01-06-2008 宝贵的话

(1) 下次如果觉得自己了不起时，试试行在水上。

(2) 约翰福音 3:16

(3) 当魔鬼提醒你你的过去时，请提醒他他的未来。

(4) 机会也许只敲一次门，但试探却总是在按门铃。

(5) 如果你想得到一些从未得到过的东西，你要做一些从未做过的事。

(6) 你不是幸运，是蒙福。

(7) 若想要真正活着，得先彻底死去。

(8) 我们常在强壮时，忘了神。

(9) 那些只在星期天呼唤“天父”的人，在一星期余下的日子里活得像孤儿。

(10) 不要以自我为中心，要以基督为中心。

(11) 没有基督，没有平安；认识基督，得到平安

(12) 为什么我们不常向朋友提起神? 因为我们不常向神提起我们的朋友。

(13) 当把你的一切献给基督，因为他把他的一切都给了你。

(14) 你现在所追求的，值得基督为它死吗?

(15) 使你向神靠近的人，是你真正的朋友。

(16) 神爱我们，不是因为我们是怎样一个人，而是因为他是怎样一个神。

(17) 神的应许象夜空里的星星。夜越深，星星的光芒越亮。

(18) 没有基督的生命，是无望的尽头。有基督的生命，是无尽的盼望。

(19) 我虽不知道未来掌管着什么，但我知道谁掌管着未来。

(20) 把你的重担交给主，让它留在主那里。

(21) 不要畏惧明天，因为上帝已在那里。

(22) 当你除了神，一无所有时，你将知道神就是你全部的需要。

(23) 放手交给上帝，别再向神讲述你的风暴有多大，当向风暴讲述你的神有多大。

(24) 能够满足人心的，是造人心的那一位。

(25) 请常常保持让你心里的光，因为你不知道，谁会藉着这光走出黑暗。

(26) 当我们只顾工作的时候，我们独自工作; 当我们祈祷的时候，神工作。

(27) 神无所不在，所以我们可以随处祷告。

(28) 一个没有需要的人永远见不到神迹。

(29) 敬拜提醒我们生命的价值，但世界却使我们忘记它。

(30) 步履艰难的时候，别一味的祷告，却不迈向神要你走的路。

(31) 祷告会为我们做很多事，忧虑同样可以。

Streams In the Desert for June 1


"This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing." (Isa. 28:12.)

WHY dost thou worry thyself? What use can thy fretting serve? Thou art on board a vessel which thou couldst not steer even if the great Captain put thee at the helm, of which thou couldst not so much as reef a sail, yet thou worriest as if thou wert captain and helmsman. Oh, be quiet; God is Master!

Dost thou think that all this din and hurly-burly that is abroad betokens that God has left his throne?

No, man, His coursers rush furiously on, and His chariot is the storm; but there is a bit between their jaws, and he holds the reins, and guides them as He wills! Jehovah is Master yet; believe it; peace be unto thee! be not afraid. --- C. H. Spurgeon.

"Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
The storms are raging on God's deep─
God's deep, not thine; be still and sleep.

"Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
God's hands shall still the temper's sweep─
God's hands, not thine: be still and sleep.

"Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
God's love is strong while night hours creep─
God's love, not thine; be still and sleep.

"Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
God's heaven will comfort those who weep─
God's heaven, not thine; be still and sleep."

I entreat you, give no place to despondency. This is a dangerous temptation─a refined, not a gross temptation of the adversary. Melancholy contracts and withers the heart, and renders it unfit to receive the impressions of grace. It magnifies and gives a false coloring to objects, and thus renders your burdens too heavy to bear. God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise. --- Madame Guyon.

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May 25

Streams In the Desert for May 25

"I endure all things for the sake of God's own people; so that they also may obtain salvation……and with it eternal glory."(2 Tim. 2:10.) (Weymouth.)

IF Job could have known as he sat there in the ashes, bruishing his heart on this problem of providence─that in the trouble that had come upon him he was doing what one man may do to work out the problem for the world, he might again have taken courage. No man lives to himself. Job's life is but your life and mine written in larger text...So, then, though we may not know what trials wait on any of us, we can believe that, as the days in which Job wrestled with his dark maladies are the only days that make him worth remembrance, and but for which his name had never been written in the book of life, so the days through which we struggle, finding no way, but never losing the light, will be the most significant we are called to live. --- Robert Collyer.

Who does not know that our most sorrowful days have been amongst our best? When the face is wreathed in smiles and we trip lightly over meadows bespangled with spring flowers, the heart is often running to waste.

The soul which is always blithe and gay misses the deepest life. It has its reward, and it is satisfied to its measure, though that measure is a very scanty one. But the heart is dwarfed; and the nature, which is capable of the hightest heights, the deepest depths, is undevelped; and life presently burns down to its socket without having known the resonance of the deepest chords of joy.

"Blessed are they that mourn." Stars shine brightest in the long dark night of winter. The gentians show their fairest bloom amid almost inaccessible heights of snow and ice.

God's promises seem to wait for the pressure of pain to trample out their richest juice as in a wine-press. Only those who have sorrowed know how tender is the "Man of Sorrows." --- Selected.

Thou hast but little sunshine, but thy long glooms are wisely appointed thee; for perhaps a stretch of summer weather would have made thee as a parched land and barren wilderness. Thy Lord knows best, and he has the clouds and the sun at His disposal. --- Selected.

"It is a gray day." "Yes, but dinna ye see the patch of blue?" --- Scotch Shoemaker.

买 地

[说地]

　　这是托尔斯泰讲的故事：
　　俄国高加索一带地方，售土地以“日”计算，买地人从日出到日落之间，所奔跑围得的土地即作为买卖之地。价格低廉且固定，跑的越多得到就多，但必须最后跑成圈。某人天亮即奔，开始时步子轻松，欲尽量围大些。中午时他已围得一大块地，非常高兴。他还嫌不够，再跑。太阳西斜，他开始焦急起来，但两腿发软无力，身子沉重，但距离终点尚远……无情日头西沉，气喘吁吁，满口白沫，眼目昏暗。当太阳完全消失地平线时，呀终于跑到终点。正当大家为他欢呼时，他扑倒在地，口吐鲜血，顷刻间，停止呼吸，命归黄泉。
他最后得到的是6尺宽的坟坑地。

[谈天]
　　世界上多少人，不正也象这位买地者？一生拼搏，到头来两手空空，悔恨终生。

[经文]
　　传 2:22 “人在日光之下劳碌累心，在他一切的劳碌上得着什么呢”
　　可 8:36-37 “人若赚得全世界，赔上自己的生命，有什么益处呢？人还能拿什么换生命呢？”

圣 经 金 句 选

求你指教我们怎样数算自己的日子，好叫我们得着智慧的心。(诗 90:12)

天离地何等地高，他的慈爱向敬畏他的人，也是何等地大。东离西有多远，他叫我们的过犯，离我们也有多远。(诗 103:11-12)

你的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。(诗 119:105)

Streams In the Desert for May 18


"I was crushed...so much so that I despaired even of life, but that was to make me rely not on myself, but on the God who raises the dead."(2 Cor. 1:8, 9.)

"Pressed out of measure and pressed to all lenght;

Pressed so intensely it seems, beyond strenght;
Pressed in the body and pressed in the soul,
Pressed in the mind till the dark surges roll.
Pressure by foes, and a pressure from friends.
Pressure on pressure, till life nearly ends.
"Pressed into knowing no helper but God;
Pressed into loving the staff and the rod.
Pressed into liberty where noting clings;
Pressed into faith for impossible things.
Pressed into living a life in the Lord,
Pressed into living a Christ-life outpoured."

THE pressure of hard places makes us value life. Every time our life is given back to us from such a trial, it is like a new beginning, and we learn better how much it is worth, and make more of it for God and man. The pressure helps us to understand the trials of others, and fits us to help and sympathize with them.

There is a shallow, superficial nature, that gets hold of a theory or a promise lightly, and talks very glibly about the distrust of those who shrink from every trial; but the man or woman who has suffered much never does this, but is very tender and gentle, and knows what suffering really menas. This is what Paul meant when he said, "Death worketh in you."

Trials and hard places are needed to press us forward, even as the furnace fires in the hold of that mighty ship give force that moves the piston, drives the engine, and propels that great vessel across the sea in the face of the winds and waves. --- A. B. Simpson.

"Out of the presses of pain,
Cometh the soul's best wine;
And the eyes that have shed no rain,
Can shed but little shine.''

审判

　　「神就对挪亚说：『凡有血气的人，他的尽头已经来到我面前；因为地上满了他们的强暴，我要把他们和地一并毁灭。你要用歌斐木造一只方舟……看哪，我要使洪水泛滥在地上，毁灭天下；凡地上有血肉、有气息的活物，无一不死。我却要与你立约：你同你的妻，与儿子儿妇，都要进入方舟。凡有血肉的活物，每样两个，一公一母，你要带进方舟，好在你那里保全生命。』……挪亚就这样行。凡神所吩咐的，他都照样行了。」(创世记六章13～14、17～19、22节)

　　神的耐心超乎我们的想象。我们在启示录二章20～21节看到，神甚至给耶洗别悔改的机会。事实上，神极大的耐心本身就是一种审判。传道书八章11节说：「因为断定罪名不立刻施刑，所以世人满心作恶。」作恶的人会将神迟来的惩罚解释为神根本不在乎他们的恶行，因此变得愈来愈堕落。惟有内心真正公义的人才会明白：神的忍耐事实上是一种恩典。

　　我们能够悔改，是由于神的忍耐。哥林多前书十一章31节告诉我们：「我们若是先分辨自己，就不至于受审。」耶稣也在马太福音廿一章44节说：「谁掉在这石头上，必要跌碎；这石头掉在谁的身上，就要把谁砸得稀烂。」掉在石头上跌碎总好过被石头砸得稀烂；谦卑自己并认罪悔改总好过神的审判临到身上。

　　神给我们时间悔改及赎罪，免得祂必须亲自惩罚我们。然而，神的忍耐是有限的。到了某个程度时，祂的审判就会迅速临到。我们若总是指望神会宽容，这种心态实在是大错特错，因为神必会审判，我们逃得了一时，却逃不了永远。

　　在挪亚时代，神看到当时的世界尽都败坏，就决定要毁灭地上凡有血气的活物，然后再以祂所保存下来的余种重新开始。我们可以在后来的世代，以及圣经中看到类似的例子反复上演。人类领受一个伟大的呼召，就是要与基督同住，而撒但则对这个呼召极尽败坏与扭曲之能，迫使神下手毁灭祂所创造的人类。但是，总会有一些人是撒但没有办法使之变节的，而神就会使用这些人继续朝祂的旨意迈进。

　　也曾经有极多的基督徒、家庭、教会与属灵运动原本怀着崇高的呼召，然而他们的呼召同样都受到仇敌的腐化，于是神必须撤除祂对这些人的委任。当中总会有些人能坚持到底，神就会使用这些人作为种子，在另一个时间或地点继续实现祂的旨意。因此，许多对神的国度具有极大贡献的卓越领袖，都出身自过去曾遭受挫败的教会或属灵运动。

　　许多人会因为教会的分裂或失败而感到失望，他们放任自己灰心丧志，以至于无法再蒙神使用、为神的国度效力。但是，也有些人会预先盖好方舟，并且进入其中，在审判的洪水来到时，能安渡其上。方舟里的一切活物将会存留，实现神为将来所定的目的。

　　前面也曾说过，每一件发生在我们身上的事情都是神所允许的，为要使我们的灵命变得成熟。这些事情可能让我们痛苦，也可能让我们平安。耶稣基督就是这艘方舟，我们进入舟中，这艘方舟就得以帮助我们度过地上任何的处境与艰难。我们若与祂同在，再大的洪水都不能淹没我们。任何的风暴都无法渗透我们在基督里享有的平安。耶稣是避难所，无一仇敌能胜过祂。当我们知道自己已经陷入困境、大难临头之际，我们不要只是逃避问题——我们必须进入方舟里面。

　　如果我们住在基督里，就是住在圣灵里。圣灵的果子是「仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、温柔、节制。」(加拉太书五章22～23节) 我们若能完全住在基督里，就没有任何事物能阻止我们结出这些果子；仇敌的攻击不能使我们失去爱心、失去在主里的喜乐或失去对冒犯者的宽容；也不能使我们变得不再良善、恩慈、信实、温柔、节制。仇敌攻击我们的目的只有一个：让我们结不出圣灵的果子，好把我们赶出方舟、被洪水淹没。

Streams In the Desert for May 11

"We went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place."(Psa. 66:12.)

PARADOXICAL though it be, only that man is at rest who attains it through conflict. This peace, born of conflict, is not like the deadly hush preceding the tempest, but the serene and pure-aired quiet that follows it.

It is not generally the prosperous one, who has never sorrowed, who is strong and at rest. His quality has never been tried, and he knows not how he can stand even a gentle shock. He is not the safest sailor who never saw a tempest; he will do for fair-weather service, but when the storm is rising, place at the important post the man who has fought out a gale, who has tested the ship, who knows her hulk sound, her rigging strong, and her anchor-flukes able to grasp and hold by the ribs of the world.

When first affliction comes upon us, how everything gives way! Our clinging, tendril hopes are snapped, and our heart lies prostrate like a vine that the storm has torn from its trellis; but when the first shock is past, and we are able to look up, and say, "It is the Lord," faith lifts the shattered hopes once more, and binds them fast to the feet of God. Thus the end is confidence, safety, and peace. --- Selected.

The adverse winds blew against my life; My little ship with grief was tossed; My plans were gone─heart full of strife, And all my hope seemed to be lost─ "Then He arose"─one word of peace. "There was a calm"─a sweet release.

A tempest great of doubt and fear Possessed my mind; no light was there To guide, or make my vision clear. Dark night! 'twas more than I could bear─ "Then He arose." I saw His face─ "There was a calm" filled with His grace.

My heart was sinking 'neath the wave Of deepening test and raging grief; All seemed as lost, and none could save, And nothing could bring me relief─ "Then He arose"─and spoke one word, "There was a calm! IT IS THE LORD. ─L. S. P.


伟大的母亲

读经：撒上1：12-20，马可12：12，提后1：5

　　俗语说："推摇篮的手，能推动全世界"。又说："凡是伟大人物，其背后必有一位不平凡的母亲"。这些话都是歌颂母亲的伟大。我们中国的母亲中有孔子的母亲，孟子的母亲，岳飞的母亲，可以说他们的伟大人人皆知。在今天庆祝母亲节的日子，我们应当思念母亲的爱。也祝福每一位母亲。现在我们一同查考圣经中的几位母亲。


　　一、哈拿--祷告的母亲

　　撒母耳的母亲哈拿可说是一位祷告的母亲。因为她不能生育，她把心中的苦楚向神倾心吐意。她的祷告是信心的祷告，是诚实的祷告，是持之以恒的祷告，是许愿的祷告。因为她的祈求，神赐给她一个儿子，取名为撒母耳，意思就是从上帝那里求来的。这位祷告的母亲哈拿是我们今日基督徒的榜样。她不但有信心的求，而且向神感恩，还她所许的愿，把儿子献给神。我们许多时候不肯实现自己在神面前祷告时的许诺。


　　二、马利亚--爱主的母亲

　　圣经中有六位马利亚，都是爱主的。这里我们只提马可的母亲马利亚。在初期教会，她的家是门徒聚集祷告的地方。有人推测，她的家也是五旬节门徒聚集的地方。当彼得被天使救出监狱的时候，就往马可的母亲马利亚家去。可见马利亚是位爱主的母亲，她且把儿子献给主，随从彼得，保罗巴拿巴去传道。今天我们的家是否让基督作一家之主吗？你肯把儿女献给主吗？


　　三、友尼基--虔诚的母亲

　　提摩太在神面前有美好的灵性和真实的信心，这都因他祖母罗以和母亲友尼基的教导。他的祖母和母亲引领他走的是信心的道路，使他从小明白圣经。友尼基是位虔诚事主的母亲，言传身教，为提摩太立美好的榜样。提摩太所以成为主重用的仆人，是他的母亲从小把他的信仰建立在一个很实在的基础上。今日我们作父母的基督徒是否把儿女带到主前，是否为儿女树立好的榜样？

04/05/08

Streams In the Desert for May 4

"He maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth and his hands make whole." (Job 5:18.)

The ministry of a great sorrow. AS we pass beneath the hills which have been shaken by the earthquake and torn by convulsion, we find that periods of perfect repose succeed those of destruction. The pools of calm water lie clear beneath their fallen rocks, the water lilies gleam, and the reeds whisper among the shadows; the village rises again over the forgotten graves, and its church tower, white through the storm twilight, proclaims a renewed appeal to His protection "in whose hand are all the corners of the earth, and the strength of the hills is his also." --- Ruskin.

God ploughed one day with an earthquake, And drove His furrows deep! The huddling plains upstarted, The hills were all aleap! But that is the mountains' secret, Age-hidden in their breast; "God's peace is everlasting, Are the dream-words of their rest. He made them the haunts of beauty, The home elect of His grace; He spreadeth His mornings upon them, His sunsets light their face. His winds bring messages to them─ Wild storm-news from the main; They sing it down the valleys In the love-song of the rain. They are nurseries for young rivers, Nests for His flying cloud, Homesteads for new-born races, Masterful, free, and proud. The people of tired cities Come up to their shrines and pray; God freshens again within them, As He passes by all day. And lo, I have caught their secret! The beauty deeper than all! This faith that life's hard moments, When the jarring sorrows befall, Are but God ploughing His mountains; And those mountains yet shall be The source of His grace and freshness, And His peace everlasting to me. －William C. Gannett.


莎士比亚(William Shalespeare 1564-1616)

　　英国诗人兼戏剧家莎士比亚，早年失学，一五八六年赴伦敦为伶人，后替剧场译改古典。一五九二年起，创编剧本，自成杰作三十五篇，其中著称于世著，有四大悲剧；(一)Hamlet;(二)Macbeth;(三)Othello;(四)King Lear。著名喜剧有：(一)威尼斯商人，(二)仲夏夜之梦，(三)皆大欢喜，(四)以尺报尺。诗集出版者，有：(一)Venus and Adonis;(二)Lucrece;(三)短歌(Sdonis)等。

　　莎氏虽为一个文学家，但大家都承认他是一位最伟大的道学先生(Mora teacher)。他于主日，必参加崇拜聚会，从不缺席，他研究圣经，终生不辍。在他的作品里常常谈到宗教问题，他虽未直接引用圣经，但是他却把圣经的教训，例如人类的原罪和悔改，上帝的公义和慈爱，用高雅的诗文，间接地表达出来。在他的遗嘱里，他写着这样一段话：

　　“我将我的灵魂交在我的造物主——上帝的手里，希望并且确信，靠着我救主耶稣基督的恩典，使我可以得到永生的福分。”


托尔斯泰 (Lel Tolstoy 1826-1910)

　　俄国文学家托尔斯泰为世袭伯爵、幼孤，与兄妹寄养叔母家。年十五，入卡山大学(University of Kazan)，因厌恶学课，借故退学；二十三岁，入高加索炮兵队；二十四岁，发表其处女作《幼年》(Childhood)。一八五四年，参加克里米战股；战后漫游欧陆。归后于故乡办学，潜心著述；后又尽弃家产，过农民生活。著有：(一)战争与和平，(二)安娜.卡列妮娜，(三)忏悔录，(四)主与仆，(五)人生论，(六)艺术论，(七)我之宗教观书。托氏反对政府专制，提倡人道主义，主张土公有，为俄国著名思想家。

　　托尔斯泰是一个终身寻找上帝的人，他在年轻的时候，原来对神有信仰，但后来却失去了，当他十八岁逃出卡山大学的时候，他把以往一所学所信的都丢弃了。

　　“到了成人的时代，他和一般世一样，把传统的宗教信仰，完全抛在脑后。但是，托尔斯泰和一般不信的人有一个很大的不同，便是他仍是深深感觉到：他虽已抛弃他固有的信仰，心里总觉得‘若有所失’，因他失去了以往那种敬虔和追求圣洁的生活，内心十分空虚。而这一空虚之感，正是他以后灵性复兴的转机。”(见J.A.Ha TT，《on Pilgrims in Religion of Faith》第一一八页。)

　　到了他五十岁，经过了若干年的傍徨和怠丧，他的灵魂终于得了安慰；他对神的信心，失而复得，他的人生也完全改变了！从此时起，直到死时，托尔斯泰便成了一个文学布道家。他以住的生活，乃傍徨不安，无论何种学问，都不能令其满意；至此以后，他便锲而不舍，得着生命真道。从前在世上追求良善、圣洁、和平、仁爱的愿望，全都落空；现在从福音里得了启示的光亮，看见主耶稣基督的圣容，才使他多年所渴慕的，具体呈现在他面前。

Streams In the Desert for April 27

"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore." (Rev. 1:18.)

FLOWERS! Easter lilies! speak to me this morning the same dear old lesson of immortality which you have been speaking to so many sorrowing souls.

Wise old Book! let me read again in your pages of firm assurance that to die is gain.

Poets! recite to me your verses which repeat in every line the Gospel of eternal life.

Singers! break forth once more into songs of joy; let me hear again the well-known resurrection psalms.

Tree and blossom and bird and sea and sky and wind whisper it, sound it afresh, warble it, echo it, let it throb and pulsate through every atom and particle; let the air be filled with it.

Let it be told and retold and still retold until hope rises to conviction, and conviction, to certitude of knowledge; until we, like Paul, even though going to our death, go with triumphant mien, with assured faith, and with serene and shining face.

O sad-faced mourners, who each day are wending, Through churchyard paths of cypress and of yew, Leave for today the low graves you are tending, And lift your eyes to God's eternal blue!

It is no time for bitterness or sadness; Twine Easter lilies, not pale asphodels; Let your souls thrill to the caress of gladness, And answer the sweet chime of Easter bells.

If Christ were still within the grave's low prison, A captive of the enemy we dread; If from that moldering cell He had not risen, Who then could chide the gloomy tears you shed?

If Christ were dead there would be need to sorrow, But He has risen and vanquished death for aye; Hush, then your sighs, if only till the morrow, At Easter give your grief a holiday. ─May Riley Smith.

A well-known minister was in his study writing an Easter sermon when the thought gripped him that his Lord was living. He jumped up excitedly and paced the floor repeating to him-self, "Why Christ is alive, His ashes are warm, He is not the great `I was,' He is the great `I am."' He is not only a fact, but a living fact. Glorious truth of Easter Day!

We believe that out of every grave there blooms an Easter lily, and in every tomb there sits an angel. We believe in a risen Lord. Turn not your faces to the past that we may worship only at
His grave, but above and within that we may worship the Christ that lives. And because He lives, we shall live also. --- Abbott.

20/04/2008

上帝偏爱一些人吗？

　　
上帝是不会偏袒任何一个人的。他不会尊重一些人而贬抑另一些人；他不会高抬某个种族而压制另一个种族。然而，上帝确实选召和装备不同的人进入不同的事奉工作。

例如，上帝在1980年选召了里根出任美国总统；大卫在以色列历史上的某个特定时刻被神拣选作王，大卫的儿子所罗门也是一样。犹太人曾被上帝选召成为圣经里的主人公，弥赛亚将从这一民族中诞生于世，但这并不意味着他们都是神所偏爱的人，他们只是被神拣选与呼召去某项圣工。上帝之所以装备众民为他作工，不是出于他的偏爱，而是出于工作的需要。他不过是给了某些人特殊的工具或地位来使那工完成。

比方说，假如我想建一座房屋，我要提供起重机给建筑工人将钢材吊起，推土机将土铲平，重型卡车运送建筑材料，为工人们预备好钢材、混凝土、砖头和砂浆。建筑师却将从我这里得到绘图铅笔、橡皮、特殊的照明灯和电脑设备器材等。这并不是说，我偏爱建筑工人和歧视建筑师，也非偏爱建筑师和歧视建筑工人。他们都有各自的工作任务，他们所得到的东西仅仅反映出了工作的不同需要。

戴德生是中国内地会的创始人，这个教会机构现被改名为“海外宣道团契”。一次，有人问戴德生为什么上帝选召了他，他幽默地回答道：“上帝四处查寻后，找到了我这个不起眼的仆人来作他的工。”圣经训诲世人，“神不喜悦马的力大，不喜爱人的腿快。”主“所看顾的，就是虚心痛悔，因我话而战兢的人。”上帝所最为看重的，是那些愿意聆听他的声音、在他面前卑微己身和为主勤奋作工的人。

数千年来，上帝选召了一些出类拔萃的杰出人物，摩西便为一例。摩西在埃及说话行事很有才能，在法老的王宫中地位显赫、气度不凡。使徒保罗曾在名师迦玛列门下受教诲，即将成为犹太教的一位领袖。葛培理显然是一位颇有恩赐的人，他本可以在他欲选择的任何一个领域获得成功。他在将自己的一生奉献给教会服事之前，曾是个十分高明的推销商。

上帝为了自身的荣耀，会增强他已赐给某人的技能。在事奉上帝一事上，谦卑这一品性要比人的能力重要的多。摩西在法老王的宫中度过了四十个春秋，他在具备带领神的百姓的条件之前，在“野外”卑微了四十年之久。

大数的扫罗曾是犹太人的领袖，但主却要他经过荒漠和监狱中长时间的熬炼和无数的患难，才将他塑造成使徒保罗。

你们若想蒙上帝的悦纳，必要追寻一颗谦卑、顺服和忧伤痛悔的心，主是不会轻看这一切的。

圣 经 金 句 选

耶和华啊，早晨你必听我的声音；早晨我必向你陈明我的心意，并要警醒。(诗 5:3)

耶和华的律法全备，能苏醒人心；耶和华的法度确定，能使愚人有智慧。(诗 19:7)

有人靠车，有人靠马，但我们要提到耶和华我们神的名。(诗 20:7)

MP3格式讲道信息

MP3格式讲道信息：【总第1辑 福音类（1）】（01－10：信仰与人生）

01. 更美好的恩典
02. 真实的信心
03. 真正的自由
04. 最知心的朋友
05. 奇妙的创造者
06. 生命的沉思
07. 真理的追寻
08. 永恒的生命
09. 天人的桥梁
10. 蒙福的大地

（11－25：信仰与科学－启示之光－里程）

11. 启示之光
12. 认识之途
13. 神的圣言
14. 复活确据
15. 独一真神
16. 科学之母
17. 科学之限
18. 信心飞跃
19. 宇宙探源
20. 生命之谜
21. 进化质疑
22. 万物之灵
23. 普世罪人
24. 救赎宏恩
25. 心路历程


触动真爱－福音写真目录

1. 爱在西非
2. 拨开云雾见光明（上）
3. 拨开云雾见光明（下）
4. 凡是都能做
5. 基督徒VS佛教徒
6. 酒店牧师
7. 亮在地上的星星（上）
8. 亮在地上的星星（下）
9. 浪子回头金不换
10. 恕的祝福
11. 赏赐是他收取的也是他
12. 卸下重担
13. 寻归自然
14. 一人得救全家得救
15. 折翼天使的祝福
16. 真爱奇迹
17. 走过外遇的风暴
18. 爱是永不止息
19. 爱我不要同情我（上）
20. 爱我不要同情我（下）
21. 拨开云雾有晴天（上）
22. 拨开云雾有晴天（下）
23. 你的平安还在吗（上）
24. 你的平安还在吗（下）
25. 方师母见证（上）
26. 方师母见证（下）
27. 一个跳楼姊妹的见证
28. 不再一样
29. 蔡少芬见证


MP3格式讲道信息：【总第2辑 福音类（2）】（01－14：一针见血的福音－苏颖智）

1. 到底有无神
2. 同人不同命
3. 人的价值
4. 真正的活水
5. 不忧虑的自由
6. 不自卑的自由
7. 不惧怕的自由
8. 从虚空到满足
9. 痛而不苦的人生
10. 从耶稣的死看福音
11. 天堂地狱一线隔
12. 我们真正需要的福音
13. 不怕死的自由
14. 计算代价

（15－34：恩典福音－程蒙恩）

15. 认识真神
16. 归向真神
17. 耶稣是救主
18. 耶稣是世界的光
19. 耶稣是复活的主
20. 耶稣不改变
21. 耶稣是生命泉
22. 信靠永不丢弃你的主
23. 十架大爱
24. 恩典的福音
25. 你的信救了你
26. 出死入生
27. 重生之福
28. 蒙爱之福
29. 永生之道
30. 生命之福
31. 平安之福
32. 圣经是神所默示的吗
33. 主在寻找你
34. 来得安息

生命的赢家

01. 爱的圈圈
02. 不受批评影响
03. 从相信到期待
04. 凡事认定神
05. 合理的期待
06. 美好的榜样
07. 面对弱点
08. 如何面对批评
09. 神的保护
10. 神调度万有
11. 使人得福
12. 通过考验
13. 为今日感谢神
14. 血统的力量
15. 养成良好习惯
16. 有意义的一生
17. 正确的开端
18. 贪恋的地雷
19. 不要为神设限
20. 从相信到期待
21. 凡事认定神
22. 积极的心态
23. 积极的自信
24. 健康的饮食
25. 热情拥抱生命

MP3格式讲道信息：【总第3辑 福音类（3）】

01. 合情合理的信仰－合理的信仰
02. 合情合理的信仰－合情的信仰
03. 让那个我们吃喝快乐吧？
04. 什么是我们的出路和盼望？
05. 为什么人类需要福音（上）？
06. 为什么人类需要福音（下）？
07. 为什么信耶稣？01
08. 为什么信耶稣？02
09. 生死之谜
10. 荣耀的盼望（李彼得）
11. 罪的定义a（寇世远）
12. 罪的定义b（寇世远）
13. 重生之道a（寇世远）
14. 重生之道b（寇世远）
15. 人生的探索01
16. 人生的探索02
17. 人生的探索03
18. 人生的探索04
19. 人生的探索05

（20－31：新生命新生活－苏颖智）

20. 得救的人生
21. 得救的确据
22. 得救的标志
23. 得胜的人生
24. 门徒与水礼
25. 门徒与圣餐
26. 门徒与祷告
27. 门徒的生活原则
28. 门徒与钱财
29. 门徒的工作观
30. 门徒的苦难观
31. 门徒与分离

权能时间

01. 神的呼召
02. 神的赦免与洁净
03. 与神同工
04. 信实的果子
05. 挥别罪咎感
06. 以信心战胜恐惧
07. 拥抱盼望
08. 好撒马利亚人
09. 说建造他人的话
10. 预备过圣诞
11. 力量的源头
12. 时时知足
13. 信心的增进
14. 喜乐的内在泉源
15. 节制的果子
16. 勇敢面对挑战
17. 十架成就和睦
18. 十架更新一切
19. 十架的能力
20. 十字架的意义
21. 永活的真神
22. 基督的教会兴旺
23. 以十架夸口
24. 温柔的果子
25. 发现生命的宝藏
26. 爱在家庭中
27. 感恩的生活

MP3格式讲道信息：【总第4辑 于宏杰弟兄专辑（1）】

01. 信徒造就01
02. 信徒造就02a
03. 信徒造就02b
04. 信徒造就03
05. 信徒造就04a
06. 信徒造就04b
07. 信徒造就05a
08. 信徒造就05b
09. 信徒造就06a
10. 信徒造就06b
11. 信徒造就07a
12. 信徒造就07b
13. 归回重建复兴01
14归回重建复兴02
15归回重建复兴03
16归回重建复兴04
17 归回重建复兴05
18 归回重建复兴06
19 归回重建复兴07
20 归回重建复兴08
21 归回重建复兴09
22 归回重建复兴10
23 归回重建复兴11
24归回重建复兴12
25稳行在高处01－持定救恩稳固根基（上）
26稳行在高处02－持定救恩稳固根基（下）
27稳行在高处03－建立稳定的属灵生活（上）
28稳行在高处04－建立稳定的属灵生活（下）
29稳行在高处05a－培养良好的生活习惯（上）
30稳行在高处05b－培养良好的生活习惯（上）
31 稳行在高处06－培养良好的生活习惯（下）
32 亚伯拉罕－信望爱的人生（上）
33亚伯拉罕－信望爱的人生（下）
34 以撒－蒙爱的生活（上）
35以撒－蒙爱的生活（下）
36 雅各－得荣的盼望（上）
37雅各－得荣的盼望（下）
38 在主面前预备自己（上）
39在主面前预备自己（下）
40 让主居首位01－荣神益人的人际关系（于夫人）（上）
41让主居首位02－荣神益人的人际关系（于夫人）（下）
42 让主居首位03－健康的情绪处理（上）
43让主居首位04－健康的情绪处理（下）

康希讲道集27VCD

成为他人的祝福1
成为他人的祝福2
聪明订目标
祷告系列5听神的声音
祷告系列6信心的祷告
祷告系列7破碎
祷告系列8主祷文
祷告系列9会幕内主祷文
道歉的力量
可能性思考者
男人本色1
男人本色2
你终身的使命
忍耐
神对你工作上的计划
天门开与关
信心
信心系列1聆听神话语
信心系列2三种信心
信心系列3信靠神话语
选择终身伴侣1
选择终身伴侣2
幼稚的男人
真理和谎言
挣脱性瘾捆绑
忠心
做世上的盐和光


MP3格式讲道信息：【总第5辑 于宏杰弟兄专辑（2）】

01 创世纪01A
02创世纪01B
03创世纪02A
04创世纪02B
05创世纪03A
06创世纪03B
07创世纪04A
08创世纪04B
09创世纪05A
10创世纪05B
11创世纪06A
12创世纪06B
13创世纪07A
14创世纪07B
15创世纪08A
16创世纪08B

17出埃及记01A
18出埃及记01B
19出埃及记02A
20出埃及记02B
21出埃及记03A
22出埃及记03B
23出埃及记04A
24出埃及记04B
25出埃及记05A
26出埃及记05B
27出埃及记06A
28出埃及记07A
29出埃及记07B
30出埃及记08A
31出埃及记08B
32出埃及记09A
33出埃及记09B
34出埃及记10A
35出埃及记10B

36 利未记01A
37 利未记01B
38 利未记02A
39利未记02B
40利未记03A
41利未记03B
42利未记04A
43利未记04B
44利未记05A
45利未记05B
46利未记06A
47利未记06B
48利未记07A
49利未记07B

50 民数记01A
51民数记01B
52民数记02A
53民数记02B
54民数记03A
55民数记03B
56民数记04A
57民数记04B
58民数记05A
59民数记05B
60民数记06A
61民数记06B
62民数记0763民数记07B
64民数记08A
65民数记08B

基督教电影，纪录片合集

DVD1

01 创世纪的故事
02 亚伯拉罕的故事
03 雅各的故事
04 约瑟的故事
05 摩西的故事
06 大卫的故事
07 所罗门的故事
08 以斯帖的故事
09 耶利米的故事
10 霸王妖姬（士师记）
11 参孙与大利拉


MP3格式讲道信息：【总第6辑 于宏杰弟兄专辑（3）】

01 约书亚记 01A
02 约书亚记 02A
03 约书亚记 03A
04 约书亚记 04A
05 约书亚记 05A
06 约书亚记 06A
07 约书亚记 07A
08 约书亚记 08A
09 约书亚记 09A
10 约书亚记 10A
11 约书亚记 11A
12 约书亚记 12A
13 约书亚记 13A

14 士师记 01A
15 士师记 02A
16 士师记 03A
17 士师记 04A
18 士师记 05A
19 士师记 06A
20 士师记 07A
21 士师记 08A
22 士师记 09A
23 士师记 10A
24 士师记 11A
25 士师记 12A
26 士师记 13A
27 士师记 14A
28 士师记 15A
29 士师记 16A
30 士师记 17A

31 约伯记01A
32 约伯记01B
33 约伯记02A
34 约伯记02B
35 约伯记03A
36 约伯记03B
37 约伯记04A
38 约伯记04B
39 约伯记05A
40 约伯记05B
41 约伯记06A
42 约伯记06B
43 约伯记07A
44 约伯记07B

45 爱的上行诗01A
46 爱的上行诗01B
47 爱的上行诗02A
48 爱的上行诗02B
49 爱的上行诗03A
50 爱的上行诗03B
51 爱的上行诗04B
52 爱的上行诗05A
53 爱的上行诗 05B
54 爱的上行诗 06A
55爱的上行诗 06B

基督教电影，纪录片合集

DVD2

12 马太福音
13 使徒行传
14 耶稣诞生
15 耶稣受难记国语版
16 耶稣传
17 叛徒犹大
18 埃及王
19 暴君焚城录
20 万王之王
21 保罗的故事
22 约翰胡司传

13/04/2008

最早的无线电广播


文：“……在空中，有永远的福音要传给住在地上的人，就是各国各族各方各民。”(启 14:6)

“诸天述说神的荣耀，穹苍传扬祂的手段。”诗19：1

一九Ο六年十二月廿四日即圣诞节前夕的晚上八点钟左右，美国匹兹堡大学教授费森登从马萨诸塞州布朗特岩的国家电器公司一二八米高的无线电塔进行了一次广播。广播的节目最主要的是读《圣经》路加福音第二章从第一节至二十节，有关主耶稣基督降生的故事。另外还配有小提琴演奏曲，播送德国音乐家韩德尔所作的《舒缓曲》等。人们认为这是人类历史上第一次进行的正式广播。其实早在一九ΟΟ年费森登曾进行过声音极不清楚的演说广播，不过第一次成功的广播，应该是一九Ο二年美国人巴纳特·史特波斐德在肯塔基州穆雷市进行的一次广播。

不管怎样费森登在这次的广播可以说是最成功也是最有意义的。

也许有人会奇怪发明家在这次进行正式无线电广播，为何既没有聘请名人演讲，也没有作自我如何发明无线电的成败与经历介绍给听众。而是选上了《圣经》路加福音第二章一至廿节为主题有关主耶稣基督降生的故事，这能说是偶然的吗？不，科学家费森登定必是经过一番深思熟虑而后作出决定的。说明在他的心目中所谓“大喜的信息”应该永远归属于我主耶稣基督的诞生。因为这是事关历世历代普世万民的生与死“叫一切信他的不至灭亡，反得永生”(约 3:16)

无线电的发明，也让我们看到了，星球缩小距离，给居住在这个星球上的人类带来莫大的方便和利益。发明家不敢叨天之功，乃是将荣耀归给万物的主宰——真神。

哉！发明家费森登。


圣经谜语：

打圣经地名：
1. 站着的人白，稻刀二相连，一旦心在右，此城美名扬。（伯利恒）
2. 赤橙黄绿青蓝紫，先后安排有次序，驱散将近二千年，现今兴旺真稀奇。（以色列）
3. 二耳并排列，足各走一边，一手散不掉，令水少一点。（耶路撒冷）


打圣经人物：
1. 蒙王宠爱在王宫，心意却与百姓同，违例冒死见王面，机智借故建奇功。（以斯帖）
2. 救王性命功劳大，昂首不向人跪拜，险遭灭族蒙拯救，大得尊荣后人赞。（末底改）
3. 称为雷子最爱主，跟到十架不怕死，流放海岛见异像，离世归父他最迟。（使徒约翰）
4. 听道留心坐主前，主的话语比密甜，愿把身价三十块，拿瓶香膏做奉献。（马利亚）


Streams In the Desert for April 13

"And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee."(Ezek 3:22.)

DID you ever hear of any one being much used for Christ who did not have some special waiting time, some complete upset of all his or her plans first; from St. Paul's being sent off into the desert of Arabia for three years, when he must have been boiling over with the glad tidings, down to the present day?

You were looking forward to telling about trusting Jesus in Syria; now He says, "I want you to show what it is to trust Me, without waiting for Syria."

My own case is far less severe, but the same in principle, that when I thought the door was flung open for me to go with a bound into literary work, it is opposed, and doctor steps in and says, simply, "Never! She must choose between writing and living; she can't do both."
That was in 1860. Then I came out of the shell with "Ministry of song" in 1869, and saw the evident wisdom of being kept waiting nine years in the shade. God's love being unchangeable, He is just as loving when we do not see or feel His love. Also His love and his sovereignty are co-equal and universal; so He withholds the enjoyment and conscious progress because He knows best what will really ripen and further His work in us. --- Memorials of Frances Ridley Havergal.

I laid it down in silence, This work of mine, And took what had been sent me─ A resting time. The Master's voice had called me, To rest apart; "Apart with Jesus only," Eckoed my heart.
I took the rest and stillness, From His own Hand, and felt this present illness, Was what He planned. How often we choose labor, When He says "Rest"─ Our ways are blind and crooked; His way is best.

The work Himself has given, He will complete. There may be other errands, For tired feet;

There may be other duties, For tired hands, The present, is obedience, To His commands.

There is a blessed resting, In lying still, In letting His hand mould us, Just as He will. His work must be completed. His lesson set; He is the higher Workman: Do not forget!

It is not only "working." We must be trained; And Jesus "learnt" obedience, Through suffering gained. For us, His yoke is easy, His burden light. His discipline most needful, And all is right.

We are but under-workmen; They never choose, If this tool or if that one Their hands shall use. In working or in waiting, May we fulfill Not ours at all, but only, The Master's will! －Selected.
God provides resting places as well as working places. Rest, then, and be thankful when He brings you, wearied to a wayside well.

Streams In the Desert for April 6

"I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me."(Hab. 2:1.)

THERE is no waiting on God for help, and there is no help from God, without watchful expectation on our part. If we ever fail to receive strength and defense from Him, it is because we are not on the outlook for it. Many a proffered succour from heaven goes past us, because we are not standing on our watchtower to catch the far-off indications of its approach, and to fling open the gates of our heart for its entrance. He whose expectation does not lead him to be on the alert for its coming will get but little. Watch for God in the events of your life.

The old homely proverb says: "They that watch for providence will never want a providence to watch for," and you may turn it the other way and say, "They that do not watch for providences will never have a providence to watch for." Unless you put out your water-jars when it rains you will catch no water.

We want to be more business-like and use common sense with God in pleading promises. If you were to go to one of the banks, and see a man go in and out and lay a piece of paper on the table, and take it up again and nothing more─if he did that several times a day, I think there would soon be orders to keep the man out.

Those men who come to the bank in earnest present their checks, they wait until they receive their gold, and then they go; but not without having transacted real business.

They do not put the paper down, speak about the excellent signature, and discuss the excellent document; but they want their money for it, and they are not content without it. These are the people who are always welcome at the bank, and not triflers. Alas, a great many people play at praying. They do not expect God to give them an answer, and thus they are mere triflers. Our Heavenly Father would have us do real business with Him in our praying. --- C. H. Spurgeon.
"Thine expectation shall not be cut off."

不可能的奇迹需久候

何谓能行，何谓不成，我们的知识都无从明确把握。 ——亨利·福特

20岁那年的我，初享生命的甘美与愉悦。我积极投入体育锻炼，擅长滑冰滑雪，还打高尔夫球、网球、羽毛球、篮球和排球。我甚至还组建了一个竞赛联合会。我几乎每天都坚持跑步。我着手建立一家网球场建设公司，因此将来我的收入前景也很乐观。我还和世界上最美的女人订了婚。然而厄运——或者至少是一部分人认为是悲剧——降临了。

金属扭弯的声音、玻璃碎裂的声音使我蓦然惊醒。瞬息间又恢复了平静。再次睁开眼睛，世界已变得一片黑暗。知觉恢复时，我感到满脸在流血和极端的痛苦。我听到有声音在叫我的名字，但我又再度失去了知觉。

那是个美妙的圣诞之夜。我和一位朋友离开我在加利福尼亚的家驱车去犹他州。我要去那里和未婚妻黛丽丝度过假期的其余时光，离结婚之日仅有5周的时间，我们想磋谈婚礼的计划安排。我先开了8个小时的车，感到有些力不从心，于是就让朋友驾驶。我从驾驶席爬到乘客席，系上安全带，朋友则在夜里驾车。一个半小时后，他伏在方向盘上睡着了。汽车撞到桥台上，爬到了顶部，然后又从上面滚了下来。

车子停住时，我已人事不知。我被从车里抛了出去，在光秃秃的地上摔坏了脖子，胸部以下也都瘫痪。我被救护车送到内华达州拉斯维加斯一家医院，医生宣布说我已成为废人。我的腿脚、腹肌、腰肌、胳膊和手都不听使唤了。

就成了我新的生活的起点。

医生说我得想点别的办法，打点别的主意。因为我的身体状况，我不能再工作了。庆幸的是我还有7％的身体可以工作。医生说我不能再驾车了，余生得完全依靠他人喂食、穿衣和行走。他们还说我最好再也不要提结婚的事了，因为……谁还会要我呢？他们断定我再也无法参加任何种类的竞技和体育活动了。我第一次感到无比惊惧，我深恐医生们所言会是真的。

躺在拉斯维加斯那家医院的病床上，我自问我的全部希望和梦想都何处去了？我想这一切是否可以从头开始。我想是否自己还能工作、结婚、生子，还能享受先前幸福快乐的生活。

那一阵我既担心又害怕，世界一片黑暗，这时母亲来到我身边，在我身边说道：“艾特，当困苦姗姗而来之时，超越它们会更余味悠长。”刹那间黑暗的病房为希望和热诚的光芒所充满；明天会好起来的。

听到母亲的那些慰藉鼓励已11年了。我现在拥有一家公司，是一名专业评论员，还写了一本书：《奇迹如此发生》。我每年行程20万英里，听众超过10万人。我还入选6州区小企业管理机构的1992年度最佳青年企业家、1994年，《成功》杂志推举我为该年度最伟大的身残志坚者。遭遇坎坷而梦幻成真，这一切缘何而来呢？

自从那天听到母亲的鼓励，我开始学开车，我又可以到想去的地方干想干的事了。我已经完全自理。自从那天以后，我感到身体在恢复；又能重新活动右臂了。

遭车祸一年半后，我仍和那个美丽动人的姑娘结了婚。1992年，我妻子黛丽丝当选犹他州小姐，又参评美国小姐获季军。我们有一双儿女，3岁的女儿瑞纳和刚满月的儿子亚瑟，他们给我们的生活带来无限欢乐。

我又开始了运动生涯。我学会了游泳、潜水。据我所知，我是第一个参加滑翔跳伞的四肢瘫痪者。我还学着滑雪，我相信这不会对我有任何伤害。我甚至参加10公里轮椅竞赛和马拉松。1993年7月10日，我用了7天时间跑完了从犹他州的盐湖城到圣乔治城之间32英里的路程。此举在世界瘫痪病人中属首次。这可能并不是我最辉煌的成就，但却是最困难的一次经历。

什么我能成就以上种种？因为多年来我一直铭记母亲的活语，而不是听信周围人等（包括医学专家）丧气之辞。我深明的境遇并不意味着可以轻易放弃执着梦想。我的心头再次点燃希望之火。梦想永不曾为挫折击碎，梦想植根于心灵和头脑并不在里臻于永恒。因为当困苦姗姗而来之时，超越它们会更余味。

（艾特·E·博格）

生活的智慧：

成為首先向人打招呼的人。
Be the first to say hello.

你想別人怎樣待你，就怎樣待人。
Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treat.

如果你在尋找人生或他人的黑暗面，你將會尋見。
反之，你若在尋找美善的一面，你也一樣會找到。

30/03/2008

Streams In the Desert for March 30


"Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow." (Isa. 50:11.)

　 WHAT a solemn warning to those who walks in darkness and yet who try to help themselves out into the light. They are represented as kindling a fire, and compassing themselves with sparks. What does this mean?

　 Why, it means that when we are in darkness the temptation is to find a way without trusting in the Lord and relying upon Him. Instead of letting Him help us out, we try to help ourselves out. We seek the light of nature, and get the advice of our friends. We try the conclusions of our reason, and might almost be tempted to accept a way of deliverance which would not be of God at all.

　 All these are fires of our own kindling; rushlights that will surely lead us onto the shoals. And God will let us walk in he light of those sparks, but the end will be sorrow.

　 Beloved, do not try to get out of a dark place, except in God's time and in God's way. The time of trouble is meant to teach you lessons that you sorely need.

　 Premature deliverance may frustrate God's work of grace in your life. Just commit the whole situation to Him. Be willing to abide in darkness so long as you have His presence. Remember that it is better to walk in the dark with God than to walk alone in the light. ─The Still small Voice.

　 Cease meddling with God's plans and will. You touch anything of His, and you mar the work. You may move the hands of a clock to suit you, but you do not change the time; so you may hurry the unfolding of God's will, but you harm and do not help the work. You can open a rosebud but you spoil the flower. Leave all to Him. Hands down. Thy will, not mine. ─Stephen Merritt.

HIS WAY God bade me go when I would stay ('Twas cool within the wood); I did not know the reason why. I heard a boulder crashing by Across the path where I stood.

He bade me stay when I would go; "Thy will be done," I said. They found one day at early dawn, Across the way I would have gone, A serpent with a mangled head.

No more I ask the reason why, 　Although I may not see The path ahead, His way I go; For though I know not, He doth Know, safe paths for me. And He will choose 　　　
─The Sunday School Times.

什么是重生？一个人必须重生才能成为基督徒吗？
　　
　　毫无疑问，你必须重生才能得救。你若不得救，就不能算作是一个基督徒，不管你属于哪一教派，也不管你怎样称呼自己。

何为重生呢？圣经告诉我们，有一个名叫尼哥底母的犹太人官长一天晚上来见耶稣，对他说：“拉比，我们知道你是由上帝那里来作师傅的。”尼哥底母实际上是在说：“老师，教我怎样寻找到上帝吧。”耶稣打断他们之间的交谈，单刀直入地对尼哥底母说：“人若不重生，就不能见上帝的国。”尼哥底母弄不清耶稣的话的意思，就诧异地问耶稣：“人已经老了，如何能重生呢？岂能再进母腹生出来吗？”耶稣回答道：“人若不是从水和圣灵生的，就不能进上帝的国。”耶稣又用风打比方说：“风随着意思吹，你听见的响声，却不晓得从哪里来，往哪里去；凡从圣灵生的，也是如此……。你是以色列人的先生，还不明白这事吗？”

耶稣郑重其事地告诉尼哥底母，他必须靠着圣灵和水，从上头得着重生。这里所言的“水”我想是指水的施洗(尽管有人认为这水可能是指婴儿出生时从母体涌流出来的羊水，或是《以弗所书》5章26节所说的“要用水借着道”将基督徒洗净)。重生是指我们的人生受到圣灵的彻底转变，如同获得了第二次生命。

上帝借助先知耶利米说，他要将他的律法放在他的百姓里面，写在他们心上。这是重生的一个果子，就在人获得重生的那一刹那，上帝的律法似乎已不再雕琢于石版上，而铭刻在人的心里。人打内心里感到理应顺从圣灵的带领，虔心遵循上帝的公义。

上帝首先要我们“因信称义”，之后用圣灵浇灌我们，以使我们过一个充满公义的人生。一旦我们重生，就能听凭圣灵的引领，过一个真正符合律法的公义的人生。这是一个叫人洗心革面的重生过程，罪人因此转变为能够承受上帝的国的圣徒，这个事实无可辨驳地印证了耶稣的格言：“人若不重生，就不能见上帝的国。”


郑秀文浸礼见证

我们都习惯迎合这个世界的价值观。大部分人都欠缺活出真正自己的勇气。包括我。

　　我叫郑秀文，是一位歌手及演员，今年三十五岁。

　　我略有小成就，但从来没有活出真正的自己。我习惯活在一堆世界的价值观中，我以为成就越大，自我价值就越高昂。

　　当我拥有很多人人渴求的东西，我最后却发现我的内心原来一无所有。心，是空空的。于是我尝试用更大的成就来补充，但招徕的虚空感就更大，更恐怖。成就、功名、物质并不能够填平内心无边的黑洞。于是，我决定暂停这场用于止境的追求，我放下一手建立十多年的事业，我毅然停止追逐功名，我要看看我的生命还剩下什么？

　　在接近一千天的时间，上帝让我彻底反省过去的生命。我看清了成功和金钱的真相——这两者或许可以建筑我的生活，但却一点不能完满我的生命。

　　我发现，生命应该有更崇高的价值，在上帝的话里，我找到更明确的方向和定位。正如圣经说：“人子来，不是要受人服侍，乃是要服侍人。” 这句话，我牢牢地打进内心。在我未来人生的路途上，我觉得有比追逐成就更重要的使命。

　　我并不能预料上帝会如何安排我生命的剧本，但我深信祂会带领我一步一脚印。

　　这种内心的平安，是来自我对上帝的笃定。这种内心的真正平安，是再多的金钱也买不到。

　　回头过去两年多，接近一千日，上帝确实狠狠地修理了我。祂给予我这场漫长的放逐，无非要我找回自己的心。

　　我的心已跟上帝紧扣，我再也不害怕，再也不胆怯。

　　我要活出上帝所喜悦的一个自己，活出上帝所看重的生命价值——这是我对上帝的承诺。

　　人生中，一定有比追逐成就更重要，更可贵的使命。

23-03-2008

16/03/2008

Streams In the Desert for March 16

"For our profit." (Heb. 12:10.)

IN one of Ralph Connor's books he tells a story of Gwen. Gwen was a wild, wilful lassie and one who had always been accustomed to having her own way. Then one day she met with a terrible accident which crippled her for life. She became very rebellious and in the murmuring state she was visited by the Sky Pilot, as the missionary among the mountaineers was termed.

He told her the parable of the canyon. "At first there were no canyons, but only the broad, open prairie. One day the Master of the Prairie, walking over his great lawns, where were only grasses, asked the Prairie, `Where are your flowers?' and the prairie said, `Master I have no seeds.'

"Then he spoke to the birds, and they carried seeds of every kind of flower and strewed them far and wide, and soon the prairie bloomed with crocuses and roses and buffalo beans and the yellow crowfoot and the wild sunflowers and the red lilies all summer long. Then the Master came and was well pleased; but he missed the flowers he loved best of all, and he said to the Prairie: `Where are the clematis and the columbine, the sweet violets and wind-flowers, and all the ferns and flowering shrubs?'

"And again he spoke to the birds, and again they carried all the seeds and scattered them far and wide. But, again, when the Master came he could not find the flowers he loved best of all, and he said:

"`Where are those my sweetest flowers?' and the prairie cried sorrowfully:

"`Oh, Master, I cannot keep the flowers, for the winds sweep fiercely, and the sun beats upon my breast, and they wither up and fly away.' "Then the Master spoke to the Lightning, and with one swift blow the Lightning cleft the prairie to the heart. And the Prairie rocked and groaned in agony, and for many a day moaned bitterly over the black, jagged, gaping wound.

"But the river poured its waters through the cleft, and carried down deep black mould, and once more the birds carried seeds and strewed them in the canyon. And after a long time the rough rocks were decked out with soft mosses and trailing vines, and all the nooks were hung with clematis and columbine, and great elms lifted their huge tops high up into the sunlight, and down about their feet clustered the low cedars and balsams, and everywhere the violets and wind-flower and naiden-hair grew and bloomed, till the canyon became the Master's favorite place for rest and peace and joy."

Then the Sky Pilot read to her: "The fruit─I'll read `flowers'─of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness─and some of these grow only in the canyon."

"Which are the canyon flowers?" asked Gwen softly, and the Pilot answered: " Gentleness, meekness, longsuffering; but though the others, love, joy, peace, bloom in the open, yet never with so rich a bloom and so sweet a perfume as in the canyon."

For a long time Gwen lay quite still, and then said wistfully, who her lips trembled: "There are no flowers in my canyon, but only ragged rocks."

"Some day they will bloom, Gwen dear; the Master will find them, and we, to shall see them."

Beloved, when you come to your canyon, remember!

我能有一个圣洁的人生吗？

　　
　　假如说人不可能过一个圣洁的人生，上帝也就不会发出这样的诫命——即“你们要圣洁，因为我耶和华你们的上帝是圣洁的”了。成为圣洁是指人在上帝的面前必须分别为圣，上帝的本性表明了他是圣洁的，因此分别为圣属上帝使我们圣洁。

我们不可能靠着做善事变得圣洁。正如我们因信得救那样，我们惟独靠着信靠基督才能成为圣洁。随着我们的灵命在主里一天天得到成长，我们就会变得更加具有主的样式。

保罗说：“我们众人既然敞着脸得以看见主的荣光，好象从镜子里返照，就变成主的形状，荣上加荣，如同从主的灵变成的。”

一当我们察看耶稣、思想耶稣、探究耶稣、祷告耶稣和追随耶稣为楷模时，就能变成他的形状，开始象他一样思想和行动，且分别为圣。这就是圣洁的真实体现。

如果你是个基督徒，十年之后，你的人生同现在相比将有很大的改观。由于你与主的关系日益亲近，你的动机和欲求必将变得愈来愈圣洁。

耶稣在《八福篇》中这样说：“虚心的人有福了！因为他们必得见上帝。”我们在今生中是能够有一个圣洁的人生的，只要我们一天比一天更亲近上帝和更具有他的形象，便能在生活中从上帝那里领受某种程度的圣洁。尽管我们在今生今世无法得到一个完美无瑕的圣洁人生，但我们仍应持之以恒地向着这个目的努力耕耘。

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02/03/2008

上帝为人类设定了什么样的计划？

　　
　　《创世记》这卷书显明了上帝为人类设定的计划。上帝通过一系列的行动创造了天地万物，以及治理整个宇宙的秩序与法则。上帝造了白天与黑夜，白天由太阳掌管，黑夜则由月亮统辖；上帝造了水，又造了鱼类栖息于河流与湖泊之中；上帝造了天空，又造了鸟类在空中飞翔；上帝造了陆地，又造了各种走兽居住在其上；最后，上帝又造了人，命令人负责管理这一切。

上帝宣告说，他造人的目的，是要生养众多儿女，使他们的后代遍满全地，治理整个世界。这里的关键词眼是“治理”，拉丁文中的“治理”一词的词根即意为“主治”。因此，人被造的目的是代表上帝治理这个世界以及世上的一切被造之物。
在圣经希伯来文中，“治理”一词的原意又涉及到服服贴贴、顺从人的管理的事物，这些事物犹如铺在地板上的地毯，任凭人支配和使用。人肩负着管理世上一切的使命，他将行走在地上，掌管花草树木、飞禽走兽和鱼类。

上帝叫人“治理这地”。在希伯来文里，“治理”一词含有将灰垢从洗涤的衣裳中锤打出来的意思。这即是说，凡不主动顺从人的管理的必须加以征服。撒但仍活跃在这个世界上，所以人被赋予了驾驭和征服撒但及其权势的责任，尤其要控制住疾病、贫困和战争等，这些都是魔鬼的权势在地上兴风作浪的表现与迹象。

被造之初，人有着上帝所赐的权柄遏制罪恶，并以恩慈之心掌管江海湖泊、清新的空气、飞禽走兽等。这一切原初都服在人的管理之下，它们是人从上帝那里领受的恩赐。

然而，人却倒行逆施，他非但没有能行使上帝所赐的权柄，反倒听从了扮成蛇的的撒但的摆布。伊甸园中这一悲剧性的事件使得人类不仅成了撒但的仆役，甚至也成了自然界里花草菜蔬的奴隶。烟草、酿酒的谷物和大麻等植物本应受到人的培植与控制，可人却成了它们支配的对象。人变得易受各种疾病的骚扰和自然灾害的侵袭，他们在这个世界的绝大多数领域里，沦为撒但权势的奴隶。

上帝对这种状况很不满意，他希望能重新确立人类对整个世界的管辖。当他差遣耶稣基督再来时，这一计划才能最终得以实现。目前，上帝的百姓肩负着领悟神的道、被圣灵充满和进入天国的使命。随着这一使命的实现，他们将能奉耶稣的名治理全地，罪恶才会被美善所战胜。在上的君王及当权者才将认清上帝为整个宇宙所设定的秩序。

圣 经 金 句 选

耶和华若喜悦我们，就必将我们领进那地，把地赐给我们。那地原是流奶与蜜之地。(民 14:8)

若不是耶和华建造房屋，建造的人就枉然劳力。若不是耶和华看守城池，看守的人就枉然警醒。(诗 127:1)

神造万物，各按其时成为美好；又将永生安置在世人心里。然而神从始至终的作为，人不能参透。(传 3:11)

耶和华啊！现在你仍是我们的父！我们是泥，你是窑匠。我们都是你手的工作。(赛 64:8)

你们的光也当这样照在人前，叫他们看见你们的好行为，便将荣耀归给你们在天上的父。(太 5:16)

Streams In the Desert for March 2

"Be ready in the morning, and come up...present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee." (Exod. 34:2, 3.)

THE morning watch is essential. You must not face the day until you have faced God, nor look into the face of others until you have looked into His.

You cannot expect to be victorious, if the day begins only in your own strength. Face the work of every day with the influence of a few thoughtful, quiet moments with your heart and God. Do not meet other people, even those of your own home, until you have first met the great Guest and honored Companion of your life─Jesus Christ.

Meet Him alone. Meet Him regularly. Meet Him with His open Book of counsel before you; and face the regular and the irregular duties of each day with the influence of His personality definitely controlling your every act.

Begin the day with God! He is thy Sun and Day! His is the radiance of thy dawn; To Him address thy lay.

Sing a new song at morn! Join the glad woods and hills; Join the fresh winds and seas and plains, Join the bright flowers and rills.

Sing thy first song to God! Not to thy fellow men; Not to the creatures of His hand, But to the glorious One.

Take thy first walk with God! Let Him go forth with thee; By stream, or sea, or mountain path, Seek still His company.

Thy first transaction be With God Himself above; So shall thy business prosper well And all the day be love. --- Horatius Bonar.

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early upon their knees.

Matthew Henry used to be in his study at four, and remain there till eight; then, after breakfast and family prayer, he used to be there again till noon; after dinner, he resumed his book or pen till four, and spent the rest of the day in visiting his friends.

09/03/2008

基督在白色大宝座上的审判是怎么回事？
　　
　　依据《启示录》一书，基督在白色大宝座上的审判，将发生于千禧年的终末和上帝“将一切更新”之前。这将是上主对撒但及其使者、未得救的罪人的不可逆转的终极审判。所有人的行为的记录案卷都将打开，凡没有纳入“生命册”中的人将被扔在为魔鬼及其使者预备的火湖里，这一经历被称为“第二次的死”，以别于仅仅属于肉体的死亡。

但是，耶稣教导说，凡信靠他的人“就有永生，不至于定罪，是已经出死入生了。”我们遂可以得出这么一个结论，当耶稣再来时，凡通过接受耶稣基督为救主而重生得救的人，将被主改变提到天国之中。根据使徒保罗的看法，他们在末日的审判时，都将站在“主的台前”，把自己的服事状况向神交代清楚。然而，所有真信主的人在白色的大宝座前，都不会遭受永罚，因为耶稣基督在十字架上的受难已经为他们的罪作出了赎价。

所有其他人也必将站在上帝的白色大宝座前，说明自己是怎样生活的。这天将是一个叫人感到畏惧万分的审判日。一些人认为，那些在主的面前生活检点、道德高尚的人，虽没有机会听到主的福音，但仍将被上帝列入可以承受天国的永生的产业。当然，这种说法似乎十分令人怀疑，因为圣经里说过，世上没有一个真正凭着公义生活的人。尽管如此，上帝作为整个世界的审判官，将依照他公义的标准来施行审判。他会让每个人到他的审判台前陈明自己一生的作为，他们的是非之心或良知会凭藉上帝的旨意，谴责自己的错误或证实自己的正确。

灵命日粮：

等候上帝

读经: 诗篇27篇

金句: 「要等候耶和华！当壮胆，坚固你的心。我再说：要等候耶和华！」 （诗篇27篇14节）

在广东话中的等候和等级的等字意思不同，但字音相同，因此形成了一个双关语。一些香港的老人家便自称是「三等公民」，这也可说成「三种等候的人」。他们一等工作夜归的孩子；二等清晨来驱散他们的不眠之夜；并带着无奈的叹息，三等死亡的来临。
在圣经里，等候这个字偏重的是态度而非行动，「等候上帝」就是信靠他。诗篇27篇是大卫对上帝充满信心的宣告，他将上帝视为他的拯救（1节）。在遭难的时候，他确信上帝是他的藏身处（5节）。大卫记得上帝要他去寻求他的面，就求上帝不要向他掩面，因他像孩子一样渴慕上帝的荣面（8-10节）。在他生命中最黑暗的时刻，大卫宣称：「我若不信在活人之地得见耶和华的恩惠，就早已丧胆了。」（13节）
尽管无人知道明天等待我们的是什么，但我们可以信靠上帝，定睛在他身上。因上帝已应许那些等候他的人：他们的心必得坚固（14节）。

我知天有不测风云，
也知明天无法掌握；
但我能够耐心等待，
坚信主会看顾爱我。Elliott

凡等候耶和华的，必从新得力──以赛亚书40章31节。

24/02/2008

圣 经 金 句 选

我将耶和华常摆在我面前，因他在我右边，我便不至摇动。(诗 16:8)

耶和华是我的牧者，我必不至缺乏。(诗 23:1)

你的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。(诗 119:105)

你要专心仰赖耶和华，不可倚靠自己的聪明。在你一切所行的事上，都要认定他，他必指引你的路。(箴 3:5-6)
大山可以挪开，小山可以迁移，但我的慈爱必不离开你，我平安的约也不迁移。这是伶恤你的耶和华说的。(赛54:10)
不要效法这个世界，只要心意更新而变化，叫你们察验何为神的善良、纯全、可喜悦的旨意。(罗 12:2)

Streams In the Desert for Feb. 24

“John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.” (John 10:41.)

You may be very discontented with yourself. You are no genius, have no brilliant gifts, and are inconspicuous for any special faculty. Mediocrity is the law of your existence. Your days are remarkable for nothing but sameness and insipidity. Yet you may live a great life.

John did no miracle, but Jesus said that among those born of women there had not appeared a greater than he.

John’s main business was to bear witness to the Light, and this, may be yours and mine. John was content to be only a voice, if men would think of Christ.

Be willing to be only a voice, heard but not seen; a mirror whose surface is lost to view, because it reflects the dazzling glory of the sun; a breeze that springs up just before daylight, and says, “The dawn! The dawn!” and then dies away.

Do the commonest and smallest things as beneath His eye. If you must live with uncongenial people, set to their conquest by love. If you have made a great mistake in your life, do not let it becloud all of it; but, locking the secret in your breast, compel it to yield strength and sweetness.

We are doing more good than we know, sowing seeds, starting streamlets, giving men true thoughts of Christ, to which they will refer one day as the first things that started them thinking of Him; and, of my part, I shall be satisfied if no great mausoleum is raised over my grave, but that simple souls shall gather there when I am gone, and say,

“He was a good man; he wrought no miracles, but he spake words about Christ, which led me to know Him for myself.” --- George Matheson.
“THY HIDDEN ONES” (Psa. 83:3.)

“Thick green leaves from the soft brown earth, Happy springtime hath called them forth; First faint promise of summer bloom Breathes from the fragrant, sweet perfume, Under the leaves.

“Lift them! What marvelous beauty lies Hidden beneath, from our thoughtless eyes! Mayflowers, rosy or purest white, Lift their cups to the sudden light, Under the leaves.

“Are there no lives whose holy deeds- Seen by no eye save His who reads Motive and action-in silence grow Into rare beauty, and bud and blow Under the leaves?
“Fair white flowers of faith and trust, Springing from spirits bruised and crushed; Blossoms of love, rose-tinted and bright, Touched and painted with Heaven’s own light Under the leaves.

“Full fresh clusters of duty borne, Fairest of all in that shadow grown; Wondrous the fragrance that sweet and rare Comes from the flower-cups hidden there Under the leaves.

“Though unseen by our vision dim, Bud and blossom are known to Him; Wait we content for His heavenly ray- Wait till our Master Himself one day Lifteth the leaves.”
“God calls many of His most valued workers from the unknown multitude.” (Luke 14:23.)