撒母耳记上 3:1-10
童子撒母耳在以利面前侍奉耶和华。当那些日子，耶和华的言语稀少，不常有默示。 2 一日，以利睡卧在自己的地方。他眼目昏花，看不分明。 3 神的灯在神耶和华殿内约柜那里，还没有熄灭，撒母耳已经睡了。 4 耶和华呼唤撒母耳，撒母耳说：「我在这里。」 5 就跑到以利那里，说：「你呼唤我？我在这里。」以利回答说：「我没有呼唤你，你去睡吧。」他就去睡了。 6 耶和华又呼唤撒母耳，撒母耳起来，到以利那里，说：「你呼唤我？我在这里。」
创世记22章记载神试验亚伯拉罕，要他将所爱的以撒，带往摩利亚地山上献为燔祭。…神要试验亚伯拉罕，就呼叫他说：亚伯拉罕！他说：我在这里。（创世记22:1）
创世记46章记载以色列（原名雅各）带着一切所有的，下埃及投靠他的孩子约瑟，半途来到别是巴献祭给神，神重申祂的应许。…夜间，神在异象中对以色列说：雅各！雅各！他说：我在这里。（创世记46:2）
出埃及记3章记载神在何烈山呼召摩西，要他带领以色列人出埃及。耶和华神见他过去要看，就从荆棘里呼叫说：摩西！摩西！他说：我在这里。（出埃及记3:4）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 21:1-14. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 21:1-14 (NIV)
1 Some time later there was an incident involving a vineyard belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite. The vineyard was in Jezreel, close to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
2 Ahab said to Naboth, “Let me have your vineyard to use for a vegetable garden, since it is close to my palace. In exchange I will give you a better vineyard or, if you prefer, I will pay you whatever it is worth.”
On verses 1-14: In these verses we see Ahab’s selfishness and Jezebel’s cunning in full bloom. Ahab wants to take the vineyard of another man, Naboth. This vineyard was a precious family property that Naboth’s parents had given to him. It was likely Naboth’s main source of income, whereas Ahab merely wanted to use it for a vegetable garden. When Naboth refuses to sell the vineyard to Ahab, Ahab sulks. Ahab’s wife Jezebel devises an evil and elaborate plan to call a fast (using religion as a means to do evil) and have two scoundrels falsely accuse Naboth of cursing God and the king.
撒母耳记上13:8-15
扫罗照着撒母耳所定的日期等了七日。撒母耳还没有来到吉甲，百姓也离开扫罗散去了。 9 扫罗说：「把燔祭和平安祭带到我这里来。」扫罗就献上燔祭。 10 刚献完燔祭，撒母耳就到了。扫罗出去迎接他，要问他好。 11 撒母耳说：「你做的是什么事呢？」扫罗说：「因为我见百姓离开我散去，你也不照所定的日期来到，而且非利士人聚集在密抹， 12 所以我心里说，恐怕我没有祷告耶和华。非利士人下到吉甲攻击我，我就勉强献上燔祭。」
撒母耳对扫罗说：「你做了糊涂事了，…现在你的王位必不长久。耶和华已经寻着一个合祂心意的人，立他作百姓的君，因为你没有遵守耶和华所吩咐你的。」（撒母耳记上13:8-14）扫罗做了糊涂事，在危急的时刻没有耐心「等候神」，没有遵守神的吩咐，他不是合神心意的人。
使徒保罗谈及以色列历史中的大卫王，说：「我寻得耶西的儿子大衞，他是合我心意的人，凡事要遵行我的旨意。」（使徒行传13:22）
大卫就是撒母耳预言要取代扫罗王位的合神心意的人，他凡事遵行神的旨意，面对许多困难时「等候神」，在等候神的过程展现出耐心、信心和顺服。（诗篇27:14，37:7，40:1，62:5-6，130:5-6）
我等候耶和华，我的心等候；我也仰望祂的话。我的心等候主，胜于守夜的等候天亮，胜于守夜的等候天亮。（诗篇130:5-6）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 20:35-43. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 20:35-36 (NIV)
35 By the word of the LORD one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me with your weapon,” but the man refused.
36 So the prophet said, “Because you have not obeyed the LORD, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.” And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.
On verses 35-36: This is an odd story, but what can we learn from it? When you don’t obey God’s Word, you become vulnerable to the attack of the enemy, whom the Bible describes elsewhere as a lion looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). As strange as God’s Word might sometimes seem to finite people like us, God’s Word is there for our protection. We’re much better off trusting in God’s Word than trusting in ourselves.
提摩太前书6:6-10
然而，敬虔加上知足的心便是大利了。 7 因为我们没有带什么到世上来，也不能带什么去。 8 只要有衣有食，就当知足。
9 但那些想要发财的人，就陷在迷惑，落在网罗和许多无知有害的私欲里，叫人沉在败坏和灭亡中。 10 贪财是万恶之根。有人贪恋钱财，就被引诱离了真道，用许多愁苦把自己刺透了。
以色列先知以利沙行神蹟，医治敌国亚兰国元帅乃缦的大麻疯，乃缦想报答以利沙，但以利沙完全拒绝了他的金银礼物。然而，先知的仆人基哈西却心生贪念，编造谎言，藉以利沙的名义向乃缦索取礼物；事情最后败露，基哈西的行为违背神的荣耀，也让他陷入痛苦之中，他身上长了大痲疯，像雪那样白。（列王纪下5章）
初代教会凡物公用，人人将田产房屋卖了，把价银放在使徒脚前，照各人所需用的，分给各人。（使徒行传4:32-37）亚拿尼亚和妻子撒非喇也卖了田产，但把价银私自留下几分，其余几分拿来放在使徒脚前。使徒彼得指责他们欺哄圣灵，接着，亚拿尼亚和撒非喇接续仆倒在地，断了气，被抬了出去。（使徒行传5:1-10）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 20:13-22. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 20:13-22 (NIVToday’s passage is 1 Kings 20:23-34. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 20:23-34 (NIV)
23 Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they.
24 Do this: Remove all the kings from their commands and replace them with other officers.
On verses 23-34: The officials of Ben-Hadad King of Aram had no idea whom they were dealing with. They assumed that the reason why the outnumbered Israelites unexpectedly defeated the Arameans at the first battle was because the Israelites were experienced at fighting in the mountains.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 20:13-22. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 20:13-22 (NIV)
13 Meanwhile a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and announced, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and then you will know that I am the LORD.'”
14 “But who will do this?” asked Ahab. The prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘The young officers of the provincial commanders will do it.'” “And who will start the battle?” he asked. The prophet answered, “You will.”
On verses 13-22: Through an unidentified prophet God tells Ahab that Ahab will be victorious over Ben-Hadad and his armies and that Ahab’s junior officers will be the ones to lead Ahab’s army to victory. So Ahab mobilizes 232 junior officers to launch an attack against Ben-Hadad, followed by 7,000 more soldiers. Meanwhile Ben-Hadad and the kings allied with him are unsuspecting and getting drunk (v18).
申命记34:1-7
摩西从摩押平原登尼波山，上了那与耶利哥相对的毗斯迦山顶。耶和华把基列全地直到但， 2 拿弗他利全地，以法莲、玛拿西的地，犹大全地直到西海， 3 南地和棕树城耶利哥的平原，直到琐珥，都指给他看。
申命记34:1-7记载老年的摩西登上尼坡山的毘斯迦山顶，神让他观看近在眼前的迦南地，对他说：「这就是我向亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓应许之地，说：『我必将这地赐给你的后裔。』现在我使你眼睛看见了，你却不得过到那里去。」
于是，耶和华的仆人摩西死在摩押地，年一百二十岁；眼目没有昏花，精神没有衰败。摩西带领以色列人出埃及前往迦南地，终极劳苦40年，目的地近在咫尺，未能踏入，令人唏嘘！
回转听命的约拿进尼尼微城，宣告尼尼微必倾覆的信息，没想到进城仅走了三分之一的路程，全城的人就宣告禁食，穿上麻衣，连尼尼微王也下宝座、脱朝服，披麻蒙灰。神察看他们各人离开恶道、丢弃强暴，就后悔，不降灾祸。
士师记6:34-40
耶和华的灵降在基甸身上，他就吹角，亚比以谢族都聚集跟随他。 35 他打发人走遍玛拿西地，玛拿西人也聚集跟随他。又打发人去见亚设人、西布伦人、拿弗他利人，他们也都出来与他们会合。
神在不同的世代选召人来完成祂所托付的使命，被选召的人纵使推托，但终究无可推诿、无处可逃，需要领命前行。
耶和华差遣基甸去从米甸人手里拯救以色列人，基甸说：「主啊，我有何能拯救以色列人呢？我家在玛拿西支派中是至贫穷的。我在我父家是至微小的。」他向神寻求证据，神用杖头挨近肉和无酵饼，火从磐石中出来，烧尽了肉和无酵饼。（士师记6:11-24）
当耶和华的灵降在基甸身上，他聚集众人，再次向神寻求证据，神用「禾场上羊毛干湿」的神蹟叫基甸无可推诿。（士师记6:34-40）
圣经里另一个逃避神选召的人是先知约拿。他被神召唤去尼尼微城宣告神的信息，但他选择逃避。在一场暴风雨中，约拿被丢进海里，被一条大鱼吞下。在鱼腹中三日三夜，约拿祈祷、悔改，神就吩咐鱼把它吐在旱地，得以存活。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 20:1-12. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Kings 20:1-12 (NIV)
1 Now Ben-Hadad king of Aram mustered his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he went up and besieged Samaria and attacked it.
2 He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, saying, “This is what Ben-Hadad says:
3 ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.'”
On verses 1-12: Ben-Hadad king of Aram, together with his entire army and 32 other kings (most likely rulers of smaller neighbouring city states), besiege Israel’s capital city of Samaria. Ben-Hadad tells Ahab in verse 3, “Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.” (In the Nintendo International Version, Ben-Hadad says “All your base are belong to us.” I’m kidding.)
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