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如果有這麼一條河。。。 If there is such a river…

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如果有这么一条河,河水能洗去罪恶,你所沾染的肮脏污秽,都可以让这河水为你洗去,你会不会四处去寻找这条河?
If there is such a river, the water can wash away all your sins; all your filth and dirt you have been contaminated with can be taken away by the river, would you go everywhere to search for this river?

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如果有这么一条河,河水能把你的过去、你的羞愧、你的遗憾、你的后悔。。。都冲走,你会不会飞奔去寻找这条河?
If there is such a river, the water can wash away all your shame, remorse and regrets… would you run to look for this river?

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如果有这么一条河,河水能让你全然洁净,重新来过,前路充满光明,你会不会马上跃进河里,把自己全然更新?
If there is such a river, the water can cleanse you totally, give you a brand new start, and brighten up your journey ahead, would you immediately jump into the river to renew yourself?

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然而当你找到这条河时,若它看起来不如你所想像,感觉不是你所幻想,或某种原因使你排斥、动摇,你会不会就掉头离开,就此放弃,而不去给自己一个翻转的机会。。。?However when you have found this river but if it does not appear as what you have expected or does not feel as you have imagined, or for some reason it causes you reject or be shaken, would you just turn and go away and give up, not giving yourself a chance to be transformed…?

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事实上这么一条河谁不要?事实上这么一条河也存在;事实上很多人一找到这条河也无法接受,很快就掉头走掉。。。
The truth is who would not want such a river? The truth is such a river does exist, and the truth is once many people find this river, they would not be able to accept it and they would quickly turn and just walk away…

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这么一条河就是耶稣圣灵的河,在这河里你可以重生、被赦免、被洁净、被更新。。。只要你敞开你的心相信和接受,这么一条河就会涌进你心灵里,苏醒你的灵。。。
Such a river is the river of the Holy Spirit of Jesus, in this river you can be born again, forgiven, cleansed, renewed… as long as you open up your heart to believe and receive, this river will flow into your heart and soul and restore your spirit….

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2012 禁食日记 – 第30天: “羡慕” 2012 Fasting Diary – Day 30: “Envious”

 

第三十天(05/09/12)

“耶和华与约瑟同在。。。”(创39:2,21)
这几乎可称为约瑟一生的座右铭,的确无论约瑟去哪里、在哪里、做什么,“耶和华都与约瑟同在”。耶和华都帮助他,赐福他,让他在对的人眼前蒙恩,虽然一些妒忌他的人视他为仇敌而加害与他。

如此的生命 - 常有神的同在与恩宠,是多少人的羡慕和渴望。。。那是因为我们只看到他的地位,祝福和成功等等,但有多少人会羡慕那弃绝、伤害、为奴生活、诬告、坐牢等等。。。?

很显然的,耶和华会与约瑟同在是因为他美好的态度、灵性,和正确反应;加上他在任何逆境中都时刻信赖及仰望耶和华。所以,在我们还没羡慕与期望耶和华也常与我们同在如同与约瑟同在之前,让我们先看看我们自己的心和态度,也审查我们对日常生活状况与考验的反应。。。

 

Day 30 (05/09/12)

“The Lord was with Joseph…” (Gen 39:2,21)
This can almost be called Joseph’s life motto, indeed “The Lord was with Joseph” wherever Joseph went or was or whatever he did. The Lord just helped him and blessed him and he would find favour with all the right people, despite being an “enemy” and under the attack of of those who were jealous of him.

Such a life – to have the presence of the Lord and His favour, would be the envy and desire of all… that is because we only see the status, blessings and successes etc, but how many would be envious of the rejection and hurts and slavery and wrongful accusation and imprisonment etc…?

It is obvious the Lord was always with Joseph because of his good attitude, spirit, and correct reactions; also his constant trust and fixing his eyes on the Lord despite all adverse situations. So before we feel envious and start wishing the Lord would be with us always like the way He was with Joseph, let us first look at our own heart and attitude and examine how we react to our everyday situations and trials…

2012 禁食日记 – 第29天: “还是谦卑” 2012 Fasting Diary – Day 29: “Humility still”

 

第二十九天(04/09/12)

谦卑单纯的心是要持续保守的,随着年日的增加,我们很容易让自己的经历、学问等等取代原本孩子般的单纯。另外一个更平常的问题是,我们常持有自己的认为和想法,而无法接受真理的圣灵的启示,或者我们以自己的想法限制了神的作为。这些其实会形成我们自己建立的“宗教”,而使我们失去很多奇妙的经历和福份。

元帅乃缦这一边会谦卑相信为奴小女孩的话,但另一边却无法接受小女孩所介绍的先知的话,当他以自己的观念拒绝先知所说的而愤怒离开时,他却又听从仆人的劝告照着先知所说的去做,结果他真的痊愈了!

可见持续的谦卑何等重要。除此之外,身边的人也很重要,身边的人的态度和信心也可以影响我们做对或错的事情,当然也因此间接影响我们的福份。

10 以利沙打发一个使者对乃缦说:“你去在约旦河中沐浴七回,你的肉就必复原,而得洁净。” 11 乃缦却发怒走了,说:“我想他必定出来见我,站着求告耶和华他神的名,在患处以上摇手,治好这大麻风。 12 大马士革的河亚罢拿和法珥法岂不比以色列的一切水更好吗?我在那里沐浴不得洁净吗?”于是气愤愤地转身去了。 13 他的仆人进前来,对他说:“我父啊,先知若吩咐你做一件大事,你岂不做吗?何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢?” 14 于是乃缦下去,照着神人的话,在约旦河里沐浴七回。他的肉复原,好像小孩子的肉,他就洁净了。”

~ 王下 5:10-14 ~

Day 29 (04/09/12)

A heart of simplicity and humility must be maintained, as years go by, we can easily allow our experiences , knowledge etc to take over our child-like simplicity. Another even more common problem is: we tend to hold on to our own opinions and thinking till we cannot accept the revelations of the Spirit of Truth, or we may limit the work of God with our own thinking. All these can actually result in the formation of our own “religion”, and cause us to lose a lot of amazing experiences and blessings.

The Commander Naaman on one side could humbly believe in the young slave girl’s words, but on the other side he could not accept the words of the prophet the girl introduced. When he rejected what the prophet said with his own thinking and left angrily, he however listened to his servants’ advice to just do as the prophet had said. As a result, he was really healed!

So we see continued humility is so important. Apart from this, our companions are also very important, the attitude and faith of the people around us can influence us to do the right or the wrong thing, and of course therefore indirectly affect our blessings.

10 Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.”11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than any of the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage.13 Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.”
~ 2 Kings 5:10-14 ~