1. 停下來. 靜一靜
2. 等候主. 深呼吸經歷主之平安, 感受主的臨在, 呼出你的憂慮
讚美及感恩
1. 思想最近使你開心歡笑的時刻
2. 為那些時刻及有關的人感恩
3. 敞開心懷讚美主
我 要 時 時 稱 頌 耶 和 華 ； 讚 美 他 的 話 必 常 在 我 口 中 。
詩篇 34:1
1. 求聖靈在你生命中工作
"親愛的聖靈, 求你光照我心靈的深處, 使我看見我的罪, 我和主耶穌的阻隔,
求你幫助, 奉主耶穌基督名求。阿們。"
2. 透過聖靈的工作, 安靜一刻, 省察自己, 之後祈禱:
「親愛的主耶穌，感謝你為我的罪釘死在十字架上，我願意在你面前承認我的罪（凡聖靈光照到的，請逐一說出），求你用你的寶血赦免我的罪，我願意打開心門讓你作我的救主，求你救贖我，我願意一生跟隨你讓你作我生命的主，求你帶領我。聖靈，求你充滿我，使我得著恩賜及力量去事奉主、見證主。奉主耶穌基督名求，阿們。」
聆聽主話 (列王紀下 12:1-2, 17-21)
Chinese (Union): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=列 王 紀 下+12&version=CUV
耶 戶 第 七 年 ， 約 阿 施 登 基 ， 在 耶 路 撒 冷 作 王 四 十 年 。 他 母 親 名 叫 西 比 亞 ， 是 別 是 巴 人 。
2 約 阿 施 在 祭 司 耶 何 耶 大 教 訓 他 的 時 候 ， 就 行 耶 和 華 眼 中 看 為 正 的 事 ；
3 只 是 邱 壇 還 沒 有 廢 去 ， 百 姓 仍 在 那 裡 獻 祭 燒 香 。
17 那 時 ， 亞 蘭 王 哈 薛 上 來 攻 打 迦 特 ， 攻 取 了 ， 就 定 意 上 來 攻 打 耶 路 撒 冷 。
18 猶 大 王 約 阿 施 將 他 列 祖 猶 大 王 約 沙 法 、 約 蘭 、 亞 哈 謝 所 分 別 為 聖 的 物 和 自 己 所 分 別 為 聖 的 物 ， 並 耶 和 華 殿 與 王 宮 府 庫 裡 所 有 的 金 子 都 送 給 亞 蘭 王 哈 薛 ； 哈 薛 就 不 上 耶 路 撒 冷 來 了 。
19 約 阿 施 其 餘 的 事 ， 凡 他 所 行 的 都 寫 在 猶 大 列 王 記 上 。
20 約 阿 施 的 臣 僕 起 來 背 叛 ， 在 下 悉 拉 的 米 羅 宮 那 裡 將 他 殺 了 。
21 殺 他 的 那 臣 僕 就 是 示 米 押 的 兒 子 約 撒 甲 和 朔 默 的 兒 子 約 薩 拔 。 眾 人 將 他 葬 在 大 衛 城 他 列 祖 的 墳 地 裡 。 他 兒 子 亞 瑪 謝 接 續 他 作 王 。
列王紀下 12:1-3, 17-21
現在讓你有一段安靜的時間, 給聖靈一個空間讓主耶穌可以藉着你剛才讀過的經文, 對你說話:
我的聆聽
How important it is for us to have a good mentor. The Bible says it very clear that "Joash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him." But, the Bible also says he had not removed the high places which means he still allowed his people to burn offerings to other gods, they were not holy in God.
Then, when Hazael king of Aram went up to attack them King Joash gave all the sacred objects of the temple to king Hazael. And then he was killed by his own staff. What does that mean?
Then, when Hazael king of Aram went up to attack them King Joash gave all the sacred objects of the temple to king Hazael. And then he was killed by his own staff. What does that mean?
Joash was just a boy when put on the throne by Jehoiada and his associates, and this makes it natural to mention the way Jehoiada would have continued to act as the young king's mentor as he grew up…
So what a fine, wise guy Joash is! Then things fall apart. First, Hazael takes action to extend his sphere of influence, perhaps especially for trade reasons, in a way that threatens Judah and Jerusalem. That leads Joash to buy him off in a way that reverses the kind of commitment to the temple on which the chapter has focused, though the story does not actually say that he acted wrongly in doing so. And eventually he loses his life to a conspiracy among his own staff.
So what a fine, wise guy Joash is! Then things fall apart. First, Hazael takes action to extend his sphere of influence, perhaps especially for trade reasons, in a way that threatens Judah and Jerusalem. That leads Joash to buy him off in a way that reverses the kind of commitment to the temple on which the chapter has focused, though the story does not actually say that he acted wrongly in doing so. And eventually he loses his life to a conspiracy among his own staff.
John Goldingay. 1 and 2 Kings for Everyone. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011, p.150-151.
So, if you had good mentors to follow and you will be well. But, if your mentors cannot lead you to spiritual maturity and once they are no more and you have not been leading a holy life, you might fall into king Joash's similar sins of not trusting God but live in fear and make wrong decisions. And, you might die because of that lose of trust to God!
Do you want to finish well?
Do you want to finish well?
Dear Lord Jesus,
Help us to be able to find good mentors so that we can grow in Christlikeness and that we can finish well. Amen.
Help us to be able to find good mentors so that we can grow in Christlikeness and that we can finish well. Amen.
省察問題
1. Do you have good mentors? How can you to God to give you good mentors?
2. Is there anything in your life not holy that God is calling you to change and you cannot? What do you need to do now?
2. Is there anything in your life not holy that God is calling you to change and you cannot? What do you need to do now?
3. What have you got from Jesus today?