罗马书 4:4-8
4 做工的得工价，不算恩典，乃是该得的。 5 唯有不做工的，只信称罪人为义的神，他的信就算为义。 6 正如大卫称那在行为以外蒙神算为义的人是有福的， 7 他说：「得赦免其过、遮盖其罪的，这人是有福的！ 8 主不算为有罪的，这人是有福的！」
在美国读书的时候，每个月倚靠指导教授给的九百美金奖学金过活，扣掉学费、房租，所剩有限，仅可维持日常生活所需。博士班第一年时，向指导教授请假返乡结婚，很意外的，指导教授欣然同意，还给了我一个一千元美金的大红包（超出我一个月的薪水）。对一个住在储藏室、睡在一张床垫的穷留学生而言，一千元美金是无以言喻的惊喜；那天晚上，睡到一半，我从床垫爬起来，兴奋的感谢神！
祂让我体会领受恩典的感觉，在我做工所得工价以外，我白白获得的额外祝福。保罗提醒我们，我们的过得赦免、罪蒙遮盖，我们是有福的！不在于我们的行为，不在于我们的服事，而是白白得来的因信称义。
约翰福音 15:13 人为朋友舍命，人的爱心没有比这个大的。
哥林多前书 13:4-7 爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈，爱是不嫉妒，爱是不自夸，不张狂， 5 不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶， 6 不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理； 7 凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。 8 爱是永不止息。
一位年轻弟兄分享他们小组的讨论：爱有很多种，将你想像中的爱画出来会是甚么样子呢？什么是你心目中的爱呢？对你来说甚么是爱？
小组讨论中，有几位的分享令我印象深刻。一位身心症的女孩说，爱是在黑暗中的光，因为爱，她可以站在这边跟大家分享，正常的生活。耶稣说：「我是世界的光。跟从我的，就不在黑暗里走，必要得着生命的光。」（约8:12）
另外一位女孩说爱有很多种，有许许多多的色彩，但中间都包含着神无形的爱。「爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒；爱是不自夸，不张狂，不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒…」（林前13:4-5）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 22:1-10. 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 Samuel 22:1-2 (NIV)
1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.
On verses 1-2: David was at the lowest point of his life so far. His hiding in a cave symbolized the darkness, loneliness and distress David was experiencing as he ran from Saul. Yet it was in this cave that God took David’s leadership to another level, from being a military leader that led well trained soldiers who were commanded to follow him, to becoming a leader of people who were not as well trained or experienced but who wanted and chose to follow him.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 21:1-15. 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 Samuel 21:1-9 (NIV)
1 David went to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he met him, and asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
2 David answered Ahimelech the priest, “The king charged me with a certain matter and said to me, ‘No one is to know anything about your mission and your instructions.’ As for my men, I have told them to meet me at a certain place.
On verses 1-9: When David runs away from Saul, the first place David flees to is Nob, “the town of the priests” (see 1 Samuel 22:19). There David meets Ahimelek the priest, who gives David bread and a sword:
– The bread which Ahimelek gave David was known as “the bread of the presence” (or the “showbread”) and was supposed to be eaten by the priests (Leviticus 24:9). Ahimelek saw that David needed the bread more than he did, so out of compassion for David, Ahimelek gave his bread to David. In a way, this points to Jesus our high priest who saw our need and in compassion gave us what He had.
彼得前书 5:7 你们要将一切的忧虑卸给神，因为祂顾念你们。
路加福音 18:1 耶稣设一个比喻，是要人常常祷告，不可灰心。
马太福音6:32 你们需用的这一切东西，你们的天父是知道的。
「信靠耶稣真是甜美」的作者史戴德(Louis M. R. Stead, 1850-1917)出生于英国，少女时有蒙召做宣教士的心愿，期望能去中国传道，但因体弱不能成行。她21岁时迁居美国俄亥俄州，4年后结婚，育有一女莉莉。
当莉莉4岁时，那年夏天他们全家去纽约长岛海滩野餐，史戴德看着丈夫和女儿挖沙戏水，其乐融融，不禁对自己说：「我的福杯满溢，拥有虔诚的丈夫和可爱的女儿。」正在此时，她看到一个男孩在巨浪中挣扎呼救，她丈夫毫不犹豫跳下去救那男孩，可是两人不幸一同被海浪卷去，史戴德抱着女儿莉莉在海边声嘶力竭的呼唤，也无济于事，眼看着他们两人遭受灭顶之灾。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 20:24-42. 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 Samuel 20:24-29 (NIV)
24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon festival came, the king sat down to eat.
25 He sat in his customary place by the wall, opposite Jonathan, and Abner sat next to Saul, but David’s place was empty.
26 Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, “Something must have happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean–surely he is unclean.”
27 But the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”
28 Jonathan answered, “David earnestly asked me for permission to go to Bethlehem.
On verses 24-29: Here we see Jonathan protecting David as he had promised and speaking to his father on David’s behalf. Jesus does the same for us (see 1 John 2:1).
雅各书 2:15-18
15 若是弟兄或是姐妹赤身露体，又缺了日用的饮食， 16 你们中间有人对他们说「平平安安地去吧，愿你们穿得暖、吃得饱」，却不给他们身体所需用的，这有什么益处呢？ 17 这样，信心若没有行为就是死的。 18 必有人说：「你有信心，我有行为。」你将你没有行为的信心指给我看，我便借着我的行为，将我的信心指给你看。
这是一个小孩子写的祷词：「主啊，请帮助我们做个好孩子，又帮助我们能够去帮助别人。」这是一个值得学习「求主帮助」的祷告。
祷词中并不是说「使我们」，而是说「帮助我们」。这个孩子懂得祷告的真正含义，不是「神蹟改变」，而是「与主同工」。
要是祷告时能尽量少说「我」，多说「我们」，那么我们所得到的力量会大得多。
这一个祷告所祈求的只是帮助做个「好孩子」。没错，只要生命的主体是好的，其他部分也都会跟着好。我们缺少的东西很多，但好的人格是最重要、最不可或缺的。一个人如果为人正直，就不会有其他大的缺点。
创世记 1:27 神就照着自己的形象造人，乃是照着祂的形象，造男造女。
马太福音 5:14 你们是世上的光。城造在山上，是不能隐藏的。
加拉太书2:20 我已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活，祂是爱我，为我舍己。
一位年轻弟兄的分享：
神就照着自己的形象造人，乃是照着祂的形象，造男造女。（创1:27）
我们都是天父最完美的杰作，要好好看待自己的恩赐，结出三十、六十、百倍的果实。你们是世界的光。建在山上的城是不能隐藏的（太5:14）。要学着活出基督的样式。
也许有些人早已找到自己的命定，而有些人还在寻找，但不管如何，在小事上忠心，必然能够结出果子，活出荣耀神的生活。So let go my soul and trust in him.-It is Well。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 20:1-23. 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 Samuel 20:1-8 (NIV)
1 Then David fled from Naioth at Ramah and went to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my crime? How have I wronged your father, that he is trying to take my life?”
2 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “You are not going to die! Look, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without confiding in me. Why would he hide this from me? It’s not so!”
3 But David took an oath and said, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said to himself, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.’ Yet as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.”
On verses 1-8: Before David made the big decision to run away from King Saul, he confided in his friend Jonathan, the Prince of Israel. David told Jonathan his troubles, asked Jonathan to speak into his life, and looked to Jonathan for guidance. What can we learn from this? Before you make a big decision, it helps to consult people who have godly character and whom you respect and trust.
列王纪上 12:24 耶和华如此说：『你们不可上去与你们的弟兄以色列人争战。各归各家去吧！因为这事出于我。』」众人就听从耶和华的话，遵著耶和华的命回去了。
腓立比书 4:12 我知道怎样处卑贱，也知道怎样处丰富，或饱足或饥饿，或有余或缺乏，随事随在，我都得了祕诀。
一位年轻弟兄的分享：
困苦是我增加信心与能力的时候，有时也许灰心，但不失盼望，我相信每个失败都是成长磨练信心的机会。
犹记得教会小组长曾经问过我一个问题：你能习惯以前的自己跟现在的自己的差距吗？当时的我还天真地觉得身心症也没甚么，就是需要吃药有点麻烦而已。应该没有甚么不同吧？
过往的我，一路资优班、第一志愿、学测榜首、硕博免试入学、六年唸完学士加一个本土硕跟国外硕，在24岁时便游历欧洲各大国，甚至有外商科技业的预聘，全国第二名进入国营企业工作，一切都是如此的顺遂，如果没有发生那件事，现在的我成就会如何呢？
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