日光之下並無新事，日光之上永遠常新!

 

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   "Connecting Workshop - Archbishop Melter "MISSION 113":

    https://www.theamcanada.ca/connecting-2023-workshops

今日博客的錄影:

早禱: https://youtu.be/qHPjAvPcDX8?si=xLicbu4adGQ_dMOR

午禱: https://youtu.be/xzUgZHEl6jQ?si=GDtMhk16oty9_Y4z                                

Nicky Gumbel 牧師今日靈修博客:

https://evoturi-zcmp.campaign-view.eu/ua/viewinbrowser?od=3zd157131b6d471dd26510cd1848ef8722&rd=119344be5e827743&sd=119344be5e821735&n=11699e4c31622c0&mrd=119344be5e821721&m=1

Nicky Gumbel 牧師每日靈修博客上載連結:

https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/

 安靜

1.  停下來. 靜一靜

2.  等候主. 深呼吸經歷主之平安, 享受神同在, 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

知罪，認罪，悔改 (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method 轉位靈修法  https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html

1. 求聖靈光照，使你知罪，願意認罪悔改 
     "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侍奉主、見證主，奉主耶穌基督名求，阿們。」

3.  司徒德牧師每天早上的 "活像基督"祈禱 John Stott's daily prayer of Christlikeness (Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017, 13)

請到此連結看神怎様籍司徒德牧師改變我的生命: 

https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/07/

   "天父，求你使我今天活在你的同在中，你一天比一天更喜悦我。

    主耶穌，求你使我今天能背起我的十字架去跟隨你。

    聖靈，求你在今天充滿我，使你的果子能彰顯在我的生命中: 仁愛，喜樂，和平，忍耐，恩慈，良善，信實，温柔及節制。"

             

親親爸父, 唱詩歌頌

 

今日親親親爸父經文連結: http://api.pastoralcareschool.org/twa/

親親爸父經文:(詩篇 97:7-12; 傳道書 1:1-3:22; 哥林多後書 6:1-13;   箴言 22:15)  

在 耶 路 撒 冷 作 王 、 大 衛 的 兒 子 、 傳 道 者 的 言 語 。

2 傳 道 者 說 ： 虛 空 的 虛 空 ， 虛 空 的 虛 空 ， 凡 事 都 是 虛 空 。

傳道書 1:1-2

8 萬 事 令 人 厭 煩 （ 或 譯 ： 萬 物 滿 有 困 乏 ） ， 人 不 能 說 盡 。 眼 看 ， 看 不 飽 ； 耳 聽 ， 聽 不 足 。

9 已 有 的 事 後 必 再 有 ； 已 行 的 事 後 必 再 行 。 日 光 之 下 並 無 新 事 。

傳道書 1:8-9

10 凡 我 眼 所 求 的 ， 我 沒 有 留 下 不 給 他 的 ； 我 心 所 樂 的 ， 我 沒 有 禁 止 不 享 受 的 ； 因 我 的 心 為 我 一 切 所 勞 碌 的 快 樂 ， 這 就 是 我 從 勞 碌 中 所 得 的 分 。

11 後 來 ， 我 察 看 我 手 所 經 營 的 一 切 事 和 我 勞 碌 所 成 的 功 。 誰 知 都 是 虛 空 ， 都 是 捕 風 ； 在 日 光 之 下 毫 無 益 處 。

傳道書 2:10-11

凡 事 都 有 定 期 ， 天 下 萬 務 都 有 定 時 。

2 生 有 時 ， 死 有 時 ； 栽 種 有 時 ， 拔 出 所 栽 種 的 也 有 時 ；

3 殺 戮 有 時 ， 醫 治 有 時 ； 拆 毀 有 時 ， 建 造 有 時 ；

4 哭 有 時 ， 笑 有 時 ； 哀 慟 有 時 ， 跳 舞 有 時 ；

傳道書 3:1-4

10 我 見 神 叫 世 人 勞 苦 ， 使 他 們 在 其 中 受 經 練 。

11 神 造 萬 物 ， 各 按 其 時 成 為 美 好 ， 又 將 永 生 （ 原 文 是 永 遠 ） 安 置 在 世 人 心 裡 。 然 而 神 從 始 至 終 的 作 為 ， 人 不 能 參 透 。

傳道書 3:10-11

現在讓你有一個安靜的時刻，給聖靈一個空間，讓主耶穌可以藉着剛才讀過的經文，親自對你説話。

 我的聆聽

     今日我從主耶穌領受的主題是: 日光之下並無新事，日光之上永遠常新!

    當我今日看傳道書的時候，主耶穌先吩咐我數第一章至第三章有多少個 "日光之下"，"虛空"，"捕風"，"有時":

    日光之下 - 10

    虛空 -14

    捕風 - 5

    有時 - 28

    然後主耶穌説: "如果最有智慧的所羅門王在日光之下擁有世上所有的金錢，權勢和慾望，仍然落到空虛又不能滿足的境况，人能在日光之下得到滿足嗎?"

    是的，人永遠不能在日光之下，亦即靠自己，靠這世界得着滿足，唯有在日光之上，在神的恩手帶領中，才會明白一切在神手裏都"有時 "! 人幾有能力都走不過神的定時!

    更重要的是神將 "永生"安置在我們的生命中，靈魂裏，沒有"永生"，即永遠與神見面，每天經歷神的甜蜜，人在日光之下是永遠不會滿足的! 然而我們如果能天天在日光之上與主見面，我們的每一天都是常新的!

     親愛的主耶穌,

     求你使我們能天天在日光之上和你建立到親蜜的關係，每日與你見面，同你 "有計傾"，使我們的每一天都是常新的，奉主耶穌基督名求，阿們。

省察問題 

 1. 今日的信息對你有何啓發?  主耶穌現在對你説甚麽話?

 2. 你的下一步是什麼行動?

   

     家庭角落

找機會與家人一起分享今日的領受。  

There is nothing new under the sun! Everything becomes new forever above the sun!

 

  

    Please click this link to register :

    "Connecting Workshop - Archbishop Melter "MISSION 113":

    https://www.theamcanada.ca/connecting-2023-workshops

   

Please click this link for the video version:

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Nicky Gumbel's Bible in one year today:

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Bible in one year by Nicky Gumbel:

https://bibleinoneyear.org/en/

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.   Sing a song to praise God (you are welcome to use "Father, I adore you" which I have been singing every morning for the past 20 years or your own choice to praise God)

          Father, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

          Jesus, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

          Spirit, I adore You, lay my life before You, how I love You.

      

Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method) 

https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html

1.  Pray for the Holy Spirit to shine on you that you are able to discover your sins and be willing to repent:

     “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 and having Jesus as my Lord. 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 sins 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 gifts to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

3.  John Stott's daily prayer of Christlikeness (Christopher J.H. Wright, Cultivating the fruit of the Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2017, 13)

(Please click this link to see how God used John Stott to change my life:https://bishopsilas.blogspot.com/2009/07/

           "Heavenly Father, I pray that this day I may live in your presence and please you more and more.

             Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.

             Holy Spirit, I pray that this day you will fill me with yourself and cause your fruit to ripen in my life: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

The Word, Time with Abba (PPsalm 97:7-12, Ecclesiastes 1:1-3:22;  2 Corinthians 6:1-13; Proverbs 22:15)

    Today's key passages: 

      The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

     “Meaningless! Meaningless!”

    says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
    Everything is meaningless.”

      Ecclesiastes 1:1-2

     All things are wearisome,

    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.

What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;
    there is nothing new under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:8-9

I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
    I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
    and this was the reward for all my toil.

Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
    and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
    nothing was gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

There is a time for everything,
    and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Ecclesiastes 3:1-4

 I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.  He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:10-11

 

    Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passages we have just read. Offer this time to Jesus as you listen to him.    

    My Listening

    The topic I received today from Jesus  is:  There is nothing new under the sun! Everything becomes new forever above the sun!

    When I read Ecclesiastes today, Jesus asked me to count how many times does the word "under the sun", "meaningless", "chasing after the wind", "a time". When I started to count, tears came out nonstop:

    under the sun - 10

    meaningless -14

    chasing after the wind - 5

    a time - 28

    Then Jesus said, "If King Solomon, the man with wisdom and had all the money, power and desire he wanted to have but was being pulled in the darkness of dissatisfaction, life is meaningless like chasing wind, who can live a life of satisfaction under the sun?"

     Wow! I was trembling as Jesus told me that!

     Yes, we cannot be satisfied under the sun which means under our own control, under the system of the world. Only we are willing to be led by the Lord each day and that is above the sun, we will understand God controls everything! In His time, everything comes into being and no matter how clever we are or how powerful we can be, we cannot get out of God's timing!

     The most important catch I have today is that God "set eternity in the human heart"! "Eternity" means our "born again" life that we can have a relationship with God eternally when we receive Jesus as Saviour and Lord of Life. When we are still living in this world and after we die, we are in this eternal life, eternal relationship!

    If we can live each day above the sun to see Jesus and chat with Jesus each day, then everyday is a new day and a joyful day! Satisfied!

   

     Dear Lord Jesus,  

     Help us to live each day above the sun to see you and chat with you each day that everyday is a new day and a joyful day. In Jesus Name we pray, Amen.

     

      Reflect on these questions:

     1. What inspiration have you received from today's catch and what have you heard from Jesus now?

      

      2.  What is your next step to be more closer to Jesus, to be holy - that is to do what Jesus wants you to do and not to do what Jesus wants you not to do?

    

      Family Corner:

     Find an opportunity to share with your family the importance of today's message. 

     

     To know, learn and practice the method of Time with Abba, please click this link:http://twa.pastoralcareschool.org/