Day 11 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary

 

第十一天：10月13日(四)

今天领祷告时的感动。。。求主扩大我们的心胸，就在最软弱时还能给人鼓励，就在最缺乏时也还能祝福别人，而且纯粹因为爱和关怀，没有想到回报或上帝会有什么奖赏。。。

我们也宣告教会异象其中一点：“叫万国因我们得福”。

“我必叫你成为大国；我必赐福给你，叫你的名为大，你也要叫别人得福。为你祝福的，我必赐福与他；那咒诅你的，我必咒诅他；地上的万族都要因你得福。”
~创世记12:2-3~

这是上帝给亚伯拉罕的应许，圣经也说我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔；因此，这应许也临到我们身上。
我相信“大国”也可以指我们所做的会越发蒙福扩大，好让我们能成为越多人的祝福。
但何谓亚伯拉罕的后裔？即，无论怎么样都对神有信心的人。然而，我相信亚伯拉罕能成为大国，能那么蒙福并不止因为他有大信心，他也有很大，很会祝福人的心胸！

上帝赐福亚伯拉罕，也要亚伯拉罕赐福别人。身为亚伯拉罕的后裔，这一点我们一定也要活出来，才是真正活在神的旨意里。

“有施散的，却更增添；有吝惜过度的，反致穷乏。好施舍的，必得丰裕；滋润人的，必得滋润。”
~箴言11:24-25~

Day 11 : Oct 13th (Thur)

The prompting in my heart today as I led the prayer meeting… May God stretch our hearts that we may still encourage others even in our weakest moment, and bless others when we are the most lacking; and to do all these purely out of love and concern, not thinking about any return or how God is going to reward us…

We also proclaimed one of the points in our Blessed Vision: “That all nations will be blessed through us”.

“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
~Genesis 12:2-3~

This is the promise God gave Abraham, and the Bible tells us that we are Abraham’s descendants. Therefore this promise comes on us too. I believe “a great nation” can also mean whatever we do will be extended and blessed in order that we can become a blessing to even more people.
But what is Abraham’s descendant? It is someone with faith to believe in God no matter what. But I believe for Abraham to become such a great nation and so blessed, he not only had great faith, he had a very big heart that blessed others too!

God blessed Abraham, and He wanted Abraham to bless others as well. As Abraham’s descendants, we must live this out in order to be truly living in God’s will.

“One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”
~Proverbs 11:24-25~