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Tattooed on God’s Hand

2026-09-09 in /by

On the second day of the D-Day invasion, Leon was taken captive by the Nazis. While being marched to a POW camp, he and another soldier escaped. A farmer found them and put them in touch with the French underground. They took his US credentials and created a French ID card for him.

He made it back to the Allied camp. Yet with no American ID, he was suspected of being a spy. He rolled up his sleeve and said, “Would this prove I’m an American?” It was a tattoo of an eagle, and on its breast was an American flag with the word Mother written across it. That convinced them.

Sound familiar? God says, “See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” (Isaiah 49:16 NIV). Satan is vicious, but he will not be victorious. Why? Your name is tattooed on God’s hand.

One Plus God

2026-09-08 in /by

The devil knows your name. He has a wrecking ball with your name on it. As General Eisenhower wrote to US troops on the eve of the great D-Day invasion, “Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.”

But the steadfast soul does not fear Satan. Elijah didn’t. Elijah entered Scriptures talking about the living God. He served and obeyed the living God. He sought the living God. And because he did, the 850+ prophets of Baal meant nothing to him. The equation is never 850 to 1. It is 850 to 1 plus God.

F. B. Meyer said, “God will never fail the man who trusts him utterly….Be sure that you are on God’s plan, then go forward in God’s name.”

立逃城

2026-09-08 in , /by

〈約書亞記〉 20:3 使那無心而誤殺人的可以逃到那裡。這些城可以做你們逃避報血仇人的地方。

閱讀經文: 〈約書亞記〉 20:1-9 

逃城，顧名思義，便是一個暫時可以躲藏起來的地方。你有沒有過想逃的感覺呢？當你做錯事被發現的時候，會不會想逃呢？在一些車禍現場，肇事者往往逃逸現場。但是現在許多人有行車記錄儀，就正好把肇事者的車牌號記了下來，令他不得不面對自己的罪行。台灣曾有個新聞頭條，復興航空七個月內接連在澎湖和台北發生空難，共釀成92人死亡，罹難者­屍骨未寒，賠償善後也尚未和解。復航董事長林明昇卻開著保時捷跑車於山區飆車，甚至­在彎道跨越雙黃線超車，逼得對向大型重型機車騎士無處可躲，被迫撞山壁受傷送醫，林­視人命如草芥，未停車察看就肇事逃逸。好像這樣的例子，林可否躲到逃城逃避責任呢？

加利利的分地

2026-09-07 in , /by

〈約書亞記〉 19:49 以色列人按著境界分完了地業，就在他們中間將地給嫩的兒子約書亞為業。

閱讀經文：〈約書亞記〉 19:1-51

〈約書亞記〉 18-20章依次記載了以色列人拈鬮把土地分給便雅憫支派、西緬支派、西布倫支派、以薩迦支派、亞設支派、拿弗他利支派、但支派等七個支派，他們就都得了迦南地為業。他們的地大都在以色列的北邊，圍繞著加利利海，這些地區有何特色呢？

在〈列王記〉上第九章記載：「推羅王希蘭曾照所羅門所要的，資助他香柏木、松木和金子，所羅門王就把加利利地的二十座城給了希蘭。」但是推羅王看了這廿座城後，有何反應，你知道嗎？他嗤之以鼻，對所羅門王說：「我兄啊，你給我的是什麼城邑呢？」他稱那廿座城為迦布勒，意思是無用的小城。在〈歷代志〉下八章2節，希蘭把這些城還給了所羅門。希蘭是推羅的王，推羅是臨海貿易之地，希蘭對內地的城巿自然沒有興趣。但是所羅門王收回這廿座小城後，就重新建造它們（王上9:17-19）。

Bound by Sovereignty

2026-09-07 in /by

Do you recall the day God sent fire from heaven? The display of power occurred on Mount Carmel in the days of Elijah. The prophet laid the ground rules for the event: Your team has 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah; my team has me. You ask Baal for fire, and I’ll ask Jehovah for fire “…and the God who answers by fire, He is God” (1 Kings 18:24 NASB).

And when it came time to blast a fire, the devil was powerless. No spark, no flames. In the decisive moment Baal was shown to be no match for the living God. Satan is impotent to defy the plans of God. He is bound by the ropes of God’s sovereignty, gagged by God’s righteous plan.

信心與拈鬮

2026-09-06 in , /by

〈約書亞記〉 18:1以色列的全會眾都聚集在示羅，把會幕設立在那裡，那地已經被他們制伏了。

閱讀經文：〈約書亞記〉 18:1-28

示羅是希伯來聖經中提到的一座古代城市，位於以法蓮山地，位於伯特利東北的小山岡上，城的四周都是高山，東有大泉，從伯特利到示劍的大路由此經過。以色列人攻佔迦南後，在此安營，會幕也設在示羅，成為固定的建築物。在很長時期中，示羅是以色列人活動的中心，每年在此都舉行一個特別節日。

約書亞從示羅派出各支派的代表，勘察迦南地的詳細狀況，然後按城邑分作七份，拈閹分給便雅憫、西緬、西布倫等七個未曾在約但河東岸取得土地的支派。其遺址是今伯特利東北 16公里、示劍東南18公里的賽依侖廢墟。（資料來自以斯拉百科網）

瑪拿西的困境

2026-09-04 in , /by

〈約書亞記〉 17:18 山地也要歸你，雖是樹林，你也可以砍伐。靠近之地必歸你。迦南人雖有鐵車，雖是強盛，你也能把他們趕出去。

閱讀經文：〈約書亞記〉 17:1-18

這段經文說約瑟的子孫，主要是講到瑪拿西。瑪拿西是個大族，共有五萬二千七百名。他們在約但河東分到基列和巴珊地；在河東河西也分到不少地。瑪拿西的孫女們指的就是西羅非哈的女兒們，摩西曾為她們的哀告求問神。她們為了讓父親留名而要求承受父親的產業。摩西也因而訂下了女性承受產業的條例，她們不可以嫁給別的支派；若是要嫁給別的支派，就得放棄土地。免得自己宗族的土地成為別人的，自己支派的土地就會減少。

從瑪拿西得到的分地來看，他們拿到了很好的地方，包括約旦河東大部份的耶斯列平原，還有十足輕重的米吉多。「米吉多(Megiddo)，是連貫非洲 與亞洲的古代著名地方，位置連貫兩洲軍事與貿易路線的要衝。

Pick A Side

2026-09-04 in /by

We cannot win both the applause of people and the “well done” of Christ. Do you play both sides?

Many in the West did in the years leading up to World War II. In 1938 Neville Chamberlain met with Adolf Hitler. The British prime minister had long championed a policy of appeasing the dictator’s aggressions, so he agreed to Hitler’s demands. Six months later Hitler occupied all of Czechoslovakia. Next he invaded Poland, and the war began. For a decade the world watched as Hitler flexed his muscles. Yet freedom-loving nations waffled between apathy and fear. Many simply couldn’t pick a side.

The prophet Elijah once asked, “How long are you going to struggle with the two choices? If the Lord is God, follow Him” (1 Kings 18:21 NASB).

神的長子

2026-09-03 in , /by

〈約書亞記〉 16:10 他們沒有趕出住基色的迦南人，迦南人卻住在以法蓮人中間，成為做苦工的僕人，直到今日。

閱讀經文：〈約書亞記〉 16:1-10

在〈民數記〉26章裡，神要摩西按著人名的數目分產業給他們。人多的，要把產業多分給他們；人少的，要把產業少分給他們。要照被數的人數，把產業分給各人。要按著所拈的鬮，看人數多少，把產業分給他們。根據在摩押平原數算的人數如下：猶大的各族，共有七萬六千五百名。以法蓮子孫的各族，共有三萬二千五百名。瑪拿西的各族，他們中間被數的，共有五萬二千七百名。便雅憫的子孫，共有四萬五千六百名。 魯本的各族，共有四萬三千七百三十名。但所有的各族，共有六萬四千四百名。以薩迦的各族，共有六萬四千三百名。西布倫的各族，共有六萬零五百名。亞設子孫的各族，共有五萬三千四百名。拿弗他利的各族，共有四萬五千四百名。迦得子孫的各族，共有四萬零五百名。西緬的各族，共有二萬二千二百名。

Dare to Think the Unthinkable

2026-09-03 in /by

Dare we think the unthinkable? That God will hear our prayers, that he will listen when we speak? If you were to pray a faith-empowered prayer, what would you say? Then say it! Let faith fuel your prayers. And let prayers put starch in your faith.

Will God give you what you request? Yes, he will. He may do so in a different form than you ask for or a different time frame than you prefer, but “it is [Jesus] who is the ‘Yes’ to all of God’s promises” (2 Corinthians 1:20 GNT).

Let’s renew our commitment to unreasonable, unquenchable, unthinkable prayer. Let’s ask God to resurrect hope that has perished and dreams that are buried.