Day 1 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary

立下心志,这一次40天禁食要跟以往不一样。。。
我要每天有聆听的耳,敏锐的灵,要从上帝那里得着启示,听到他跟我说话,并把它记录下来。。。

愿40天过后,这也成为我的日常习惯,到老到死。。。
其实在大学期间,有一段日子我有培养这个习惯,但不知曾几何时已消失的无影无踪!
求主怜悯!也求主复苏我的灵~

这一次从10月3日开始,一直到11月11日为期40天的禁食,只喝饮料,不吃任何固体食物,一直到最后10天,只喝白开水,求主保守及引领。。。

以下是第一天的领受。。。

I am determined to make the 40-day fast this time different from the previous ones…
I want to have listening ears, sensitive spirity, to receive revelations from God and hear Him talking to me, and to record all that down…

May after these 40 days, this will also become my daily habit, till old, till death…
In fact I did cultivate this habit for a certain period during my university years, but I cannot remember since when has that disappeared totally!
May God have mercy! And may God restore my soul~

This time, starting October 3rd till November 11th, for a total of 40 days, I will only take drinks, no solid food whatsoever, until the final 10 days just taking plain water, may God uphold and guide me…

The following is what I received on the 1st day…

第一天:10月3日(一)
如往常我星期一待在家里。。。
意想不到的写了一首歌,跟我一向来写的歌比较不同形式。通常写的都较“重情感”,倾心吐意那一类歌曲,可是今天写的却是“属灵”或圣经字眼比较显着的,如“和撒那!和撒那!”。。。如同当初犹太人欢呼,欢迎耶稣进入耶路撒冷城的情景。。。

反复思想,我想这是一个预言或启示吧,就是上帝要我们这40天的禁食,最主要的渴望就是欢迎他进入我们的生命、教会、城市、国家。。。歌好听不好听是其次,重点是要有渴望及兴奋耶稣同在临到的那颗心。。。

Day 1 : October 3rd (Mon)
As usual I stayed home on Monday…
Unexpectedly I wrote a song, and it is rather different from my typical style of songs. Normally my songs are more “emotional”, pouring your heart out type, but today the one I wrote has obviously more “spiritual” or Biblical words, for instance “Hosanna! Hosanna!”… just as the scene when the Jews rejoiced and welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem…

As I pondered more, I think this must be a prophecy or revelation, that is God wants us for these 40-day fast to desire above all the welcoming of Him into our lives, church, city, country… Whether the song sounds nice or not is secondary, the important thing is to have that heart that hungers for and feels excited about the presence of Jesus coming to us…

 

Translation of the song:

We welcome Your presence

Hosanna in the highest, hosanna
Hosanna, O gates, lift up your heads
Glory, glory
King of kings, Jesus, You are my King

See He who comes on a donkey
The gentle King, Humble King
I will open up my heart to You
Prince of Peace, I welcome You in

May my worship be like the clashing waves
Lord of the universe, I welcome You…

 

 

写完了才发现这欢迎主到来的歌,真的配合到我们禁食的原因!
感谢主第一天就给予这样的鼓励~
願神恩膏我在這40天內寫更多榮耀他的詩歌。。。

It was only after writing, I realized it is a song welcoming the Lord’s presence, that really flows with the reason we fast!
Thank God for such an encouragement on the first day~
May God anoint me to write more songs to glorify Him during this 40-day period.