稳妥的一天
诗篇5:11 凡投靠祢的，愿他们喜乐，时常欢呼，因为祢护庇他们。又愿那爱祢名的人，都靠祢欢欣。
为这一天(为今天)，我献(上)感谢，全人再次交托，与主联结；
祂是生命活水，使我满足欢畅，从我灵里向外流淌，将我溢漫且从我显彰。
无须忧虑，无须怀疑，惟寻求祂的国和祂的义，
每天都有需要，凡事向祂述说，祂赐平安深且广阔，时时保守使我永稳妥。
常常喜乐，不住祷告，凡事谢恩无何比这更美好；
主是永活源头，作我一切供应，凡我交托在祂手中，祂能保全一直到路终。
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2 Things to Do When You’re Under Pressure
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 19:1-19. 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!
2 Kings 19:1-4 (NIV)
1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the LORD.
2 He sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
3 They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the point of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.
4 It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the LORD your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.”
On verses 1-4: King Hezekiah’s officials deliver Assyria’s intimidating message to Hezekiah. In response, Hezekiah does two wise things: (1) he pours his heart out to God, spending time in His presence (v1); and (2) he seeks counsel and support from the prophet Isaiah (v2-4).
人生第一次
以赛亚书46:3-4
雅各家，以色列家一切余剩的，要听我言！你们自从生下，就蒙我保抱；自从出胎，便蒙我怀揣。 4 直到你们年老，我仍这样；直到你们发白，我仍怀揣。我已造做，也必保抱；我必怀抱，也必拯救。
记忆是个已经过去，且无法改变、抹灭的事实，它被封存，却常袭心头，带着温暖，涌出感谢，特别的日子想念特别的您，妈妈！
我第一声啼哭，您听到、您确认、您喜悦，您明白这是您对我一生牵挂的开始；
我第一次张眼，蒙眬光影中，我望着您的脸庞，您的笑容是我摸索生命的开始；
我第一个拥抱，我倾听您的心跳，感受您的温暖，我明白这是我可以安歇之处；
我第一次饱足，在您怀中，您为我摆设丰盛筵席，我开始领受生命的滋养成长；
我第一个脚步，您搀扶、您拍手、您喜悦，您明白这是我起步、渐远离的开始；
…无数个第一次，您雕塑了现在的我。
6 Ways Satan Tries to Attack You and How to Defend Yourself
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 18:17-37. 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!
2 Kings 18:17-19 (NIV)
17 The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander, his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Washerman’s Field.
18 They called for the king; and Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to them.
19 The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: “‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours?
On verses 17-19: In verses 17-37 Assyria’s field commander tries to intimidate Hezekiah’s Israelite troops. At the same time I believe through this passage we can learn 6 ways that our enemy, Satan, tries to erode our confidence and soften us up for a defeat. The quicker you can identify these 6 ways that Satan will try to attack you, the quicker you can defeat him in Jesus’ name. Let’s go!
住在祢的院宇
诗篇27:4 有一件事，我曾求耶和华，我仍要寻求，就是一生一世住在耶和华的殿中，瞻仰祂的荣美，在祂的殿里求问。
小时候的主日清晨，母亲总是特别忙碌，因为需要迅速的把五个孩子梳洗干净、穿戴整齐，好让他们跟着父亲准时到教会上主日学。那时父亲的脚踏车是孩子们唯一的交通工具，一车载三个孩子是常见的事，如果我们家有博物馆的话，父亲的老爷脚踏车一定会放在最显眼之处，因为那是我们家孩子们最深层的记忆。
从小在教会长大，自然投入团契生活，主日清晨是少年人学习晨祷的时候，教会前庭棕榈树下常是我们清晨聚集的地方。记得有天清晨我负责带领晨祷，排了四张长板凳在树下，时间到了，却只我一个人，没人哪！我低头为伙伴们的平安来到祷告，祷告完后抬头一看，前面三张长板凳坐满了刚到的伙伴们，那时我开始学习信心的功课。
教会鼓励年轻人参与服事，我在大学时期开始教主日学，曾经带领一群小三的孩子一直到他们小学毕业。那段时间我跟孩子们相约在主日清晨早祷，在教堂前侧小小的准备室围在一起，大家开口轮流祷告，祷告会完后再带他们到教会附近的市场吃早餐。在服事的过程，我看着、也跟着这群小萝卜头，一起在教会成长。
日子久了，不仅要照顾小萝卜头，也开始学习带领主日学同工。主日清晨，我们全家一起到教会，我和妻子惠吟教主日学，两个孩子当主日学学生。来到教会，习惯的打开一间间主日学教室门窗，接着进主日学办公室和同工们一起祷告，再走到教会门口欢迎一个个来参加主日学的孩子们，这是一段充满学习和感恩的日子。
Blaze the Trail
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 18:1-16. 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!
2 Kings 18:1-16 (NIV)
1 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.
On verses 1-16: After Judah had been led by a handful of spiritually rotten, idol-worshiping kings, Hezekiah bursts onto the scene. Hezekiah courageously breaks with his predecessors’ idol worshiping traditions. He begins to use his authority as king of Judah to remove idolatry from his land. Hezekiah also courageously stands up to the king of Assyria, even while Hezekiah’s counterpart Hoshea king of Israel was being defeated by Assyria.
上帝使万事互相效力
「万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处。」（罗马书8:28）这句话常被理解为，不管发生了甚么，无论是好事、坏事，爱上帝的人都会在其中得到好处。这句常出现于安慰告白失败、失恋被甩的人，或求职工作不顺利。
最后一次用到这句，是在数年前。我维持读书、打电脑的姿势太久，没有起来走走，做一下伸展运动，结果肩膀沾黏。这是坏事。那阵子全世界COVID-19肆虐，我们家打疫苗，丈夫和孩子们都肩膀肿痛哀哀叫。这也是坏事。我就用了这句话：「肩膀沾黏的徒手治疗更痛，打疫苗的痛真是小菜一碟。真是万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处啊。」说自己更倒楣，多了肩膀沾黏的坏事，但负负得正，坏坏变好。
这句话被节录，然后滥用、乱用。直到我阅读希腊文圣经罗马书第八章，才知道自己对这句话理解错误三十多年。
首先，「万事都互相效力」是不正确的翻译。「万事」成为主词，具有泛灵论或古代斯多葛主义的思想，以为事情有它自己的力量。许多中文圣经都做了修订。《现代中文译本》2019版「…上帝使万事互相效力…」、《中文标准译本》「…神使万事相辅相成…」。
「万事」πάντα是直接受格，主词「上帝」被隐藏了。这种句法是犹太人的习惯，因为上帝太伟大了。事实上，有些古代抄本有「上帝」ὁ θεὸς。所以，不是「万事」自己有甚么想法意念，而是上帝使万事互相效力。
God Is Our Deliverer and Strength
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 17:34-41. 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!
2 Kings 17:34-41 (NIV)
34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the LORD nor adhere to the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.
35 When the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: “Do not worship any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them.
On verses 34-41: We see some of the main lessons of 2 Kings reiterated here in these verses:
1. We were made to worship the Lord alone (v36). Three times in this short passage it says “Do not worship other gods” (v35, 37, 38).
结出圣灵的果子-节制
加拉太书5:22-23 圣灵所结的果子，就是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、温柔、节制；这样的事没有律法禁止。
哥林多前书9:25-27 凡较力争胜的，诸事都有节制。他们不过是要得能坏的冠冕，我们却是要得不能坏的冠冕。26 所以，我奔跑不像无定向的，我斗拳不像打空气的。 27 我是攻克己身，叫身服我，恐怕我传福音给别人，自己反被弃绝了。
「节制」是保罗在加拉太书5:22-23谈到结出圣灵的果子的最后一项，它常被忽略，却是极其重要的基督徒品格。节制的原文意思是「自我控制」或「自律」，它不在于压抑欲望，而是靠着圣灵的能力，在思想、情绪、行为上有智慧的选择与克制。
本应上战场的大卫王留在宫中，睡到太阳平西，眼目看到拔示巴后，没有节制自己的情欲，结果犯了奸淫，为掩盖罪又谋杀她丈夫乌利亚（撒母耳记下11章）。这悲剧的开端，就是他没有节制自己的眼目与情欲。
以扫因一时饥饿，卖掉了神所赐的长子名分，他说：「我将要死，这长子的名分于我有什么益处呢？」（创世记25:29-34）他没节制口腹之欲，轻看属灵福分，后来想要承受父所祝的福，竟被弃绝，虽然号哭切求，却得不著门路使他父亲的心意回转（希伯来书12:16-17）。
Keep It Simple
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Kings 17:24-33. 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!
2 Kings 17:24-26 (NIV)
24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns.
25 When they first lived there, they did not worship the LORD; so he sent lions among them and they killed some of the people.
26 It was reported to the king of Assyria: “The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.”
On verses 24-26: Shalmaneser king of Assyria has deported the Israelites from Samaria (Israel’s capital city) and replaces them with people from foreign lands. These foreigners do not worship the Lord in Samaria and are attacked, and in some cases killed, by lions.
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