路加福音15:21-24 兒子說：「父親！我得罪了天，又得罪了你；從今以後，我不配稱為你的兒子。」父親卻吩咐僕人說：「把那上好的袍子快拿出來給他穿；把戒指戴在他指頭上；把鞋穿在他腳上；把那肥牛犢牽來宰了，我們可以吃喝快樂；因為我這個兒子是死而復活，失而又得的。」他們就快樂起來。
用一個盼望，交換破碎的夢想，用一聲呼喚，交換滿是灰燼的行囊，
用一頂榮美華冠，交換我破爛的衣裳，用喜樂油，交換滿懷的憂傷。
用一朝晴朗，交換昨天的遺憾，用一個擁抱，交換嘆息的夜晚，
用不責備的目光，交換我鐵石的心腸，交換我迴轉到祢身旁。
是真的嗎？以新生換我不堪的模樣。是真的嗎？以安息換我掙扎和徬徨。
是真的嗎？祢傾盡所有換回一粒沙，還如獲至寶，放在心上。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 15:9-24. 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 15:9-15 (NIV)
9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
10 and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
On verses 9-15: These verses summarize the long 41 year reign of Asa king of Judah. Previously, for three consecutive generations, the kings of Judah (Solomon, Rehoboam and Abijah) fell headlong into idolatry. So when Asa, Abijah’s son, comes on the scene as king of Judah, he is a breath of fresh air. Notice that when the author of 1 Kings summarizes Asa’s reign, the author differentiate Asa from his idol-worshiping father by not even mentioning in verses 9-15 that Asa was Abijah’s son.
箴言30:7-9 我求祢兩件事，在我未死之先，不要不賜給我：求祢使虛假和謊言遠離我；使我也不貧窮也不富足；賜給我需用的飲食，恐怕我飽足不認祢，說：耶和華是誰呢？又恐怕我貧窮就偷竊，以致褻瀆我神的名。
所羅門王在智慧箴言裡，道盡了我們在生活與生命中，不斷掙扎且無法克服的兩大難題：誠實與知足。
我求祢兩件事，在我未死之先，不要不賜給我：求祢使虛假和謊言遠離我；使我也不貧窮也不富足；賜給我需用的飲食，恐怕我飽足不認祢，說：耶和華是誰呢？又恐怕我貧窮就偷竊，以致褻瀆我神的名。（箴言30:7-9）
耶和華所賜的福使人富足，並不加上憂慮。（箴言10:22）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 15:1-8. 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 15:1-8 (NIV)
1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah,
2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.
On verses 1-8: Here we read about Abijah son of Rehoboam and his 3 year reign as king of Judah. The writer of 1 Kings saw little that was noteworthy about Abijah’s reign other than the fact that he committed all the same sins his father Rehoboam committed (v3). In fact the only reason God allowed Abijah to continue reigning as king was for his great grandfather David’s sake (v4), because David had followed the Lord. Because David obeyed, his great grandson Abijah was blessed long after David was gone.
詩篇16:8-11 我將耶和華常擺在我面前，因祂在我右邊，我便不致搖動。因此，我的心歡喜，我的靈快樂；我的肉身也要安然居住。…祢必將生命的道路指示我。在祢面前有滿足的喜樂；在祢右手中有永遠的福樂。
暢銷作家約翰·伊佐(John Izzo)在西班牙朝聖之路的旅程中，發現快樂曾經是人類最自然、容易的一件事，但為何現在費盡心思卻不一定能得到？於是，他寫下「是誰偷走我的快樂？(The Five Thieves of Happiness)」這本書。這五個偷走快樂的小偷分別是：
第一個名叫「控制」：認為事情必須按照自己的期望走，不願意單純接受當下現實，試圖控制，汲汲營營，不願放手，無法真實地活在當下。「控制」偷走我們「交託給神」的心。
第二個名叫「自負」：以自我為中心，認為只有自己最重要，滿足自我欲望的同時，反而製造更多不平等和對立。「自負」偷走我們「與人分享」的心。
第三個名叫「覬覦」：認為事事要比別人好，內心不斷比較、嫉妒和不滿，也失去對自己的認同與肯定。「覬覦」偷走我們「凡事謝恩」的心。
第四個名叫「消費」：騙人如果擁有某物，就會得著快樂，驅使不斷追求消費，但卻是消耗自己的內心。「消費」偷走我們「知足喜樂」的心。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 14:21-31. 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 14:21-31 (NIV)
21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother’s name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
22 Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than their fathers had done.
On verses 21-31: These verses summarize the 17 year reign of Rehoboam, David’s grandson and Solomon’s son, over the tribe of Judah. Judah (together with Benjamin) was the one tribe out of the tribes of Israel that the Lord did not tear away from the house of David. While Rehoboam ruled over Judah, Judah did evil in the eyes of the Lord by worshiping idols (v22).
馬太福音11:28-29 耶穌說：「…凡勞苦擔重擔的人可以到我這裡來，我就使你們得安息。我心裡柔和謙卑，你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式；這樣，你們心裡就必得享安息。因為我的軛是容易的，我的擔子是輕省的。」
新約希臘文「溫柔」的詞意是溫柔、謙卑、體諒、柔和、友好，耶穌是個代表人物，祂心裡柔和（與希臘文「溫柔」同字）謙卑（低下的、不顯著的、無名的）；保羅在歌羅西書勉勵神的選民，要存憐憫、恩慈、謙虛、溫柔、忍耐的心，也歸結於「溫柔」一詞。
耶穌時代的拉比慣用「律法的軛」來要求跟隨者「順服」律法的典章。耶穌所說的「軛」，代表著「順服」的意思，耶穌教導我們順服神是容易的軛、輕省的擔，順服神也讓我們得享從神賜下的安息。
在爭競掠奪的社會環境裡，信主的人當學習耶穌的樣式，心裡柔和謙卑，順服神的旨意（容易的軛、輕省的擔），因此我們得享安息。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 14:1-20. 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 14:1-6 (NIV)
1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Go, disguise yourself, so you won’t be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there–the one who told me I would be king over this people.
On verses 1-6: Jeroboam’s son Abijah is sick, so Jeroboam tells his wife to disguise herself and consult the prophet Ahijah to find out what will happen to the boy. Up in years, Ahijah was physically blind, but the Spirit of God helped him to discern that the woman coming to see him was Jeroboam’s wife.
What can we learn from this? Here are three lessons I believe the Holy Spirit taught me from these verses:
提摩太前書1:15-16 「基督耶穌降世，為要拯救罪人。」這話是可信的，是十分可佩服的。在罪人中我是個罪魁！16 然而我蒙了憐憫，是因耶穌基督要在我這罪魁身上顯明祂一切的忍耐，給後來信祂得永生的人做榜樣。
約翰·牛頓是耳熟能詳「奇異恩典」聖詩的作者，小時候母親曾經教導他聖經，但長大後他卻忘記了神。20歲時牛頓成為奴隸船船長，當時他的目標是讓船的每個角落都塞滿黑奴；在高度不到70公分的船艙裡，250位黑奴帶著枷鎖，無法轉動或站立，空氣中混雜著排泄物、食物發臭與屍體腐爛的味道。從非洲到英國的航程，有四分之一的奴隸會因疾病或營養不良死亡，他將屍體直接拋進大海。
23歲時，牛頓在一次出海時遇到狂風暴雨，他感覺死亡就在眼前，想到母親曾告訴他有一位神，於是他開始呼求：「神啊，饒恕我，憐憫我，如果祢在，請給我這個罪人一次生命，我將重新活著！」那一夜，牛頓逃脫了風暴的死劫，他明白是神的手抓住了他。此後，牛頓成為一名牧師，不再販賣黑奴，並把廢除奴隸制度作為畢生努力的目標。
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