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「聽主話」讀經靈修2024年2月19日：列王紀下021
全章經文: https://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2Kings+021&version=CUV 列王記下第二十一章（聖經和合本） 1瑪拿西登基的時候年十二歲，在耶路撒冷作王五十五年。他母親名叫協西巴。 2 瑪拿西行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，效法耶和華在以色列人面前趕出的外邦人所行可憎的事。 3重新建築他父希西家所毀壞的邱壇，又為巴力築壇，做亞舍拉像，效法以色列王亞哈所行的，且敬拜事奉天上的萬象； 4 在耶和華殿宇中築壇。耶和華曾指著這殿說：「我必立我的名在耶路撒冷。」 5 他在耶和華殿的兩院中為天上的萬象築壇， 6 並使他的兒子經火，又觀兆，用法術，立交鬼的和行巫術的，多行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，惹動他的怒氣； 7 又在殿內立雕刻的亞舍拉像。耶和華曾對大衛和他兒子所羅門說：「我在以色列眾支派中所選擇的耶路撒冷和這殿，必立我的名，直到永遠。 8 以色列人若謹守遵行我一切所吩咐他們的和我僕人摩西所吩咐他們的一切律法，我就不再使他們挪移離開我所賜給他們列祖之地。」 9 他們卻不聽從。瑪拿西引誘他們行惡，比耶和華在以色列人面前所滅的列國更甚。 默想： 請將本章略讀一遍，看看愛神敬神的希西家王的兒子瑪拿西是個怎樣的王？ 我們幾乎無法理解瑪拿西怎可能是這樣一位邪惡的王。他所作的與他父親的有天淵之別。他重建他父親拆毀的邱壇，更有甚者，他對他父親的神完全不當一回事。聖經詳細地列出他如何將神的殿轉化為偶像敬拜的場所。 瑪拿西殘酷邪惡的統治，帶來神對猶大的審判。瑪拿西長時間的掌權期間的惡行，深深烙印在猶大社會；以致約西亞登基進行改革的一切努力，仍無法將之扭轉過來。哈巴谷先知在約西亞時期事奉，他向神控訴猶大的無法無天（哈1：2-4）。 在我們的家庭、小組、社區、教會，一如瑪拿西時代的猶大，我們的生活、思想、行為，是會深深影響我們的後代的。 禱告： （父母的禱告） 慈愛的主，你賜給我們一切所擁有的，你是我們一切祝福的源頭 感謝你讚美你，謝謝你賜的兒女 幫助我們為他們設立界限，但鼓勵他們去冒險 賜我們力量與勇氣來面對每個新的一天 願我們的孩子認識你，唯一的真神，並你差遣的耶穌基督 願聖靈幫助他們在信望愛中成長，使他們認識和平、真理與美善 願他們的耳聽你的聲音，他們的眼在萬物中看到你的臨在 願他們的嘴宣揚你的話，願他們的心成為你的居所 願他們的手行善事，願他們的腳走在耶穌，你的兒子，我們的主的面前。 詩歌 「重新點起我生命」 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmTDutN5VLU
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260 Devotional: Dec 30, Romans 8:18-39
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8&version=ESV Dec 30 Victory in Christ Romans 8:18-39 (ESV) Future Glory 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For…
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260 Devotional: Dec 29, Philippians 4:4-14
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+4&version=ESV Dec 29 Thinking of Good Things Philippians 4:4-14 (ESV) 4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made…
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260 Devotional: Dec 28, Psalm 97
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+97&version=ESV Dec 28 Giving Thanks Psalm 97 (ESV) The Lord Reigns 1 The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad! 2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. 3 Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around. 4 His lightnings…
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260 Devotional: Dec 27, Psalm 103
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+103&version=ESV Dec 27 Counting Blessings Psalm 103 (ESV) Bless the Lord, O My Soul Of David. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, 3 who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your…
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260 Devotional: Dec 26, Revelation 7
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+7&version=ESV Dec 26 Revelation 7 (ESV) The 144,000 of Israel Sealed 1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.2 Then I saw another…
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260 Devotional: Dec 23, John 1:1-18
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=ESV Dec 23 John 1:1-18 English Standard Version (ESV) The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that…
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260 Devotional: Dec 22, Matthew 2
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+2&version=ESV Dec 22 Matthew 2 English Standard Version (ESV) The Visit of the Wise Men 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we…
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260 Devotional: Dec 21, Luke 2:21-39
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2&version=ESV Dec 21 Luke 2:21-39 (ESV) 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Jesus Presented at the Temple 22 And when the time came for their purification according to…
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260 Devotional: Dec 20, Luke 2:1-20
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2&version=ESV Dec 20 Luke 2:1-20 English Standard Version (ESV) The Birth of Jesus Christ 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph…
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260 Devotional: Dec 19, Mark 10:32-52
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10&version=ESV Advent Week 4: The King Is Born Dec 19 Mark 10:32-52 (ESV) Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time 32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And…
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260 Devotional: Dec 16, Hebrews 8
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+8&version=ESV Dec 16 Hebrews 8 (ESV) Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant 1 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 a minister in the…
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260 Devotional: Dec 15, Philippians 2:1-11
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+2&version=ESV Dec 15 Philippians 2:1-11 (ESV) Christ’s Example of Humility 1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.3 Do…
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260 Devotional: Dec 14, Hebrews 2
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+2&version=ESV Dec 14 Hebrews 2 (ESV) Warning Against Neglecting Salvation 1 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, 3 how shall…
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260 Devotional: Dec 13, John 10
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10&version=ESV Dec 13 John 10 (ESV) I Am the Good Shepherd 1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door…
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260 Devotional: Dec 12, Luke 1:57-80
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1&version=ESV Advent Week 3: Who He Was The New Testament Revelation of Jesus Dec 12 Luke 1:57-80 (ESV) The Birth of John the Baptist 57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown…
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260 Devotional: Dec 9, Luke 1:39-56
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1&version=ESV Dec 9 Luke 1:39-56 (ESV) Mary Visits Elizabeth 39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her…
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260 Devotional: Dec 8, Luke 1:26-38
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1&version=ESV Dec 8 Luke 1:26-38 (ESV) Birth of Jesus Foretold 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came…
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260 Devotional: Dec 7, Luke 1:1-25
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+1&version=ESV Dec 7 Luke 1:1-25 (ESV) Dedication to Theophilus 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed…
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260 Devotional: Dec 6, Psalm 89:1-37
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+89&version=ESV Psalm 89:1-37 (ESV) I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord 1 I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2 For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”…
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260 Devotional: Dec 5, Zephaniah 3
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search= Zephaniah +3&version=ESV Advent Week 2: Preparing the Way Dec 5 Zephaniah 3 (ESV) Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, the oppressing city! 2 She listens to no voice; she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the Lord;…
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260 Devotional: Dec 2, Isaiah 40:1-11
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+40&version=ESV Dec 2 Isaiah 40:1-11 (ESV) Comfort for God’s People 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries:…
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260 Devotional: Dec 1, Isaiah 9:1-7
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+9&version=ESV Dec 1 Isaiah 9:1-7 (ESV) For to Us a Child Is Born 1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made…
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260 Devotional: Nov 30, Jeremiah 31:27-40
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+31&version=ESV Nov 30 Jeremiah 31:27-40 (ESV) 27 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that as I have watched…
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260 Devotional: Nov 29, Psalm 130
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+130&version=ESV Advent Week 1: Prophecy & Longing – the Old Testament Story Nov 29 Psalm 130 (ESV) My Soul Waits for the Lord A Song of Ascents. 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my…
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260 Devotional: Nov 28, Matthew 7: 21-29
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+7&version=ESV Nov 28 Sermon of the Mount – Christian Dedication Matt 7：21-29 （ESV） I Never Knew You 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many…
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260 Devotional: Nov 25, Matthew 6: 19-34
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6&version=ESV Nov 25 Sermon on the Mount – Christian Aspiration Matt 6：19-34 （ESV） Lay Up Treasures in Heaven 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither…
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260 Devotional: Nov 24, Matthew 6:7-15
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6&version=ESV Nov 24 Sermon on the Mount – Christian Prayer Matt 6：7-15 （ESV） 7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what…
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260 Devotional: Nov 23, Matthew 5:38-48
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=ESV Nov 23 Sermon on the Mount – Love Our Enemies Matt 5：38-48 （ESV） Retaliation 38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone…
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260 Devotional: Nov 22, Matthew 5:1-12
Read chapter in full: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5&version=ESV Introduction Sermon on the Mount seems to be the most popular among the teaching of Jesus but it is also the least understood, not to mention about doing it. Sermon on the Mount was Jesus’ instruction to His followers, teaching them what type of people they…