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  • 12月 07 週一 200911:38
  • How Could God Let This Happen? / 上帝怎能允許這樣的事情?


上帝邪惡嗎? (Original language is German I think..?)
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(這個短片酷到爆! 小愛因斯坦超帥的吧. 別叫人小看你年輕的方式就是你能做的比別人專業、客觀、又有謙和的應對榜樣, 聖經早就說過了囉!)
提前4:12 「不可叫人小看你年輕.總要在言語、行為、愛心、信心、清潔上.都作信徒的榜樣。」
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding the attacks on Sept. 11).
葛理翰牧師的女兒接受Jane Clayson的訪問,被問到:上帝怎能允許這樣的事情(指911攻擊事件)發生?她回答得十分恰當且深具洞見。她說:
Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"
『我個人相信上帝對這件事和我們一樣非常傷心;只是,這麼多年來,我們一直叫上帝不要管我們的學校,不要管我們的政府,以及我們的生活。上帝是正人君子,我相信他就靜靜地站到一旁。我們既然強令祂遠離我們,又如何能期待祂保護我們並且賜福我們呢?』
In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school ... the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
看看最近發生的事情,包括恐怖攻擊、校園槍擊等等,我認為事情最早開始於Madeleine Murray O'Hare女士(她被殺害,屍體最近被發現)。她埋怨校園裡的禱告,她說她不想要校園裡有禱告,大家答應了。然後有人說,最好不要在學校裡讀聖經…聖經說不可殺人、不可偷盜、要愛鄰舍如同愛你自己,而大家答應了。
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

然後Benjamin Spock博士說,我們的兒女做錯事的時候不應該責打他們,以免他們幼小的人格受到損傷,恐怕傷害他們的自尊(Spock的兒子是自殺死的),而大家同意了。
Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued (there's a big difference between disciplining, touching, beating, smacking, humiliating, kicking, etc.). And we said OK.
然後有人說,我們的兒女在學校做錯事的時候,老師和校長最好不要管教他們。學校行政人員說,教職員不可以碰做錯事的學生,因為不想事情鬧開,更不想挨告(管教和碰觸、打、摑、踢、侮辱等,有很大的差別),而大家同意了。
Then someone said, let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said OK. Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want so they can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they got them at school. And we said OK.
然後有人說,讓我們同意我們的女兒墮胎,甚至她們可以不必告知父母,而我們同意了。然後有一些聰明的學校委員會成員說,因為男孩終歸是男孩,他們早晚會做那件事,給他們保險套吧,要多少給多少,好讓他們盡興,並且我們不必讓他們的父母知道他們從學校拿到保險套,而大家同意了。
Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. Agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good.
然後有一些我們選出來的高級官員說,我們私底下做什麼沒關係,只要我們做好份內的工作。我們同意他們這樣說,我們也說,任何人,包括總統,私底下做什麼沒關係,只要我有工作而且經濟看好。
Then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome, down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said OK.
然後有人說,讓我們編印有裸女照片的雜誌,稱之為對女性胴體的健康的、務實的欣賞,而大家同意了。
And then someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children and then further again by making them available on the Internet. And we said OK, they're entitled to free speech.
然後有一些人更進一步地印製兒童的裸體照,甚至在網際網路流通這些照片,而大家同意地說,他們這樣做是言論自由。
Then the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. Let's record music that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
然後娛樂業者說,讓我們製作充滿血腥、暴力、不正當的性行為的電視節目和電影;讓我們錄製鼓勵強姦、嗑藥、謀殺、自殺、和凶惡的主題的音樂,而我們說:那只是娛樂,不會有不利的影響,不會有人當真,儘管做吧。
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
如今我們問說,為什麼我們的兒女沒有良心?為什麼他們不能分辨對錯?為什麼他們不以殺害不認識的人、同學、和自己為不安?假如我們想得夠久並且夠深的話,可能我們會得到答案。我認為,這正是「種瓜得瓜」。
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.
實在好笑,人們棄上帝如弊履,卻苦思何以世界步步下落地獄。實在好笑,我們相信報紙所說的,卻質疑聖經所記載的。
Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

實在好笑。猥褻的、粗俗的、不雅的、和淫穢的文章透過電腦通路無阻礙地流傳;而學校和工作場合卻禁止人公開討論上帝。
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  • 12月 02 週三 200914:26
  • 光亮透明的樣子~

Note

今天猴媽要回味超級好聽的歌曲, 就是順子的「寫一首歌」囉!
順子 - 寫一首歌
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光亮透明的樣子~

上帝可以一瞬間讓時光快轉八年

然後全部都是更好更棒的

實在是整個太 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 浪漫啦~!!!

I STILL CAN'T GET OVER IT!!!!!

哈哈~

蕭敬騰 - 寫一首歌
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順子唱的那麼好聽那麼經典, 個人覺得後來翻唱的都沒原唱來的有感覺. 直到蕭敬騰囉! 不僅歌唱實力, 並且詮釋出清新的男聲版本~
祝美好的夜晚, 美妙舒適的旋律陪伴大家~ 
寫一首歌
作詞:順子/Jeff C    作曲:順子    原唱:順子
月亮在你的眼睛 太陽在我心 現在我唱這首歌 喔~ 只為你
想把所有煩惱都忘掉 做不做得到 你明白我心在燃燒
因為你 因為你 喔~ 為你
你心中的話我全都想聽 能不能相信
所有的夢裡全都是你 會不會停息
和你一起是否不會再放棄 你的心裡有沒有秘密
我分不清不要在意 只想微笑為你
寫一首歌 寫一首歌 都是你 喔~
月亮在你的眼睛 太陽在我心 現在我唱這首歌 喔~ 只為你
想把所有煩惱都忘掉 做不做得到 你明白我心在燃燒
因為你 因為你 為你 為你 喔~
Oh love's in the air, it's everywhere
Everyone can see, everyone can feel
That love's in the air, it doesn't matter where
Everyone agrees, love is all we need
When the moon falls in your eyes, I know the sun has set
The fire still burns within me, since the day we met
I know my heaven would be so complete, you could make it real
I won't let this chance go by, I can see, I can feel
When the moon falls in your eyes, I know the sun has set
The fire still burns within me, within me
月亮在你的眼睛 太陽在我的心
現在我唱這首歌 只為你
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  • 11月 30 週一 200914:50
  • 11/29/2009 放空時分

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大概有七秒鐘的時間整個全部放空


真的是--整--個--全部傻掉不知道要講什麼



我想天父一定覺得很好笑



我的老師呢, 在遠方也一定在笑笑的


吳宗憲 + 溫嵐 - 屋頂 (原唱原創版本)
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回來後發現一些超級「巧合」, 讓我又是整個傻眼


不管那是否代表會有什麼特別事情發生



至少我知道, 我很清楚, 那是天父在對我說



「我都看見了, 我都知道, 我都瞭解」



瞭解愛曾經愛的好深好深

周杰倫 + 溫嵐 - 屋頂
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我想三、四十年回頭想起今天的兩件事


都會格外的有趣, 格外的有紀念價值



這個用自己雙腳走過的音樂生命故事



愛戀的的確確擁有寫實般的浪漫

蕭敬騰 + 梁靜茹 - 屋頂
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屋頂

詞/曲:周杰倫

[男] 半夜睡不著覺 把心情哼成歌 只好到屋頂找另一個夢境
[女] 睡夢中被敲醒 我還是不確定 怎會有動人旋律在對面的屋頂
我悄悄關上門 帶著希望上去 原來是我夢裡常出現的那個人
[男] 那個人不就是我夢裡那模糊的人 我們有同樣的默契
[合] 用天線(用天線) 排成愛你的形狀 Ho~Ho~

[女] 在屋頂唱著你的歌 讓星星點綴成最浪漫的夜晚
[男] 在屋頂和我愛的人 浪漫的夜晚
[合] 擁抱這時刻 這一分一秒全都停止 [男]愛開始糾結
[女] 在屋頂唱著你的歌 將泛黃的夜獻給最孤獨的月
[男] 在屋頂和我愛的人 最孤獨的月
[合] 擁抱這時刻這一分一秒全都停止 [男] 愛開始糾結 [合] 夢有你而美

[女] 讓我愛你是誰 讓你愛我是誰 怎會有動人旋律環繞在我倆的身邊
[男] 是我~是妳~動人旋律環繞在我倆的身邊
[女] 讓我愛你是誰 讓你愛我是誰 原來是這屋頂有美麗的邂逅
[男] 是我~是妳~這屋頂有美麗的邂逅 在屋頂唱著你的歌 在屋頂和我愛的人

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  • 11月 28 週六 200914:56
  • The Test of Humility


Article taken from Fatherly Talks


The Test of Humility

Dearly Beloved
God does allow certain tests to distinguish between those
whose hearts truly follow the Lord from those who don't. These tests are
always designed in the area of love and humility. God tested Abraham's
love towards him in Genesis 22:1 and spoke of the ten trials (tests) which He
brought the Israelites through (Deuteronomy 8:16; Numbers 14:22). Every
Christian has a wilderness to go through just like Jesus. The key is not to
stay too long in the wilderness beyond God's perfect timing. It was God's
perfect Will to take the Israelites through the wilderness (optimum time about
one year) but through their disobedience it ended up as forty years with the
older generation all except for Caleb and Joshua dying there.
The wilderness is a time of pruning and training. It is when
we learn to overcome our weaknesses and demonic influences over our lives. The
way out through the wilderness is the road of humility. Those who have not been
through the wilderness do not know true humility. We learn to be yielded,
broken and contrite in the wilderness. It was his forty years in the wilderness
that turned the proud Moses, prince of Egypt, into the humble Moses, servant of
God. He was skilled in all the arts of eloquence and wisdom of Egypt (Josephus
the Jewish historian spoke of the battles Moses fought and won) and became one
speechless before God (Acts 7:22; Exodus 4:10). After forty years in the back
parts of the wilderness and experiencing God, Moses became the humblest man in
Egypt (Numbers 12:3). The real test of the wilderness is not just the physical
place, it is a spiritual place of testing whether we are humble before the Lord
or not. Every one enters the wilderness at some time in their lives. Only those
who are humble get out; those who don't actually die in the wilderness
without seeing the perfect Will of God done in their lives. It is of utmost
importance then that we learn the art of humility before our God.
Before honour is given by God, humility must be
present (Proverbs 15:33).
Destruction will always come to the proud and
before honour is humility (Proverbs 18:12).
The only way to riches, honour and long abundant
life is the fear of the Lord and humility (Proverbs 22:4)
The grace of God is only activated by those who
are humble before God (1 Peter 5:5).
The only true and sure path to success both in
this life and in the next life is the path of humility. Those who don't
learn it early in life will have to face the consequences of their pride the
rest of their lives. Every one of us will be tested in this life and the secret
to passing the test is to learn to walk in true humility before God and before
man. The Lord's purpose for testing us is not to harm us or to do evil,
rather He seeks to bless us and do good to us. However, He needs to test us and
prove us to ensure that we can handle all the goodness and blessings that He
desires to pour upon our lives. He desires that we always remain humble in Him
and use all our resources for the good of all. Thus He seeks out the humble
among us and rewards mightily (Deuteronomy 8:16). The greater the reward and
blessings that God wants to bless us with, the greater the test. We must have
the humility to handle the power and authority that God wants to manifest
through our lives otherwise we will be turning every stone into bread for our
own use.
Many Christians wonder why they should go through
tests since Jesus has already paid every price for us. Jesus did die on the
cross for our atonement but we still need to learn to apply the redemption and
promises of Jesus into our lives. Even Jesus expected us to learn to abide in
the vine and obey His word (John 15:1-5). Jesus cannot make us abide in the
vine or obey the word, it is an experiential thing to actually learn how to do
it. He gave us the right and authority to be a branch in Him but we must do the
abiding by our own free will. We must learn to allow Him to prune and purify us
through His word (John 15:2). The branch cannot bear fruit until it abides in
Him; neither can we unless we learn to abide in Him (John 15:4). Jesus might
have open the channel right to God's throne, but we still must learn to
pray and enter the throne room (Hebrews 4:11-16). Diligence and faith are still
required to separate those who truly love God from those who don't
(Hebrews 4:11; 11:6). The reward is given to those who diligently seek Him and
not to the lazy (Hebrews 11:6).
We do not learn patience and faith without
tribulations and trials. The testing of our faith produces patience and we
should count it all joy when we are tested for the reward would be great (James
1:2-4). There is no shortcut to patience and humility, the path to true
patience and humility is the path of trials and testing of our faith and love
in God (Romans 5:1-5; James 1:2-4). The very passage that speaks about us
standing in the grace of God (Romans 5:2) speaks about us entering into trials
and tribulations so that we can receive glory and patience and the character it
produces (Romans 5:2-5). Indeed it is only when we are persecuted that the
Spirit of glory rests upon us and that our reward in heaven is great (1 Peter 4:14;
Luke 6:22-23). The God of all grace, who has called us into eternal glory, will
perfect, establish, strengthen and settle us after we have suffered (been
tested) a while (1 Peter 5:10).
There is also a false humility (outward) and a
true humility (inward) (Colossians 2:18; 23). False humility may look religious
but it is actually hidden pride. The Pharisees loved to make themselves look
religious and make known their prayers and false spirituality and humility:
they love to be seen by men in their religious prayer, they make vain
repetitions in order to be heard by men and not by God, they disfigure their
faces when they fast to look spiritual, etc. (Matthew 6:5-18). Humility does
have outward demonstration but it is primarily the inward humility of the heart
that matters. Only God can see the heart and we must not mistake false outward
religiosity for humility. It is the hidden person of the heart, the
incorruptible beauty of a meek, quiet and gentle spirit – that is true
humility (1 Peter 3:4). Humility gives one the ability to submit to authority
(1 Peter 5:5). Humility respects the weak and helpless and does not oppress or
take advantage of them.
May we learn true humility from our Lord and
Master Jesus Christ. He is the meekest and most humble of all souls on earth.
We as His followers must learn to walk in humility as He has done so. The path
to greatness and riches and honour is the path of humility.
Let us all prosper through walking in this path.
In Christ Jesus
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  • 11月 27 週五 200916:00
  • 一位的力量

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一位道成肉身的上帝
一位隨時待命的天使
一位致死不渝的情人
一位忠實貼心的朋友
一位善良保護的至親
一位同手同腳的手足
一位親切神聖的導師
一位同舟共濟的夥伴
一隻天真可愛的寵物
一首歡笑淚水的歌曲
一次改變生命的經歷
這個世界, 有時不需太多
只要一位的力量
善解人意、不離不棄
就整個不再一樣了
我是從事學習的人
我承認我學的不快, 總要花許多時間, 經過許多跌撞才能稍微明白
但我不會停止改變
從過往和現在的經驗不斷的學習
即使有時還是會重蹈覆轍、迷惘惆悵
但我不會停止自我檢討和找尋另一次嘗試的機會
所以儘管天路有時又黑又漫漫
我不會停止朝著光明的彼岸, 一步一步慢慢前行
夢想有一天
我也要能成為某人的那一位
改變一位的全世界
有朝一日他也會變成改變另一個人世界的那一位

這是, 精采的

一次地上的生命

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  • 11月 26 週四 200915:17
  • Free


A few nights ago as I was listening to a message, I was deeply, deeply touched. Mist was heaping up in my eyes.

Free..

What could have cost thousands of dollars and more, not to mention the tremendous amount of time it would take, and even if I could afford financially, I could not buy what I got for millions or billions of dollars. Relationships and pure revelation can never be bought.

But everything was.. absolutely all of it was free.... it cost me nothing, only tears of thankfulness that is beyond expression.

Right at that moment I sensed an angel, probably my angel, standing beside my bed, relaying to me, reminding, the same message that has been impressed in my heart before.

I know deep in my spirit that, that is the true standard of the Word of God. Ministry is for free. When people cannot afford, when people are in difficulties, we just want to bless them with 100% pure love. True enough, some people will take it lightly without appreciation, but that is another issue. It's free, but it's not cheap. In fact, it's the most valuable thing one can ever have in all the eternities.

Lord, I covenant with You that the ministry that I have received from You will always be given for free with all my heart. Not in it for business or personal gain, profit or fame, none of it. For You have set a prime example of giving what was most dear to You, Your Only Son Jesus, for free, freely.


"He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" (Rom 8:32)


親愛的天父, 有一天我也會這樣對你說:

「我做到了喔.」

那天我曉得我們都會哭.

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  • 11月 26 週四 200914:38
  • The Humility of Paul


Article taken from Fatherly Talks

The Humility of Paul

Dearly Beloved,

There is no doubt that Paul the apostle was a man who learnt the humility of Jesus. He spoke of the tears of humility in his farewell to the Ephesians (Acts 20:19). This was something he learnt as a follower of Christ for Paul, then known as Saul, was a proud man who persecuted the Christians. He was well taught at the feet of the best teacher in town, Gamaliel, and was always ahead of all his contemporaries (Acts 22:3;Galatians 1:14). Possibly a member of the Sanhedrin, he was well known to the council and obtained letters of authorization from the council to eliminate the Christians. Eloquent and highly skilled, he had so many reasons to be proud; and indeed, before Christ, he was proud. In his pride and zeal, he even thought that he was serving God (Acts 22:3). When pride and religion get together, the mixer is potent and destroys many lives. We do not know how many Christians were killed and imprisoned by Paul but it suffices to know that even after his conversion, he was greatly feared (less the conversion be false) by many Christians. Even today, Christians who are proud and highly religious would be the guilty ones who persecute other Christians. What a ridiculous notion - Christians persecuting Christians but that is so true of church history. Why do Christians do this? The only answer I can find is pride - purely pride and high religious status. Take away such and these persecutors will be begging for mercy. Who makes us a judge over one another? Who makes anyone a guardian and defender of the faith? I am not speaking of the reasonable place in Christianity where one can debate doctrine and principles for the sake of biblical accuracy like they did in the Jerusalem council (Acts 15). Such debates can be done without pride; it can be done in humility and respect so that every one's views are voiced out with the possibility of disagreement without being disagreeable. There are those who totally do not respect other people's viewpoints and have to either silence them or persecute them. Such do not have respect for others and would have taken the lives of others if they were not restrained by Christian morality.

Paul was a great defender of the faith and good at debating doctrine yet he always showed respect for other's differences. The main demonstration of humility in a debate is respect for others. To respect another person is to hold them in esteem despite the differences in doctrinal understanding or practices. In the Spiritual World, respect goes hand in hand with the demonstration of love. It is out of love that the various angels and higher developed saints do not push their greater and better understanding of God onto others less enlightened. Paul speaks about even acknowledging the weaker brother amongst us (Romans 14:21; 1 Corinthians 8:7-11) who does not have the revelation of dietary laws or of freedom from food offered to idols. He advocate the allowance of each person to walk and progress at their own level of understanding; even suggesting that to push the higher revelation would have gone against the personal faith of such and condemn their conscience. This is not to say that Paul had no temper for we see him quickly apologising when he was corrected for being out of line in attitude to the high priest (Acts 23:2-5). He did also publicly rebuke Barnabas and Peter over the withdrawal of eating of food with the Gentiles and had a dispute with Barnabas over Mark (Galatians 2:14). I wonder what Jesus would have done in such situations? The choice is either silent disapproval without withdrawal of love and perhaps a tolerance of a second chance to Mark - who knows? Only eternity will reveal who is right in such disagreements. The fact remains that despite the various disagreements that Paul had in his lifetime (the recorded ones to our knowledge), Paul continued to walk in humility with those he disagreed with. In his relationship with Peter, it continued on even after he had rebuked Peter and Peter put in a good word for Paul in his epistle (although recognising that some of Pauls' teaching are not easy to understand (2 Peter 3:15-16). And with Barnabas and Mark, the apocrypha records how they fell on each other's shoulders and wept and prayed as they parted (The gospel of Barnabas). It takes humility to be able to continue a relationship AFTER a disagreement. Pride huffs and puffs and walks away. Humility continues to respect and make room for one another especially if it is in an area which does not deny our Lord Jesus' lordship or the Bible. No one person in the world has total knowledge in everything; there are so many possible viewpoints in Scriptural knowledge of everything. Moreover, everyone sees Scripture from their own experiential context and background. Sometimes all variable differences are looking at the same truth from different perspectives and they both have a place in the economy of Christian doctrine. Paul with such a great intellect demonstrated humility. Many people of lesser intellect and capability get stuck in the pride of their own opinions that they considered vital doctrine - like a child holding on to the last drop of ice cream not knowing that the fridge has a container left to replenish their ice cream cone.

Pride is the hindrance to all intellectual understanding. To acquire revelation and knowledge, one must be prepared to be like a little child when one comes to the presence of God or the Spirit of Truth. Pride forms a wall of stupidity that prevents a person from further changes in his knowledge. The person of pride behaves like a stupid person who goes round and round the same belief systems that are sometimes extreme or lack better application and understanding. What can be done to such? Such people unfortunately in the Spiritual Word and in this natural world, have to be left to themselves until they knock themselves so often in the school of reality and experience that they realized that something is fundamentally wrong with themselves and they need to change both their attitude and then their understanding. Attitudes must be changed first before there can be a change in understanding. The word 'repentance' for the Greek word 'metanoia' conveys not just a 180 degree turn around of the mind but also a willingness of the mind to see and accept what it could not comprehend - meta in this case meaning beyond. How many times have we believed before we understand? Truth is determined by its spiritual nature before its intellectual qualities. The spiritual nature of truth is love, peace, joy, kindness and all the other fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22, 23). It is after we accept love that we begin to understand love. We can receive love beyond the comprehension before comprehension begins. Thus by this means we know truth before we understand truth. All truth will be in line with the fruit of the Spirit and the nature of Christ. Anyone who has any area of new revelation of truth will always be transformed proportionally by that portion of truth into Christlikeness before the person could even express that truth intellectually. In the end as we fully receive Truth and have the Truth (the Living Word) living in us, we would become fully Christlike. You can tell who is right or wrong by the attitudes and nature of the debater. You can tell right or wrong of a new revelation or principle or method by the nature that it produces in its receiver. All truth will lead to more Christlikeness and any thing opposite from truth will lead to less Christlikeness. The purpose of truth is to experience God with understanding - intellectual processes to understand truth is not just for the sake of giving all of us a big head full of pride. The goal of all true intellectual understanding of truth is to make us better people and more Christlike in God. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life to lead us to God our Father. Intellectualism is not an end in itself. What good is a great intellect without a great heart in Christ Jesus? Note how Paul's great intellect did not lead him away from Christ but rather towards Christ. The next time you struggle to discern truth, don't do it just with your head but do it with the heart.

The apostle Paul regarded himself as a proud insolent man, a blasphemer and persecutor against Christ before his conversion to God (1 Timothy 1:13). He even regarded himself as the worst of the lot, the chief of sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). It takes humility to admit one's personal failure and the worst part of one's character. Every one of us has a bright side and a dark side. It is important to know what we are potentially capable of without Christ as much as to know what we can be and do in Him. To know one's weaknesses is half way towards overcoming it. Although in their positive faith mode Christians like to think the best of each other, we also need to know that behind every good character is the potential of the opposite at its worst. A good strong leader might end up a bad domineering dictator. A friendly social person might end up a man pleaser without backbone. A strong determination to work against the odds can become a stupid stubbornness on the wrong road. A detail worker can become a constant worrier. All strengths are potential weaknesses and all weaknesses can be potential strengths. For this reason we all need to learn to walk in the love of Christ for without it our worst characteristics come out. Paul learnt that his weaknesses can be opportunities for God's strength to be in him (2 Corinthians 12:8-10). When Paul and Barnabas clashed in Acts 15 over Mark, the strengths of both of them came to the fore. Barnabas has always and will always be the champion of the discarded, rejected and unknown. He was that way when he first helped Paul the unknown (Acts 9:27). Paul was a man of principle and cannot take unproven people who have failed into his team (Acts 15:38). He was not one who can accept untested teammates especially those who have already been given a chance and failed. In the end the very differences between them that made them a strong team became the force that separated them. We know that eventually they both looked past this event and Mark became a blessing to Paul in his latter years (2 Timothy 4:11). We note how Dr Luke remained a lifelong friend of Paul right to the end (2 Timothy 4:11).

All life is about relationships. If we are not able to make good strong relationships in this life, the problem is as much us as others around us. Some people who have zero friends around them. Or never could make lifelong friends because their weaknesses kept coming up and splitting them so throughout their entire life, they are always looking for new pastures to make new friends; one day there will be no more new pasture because they have hurt every potential person around them and no one wants to come near them because they are well known for being people who are vicious and hurtful. We need to examine the following areas introspectively before God at all times:

1. How is our relationship to our parents or adopted parents? The first relationships we build are those with our parents. No matter how imperfect they are, we must learn to love them unconditionally. Some of us from not so good backgrounds have more to struggle in this area than others but we are not responsible for the family we are born into, we are only responsible for our character and response to such families. No matter how hard it is and in some cases there might not be any possible close relationships, we must always walk in love and forgiveness and be able to think with unconditional love towards our parents.

2. How is our relationship with our spouses? The closest person to us is our spouse and if we have not learn to make our spouse our best friend and confidant, then we are completely incapable of having close friends. For those who have experienced separation and divorces, it is important that you also see your part and failure in the marriage and not just your opposing spouse. If you do not admit your own character flaws, then you will bring the same flaws into the next marriage and completely destroy another life. Humility is being able to admit your own flaws and mistakes. The secret to lasting marriage is unconditional love. Learning and cultivating the ability to love unconditionally is part of all successful marriages.

3. What types of friend do you have? If you have not been able to develop friends who can disagree with you or be brutal with you in their honesty, you do not have real friends – you possible might just have fans and not friends. How many of your friends can you count on that you can show up at midnight and know that they will take you in? If there are none and you are already in your latter years, something is very wrong with you. How can you not in 80 years of life on earth not developed at least some lifelong friends? Where have you been living, on Mars? It is time to admit that you are incapable of being honest about your own weaknesses and flaws (which might be the reason no one is a friend to you) otherwise you would have much to deal with when you meet Jesus face to face. If the only friend you have is Jesus, then your standards are too high and nobody in the world is going to meet that standard. If everyone is your friend including the devil and the world, then your standards are so low and your morality and principles non-existent that you do not truly know the meaning of having a good spiritual friend. The only reason why people have not developed true friendships is that they cannot accept other people's weaknesses nor their own flaws. No one is perfect and friendships are based on love and not perfection. Look around at those who truly love you and care for you (but who will not put up with your nonsense or excuse your flaws), those are the people you should make friends with even if they themselves have their own flaws.

Without humility, there is no possibility of forming true friendships and relationships in this life. We learn humility when we relate to others around us. May God teach us to be humble and walk in humility with our loved ones and all our extended family in Christ.

In Christ's love
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  • 11月 23 週一 200917:21
  • 調色盤

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不要害怕情愛的存在
不要害怕去期盼、去夢想
更不要害怕失望、挫敗的可能性
不要害怕受傷的感覺
更不要害怕幸福來臨的瞬間
因為純愛不是虛無飄渺
就會有強顏歡笑到喜極而泣的光譜
奇蹟就是不管多麼灰暗的天空
在終點線前回頭看都會調和成虹彩的色調
我們會再一次看見讓人睜不開眼的陽光
神擺在我們心中關於永恆的想法
是讓我們發現無私的愛是否存在的線索
所以不用害怕   或是害怕顫抖勇敢前行更有英姿
你會發現愛比你想像的還要愛你
出人意外的愛你
手中的調色盤   大膽的揮灑畫筆
不是因為不會再度失手
而是因為再也不用害怕失去
有意義的畫下每一筆、每一劃
都是純愛的顏色
「神造萬物、各按其時成為美好.又將永生安置在世人心裡」 -- 傳道書3:11
梁文音 - 奶與蜜之地 (Duet with 約書亞樂團)
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  • 11月 20 週五 200920:02
  • Trust His Heart


When you don't understand

When you can't see His plan

When you can't trace His hand

Trust His heart

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  • 11月 17 週二 200914:42
  • 十分之一、二

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"Let this be my last word, that I trust in thy love"

意思是

「這是我最後一句話  我相信你的愛」








有時覺得人生不如意的事十之八九

但是那十分之一、二

那些開心興奮的回憶


佔據了大部分的空間


A lot of times

Less is more

So much, so much more


所以對不起   今晚不適合聽傷懷的歌喔

因為這樣看來快樂還是比悲傷來的多






飛輪海 - 越來越愛 (愛就宅一起片頭曲)
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「不管你有沒有空檔分我目光   淪為快樂羔羊」
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