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。

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~

找到了这张很有纪念性的照片，都不记得是哪一年禁食40天后所拍的了。。。应该都有十年了吧？当时朋友看到我，不知道我在禁食，都劝我看医生，担心我得了什么病！哈哈哈！

禁食长时间，体形面貌难免会有变化，但带来灵里的力量，而且过后身体反而会更健康呢。。。所以很值得啦！

然而若不是神清楚的带领和感动，我们可不能随便长时间禁食，如21天或40天都没吃等等。。。因那反而会伤身体，也对自己不好。。。

再者，若不是有圣灵的带领和力量，两天不吃都受不了啦，更何况40天！！所以，我有过两次禁食40天完全不吃，也有两次21天完全不吃的经历，对我来说是我生命中经历过其中最明显的神迹。。。

现在因暂时没有要长时间禁食的感动，回想起那段完全没吃的日子，真的有点不可思议，也真的有点恐怖。。。但时间一到，若圣灵又带领或感动，突然间又会很奇妙的做到了。。。

Found this very memorable photograph, taken after my 40-day fast, can’t even remember which year it was already… Must be more than 10 years ago? At that time when friends saw me, not knowing I was fasting, they even advised me to go see a doctor for fear that I might have some illness! Haha!

Going on a long fast, your looks and body size will surely change, but it wll bring spiritual strength and after that you will become healthier too… so it is really worth it!

But if not for God’s clear direction and conviction, we must not simply go on a long fast like not eating for 21 or 40 days… because that would instead hurt your body and is not good for yourself…

Also, if not for the direction and power of the Holy Spirit, normally I can’t even stand not eating for two days, let alone 40 days!! So, my two experiences of fasting for 40 days and twice 21 days were truly some of the most obvious miracles I have ever experinced in my life…

Now at this moment, as I do not have the conviction to go on a long fast, to recall those days of not eating, it is really unimagineable, and rather scary too… But when the time comes, and if the Holy Spirit leads and convicts again, suddenly and miraculously you will be able to do it again….

多年以前。。。  Many years before…

多年以后 （ 二零零九年九月 ）。。。  很值得吧？哈哈！
Many years later ( Sept ’09 )… really worth it, right? Haha!