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Thursday, September 3, 2015

OT 第 309天 - 你最終的確認就是"一無所懼"(請按此處收聼廣東話 )

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安靜
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

又領他們行走直路，使他們往可居住的城邑。

但願人因耶和華的慈愛和他向人所行的奇事都稱讚他；

因他使心裡渴慕的人得以知足，使心裡飢餓的人得飽美物，

詩篇 107:7-9

認罪悔改
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,
求主幫助, 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 (約書亞記 2: 4-11)

Chinese (Union): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=約書亞記 2&version=CUV

8 二人還沒有躺臥，女人就上房頂，到他們那裡，

9 對他們說：我知道耶和華已經把這地賜給你們，並且因你們的緣故我們都驚慌了。這地的一切居民在你們面前心都消化了；

10 因為我們聽見你們出埃及的時候，耶和華怎樣在你們前面使紅海的水乾了，並且你們怎樣待約但河東的兩個亞摩利王西宏和噩，將他們盡行毀滅。

11 我們一聽見這些事，心就消化了。因你們的緣故，並無一人有膽氣。耶和華 ─ 你們的神本是上天下地的神。

約書亞記 2: 8-11

現在讓你有一段安靜的時間, 給聖靈一個空間, 讓主耶穌可能以藉着你剛才讀過的經文, 對你說話:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

我的聆聽
Wow! A surprising and striking message I received from Jesus today! Actually I am trembling now to deliver this message to you. A trembling before the presence of God here with me in my study! And I am kneeling down to podcast this message now. The first time I am kneeling down to podcast with lots of tears!

So, Joshua and his people got their final confirmation. Do you think so? Anyway, reason for the procrastination of the Israelites for almost 40 years to enter into the Promised Land is just one word "FEAR"! Even God showed them so many miracles and mighty acts, they cannot get through their fear of their first block - the mighty people of the city of Jericho.

Can you imagine what would the two spies felt when they heard from Rahab the word "FEAR"? Can you imagine what would Joshua and all the Israelites heard the word "FEAR"? Now they got their final confirmation they so needed for 40 years, two words - "NO FEAR"!

讓我們聽聽 John Goldingay 教授的教導:
Canaan comprises a collection of city-states, each with its "king" (or sheriff or mayor, you could say), and each controlling the area around it. They are independent of one another, but in Joshua's day they are under Egyptian control. Evidently the sheriff knows all about the Israelites hovering on the other side of the Jordan. Rahab's declaration that the city is paralyzed by the prospect of the Israelites storming across the river any day might be an exaggeration, but the sheriff knows he cannot ignore them, and he has deputies deeming an eye open for suspicious-looking strangers, one of whom will be on permanent stakeout duty across the street from Rahab's establishment. Rahab shares the sheriff's assessment of the situation but reacts to it differently.

John Goldingay. Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011, p.13.

Why God did not give them this word sooner? Why they need to procrastinate for 40 years? Well, sometimes we need to learn some hard lesson in order to overcome our fear, even God has shown His many confirmations! "Fear" or "no fear" is you choice!

親愛的主耶穌,

Help us to be sure each day that you are with us and we are willing to be with you so that we have no fear to cross any river you command us to cross. 奉主耶穌基督名求, 阿們。

省察問題

1. Are you waiting for the final confirmation to cross the river God is calling you to cross? Have you got your final confirmation to stop procrastinating and just go?

2. What have you got from Jesus today?

親父時刻今日讀經表(我在今天大聲讀出的經文)
詩篇 98:1-9
傳道書 4:1 - 6:12
哥林多後書 6:14-7:7
箴言 22:16

今天用"親父時刻"讀經表抄寫之經文

感恩讚美

讓我們為神同在感恩讚美主:

10,000 Reasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E

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OT DAY 309 - Your Final Key Word of Confirmation Is "No Fear" (Please click here for English podcast)

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Silence

1. Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence

2. Wait for God. Breathe deep for God's peace and feel His presence. Exhale your worries.

Praise and Thanksgiving

1. Think through your day, all the times that made you smile

2. Thank God for all those moments, and for all those people

3. Open your heart to praise the Lord

   He led them by a straight way
    till they reached a city to dwell in.
8 Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wondrous works to the children of man!
9 For he satisfies the longing soul,
    and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

Psalm 107:7-9

Confession and Repentance

1. Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in you:

“Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

2. Through the Holy Spirit, examine yourself for a short silence and then pray:

"Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sin to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gift to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

The Word (Joshua 2:4-11 that I recited loudly today)

English(ESV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua 2&version=ESV

8 Before the men lay down, she came up to them on the roof 9 and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 10 For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you devoted to destruction. 11 And as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, he is God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath. Joshua 2:8-11

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage of scripture we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

My Listening
Wow! A surprising and striking message I received from Jesus today! Actually I am trembling now to deliver this message to you. A trembling before the presence of God here with me in my study! And I am kneeling down to podcast this message now. The first time I am kneeling down to podcast with lots of tears!

So, Joshua and his people got their final confirmation. Do you think so? Anyway, reason for the procrastination of the Israelites for almost 40 years to enter into the Promised Land is just one word "FEAR"! Even God showed them so many miracles and mighty acts, they cannot get through their fear of their first block - the mighty people of the city of Jericho.

Can you imagine what would the two spies felt when they heard from Rahab the word "FEAR"? Can you imagine what would Joshua and all the Israelites heard the word "FEAR"? Now they got their final confirmation they so needed for 40 years, two words - "NO FEAR"!

Let's see how Professor John Goldingay tells us:
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goldingay) :

Canaan comprises a collection of city-states, each with its "king" (or sheriff or mayor, you could say), and each controlling the area around it. They are independent of one another, but in Joshua's day they are under Egyptian control. Evidently the sheriff knows all about the Israelites hovering on the other side of the Jordan. Rahab's declaration that the city is paralyzed by the prospect of the Israelites storming across the river any day might be an exaggeration, but the sheriff knows he cannot ignore them, and he has deputies deeming an eye open for suspicious-looking strangers, one of whom will be on permanent stakeout duty across the street from Rahab's establishment. Rahab shares the sheriff's assessment of the situation but reacts to it differently.

John Goldingay. Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011, p.13.

Dear Lord Jesus,

Help us to be sure each day that you are with us and we are willing to be with you so that we have no fear to cross any river you command us to cross. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.

Reflect on these questions:
1. Are you waiting for the final confirmation to cross the river God is calling you to cross? Have you got your final confirmation to stop procrastinating and just go?

2. What have you got from Jesus today?

Today's Time with Abba daily reading that I recited loudly

Psalm 98:1-9

Ecclesiastes 4:1 - 6:12

2 Cor. 6:14-7:7

Proverbs 22:16

Photos of my copying the Bible today using Time with Abba passages today

Praise and Thanksgiving

Let's give thanks for God with us. Let us praise Him:

10,000 Reasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_lRI0E

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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

OT 第 308天 - 為何約書亞要派探子?為何祇二個,不是再十二個? (請按此處收聼廣東話 )

他們在曠野荒地漂流，尋不見可住的城邑，

又飢又渴，心裡發昏。

於是，他們在苦難中哀求耶和華；他從他們的禍患中搭救他們，

詩篇 107:4-6

聆聽主話 (約書亞記 2: 1-3)

Chinese (Union): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+1&version=CUV

當下，嫩的兒子約書亞從什亭暗暗打發兩個人作探子，吩咐說：你們去窺探那地和耶利哥。於是二人去了，來到一個妓女名叫喇合的家裡，就在那裡躺臥。

2 有人告訴耶利哥王說：今夜有以色列人來到這裡窺探此地。

3 耶利哥王打發人去見喇合說：那來到你這裡、進了你家的人要交出來，因為他們來窺探全地。

約書亞記 2: 1-3

現在讓你有一段安靜的時間, 給聖靈一個空間, 讓主耶穌可能以藉着你剛才讀過的經文, 對你說話:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

我的聆聽
The past few days we read how God confirmed to Joshua that He is going to be with him and the Israelites, so that they have faith to cross the river entering into the Promised Land. And God said many times. Yes, many times through all kinds of methods.

Then yesterday we read Joshua got enough confirmations, had strength and courage to do it. Suddenly, Joshua ordered two spies to check the city of Jericho out. Why? He lost faith? God commanded Moses to send twelve spies forty years ago. This time, God did not ask Joshua to do that, why? And, why two, not twelve again?

讓我們聽聽 John Goldingay 教授的教導:
What on earth does Joshua think he is doing? Why does he need a couple of spies to check things out in Jericho? It isn't as if his army is going to attack it. All Israel is going to do is undertake a religious procession, blow their horns, and watch the city's walls fall down. It is going to be rather like the Reed Sea event. So why the reconnoiter? The question is given added point by the contrast with the previous ill-fated spy story in Numbers 13-14. There, it was God who commissioned the expedition, not Moses, though God's reasons for doing so are not clear, and one wonders whether it is a kind of test; certainly this is how it turned out. Further, Moses himself later speaks of the venture as the people's idea (Deuteronomy 1:22). So Joshua's initiative raises questions.

John Goldingay. Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011, p.12.

We always talk about our faith should like the two spies with names, Caleb and Joshua, not like the ten with no names. What we have been reading since Exodus to here in Joshua is a faith journey. We have to acknowledge that we do not have faith. It is God who gives us lots of tests to increase our faith.

To send out two spies in this context can be the request of the people because they still lack faith. Or, could be Joshua because he still needs one more confirmation. Anyway, it is good that he sent out two spies and not twelve spies. May be he had a talk with Caleb and both of them said, "Well, just you and me is enough, right?" So, two rather than twelve because they learned a hard lesson.

It's OK if you want to have more confirmations for you to cross the river God commands you to cross. It's OK because you are a human. But, when can you be sure that you have got all confirmations you need and have the strength and courage to cross the river to enter into God's prepared Promised Land? That's the question from Jesus to you today!

親愛的主耶穌,

Help us to acknowledge that we are just human beings and we lack faith. Give us signs and confirmations so that we can be strong and courageous to enter into your Promised Land. 奉主耶穌基督名求, 阿們。

省察問題

1. Are you waiting for some more confirmations to do the thing God is calling you to do? Do you think God has given you enough confirmations, it is you lacking faith?

2. What have you got from Jesus today?