以弗所书4:32 要以恩慈相待，存怜悯的心，彼此饶恕，正如神在基督里饶恕了你们一样。
马丁·路德·金恩博士是美国历史上重要的民权运动领袖之一，他也是一位敬虔的基督徒牧师。面对种族歧视、暴力与不公，他选择非暴力抗争与爱的回应，显出圣灵结出的「恩慈」果子。
在1950-60年代，金恩博士与他的追随者常常面对辱骂、暴力攻击、甚至死亡威胁。然而，他坚持以「恩慈」来回应仇恨。他在演讲中不止一次提到：
「黑暗不能驱逐黑暗，只有光可以做到；仇恨不能驱逐仇恨，只有爱可以做到。(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.)」
People came to Jesus. My, how they came to him! They touched him as he walked down the street; they followed him around the sea; they invited him into their homes and placed their children at his feet. Why? Because he refused to be a statue in a cathedral or a priest in an elevated pulpit. He chose instead to be Jesus.
There’s not a hint of one person who was afraid to draw near him. There were those who mocked him. Those who were envious of him. There were those who misunderstood him. There was not one person who was reluctant to approach him for fear of being rejected.
Remember that. Remember that the next time you find yourself amazed at your own failures. Or the next time acidic accusations burn holes in your soul. Remember, it’s man who creates the distance. It’s Jesus who builds the bridge!
雅各书1:2-4 我的弟兄们，你们落在百般试炼中，都要以为大喜乐；因为知道你们的信心经过试验，就生忍耐。但忍耐也当成功，使你们成全、完备，毫无缺欠。
尼克・胡哲(Nick Vujicic)患有先天性四肢切断症，出生时没有四肢，从小就面临极大的身体限制与心理挑战。他曾经在童年时期感到绝望，甚至想过结束自己的生命。然而，他后来透过信仰耶稣，找到了人生的意义与希望。
今天的尼克成为了世界知名的基督徒演讲家、励志作家、慈善机构创办人，并且经常公开见证圣灵在他生命中结出了「忍耐」的果子。尼克分享过，从小到大，他的生活充满了延迟的希望和长时间的等待。他说：
「我必须学会接受，祷告的答案不一定会按我想要的时间和方式实现，但我可以相信神依然是美善的。(I had to learn that my prayers wouldn’t always be answered when and how I wanted them to be, but I could trust that God was still good.)」
I can’t assure you your family will ever give you the blessing you seek, but God will. Let God give you what your family doesn’t. How do you do that? By emotionally accepting God as your father. It’s one thing to accept him as Lord, another to recognize him as Savior, but another matter entirely to accept him as Father.
To recognize God as Lord is to acknowledge that he is sovereign in the universe. To accept him as Savior is to accept his gift of salvation offered on the cross. But to regard him as Father is to go a step further. Ideally, a father is the one in your life who provides and protects. That’s exactly what God has done! God’s proven himself as a faithful father. Now let God fill the void others have left. You are his child, and he’ll give you the blessing he promised!
Healthy marriages have a sense of tenderness and honesty and ongoing communication. The same is true in our relationship with God. Sometimes we go to him with our joys, sometimes our hurts, but we always go. And as we go, the more we go, the more we become like him. Paul says we’re being changed from “glory to glory.”
People who live long lives together eventually begin to sound alike, to talk alike, even think alike. As we walk with God, we take on his thoughts, his principles, his attitudes. We take on his heart.
And just as in marriage, communion with God is no burden. Indeed, it’s a delight. The Psalmist says, “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God” (Psalm 84:1-2 NIV). Nothing—nothing—compares with it!
腓立比书4:7 神所赐、出人意外的平安，必在基督耶稣里保守你们的心怀意念。
NBA金州勇士队球星Stephen Curry曾多次分享，信仰是他的人生和职业生涯的核心价值之一。作为一位职业运动员，柯瑞面临极大的压力，媒体关注、比赛胜负、伤病风险…，这些都可能让人焦虑或失去方向。但他常提到「对耶稣的信仰」让他享有心里平安，无论在胜利还是失败中都不动摇。
他说过：「我知道我是谁，也知道我是属于谁的。(I know who I am, and I know whose I am.)」还说过：「我身上有比球衣更重要的东西。(There’s more to me than just this jersey I wear.)」这几句话背后，就是他对神完全的信靠，让他在动荡的环境中依然持守内心的平静与安稳，这正是圣灵的果子-和平。
巴谷书3:17-18 虽然无花果树不发旺，葡萄树不结果，橄榄树也不效力，田地不出粮食，圈中绝了羊，棚内也没有牛；然而，我要因耶和华欢欣，因救我的神喜乐。
保罗和同工西拉在腓立比传讲福音（使徒行传16:16-40），被诬告而遭到捉拿，受到众人攻击、殴打，最后被下到监里，双脚上了木狗，处境极为艰难。然而，即便是在这样的困境中，保罗和西拉并没有感到绝望，反而在监里祷告，并且唱诗赞美神。
这时，令人惊奇的事发生了。一场地震使监牢的地基摇动，监门全开，囚犯的锁链也都松开了。惊慌的狱卒以为囚犯都逃走了，想要拔刀自尽，但保罗喊住他：「不要伤害自己！我们都在这里。」
狱卒被保罗和西拉的喜乐、信心及行为感动，战兢地俯伏在他们面前，问道：「我当怎样行才可以得救？」他们回应说：「当信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救。」（使徒行传16:30-31）最后，狱卒和他的全家接受了福音，并受了洗。
圣灵的同在带给使徒力量与喜乐，即便是在最黑暗的时刻。保罗和西拉的信心和喜乐不仅让自己得安慰，还让其他人被感化，并荣耀了神。
Crankcase oil coursed my dad’s veins. He repaired engines for a living; Dad loved machines. God gave my dad a mechanical moron, a son who couldn’t differentiate between a differential and a brake disc. Dad tried to teach me. I tried to learn. Honestly, I did. Machines anesthetized me, but books fascinated me.
What does a mechanic do with a son who loves books? He gives him a library card. Buys him a few volumes for Christmas. Places a lamp by his bed so he can read at night. Pays tuition so his son can study college literature in high school. My dad did that. You know what he didn’t do? Never once did he say, “Why can’t you be a mechanic like your dad and granddad?”
Study your children while you can. The greatest gift you can give your children is not your riches, but revealing to them their own.
加拉太书5:6 原来在基督耶稣里，受割礼不受割礼全无功效，惟独使人生发仁爱的信心才有功效。
德蕾莎修女(Mother Teresa)以她对印度加尔各答贫困病患的无私奉献而闻名于世。她创立了「仁爱传教女修会」，致力于照顾「最贫困中的贫困者」。她不仅提供食物、医疗照护，更重要的是，她给予那些被社会遗弃的人们爱与尊严。她的行动表达对人们最深切的关怀，即使面对艰难的环境，也始终坚持付出爱。
曼德拉(Nelson Mandela)在南非种族隔离时期，为了争取平等与正义，被监禁长达27年。出狱后，他没有选择报复，而是以宽恕与和解来带领南非走向和平转型。他的行动展现出强大的仁爱力量，即使面对曾经迫害自己的人，也能够选择宽恕，并为整个社会福祉而努力。
How would you fill in this blank: a person is made right with God through…what? A person is made right with God through…being good. Pay your taxes. Give sandwiches to the poor. Don’t drink too much, or drink at all. Christian conduct, that’s the secret. Suffering, there’s the answer. Doctrine, that’s how to be made right with God.
No, no, no. All of the above are tried, all are taught, but none are from God. In fact, that’s the problem – none are from God. Who does the saving, you or him?
Romans 3:28 says, “A person is made right with God through faith.” Not through good works, suffering, or doctrine. They may be the result of salvation, but they’re not the cause of it. Faith in God’s sacrifice, in the gift of his Son. It’s not what you do; it’s what he did.
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