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The Part You Play in God’s Plan

2025-01-26 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 2:1-12.  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 2:1-3 (NIV)
1  When the time drew near for David to die, he gave a charge to Solomon his son.
2  “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, show yourself a man,
3  and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go,
 
On verses 1-3:  Here David is on his deathbed.  David’s last words to King Solomon his son are “be courageous, be a man, and obey God’s commands.” (v2-3)  After all the experiences David had accumulated over his lifetime — his unprecedented victories, his heartbreaking losses, and all the lessons he learned from both his successes and his mistakes —

人生的智慧

2025-01-26 in , /by

敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端；认识至圣者便是聪明。（箴言9:10）

有聪明，没有智慧，即使成功，也会后悔；

有财宝，没有亲情，即使享乐，也是乏味；

有美貌，没有美德，即使爱情，也会破碎；

有生命，没有努力，即使青春，也是浪费。

人生的智慧，在于学习谦卑；敬畏上帝，认识生命的尊贵。

奇妙的预备

2025-01-24 in , /by

诗篇 139:13-16

13 我的肺腑是祢所造的，我在母腹中，祢已覆庇我。
14 我要称谢祢，因我受造奇妙可畏；祢的作为奇妙，这是我心深知道的。
15 我在暗中受造，在地的深处被联络，那时我的形体并不向祢隐藏。
16 我未成形的体质，祢的眼早已看见了；祢所定的日子，我尚未度一日，祢都写在祢的册上了。

我们的神行「奇妙」的作为，耶稣的名称为「奇妙」；我受造，「奇妙」可畏，祂为我预备的是「奇妙」，是眼睛未曾看见，耳朵未曾听见，人心也未曾想到的。

祝福你拥有「奇妙」的一天，这是与主同行的一天。

我要一心称谢耶和华；我要传扬祢一切奇妙的作为。（诗篇9:1）

因有一婴孩为我们而生；有一子赐给我们。政权必担在祂的肩头上；祂名称为「奇妙策士、全能的神、永在的父、和平的君」。（以赛亚书9:6）

When You Know Who Your True Friends Are

2025-01-24 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 1:41-53.  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! 

1 Kings 1:41-49 (NIV)
41  Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they were finishing their feast. On hearing the sound of the trumpet, Joab asked, “What’s the meaning of all the noise in the city?”
42  Even as he was speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in. A worthy man like you must be bringing good news.”

On verses 41-49:  Having heard that King David has officially made Solomon king instead of Adonijah, all of Adonijah’s guests — who were supposedly Adonijah’s closest friends and supporters — disperse and flee from Adonijah.

What can we learn from this?  It’s in the tough times when you can especially tell who your real friends are.  When things are going well for you, everyone is happy to be your friend. 

You Got The King On Your Side

2025-01-23 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 1:28-40.  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 1:28-31 (NIV)
28 Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
29 The king then took an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,
30 I will surely carry out today what I swore to you by the LORD, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place.”
31 Then Bathsheba bowed low with her face to the ground and, kneeling before the king, said, “May my lord King David live forever!” 
 
On verses 28-31:  Despite the fact that many people had already sided with Adonijah, David decides to install Solomon as the new king in place of David.  By doing this, David was fulfilling a promise he had made to his wife Bathsheba to make Solomon the next king (v29-30). In response, Bathsheba bows before David and blesses him.

我心切切渴慕祢

2025-01-23 in , /by

诗篇 42:1-2

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，我几时得朝见神呢？

诗人说他的心渴想神，切慕神，渴想神的院宇，渴想神的救恩和应许，如同在干旱疲乏无水之地盼雨一样。

耶稣说：「人若喝我所赐的水就永远不渴。我所赐的水要在他里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。」（约翰福音4:14）

我的心渴想神，就是永生神；我几时得朝见神呢？（诗篇42:2）

神啊，祢是我的神，我要切切地寻求祢，在干旱疲乏无水之地，我渴想祢；我的心切慕祢祢。（诗篇63:1）

我羡慕渴想耶和华的院宇；我的心肠，我的肉体向永生神呼吁。（诗篇84:2）

How to Approach Jesus Your King

2025-01-22 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 1:1-14.  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 1:1-4 (NIV) 
1 When King David was old and well advanced in years, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 
2 So his servants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to attend the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.” 
3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 
4 The girl was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no intimate relations with her. 

On verses 1-4:  By this time King David is almost 70 years old and is not in good health.  To help keep him warm, they find a beautiful girl called Abishag to lie beside him and to serve him as his nurse, but not to have sexual relations with him. 

「赐平安」的意念

2025-01-22 in , /by

耶利米书29:11-14

11 耶和华说：我知道我向你们所怀的意念是赐平安的意念，不是降灾祸的意念，要叫你们末后有指望。 12 你们要呼求我，祷告我，我就应允你们。 13 你们寻求我，若专心寻求我，就必寻见。 14 耶和华说：我必被你们寻见，我也必使你们被掳的人归回，将你们从各国中和我所赶你们到的各处招聚了来，又将你们带回我使你们被掳掠离开的地方。这是耶和华说的。

先知耶利米从耶路撒冷寄信给被掳到巴比伦，饱受屈辱且深陷危难的以色列百姓，说：耶和华说：我知道我向你们所怀的意念是赐平安的意念，不是降灾祸的意念，要叫你们末后有指望。你们要呼求我，祷告我，我就应允你们。你们寻求我，若专心寻求我，就必寻见。耶和华说：我必被你们寻见，我也必使你们被掳的人归回，将你们从各国中和我所赶你们到的各处招聚了来，又将你们带回我使
你们被掳掠离开的地方。这是耶和华说的。（耶利米书29:11-14）

信主的人应该明白，人陷在「降灾祸」事实的背后是神所怀「赐平安」的意念，为叫我们未来有盼望。而这盼望来自我们亲近祂，向祂呼求、祷告，且专心寻求祂；祂也欢然应允，必然让我们寻见。我们亲近神，神就必亲近我们（雅各书4:8）。

Whoever Exalts Himself Will Be Humbled

2025-01-21 in /by

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is 1 Kings 1:1-14.  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 1:1-4 (NIV) 
1 When King David was old and well advanced in years, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. 
2 So his servants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to attend the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.” 
3 Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 
4 The girl was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no intimate relations with her. 

On verses 1-4:  By this time King David is almost 70 years old and is not in good health.  To help keep him warm, they find a beautiful girl called Abishag to lie beside him and to serve him as his nurse, but not to have sexual relations with him. 

在祢光中

2025-01-21 in , /by

约翰福音3:19-20

19 「光来到世间，世人因自己的行为是恶的，不爱光倒爱黑暗，定他们的罪就是在此。 20 凡作恶的便恨光，并不来就光，恐怕他的行为受责备；

人在光中无法隐藏自己的影子，或是达官显要、或是市井小民、或是穷凶恶煞，众人皆有自己的影子。影子大小会因胖瘦高矮而有差异，然而不变的事实是，距离光愈远，人的影子一定被拉长，距离光愈近，影子自然就会缩短。

从另个角度来看，影子或许可代表人的阴影，不为人知的黑暗面；人因自己的行为是恶的，不爱光，倒爱黑暗，因为可以将影子隐藏在黑暗中，阴影不被人发现，而免于罪责（约翰福音3:19-20）。

信主的人需要面向光，定睛前方，让影子落在后面，我们因此可以忘记背后，努力就光；愈靠近光，背后的影子愈小，当光正照我们头上，影子就缩到最小。