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Seek God’s Will, Protect God’s Name

2025-07-06 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 24:10-23. With a humble heart, 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!

Leviticus 24:10-23 (NIV)
10  Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
11  The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.)

On verses 10-23:  Leviticus 24:10-23 describes how Moses dealt with a half-Israelite, half-Egyptian man who had been found “blaspheming the name of God” (that is, misusing God’s name and speaking about God’s name in ways that were untrue and irreverent).

献给感到不安的你

2025-07-06 in , /by

诗篇46:1-3   神是我们的避难所，是我们的力量，是我们在患难中随时的帮助。所以地虽改变，山虽摇动到海心，其中的水虽匉訇翻腾，山虽因海涨而战抖，我们也不害怕。

在世界越来越动荡的今日，「灾难」与「末日」的话题总被频繁提起。有人担心2025年7月5日会发生大地震，有人转发预言梦、灵性解读与阴谋论，让原本平静的心被悬空了。但圣经告诉我们：我们的信仰不是建立在「预言」的风声中，而是建筑在那位不动摇的「磐石」上。

敬拜永活独一的真神，荣耀在全地彰显，永远不改变。
国度权柄能力归给祂，公义慈爱显威严，亘古到永远。

神掌权到永远，在天地之间；立晨星铺穹苍，划出地平线；
降恩雨赐丰年，海不越过界；神掌权到永远！

不要将圣经当作圣经

2025-07-04 in , /by

诗篇119:105   祢的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。

提摩太后书 3:16  圣经都是神所默示的，于教训、督责、使人归正、教导人学义都是有益的， 17 叫属神的人得以完全，预备行各样的善事。

在许多人的书架上，圣经被端正地摆放在最显眼的位置，封面泛著微光，书侧金边闪闪发亮，仿佛那就是信仰的象征与心灵的保障。然而，这本书被翻开过几次？被读过多少页？被默想、被实践、或被活出多少？

我们常笑称某些艰深难读、厚重无比的专业书是某专业领域的「圣经」，代表着它的权威、完整，却也难读、不易懂；但是，它必须被摆在最显眼、尊贵的位置上，凸显出我拥有它，我属于这专业领域里的一员，它提升了我的专业价值和地位。事实上，我可能从未读它、懂它、用它。

而这「难读、不易懂」的认知竟也悄悄转移到真正的圣经上，我们尊敬它、敬畏它，却不敢轻易打开它；我们拥有它，却不让它进入我们的生活。

What You Need to Keep Burning Brightly

2025-07-04 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 24:1-9. With a humble heart, 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!
 
Leviticus 24:1-4 (NIV)
1  The LORD said to Moses,
2  “Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning continually.

On verses 1-4:   In Leviticus 24:2 God tells Moses that the lamps used to light up the tent of meeting are to “be kept burning continually” (v2).  In the same way, you and I, as followers of Jesus, are what Jesus calls “the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14-16).

Atonement is God’s work, not ours

2025-07-03 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 23:26-44. With a humble heart, 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!
 
Leviticus 23:26-32 (NIV)
26  The LORD said to Moses,
27  “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present an offering made to the LORD by fire.
28  Do no work on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

On verses 26-32:  Verses 26-32 describe the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur in Hebrew), a day when the people remembered how God atoned for their sins so that they could be forgiven.  Why was God so strict about people not doing any work on the Day of Atonement? 

混乱中的盼望

2025-07-03 in , /by

罗马书5:12  这就如罪是从一人入了世界，死又是从罪来的；于是死就临到众人，因为众人都犯了罪。

彼得前书1:7  叫你们的信心既被试验，就比那被火试验仍然能坏的金子更显宝贵。

约翰福音16:33  在世上你们有苦难；但你们可以放心，我已经胜了世界。

始祖犯罪后，罪进入世界，混乱随之而来，死（隔离与绝望）就临到世人。在人类历史的漫漫长河中，世人被罪衍生的混乱如漩窝般的团团环绕，战争的硝烟、灾难的阴影、社会的动荡、人间的纷争、心灵的挣扎，历历在目，也多有体验。有时混乱虽远在天际，然随着资讯发达，它却缭绕耳际，让我们身历其境。

你不害怕吗？忧愁的面容、无声的叹气是你我无奈的回应。我们不禁问：天父祢在哪里？祢何时掌权？

在历世历代的混乱中，神的手始终未曾缩短。「外邦喧嚷，列国动摇；神发声，地便镕化。万军之耶和华与我们同在；雅各的神是我们的避难所。」（诗篇46:6-7）神从不因世局混乱而失去主权，祂仍坐王掌权，引导万事走向祂永恒的计画。

混乱是神塑造我们、炼净我们信心的炉火。「叫你们的信心既被试验，就比那被火试验仍然能坏的金子更显宝贵。」（彼得前书1:7）混乱中，我们被选召成为光和盐（马太福音5:13-16），如历代的信徒，引导人归向真光，扶助人脱离混乱。

You Were Made For More Than Just Surviving

2025-07-02 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 23:15-25. With a humble heart, 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!
 
Leviticus 23:15-22 (NIV)
15  “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.
16  Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

On verses 15-22:  Leviticus 23 is basically the Israelites’ event calendar, listing out all the biggest holidays that God wanted the Israelites to celebrate during the year.  It starts with the weekly Sabbath day, meant as a day of rest (Leviticus 23:3).

神的家

2025-07-02 in , /by

提摩太前书3:14-15  这家就是永生神的教会，真理的柱石和根基。

希伯来书3:6   但基督为儿子，治理神的家。我们若将可夸的盼望和胆量坚持到底，便是祂的家了。

在圣经里，神的家常是有形的建筑体，如：会幕、圣殿、会堂、或是现代的教会，更重要的是，神的家不仅是指神的居所，更是指那居所中属神的群体，神的家是神的百姓共同属灵的家。

大卫描述他对神的家的渴慕，说：「万军之耶和华啊，祢的居所何等可爱！我羡慕渴想耶和华的院宇，我的心肠、我的肉体向永生神呼吁。」（诗篇84:1-2）神的家是信徒心灵的归属，是渴望亲近神、敬拜神之处。

神是爱，家中有爱，神的家就是爱的居所，在这里，信徒彼此相顾，彼此扶持。正如耶稣所说：「你们若有彼此相爱的心，众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了。」（约翰福音13:35）

神的家也是真理的柱石和根基。使徒保罗提到他指望快到提摩太那里去，那里是神的家，「这家就是永生神的教会，真理的柱石和根基。」（提摩太前书3:14-15）

眼光

2025-07-01 in , /by

诗篇31:7-8    我要为祢的慈爱高兴欢喜；因为祢见过我的困苦，知道我心中的艰难。祢未曾把我交在仇敌手里；祢使我的脚站在宽阔之处。

我第一次提出院内研究计画，是在接到副座电话后，为了协助医院顺利通过评鉴，答应他两周内把它生出来。正式开始执行计画时，我找了相关单位去咨询计画内容和统计分析，两位教授的不同反应，让我有深刻的体会。

先说第二位教授B，我一去就先被质疑我不是医师、不会写论文，接着他针对我提出的主题表示这项研究没有意义，不值得探讨。这位教授叹了一口气，就结束了咨询，我心想我付一小时咨询费，还有20分钟没用完呢！走到楼梯间，一阵委屈涌上心头，但真的感谢主，我前一天有先咨询另一位教授A。

这位教授A知道评鉴要求下我需要完成的任务，他认真听完我的简报，他说了很多，但我只记得他说，不要害怕做不出结果。咨询结束我要付费时，他表示为了帮助像我一样的研究新手，非医师的人首次咨询是免费的。后续几次咨询中，教授看得出我的统计基础是真的差，因此鼓励我有空就去旁听他的课。

Time to Party

2025-07-01 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 23:1-14. With a humble heart, 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!

Leviticus 23:1-8 (NIV)

1  The LORD said to Moses,
2  “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts of the LORD, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

On verses 1-8:  When you read in Leviticus 23 of all the various feasts that God told the Israelites to observe, let it be a reminder that God loves to party.  Notice that in Leviticus 23 God doesn’t tell the people to stop and complain about everything that’s wrong with their life or wrong with the world.