以赛亚书50:4 主耶和华赐我受教者的舌头，使我知道怎样用言语扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能听，像受教者一样。
诗篇5:3 耶和华啊，早晨祢必听我的声音；早晨我必向祢陈明我的心意，并要警醒！
主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能听，像受教者一样；我早晨的祷告也要达到祢面前，歌颂祢的力量，高唱祢的慈爱，向祢陈明我的心意，并要警醒！
主耶和华赐我受教者的舌头，使我知道怎样用言语扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能听，像受教者一样。（以赛亚书50:4）
耶和华啊，我呼求祢；我早晨的祷告要达到祢面前。（诗篇88:13）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 3:1-15. 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 3:1-3 (NIV)
1 Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the LORD, and the wall around Jerusalem.
2 The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the LORD.
3 Solomon showed his love for the LORD by walking according to the statutes of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
On verses 1-3: It helps to read these verses with Deuteronomy 12:1-14 in mind. There, Moses makes it clear that when the Israelites entered their promised land, they were not to sacrifice offerings to the LORD at the elevated places (known as “high places”) where the Canaanites would sacrifice to their gods.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 2:28-46. 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 2:28-35 (NIV)
28 When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
29 King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the LORD and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, “Go, strike him down!”
On verses 28-35: For many years Joab was the ruthless commander of King David’s army. Joab’s ruthlessness was never more manifest than when he unsuspectingly murdered two high ranking Israelite officials, Abner (in 2 Samuel 3) and Amasa (in 2 Samuel 20:9-10), possibly for fear that they would one day replace him. Joab also killed Absalom, David’s son, specifically against David’s orders. Yet for some reason David always spared Joab’s life. David literally let Joab get away with murder.
耶利米哀歌3:23 每早晨这都是新的，祢的诚实极其广大。
诗篇30:5 因为祂的怒气不过是转眼之间，祂的恩典乃是一生之久，一宿虽然有哭泣，早晨便必欢呼。
早晨是神恩赐给每一个人新的一天的开始，昨夜的哭泣已然逝去，清晨的盼望让我们欢呼，因为神的慈爱和信实何其广大！
因为，祂的怒气不过是转眼之间；祂的恩典乃是一生之久。一宿虽然有哭泣，早晨便必欢呼。（诗篇30:5）
每早晨，这都是新的；祢的诚实极其广大！（耶利米哀歌3:23）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 2:13-27. 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 2:13-18 (NIV)
13 Now Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. Bathsheba asked him, “Do you come peacefully?” He answered, “Yes, peacefully.”
14 Then he added, “I have something to say to you.” “You may say it,” she replied.
15 “As you know,” he said, “the kingdom was mine. All Israel looked to me as their king. But things changed, and the kingdom has gone to my brother; for it has come to him from the LORD.
n verses 13-18: Here Adonijah goes to Bathsheba the king’s mother with a request: he asks Bathsheba to convince his son King Solomon to give him Abishag the Shunammite as his wife. Why? It’s not because Adonijah was in love with Abishag. Rather it was a political move. Remember that Abishag was effectively David’s last concubine. Abishag lived with David, took care of David, slept in the same bed as David, though she never had sexual relations with David (see 1 Kings 1:3-4).
马太福音5:3-12
「虚心的人有福了！因为天国是他们的。 4 哀恸的人有福了！因为他们必得安慰。 5 温柔的人有福了！因为他们必承受地土。 6 饥渴慕义的人有福了！因为他们必得饱足。 7 怜恤人的人有福了！因为他们必蒙怜恤。 8 清心的人有福了！因为他们必得见神。 9 使人和睦的人有福了！因为他们必称为神的儿子。 10 为义受逼迫的人有福了！因为天国是他们的。 11 人若因我辱骂你们，逼迫你们，捏造各样坏话毁谤你们，你们就有福了。 12 应当欢喜快乐，因为你们在天上的赏赐是大的。在你们以前的先知，人也是这样逼迫他们。
马太福音记载耶稣呼召门徒后，开始走遍加利利，在各会堂里教训人，传天国的福音，医治百姓各样的病症。当下，有许多人从加利利、低加坡里、耶路撒冷、犹太、约旦河外来跟着他。（马太福音4:23-25）接下来，从第五章到第七章记载了耶稣上了山，坐下教导跟随祂的众人，也就是大家耳熟能详的「登山宝训」。
登山宝训的起头是「八福」（马太福音5:3-12），我们常聚焦在八个「有福」，强调：天国的得着、得安慰、承受地土、得饱足、蒙怜恤、得见神、得称为神的儿子，却忽略了耶稣教导众人「有福」所需拥有的八个「属天特质」：虚心、哀恸、温柔、饥渴慕义、怜恤人、清心、使人和睦、为义受逼迫。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 2:1-12. 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 2:1-3 (NIV)
1 When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son.
2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, show yourself a man,
3 and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go,
On verses 1-3: Here David is on his deathbed. David’s last words to King Solomon his son are “be courageous, be a man, and obey God’s commands.” (v2-3) After all the experiences David had accumulated over his lifetime — his unprecedented victories, his heartbreaking losses, and all the lessons he learned from both his successes and his mistakes —
敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端；认识至圣者便是聪明。（箴言9:10）
有聪明，没有智慧，即使成功，也会后悔；
有财宝，没有亲情，即使享乐，也是乏味；
有美貌，没有美德，即使爱情，也会破碎；
有生命，没有努力，即使青春，也是浪费。
人生的智慧，在于学习谦卑；敬畏上帝，认识生命的尊贵。
诗篇 139:13-16
13 我的肺腑是祢所造的，我在母腹中，祢已覆庇我。
14 我要称谢祢，因我受造奇妙可畏；祢的作为奇妙，这是我心深知道的。
15 我在暗中受造，在地的深处被联络，那时我的形体并不向祢隐藏。
16 我未成形的体质，祢的眼早已看见了；祢所定的日子，我尚未度一日，祢都写在祢的册上了。
我们的神行「奇妙」的作为，耶稣的名称为「奇妙」；我受造，「奇妙」可畏，祂为我预备的是「奇妙」，是眼睛未曾看见，耳朵未曾听见，人心也未曾想到的。
祝福你拥有「奇妙」的一天，这是与主同行的一天。
我要一心称谢耶和华；我要传扬祢一切奇妙的作为。（诗篇9:1）
因有一婴孩为我们而生；有一子赐给我们。政权必担在祂的肩头上；祂名称为「奇妙策士、全能的神、永在的父、和平的君」。（以赛亚书9:6）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 1:41-53. 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 1:41-49 (NIV)
41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they were finishing their feast. On hearing the sound of the trumpet, Joab asked, “What’s the meaning of all the noise in the city?”
42 Even as he was speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in. A worthy man like you must be bringing good news.”
On verses 41-49: Having heard that King David has officially made Solomon king instead of Adonijah, all of Adonijah’s guests — who were supposedly Adonijah’s closest friends and supporters — disperse and flee from Adonijah.
What can we learn from this? It’s in the tough times when you can especially tell who your real friends are. When things are going well for you, everyone is happy to be your friend.
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