个人成长：诚信

第十天：深入反思

阅读：代上二十九10-19

诚信问题对领袖而言有多大的重要？大卫是历史上十分敬虔的领袖，在历代志上二十九章10至19节中，他阐述了自己对这个问题的观点。通过这段对人生的丰富 诠释，默想你自己的情况，然后阅读巴克斯特（Richard Baxter）的精辟论述，那段论述记在今天的阅读材料中。

Integrity and What I Do

Read: 1 Chronicles 29:10-19

• Take heed to yourselves, lest your example contradict your doctrine, and lest you lay such stumbling-blocks before the blind, as may be the occasion of their ruin; lest you unsay with your lives, what you say with your tongues; and be the greatest hinderers of the success of your own labors. It much hindereth our work, when other men are all the week long contradicting to poor people in private, that which we have been speaking to them from the Word of God in public……but it will much more hinder your work, if you contradict yourselves, and if your actions give your tongue the lie, and if you build up an hour or two with your mouths and all the week after pull down with your hands……He that means as he speaks, will surely do as he speaks. (Baxter, Richard. The Reformed Pastor)

• This old English “pastor to pastors” has a wise word for any leader who wants to encourage his or her followers to “do it right.” Read his quote again and think about the implications for your own life as a leader with integrity.

因为搬家和迁网络的事情耽搁了许久，希望尽快回归到规律的学习和生活！求主带领！

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个人成长：诚信

第九天：学习领导

阅读：“人物剪影：撒母耳”

撒母耳的诚信是摆在每个领袖面前的挑战。概览撒母耳的品格，对我们每个人都有指导意义。阅读今天的阅读材料，可更深入了解那激励这位伟大领袖的价值体系。

Integrity and How It Works

Read: Samuel

• Samuel’s life life reflects the story of an intimate God-with-man relationship.

• Samuel realized the importance of servant leadership and warned against the dangers of a leadership that defines itself by its privilege and power to live off the efforts of those who are led.

• Samuel was a great leader because he understood leadership as an opportunity to serve people and add quality to their life. He abhorred a leadership that used its power to exploit the led for personal gain and position.

• Leadership for Samuel was a stewardship, a responsibility, and honor. He demonstrated integrity because it was not his intention to demonstrate integrity. He was honest because his intention was not to be known as an honest man. He was fair and just because he wasn’t thinking about developing his reputation as an honest and just man. He was thinking about honoring God and serving God’s people. He wasn’t living to build a reputation. His higher calling and focus resulted in those things.

今天的敬拜歌单：

1. You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)

2.  主你是我的力量

3. Run

4. 主祷文

5.  In Christ Alone

至爱的语言

当我们为别人祷告时我们的心里发生奇妙的改变。刚硬融化了，我们也不再感到受伤害，也能原谅了。我们甚至开 始爱那被祷告的人。这真是奇迹！这是因为在祷告时我们来到神的面前，他用圣灵的爱充满了我们。当你为丈夫祷告时，神对他的爱开始在你心中滋长。不仅如此， 尽管丈夫根本就不知道你在为他祷告，你会发现他的心里也开始爱着你。这是因为祷告是至爱的语言。它用我们无法表达的方式来沟通。我曾看到有的妻子对丈夫毫 无爱意，但祷告慢慢地引出爱情。有时甚至于在第一次诚心祷告后，她们就有了不同的感觉。

向神倾诉关于你的丈夫的事情，是一种爱的表示。祷告带来了爱，爱又生出了更多的祷告，这样不断循环。即使 最开始时你的祷告不是完全无私的，但随着祷告的深入，你的动机会越来越无私的。你会发现自己更喜欢祷告的回复，你也会注意到那先前将你们二人分开的事由没 什么大不了的。你们会毫不困难地达成共识。这个联合是至关重要的。

当夫妻间不统一时，每件事都是支离破碎的。耶稣说：”凡一国自相分争，就成为荒场，一城一家自相分争，必 站立不住。“（太十二25）即便你们不是一起祷告，但祷告也会把你们带到一起来。仅仅靠着我为他的代祷，我看见丈夫和我之间那剑拔弩张的紧张高兴逐渐缓 和。同时，我也会他：”我该如何为你他祷告？”，这个问题也会带给他爱和关心。他通常会停下来很详尽地回答这个问题，如果我不问的话他可能根本不会提起。 我也知道有些根本不信的丈夫很积极地回答他们妻子的这个问题。

这关键在于作为夫妻我们都不想各行其事。我们想一直风雨同路，做一辈子的伴侣，永远恩恩爱爱。祷告，作为最好的爱的语言，可以让这一切发生。

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带着抑制不住的泪水和同样抑制不住的微笑，看完了这个视频。那是和看99个气球时，同样的，因着主白白赐下的恩典而满溢出的感恩的泪水。

此时此刻，心中所想只有一句：我们一切的好处，从来不在神以外。

译言网站翻译的版本：

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《The Power of a Praying Parent 如何为你的孩子祷告》

作者：史多美.奥玛森

译者：俞一菱

这是一份最棒的工作，也是最难的工作；它虽能带给你莫大的喜乐，却也能引发你最深的痛苦。没有任何事情能令人如此满足喜乐，更没有任何事情能叫人如此精疲力竭。当事事顺利时，你会感到自己站在成功的巅峰，而当事情出岔时，你便会立时觉得自己一败涂地。

为人父母！这句话本身就已经突显出矛盾的情绪。我们很想尽力养育我们的孩子，然而，就在我们以为已经把为人父母的局势搞清楚的时候，却突然发现新的年龄和新的阶段已带来新的挑战，我们又一次置身在前所未有的战场中。有时我们航行得很平稳，有时也会遇上风暴海啸，不但如此，更有些时候，我们疲惫地真想放弃——就任凭风暴来吹袭我们吧！

可是我有好的消息。我们不必被这些捉摸不定的狂风吹得团团转；我们孩子的生命不必是一场冒险。

我们不必焦躁地来回踱步、啃指甲、拧关节、烦恼那些叫人头痛的两岁小孩或折磨人的青少年，也不必惊恐惧怕每个新阶段会发生什么事，或每个角落后头可能潜伏的危险，更不必做完美无瑕的父母亲。我们可以现在就开始——现在，就是此刻！使孩子们的未来能够有一个大转变。这时机绝不会过早、也不会太迟，更不会在乎我们的孩子只是个3天大的纯真婴孩，还是有酗酒问题而准备第三次离婚的30岁成人。

在生命的每个阶段里，他们都需要我们的祷告，也都从我们的祷告中蒙受了莫大的祝福与益处。关键就在于不要全然靠着自己的力量去做，而要随时求助于那位最有经验的父母——我们的父神。然后，一次一小步地在祷告中涵盖孩子生命的每一项细节。这种做法会产生极大的能力，而这种能力则是许多人无法想像的。因此，绝不要低估”祷告的父母”所发挥的能力。

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个人成长：诚信

第八天：认识自己

阅读：诗三十二1-11

即使我们中间在属灵上最忠心的人，也曾经失去诚信。不管我们是多么委身、多么成熟，我们都曾问自己这样的问题：“如果我违背对神的许诺、违背自己的诚信原则，我该怎么办？”大卫展示敬虔人在面对自己的失败时该采取的行动。请翻阅今天的阅读材料，通过大卫悔罪的祈祷，默想你自己的行为方式。

Integrity and Who I Am

Read: Psalms 32:1-11

• God himself referred to David as a man who walked “in integrity of heart” (1 Kings 9:4), whose heart was “fully devoted to the Lord his God” (1 Kings 11:4) and who “followed the Lord completely” (1 Kings 11:6). David’s psalms teach obedience to God.

• David has integrity because he consistently held to the same standard. When he wrote about that standard, he meant it. When he violated it, he called it sin—he never glossed it over, made excuses or took it lightly.

• Integrity doesn’t demand perfection. Integrity doesn’t guarantee a perfect life, but it does require an integrated life.

• People with integrity have a moral center that integrates their behavior. When they violate that moral center, they recognize that violation as sin and treat it as an aberration. They confess it, make restitution, seek forgiveness and reconfirm the standard.