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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)

來跟從我

2019-01-03 in /by

馬太福音4:18-22_來跟從我

馬太福音4:19 耶穌對他們說：「來跟從我，我要叫你們得人如得魚一樣。」

18 耶穌在加利利海邊行走，看見弟兄二人，就是那稱呼彼得的西門和他兄弟安得烈，在海裡撒網，他們本是打魚的。 19 耶穌對他們說：「來跟從我，我要叫你們得人如得魚一樣。」 20 他們就立刻捨了網，跟從了他。 21 從那裡往前走，又看見弟兄二人，就是西庇太的兒子雅各和他兄弟約翰，同他們的父親西庇太在船上補網，耶穌就招呼他們。 22 他們立刻捨了船，別了父親，跟從了耶穌。

耶穌開始了祂的傳道之旅，不是從耶路撒冷開始，而是從加利利海邊開始。那是一個普通人工作和生活的地方，不是文人學士或宗教領袖聚集之處。在加利利海邊有許多漁夫，就在這一群平凡的加利利人當中，耶穌揀選了祂的門徒。

Don’t Wait Till Tomorrow to Turn to God

2019-01-03 in /by

Joel 2:12-17

12 That is why the LORD says, “Turn to me now, while there is time. Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

On verses 12-17: The day of the Lord will be a dreadful day for those who have rejected God.

That is also why Joel implores his people to “return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.” (v13) Echoing what God has already said in verse 12, Joel calls his people to fast (v15), to gather together (v15-16) and to pray and intercede for the people (v17) and to plead for God’s mercy.

耶穌傳道的主題

2019-01-02 in /by

馬太福音4:11-17_耶穌傳道的主題

馬太福音4:17  從那時候，耶穌就傳起道來，說：「天國近了，你們應當悔改！」12 耶穌聽見約翰下了監，就退到加利利去； 13 後又離開拿撒勒，往迦百農去，就住在那裡。那地方靠海，在西布倫和拿弗他利的邊界上。 14 這是要應驗先知以賽亞的話說： 15 「西布倫地、拿弗他利地，就是沿海的路，約旦河外，外邦人的加利利地， 16 那坐在黑暗裡的百姓看見了大光，坐在死蔭之地的人有光發現照著他們。」17 從那時候，耶穌就傳起道來，說：「天國近了，你們應當悔改！」

不知道你有沒有這種感覺，信主久了之後，根本不記得耶穌傳道的主題：「天國近了，你們應當悔改！」有的人可能會說，我決志的時候有悔改啊！你可記得施洗約翰說的，要結出果子與悔改的心相稱；凡不結好果子的樹就砍下來，丟在火裡。

God’s Unstoppable Army

2019-01-02 in /by

Joel 2:1-11

Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand–

On verses 1-11: After describing the impact of a recent locust plague on his land in chapter 1, Joel in chapter 2 turns his attention to the future. He focuses on what he and other Old Testament prophets call the “day of the Lord”. Earlier in Joel 1:15, Joel already made mention of “the day of the Lord”, but only in passing. Now in these verses, Joel goes into more detail about what the day of the Lord will be like.

單拜主你的神

2019-01-01 in /by

馬太福音4:10b  當拜主你的神，單要侍奉他。

8 魔鬼又帶他上了一座最高的山，將世上的萬國與萬國的榮華都指給他看， 9 對他說：「你若俯伏拜我，我就把這一切都賜給你。」 10 耶穌說：「撒旦，退去吧！因為經上記著說：『當拜主你的神，單要侍奉他。』」 

我們的心要拜誰呢？這個社會上，似乎誰能給你權柄或金錢，人就會去拜。有一些娛樂圈的新聞說到某某某到某個地方去拜什麼仙人或修道者，就真的出名發大財了。誠然，在這個人比人的社會裡，有時候光靠實力確實闖不出什麼名堂，有的人熬了很久還是無名小卒，一籌莫展。因此許多人心裡急切，尋求捷徑。