2012年12月7日 星期五

2012-12-07 Devotionals Today

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第51天

神痛心地察看著我

我行路,我躺臥,你都細察;你也深知我一切所行的。(3節)

神一直地「察看」著我。神有時候痛心地察看著我。神會痛心地看著我,為我在人生中遇到的傷痛經歷而難過。神看見我的傷痛,有些是環境因素造成的,例如是災害、貧困,另一些是別人加諸的,更有一些是我自己該負責任的。無論如何,我昔日難過、痛心之時,神亦痛心;而且,傷痛會留下痕跡的,每當我觸景傷情,神又再次痛心。神是這樣痛心地察看著我,使我為自己的存在和生活感到安慰。

現在請你在靜禱中體認「我」是在神之內,神在「我」之內。神察看著你!你現在就放鬆,慢慢呼吸,心裡默念:「神,你察看著我。」把你的意識放在與神共融的當下。請開始。……

請你在靜禱中體認「我」是在神之內,神在「我」之內。每當你察覺自己在想其他東西,便再次在心中默念:「神,你察看著我。」然後把意識返回當下這一刻。……

 

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主的靈

粵語 國語

第7天


讀經:   

以賽亞書六十一章1至3、10、11節

1主耶和華的靈在我身上;因為耶和華用膏膏我,叫我傳好信息給謙卑的人(或譯:傳福音給貧窮的人),差遣我醫好傷心的人,報告被擄的得釋放,被囚的出監牢;

2報告耶和華的恩年,和我們神報仇的日子;安慰一切悲哀的人,

3賜華冠與錫安悲哀的人,代替灰塵;喜樂油代替悲哀;讚美衣代替憂傷之靈;使他們稱為公義樹,是耶和華所栽的,叫他得榮耀。

10我因耶和華大大歡喜;我的心靠神快樂。因他以拯救為衣給我穿上,以公義為袍給我披上,好像新郎戴上華冠,又像新婦佩戴妝飾。

11田地怎樣使百穀發芽,園子怎樣使所種的發生,主耶和華必照樣使公義和讚美在萬民中發出。

耶穌基督在公開事奉之始,在拿撒勒的會堂中向百姓誦讀的經文,就是以賽亞書六十一章1至2節。最令在場人士吃驚的是,耶穌基督竟然說:「今天這經應驗在你們耳中了」(路四21),換言之,祂指出先知以賽亞所預言的人正是祂本人,所以經文已在祂的身上應驗。

這段經文究竟有甚麼意思呢?神的靈已經以一種獨特的方式臨在基督身上。在祂公開事奉之前,聖靈曾帶領祂到曠野,面對撒但的試探。神從來不會試探人,聖靈只是帶領基督到曠野,向祂展示勝過試探之道。

聖靈一方面會帶領耶穌基督到需要祂服侍的地方;同時也會帶領祂離開群眾,到隱密的地方去與父神相交。我們在耶穌基督的生平中,可看到聖靈如何帶領人的寶貴實例。

讓看看我們今天選讀的經文,思想耶穌基督如何將福音的好信息傳給願意聆聽的人,如何讓罪人認識神的愛,以及祂來到世上的目的。

此外,基督不單醫治了憂傷的心靈,祂還親手撫摸各種病患者、瞎眼的人、甚至是痲瘋病人,祂更幫助人去解決各種困苦與問題。

基督降世,是要使人得自由。祂除了使人脫離撒但與污鬼的轄制,更要使人脫離罪惡的權勢。

請記著,耶穌基督始終如一,祂是永恆不變的。祂今天仍要將好信息傳給每個有需要的人;祂的信息仍然是神愛罪人,並且神已差派祂的兒子降世,為了拯救罪人。

基督今天仍能醫治我們的心靈,仍能使我們得享自由。祂今天雖然不在世上,可是,祂已將聖靈賜給我們,要我們藉著聖靈來繼續祂的工作。我們是否秉承這一責任,為主作工呢?

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THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
Day 7


Bible Reading:   

Isaiah 61:1-3, 10, 11

1 Isaiah  61:1-3;10-11
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,

3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."

10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

These first verses were read aloud by Jesus Christ himself in the synagogue at Nazareth. To the surprise of all who were listening he took these words as applying to himself. What he said was 'This day is this scripture fulfilled', in other words 'Isaiah was speaking about me, when he said this'.

What do these words mean? The Spirit of God was upon Christ in a special way. That ministry of the Spirit took him into the wilderness to face Satan. It could never be said that God tempts anyone to sin but the Spirit of God took Christ there to show the way of victory over temptation.

The same Spirit took him away into other secret places to have fellowship with his Father. At other times the Spirit took him into places of service. What a wonderful example of the Spirit's leading can be seen in the life of Jesus Christ.

Look again at our text. Think of Christ, the evangelist, preaching the good tidings of the gospel to all who were willing to hear. His was a gracious ministry telling of God's love for sinners and the purpose of his own coming into the world.

Picture Christ's healing ministry too. He came to bind up the brokenhearted. He did that and more. What a wonderful sight it must have been to see his healing touch on blind people, on sick men and women, even on lepers. He also helped those who were deeply distressed and in trouble of every kind.

Christ came to set men free. There were those he set free from the power of Satan and his demons. There were many who were set free from the guilt of sin.

Remember, Jesus Christ is the same today. He has good news for those who need it. His message, is still that God loves every sinner and has given his Son to save them.

Christ can still do his healing work in hearts. Christ can still set men free. But he is not here physically as he was in Nazareth long ago. Instead he has given his Spirit to Christians to carryon his work through us. How much are we doing-how much will we do for Jesus today?


帖撒羅尼迦前書

本書是保羅在主後五十二、三年之間所寫的,書中將信、望、愛三層關係來反覆推論,妙義環生。末後提出信徒生活,和基督再來之道。

大綱:
〔1〕基督徒對基督再來的態度 1章
〔2〕基督徒在基督再來時所得的賞賜 2章
〔3〕基督徒的生活與基督再來 3:1─4:12
〔4〕基督徒的死與基督再來 4:13-18
〔5〕基督徒在基督再來的觀念下的行為 5章

帖撒羅尼迦前書一至五章


重點: 保羅傳福音的態度;勸門徒遠避淫行;主的再來。

鑰節: 弟兄們,你們自己原曉得我們進到你們那裡,並不是徒然的。(二1)

內容: 

帖撒羅尼迦是馬其頓的首府;保羅在第二次旅行佈道的時候,與西拉、提摩太來到那城,一連三個安息日在猶太人的會堂與他們辯論,傳講基督的死與復活。因為有許多敬虔的希臘人和尊貴的婦女信了主,便引起猶太人的嫉妒而製造暴動;保羅和同工們不得不離開那裡(徒十七1-10)。

帖撒羅尼迦的教會如此幼嫩,又遭受逼迫,保羅在離去後便派提摩太返回帖城堅固信徒。後來提摩太向保羅報告教會情況,保羅便在哥林多,連同西拉、提摩太署名寫了這封書信,這書信可說是保羅書信中最早的一封。

二章一至十二節是保羅講述他在帖撒羅尼迦事奉的態度,實在是事奉神的人的事奉指南。因為保羅忠於神、只求神喜悅、不求人的榮耀,所傳的信息是出於神和聖潔;所以他的事奉並不徒然。雖然他事奉的時間很短,帖撒羅尼迦的教會也得堅立、長大,且成了亞該亞眾教會的楷模。


默想: 我們事奉的態度是甚麼?
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最後的試探

 
路加福音三章21-22節;四章1-15節
 

「…四十天受魔鬼的試探。」(四章1節)

在公元四世紀時,降臨節傳統上被視作一段禁食的時間,及為即將加入教會受洗的人作預備。雖然降臨節現在已被視為聖誕節的前奏,但很多基督徒仍視它為一段反思的時間,及為耶穌基督再臨作預備。有些人認為禁食對靈性上是有幫助的,這或許是你可再加以思考的問題。

我們可從今天所讀的經文,學習到很多有關禁食的事宜,經文告訴我們耶穌基督的禁食是由聖靈引領的;在整個禁食的過程中,祂都被魔鬼試探(1節),而且魔鬼並沒有停止對祂的試探,只是等候另一個機會(13節)。在西方,現代世俗的聖誕節,充滿了各式各樣的裝飾,讓禁食看來有點格格不入。畢竟,聖誕節已經變為一個吃喝玩樂的節日;因此,降臨節正好提醒我們,因著耶穌基督,我們可以得著新的生命。禁食驅使我們仰望神,將我們從自我的沉溺中拯救出來,容許聖靈以非凡的方式來引領我們的生活。讓我們觀看主耶穌的生命,祂是被聖靈充滿,並被引領到曠野去禁食,從經歷裡充分顯示出耶穌是「滿有聖靈的能力」(四章14節)。

可能你從未試過禁食,亦從未思想降臨節的意義,在面對要與時並進,及不要「死守」舊有傳統的壓力下,基督徒面臨要放棄降臨節的挑戰,及它充滿靈性基礎的危機。這一年,不如試一下為降臨節真正的意義去慶祝,懷著恭敬及虔誠的喜樂去慶祝。

 
願神賜給我不屈不撓的精神及靈性上的智慧,去經歷一段反思的時間,阿門。
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