 耶和华的律法全备，能苏醒人心。耶和华的法度确定，能使愚人有智慧。

「耶和华的律法全备，能苏醒人心(The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul)。」（诗篇19:7）律法的原文是תּוֹרָה (torah)，原意为「教导、指引」，犹太人通常指其为摩西五经，是神整体启示的总称，不仅是法律，也包含生命的方向与智慧之道。

这句话简单却深刻地揭示了神话语的力量：不是知识上的增加，也不是道德上的提升，而是心灵的苏醒。当人陷入疲惫、困惑、甚至灵魂沉睡的状态时，唯有神全备的话语能唤醒里面那个真正的自己，让人重新得力。

查克·寇尔森(Chuck Colson)曾是美国前总统尼克森的特别顾问，1972年卷入轰动一时的水门案，因违法蒐集总统大选情资而于1974年入狱服刑。

光明中，或是黑暗里

2025-08-03 in , /by

「人若说自己在光明中，却恨他的弟兄，他到如今还是在黑暗里。爱弟兄的，就是住在光明中，在他并没有绊跌的缘由。惟独恨弟兄的，是在黑暗里，且在黑暗里行，也不知道往哪里去，因为黑暗叫他眼睛瞎了。」（约翰壹书2:9-11）

使徒约翰谈到「恨」让人眼睛瞎了，活在黑暗里，在黑暗里行，不知往哪里去。比较、论断、批评、怨恨很容易贬低别人，抬高自己，就犹如在舞台上当灯光聚焦自己时，我们所看到舞台下的群众是乌黑一片，我们以为自己在光明中，其实看不见四周环境，我们是在黑暗里，眼睛瞎了！

1994年，卢安达发生种族大屠杀，占85%人口的胡图族(Hutu)人，声称要杀光占14%的图西族人，100天内夺走至少80万条生命。当时伊玛奇蕾．伊莉芭吉札(Immaculee Ilibagiza)还是大学生，她被一位胡图族牧师藏匿在一间小厕所中，与7位妇女一起蜷缩躲藏了91天，体重从51公斤掉到21公斤。

Jesus Will See You Through The Storm

2025-08-03 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 4:30-41. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 4:30-32 (NIV)
30  Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
31  It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground.
32  Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade.”
 
On verses 30-32:  Whenever the kingdom of God starts in any person, in any city, or in any place in the world, it always begins the same way: as the tiniest seed.  Over time, however, it can become the biggest thing you see and strong enough to give protection and shelter to others.  So don’t despise small beginnings.  God doesn’t.

耶稣付出代价，错误不留痕迹

2025-08-01 in , /by

以赛亚书44:22    我涂抹了你的过犯，像厚云消散；我涂抹了你的罪恶，如薄云灭没。你当归向我，因我救赎了你。

哥林多后书5:17  若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了。

当人类学会书写的那一刻，错误也自然诞生。最早期的书写，如：泥板刻文、竹简、莎草纸，一旦错了，无法修改，只能划去、刮除、或干脆重写一页。那是一个「错误留下痕迹，就需付出代价」的年代。

直到铅笔问世，人们开始用天然橡胶擦拭错误。18世纪的橡皮擦改变了书写的自由度，错字不再是永久的印记，而是可被消除的过程。随后，钢笔流行带来了新的挑战，也催生了20世纪中修正液与修正带的诞生，白色涂层遮盖墨迹，容许人们在纸上「重新来过」。

1770年，英国化学家Joseph Priestley首次记载天然橡胶可擦除铅笔笔迹。
1858年，美国商人Hymen Lipman将橡皮擦装在铅笔尾端，获得专利。
1951年，美国女秘书Bette Nesmith Graham发明修正液，灵感来自画家「遮盖错笔」（用覆蓋的方式处理错误的技巧）。

Don’t Be Afraid to Share What God Has Given You

2025-08-01 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 4:21-29. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 4:21-23 (NIV)
21  He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?
22  For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.
23  If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
 
On verses 21-23:  Remember that Jesus is talking here with his disciples, to whom he has revealed the secrets of God’s kingdom (see v11). 

Keep a Soft Heart Toward God

2025-07-31 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 4:10-20. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 4:10-12 (NIV)
10  When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
11  He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
12  so that, “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!'”
 
On verses 10-12:  Yesterday we learned one reason why Jesus taught in parables: to make truth about the kingdom of God easier for his disciples to understand and remember. 

重新来过—在基督里的新生命

2025-07-31 in , /by

约翰福音3:3  人若不重生，就不能见神的国。

哥林多后书5:17  若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了。

在人生旅途中，跌倒与失败无可避免。我们往往背负著过去的重担，觉得无法翻转，怀疑是否还有「重新来过」的可能。但使徒保罗告诉我们：「若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了。」（哥林多后书5:17）

这节经文是神向每一颗愿意悔改的心所发出的应许，在基督里，罪得赦免，我们一直有「重新来过」的机会。当人悔改归向神，不论过去如何，神都能使生命焕然一新。

法利赛人尼哥底母夜里来见耶稣，耶稣对他说：「人若不重生，就不能见神的国。」（约翰福音3:3）重生不是肉体上的重新开始，而是灵里的转变，从神而生，让神掌权，是一个全新的属灵身分。

Aim to Be a Great Communicator

2025-07-30 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Mark 4:1-9. With an open mind and a humble heart, read this passage and see what sticks out to you in this passage.  Is there a verse, a phrase, or a lesson you think the Holy Spirit may be highlighting for you in this passage?  After you’ve thought about the passage yourself a bit, read the GAME sharing below.  Let’s go!

Mark 4:1 (NIV)
1  Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.
 
On verse 1:  According to many scholars, Jesus’ voice would project more clearly by sitting in a boat out on a lake than standing on the shore.  This would make a difference especially when speaking to a large crowd, as Jesus often would. 

勇气是看得见的信心

2025-07-30 in , /by

约书亚记1:9    你当刚强壮胆！不要惧怕，也不要惊惶；因为你无论往哪里去，耶和华你的神必与你同在。

撒迦利亚书4:6  万军之耶和华说：不是倚靠势力，不是倚靠才能，乃是倚靠我的灵方能成事。

在这充满挑战与变化的世代里，勇气是让我们成长与更新的驱动力，勇气不仅是没有惧怕，而是在惧怕中仍然选择相信与前行，勇气是「付诸行动的信心」，是「看得见的信心」。

当摩西死后，神对约书亚说：「你当刚强壮胆！不要惧怕，也不要惊惶；因为你无论往哪里去，耶和华你的神必与你同在。」（约书亚记1:9）这不是空泛的鼓励，而是「神同在」的承诺，这承诺赋予约书亚勇气，他带领以色列人进迦南地。

大卫面对巨人歌利亚时，说：「你来攻击我，是靠着刀枪和铜戟；我来攻击你，是靠着万军之耶和华的名…。」（撒母耳记上17:45）勇气是自信，相信自己的倚靠是神，不是倚靠势力，不是倚靠才能，乃是倚靠神的灵方能成事（撒迦利亚书4:6）。