260靈修 Dec26, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 62:1-8

第六十二章
1我的心默默無聲,專等候神;我的救恩是從他而來。
2惟獨他是我的磐石,我的拯救;他是我的高台,我必不很動搖。
3你們大家攻擊一人,把他毀壞,如同毀壞歪斜的牆、將倒的壁,
要到幾時呢?
4他們彼此商議,專要從他的尊位上把他推下;他們喜愛謊話,口
雖祝福,心卻咒詛。
5我的心哪,你當默默無聲,專等候神,因為我的盼望是從他而來。
6惟獨他是我的磐石,我的拯救;他是我的高台,我必不動搖。
7我的拯救,我的榮耀,都在乎神;我力量的磐石,我的避難所,
都在乎神。
8你們眾民當時時倚靠他,在他面前傾心吐意。神是我們的避難所。

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.在這篇詩中,大衛將神形容為磐石。今天找個時間走到戶外,
找幾塊石頭,仔細的觀察一下。思想一些石頭的特徵,並它們
怎樣說明神的性情。將你的想法寫下來。

4.感謝神,祂是你的磐石;按著石頭的每一個特性來感謝神。挑
一塊小石頭,整天帶在身上。每當你的手觸碰到這塊石頭時,
就為神是你的磐石而感謝祂。

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 Truly my soul finds rest in God;
my salvation comes from him.
2 Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
3 How long will you assault me?
Would all of you throw me down—
this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
4 Surely they intend to topple me from my lofty place;
they take delight in lies.
With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.
5 Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from him.
6 Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God;
he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts to him,
for God is our refuge.

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 psalm, David describes God as a rock. Find sometime today
to be outdoors. Find a few rocks and look at them. Reflect on
the characteristics of rocks and how they describe God’s character.
Write down your reflections.

4. Thank God that he is like a rock. Thank God for what each of the
aspects of his character means to you. Find a small stone and carry
it with you today. Every time your hand touches it, reflect on the
fact that God is your rock.

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 Dec25, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 61:1-8

第六十一章
1 神啊,求你聽我的呼求,側耳聽我的禱告。
2 我心裡發昏的時候,我要從地極求告你,求你領我到那比我更高的磐石。
3 因為你作過我的避難所,作過我的堅固台,脫離仇敵。
4 我要永遠住在你的帳幕裡,我要投靠在你翅膀下的隱密處!
5 神啊,你原是聽了我所許的願。你將產業賜給敬畏你名的人。
6 你要加添王的壽數,他的年歲必存到世世。
7 他必永遠坐在神面前;願你預備慈愛和誠實保佑他。
8 這樣,我要歌頌你的名,直到永遠,好天天還我所許的願。

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.你是否曾經對一個人或是對神承諾過什麼誓言?你有否信守你
的諾言?在本週內,你可以做個怎樣的承諾,為要幫助你在信
心上更加成長、堅強?

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 Hear my cry, O God;
listen to my prayer.
2 From the ends of the earth I call to you,
I call as my heart grows faint;
lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the foe.
4 I long to dwell in your tent forever
and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.
5 For you, God, have heard my vows;
you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
6 Increase the days of the king’s life,
his years for many generations.
7 May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever;
appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.
8 Then I will ever sing in praise of your name
and fulfill my vows day after day.

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 made any vow to man or to God? What is it? Have
you kept your vow? What vow can you make this week to help you
grow stronger in faith?

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 Dec24, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 60:1-12

第六十章
1 神啊,你丟棄了我們,使我們破敗。你向我們發怒,求你使我們復興。
2 你使地震動,而且崩裂。求你將裂口醫好,因為地搖動。
3 叫你的民遇見艱難;你叫我們喝那使人東倒西歪的酒。
4 你把旌旗賜給敬畏你的人,可以為真理揚起來。
5 求你應允我們,用右手拯救我們,好叫你所親愛的人得救。
6 神已經指著他的聖潔說(註:或作“應許我”):“我要歡樂,
我要分開示劍,丈量疏割谷。
7 基列是我的,瑪拿西也是我的,以法蓮是護衛我頭的,猶大是我的杖,
8 摩押是我的沐浴盆,我要向以東拋鞋。非利士啊,你還能因我歡呼嗎?”
9 誰能領我進堅固城?誰能引我到以東地?
10 神啊,你不是丟棄了我們嗎?神啊,你不和我們的軍兵同去嗎?
11 求你幫助我們攻擊敵人,因為人的幫助是枉然的。
12 我們倚靠神,才得施展大能,因為踐踏我們敵人的就是他。

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.最近是否有什麼事或人,在你不自覺之時來攻擊你?這篇詩篇
怎樣幫助你來面對這個問題?

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 You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us;
you have been angry—now restore us!
2 You have shaken the land and torn it open;
mend its fractures, for it is quaking.
3 You have shown your people desperate times;
you have given us wine that makes us stagger.
4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner
to be unfurled against the bow.
5 Save us and help us with your right hand,
that those you love may be delivered.
6 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet, Judah is my scepter.
8 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
11 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.

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. What or who is attacking you now from your blind side? What lesson
in this psalm can help you face problems head on?

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 Dec21, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 59:6-13

第五十九章
6 他們晚上轉回,叫號如狗,圍城繞行。
7 他們口中噴吐惡言,嘴裡有刀。他們說:“有誰聽見?”
8 但你耶和華必笑話他們,你要嗤笑萬邦。
9 我的力量啊,我必仰望你,因為神是我的高台。
10我的神要以慈愛迎接我,神要叫我看見我仇敵遭報。
11不要殺他們,恐怕我的民忘記。主啊,你是我們的盾牌,求你
用你的能力使他們四散,且降為卑。
12因他們口中的罪和嘴裡的言語,並咒罵虛謊的話,願他們在驕傲
之中被纏住了。
13求你發怒,使他們消滅,以至歸於無有,叫他們知道神在雅各中
間掌權,直到地極。

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.我們怎樣為罪犯或是壓迫信徒的人禱告?你如何在恨邪惡以及
愛敵人之間,取得平衡?

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
6 They return at evening, snarling like dogs,
and prowl about the city.
7 See what they spew from their mouths—
the words from their lips are sharp as swords,
and they think, “Who can hear us?”
8 But you laugh at them, LORD; you scoff at all those nations.
9 You are my strength, I watch for you;
you, God, are my fortress,
10 my God on whom I can rely.
God will go before me
and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget.
In your might uproot them and bring them down.
12 For the sins of their mouths,
for the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
For the curses and lies they utter,
13 consume them in your wrath,
consume them till they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
that God rules over Jacob.

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. How should we pray for criminals or those who persecute God’s
people? How do you balance hatred of evil with love for enemies?

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 Dec20, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 58:1-11

第五十八章
1 世人哪,你們默然不語,真合公義嗎?施行審判,豈按正直嗎?
2 不然,你們是心中作惡,你們在地上秤出你們手所行的強暴。
3 惡人一出母胎,就與神疏遠;一離母腹,便走錯路,說謊話。
4 他們的毒氣好像蛇的毒氣,他們好像塞耳的聾虺,
5 不聽行法術的聲音,雖用極靈的咒語,也是不聽。
6 神啊,求你敲碎他們口中的牙;耶和華啊,求你敲掉少壯獅子的大牙!
7 願他們消滅如急流的水一般。他們瞅準射箭的時候,願箭頭彷彿砍斷。
8 願他們像蝸牛消化過去,又像婦人墜落未見天日的胎。
9 你們用荊棘燒火,鍋還未熱,他要用旋風把青的和燒著的一齊颳去。
10 義人見仇敵遭報就歡喜,要在惡人的血中洗腳。
11 因此,人必說:“義人誠然有善報,在地上果有施行判斷的神。”

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.有哪些社會不公事件或是專制政權是令你激憤到熱血沸騰的?
這時你如何禱告?怎樣可以用6-9節,作為你自己的禱告?為
什麼人禱告?

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 58
1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly?
Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice,
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
3 Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer,
however skillful the enchanter may be.
6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;
LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions!
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away;
when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,
like a stillborn child that never sees the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.
10 The righteous will be glad when they are avenged,
when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Then people will say,
“Surely the righteous still are rewarded;
surely there is a God who judges the earth.”

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. What social injustice or tyranny gets you stirred up? How is that
reflected in your prayers? How can you use cries in vv6-9 as your
own prayer? For whom?

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 Dec 19, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 57:1-11

第五十七章
1 神啊,求你憐憫我,憐憫我!因為我的心投靠你。我要投靠在你
翅膀的蔭下,等到災害過去。
2 我要求告至高的神,就是為我成全諸事的神。
3 那要吞我的人辱罵我的時候,神從天上必施恩救我,也必向我發
出慈愛和誠實。
4 我的性命在獅子中間;我躺臥在性如烈火的世人當中。他們的牙
齒是槍、箭;他們的舌頭是快刀。
5 神啊,願你崇高過於諸天!願你的榮耀高過全地!
6 他們為我的腳設下網羅,壓制我的心。他們在我面前挖了坑,自
己反掉在其中。
7 神啊,我心堅定,我心堅定!我要唱詩,我要歌頌!
8 我的靈啊(註:原文作“榮耀”),你當醒起!琴瑟啊,你們當
醒起!我自己要極早醒起。
9 主啊,我要在萬民中稱謝你,在列邦中歌頌你!
10 因為你的慈愛高及諸天;你的誠實達到穹蒼。
11 神啊,願你崇高過於諸天!願你的榮耀高過全地!

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.大衛在極難中,他就向神呼求(2節)。回想你曾經落在的極
難中,在那段時間,你如何經歷神?

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 57
1 Have mercy on me, my God, have mercy on me,
for in you I take refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the disaster has passed.
2 I cry out to God Most High, to God, who vindicates me.
3 He sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking those who hotly pursue me—
God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.
4 I am in the midst of lions;
I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.
5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.
6 They spread a net for my feet—I was bowed down in distress.
They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves.
7 My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and make music.
8 Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
9 I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.

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 his time of distress David cried out to God (v. 2). Think of a time
when you were in distress. What was your experience of God like
during that 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 Dec 18, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 56:1-9

第五十六章
1 神啊,求你憐憫我!因為人要把我吞了,終日攻擊欺壓我。
2 我的仇敵終日要把我吞了,因逞驕傲攻擊我的人甚多。
3 我懼怕的時候要倚靠你。
4 我倚靠神,我要讚美他的話;我倚靠神,必不懼怕。血氣之輩能
把我怎麼樣呢?
5 他們終日顛倒我的話,他們一切的心思都是要害我。
6 他們聚集、埋伏,窺探我的腳蹤,等候要害我的命。
7 他們豈能因罪孽逃脫嗎?神啊,求你在怒中使眾民墮落。
8 我幾次流離,你都記數。求你把我眼淚裝在你的皮袋裡,這不都
記在你冊子上嗎?
9 我呼求的日子,我的仇敵都要轉身退後。神幫助我,這是我所知道的。

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.當你心中害怕時,害怕是否會驅使你更加信靠神?或是越加不
信靠神?當你害怕時,你怎樣才能選擇信靠神?

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 56
1 Be merciful to me, my God,
for my enemies are in hot pursuit;
all day long they press their attack.
2 My adversaries pursue me all day long;
in their pride many are attacking me.
3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise—
in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?
5 All day long they twist my words;
all their schemes are for my ruin.
6 They conspire, they lurk,
they watch my steps,
hoping to take my life.
7 Because of their wickedness do not let them escape;
in your anger, God, bring the nations down.
8 Record my misery;
list my tears on your scroll—
are they not in your record?
9 Then my enemies will turn back
when I call for help.
By this I will know that God is for 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? 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. Does being afraid lead you to trust God more, or less? How can
you choose faith when you are afraid?

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 Dec 17, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 55:4-11

第五十五章
4 我心在我裡面甚是疼痛,死的驚惶臨到我身。
5 恐懼戰兢歸到我身,驚恐漫過了我。
6 我說:“但願我有翅膀像鴿子,我就飛去得享安息。
7 我必遠遊,宿在曠野。
8 我必速速逃到避所,脫離狂風暴雨。”
9 主啊,求你吞滅他們,變亂他們的舌頭,因為我在城中見了強暴
爭競的事。
10 他們在城牆上晝夜繞行,在城內也有罪孽和奸惡。
11 邪惡在其中,欺壓和詭詐不離街市。

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.你通常是怎樣處理困難?(1)否認?(2)責怪別人?(3)
避開?(4)溜走?(5)迎頭處理?(6)禱告?你最近如何
處理你最大的問題?

4.你希望神怎樣幫助你將心中的感受更自在地向神述說?告訴神
你的擔憂與懼怕。

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
4 My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen on me.
5 Fear and trembling have beset me;
horror has overwhelmed me.
6 I said, “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
7 I would flee far away
and stay in the desert;
8 I would hurry to my place of shelter,
far from the tempest and storm.”
9 Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words,
for I see violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls;
malice and abuse are within it.
11 Destructive forces are at work in the city;
threats and lies never leave its streets.

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. How do you tend to respond to troubles: (1) Denial? (2) Blame
someone else? (3) Avoid the problem/person? (4) Escape? (5) Tackle
them head on? (6) Pray? How are you handling your biggest
problem today?

4. How would you like God to help you to grow in your ability to
express your feelings to him? Talk to God about your concerns and
fears.

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 Dec 14, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 54:1-7

第五十四章
1 神啊,求你以你的名救我,憑你的大能為我伸冤。
2 神啊,求你聽我的禱告,留心聽我口中的言語。
3 因為外人起來攻擊我,強暴人尋索我的命。他們眼中沒有神。
4 神是幫助我的,是扶持我命的。
5 他要報應我仇敵所行的惡,求你憑你的誠實滅絕他們。
6 我要把甘心祭獻給你;耶和華啊,我要稱讚你的名,這名本為美好。
7 他從一切的急難中把我救出來,我的眼睛也看見了我仇敵遭報。

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.被朋友出賣是很痛苦的事,若是遇到這樣的事,大衛使我們的
好的榜樣。你曾經在什麼情況下被親近的人出賣?當時你的反
應如何?若是又遇見類似這樣的情況,這篇詩篇如何幫助你來
面對?

4.心中不要老是停留在“被出賣”這事上,讓神來處理應有的處
罰。學習大衛將心中想要傷害或報復的思想都交出來給神,他
就能稱讚神,並想起過去神“從一切的急難中把我救出來”的
經歷。新約裡,耶穌教導我們要為那些逼迫我們的人禱告。當
我們為別人禱告時——甚至為我們的仇敵禱告時——就會使我
們的心對準神的心,而因為神就是愛,當我們為別人禱告的時
候,我們對他們的愛也會增長。聆聽聖靈在你心中對你所說的
話,祈求聖靈將一些曾經傷害過你的人之面孔顯示給你看,並
求聖靈幫助你不單饒恕他們,還能以神的愛去愛他們。

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
1 Save me, O God, by your name;
vindicate me by your might.
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
listen to the words of my mouth.
3 Arrogant foes are attacking me;
ruthless people are trying to kill me—
people without regard for God.
4 Surely God is my help;
the Lord is the one who sustains me.
5 Let evil recoil on those who slander me;
in your faithfulness destroy them.
6 I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you;
I will praise your name, LORD, for it is good.
7 You have delivered me from all my troubles,
and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

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. It’s especially painful when a friend turns against us. When that
happens we would be wise to follow David’s lead. When did you
experience betrayal by someone close to you? How did you react?
How would this psalm help you to face it now?

4. Don’t dwell on the betrayal. Let God mete out any appropriate
punishment. Released from any thoughts of hurt or revenge, David
praised God, and remembered how the Lord “delivered me from
all my troubles”. In the NT, Jesus teachers us to pray for those who
persecute us. Out of prayer for others—even our enemies—comes
an alignment with God’s heart, and because God is love, as we pray
for others we will grow in our love for them. Listen to the Holy
Spirit, and ask him to give you the faces of some people who have
hurt you and who you need to not only forgive, but to love.

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 Dec 13, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 53:1-6

第五十三章
1 愚頑人心裡說:“沒有神!”他們都是邪惡,行了可憎惡的罪
孽,沒有一個人行善。
2 神從天上垂看世人,要看有明白的沒有,有尋求他的沒有。
3 他們各人都退後,一同變為污穢;並沒有行善的,連一個也沒有!
4 作孽的沒有知識嗎?他們吞吃我的百姓如同吃飯一樣,並不求告神。
5 他們在無可懼怕之處,就大大害怕,因為神把那安營攻擊你之人
的骨頭散開了。你使他們蒙羞,因為神棄絕了他們。
6 但願以色列的救恩從錫安而出,神救回他被擄的子民。那時,雅
各要快樂,以色列要歡喜。

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.我們通常都認為“行義則順,棄神必敗”;但這說法常常都行
不通的,這使得我們質疑為什麼壞人常常是有好報?詩人在這
裡說,不要掛慮這些事,神遲早會處置他們的。

4.對那些暗中作惡卻大發其財的人,你是否暗地裡希望看見他們
遭惡報?從他們發達以及你對此事的反應,能否看出你對神、
對自己、以及對這些人的看法、態度?你是否專注在這世上的
成功,或是留意存留財寶在天上?

5.和神對話,告訴祂你現在的感受,然後聆聽神對你的回應。

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 53
1 The fool says in his heart,“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
there is no one who does good.
2 God looks down from heaven on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
3 Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
there is no one who does good, not even one.
4 Do all these evildoers know nothing?
They devour my people as though eating bread; they never call on God.
5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
where there was nothing to dread.
God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you put them to shame, for God despised them.
6 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When God restores his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

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. We often think: “Do good and prosper, ignore God and fail”. But
this often doesn’t work, and we wonder why good things happen to
bad people. The psalmist says not to worry about it. God will take
care of them soon enough.

4. How do you secretly want to see happen to those who do evil and
enjoy momentary success? How would their success and your
reaction to it make you feel about God, about yourself and those
people? Are you focused on success here in this world, or on storing
up treasures in heaven?

5. Talk with God and tell him your emotions right now. Then listen to
God’s 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 Dec 12, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 52:1-9

第五十二章
1 勇士啊,你為何以作惡自誇?神的慈愛是常存的。
2 你的舌頭邪惡詭詐,好像剃頭刀,快利傷人。
3 你愛惡勝似愛善,又愛說謊,不愛說公義。
4 詭詐的舌頭啊,你愛說一切毀滅的話。
5 神也要毀滅你,直到永遠;他要把你拿去,從你的帳棚中抽出,
從活人之地將你拔出。
6 義人要看見而懼怕,並要笑他。
7 說:“看哪,這就是那不以神為他力量的人,只倚仗他豐富的財
物 ,在邪惡上堅立自己。”
8 至於我,就像神殿中的青橄欖樹,我永永遠遠倚靠神的慈愛!
9 我要稱謝你,直到永遠,因為你行了這事;我也要在你聖民面前
仰望你的名,這名本為美好。

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?

3.8節“至於我,我就像神殿中茂盛的橄欖樹一樣”(新譯本聖
經),“我就像上帝殿中的一棵橄欖樹,枝繁葉茂”(中文當
代聖經)。你是否在神的殿中“茂盛生長”?在你的靈程中還
缺少什麼?如何能幫助你的靈命“茂盛生長”?
你在教會及小組中能夠多做些什麼,使得你自己可以更加親
近神,也更加親近別人?

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
1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty hero?
Why do you boast all day long,
you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?
2 You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction;
it is like a sharpened razor.
3 You love evil rather than good,
falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
4 You love every harmful word,
you deceitful tongue!
5 Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
He will snatch you up and pluck you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living.
6 The righteous will see and fear;
they will laugh at you, saying,
7 “Here now is the man
who did not make God his stronghold
but trusted in his great wealth
and grew strong by destroying others!”
8 But I am like an olive tree
flourishing in the house of God;
I trust in God’s unfailing love
for ever and ever.
9 For what you have done I will always praise you
in the presence of your faithful people.
And I will hope in your name, for your name is good.

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. Are you “flourishing in the house of God”? What is lacking in your
spiritual community? What helps you flourish? How can you offer
more of yourself in church, in your cell group, that you might grow
closer to God and to others as well?

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 Dec 11, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 51:1-12

第五十一章
1 神啊,求你按你的慈愛憐恤我,按你豐盛的慈悲塗抹我的過犯!
2 求你將我的罪孽洗除淨盡,並潔除我的罪!
3 因為我知道我的過犯,我的罪常在我面前。
4 我向你犯罪,惟獨得罪了你,在你眼前行了這惡,以致你責備我
的時候顯為公義;判斷我的時候顯為清正。
5 我是在罪孽裡生的,在我母親懷胎的時候就有了罪。
6 你所喜愛的是內裡誠實;你在我隱密處必使我得智慧。
7 求你用牛膝草潔淨我,我就乾淨;求你洗滌我,我就比雪更白。
8 求你使我得聽歡喜快樂的聲音,使你所壓傷的骨頭可以踴躍。
9 求你掩面不看我的罪,塗抹我一切的罪孽。
10神啊,求你為我造清潔的心,使我裡面重新有正直的靈
(註:“正直”或作“堅定”)。
11 不要丟棄我,使我離開你的面;不要從我收回你的聖靈。
12 求你使我仍得救恩之樂,賜我樂意的靈扶持我;

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.基督徒都知道自己是罪人,但是,為什麼我們仍然不容易接受
別人的指正或是坦然認罪?你有什麼罪到目前為止仍然不願向
神認的現在就將這項罪告訴神,靜候,並經歷神赦罪之恩。

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
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your
sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain 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? What is your emotion as you read this
word or phrase?

3. As Christians, we know we are sinful. Why then is it so painful to
be confronted with a specific sin? What sin have you been avoiding
talking to God about? Take it to God and experience his forgiveness.

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 Dec 10, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 50:7-15

第五十章
7“我的民哪,你們當聽我的話;以色列啊,我要勸戒你。我是
神,是你的神!
8 我並不因你的祭物責備你,你的燔祭常在我面前。
9 我不從你家中取公牛,也不從你圈內取山羊。
10 因為樹林中的百獸是我的,千山上的牲畜也是我的。
11 山中的飛鳥,我都知道;野地的走獸也都屬我。
12 我若是飢餓,我不用告訴你,因為世界和其中所充滿的都是我的。
13 我豈吃公牛的肉呢?我豈喝山羊的血呢?
14 你們要以感謝為祭獻與神,又要向至高者還你的願,
15 並要在患難之日求告我,我必搭救你,你也要榮耀我。”

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.對你來說,你的感謝祭會是什麼?今天,試著對神在你生命中
所作的的一切工作,以禱告獻上讚美與感謝祭;並且今天試著
以一顆感恩的心來過這一天。祈求神幫助你看到祂怎樣不停地
時刻與你同在,甚至在你不意識的時候,祂還是不斷地向你施
恩與慈愛。

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
7 “Listen, my people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel:
I am God, your God.
8 I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices
or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9 I have no need of a bull from your stall
or of goats from your pens,
10 for every animal of the forest is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird in the mountains,
and the insects in the fields are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 “Sacrifice thank offerings to God,
fulfill your vows to the Most High,
15 and call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honor 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? 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. What would a “thank offering” to God look like for you? Today,
make your prayers an offering of praise and thanksgiving for God’s
work in your life, and try to go about today with a spirit of thankfulness
in your heart. Ask God to help you to see how he is continually
present with you in each moment, showing you love and grace even
if you are not aware.

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 Dec 7, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 49:5-12

第四十九章
5 在患難的日子,奸惡隨我腳跟,四面環繞我,我何必懼怕?
6 那些倚仗財貨自誇錢財多的人,
7 一個也無法贖自己的弟兄,也不能替他將贖價給神,
8 叫他長遠活著,不見朽壞,因為贖他生命的價值極貴,只可永遠罷休。
9
10他必見智慧人死,又見愚頑人和畜類人一同滅亡,將他們的財貨
留給別人。
11他們心裡思想:他們的家室必永存,住宅必留到萬代;他們以自
己的名稱自己的地。
12但人居尊貴中不能長久,如同死亡的畜類一樣。

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?這與你的現況有什麼
關連 沒有?神想要你做什麼?

3.這首詩顯明生命是脆弱的,不論你積累了多少財富,你都不能
帶走;而且金錢也無法使你長生不死。

4.讀下面這段話,並默想:“虛心的人有福了(心靈貧窮的人有
福了,新漢語譯本)”(太5:3)
“‘虛心的人有福了’,這句經文的意思是‘一個人明白自己完
全無助,並全心地將一切都信靠神’。當一個人明白了自己的
完全無助,並且將整個信靠都投在神身上,就會有兩件事進入
他的生命中,而這兩件事是同一件事的兩面。他會完全從事物
中抽離,因為他深知任何事情都不能夠帶給他平安與喜樂;另
一方面他會完全的緊緊依著神,因為他會知道單單神就能帶給
他幫助、盼望與力量。這個在靈裡面是貧窮的人,就能夠明白
事物是虛空的,而神則是一切。”(英國著名聖經註釋專家威
廉巴克萊博士)

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
5 Why should I fear when evil days come,
when wicked deceivers surround me—
6 those who trust in their wealth
and boast of their great riches?
7 No one can redeem the life of another
or give to God a ransom for them—
8 the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough—
9 so that they should live on forever and not see decay.
10 For all can see that the wise die,
that the foolish and the senseless also perish,
leaving their wealth to others.
11 Their tombs will remain their houses forever,
their dwellings for endless generations,
though they had named lands after themselves.
12 People, despite their wealth, do not endure;
they are like the beasts that perish.

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 psalm shows that life is fragile. No matter how much wealth
you accumulate, you can’t take it with you. And no money can give
you immortality.

4. Read and meditate: “’Blessed are the poor in spirit’ means ‘Blessed
is the man who has realized his own utter helplessness, and who
has put his whole trust in God.’ If a man has realized his own utter
helplessness, and has put his whole trust in God, there will enter
into his life two things which are opposite sides of the same thing.
He will become completely detached from things, for he will know
that things have not got it in them to bring happiness or security;
and he will become completely attached to God, for he will know
that God alone can bring him help, and hope, and strength. The
man who is poor in spirit is the man who has realized that things
mean nothing and that God means everything.” – William Barclay

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 Dec 6, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 48:1-8

第四十八章
1 耶和華本為大!在我們神的城中,在他的聖山上,該受大讚美!
2 錫安山,大君王的城,在北面居高華美,為全地所喜悅。
3 神在其宮中自顯為避難所。
4 看哪,眾王會合,一同經過。
5 他們見了這城,就驚奇喪膽,急忙逃跑。
6 他們在那裡被戰兢疼痛抓住,好像產難的婦人一樣。
7 神啊,你用東風打破他施的船隻。
8 我們在萬軍之耶和華的城中,就是我們神的城中所看見的,如我
們所聽見的。神必堅立這城,直到永遠!

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.當詩人走在耶路撒冷城牆上的時候,他所看見的不單只是由壯
觀的巨大石塊所堆砌成的城牆。這座神所揀選的城,代表神為
保護祂所愛的百姓,以祂的慈愛在歷史上所作的一切。在你生
命旅程中,你對神有什麼認識?你是否看到在你四面楚歌被困
圍城時,神如何引領你渡過難關?

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
1 Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise,
in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
2 Beautiful in its loftiness,
the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion,
the city of the Great King.
3 God is in her citadels;
he has shown himself to be her fortress.
4 When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,
5 they saw her and were astounded;
they fled in terror.
6 Trembling seized them there,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
shattered by an east wind.
8 As we have heard,
so we have seen
in the city of the LORD Almighty,
in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
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? How is that related to your current situation? What
does God tell you to do?

3. As the psalmist walked the walls of ancient Jerusalem he saw more
than mighty stones. The city God had chosen represented all God’s
acts in history in loving and protecting his beloved people. How
do you see God in your life? How have you seen God guide you
through a crisis which threatened your “city” (your security or safety)?

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 Dec 5, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 47:1-9

第四十七章
1 萬民哪,你們都要拍掌,要用誇勝的聲音向神呼喊!
2 因為耶和華至高者是可畏的,他是治理全地的大君王。
3 他叫萬民服在我們以下,又叫列邦服在我們腳下。
4 他為我們選擇產業,就是他所愛之雅各的榮耀。
5 神上升,有喊聲相送;耶和華上升,有角聲相送。
6 你們要向神歌頌,歌頌!向我們王歌頌,歌頌!
7 因為神是全地的王,你們要用悟性歌頌!
8 神作王治理萬國,坐在他的聖寶座上。
9 列邦的君王聚集,要作亞伯拉罕之神的民;因為世界的盾牌是屬
神的,他為至高。

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.詩人在這裡唱詩、鼓掌、獻祭、並邀請其他人同享他在神裡面
的喜樂。

4.試著為神寫一首詩,內容包括你個人認識神的喜樂。或是找一
首對你很有意義的詩,用心靈來唱給神;甚至放一段能夠表達
你現在心情的詩歌音樂。

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
1 Clap your hands, all you nations;
shout to God with cries of joy.
2 For the LORD Most High is awesome,
the great King over all the earth.
3 He subdued nations under us,
peoples under our feet.
4 He chose our inheritance for us,
the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth;
sing to him a psalm of praise.
8 God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on his holy throne.
9 The nobles of the nations assemble
as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings of the earth belong to God;
he is greatly exalted.

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 sings, claps, sacrifices and invites others to share in
his joy in God.

4. Try to write a psalm to the Lord, including in it reasons you enjoy
knowing God. You might want to sing a song or hymn that you
can sing with meaning. Or perhaps play some recorded music that
reflects your mood.

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 Dec 4, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 46:1-11

第四十六章
1 神是我們的避難所,是我們的力量,是我們在患難中隨時的幫助!
2 所以地雖改變,山雖搖動到海心,
3 其中的水雖匉訇翻騰,山雖因海漲而戰抖,我們也不害怕。
4 有一道河,這河的分汊,使神的城歡喜;這城就是至高者居住的聖所。
5 神在其中,城必不動搖;到天一亮,神必幫助這城。
6 外邦喧嚷,列國動搖。神發聲,地便熔化。
7 萬軍之耶和華與我們同在;雅各的神是我們的避難所!
8 你們來看耶和華的作為,看他使地怎樣荒涼。
9 他止息刀兵,直到地極;他折弓、斷槍,把戰車焚燒在火中。
10你們要休息,要知道我是神!我必在外邦中被尊崇,在遍地上
也被尊崇。
11 萬軍之耶和華與我們同在;雅各的神是我們的避難所。

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.在你的人生中,你什麼時候覺得最安全平安?為什麼?將這段
經文中有關安全,平安的字眼圈起來。當你讀到這些字或詞句
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.當你禱告的時候,你是否能夠安靜下來,聆聽到神的聲音,並
感受到祂的臨在?安靜幾分鐘,容許聖靈挪走你心中任何的憂
慮、煩惱、不安。祈求神將你從這些擄掠捆綁你的思想中釋放
出來。就在這時候,祈求神將這段詩篇提到惟有神才有的平
安、穩妥的應許,充滿你的心。

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 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
7 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
8 Come and see what the LORD has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.

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. When have you felt the safest in your lifetime? Why? Circle or
underline every word in this passage that deals with the concept of
safety and security. 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. When you pray, are you able to be still and listen to God’s voice and
feel his presence? Take several minutes to allow the Holy Spirit to
free your mind of any anxious thought, concern or stress right now.
Ask God to release you from these thoughts that hold you captive
and paralyze you. At this time, ask God to fill you with the promises
from this psalm concerning the safety and security found only
in 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 Dec 3, 2012 詩篇 Psalms 45:1-9

第四十五章
1 我心裡湧出美辭。我論到我為王做的事,我的舌頭是快手筆。
2 你比世人更美,在你嘴裡滿有恩惠,所以神賜福給你,直到永遠。
3 大能者啊,願你腰間佩刀,大有榮耀和威嚴!
4 為真理、謙卑、公義赫然坐車前往,無不得勝。你的右手必顯明
可畏的事。
5 你的箭鋒快,射中王敵之心,萬民仆倒在你以下。
6 神啊,你的寶座是永永遠遠的,你的國權是正直的。
7 你喜愛公義,恨惡罪惡,所以神,就是你的神,用喜樂油膏你,
勝過膏你的同伴。
8 你的衣服都有沒藥、沉香、肉桂的香氣,象牙宮中有絲弦樂器的
聲音,使你歡喜。
9 有君王的女兒在你尊貴婦女之中;王后佩戴俄斐金飾站在你右邊。

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.這是一首慶賀君王婚禮的詩,婚宴的歡樂為我們指向將來基督
與祂的教會在天上的婚宴;這首詩讓我們略嘗當主基督再臨時
的喜樂。

4.感謝神,你的心裡已經“湧出優美的言辭”——是為君王將要
來迎娶祂的新娘(教會)。為著神的威嚴尊貴來讚美祂,並為
著你得以有份在基督的迎娶當中來稱頌神。

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 45
1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king;
my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
2 You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed
with grace,since God has blessed you forever.
3 Gird your sword on your side, you mighty one;
clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.
4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously in the cause of truth, humility
and justice; let your right hand achieve awesome deeds.
5 Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
let the nations fall beneath your feet.
6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy.
8 All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from palaces adorned with ivory
the music of the strings makes you glad.
9 Daughters of kings are among your honored women;
at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.

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 song celebrates the king’s wedding. The joy of the wedding
feast points us to the heavenly banquet awaiting Christ and his
church. It gives us a foretaste of the joy we will know when our
Lord returns.

4. Thank God that your heart has been “stirred by a noble theme”—
the promises of the King coming for his bride. Praise him for his
majesty and the overwhelming awe that you feel because you are in
the wedding (as you are in the 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 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.

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.

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.