260靈修 Nov 30, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 44:17-26

第四十四章
17 這都臨到我們身上,我們卻沒有忘記你,也沒有違背你的約。
18 我們的心沒有退後,我們的腳也沒有偏離你的路。
19 你在野狗之處壓傷我們,用死蔭遮蔽我們。
20 倘若我們忘了神的名,或向別神舉手,
21 神豈不鑑察這事嗎?因為他曉得人心裡的隱秘。
22 我們為你的緣故終日被殺,人看我們如將宰的羊。
23 主啊,求你睡醒,為何儘睡呢?求你興起,不要永遠丟棄我們。
24 你為何掩面,不顧我們所遭的苦難和所受的欺壓?
25 我們的性命伏於塵土;我們的肚腹緊貼地面。
26 求你起來幫助我們,憑你的慈愛救贖我們!

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?

3.詩人心中甚為困惑苦惱,他苦求神“起來幫助我們”。你呢?
這類的詩篇讓我們知道,在與神的關係裡,我們有時候是可能
會覺得被棄絕、孤單無助,並且可能會直接向神如此申訴;但
同時間也一直盼望能與神修復原有的親密關係。你最近是否有
遭到不公平的對待?你是否覺得神在睡覺,就如耶穌的門徒在
船上的想法(可4:35-38)?你怎麼樣來搖醒神?這個經驗對
你信靠神的公義與慈愛有什麼影響?

4.求神幫助你來認識祂並祂工作的方式,並當你等候聆聽神聲音
的時候,賜給你平安。

禱告與筆錄:
繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思
想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。

Chapter 44
17 All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you;
we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;
you covered us over with deep darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do you hide your face
and forget our misery and oppression?
25 We are brought down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up and help us;
rescue us because of your unfailing love.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

3. The psalmist was puzzled and in agony, he begged God to “rise up
and help us”. Psalms like this one let us know that we are allowed to
feel abandoned and alone in our relationship with God and actually
say that to him, all the while hoping to return into right relationship
with him. What about you? What is one bad thing that happened to
you recently that you didn’t deserve? Did you feel God was sleeping,
just as Jesus’ disciple felt (Mk 4:35-38)? What did you do to
wake God up? How does this experience do to your faith in God’s
justice and love?

4. Ask God to help you understand his ways and give you peace when
you are waiting for his voice.

Prayer & Journaling:
Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse with God and listen
to what he wants to tell me. Then write down any thought and/or prayer
in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 29, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 43:1-5

第四十三章
1 神啊,求你伸我的冤,向不虔誠的國為我辨屈;求你救我脫離詭
詐不義的人。
2 因為你是賜我力量的神,為何丟棄我呢?我為何因仇敵的欺壓時
常哀痛呢?
3 求你發出你的亮光和真實,好引導我,帶我到你的聖山,到你的
居所。
4 我就走到神的祭壇,到我最喜樂的神那裡。神啊,我的神!我要
彈琴稱讚你!
5 我的心哪,你為何憂悶?為何在我裡面煩躁?應當仰望神,因我
還要稱讚他。他是我臉上的光榮(註:原文作“幫助”),是我
的神。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.你是否曾經質問過“若神是我們的神,為什麼我們必須受痛苦
被壓迫?為什麼神似乎棄絕了我們?”詩人在此處正是如此,
但是他後來的祈求:“求你發出你的亮光和真實”,並非要求
解釋他為何受苦,而是求神將他帶回到神那裡(4節)。當我
們傷痛時,我們最需要的並不是得到苦難的答案,甚至也不是
解脫;我們所需要的乃是來到神的面前,在那裡尋得希望並獻
上讚美。

4.你目前的困難是什麼?向神祈求幫助你明白你沮喪失望的感
受;並幫助你專注在神身上,學會隨時將你自己或是朋友的沮
喪交給神。

禱告與筆錄:
繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思
想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。

Chapter43
1 Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful
nation.Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked.
2 You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
3 Send me your light and your faithful care,
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.
Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?

3. Have you ever asked “if God is ours, why must we suffer oppression?
Why does he seem to reject us?” The psalmist did just that
here. But then he asked to “Send forth your light”(God’s light
meaning God’s word), not so much to explain his troubles but to
lead him back to God himself (v4). What we need most when hurting
is not answers, or even relief. What we need is to come into
God’s presence, there to find hope and to offer praise.

4. What are your struggles right now? Ask God to help you understand
your own feelings of depression or despair. Also to help you
focus on him and be ready to turn to him with your own depression
and/or that of a troubled friend.

Prayer & Journaling:
Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse with God and listen
to what he wants to tell me. Then write down any thought and/or prayer
in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

祈禱週誌 2012年11月25-12月1日

你們應當畏懼,不可犯罪;在床上的時候,要心裡思想,並要肅靜。當獻上公義的祭,

又當倚靠耶和華。有許多人說:誰能指示我們什麼好處?

耶和華啊,求你仰起臉來,光照我們。你使我心裡快樂,勝過那豐收五穀新酒的人。
我必安然躺下睡覺,因為獨有你─耶和華使我安然居住。」 [詩4:4~8]

 

星期日: 「我成長」為教會事工禱告
● 教會於2013年1月自立的諸多策劃安排,求主施恩,帶領教會,跟從聖靈的指引,
同心擺上,齊心努力。
● 信徒愛慕主話,恆心使用 260 靈修來親近神,並藉默想、禱告,學效基督的樣式。

星期一: 「我相愛」 為教會領袖禱告
●事工委員會同工們,像亞倫與戶珥一樣,成為牧師的支援,敬重他、體諒他。
● 為王洪淵傳道禱告,求主賜下體力、靈力、智力,帶領教會各項國語堂事工。

星期二: 「我傳揚」為教會福音事工,及未信主的親友禱告
●求神祝福教會福音推動,為各人未信主的家人,親友禱告。
● 為教會的 EV team 禱告,在策劃今年的各項福音事工時,有敏銳的靈,明白並順從聖靈的引領;組員有熱愛失喪靈魂的心,被聖靈激勵,為傳福音努力。

星期三: 「我成長」為細胞小組及牧區禱告
● 為各小組的組長禱告,求主加力量給他們,在生活與工作上,都經歷神的同在;在小組事奉上,能如鷹展翅上騰,服事組員及Oikos。
● 為IGC區的三組組員禱告,使每位弟兄姐妹在繁忙的生活中,依然與神親近,家愛主,渴慕主的話語。

星期四: 「我相愛」 為教會信徒禱告
● 在工作職業上面臨困境的弟兄姐妹,願主賜智慧、能力來面對,更存依靠基督的心, 盡上當盡的本分並仰望基督的引領。
● 信徒之間彼此謙讓與接納,「各人看別人比自己強」。

星期五: 「我傳揚」為宣教事工禱告李勤基執事
● 朱肇平牧師完成述職回到埃塞俄比亞工場,著手為阿比西尼亞營工 的恢復 註冊奔走,但因相關部門間的要求不協調,迄今仍不得要領。求神開通達的路、
賜朱牧師及營工的同工有智慧及耐性辦理此事。
● 感謝主,方馬太宣教士已找到新居所,並在剛過去的星期四搬家。但兒子Sam在搬 家期間哮喘病發,太太Andrea亦病了,請特別為他們的健康禱告。

星期六: 「我成長」為主日崇拜禱告
●聖靈引導主日崇拜的講員李勤基執事,使他有能力,清晰地傳講神的信息。
●招待部的同工們,帶著主的溫柔,迎接每位前來聚會的會眾。
●愛心咖啡小組的同工們,以主的謙卑,來服事弟兄姐妹。

260靈修 Nov 28, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 42:1-5

第四十二篇

1 神啊,我的心切慕你,如鹿切慕溪水。
2 我的心渴想神,就是永生神;我幾時得朝見神呢?
3 我晝夜以眼淚當飲食,人不住地對我說:“你的神在哪裡呢?”
4 我從前與眾人同往,用歡呼稱讚的聲音領他們到神的殿裡,大家
守節。我追想這些事,我的心極其悲傷。
5 我的心哪,你為何憂悶?為何在我裡面煩躁?應當仰望神,因他
笑臉幫助我,我還要稱讚他。

默想:
1.請參考第1頁有關禱讀操練方式——“誦讀聖言”,試著將這
個方式用上面所載每日的260 靈修上。

2.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

3.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?

4.就像溪裡的水可以供養鹿的肉身生命,神本身也能供應人的屬
靈生命(參,約4:14)。詩人在此處描述他對神的渴慕,而
這種對活在在神面前的渴想切慕,正是我們與神同在的生命最
重要的核心。

5.當你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什
麼關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

禱告與筆錄:
繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思
想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。

Psalms 42

1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
4 These things I remember as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One
with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng.
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

Meditation:
1. Refer to page 1 on Lectio Divina and try to implement it as you read
through the above passage.

2. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

3. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage?

4. As water from a brook sustains a deer physically, so God himself
sustains people spiritually (cf. John 4:14). The psalmist was thirsty
for God. The images of thirst and eagerness to be in God’s presence
are the essence of our life with God.

5. What is your emotion as you read this word or phrase? Do you
share the emotion expressed in the psalm? How is that related to
your current situation? What is God saying to you? What is your
response?

Prayer & Journaling:
Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse with God and listen
to what he wants to tell me. Then write down any thought and/or prayer
in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 27, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 66:19-24

第六十六章
19我要顯神蹟(註:或作“記號”)在他們中間,逃脫的我要差到
列國去,就是到他施、普勒、拉弓的路德和土巴、雅完,並素來沒
有聽見我名聲、沒有看見我榮耀遼遠的海島,他們必將我的榮耀傳
揚在列國中。20他們必將你們的弟兄從列國中送回,使他們或騎
馬,或坐車,坐轎,騎騾子,騎獨峰駝,到我的聖山耶路撒冷,作
為供物獻給耶和華,好像以色列人用潔淨的器皿盛供物奉到耶和華
的殿中。”這是耶和華說的。21耶和華說:“我也必從他們中間取
人為祭司,為利未人。”22耶和華說:“我所要造的新天新地,怎
樣在我面前長存,你們的後裔和你們的名字也必照樣長存!
23每逢月朔、安息日,凡有血氣的必來在我面前下拜。”這是耶和
華說的。24“他們必出去觀看那些違背我人的屍首,因為他們的蟲
是不死的,他們的火是不滅的。凡有血氣的都必憎惡他們。”

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.這一段是以賽亞書最後的一段經文,重申以色列的盼望,就是
將來的新天新地(啟21:1-2);也清楚地區分神的真僕人及
與神為敵的人。

3.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到新天新地時,你有什麼感受?對於那些悖逆神的人的最
終結局,你覺得如何?

4.這與你的現況有什麼關連沒有?神想要你做什麼?

5.以賽亞書最重要的功課可以綜合為三個提醒:(1)有一位
神,(2)祂要再來,(3)我們永恆的結局將決定於我們今生
對神的回應。

6.若是你至今對於自己與神的關係仍然不清楚,或不確定的話,
請盡快與牧師或小組長聯絡,向他們請教並請他們為你禱告。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 66
18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come
and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and
see my glory.19 “I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of
those who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians
(famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that
have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory
among the nations. 20 And they will bring all your people, from all the
nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD—
on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the
LORD. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings,
to the temple of the LORD in ceremonially clean vessels. 21 And I will
select some of them also to be priests and Levites,” says the LORD.22 “As
the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,”
declares theLORD, “so will your name and descendants endure. 23 From
one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind
will come and bow down before me,” says theLORD. 24 “And they will
go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me;
the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be
quenched,and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. This last passage ends on the hope of Israel’s future which points to
the ultimate new heavens and new earth (Rev 21:1-2). It also clarifies
the difference between a true servant of the Lord and one of his
enemies.

3. How do you feel about the new heavens and new earth? What
about the final destiny of those rebelled against God to the end?

4. The most important lessons from the book of Isaiah can be summed
up in the three reminders that (a) there is a God, (b) he is coming
back, and (c) our eternal destiny is determined by our response to
Him in this life.

5. If, by this time, you are still confused or not certain about God’s
will and your eternal destiny, speak to a pastor, a group leader or
some mature Christian and ask for them to pray for you.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 26, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 65:17-25

第六十五章
17看哪,我造新天新地;從前的事不再被記念,也不再追想。18你
們當因我所造的永遠歡喜快樂!因我造耶路撒冷為人所喜,造其中
的居民為人所樂。19我必因耶路撒冷歡喜,因我的百姓快樂。其中
必不再聽見哭泣的聲音和哀號的聲音。20其中必沒有數日夭亡的嬰
孩,也沒有壽數不滿的老者;因為百歲死的仍算孩童,有百歲死的
罪人算被咒詛。21他們要建造房屋,自己居住;栽種葡萄園,吃其
中的果子。22他們建造的,別人不得住;他們栽種的,別人不得
吃。因為我民的日子必像樹木的日子,我選民親手勞碌得來的必長
久享用。23他們必不徒然勞碌,所生產的,也不遭災害。因為都是
蒙耶和華賜福的後裔,他們的子孫也是如此。24他們尚未求告,我
就應允;正說話的時候,我就垂聽。25豺狼必與羊羔同食,獅子必
吃草與牛一樣,塵土必作蛇的食物。在我聖山的遍處,這一切都不
傷人、不害物。”這是耶和華說的。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.想像一下,若是你的生命中不再有任何憂愁、痛苦、及罪惡,
那會是怎樣的生活?這個將要來的事實,怎樣影響你面對眼前
的困難?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 65
17 “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth.The former things will
not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.18 But be glad and rejoice
forever in what I will create,for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and
its people a joy.19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my
people;the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
20 “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not live out his years;the one who dies at a hundred
will be thought a mere child;the one who fails to reach a hundred will
be considered accursed.21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they
will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.22 No longer will they build houses
and others live in them, or plant and others eat.For as the days of a tree,
so will be the days of my people;my chosen ones will long enjoy the work
of their hands.23 They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children
doomed to misfortune;for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they
and their descendants with them.24 Before they call I will answer; while
they are still speaking I will hear.25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,and dust will be the serpent’s
food.They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says
the LORD.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. In this joyful passage God promised a bright future for those who
love and trust the Lord. And this new creation comes into being for
us through Jesus Christ (II Cor 5:17); our new lives will be holy and
godly (2 Pet 3:11-13); and ultimately we will be in the new heaven
and earth with God for eternity (Rev 21:1-5).

3. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? Which of the New Testament application
of this heavenly vision especially strikes you now? Why?

4. Try to picture your life without any of the causes or results of grief,
sin and pain. What would that free you to be? How would this vision
of what God will bring about affect the way you deal with the
struggles you do face now?

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 23, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 64:1-12

第六十四章
1願你裂天而降,願山在你面前震動,
2好像火燒乾柴,又像火將水燒開。使你敵人知道你的名,使列國
在你面前發顫。3你曾行我們不能逆料可畏的事。那時你降臨,山
嶺在你面前震動。4從古以來人未曾聽見、未曾耳聞、未曾眼見在
你以外有甚麼神為等候他的人行事。5你迎接那歡喜行義、記念你
道的人;你曾發怒,我們仍犯罪。這景況已久,我們還能得救嗎?
6我們都像不潔淨的人,所有的義都像污穢的衣服;我們都像葉子
漸漸枯乾,我們的罪孽好像風把我們吹去。7並且無人求告你的
名,無人奮力抓住你;原來你掩面不顧我們,使我們因罪孽消化。
8耶和華啊,現在你仍是我們的父!我們是泥,你是窯匠,我們都
是你手的工作。9耶和華啊,求你不要大發震怒,也不要永遠記念
罪孽。求你垂顧我們,我們都是你的百姓。10你的聖邑變為曠野,
錫安變為曠野,耶路撒冷成為荒場。11我們聖潔華美的殿,就是我
們列祖讚美你的所在,被火焚燒;我們所羨慕的美地盡都荒廢。
12耶和華啊,有這些事,你還忍得住嗎?你仍靜默,使我們深受苦難嗎?

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.重複讀幾遍這章經文,讓經文的字句滲入心中,每次讀的時
候,都成為你對神的呼求、認罪、求憐。

3.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

4.根據這章禱詞,寫一篇你為教會及弟兄姐妹向神作的禱告。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 64
1 Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,that the mountains
would tremble before you!2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water
to boil,come down to make your name known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake before you!3 For when you did awesome
things that we did not expect,you came down, and the mountains trembled
before you.4 Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who
wait for him.5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right, who remember
your ways.But when we continued to sin against them, you were
angry.How then can we be saved?6 All of us have become like one who is
unclean,and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;we all shrivel up like
a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.7 No one calls on your
name or strives to lay hold of you;for you have hidden your face from us
and have given us over to our sins.8 Yet you, LORD, are our Father.We
are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.9 Do not
be angry beyond measure, LORD; do not remember our sins forever.Oh,
look on us, we pray, for we are all your people.10 Your sacred cities have
become a wasteland; even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and glorious temple, where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins.
12 After all this, LORD, will you hold yourself back?Will you keep silent
and punish us beyond measure?

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. Repeat reading this chapter several times to allow the words sink
into your heart. Each time when you read, make it your plea, confession
and petition for mercy to God.

3. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?

4. Based on this chapter, write a prayer to God for your church and
members of your church.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 22, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 63:7-14

第六十三章
7我要照耶和華一切所賜給我們的,提起他的慈愛和美德,並他向
以色列家所施的大恩,這恩是照他的憐恤和豐盛的慈愛賜給他們
的。8他說:“他們誠然是我的百姓,不行虛假的子民。”這樣,
他就作了他們的救主。9他們在一切苦難中,他也同受苦難,並
且他面前的使者拯救他們。他以慈愛和憐憫救贖他們,在古時的
日子常保抱他們、懷搋他們。10他們竟悖逆,使主的聖靈擔憂;
他就轉作他們的仇敵,親自攻擊他們。11那時,他們(註:原文
作“他”)想起古時的日子、摩西和他百姓,說:將百姓和牧養他
全群的人從海裡領上來的在哪裡呢?將他的聖靈降在他們中間的在
哪裡呢?12使他榮耀的膀臂在摩西的右手邊行動,在他們前面將水
分開,要建立自己永遠的名,13帶領他們經過深處,如馬行走曠
野,使他們不至絆跌的在哪裡呢?14耶和華的靈使他們得安息,彷
彿牲畜下到山谷。照樣,你也引導你的百姓,要建立自己榮耀的名。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.以賽亞在此強調雖然以色列對神不忠,但神仍然是信實的,縱
然人不能靠自己成為義人,但藉著神的僕人之工作就能得到。

3.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

4.在你的經驗中,什麼是你的“出埃及事件”?當時神在你生命
中有什麼工作?如今當你靈命再度覺得枯乾的時候,你是否會
藉著回憶過往的經歷來重新得到鼓勵、振作起來?

5.與神談論你最近的掙扎,並聆聽祂的回應。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 63
7 I will tell of the kindnesses of the LORD, the deeds for which he is to
be praised,according to all the LORD has done for us—yes, the many
good things he has done for Israel,according to his compassion and many
kindnesses.8 He said, “Surely they are my people, children who will be
true to me”;and so he became their Savior.9 In all their distress he too was
distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them.In his love and mercy
he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
10 Yet they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit.So he turned and became
their enemy and he himself fought against them.11 Then his people recalled
the days of old, the days of Moses and hispeople—where is he who
brought them through the sea, with the shepherd of his flock?Where is
he who set his Holy Spirit among them,12 who sent his glorious arm of
power to be at Moses’ right hand,who divided the waters before them, to
gain for himself everlasting renown,13 who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble;14 like cattle that go
down to the plain, they were given rest by the Spirit of the LORD.This is
how you guided your people to make for yourself a glorious name.
Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. Isaiah emphasizes the faithfulness of God against Israel’s unfaithfulness.
Even though people cannot attain righteousness on their
own, God makes it available to them through the work of His Servant.

3. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?

4. What is the “exodus event” that you fondly recall in your life when
it was clear that God was working in you? How do you feel now
when times of spiritual emptiness occur? Will you recall the past to
get encouragement?

5. Talk with God about your present struggles and listen to his response.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 21, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 62:1-7

第六十二章
1我因錫安必不靜默,為耶路撒冷必不息聲,直到他的公義如光輝
發出,他的救恩如明燈發亮。2列國必見你的公義,列王必見你的
榮耀。你必得新名的稱呼,是耶和華親口所起的。3你在耶和華的
手中要作為華冠,在你神的掌上必作為冕旒。4你必不再稱為“撇
棄的”,你的地也不再稱為“荒涼的”;你卻要稱為“我所喜悅
的”,你的地也必稱為“有夫之婦”。因為耶和華喜悅你,你的地
也必歸他。5少年人怎樣娶處女,你的眾民(註:原文作“子”)
也要照樣娶你;新郎怎樣喜悅新婦,你的神也要照樣喜悅你。
6耶路撒冷啊,我在你城上設立守望的,他們晝夜必不靜默。呼籲
耶和華的,你們不要歇息,7也不要使他歇息,直等他建立耶路撒
冷,使耶路撒冷在地上成為可讚美的。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷
2.讀第二遍的時候,將所有的“你”都改為“我”來讀。
3.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到“你卻要稱為‘我所喜悅的’”時,你有什麼感受?
4.沉靜在“神喜悅你”的觀念上。回想一下,什麼時候覺得自己
很糟糕(例:當對自己有苛求時,當別人踩低你時,或考試不
合格,工作不理想時)。讓自己回應每一個情景這樣說:“沒
錯,當時的確如此,但是神喜悅我。”
5.這與你的現況有什麼關連沒有?神想要你做什麼?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

 

Chapter 62
1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain
quiet,till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like
a blazing torch.2 The nations will see your vindication, and all kings your
glory;you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will
bestow.3 You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD’s hand, a royal diadem
in the hand of your God.4 No longer will they call you Deserted, or
name your land Desolate.But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land
Beulah;for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married.
5 As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry
you;as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over
you.6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never
be silent day or night.You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no
rest,7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the
praise of the earth.
Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate
2. When you read the second time, reverse all the “you” to “I and
me”.
3. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? Tell God how it makes you feel to know
that he delights in you and is happy with you.
4. Rest in the truth that God delights in you. If you wish, imagine
situations when you feel anything but special (ie, when you are hard
on yourself, when someone puts you down, or when you get back a
test, or work review that isn’t so great). See yourself responding to
the situation by saying, “Yes, this is true, but God delights in me.”

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

祈禱週誌 2012年11月18-24日

「丈夫必須愛妻子,像愛自己一樣,而妻子必須敬重丈夫。作兒女的,你們要聽從父母;這是基督徒的本份。…作父親的,你們不要激怒
兒女,要用主的教導來養育栽培他們。作奴僕的,你們要畏懼戰兢,
專心服從世上的主人,像事奉基督一樣。」[弗5:33~6:5]

 

星期日:「我成長」為教會事工禱告

•為教會財政需要禱告,願神激勵弟兄姐妹在奉獻的操練上,不斷成長,使神的家不致缺乏。
•求神讓教會購買為萬民堂未來堂址之土地能被劃入土地發展計劃中。

星期一:「我相愛」為教會領袖禱告

•牧者傳道與神親密的關係,更深認識神(神的慈愛、憐憫、公義、喜樂…)。
•為廖傳道禱告,求主賜下體力、靈力、智力,帶領教會各項兒童事工。

星期二:「我傳揚」為教會福音事工,及未信主的親友禱告

•恆切為尚未信主的親人禱告,生活有好見證,把握機會分享福音。
•弟兄姐妹帶領家中的兒女認識神,走當行的路,到老也不偏離。

星期三:「我成長」為細胞小組及牧區禱告

•弟兄姐妹在小組裡、在家中,經常思念教會的事,樂意以金錢財力、恩賜能力,以及忠心恆切的禱告來服侍。
•為迦密區組員禱告,使每位弟兄姐妹與神親近,全家愛主,渴慕主的話語。

星期四:「我相愛」為教會信徒禱告

•為目前患病,接受治療的弟兄姐妹禱告,求主安慰與醫治,體驗神的同在與弟兄姐妹的關愛。
•教會中的夫婦,在主裡彼此順服、支持、互助、相愛。

星期五:「我傳揚」為宣教事工禱告

•繼續為葉牧師十一月在中國和外蒙古培訓宣教士禱告,求主賜牧師和師母健康,路途平安,和有效的教導。
•葉牧師、陳榮基牧師等籌備的《展望課程:普世差傳浪潮透視》粵語課程將在 2013年1月推出,求神使用,裝備信

星期六:「我成長」為主日崇拜禱告

•聖靈引導主日崇拜的講員蕭牧師,使他有能力,清晰地傳講神的信息。
•敬拜小組被聖靈充滿,全心、全意地帶領會眾進入神的面前。
•A/V組的同工,在服事的當中感受聖靈的同在,與敬拜小組及講員,同被聖靈引領,一同參與敬拜。

260靈修 Nov 20, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 61:1-11

第六十一章
1主耶和華的靈在我身上,因為耶和華用膏膏我,叫我傳好信息給
謙卑的人(註:或作“傳福音給貧窮的人”),差遣我醫好傷心
的人,報告被擄的得釋放,被囚的出監牢;2報告耶和華的恩年,
和我們神報仇的日子,安慰一切悲哀的人;3賜華冠與錫安悲哀的
人,代替灰塵,喜樂油代替悲哀,讚美衣代替憂傷之靈。使他們
稱為公義樹,是耶和華所栽的,叫他得榮耀。4他們必修造已久的
荒場,建立先前淒涼之處,重修歷代荒涼之城。5那時,外人必
起來牧放你們的羊群,外邦人必作你們耕種田地的、修理葡萄園
的。6你們倒要稱為耶和華的祭司,人必稱你們為我們神的僕役。
你們必吃用列國的財物,因得他們的榮耀自誇。7你們必得加倍的
好處,代替所受的羞辱;分中所得的喜樂,必代替所受的凌辱。
在境內必得加倍的產業,永遠之樂必歸與你們(註:原文作“他
們”)。8“因為我耶和華喜愛公平,恨惡搶奪和罪孽。我要憑誠
實施行報應,並要與我的百姓立永約。9他們的後裔必在列國中被
人認識,他們的子孫在眾民中也是如此。凡看見他們的,必認他們
是耶和華賜福的後裔。”10我因耶和華大大歡喜,我的心靠神快
樂。因他以拯救為衣給我穿上,以公義為袍給我披上。好像新郎戴
上華冠,又像新婦佩戴妝飾。11田地怎樣使百穀發芽,園子怎樣使
所種的發生,主耶和華必照樣使公義和讚美在萬民中發出。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到你將被稱為神的祭司時(6節),你有什麼感受?你在
這個星期中,要怎樣來生活得像一個祭司?你是“以耶和華為
樂”的心態來事奉嗎?還是因著事奉的成果或成功之感而事
奉?這兩者有什麼分別?

3.求神指教你如何事奉,在今天你服事某人的時候,記得你是與
神的手一同作,並靠神的能力去作的。這是神的工作,而你竟
成為其中的一部份!

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

 

Chapter 61
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,because the LORD has
anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted,to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from
darkness for the prisoners,2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and
the day of vengeance of our God,to comfort all who mourn,3 and provide
for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,the oil of joy instead of mourning,and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD for the display of his splendor.4 They will rebuild
the ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated;they will renew
the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations.5 Strangers will
shepherd your flocks; foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests of the LORD, you will be named ministers
of our God.You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you
will boast.7 Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy
will be yours.8 “For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting
covenant with them.9 Their descendants will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the LORD has blessed.”10 I delight greatly in the
LORD; my soul rejoices in my God.For he has clothed me with garments
of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself
with her jewels.11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden
causes seeds to grow,so the Sovereign LORD will make righteousness and
praise spring up before all nations.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What words or phrases stand out to you? How do you feel about
being called a priest? What would it mean for you to live like a
priest this week? Do you serve with “delight in the Lord” or with
joy in results or feelings of success? What’s the difference?

3. Ask God for guidance in how you serve. As you serve someone
today, be present to the reality that you are doing this with God’s
hand, under his power. This is his work and you get to be a part of
it!

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 19, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 60:17-22

第六十章
17我要拿金子代替銅,拿銀子代替鐵,拿銅代替木頭,拿鐵代替石
頭;並要以和平為你的官長,以公義為你的監督。18你地上不再聽
見強暴的事,境內不再聽見荒涼毀滅的事。你必稱你的牆為‘拯
救’,稱你的門為‘讚美’。19日頭不再作你白晝的光,月亮也不
再發光照耀你;耶和華卻要作你永遠的光,你神要為你的榮耀!
20你的日頭不再下落,你的月亮也不退縮;因為耶和華必作你永遠
的光,你悲哀的日子也完畢了。21你的居民都成為義人,永遠得地
為業,是我種的栽子、我手的工作,使我得榮耀。22至小的族要加
增千倍,微弱的國必成為強盛;我耶和華要按定期速成這事。”

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?

3.這是一段光輝燦爛的應許,預言被擄子民將來滿載而歸,重建
錫安城;萬國也來獻財寶,使錫安滿得榮耀。我們同樣地對將
來充滿盼望,因為“你神要為你的榮耀!你的日頭不再下落,
你的月亮也不退縮;因為耶和華必作你永遠的光,你悲哀的日
子也完畢了”(19-20節)。

4.當你讀到有關將來的榮耀盼望的字詞時,你有什麼感受?這與
你的現況有什麼關連沒有?神想要你做什麼?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 60
1 “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises
upon you.2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the
peoples,but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your
dawn.4 “Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to
you;your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip.
5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with
joy;the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the
nations will come.6 Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels
of Midian and Ephah.And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense
and proclaiming the praise of the LORD.7 All Kedar’s flocks will be
gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;they will be accepted
as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious temple.8 “Who
are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?9 Surely the
islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,bringing your children
from afar, with their silver and gold,to the honor of the LORD your
God, the Holy One of Israel,for he has endowed you with splendor.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage?

3. This is a glorious promise that the captives, though in exile, will
return and rebuild Jerusalem. Nations will bring gifts, Jerusalem
will be prosperous and full of glory. We, too, look forward to a time
when “the Lord will be your glory. Your sun will never set again,
and your moon will wane no more; the Lord will be your everlasting
light and your days of sorrow will end”(vv19-20).

4. What is your emotion as you read this word or phrase regarding
your glorious future? How is that related to your current situation?
What does God tell you to do?

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 16, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 59:9-15

第五十九章
9因此,公平離我們遠,公義追不上我們。我們指望光亮,卻是黑
暗;指望光明,卻行幽暗。10我們摸索牆壁,好像瞎子;我們摸
索,如同無目之人。我們晌午絆腳,如在黃昏一樣;我們在肥壯人
中,像死人一般。11我們咆哮如熊,哀鳴如鴿。指望公平,卻是沒
有;指望救恩,卻遠離我們。12我們的過犯在你面前增多,罪惡作
見證告我們;過犯與我們同在。至於我們的罪孽,我們都知道:
13就是悖逆不認識耶和華,轉去不跟從我們的神,說欺壓和叛逆的
話,心懷謊言,隨即說出。14並且公平轉而退後,公義站在遠處;
誠實在街上仆倒,正直也不得進入。15誠實少見,離惡的人反成掠物。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在出聲閱讀本段經文時,將經文中的我們改成我。你認為,當
神聽到你這樣讀的時候,會作何想?

3.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

4.盡可能的列出你在上個星期內所犯過所有大、小的罪。以謙卑
悔改的心向神禱告,一項一項的向神承認自己不應當作的錯
事。求神幫助你不再專注於自己所犯的罪,並得從罪中釋放來
專注並轉向神。

5.在今日之中,隨時留意向神認罪,盡可能的具體認明是什麼
罪,並向神表明你的迫切,並承認你是無法離開神而生活的。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

 

Chapter 59
9 So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us.
We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep
shadows.10 Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like
people without eyes.At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among
the strong, we are like the dead.11 We all growl like bears; we moan
mournfully like doves.We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance,
but it is far away.12 For our offenses are many in your sight, and our
sins testify against us.Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge
our iniquities:13 rebellion and treachery against the LORD, turning our
backs on our God,inciting revolt and oppression, uttering lies our hearts
have conceived.14 So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a
distance;truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. As you read the passage aloud, replace we with I, and our with my.
What might God be thinking as he hears you read this?

3. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

4. Now, make a list of sins – big and small – that you’ve committed in
the past week. In prayer, go through your list item by item, admit to
God that you should not have participated in such wrongdoing. Do
this with a humble and repentant heart. Ask God to help you not to
focus any longer on your sin, but to be free to focus and turn toward
him.

5. As you go through today, make a point to confess your sins to God.
As you do this, be as specific as you can about your sins, acknowledging
your desperation and futility in attempting to live apart from
him.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 15, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 58:3-10

第五十八章
3他們說:‘我們禁食,你為何不看見呢?我們刻苦己心,你為何
不理會呢?’“看哪!你們禁食的日子仍求利益,勒逼人為你們做
苦工。4你們禁食,卻互相爭競,以兇惡的拳頭打人。你們今日禁
食,不得使你們的聲音聽聞於上。5這樣禁食,豈是我所揀選、使
人刻苦己心的日子嗎?豈是叫人垂頭像葦子,用麻布和爐灰鋪在他
以下嗎?你這可稱為禁食、為耶和華所悅納的日子嗎?6我所揀選
的禁食,不是要鬆開兇惡的繩,解下軛上的索,使被欺壓的得自
由,折斷一切的軛嗎?7不是要把你的餅分給飢餓的人,將飄流的
窮人接到你家中,見赤身的給他衣服遮體,顧恤自己的骨肉而不掩
藏嗎?8這樣,你的光就必發現如早晨的光,你所得的醫治要速速
發明。你的公義必在你前面行;耶和華的榮光必作你的後盾。9那
時你求告,耶和華必應允;你呼求,他必說:我在這裡。你若從你
中間除掉重軛和指摘人的指頭,並發惡言的事,10你心若向飢餓的
人發憐憫,使困苦的人得滿足,你的光就必在黑暗中發現,你的幽
暗必變如正午。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.你有沒有過“禁食”的經驗?是為什麼要禁食?或為什麼從不
禁食?禁食對你有什麼益處?

4.若是以錯誤的動機或是錯誤的態度“禁食”或是進行其他屬靈
操練,這對我們是毫無益處的。下面的這些屬靈活動中,有哪
些你只是敷衍應付的作:參加崇拜?讀經?禱告?聖餐?禁
食?這些活動對你有什麼影響?都需要怎樣的態度才能“蒙神
悅納”?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 58
3 ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it?Why have
we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’“Yet on the day of your
fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.4 Your fasting
ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today and expect your voice to be heard on
high.5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for people to
humble themselves?Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed and for
lying in sackcloth and ashes?Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable
to the LORD?6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:to loose the
chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and
to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to
clothe them,and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will
quickly appear;then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory
of the LORD will be your rear guard.9 Then you will call, and the LORD
will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.“If you do
away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious
talk,10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the
needs of the oppressed,then your light will rise in the darkness, and your
night will become like the noonday.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

3. Have you ever fasted? Why or why not? What benefits did you
experience?

4. Fasting or any one of the religious activities that we’re “supposed”
to do, do us no good when we engage in it for the wrong reasons
and with the wrong attitude. In which religious activities do you
find yourself just going through the motions: attending church?
Reading the Bible? Prayer? Communion service? Fasting? How
are these activities affecting you now? What attitudes are needed
for these activities to be “acceptable to the Lord”?

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 14, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 57:14-20

第五十七章
14耶和華要說:“你們要修築修築,預備道路,將絆腳石從我百姓
的路中除掉!”15因為那至高至上、永遠長存(註:原文作“住在
永遠”)、名為聖者的如此說:“我住在至高至聖的所在,也與心
靈痛悔、謙卑的人同居;要使謙卑人的靈甦醒,也使痛悔人的心甦
醒。16我必不永遠相爭,也不長久發怒,恐怕我所造的人與靈性都
必發昏。17因他貪婪的罪孽,我就發怒擊打他。我向他掩面發怒,
他卻仍然隨心背道。18我看見他所行的道,也要醫治他,又要引導
他,使他和那一同傷心的人再得安慰。19我造就嘴唇的果子,願平
安康泰歸與遠處的人,也歸與近處的人;並且我要醫治他。”這是
耶和華說的。20“惟獨惡人,好像翻騰的海不得平靜;其中的水常
湧出污穢和淤泥來。”21我的神說:“惡人必不得平安!”

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.你對這位“至高至上”(又高又遠)的神,但又與“心靈痛
悔、謙卑的人同居”,有什麼感受?

4.你知道最近有什麼人正陷在憂傷、沮喪之中?想想有什麼方式
你可以向這個人表達神對他/她的愛,並實際地安排如何達到
這個計劃。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 57
14 And it will be said:“Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the
obstacles out of the way of my people.”15 For this is what the high and
exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy:
“I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and
lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the
contrite.16 I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry,
for then they would faint away because of me—the very people I have
created.17 I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid
my face in anger,yet they kept on in their willful ways.18 I have seen their
ways, but I will heal them;I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s
mourners,19 creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and
near,”says the LORD. “And I will heal them.”20 But the wicked are like
the tossing sea, which cannot rest,whose waves cast up mire and mud.
21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

3. How do you feel of this God who is both far off and dwells on high,
yet keeps company with the humble, the contrite, and the poor in
spirit?

4. Do you know someone who is sad and depressed? Decide a way
that you can show God’s love to this special person and make plans
to carry it out.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 13, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 56:1-7

第五十六章
1耶和華如此說:“你們當守公平、行公義,因我的救恩臨近,我
的公義將要顯現。2謹守安息日而不干犯,禁止己手而不作惡;如
此行、如此持守的人便為有福。”3與耶和華聯合的外邦人不要
說:“耶和華必定將我從他民中分別出來。”太監也不要說:“我
是枯樹。”4因為耶和華如此說:“那些謹守我的安息日,揀選我
所喜悅的事,持守我約的太監,5我必使他們在我殿中,在我牆內
有記念、有名號,比有兒女的更美。我必賜他們永遠的名,不能剪
除。6還有那些與耶和華聯合的外邦人,要事奉他,要愛耶和華的
名,要作他的僕人,就是凡守安息日不干犯、又持守他(註:原文
作“我”)約的人。7我必領他們到我的聖山,使他們在禱告我的
殿中喜樂。他們的燔祭和平安祭,在我壇上必蒙悅納。因我的殿必
稱為萬民禱告的殿!”

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.在這段經文中,神向所有的人宣佈,若是他們謹守安息日、遵
守神的約的人,就都可以進入神的殿中(4,6節)。

4.你是否曾經有過被拒於外的經驗?這段經文如何適用於你身
上?

5.“萬民禱告的殿”(7節);神的心意,無論是昔日透過以色
列民,或今日透過教會,都是為要吸引萬民來敬拜祂。你心目
中神的國度是否有包括萬民?你如何追求來成為“萬民”的信
仰群體中的一員?

6.默想、認罪、悔改都是禱告的合宜態度,而喜樂也是其中之
一,喜樂又是聖靈所結果子之一(家5:22)。嘗試一下,每
天的260 靈修時間都以喜樂的心來唱吟一首短的敬拜詩歌,開
始與結束每天的讀經禱告時間。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

 

Chapter 56
1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right,
for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.
2 Blessed is the one who does this—the person who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps their hands from
doing any evil.”3 Let no foreigner who is bound to the LORD say,
“The LORD will surely exclude me from his people.”And let no eunuch
complain, “I am only a dry tree.”4 For this is what the LORD says:
“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant—5 to them I will give within my temple and
its walls a memorial and a name better than sons and daughters;I will give
them an everlasting name that will endure forever.6 And foreigners who
bind themselves to the LORD to minister to him,to love the name of the
LORD, and to be his servants,all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating
it and who hold fast to my covenant—7 these I will bring to my holy
mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer.Their burnt offerings
and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar;for my house will be called a
house of prayer for all nations.”

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?

3. In this passage, God is extending an inclusive policy to all people to
enter into the temple if they keep Sabbath and keep God’s covenant
(verses 4, 6). Have you ever felt an outsider or been excluded from
joining some group? How does this passage apply to you today?

4. “A house of prayer for all nations”(v7).

5. Meditation, confession and repentance are proper attitudes for
prayer, but so is joy, as this verse reminds us. Joy is also one of the
fruits of the spirit (Gal 5:22). Try to begin or end with a praise song
to help bring joy to your prayer/devotion time.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 12, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 55:6-13

第五十五章
6當趁耶和華可尋找的時候尋找他,相近的時候求告他。7惡人當
離棄自己的道路,不義的人當除掉自己的意念。歸向耶和華,耶
和華就必憐恤他;當歸向我們的神,因為神必廣行赦免。8耶和華
說:“我的意念非同你們的意念,我的道路非同你們的道路。
9天怎樣高過地,照樣,我的道路高過你們的道路,我的意念高過
你們的意念。10雨雪從天而降,並不返回,卻滋潤地土,使地上發
芽結實,使撒種的有種,使要吃的有糧。11我口所出的話也必如
此,決不徒然返回,卻要成就我所喜悅的,在我發它去成就的事上
(註:“發它去成就”或作“所命定”)必然亨通。12你們必歡歡
喜喜而出來,平平安安蒙引導;大山小山必在你們面前發聲歌唱,
田野的樹木也都拍掌。13松樹長出,代替荊棘,番石榴長出,代替
蒺藜。這要為耶和華留名,作為永遠的證據,不能剪除。”

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.對照6-7節,在這個星期中,你是否也尋找過神,或是躲避
神?為什麼?神在這段經文中向你說什麼?

4.想像一下你所看過的巍峨峻嶺,峰巒疊嶂。若是大山小山都因
神為你所做的一切而“發聲歌唱、拍掌”,你會覺得怎樣呢?
這表明你在神眼中的地位如何?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 55
6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them,and to our
God, for he will freely pardon. 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.9 “As the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my
thoughts than your thoughts.10 As the rain and the snow come down from
heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it
bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me
empty,but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which
I sent it.12 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace;the mountains
and hills will burst into song before you,and all the trees of the field will
clap their hands.13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and
instead of briers the myrtle will grow.This will be for the Lord’s renown,
for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever.”

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

3. In light of verses 6-7, have you been seeking the Lord or hiding
from him this week? Why? What is God speaking to you about
this?

4. Think of the most impressive range of mountains you have ever
seen, the Rockies, or some other mountains. How would you feel
as you realized that the mountains were singing for joy over what
God has done in and for you (v12)? What does that imply about
your importance to God?

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book..

祈禱週誌 2012年11月11-17日

「耶穌對他們說:…摩西的律法、先知的書,和詩篇上所記的,凡指著我的話都必須應驗。於是耶穌開他們的心竅,使他們能明白聖經,又對他們說:…你們就是這些事的見證。…你們要在城裡等候,直到你們領受從上頭來的能力。」路24:44-51

星期日:「我成長」為教會事工禱告

  • 信徒愛慕主話,恆心使用 260 靈修來親近神,並藉默想、禱告,學效基督的樣式。
  • 八月教會退修會的籌備小組,有智慧與聖靈的能力,妥善籌劃與安排。

星期一:「我相愛」為教會領袖禱告

  • 聖靈保守教會領袖們,同心合意地規畫教會事工,按照神的心意,帶領教會增長,並面對獨立以及持續發展的需要。
  • 為祁鍾翠蘭姐妹禱告,求主賜下體力、靈力、智力,帶領教會各項福音事工。

星期二:「我傳揚」為教會福音事工,及未信主的親友禱告

  • 弟為教會的 EV team 禱告,在策劃今年的各項福音事工時,有敏銳的靈,明白並順從聖靈的引領;組員有熱愛失喪靈魂的心,被聖靈激勵,為傳福音努力。
  • 福音班老師們,清楚講解福音,引領慕道友決志信主。

星期三:「我成長」為細胞小組及牧區禱告

  • 為各小組的組長禱告,求主加力量給他們,在生活與工作上,都經歷神的同在;在小組事奉上,能如鷹展翅上騰,服事組員及Oikos。
  • 為YAP區的四組組員禱告,使每位弟兄姐妹在繁忙的生活中,依然與神親近,全家愛主,渴慕主的話語。

星期四:「我相愛」為教會信徒禱告

  • 在工作職業上面臨困境的弟兄姐妹,願主賜智慧、能力來面對,更存依靠基督的心,盡上當盡的本分並仰望基督的引領。
  • 弟兄姐妹在主裡學習彼此順服、支持、互助、相愛。

星期五:「我傳揚」為宣教事工禱告

  • 繼續為葉牧師十一月在中國和外蒙古培訓宣教士禱告,求主賜牧師和師母健康,路途平安,和有效的教導。
  • 葉牧師、陳榮基牧師等籌備的《展望課程:普世差傳浪潮透視》粵語課程將在2013年1月推出,求神使用,裝備信徒。

星期六:「我成長」為主日崇拜禱告

  • 聖靈引導主日崇拜的講員蕭牧師,使他有能力,清晰地傳講神的信息。
  • 會眾在崇拜中體認到聖靈的臨在,以敬畏之心敬拜威嚴、慈愛、全智、全能的神。
  • 愛心咖啡小組的同工們,以主的謙卑,來服事弟兄姐妹。

260靈修 Nov 9, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 54:4-10

第五十四章
4不要懼怕,因你必不至蒙羞;也不要抱愧,因你必不至受辱。你
必忘記幼年的羞愧,不再記念你寡居的羞辱。5因為造你的是你的
丈夫,萬軍之耶和華是他的名;救贖你的是以色列的聖者,他必稱
為全地之神。6耶和華召你,如召被離棄心中憂傷的妻,就是幼年
所娶被棄的妻。”這是你神所說的。7“我離棄你不過片時,卻要
施大恩將你收回。8我的怒氣漲溢,頃刻之間向你掩面,卻要以永
遠的慈愛憐恤你。”這是耶和華你的救贖主說的。9這事在我好像
挪亞的洪水。我怎樣起誓不再使挪亞的洪水漫過遍地,我也照樣起
誓不再向你發怒,也不斥責你。10大山可以挪開,小山可以遷移;
但我的慈愛必不離開你,我平安的約也不遷移。”這是憐恤你的耶
和華說的。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.當你讀到神說祂的怒氣不過是一時的,但祂絕不會放棄你,你
有什麼感受?這段經文是否讓你想起你生命中的一個人(過
去或現在),他/她曾經對你說過類似的承諾,但後來卻反悔
了?

4.讀第10節,作為神現在對你所說的話,在開始今天其他的工作
之前,花幾分鐘安靜在神的面前,享受這段時間的寧靜。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 54
4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.Do not fear disgrace;
you will not be humiliated.You will forget the shame of your youth and
remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.5 For your Maker is
your husband— the Lord Almighty is his name—the Holy One of Israel is
your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.6 The Lord will call
you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—a wife
who married young, only to be rejected,” says your God.7 “For a brief moment
I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment,but with everlasting
kindness I will have compassion on you,”says the Lord your Redeemer.
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah,when I swore that the waters
of Noah would never again cover the earth.So now I have sworn not to
be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.10 Though the mountains
be shaken and the hills be removed,yet my unfailing love for you will not
be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,”says the Lord, who has
compassion on you.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?

3. When you hear God saying that he turned his back in anger only
for a moment but was not giving up on the relationship (esp. verses
7-8), what is your emotion? If this reminds you of someone in your
life (past or present) that had made similar promises to you but reneged
later, talk with God about it.

4. Read v10 as if God’s speaking to you right now. Spend a few minutes
sitting quietly in his presence, enjoying the tranquility of that
space before you move on to the rest of your day.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 8, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 53:4-8

第五十三章
4他誠然擔當我們的憂患,背負我們的痛苦;我們卻以為他受責
罰,被神擊打苦待了。5哪知他為我們的過犯受害,為我們的罪孽
壓傷。因他受的刑罰,我們得平安;因他受的鞭傷,我們得醫治。
6我們都如羊走迷,各人偏行己路。耶和華使我們眾人的罪孽都歸
在他身上。7他被欺壓,在受苦的時候卻不開口(註:或作“他受
欺壓,卻自卑不開口”)。他像羊羔被牽到宰殺之地,又像羊在剪
毛的人手下無聲,他也是這樣不開口。8因受欺壓和審判,他被奪
去,至於他同世的人,誰想他受鞭打、從活人之地被剪除,是因我
百姓的罪過呢?

默想:
1.慢慢地讀這第四首預言耶穌的僕人之歌,若時間容許,將全章
讀完。

2.讀這段經文,想像當時耶穌經歷的情景,就好像你在場親自目
睹這一切。

3.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

4.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

5.在今天的生活中,經常回到這個思想上:“耶穌的死竟然完全
沒有一絲為自己著想的念頭”。若祂是以這樣的心態死的,
那祂更是以怎樣的心態來活呢?然後不斷地學習耶穌“無私
地”生活,來過完這一天。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 53
4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering,yet we considered him
punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.5 But he was pierced for
our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;the punishment that
brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.6 We all,
like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way;and
the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.7 He was oppressed and
afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;he was led like a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,so he did not open his
mouth.8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his
generation protested?For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the
transgression of my people he was punished.

Meditation
1. Read the passage aloud slowly, knowing that this “suffering servant”
passage is a prophecy about Jesus. If possible, read the whole
chapter as well.

2. Read this passage. See the servant of God, so battered and disfigured
he hardly seems human anymore. Live with him as he is
despised and rejected by men. Watch him take up our iniquities and
be pierced for our transgressions. See the blood flow as his life isEdit
crushed from him, as from a sin offering. And realize that he chose
this fate, that by his wounds we might be healed.

3. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

4. Respond to God about the words that touched you most. Talk also
to God about how Jesus can make you righteous.

5. Move through your day with this idea: Jesus “died without a thought
for his own welfare”. If he died that way, how much more must he
have lived that way? Try living that selflessly a few minutes at a
time.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 7, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 52:7-12

第五十二章
7那報佳音、傳平安、報好信、傳救恩的,對錫安說:“你的神作
王了!”這人的腳登山何等佳美!8聽啊!你守望之人的聲音,他
們揚起聲來,一同歌唱。因為耶和華歸回錫安的時候,他們必親眼
看見。9耶路撒冷的荒場啊,要發起歡聲,一同歌唱!因為耶和華
安慰了他的百姓,救贖了耶路撒冷。10耶和華在萬國眼前露出聖
臂,地極的人都看見我們神的救恩了。11你們離開吧!離開吧!從
巴比倫出來,不要沾不潔淨的物,要從其中出來。你們扛抬耶和華
器皿的人哪,務要自潔。12你們出來必不至急忙,也不至奔逃,因
為耶和華必在你們前頭行;以色列的神必作你們的後盾。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.本段活潑地描繪耶和華神已擊敗巴比倫,使者傳來報捷之聲。
先知以賽亞呼籲耶路撒冷從頹垣敗瓦中起來回應這消息;至於
被逐於異邦的則要自潔離開巴比倫,返回故土。

4.你是否曾經嚐過為主作見證的平安與喜樂?你在這個星期中怎
樣可以經歷更多福音的“好消息”? 求神將幾位上未信主的
家人或朋友放在你的心中,讓你可以開始每天為他們禱告。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

 

Chapter 52
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good
news,who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim
salvation,who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”8 Listen! Your watchmen
lift up their voices; together they shout for joy.When the Lord returns to
Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.9 Burst into songs of joy together,
you ruins of Jerusalem,for the Lord has comforted his people, he has
redeemed Jerusalem.10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm in the sight
of all the nations,and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our
God.11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing!
Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the articles of the Lord’s
house.12 But you will not leave in haste or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?

3. This passage lively describes the joyful news of victory that Jehovah
God has won over Babylon. God’s people “burst into songs
of joy together,… for the Lord has comforted his people, he has
redeemed Jerusalem”(v9).

4. When have you tasted real joy and peace in witnessing? How could
you experience more of the “good tiding” of the gospel this week?
Pray and ask God to bring a few faces of friends or family members
that don’t believe in Jesus and that you can begin praying for
daily.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

 

260靈修 Nov 6, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 51:4-11

第五十一章
4我的百姓啊,要向我留心;我的國民哪,要向我側耳。因為訓誨
必從我而出;我必堅定我的公理為萬民之光。5我的公義臨近,我
的救恩發出,我的膀臂要審判萬民;海島都要等候我,倚賴我的膀
臂。6你們要向天舉目,觀看下地,因為天必像煙雲消散,地必如
衣服漸漸舊了,其上的居民也要如此死亡(註:“如此死亡”或
作“像蠓蟲死亡”);惟有我的救恩永遠長存,我的公義也不廢
掉。7知道公義、將我訓誨存在心中的民,要聽我言!不要怕人的
辱罵,也不要因人的毀謗驚惶。8因為蛀蟲必咬他們,好像咬衣
服;蟲子必咬他們,如同咬羊羢。惟有我的公義永遠長存,我的
救恩直到萬代。”9耶和華的膀臂啊,興起!興起!以能力為衣穿
上,像古時的年日、上古的世代興起一樣。從前砍碎拉哈伯、刺透
大魚的,不是你嗎?10使海與深淵的水乾涸、使海的深處變為贖民
經過之路的,不是你嗎?11耶和華救贖的民必歸回,歌唱來到錫
安;永樂必歸到他們的頭上,他們必得著歡喜快樂,憂愁歎息盡都
逃避。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.想像一下,若是你也在被擄流亡的人群中,當你明白神的應許
比天上的星、周圍的土地(6節)更加永恆不變,這對你這位
流亡人士有什麼意義?靜觀天、地,神的創造,再看你目前所
面對的問題,你會有怎樣嶄新的看法?

4.將你的新看法,連同你的問題,一併告訴神,並聆聽祂的回應。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 51
4 “Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation:Instruction will go out
from me; my justice will become a light to the nations.5 My righteousness
draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way,and my arm will bring
justice to the nations.The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my
arm.6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath;the heavens
will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its
inhabitants die like flies.But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness
will never fail.7 “Hear me, you who know what is right, you people
who have taken my instruction to heart:Do not fear the reproach of mere
mortals or be terrified by their insults.8 For the moth will eat them up like
a garment; the worm will devour them like wool.But my righteousness
will last forever, my salvation through all generations.”9 Awake, awake,
arm of the LORD, clothe yourself with strength!Awake, as in days gone
by, as in generations of old.Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who
pierced that monster through?10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,who made a road in the depths of the sea so
that the redeemed might cross over?11 Those the LORD has rescued will
return.They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their
heads.Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will
flee away.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?

3. If you were an exile, what would it mean to you to realize that
God’s promises are more enduring than the stars or the earth around
you (v6)? How might meditating upon the lesson of the stars, creation
of God, give you a new perspective on the problems that you
face today?

4. Speak to God about your new perspective as well as your problems.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 5, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 50:4-9

第五十章
4主耶和華賜我受教者的舌頭,使我知道怎樣用言語扶助疲乏的
人。主每早晨提醒,提醒我的耳朵,使我能聽,像受教者一樣。
5主耶和華開通我的耳朵,我並沒有違背,也沒有退後。6人打我的
背,我任他打;人拔我腮頰的鬍鬚,我由他拔;人辱我,吐我,我
並不掩面。7主耶和華必幫助我,所以我不抱愧。我硬著臉面好像
堅石,我也知道我也不至蒙羞。8稱我為義的與我相近;誰與我爭
論?可以與我一同站立!誰與我作對?可以就近我來!9主耶和華
要幫助我,誰能定我有罪呢?他們都像衣服漸漸舊了,為蛀蟲所咬。

默想:
1.這是另一首僕人之歌,提到僕人被神呼召、賜予能力、得神幫
助,來完成祂在世間的工作。

2.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

3.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?

4.若要每天清早以聆聽神來開始你的一天,你會怎麼作?這樣作
又可以怎樣表明你對神的愛與順服?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 50
4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,to know the
word that sustains the weary.He wakens me morning by morning,wakens
my ear to listen like one being instructed.5 The Sovereign Lord has opened
my ears;I have not been rebellious, I have not turned away.6 I offered my
back to those who beat me,my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting.7 Because the Sovereign
Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced.Therefore have I set my face like
flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.8 He who vindicates me is near.
Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other!Who is
my accuser? Let him confront me!9 It is the Sovereign Lord who helps
me. Who will condemn me?They will all wear out like a garment; the
moths will eat them up.

Meditation
1. This is another song concerning the servant who is summoned, empowered,
and helped by God to do his work in the world.

2. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

3. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

4. What would it mean for you to start your day by listening to God?
How would you do so? How has this pointed to your attitude of
love and obedience to God?

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

祈禱週誌2012年11月4-10日

「耶和華向眾民施行審判‧耶和華阿、求你按我的公義、和我心中的純正、判斷我。願惡人的惡斷絕‧願你堅立義人‧因為公義的神察驗人的心腸肺腑。神是我的盾牌‧他拯救心裏正直的人。」詩7:8-10
星期日:「我成長」為教會事工禱告

  • 萬錦市政府於未來20年的土地發展計劃。求神讓 5172 Major Mackenzie Drive (教會購買為萬民堂未來堂址之土地) 能被劃入土地發展計劃中。
  • 教會於2013年1月自立的諸多策劃安排,求主施恩,帶領教會,跟從聖靈的指引,同心擺上,齊心努力。

星期一:「我相愛」為教會領袖禱告

  • 事工委員會同工們,像亞倫與戶珥一樣,成為牧師的支援,敬重他、體諒他。
  • 為蕭牧師禱告,求主賜下體力、靈力、智力,帶領教會的各項事工與牧養關懷。

星期二:「我傳揚」為教會福音事工,及未信主的親友禱告

  • 弟兄姐妹帶領家中的兒女認識神,走當行的路,到老也不偏離。
  • 求神祝福教會推動“全家歸主”,為各人未信主的家人,親友禱告。

星期三:「我成長」為細胞小組及牧區禱告

  • 弟兄姐妹在小組裡、在家中,經常思念教會的事,樂意以金錢財力、恩賜能力,以及忠心恆切的禱告來服侍。
  • 為Hingstone區的四組組員禱告,弟兄姐妹在繁忙的生活中,依然與神親近。

星期四:「我相愛」為教會信徒禱告

  • 為目前患病,接受治療的弟兄姐妹禱告,求主安慰與醫治,體驗神的同在與弟兄姐妹的關愛。
  • 單身弟兄姐妹在主裡學習彼此順服、支持、互助、相愛。

星期五:「我傳揚」為宣教事工禱告

  • 繼續為葉牧師十一月在中國和外蒙古培訓宣教士禱告,求主賜牧師和師母健康,路途平安,和有效的教導。
  • 葉牧師、陳榮基牧師等籌備的《展望課程:普世差傳浪潮透視》粵語課程將在2013年1月推出,求神使用,裝備信徒。

星期六:「我成長」為主日崇拜禱告

  • 聖靈引導主日崇拜的講員譚品立牧師,使他有能力,清晰地傳講神的信息。
  • 崇拜充滿對神熱誠的頌讚與敬拜,弟兄姐妹以全心、全意來敬拜神。
  • 招待部的同工們,帶著主的溫柔,迎接每位前來聚會的會眾。

260靈修 Nov 2, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 49:13-18

第四十九章
13諸天哪,應當歡呼!大地啊,應當快樂!眾山哪,應當發聲歌
唱!因為耶和華已經安慰他的百姓,也要憐恤他困苦之民。14錫安
說:“耶和華離棄了我,主忘記了我。”15“婦人焉能忘記她吃奶
的嬰孩,不憐恤她所生的兒子?即或有忘記的,我卻不忘記你。
16看哪!我將你銘刻在我掌上;你的牆垣常在我眼前。17你的兒女
必急速歸回;毀壞你的、使你荒廢的,必都離你出去。18你舉目向
四方觀看,他們都聚集來到你這裡。”耶和華說:“我指著我的永
生起誓,你必要以他們為妝飾佩戴,以他們為華帶束腰像新婦一樣。

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?

3.回憶一下,你有沒有曾經被人故意或是無心的遺忘過?
那時你有什麼感受?為什麼呢?

4.在你人生遇到什麼情況時,特別希望有人想到你?當你明白神
無論在怎樣的情況下,永遠不會忘記你的,你有怎樣的感受?

5.因著神絕不忘記你,總是記念你,為此來感謝神。

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 49
13 Shout for joy, you heavens; rejoice, you earth; burst into song, you
mountains!For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on
his afflicted ones.14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord
has forgotten me.”15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my
hands; your walls are ever before me.17 Your children hasten back, and
those who laid you waste depart from you.18 Lift up your eyes and look
around; all your children gather and come to you.As surely as I live,” declares
the Lord,“you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them
on, like a bride.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

3. Can you think of a specific moment when you were forgotten – either
intentionally or unintentionally? How did that make you feel?
Why?

4. What times in your life do you most desire to be remembered? Be
specific. How does it feel for you to know that there is a God who
will never forget you under any circumstance?

5. Thank God for always remembering you.

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Nov 1, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 48:17-22

第四十八章
17耶和華你的救贖主──以色列的聖者如此說:“我是耶和華你的
神,教訓你使你得益處,引導你所當行的路。18甚願你素來聽從我
的命令,你的平安就如河水,你的公義就如海浪。19你的後裔也必
多如海沙,你腹中所生的必多如沙粒。他的名在我面前必不剪除,
也不滅絕。”20你們要從巴比倫出來,從迦勒底人中逃脫,以歡呼
的聲音傳揚說:“耶和華救贖了他的僕人雅各!”你們要將這事宣
揚到地極。21耶和華引導他們經過沙漠。他們並不乾渴;他為他們
使水從磐石而流,分裂磐石,水就湧出。
22耶和華說:“惡人必不得平安!”

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?

3.不全心信靠神的人,他們不單得不到順利,更是沒有平安
(18節)。不願意信靠順服神話語的人,也很容易不聽從
神的命令,因此也就得不到平安。

4.你現在的景況如何?你有平安嗎?神是否呼召你悔改信靠神?
你能夠將生命中的重擔交託給神嗎?還是你有遲疑因為你不肯
定神會幫助你?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 48
17 This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you,who directs
you in the way you should go.18 If only you had paid attention to my
commands, your peace would have been like a river,your well-being like
the waves of the sea.19 Your descendants would have been like the sand,
your children like its numberless grains;their name would never be blotted
out nor destroyed from before me.”20 Leave Babylon, flee from the
Babylonians!Announce this with shouts of joy and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth; say, “The Lord has redeemed his servant
Jacob.”21 They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow for them from the rock;he split the rock and water
gushed out.22 “There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

3. The person who fails to trust God’s word completely forfeits more
than comfort. He or she forfeits peace (v18). The person who
abandons confidence in the Word of God will soon abandon God’s
commands as well. He will soon discover that he has no peace.

4. What is your present situation? Do you have peace? Is God calling
you to repent and trust in God? Do you feel capable of releasing all
of your burdens to God or do you hold back because you’re not sure
if he will be there for you?

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Oct 31, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 47:8-15

第四十七章
8你這專好宴樂、安然居住的,現在當聽這話。你心中說:‘惟
有我, 除我以外再沒有別的, 我必不至寡居, 也不遭喪子之
事。’9哪知,喪子、寡居這兩件事,在一日轉眼之間必臨到你,
正在你多行邪術、廣施符咒的時候,這兩件事必全然臨到你身上。
10你素來倚仗自己的惡行說:‘無人看見我。’你的智慧聰明使你
偏邪,並且你心裡說:‘惟有我,除我以外再沒有別的。’11因
此,禍患要臨到你身,你不知何時發現(註:“何時發現”或
作“如何驅逐”),災害落在你身上,你也不能除掉,所不知道的
毀滅也必忽然臨到你身。12站起來吧!用你從幼年勞神施行的符咒
和你許多的邪術,或者可得益處,或者可得強勝。13你籌劃太多,
以致疲倦。讓那些觀天象的、看星宿的、在月朔說預言的,都站起
來,救你脫離所要臨到你的事。14他們要像碎秸被火焚燒,不能救
自己脫離火燄之力,這火並非可烤的炭火,也不是可以坐在其前的
火。15 你所勞神的事都要這樣與你無益。從幼年與你貿易的,也都
各奔各鄉,無人救你。”

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?

3.在現今錯綜複雜的世代,為什麼一般新聞媒體都會每日刊載星
象資訊?你是否曾經也追隨星象學或其他密宗玄學?你認為基
督徒是否應當參與這些事情?為什麼?

4.這段經文與你的現況有什麼關連沒有?神想要你做什麼?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

 

Chapter 47
8 “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security and
saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be
a widow or suffer the loss of children.’9 Both of these will overtake you
in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood.They will
come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceriesand all your
potent spells.10 You have trusted in your wickedness and have said, ‘No
one sees me.’Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say to
yourself,‘I am, and there is none besides me.’11 Disaster will come upon
you, and you will not know how to conjure it away.A calamity will fall
upon you that you cannot ward off with a ransom;a catastrophe you cannot
foresee will suddenly come upon you.12 “Keep on, then, with your magic
spells and with your many sorceries,which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror.13 All the
counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers
come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save you from what is coming upon you.14 Surely they are like
stubble; the fire will burn them up.They cannot even save themselves from
the power of the flame.These are not coals for warmth; this is not a fire to
sit by.15 That is all they are to you—these you have dealt with and labored
with since childhood.All of them go on in their error; there is not one that
can save you.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

3. In our sophisticated and cynical age, why do you think most major
newspapers faithfully carry astrological information day after day?
Have you ever been drawn to astrology or any other occult practices?
Do you think it is appropriate for Christians to be involved
in these things? Why or why not?

4. What does this passage relate to your current situation? What does
God tell you to do?

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.

260靈修 Oct 30, 2012 以賽亞書 Isaiah 46:1-9

第四十六章
1彼勒屈身,尼波彎腰;巴比倫的偶像馱在獸和牲畜上。他們所
抬的如今成了重馱,使牲畜疲乏。2都一同彎腰屈身,不能保全
重馱,自己倒被擄去。3雅各家、以色列家一切餘剩的要聽我
言:“你們自從生下,就蒙我保抱;自從出胎,便蒙我懷搋。4直
到你們年老,我仍這樣;直到你們髮白,我仍懷搋。我已造作,也
必保抱;我必懷抱,也必拯救。5你們將誰與我相比,與我同等,
可以與我比較,使我們相同呢?6那從囊中抓金子、用天平平銀子
的人,雇銀匠製造神像,他們又俯伏又叩拜。7他們將神像抬起,
扛在肩上,安置在定處,它就站立,不離本位。人呼求它,它不能
答應,也不能救人脫離患難。8你們當想念這事,自己作大丈夫。
悖逆的人哪,要心裡思想。9你們要追念上古的事,因為我是神,
並無別神;我是神,再沒有能比我的!

默想:
1.安靜——閱讀/聆聽——默想——禱告——默觀/安歇主懷

2.在閱讀默想今天的經文時,有哪個字或詞句特別觸動你的?當
你讀到這個字或詞句時,你有什麼感受?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.彼勒與尼波是巴比倫的兩個主要神祗,你是否留意到這兩個偶
像所背負的(1-2節),及主所懷抱的(3-4節)?

4.讀這段經文,留意偶像所背負的重擔,與愛你的天父怎樣的背
負懷抱你;或是神像個強而有力的人在你疲乏困倦的時候,扶
持你;或是像個勇士,當你受困的絕境中來營救你,這時你的
感受是什麼?

5.今天的信息與你目前的情況有什麼關連?神要你做什麼?

禱告與筆錄:繼續安靜在神面前,與神對話,並聆聽祂對我說的
話。將心中的思想(心得),或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記
簿」上面。

Chapter 46
1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of
burden.The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the
weary.2 They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden,
they themselves go off into captivity.3 “Listen to me, you descendants
of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel,you whom I have upheld
since your birth, and have carried since you were born.4 Even to your old
age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you.I have made you
and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.5 “With whom
will you compare me or count me equal?To whom will you liken me that
we may be compared?6 Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out
silver on the scales;they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they
bow down and worship it.7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry it; they
set it up in its place, and there it stands.From that spot it cannot move.
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;it cannot save them
from their troubles.8 “Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you
rebels.9 Remember the former things, those of long ago;I am God, and
there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.

Meditation
1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate

2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and
meditate on this passage?

3. Bel & Nebo were the names of two principal gods in Babylon. Do
you notice the contrast between the idol’s burdens(verses 1-2) and
the Lord(verses 3-4)?

4. What is your emotion as you read this passage, comparing the burdens
of the idols and God as your father carrying you when you
were weak? Or as a strong man sustaining you when you were
tired? Or as a warrior rescuing you when you were trapped?

5. How is that related to your current situation? What does God tell
you to do?

Prayer & Journaling: Stay with God for a little longer. Continue to converse
with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down
any thought and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.