3.17.23 信心的灰姑娘 A Cinderella of Faith

[今日經文 Today’s Reading: 路得記 Ruth 1-4] 16 路得說:「不要勸我離開你,轉去不跟隨你。你往哪裏去,我也往哪裏去;你在哪裏住,我也在哪裏住;你的百姓就是我的百姓;你的 神就是我的 神。…」16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 路得記 Ruth 1:16 路得跟隨拿俄米回到伯利恆。 作為摩押人,她有足夠的理由留在自己的土地和人民身邊,但她決定跟隨婆婆前往伯利恆。 她的決定不僅僅是跟從哪個人,而是跟從哪個神:是摩押的神,還是耶和華以色列的神。 路得並沒有單單地決定在名義上追隨她婆婆的上帝; 她決定讓耶和華上帝成為她生命中的上帝。 路得的決定開啟了信仰之旅。Continue reading “3.17.23 信心的灰姑娘 A Cinderella of Faith”

3.10.23 我和我家 For Me and My House

[今日經文 Today’s Reading: 約書亞記 Joshua 22-24] 若你們認為事奉耶和華不好,今日就可以選擇所要事奉的:是你們列祖在大河那邊所事奉的神明,或是你們所住這地亞摩利人的神明呢?至於我和我家,我們必定事奉耶和華。」 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”Continue reading “3.10.23 我和我家 For Me and My House”

約書亞記 Joshua

A. Key word: Conquers B. Key events: C. Key verse (to memorize): 1:8 D. Purpose: God is faithful to the covenant E. Who is Joshua? F. Structure:     1. Chapter 1-12   Israel Conquers the Land     7 years         a. Chapters 1-5 Preparation for conquest b. Chapters 6-9 The Central campaign Which cities were destroyed inContinue reading “約書亞記 Joshua”

2.23.23 為了我們的孩子 For Our Children

[今日經文 Today’s Reading: 申命記 Deuteronomy 11-13] 28 你要謹守聽從我所吩咐的一切話,好讓你和你的子孫可以永遠得福,因為你行耶和華—你 神眼中看為善、看為正的事。28 Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God. 申命記 Deuteronomy 12:28 整本聖經我們都看見,神是關心下一代的神。 上帝希望我們的孩子和我們這一代人得到祂的祝福。 摩西多次囑咐以色列人:“你們要謹守他的律例誡命……好讓你和你的子孫都得福。” 不幸的是,教會被世界所欺騙,認為兒童不能與成人一起敬拜。 我們認為他們只能通過單獨的面向兒童的服務來敬拜。 我們成年人已經從一代人——我們自己的一代——的角度來看每一個事工。 難怪我們一直在失去下一代! 在教堂裡,我們經常看到成年人忙於事工,而孩子們則在其他房間玩電子遊戲。Continue reading “2.23.23 為了我們的孩子 For Our Children”

2.15.23 我們在數什麼? What Are We Counting?

[今日經文 Today’s Reading: 民數記 Numbers 24-26] 1 瘟疫過了之後,耶和華對摩西和亞倫祭司的兒子以利亞撒說: 2 「你們要將以色列全會眾,按他們的父家,凡二十歲以上能出去為以色列打仗的,計算總數。」 1 After the plague, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest, 2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”  民數記 Numbers 26:1-2Continue reading “2.15.23 我們在數什麼? What Are We Counting?”

2.9.23 所見即所得 What You See is What You Get

[今日經文 Today’s Reading: 民數記 Numbers 11-13] 32 於是探子中有人向以色列人散佈有關所窺探之地的謠言,說:「我們所走過、所窺探之地是吞沒居民之地,並且我們在那裏所看見的百姓都身材高大。 33 我們在那裏看見巨人,就是巨人中的亞衲族人。我們在自己眼中像蚱蜢一樣,而在他們眼中,我們也確是這樣。」32 So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height. 33 And thereContinue reading “2.9.23 所見即所得 What You See is What You Get”

2.8.23 號聲 Trumpet Sound

[今日經文 Today’s Reading: 民數記 Numbers 9-10] 耶和華吩咐摩西說: 2 「你要用銀子做兩枝號筒,把它們錘出來,給你用來召集會眾,拔營起行。… 9 當你們在自己的土地上,與欺壓你們的敵人打仗時,要用號筒吹出大聲。你們就在耶和華—你們的 神面前得蒙記念,也必蒙拯救脫離仇敵。 10 在快樂的日子,節期和初一,獻燔祭與平安祭的時候,你們要吹號筒,在你們的 神面前作為紀念。我是耶和華—你們的 神。The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp. … 9 And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that youContinue reading “2.8.23 號聲 Trumpet Sound”

2.6.23 “Berakh” 的神 The God of “Berakh”

[今日經文 Today’s Reading: 民數記 Numbers 5-6] 22 耶和華吩咐摩西說: 23 「你要吩咐亞倫和他兒子說:你們要這樣為以色列人祝福,對他們說:24 『願耶和華賜福給你,保護你。25 願耶和華使他的臉光照你,賜恩給你。26 願耶和華向你仰臉,賜你平安。』27 「他們要如此奉我的名為以色列人祝福;我也要賜福給他們。」22 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,24 The Lord bless you and keep you;25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.27 “So shall they put my name uponContinue reading “2.6.23 “Berakh” 的神 The God of “Berakh””