創世記26:1-6
在亞伯拉罕的日子那地有一次饑荒，這時又有饑荒，以撒就往基拉耳去，到非利士人的王亞比米勒那裡。 2 耶和華向以撒顯現，說：「你不要下埃及去，要住在我所指示你的地。 3 你寄居在這地，我必與你同在，賜福給你，因為我要將這些地都賜給你和你的後裔，我必堅定我向你父亞伯拉罕所起的誓。 4 我要加增你的後裔，像天上的星那樣多，又要將這些地都賜給你的後裔，並且地上萬國必因你的後裔得福。 5 都因亞伯拉罕聽從我的話，遵守我的吩咐和我的命令、律例、法度。」
雅各逃避哥哥以掃的怒氣，離開別是巴，前往哈蘭，投靠母舅拉班，半途中，夜枕石頭躺臥睡覺；神站在他旁邊，說：「我是耶和華─你祖亞伯拉罕的神，也是以撒的神；…我也與你同在。你無論往哪裡去，我必保佑你，領你歸回這地，總不離棄你，直到我成全了向你所應許的。」（創世記28:10-16）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:41-53. 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!
In today’s passage, as Solomon continues to pray for the newly constructed temple, we catch a glimpse of God’s heart for His church. Yesterday we learned that God wants His church to be a place of hope for the broken and hurting. In today’s passage we see four other ways God sees His church.
1 Kings 8:41-43 (NIV)
41 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name–
42 for men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm–when he comes and prays toward this temple,
43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:31-40. 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 8:31-40 (NIV)
31 “When a man wrongs his neighbor and is required to take an oath and he comes and swears the oath before your altar in this temple,
32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on his own head what he has done. Declare the innocent not guilty, and so establish his innocence.
33 “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and confess your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,
On verses 31-40: Here Solomon prays that when people in Israel encounter various problems — whether it’s having wronged a neighbour (v31), being defeated by an enemy (v33), suffering from famine (v35) or some other form of disaster or disease (v37) — they will find hope, healing, and help whenever they prayed to God “in this temple” (v31, 33) or even “toward this temple” (v35, 39).
哥林多前書2:9 如經上所記：「神為愛祂的人所預備的，是眼睛未曾看見，耳朵未曾聽見，人心也未曾想到的。」
聽一群孩子唱「我喜歡」，心中有莫名的感動，喚醒了年少歲月的歡樂記憶…；在歌聲中重溫舊夢，想起神在我們四周環繞的預備，祂為我們彩繪自然美景、溫燉親情時光、彈奏高低音符、點綴生活零碎、編織成長場景、鋪排生命歷程…。
這一切的預備並不偶然，因著神的愛，祂為我預備，祂讓我享有，祂讓「我喜歡」；我知道「神為愛祂的人所預備的是眼睛未曾看見，耳朵未曾聽見，人心也未曾想到的。」（哥林多前書2:9）
我感謝神為我預備新的一天！讓我享有！也讓我喜歡！
我喜歡，暖冬的太陽；我喜歡，初春的青草；
我喜歡，午後的庭院；和一旁發呆的秋千；
我喜歡，仲夏的冰沙；我喜歡，清秋的明月，
良宵的夜空，漫天的星辰。
我喜歡，雨後的青蛙；我喜歡，山前的杏花；
我喜歡，週三的傍晚；被霞光親吻的水族館；
我喜歡，成群的野鴨；我喜歡，淩亂的書架，
清風的露臺，遠處的燈海。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:22-30. 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 8:22-30 (NIV)
22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven
23 and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below–you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way.
On verses 22-30: Here we see King Solomon leading the entire assembly of Israelites in prayer at the dedication service for the newly constructed temple. This was Solomon’s most glorious moment where he steps into his role not only as a ruler but as a spiritual leader and priest for the people he is leading.
何西阿書11:4 我用慈繩愛索牽引他們，我待他們如人放鬆牛的兩腮夾板，把糧食放在他們面前。
以賽亞書40:31 但那等候耶和華的，必重新得力。他們必如鷹展翅上騰，他們奔跑卻不困倦，行走卻不疲乏。
來到祢的寶座前，我舉起雙手讚頌；
祢配得一切榮耀尊貴，祢是王掌管明天。
來到祢施恩座前，我將我的心奉獻；
惟獨祢愛我，天天不改變，奇妙救主我永屬祢。
慈繩愛索緊緊牽引我，為我捨身背起我罪；
護我一生飛奔展翅上騰，在主裡能得安穩。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:12-21. 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 8:12-16 (NIV)
12 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;
13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”
14 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them.
On verses 12-16: After a cloud of God’s presence has miraculously filled the temple (v11), Solomon tells God that this temple is for Him to dwell in (v12-13). He then blesses the entire assembly of Israelites (v14) and tells them about how God faithfully fulfilled the promises He made to Solomon’s father David (v15). Then in verse 16, Solomon quotes God as saying:
詩篇 42
1 神啊，我的心切慕祢，如鹿切慕溪水。
2 我的心渴想神，就是永生神，我幾時得朝見神呢？
3 我晝夜以眼淚當飲食，人不住地對我說：「你的神在哪裡呢？」
4 我從前與眾人同往，用歡呼稱讚的聲音，領他們到神的殿裡，大家守節。我追想這些事，我的心極其悲傷。
5 我的心哪，你為何憂悶？為何在我裡面煩躁？應當仰望神，因祂笑臉幫助我，我還要稱讚祂。
6 我的神啊，我的心在我裡面憂悶，所以我從約旦地，從黑門嶺，從米薩山，記念祢。
7 祢的瀑布發聲，深淵就與深淵響應，祢的波浪洪濤漫過我身。
8 白晝，耶和華必向我施慈愛；黑夜，我要歌頌、禱告賜我生命的神。
每一天忙碌的生活中，各式各樣的人事物不斷呈現在眼前，手中的咖啡攪拌著焦急、憂悶、煩躁…，咖啡的味道淡了，顏色混濁了，我需要被提醒「我想留給祢空間，讓祢進入這空間；讓永生神的靈重新降臨，再次臨到我們身上 (I just wanna give you the space, to move in this place; Spirit of the living God fall afresh and fall on us.)」
約翰福音5章1-9節
1這事以後，到了猶太人的一個節期，耶穌就上耶路撒冷去。
2 在耶路撒冷，靠近羊門有一個池子，希伯來話叫做畢士大，旁邊有五個廊子， 3 裡面躺著瞎眼的、瘸腿的、血氣枯乾的許多病人[a]。 5 在那裡有一個人，病了三十八年。 6 耶穌看見他躺著，知道他病了許久，就問他說：「你要痊癒嗎？」 7 病人回答說：「先生，水動的時候，沒有人把我放在池子裡，我正去的時候，就有別人比我先下去。」 8 耶穌對他說：「起來，拿你的褥子走吧！」 9 那人立刻痊癒，就拿起褥子來走了。
約翰福音5章1-9節記載一位病了三十八年的病人在畢士大池旁等候水動，好進入池子讓病得痊癒，可是水動時，沒有人把他放入池子裡，正去時又有別人比他先下池去。他窩在褥子裡長時間等候…
耶穌看見他躺著，知道他病了許久，就問他說：「你要痊癒嗎？」，接著對他說：「起來，拿你的褥子走吧！」
面對生命或生活的困境，我們有如池旁等候水動的病人，自己抓不住機會，機會來了又被人捷足先登，只好將自己隱藏在蝸居（褥子）中，毫無希望。
耶穌來了，祂給予機會，問我們：「你要痊癒嗎？」，叫我們「起來」，靠著「信心」，離開自怨自艾、逃避現實的「褥子」，「走吧！」，三十八年的病就得痊癒。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:1-11. 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 8:1-5 (NIV)
1 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from Zion, the City of David.
2 All the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month.
3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
On verses 1-5: Here King Solomon holds a dedication service for the newly completed temple. He decides to hold it “at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month” (v2). Why is that significant? It’s because this festival was the Israelites’ Feast of Booths, a festival which annually celebrates the end of the Israelites’ wanderings in the wilderness and how God had brought them to their own land. King Solomon strategically thought, “The Feast of Booths would be a perfect time to dedicate the temple, since all the Israelites will be gathering anyway and their hearts will be expecting celebration and renewal.
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