"For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day." – John 6:40
今天,我邀请你做同样的事情.
"For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved." – Romans 10:10
Oliver Wendell Holmes 曾经写道:"世界上最重要的事情不是我们曾经到过多少的地方,而是我们每次行进时的方向.", 梦想也是一样.无论今天的环境如何,你都可以追逐自己的梦想,过去发生的事情并不能阻止未来的脚步,正如一句谚语所说:"无论一个人的过去,未来都是无可挑剔的".从今天开始,追逐自己的梦想.
敢于梦想,实现梦想.
[Daniel prayed] "I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king." – Daniel 2:23.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless." – Psalm 84:11
"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus." – Colossians 3:17
"无论作什么,或说话,或行事,都要奉主耶稣的名"-- 歌罗西书3:17
2009.4.20 主题:The secret of his strength
大力士参孙是力量的象征,战无不胜,然而他也有弱点。一个美丽的妇人诱惑和欺骗他背弃了自己的力量之源--神,也只有在参孙选择重新面对上帝的时候他才又获得新生的力量。每个人都有弱项和无能为力的一方面,这取决于每个人接受这一点(自己能力有限)的程度。如果你认为弱项是一种限制,就会缺乏信心,缺乏能力---从而限制自己可以去做的并对神有益的事。相反,如果你将弱项视为一个机会 --- 一个显明神的大能的机会,相信他可以帮助你克服害怕,自卑及无能为力, 那么他的能力将通过你的软弱显得完全。
He fell in love with a woman named Delilah…who lured him into showing her the secret of his great strength." – Judges 16:4-5
"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in Christ's triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere." – 2 Corinthians 2:14
生活中的一切都存在风险.如果你大胆地尝试某件事情,其实就是在冒险因为你有可能失败.但是如果你静止不动,任何新的事物都不去尝试,同样是在冒险.G. K. Chesterton 曾经写到:"人们有所作为的时候,我不相信有什么命运之说;如果他们袖手不为,我倒对命运的说法笃信不疑".越是不敢去冒险,失败的风险越大, 越是敢于去尝试,成功的机会也越大.
"By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son." – Hebrews 11:17
"Whoever find their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it." – Matthew 10:39
得着生命的,将要失丧生命。为我失丧生命的,将要得着生命。-- 马太福音10:39
"The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." – Genesis 2:7
"By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going." – Hebrews 11:8
"Blessed are those who persevere under trial, because when they have stood the test, they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." – James 1:12
2009.5.24 主题 Finding inner strength找到内心的力量
"I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being." – Ephesians 3:16
"Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, 'Lord, how many times shall I forgive someone who sins against me? Up to seven times?' Jesus answered, 'I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.'" – Matthew 18:21-22
"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness.'" – Matthew 25:21
"Those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ." – Romans 5:17
那 些 受 洪 恩 又 蒙 所 赐 之 义 的 , 岂 不 更 要 因 耶 稣 基 督 一 人 在 生 命 中 作 王 麽 。-- 罗马书 5:17
"I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want." – Philippians 4:12
2009.6.17: Great values deliver great character 崇高的价值体现美好的品质
"I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead." – Philippians 3:10-11
"…don't you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God." – James 4:4
"But those who look intently into the perfect law that gives freedom and continue in it—not forgetting what they have heard but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do." – James 1:25
"To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy…to [him] be glory, majesty, power and authority…now and forevermore!" – Jude 24-25
"Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back." – Deuteronomy 30:4