約翰福音 8:11 她說：「主啊，沒有。」耶穌說：「我也不定你的罪。去吧，從此不要再犯罪了！」
詩篇 55:22 你要把你的重擔卸給耶和華，祂必撫養你，祂永不叫義人動搖。
以賽亞書 40:29-31 疲乏的，祂賜能力；軟弱的，祂加力量。 30 就是少年人也要疲乏困倦，強壯的也必全然跌倒， 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。
「艱難的挑戰」使我在坡道上氣喘吁吁，主牽我的手，鼓勵我抬起腳，吸口氣向前行，告訴我：「疲乏的，祂賜能力；無力的，祂加力量。就是少年人也要疲乏困倦，年輕人也必力竭跌倒；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。」（賽40:29-31）
「方向的迷失」讓我在崎嶇路迂迴不前，主牽我的手，鼓勵我抬起腳，靠信心定方向，告訴我：「主雖然以艱難給你當餅，以困苦給你當水，你的教師卻不再隱藏；你眼必看見你的教師。你或向左或向右，你必聽見後邊有聲音說：『這是正路，要行在其間。』」（賽30:20-21）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 17:1-19. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
The story of David and Goliath is one of the best known stories in the Bible and shows us that with God nothing is impossible. But also, when read through a New Testament lens, this story is also a powerful picture pointing to the day when our Lord Jesus Christ would defeat Satan, our biggest enemy, for us.
1 Samuel 17:1-3 (NIV)
1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Socoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.
2 Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines.
3 The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.
On verses 1-3: The Philistines gathered in Judah, a territory belonging to the nation of Israel, God’s chosen nation. “Judah” literally means “praise”. What’s the lesson here? The first place your biggest enemy Satan will try to occupy in your life is the place of praise.
馬太福音8 :2-3 耶穌便叫一個小孩子來，使他站在他們當中， 3說：「我實在告訴你們：你們若不回轉，變成小孩子的樣式，斷不得進天國。
大學時候的期末考，早上考完熱機學後，心裡一直有疙瘩，因為有幾題不大會寫，應該是考砸了！下午繼續考另外一門選修課程，進了教室，隨意找了個位置坐下來，清清桌面，準備考試。一看桌面，我頓然傻眼，上午答不出來的考題答案竟然工工整整的鐫刻在整個桌面，很莫名的，我向神禱告：「有人作弊，不公平，我要向祢申冤！」
我不清楚神做了什麼事，遠遠超出我所能想像，熱機學的期末成績我居然拿了98分，是我學習過程未曾拿過的最高成績。畢業許久，我未曾忘記這個禱告，芝麻小事一樁，我竟為這事禱告，祂居然也聽了。
小小孩需要父母許多的照顧、幫忙，他的呼求不分時候，不管事情的大小，父母的援手總是即刻臨到。孩子長大了，許多事情可以自理，不分時候，不管事情的大小，都不再需要向父母呼求。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 16:14-23. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 16:14-15 (NIV)
14 Now the Spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.
15 Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.
On verses 14-15: Yesterday in verse 13 we read about how the Holy Spirit came upon David in power. Conversely, in verse 14 we see how the Holy Spirit had departed from Saul and now an evil spirit was tormenting him. Verses 14 and 15 say that this evil spirit was from God. Does God really send evil spirits? Remember that throughout much of the Old Testament, the mindset was that everything — both good and bad — comes directly from God.
雅各書 3:6 舌頭就是火，在我們百體中舌頭是個罪惡的世界，能汙穢全身，也能把生命的輪子點起來，並且是從地獄裡點著的。
箴言 25:11 一句話說得合宜，就如金蘋果在銀網子裡。
過去，某間問卷調查機構曾做過一項問卷調查，票選孩子最不想聽到父母說的一句話，其中票數最高的是：「我為你犧牲了這麼多」、「都是你害我淪落到這種地步」。
最近，雲林家扶台西希望教室讓家扶小朋友來票選「最讓我受傷的一句話」，結果前三名依序是「你可不可以像○○一樣」、「你笨得像豬一樣」、「早知道就不要生下你」。
「我後悔對你的付出…」，「我對你的表現失望…」，可能是我們面對孩子、家人、同事、週遭朋友，不符自己期盼或遭遇溝通挫折時，無意中從口裡冒出來的一句話。
說話是經常且自然的事，雖然我們戴著口罩，口罩擋得住病菌，卻擋不住話語的影響力。一句發自內心話，溫暖人心，給人啟發，帶出盼望；一句不經意的話，傷透人心，導引歧路，影響終生。
以弗所書 4:32 並要以恩慈相待，存憐憫的心，彼此饒恕，正如神在基督裡饒恕了你們一樣。
有一天，老師叫班上同學各帶個大袋子到學校，還要去雜貨店買一袋馬鈴薯。大家期待著有個新鮮的活動，也許是烤馬鈴薯，或是雕刻馬鈴薯…。有人猜對了，老師要大家雕刻馬鈴薯，為自己不願意原諒的人選顆馬鈴薯，再將這人的名字和犯錯的日期給刻在上面，再把刻好字的馬鈴薯放進袋子裡。
這一天還蠻好玩的，快放學時，我的袋子裡已經有了七顆馬鈴薯，阿土說我新戴的眼鏡很醜，阿牛踢了我的腳，阿水撥水弄濕我的衣服，阿聰不肯讓我抄他的作業…每件事都讓我欣然地丟個馬鈴薯到袋子裡，還發誓絕不原諒這些對不起我的人。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 16:1-13. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 16:1 (NIV)
1 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.”
On verse 1: Samuel was still depressed and in grief regarding what happened with Saul, but God told Samuel that it was time to move on, to fill his horn with old and anoint God’s choice for the next king. What can we learn from this? There are two powerful lessons here:
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Samuel 15:17-35. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
1 Samuel 15:17-19 (NIV)
17 Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.
18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; make war on them until you have wiped them out.’
19 Why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the LORD?”
On verses 17-19: Samuel reminds Saul of three important facts: (1) it was because of God that Saul became king of Israel (v17); (2) even as king, Saul was still accountable to God for his actions (v18); (3) by not doing what God told him to do, Saul disobeyed God (v19). What can we learn from this? We are all accountable to God. All of us — including the most “successful”, powerful or experienced among us — must answer to God for the way we live our lives.
希伯來書 11:1 信就是所望之事的實底，是未見之事的確據。
有一個故事：有個小鎮很久沒有下雨了，當地農作物損失慘重，牧師邀集大家到教堂，準備祈求降雨的禱告會。小鎮居民攜老帶幼都來了，站在講台上的牧師望著門口匆匆進來的小女孩，注意到小女孩手上的東西，不禁激動地在臺上指著她說：「大家看！」眾人望向小女孩，看見小女孩手上拿著一把紅色的小雨傘，她怯怯的望著大家狐疑的眼光說：「回家會下雨啊！」大家一陣沉寂後，接著是一陣掌聲與交織的淚水，大家看到盼望！
沒有人帶著「失望」求幫助，求雨就要準備雨具，求幫助就要帶著「信心」，在信心裡能看見「盼望」，盼望裡承載著「應許」，應許是用來「實現」的。
箴言 11:24-30
24 有施散的卻更增添，有吝惜過度的反致窮乏。 25 好施捨的必得豐裕，滋潤人的必得滋潤。 26 屯糧不賣的，民必咒詛他；情願出賣的，人必為他祝福。 27 懇切求善的，就求得恩惠；唯獨求惡的，惡必臨到他身。 28 倚仗自己財物的必跌倒，義人必發旺如青葉。 29 擾害己家的必承受清風，愚昧人必做慧心人的僕人。 30 義人所結的果子就是生命樹，有智慧的必能得人。
一位弟兄給了個分享：信主後，學習十一奉獻。每個月固定薪水容易記得，但是不時有的外快，就怕會疏忽忘記；於是，開始養成習慣，一有收入，就將十分之一的金額記帳在記事本上，用藍筆記下應該奉獻、施捨的累積金額。
當實際奉獻、施捨超出累積的金額該怎麼辦？那就用紅筆記下來，反正不時的外快還是會補進來，讓紅字變藍字。一年下來，到了年終，停在12月31日的是紅字。上帝好像欠我一些收入，讓我能補足那超出的奉獻，簡單的講就是奉獻超出十分之一了。想著想著，上帝欠我？不經啞然失笑，跟神禱告，我們一筆勾銷罷！今年12月31日的紅字就隨著記事本結束，明年1月1日用藍筆重新開始。
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