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Day 10 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary

 

第十天1012(三)

今天自己在读约翰福音12章时,有一股莫名的兴奋、感动和喜乐,因太多地方都在跟我说话。。。
所以鼓励你们今天也认真的看约12章。

其中在带中午祷告时让我联想到的是:
“耶稣说:“人子得荣耀的时候到了。
我实实在在地告诉你们:一粒麦子不落在地里死了,仍旧是一粒;若是死了,就结出许多子粒来。”(约12:23-24)

当然这经文讲的是耶稣将为我们死在十架上,但我今天的其它领受是,要荣耀耶稣,我们生命的一些东西也需要“死”;所以求主在这40天里面帮助我们把老我旧人全然钉死,不再复活!

Day 10 : Oct 12th (Wed)

Today while I was reading John Chapter 12 myself, I had this inexplicable excitement, prompting and joy, because many places were speaking to me…
So I encourage you to seriously read John 12 today.

Among those that reminded me while leading the noon-time prayer is:
Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. (John12:23-24)

Of course these verses are talking about Jesus going to be crucified for us on the cross, butmy other enlightenment today is, to glorify Jesus, some things in our lives must “die” too, so may God help us within these 40 days to crucify our old man and self and not let it come back to life again!

 

另,主说:
“若有人服事我,就当跟从我;我在哪里,服事我的人也要在那里;若有人服事我,我父必尊重他。”(约12:26)

太多时候,我们要主跟从我们,而不是我们跟从主,譬如:我们做了某些决定,然后要他赐福,或自己选择去某个地方,然后要他保守等等。。。

但 有时候我们确实希望自己所做的或决定的是神的旨意,有神的喜悦,有神同在与恩宠,可是却不确定有没有听到他的声音。今天中午有感动带领大家,祷告神膏抹我 们的思想和感觉,就是在我们不太确定神的声音的时候,让我们感觉和认为对的决定的那个感觉与思想是从神而来的感觉与思想。因此,在不知不觉的情况之下,爱我们的天父引领我们进入他旨意里面。

最后那一句,"我父必尊重他"也让人深感无比的荣幸,竟然能蒙受全能上帝的尊重!我们何德何能啊!可见,正确的服事主是何等重要和特别!英文的"尊重"(honour)也让人联想到在一个重要典礼,你被点名记念,被叫上台领奖一样!所以你可想像天父若"尊重"你是何等隆重的一件事!

Another thing, Jesus said:
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.” (John12:26)

Too many times we want the Lord to follow us instead of us following the Lord, for instance, we made some decisions, then we asked God to bless those, or we chose to go somewhere ourselves and we asked Him to safeguard us etc…
But sometimes we do really hope what we do or decide is God’s will, and is pleasing to God, with His presence and favour, however we are not sure whether we actually hear His voice. This noon I felt led to lead all to pray for God to anoint our thinking and feeling, that is when we are not very certain about hearing His voice, let our thinking and feeling a certain decision is right be the thinking and feeling from God. Therefore, we are unconsciously guided by our loving Father into His will.
That final phrase, “My Father will honor the one who serves me” also makes me feel incomparable privileged, that we can be honoured by the Almighty God! Who are we, what good or talent do we have to deserve that! That is why to serve God correctly is so important and special! The word “honour” makes one think of a very important ceremony, where you are specially remembered and called to the stage to receive an award! So, can you imagine how grand it would be if our Father God honours you!

Day 3 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary

 

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!

Another thing, while praying for God to heal or give us health, we must realize too many times our physical condition is related to our eating or living habits. Therefore, even if God has really healed us, after a while we might damage this “temple” again with our bad dieting habit… But old habits die hard, how can we change our years of eating habits and lifestyle, that is no easy feat. However, since this house now belongs to the Holy Spirit, pray the Holy Spirit come and work and let Him adjust our interests and preferences etc, that without realizing, we have already developed a preference and enjoyment for healthy and nutritious food, etc…
This is definitely possible, speaking from experience!

曾經有個肥胖的牧師,體重應該是150公斤以上吧,後來減至65左右,穿著時髦。
我問他是怎樣做到的?

他說他看著一些模特兒的身材,就憑信心宣告說:奉耶穌的名我領受!
上帝就開始動工,他的飲食習慣很自然的開始調整!
這樣也可以??!!
我聽了就學習他那樣做,結果。。。你說呢?
你是不是也想學?哈哈哈!
(先聲明這不是神學噢!)Once there was an obese pastor weighing above 150kg I should think, but later reduced to about 65, and now wearing trendy clothes. I asked him how he did it.
He said he just looked at pictures of some models and proclaimed by faith saying: I claim that in Jesus’ name!
Then God started to work and his dieting habit started to change naturally!
Wow, can you actually do that??!!
So I learnt from him, and the result is… what say you?
So are you thinking of learning too? Hahaha!!
(By the way, this is no theology!)

Day 2 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary

 

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~