「人若說自己在光明中，卻恨他的弟兄，他到如今還是在黑暗裡。愛弟兄的，就是住在光明中，在他並沒有絆跌的緣由。惟獨恨弟兄的，是在黑暗裡，且在黑暗裡行，也不知道往哪裡去，因為黑暗叫他眼睛瞎了。」（約翰壹書2:9-11）
使徒約翰談到「恨」讓人眼睛瞎了，活在黑暗裡，在黑暗裡行，不知往哪裡去。比較、論斷、批評、怨恨很容易貶低別人，抬高自己，就猶如在舞台上當燈光聚焦自己時，我們所看到舞台下的群眾是烏黑一片，我們以為自己在光明中，其實看不見四周環境，我們是在黑暗裡，眼睛瞎了！
1994年，盧安達發生種族大屠殺，佔85%人口的胡圖族(Hutu)人，聲稱要殺光佔14%的圖西族人，100天內奪走至少80萬條生命。當時伊瑪奇蕾．伊莉芭吉札(Immaculee Ilibagiza)還是大學生，她被一位胡圖族牧師藏匿在一間小廁所中，與7位婦女一起蜷縮躲藏了91天，體重從51公斤掉到21公斤。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 4:30-41. 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 4:30-32 (NIV)
30 Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
31 It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest seed you plant in the ground.
32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade.”
On verses 30-32: Whenever the kingdom of God starts in any person, in any city, or in any place in the world, it always begins the same way: as the tiniest seed. Over time, however, it can become the biggest thing you see and strong enough to give protection and shelter to others. So don’t despise small beginnings. God doesn’t.
以賽亞書44:22 我塗抹了你的過犯，像厚雲消散；我塗抹了你的罪惡，如薄雲滅沒。你當歸向我，因我救贖了你。
哥林多後書5:17 若有人在基督裡，他就是新造的人，舊事已過，都變成新的了。
當人類學會書寫的那一刻，錯誤也自然誕生。最早期的書寫，如：泥板刻文、竹簡、莎草紙，一旦錯了，無法修改，只能劃去、刮除、或乾脆重寫一頁。那是一個「錯誤留下痕跡，就需付出代價」的年代。
直到鉛筆問世，人們開始用天然橡膠擦拭錯誤。18世紀的橡皮擦改變了書寫的自由度，錯字不再是永久的印記，而是可被消除的過程。隨後，鋼筆流行帶來了新的挑戰，也催生了20世紀中修正液與修正帶的誕生，白色塗層遮蓋墨跡，容許人們在紙上「重新來過」。
1770年，英國化學家Joseph Priestley首次記載天然橡膠可擦除鉛筆筆跡。
1858年，美國商人Hymen Lipman將橡皮擦裝在鉛筆尾端，獲得專利。
1951年，美國女秘書Bette Nesmith Graham發明修正液，靈感來自畫家「遮蓋錯筆」（用覆蓋的方式處理錯誤的技巧）。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 4:21-29. 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 4:21-23 (NIV)
21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand?
22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
On verses 21-23: Remember that Jesus is talking here with his disciples, to whom he has revealed the secrets of God’s kingdom (see v11).
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 4:10-20. 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 4:10-12 (NIV)
10 When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables.
11 He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables
12 so that, “‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!'”
On verses 10-12: Yesterday we learned one reason why Jesus taught in parables: to make truth about the kingdom of God easier for his disciples to understand and remember.
約翰福音3:3 人若不重生，就不能見神的國。
哥林多後書5:17 若有人在基督裡，他就是新造的人，舊事已過，都變成新的了。
在人生旅途中，跌倒與失敗無可避免。我們往往背負著過去的重擔，覺得無法翻轉，懷疑是否還有「重新來過」的可能。但使徒保羅告訴我們：「若有人在基督裡，他就是新造的人，舊事已過，都變成新的了。」（哥林多後書5:17）
這節經文是神向每一顆願意悔改的心所發出的應許，在基督裡，罪得赦免，我們一直有「重新來過」的機會。當人悔改歸向神，不論過去如何，神都能使生命煥然一新。
法利賽人尼哥底母夜裡來見耶穌，耶穌對他說：「人若不重生，就不能見神的國。」（約翰福音3:3）重生不是肉體上的重新開始，而是靈裡的轉變，從神而生，讓神掌權，是一個全新的屬靈身分。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 4:1-9. 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 4:1 (NIV)
1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.
On verse 1: According to many scholars, Jesus’ voice would project more clearly by sitting in a boat out on a lake than standing on the shore. This would make a difference especially when speaking to a large crowd, as Jesus often would.
約書亞記1:9 你當剛強壯膽！不要懼怕，也不要驚惶；因為你無論往哪裡去，耶和華你的神必與你同在。
撒迦利亞書4:6 萬軍之耶和華說：不是倚靠勢力，不是倚靠才能，乃是倚靠我的靈方能成事。
在這充滿挑戰與變化的世代裡，勇氣是讓我們成長與更新的驅動力，勇氣不僅是沒有懼怕，而是在懼怕中仍然選擇相信與前行，勇氣是「付諸行動的信心」，是「看得見的信心」。
當摩西死後，神對約書亞說：「你當剛強壯膽！不要懼怕，也不要驚惶；因為你無論往哪裡去，耶和華你的神必與你同在。」（約書亞記1:9）這不是空泛的鼓勵，而是「神同在」的承諾，這承諾賦予約書亞勇氣，他帶領以色列人進迦南地。
大衛面對巨人歌利亞時，說：「你來攻擊我，是靠著刀槍和銅戟；我來攻擊你，是靠著萬軍之耶和華的名…。」（撒母耳記上17:45）勇氣是自信，相信自己的倚靠是神，不是倚靠勢力，不是倚靠才能，乃是倚靠神的靈方能成事（撒迦利亞書4:6）。
願你在這新的一天，領受從神而來豐盛的祝福：
「願耶和華賜福給你，保護你。願耶和華使祂的臉光照你，賜恩給你。願耶和華向你仰臉，賜你平安。」（民數記6:24-26）
親愛的，你是神所看重的，在這新的一天：
願你的心充滿平安，享有神的同在，不懼外在的紛擾；
願你的眼定睛仰望，看見神的作為，不為世界所絆跌；
願你的耳警醒聆聽，領受神的導引，不被迷惑所吸引；
願你的口常說恩言，傳講神的話語，帶出鼓勵與安慰；
願你的手殷勤善工，經歷與神同工，結滿恩典的果實；
願你的腳穩步前行，倚靠神的大能，行出正直與慈愛；
願你在人群中活出恩典的見證，成為祝福的管道；
願你在軟弱中得力量，在黑暗中見光明；
願你今日經歷神的同在，知道祂從不離開你。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Mark 3:31-35. 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 3:31-35 (NIV)
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”
33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
On verses 31-35: Jesus was known for making shocking statements, but what did Jesus mean exactly when he said that “whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother” (v34-35)? Jesus means that those who believe in Jesus and follow Him are Jesus’ true family.
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