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與神相處/我與你同在(3)

2025-02-13 in , /by

以賽亞書41:10  你不要害怕，因為我與你同在；不要驚惶，因為我是你的神。我必堅固你，我必幫助你，我必用我公義的右手扶持你。

以賽亞書 43:2  你從水中經過，我必與你同在；你趟過江河，水必不漫過你；你從火中行過，必不被燒，火焰也不著在你身上。

舊約時代，「我與你同在」是神對祂百姓的承諾與證據，甚至當以色列人亡國、顛沛流離之際，祂依然呼籲：「你不要害怕，因為我與你同在；不要驚惶，因為我是你的神。我必堅固你，我必幫助你；我必用我公義的右手扶持你。」「你從水中經過，我必與你同在；你蹚過江河，水必不漫過你；你從火中行過，必不被燒，火焰也不著在你身上。」（以賽亞書41:10; 43:2）

最終，祂給了一個跨世代永恆的承諾：「因此，主自己要給你們一個兆頭，必有童女懷孕生子，給他起名叫以馬內利（就是神與我們同在的意思）。」（以賽亞書7:14；馬太福音1:23）

神實踐了祂的承諾，藉由聖靈，童女馬利亞懷胎生子，給祂起名叫耶穌（原文是約書亞，字意為耶和華已拯救），因祂要將自己的百姓從罪惡裡救出來（馬太福音1:21）。耶穌道成肉身，讓當時的人們實際經歷「我與你同在」，十字架上的救贖讓信祂的人罪得赦免，勝過死亡的復活則帶來永生的盼望。

Our Posture in Worship

2025-02-12 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 8:54-66.  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 8:54 (NIV) 
54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 

On verse 54:  Solomon began his prayer standing (v22), but he ends his prayer kneeling with his hands spread out to God.  Why?  It’s because as Solomon continued to pray, he realized more and more how much he and his people needed God.  His humility and his desperation for God grew the more he prayed.  

與神相處/我與你同在(1)

2025-02-11 in , /by

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）

Catch More of God’s Vision for the Church

2025-02-11 in /by

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. 

Where Hope Lives

2025-02-10 in /by

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). 

我喜歡

2025-02-10 in , /by

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。

Step Into Your Destiny as a Priest in God’s Kingdom

2025-02-09 in /by

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. 

慈繩愛索

2025-02-09 in , /by

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。

You Are Part of a Much Bigger Story God Is Writing

2025-02-07 in /by

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:

不再心急

2025-02-07 in , /by

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.)」