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羅伯特・普雷沃斯特(Robert Prevost)

2025-06-01 in , /by

約翰福音 15:13-15

人為朋友捨命，人的愛心沒有比這個大的。 你們若遵行我所吩咐的，就是我的朋友了。 以後我不再稱你們為僕人，因僕人不知道主人所做的事。我乃稱你們為朋友；因我從我父所聽見的，已經都告訴你們了。

1975年，羅伯特・普雷沃斯特(Robert Prevost)正處人生巔峰，他是芝加哥的數學老師、虔誠的天主教徒，頃獲哈佛法學院錄取。他擁有年輕人夢寐以求的一切，但他做了出人意料的選擇，拒絕了哈佛，拒絕了六位數年薪的未來，拒絕了名聲與安逸，選擇了極少人敢踏上的道路：完全的奉獻人生。

他加入傳教團體，搬到祕魯，不是城市，不是觀光地，而是最偏遠的村莊。那裡孩童因可治療的疾病而死，家庭需步行數公里才能取得乾淨水源。那裡沒有道路、沒有自來水、沒有網路，只有山巒、寂靜與貧窮。但他卻視那裡如家一般擁抱。

羅伯特不只是住在當地人中間，他成了他們的一份子：學會古印加神聖語言（克丘亞語）、徒步幾天送糧食、與村民同睡泥土地、在星空下祈禱。當他不是在建庇護所時，他就在破舊屋頂下教赤腳孩童數學；當他不是在教書時，他就騎驢送病人去就醫；當他不是在救人時，他就在聆聽，真正聆聽那些被遺忘者的故事。

當他在美國的朋友一個個成為律師、醫生，他卻成了另一種人：一位牧者、一位兄弟、一位靜默的信仰戰士。他的事蹟沒有被廣播，但在安第斯山中悄悄流傳。

What Are You Wearing Today?

2025-06-01 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 8:1-17. 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 8:1-9 (NIV)
1  The LORD said to Moses,
2  “Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams and the basket containing bread made without yeast,
3  and gather the entire assembly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”

On verses 1-9:  Here we read of how Moses washed and clothed Aaron and his sons to make them ready to serve as priests.  Likewise through Jesus Christ God has washed us and clothed us so that we would be ready to serve as His priests.

求主煉淨我

2025-05-30 in , /by

馬可福音9:43-48 倘若你一隻手叫你跌倒，就把它砍下來！ 44 你缺了肢體進入永生，強如有兩隻手落到地獄，入那不滅的火裡去。 45 倘若你一隻腳叫你跌倒，就把它砍下來！ 46 你瘸腿進入永生，強如有兩隻腳被丟在地獄裡。 47 倘若你一隻眼叫你跌倒，就去掉它！你只有一隻眼進入神的國，強如有兩隻眼被丟在地獄裡。 48 在那裡，蟲是不死的，火是不滅的。

施洗約翰在律法與先知的末期（新約時代的開端），對那世代尋求神的救恩的人說：「我是用『水』給你們施洗，但有一位能力比我更大的要來，我就是給祂解鞋帶也不配。祂要用『聖靈』與『火』給你們施洗。」（路加福音3:16）

那一位能力比施洗約翰更大的耶穌基督已經臨到，且完成救贖工作，因此，在今日末後且險惡的世代，這段話就更實際的提醒我們，信主的人的生命需要經歷一瓢水（水洗）、一陣風（聖靈的洗）、一把火（火洗）的潔淨、更新及改變過程，這是可體會的、可經驗的，藉此我們得以重生，成為新造的人。

一瓢（滴、池）水使我們得潔淨，從此我們帶著無虧的良心面見神，不怕見祂，喜歡見祂，同時靠著祂，除掉我們肉體的污穢。

Are Christians Allowed to Eat Blood?

2025-05-30 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 7:22-38. 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 7:22-27 (NIV)
22  The LORD said to Moses,
23  “Say to the Israelites: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.
24  The fat of an animal found dead or torn by wild animals may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
25  Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which an offering by fire may be made to the LORD must be cut off from his people.
26  And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.
27  If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.'”

On verses 22-27:  Even as I am writing this I am eating a leftover steak with an obvious layer of fat on it. The day before, I was eating this same steak (medium rare) and there was blood on the steak. 

一把火

2025-05-29 in , /by

路加福音3:16  約翰說：我是用水給你們施洗。但有一位能力比我更大的要來，我就是給祂解鞋帶也不配，他要用聖靈與火給你們施洗。

哥林多前書9:27    我是攻克己身，叫身服我，恐怕我傳福音給別人，自己反被棄絕了。

施洗約翰談到他的工作，也為耶穌作見證，說：「我是用水給你們施洗，但有一位能力比我更大的要來，我就是給祂解鞋帶也不配。祂要用聖靈與火給你們施洗。」（路加福音3:16）施洗約翰用水施洗，耶穌則用聖靈與火為信祂的人施洗。

火是可燃物和氧化物間的燃燒化學反應，可燃物可以是燃料、大部分生活周邊的物品、廢棄物、動植物、甚至是人體…，氧化物則是來自空氣中的氧氣。讓我們以蠟燭為例，將燭火點燃，談談「火洗」帶出來的生命。

燭火的輻射熱直接加熱蠟燭頂部，頂端固體蠟燭熔解成液體蠟油，在燭芯底部蓄積成蠟油池；蠟油池的蠟油利用毛細管作用沿著燭芯上移，繼續承受燭火加熱而氣化。氣體的蠟油分子由燭芯往外圍燭火擴散，而氧氣分子同時由外界空氣往燭火擴散，在蠟燭火焰面兩者分子相互碰撞，接著進行燃燒化學反應。

Give The Fattest Part to God

2025-05-29 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 7:1-21. 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 7:1-4 (NIV)
1  “‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:
2  The guilt offering is to be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and its blood is to be sprinkled against the altar on all sides.
3  All its fat shall be offered: the fat tail and the fat that covers the inner parts,
4  both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the covering of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.

On verses 1-4:  Notice that when the priest offered an animal as a guilt offering, all the fat of the animal was to be burned on the altar as an offering to the Lord (Leviticus 7:3).  Why?  It’s because the fat of the animal represented the best part of the animal.  God was basically saying, “Save your best part for me.”

一陣風

2025-05-28 in , /by

約翰福音3:1-8 有一個法利賽人，名叫尼哥迪慕，是猶太人的官。 2 這人夜裡來見耶穌，說：「拉比，我們知道你是由神那裡來做師傅的，因為你所行的神蹟，若沒有神同在，無人能行。」 3 耶穌回答說：「我實實在在地告訴你：人若不重生，就不能見神的國。」 4 尼哥迪慕說：「人已經老了，如何能重生呢？豈能再進母腹生出來嗎？」 5 耶穌說：「我實實在在地告訴你：人若不是從水和聖靈生的，就不能進神的國。

約翰福音3:1-8記載耶穌與法利賽人尼哥底母的夜裡談話，對他說：「人若不是從水和聖靈生的，就不能進神的國。」耶穌在這段話提及，除了水洗得潔淨、罪得赦免外，還需要經歷「聖靈的洗」來得著重生的生命。

接著，耶穌談到經歷聖靈得領受：「風隨著意思吹，你聽見風的響聲，卻不曉得從哪裡來，往哪裡去；凡從聖靈生的，也是如此。」這段話的意思是：

風隨著己意吹向它想要的地方，我們聽見風聲，但不知道它來自何方，又吹向何處；聖靈的引領也是如此，我們雖不知祂來自何方且吹向何處，但是我們可以領受體會，且要順服，這就是重生的生命。

When You Prepare the Sacrifice, the Sacrifice Prepares You

2025-05-28 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 6:14-30. 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 6:14-18 (NIV)
14  “‘These are the regulations for the grain offering: Aaron’s sons are to bring it before the LORD, in front of the altar.
15  The priest is to take a handful of fine flour and oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

On verses 14-18:  In these verses God stipulates that after a select portion of the grain offering was burned on the altar, the rest of the grain offering was for the priests to eat.  Here we see God’s heart to provide materially for those who dedicated their working hours and working lives to serving God “full time”.  The timeless principle here is that God intended that those who serve Him full time in the church should be able to live off of the offerings given by the people. 

How God Restores You

2025-05-27 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Leviticus 6:1-13. 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 6:1-7 (NIV)
1  The LORD said to Moses:
2  “If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the LORD by deceiving his neighbor about something entrusted to him or left in his care or stolen, or if he cheats him,

On verses 1-7:  In these verses God speaks to Moses about what happens when an Israelite sins against their neighbour.  God commands that the offending Israelite must return to their neighbour what they had stolen or lost.  This process of making a victim whole is called (in legal terms) “restitution” (v5).  Notice that for God it wasn’t enough to make the person you offended whole by bringing them back to 100%;

一瓢水

2025-05-27 in , /by

出埃及記30:17-21

17 耶和華曉諭摩西說： 18 「你要用銅做洗濯盆和盆座，以便洗濯。要將盆放在會幕和壇的中間，在盆裡盛水。 19 亞倫和他的兒子要在這盆裡洗手洗腳。 20 他們進會幕，或是就近壇前供職給耶和華獻火祭的時候，必用水洗濯，免得死亡。 21 他們洗手洗腳，就免得死亡。這要做亞倫和他後裔世世代代永遠的定例。」

來到水槽，打開龍頭，捧水盈手，洗淨面容，是早晨起床最舒服的一件事；明目清新，滿滿精神的感覺，帶來一天的喜樂、更新及盼望。想起泰北短宣回來姊妹分享用黃水洗滌的生活體會，每早晨捧著清水總是有無以言喻的感謝，用水洗淨是我們經常的事，是我們喜歡的事，但我們常常忽視「洗淨」對我們生命的意義。

舊約時代並沒有「洗禮」這個詞，猶太律法只規定祭司進入會幕前，必須先洗手洗腳，以表示潔淨（出埃及記30:17-21），這種「潔淨禮」是屬於祭司的條例。當時律法也規定長大痲瘋的人得醫治，經過祭司查驗後，要舉行「潔淨禮」（利未記14:1-9）；民眾若患有不潔淨的規定時，要用水沐浴來表明他已潔淨。

新約時代，施洗約翰在約旦河施洗，呼召人悔改（馬太福音3:1-6）；耶穌也「盡諸般的義」接受施洗約翰的洗禮，受了洗後，天為祂開了，神的靈彷彿鴿子落在祂身上（馬太福音3:13-17）。