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This is an online journal that records the thoughts, stories, studies, and devotions of our family.

这里是我们家庭的在线日志,记录我们的思考,故事,学习和家庭敬拜。


......as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 至於我和我家,我们必定事奉耶和华。

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    Mar
    30

    个人成长:顺服神

    第二天:认识神

    阅读:申十12-13

    概览一下以色列的历史,就会得知神的受约子民的基本问题,是他们重复多次违背神的命令。他们顺服神,神就祝福他们;但他们经常悖逆是痛苦及最终衰落的根 源。显然,这里没有基本的原则可以同样应用在我们的生活中。请翻阅今天的阅读材料,看看神出于爱而对他子民发出的要求。

    Obedience to God and Who God Is

    Read: Deuteronomy 10:12-13

    • In one sense, God’s requirements of us are quite simple: fear Him, walk in His ways, love Him, serve Him, obey His commands.
    • All these things are facets of one thing: a growing personal relationship with the God who has already demonstrated his unflinching commitment to our best interests.
    • The more we realize in our thinking and experience that God always seeks our good, the more we will be willing to trust and obey Him in what He asks us to do and to avoid.
    Mar
    25

    个人成长:顺服神

    第一天:开始思考

    阅读:撒上十五1-23

    领袖在付出代价的同时,也有很多机会-有正面的,也有负面的。不少领袖利用资讯和财政资源的使用权,去谋取个人的利益;有的领袖到处游历,悄悄行动,容让自己的圣洁生活松懈;还有领袖利用他们的地位,不道德的打垮内部或外面的竞争对手。面对金钱、美色和权力的诱惑,许多领袖出卖了自己。我们速览一下每天报纸的标题,就能看到领袖堕落的各种案例。

    每隔一段时期,领袖就应该问问自己:“我付出的代价是什么?”敬虔领袖对神的委身,应该是无条件的顺服神,不管需要付出什么代价。不幸的是,扫罗身为民族领袖,集民族的希望于一身,却缺乏这样的委身。当重压在身的时候,扫罗没有顺服神的命令把亚玛力人完全毁灭,却保留亚玛力王的性命,并留下最好的牲畜(9节)。这就是扫罗的“付出”:向败阵的君王耀武扬威,凭借占有牲畜而扩张财富(在那个年代,牲畜是财富的最主要标志)。后来,当撒母耳谴责扫罗王的时候, 他竟用站不住脚的托词宣称,他留下了最好的给耶和华。扫罗不但不承认自己的罪,而且把它合理化。

    神如此回答他呢?他说:“听命胜于献祭”(22节)。神不需要我们的所有,他需要我们自己。因为神有了我们,也就拥有我们的一切。扫罗王既厌弃耶和华,耶和华也弃绝他作以色列的王。

    因此,请你扪心自问:“我付出的代价是什么?悖逆神,我会失去什么?”但愿你的委身是忠贞不渝的。这样的委身是领袖品格里的重要元素。重读扫罗悖逆神的悲惨故事,从他失败的悲惨收场中,我们得到什么启发?

    Personal Development: Obedience to God

    Read: 1 Samuel 15:1-23

    • A godly leader’s commitment to God should be such that he or she will obey Him no matter what he or she is offered to compromise.
    • To obey is better than sacrifice.
    • God doesn’t want ours, He wants us. Because when God has us, He also has ours.
    • Ask yourself, “What’s my price? What would it take for me to disobey God?” Hopefully, your commitment is nonnegotiable.
    • Such commitment is crucial element in the character of a leader.

    Passage to memorize this week 本周背诵经文:

    诗篇 Psalm 119:97-101

    Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.  I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
    我何等爱慕你的律法,终日不住地思想。你的命令常存在我心里,使我比仇敌有智慧。我比我的师傅更通达,因我思想你的法度。我比年老的更明白,因我守了你的训词。我禁止我脚走一切的邪路,为要遵守你的话。

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