约翰福音12:24-25 我实实在在地告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒，若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。爱惜自己生命的，就失丧生命；在这世上恨恶自己生命的，就要保守生命到永生。
莫大的恩典让我能领受神的话语， 且能与你(妳)分享. 分享中， 祷告里， 心中总是有个祷求， 我们能一起明白神的话语， 跟随主的脚步， 经历圣灵的保守， 让我们走出疑惑， 失望， 挫折及失败的阴影， 寻得平安喜乐的生命. 我恳求神， 照着祂丰盛的慈爱和不断绝的怜悯， 成就祂对我们每一个人的应许。
带着担忧，我们走入2025年，因为我们亲眼看见耶稣的提醒：
「你们听见打仗和打仗的风声，不要惊慌。这些事是必须有的，只是末期还没有到。民要攻打民，国要攻打国；多处必有地震、饥荒。这都是灾难的起头。」（马可福音13:7-8）
带着使命，我们走入2025年，因为我们明白领受耶稣的托付：「但你们要谨慎；因为人要把你们交给公会，并且你们在会堂里要受鞭打，又为我的缘故站在诸侯与君王面前，对他们作见证。然而，福音必须先传给万民。」（马可福音13:9-10）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 12:35-44. 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 12:35-37 (NIV)
35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “How is it that the teachers of the law say that the Christ is the son of David?
36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”‘
37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with delight.
On verses 35-37: The Pharisees, the Herodians, the Sadducees and the teachers of the law all had their turns asking Jesus tough questions. Jesus answered every one of their questions with amazing wisdom and poise. Now it was Jesus’ turn to ask a question.
诗篇59:16 但我要歌颂祢的力量，早晨要高声称颂祢的慈爱；因为祢作过我的高台，在我急难的日子作过我的避难所。
诗篇46:5 神在其中，城必不动摇；到天一亮，神必帮助这城。
新衣、新车、新房…，每一个人都喜欢，但不竟然人人都能得到，且能经常得到。机会，也是每一个人都喜欢，但奇妙的是，人人都能得到，且能经常得到；每一天全新的早晨，摆在你眼前的就是全新的机会，你想如何踏出今天的第一步？
早晨是「我新的存在」，显明神在我身上，不断绝的慈爱与怜悯。「我们不致消灭，是出于耶和华诸般的慈爱；因祂的怜悯不致断绝。每早晨，这都是新的；祢的诚实极其广大！」（耶利米哀歌3:22-23）
早晨是「更新的开始」，忧愁留在昨夜梦回，不再藏于今日思绪。「祂的怒气不过是转眼之间；祂的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿虽然有哭泣，早晨便必欢呼。」（诗篇30:5）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 12:28-34. 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 12:28-31 (NIV)
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
On verses 28-31: After answering questions from the Pharisees, the Herodians, and the Sadducees, now Jesus is confronted by a representative of another group: the teachers of the law. This teacher asks Jesus, “what is the most important commandment in the Jewish law?”
传道书2:22-23 人在日光之下劳碌、累心，在他一切的劳碌上得着什么呢？ 23 因为他日日忧虑，他的劳苦成为愁烦，连夜间心也不安。这也是虚空。
传道书2:24 人莫强如吃喝，且在劳碌中享福，我看这也是出于神的手。
传道书1:12-2:26描述传道者（多数学者认为是所罗门王）专心用智慧寻求、查究天下（日光之下）所做的一切事，找寻生命的意义。
他本以智慧为荣，却发现多有智慧，就多有愁烦；加增知识，就加增忧伤（传道书1:16-18）。他试着用欢乐来满足自己，用酒来使肉体舒畅，为自己建造房屋、栽种葡萄园、修园栽树、挖池浇灌，也经营家业，买仆婢、得牛羊、积财宝、拥妃嫔…；他得到眼所求的、心所乐的，这是他从劳碌中所得的分、所成的功。（传道书2:1-11）
他看出智慧胜过愚昧，智慧人的眼目光明，愚昧人在黑暗里行；然而，他发现智慧人和愚昧人都要都必遇见一件事，就是都要面对死亡，都被忘记，完全没有差异。（传道书2:12-16）
更有甚者，传道者发现自己用智慧、知识、灵巧所劳碌得来的，却要留给未曾劳碌的人，那人是智慧、是愚昧，谁能知道？竟要管理他劳碌所得的，就是在日光之下用智慧所得的。（传道书2:17-21）
箴言4:23 你要保守你心，胜过保守一切，因为一生的果效是由心发出。
雅各书4:6 神阻挡骄傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。
雅各书1:8 心怀二意的人，在他一切所行的路上都没有定见。
马太福音15:19-20 因为从心里发出来的，有恶念、凶杀、奸淫、苟合、偷盗、妄证、谤讟。这都是污秽人的。
在人与神的关系中，祂关注人的内心胜于人的行为。箴言4:23提到「你要保守你心，胜过保守一切，因为一生的果效是由心发出。」神不喜悦的心，并不是表面上的软弱，而是内里深层的骄傲、刚硬、诡诈、贪婪与邪恶、不信与悖逆。
「骄傲的心」使人自高自大、自以为是，不倚靠神。「凡心里骄傲的，为耶和华所憎恶…」（箴言16:5）「神阻挡骄傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。」（雅各书4:6）
「刚硬的心」抗拒神的感动与教导，不愿意悔改，不顺服神。「你们今日若听祂的话，就不可硬着心，像在旷野惹祂发怒、试探祂的时候一样。」（希伯来书3:8）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 12:13-27. 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 12:13-17 (NIV)
13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.
14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
On verses 13-17: By asking Jesus whether it is right to pay taxes to Caesar, the Pharisees and Herodians were trying to trap Jesus in a lose-lose situation, a “catch-22”. If Jesus answered their question by suggesting that the Jews should not pay taxes to Caesar, the Pharisees and Herodians could then take this to the Roman government and say, “Look, Jesus is inciting rebellion against Caesar!”
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 12:1-12. 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 12:1-11 (NIV)
1 He then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey.
2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
On verses 1-11: Being the master communicator, Jesus shares a simple, powerful, and arresting story that gives people a fresh understanding of a famous phrase in Scripture: “The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone” (from Psalm 118:22-23). At the same time, he uses this story to hint strongly at the tremendous evil that the chief priests, teachers of the law and elders were wanting to do to him.
希伯来书13:20-21 但愿赐平安的神，就是那凭永约之血、使群羊的大牧人─我主耶稣从死里复活的神，在各样善事上成全你们，叫你们遵行祂的旨意；又借着耶稣基督在你们心里行祂所喜悦的事。愿荣耀归给祂，直到永永远远。阿们！
人与人相处，结交朋友，可以意气相投，也可以道不同不相为谋，分道扬镳。然而，生命中的婚姻和受洗却截然不同，婚姻是夫妻间的立约，受洗则是与主立约，两者的生活及生命旅程建基于盟约关系，其实有着相似的成长轨迹。
第一步，是「得着」我喜欢的。婚姻的开始，源于彼此吸引，因为看见对方的可爱与美好。同样地，人在决志受洗时，往往是被主的爱吸引，得着赦免、平安、喜乐、盼望，这些是我们「喜欢」并渴慕的。婚姻和受洗的第一步总是美好，但好景总是短暂，人称其为「蜜月」，一个月或许会延续久些，就要面对现实。
第二步，是「面对」我不喜欢的。婚姻进入现实后，差异与冲突必然浮现，我们开始学习包容与接纳。跟随基督也意味着要面对挑战，悔改、被管教、舍己、十字架，这些不一定「讨喜」，甚至「不喜欢」，却是成长与真实的印记。这个阶段也不会太长，在衡量得失后，我们必须选择「坚持」或「放弃」。
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