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Let Us Worship

2026-09-15 in /by

On Mount Carmel, in full view of 850 false prophets, “Elijah repaired the altar of the Lord” (1 Kings 18:30).

Why? Why did the prophet rebuild the altar? Because it was a tool of worship. Do we long to see revival? Then let us begin at the altar.

Why does worship matter? Simple. The devil wants the top spot. When you worship God, when you publicly praise Jehovah in song and sacrament, Satan is defeated. He has no recourse to a worshipping church—none. When we sing, angels stand. When we pray, demons flee. When we look to God, heaven hearkens to listen, and hell hurries to leave. Wonder happens when God’s people worship.

肋下的荆棘

2026-09-15 in , /by

〈士师记〉 2:16  耶和华兴起士师，士师就拯救他们脱离抢夺他们人的手。

阅读经文：〈士师记〉 2:1-23

波金，是一个地名，意思是weeper哭泣者，因为这名字只在《圣经》里出现过一次，现在已无法证实它确实的地点在哪里。不过，如果七十士译本正确，那大概就是在伯特利附近。因为直到〈士师记〉的末了，约柜都放在中央山地的伯特利 ，伯特利有一颗树叫亚伦巴古，就是「哭泣的橡树」之意，与波金似乎有相当的关系。从吉甲上到波金，意味着当时敬拜中心的转移。从约书亚死后到耶和华的使者来波金传信息，这当中应该有几十年了。因为诸支派都已逐渐稳定下来，并且接纳了迦南地的原居民，给他们当中有的人做苦工杂役。现在我们晓得，神对这种情形极为不满，因为百姓把神的话打折扣了。因此神差遣使者从吉甲到波金向以色列人传信息。

平原居民的铁车

2026-09-14 in , /by

〈士师记〉 1:19 耶和华与犹大同在，犹大就赶出山地的居民，只是不能赶出平原的居民，因为他们有铁车。

阅读经文：〈士师记 〉1:1-36

有人说〈士师记〉是整本《圣经》中最悲哀的一卷书，描写神的子民离开神，倚靠自己的力量去生存，不但无法夺取未得之地，甚至丧失已得之地，成为异族蹂躙的对象。这也是形容信徒离开神的光景，不但无法过得胜的生活，反而被罪恶所胜，再度成为罪的奴仆，被罪奴役。约书亚带领以色列人进入迦南，打下了基础，以色人却无法完成神的托咐、剩下的使命；正如基督为我们完成了救恩，我们也接受救恩成为神的儿女，但是却未能倚靠神去战胜老我，以致老我居首，又把圣灵关到地下室。

Serve the Lord Only

2026-09-14 in /by

Ephesians 6:12 (NKJV) reads, “We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

Our enemy is the devil. At the end of this age, his time will end. Until then, expect our Father to show up. He will not sit still while Satan harms his creation.

Our days are as dark as were the days of Elijah. Our God is as alive as he was in the days of Elijah. Dare we dream of a renewal that silences the stewards of Satan and reveals them for the frauds they are? Let’s imitate Elijah: Serve the Lord only! God wasn’t one of his options. God was his only option.

我们必定侍奉耶和华

2026-09-13 in , /by

〈约书亚记〉 24:15 b   至于我和我家，我们必定侍奉耶和华。

阅读经文：〈约书亚记〉 24:1-33

我以前不大明白，为何神的仆人从旧约的摩西到新约的司提反，都要一再地提到神呼召亚伯兰，以及带领色列人出埃及的过程。直到有一次我跟一些年轻人相处时，才发现追本溯源十分重要。那些年轻人的父母大多白手起家，年轻时创业维艰，又要照顾家庭，很不容易。但是他们的儿女长大之后，大都只会拚命享用父母的钱，觉得那是天经地意的事情。他们以为白白得来是他们的权利，丝毫不感激父母的付出和辛劳，反而动不动就埋怨，跟父母顶嘴，根本没有动力去工作和建立自己的人生。

约书亚之遗命

2026-09-11 in , /by

〈约书亚记〉 23:10你们一人必追赶千人，因耶和华你们的神照祂所应许的，为你们争战。

阅读经文：〈约书亚记〉 23:1-16 

人的肉体总有一老和一死，但是像摩西和约书亚这样，可以做完神托咐的工作，安然去见主，是何等有福啊！人老了，身体逐渐衰落，便知道神给自己在世上的时间已经快要结束了。人生有限，神给每个人在世上的日子都是可以数算的，因此我们当求神给我们智慧的心去过世上的岁月。

当约书亚年纪老迈，便召集众人做最后的交代时，他讲了一件很重要的事，他提醒以色列人：「那为你们争战的是耶和华你们的神」，这位神不只是要带领约书亚，也将带领以色列人面对将来的战事，只要他们愿意好好跟随祂。约书亚没有说他自己很厉害，而是说这位神才是带领争战的，所以不要因为他的离开而难过；因为每一个人都可以被取代，唯有神不能被取代。

Deceive No More

2026-09-11 in /by

1 Kings 18:40 (NIV) reads, “Elijah commanded them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!’ They seized them, and Elijah had them…slaughtered there.”

This moment does not sit well in our modern, westernized mindset. Elijah, a man of God, brandishing a sword and executing several hundred men? Except for the fact that these weren’t just men; they were disciples of the devil. They were demonic in their devotion to the cause of hell, all in the name of God.

In the final days, as recorded in Revelation 20:3 (NKJV), God will “cast him [Satan] into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him so that he should deceive the nations no more.”

证坛

2026-09-10 in , /by

〈约书亚记〉 22:34 流便人、迦得人给坛起名叫证坛，意思说：「这坛在我们中间证明耶和华是神。」

阅读经文：〈约书亚记〉 22:1-34 

很奇妙的，当我们偏离神的话语时，我们很自然就会有不安全感，因而想尽办法要讨神的祝福。例如，借着功德或清修等等，希望得到神的悦纳，却总是觉得无法完全。选了河东之地的以色列人就有这样的不安全感。他们看中了那块可以蓄牧的美丽草场，可是心里却明白，那不是神应许的迦南地，还隔了一条河。虽然很近，但还是差了一点点。当你想要用自己的方法去寻求神的祝福时，你就要小心省察自己了。

The Lord He is God

2026-09-10 in /by

Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal to a duel on Mt. Carmel. He dared them to call on Baal to send fire. From morning to evening they cried. Satan had no response. With the prophets of Baal exhausted and defeated, Elijah “repaired the altar of the Lord” (1 Kings 18:30 NASB).

Twelve stones symbolizing the twelve tribes of Israel. They saturated the altar with water three times so that everything was soaked. Then Elijah prayed. He didn’t even request fire. But the Lord sent it. A blaze from heaven consumed the water, the rocks, the wood, even the dust. For the first time in three generations, the nation of Israel cried to Jehovah, “The Lord, He is God!” (1 Kings 18:39 NASB).

Is it time for our generation to rebuild the altar?

利未人所得之邑

2026-09-09 in , /by

〈约书亚记〉 21:45 耶和华应许赐福给以色列家的话一句也没有落空，都应验了。

阅读经文：〈约书亚记〉 21:1-45

事奉神的人得不到地上的基业，你觉得合情合理吗？你还敢事奉神吗？在卅几年前，温哥华刮起了传销之风，我们也被卷进去了。那时大家都有一个梦，好像再过几年都可以变成百万富翁了。但是逐渐地，我发现当自己的心思和时间都花在组织聚会和推销货品时，那种感觉就好像用生命去换钱。我问自己值不值得？答案是不值得。世界上的钱可以赚，但是若要用生命的时间去换，值得吗？事奉神虽然赚不到什么钱，但是神是我们的供应，赚到灵魂的喜乐，让人感到付出一生的光阴都值得。那种心灵的满足是没有什么物质可以替换的。物质和享受都会成为过去，但是神同在的满足却一生一世都不会消失。