第四天：10月6日(四)

饥渴或挨饿让人深感无力、无法集中精神做事情、心情不好、不快乐、不满足、没动力。。。不吃不喝，生活缺乏乐趣，无法享受人生，严重的话还会死人！
长时间禁食40天更能体会这种感觉。相信上帝要我们将这很真实、贴切的感受，转向对他的渴慕，即没有他，以上的种种状况就出现！愿这40天过后，我们对神的思念和渴望就如同这40天对食物的渴望一样。。。

“神啊，你是我的　神！我要切切地寻求你；在乾旱疲乏无水之地，我渴想你，我的心切慕你。。。
因你的慈爱比生命更好，我的嘴唇要颂赞你。”
～诗篇63章1和3节～

＊＊＊是的，当我们愿意为了属灵的事情或神的国，而放弃生命需要的食物，我们基本上已经学习“因你的慈爱比生命更好”。。。

Day 4 : Oct 6th (Thur)

Thirst or hunger makes people feel weak, unable to concentrate on doing things, bad mood, unhappy, unsatisfied, no drive or
motivation… Without drinking or eating, there will not be pleasure in life, we will not enjoy living, and in more serious cases, you
may die!
Long period of fasting for 40 days gives you a greater sense of such feeling. I believe God wants us to transfer this very real and practical feeling to Him, i.e. without Him, all the conditions above will appear! May after these 40 days, our longing and desire for God will be similar to this desire for food…

“You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water… because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.”
~ Psalm 63:1&3~

**Yes, indeed, when we are willing, for spiritual things or the kingdom of God, to give up the food we need to survive, we have basically begun to learn “because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.”

第三天：10月5日(三)
我们的身体既是圣灵的殿，即圣灵的屋子，圣灵就是屋主。那屋子里面有什么要丢掉、修理、装饰等等的，都是主人的决定和工作。我们既不再是主人就没权力乱动屋子，意思即，不再是靠自己的努力、想法，还怎么样去改变自己，当交给圣灵自己决定、动工和指示我们。

Day 3: Oct 5th (Wed)
Since our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, meaning, the house of the Holy Spirit, then He is the house owner. So whatever that needs to be thrown away, repaired, decorated etc is the owner’s decision and work. As we are no longer the owner, we do not have the right to simply do anything to the house, that means it is no longer our own hard work or thinking or whatever that can change ourselves, we should just hand over to the Holy Spirit Himself to decide and do the work or instruct us.

另，我们求上帝医治或赐我们健康的当儿，我们也当醒悟很多时候身体的状况都与我们饮食和生活习惯有关。所以，尽管上帝真的医治了，我们过不久很可能又因坏饮食习惯而糟蹋了这个“殿”。。。可是所谓“江山易改，本性难移”，几十年的饮食、生活习惯等等，如何能改变，自己很难做得到。但既然这屋子已属于圣灵，就求圣灵来动工，让他来调整我们的喜好、兴趣等等，在不知不觉的情况下也偏爱与享受健康及营养的饮食等等。。。这绝对是可能的，因亲身经历！

第二天：10月4日(二)
早上领受的经文：
耶穌說：”你們上去吧。。。我現在不上去，因為我的時候還沒有滿。” ~約7：8~

＊＊体会到有很多事情，尤其是重要的决定，包括事奉神、该做的事、很好的事情等等。。。我们都要等候上帝的时间，有时候不能等待反而会破坏好事，也破坏了神原本的计划。。。

Day 2 : Oct 4th (Tue)
The verse that spoke to me in the morning:
Jesus said : “You go… I am not yet going, because for me the right time has not yet come.” ~John7:8~

** This makes me realize that for many things, especially important decisions, including serving God, things ought to be done, good things etc… we need to wait for God’s timing. Sometimes our inability to wait would spoil something good, and even God’s original plan for us…

中午领祷告时的感动：
与其一直想着“还要挨饿几天”，我们当思想及求这40天我们要经历什么，求每一天都经历新的事情、经历神的真，和让他透过各种方式跟我们说话，有这样的期待就不会被肉体的饥饿影响。。。
也向神求这40天成为我们这一辈子每天进入神同在的开始～

The conviction I received while leading the noon-time prayer today:
Instead of thinking all the time about “how many more days of hunger do I still have to go through”, we should think about and pray as to what we want to experience these 40 days, pray that we experience everyday something new and God’s reality, and that He will speak to us in all sorts of ways. With this kind of expectation, you will not be affected by the hunger of your flesh…
And ask God to make these 40 days the beginning of our life-long entering into His presence everyday~