Four letters to four churches: the loveless church (Ephesus), the persecuted church (Smyrna), the compromising church (Pergamos), and the corrupt church (Thyatira).
I think these churches also represents our Christian status that may change over time. Which category is your current status? It must be important that God repeated this verse at the end of every letter: 7 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” 圣灵对各教会所说的话,凡有耳朵的都应当听。
关于有耳可听的有福了,这个概念在圣经中出现很多次:这里有一个学习资源。也可以查看马太福音13:9。
妈妈说,要多吃青菜和水果,要多运动,不要老是躺在那里看电视。爸爸说,不要上陌生人的车,不要贪小便宜。天父说:凡是有耳的,就应当听。
When I read over this chapter once, I wonder why God always has something against us. In Chinese, the translation is 责备,blame. Isn’t He a loving God? But when I read over for the second time, I realized why. God is pleased when we are following Him and doing good. However, He is the God, who could not bear any sin because God has no darkness. How can light bear darkness inside of it? Even God loves us and forgives our sin, He wants us to understand that it is precious to live in righteousness and fully immerse in His love. I pray that when we are tempted, our Father will touch our heart and teach us the priceless gift of being His son and daughter. Thus, we can turn away from the sins and temptations. I pray that we have the power from God to be strong, faithful, and joyful. I pray that Holy Spirit will comfort our heart when we worship Him in laughs and tears. God bless you. I pray in the Name of Jesus Christ, the powerful name, AMEN!
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我很希望自己能够有一天,能像她这样自由自在的用歌声赞美神。我很向往在这方面的学习,但天资不够,真是不甘心。
<當祢找到我 When You Found Me> 关于这首歌的创作
詞/曲:葛兆昕
當祢找到我,在生命 十字路口
祢靠近我,祢擁抱我,從此祢不放手
過去的種種,全然交在祢手中
祢醫治我,祢恢復我,從此我不放手
夜再黑,心再疲憊,我仰望祢至聖榮面,我已決定永不後退!
祢作為,何等榮美,祢大能在我心間,我願一生緊緊跟隨!
我跟隨 祢從高山到低谷
我跟隨 祢即使荊棘滿佈
縱然面對挑戰,也有眼淚,感到疲憊
我要掙脫纏累,永遠不後悔。
在祢翅膀蔭下我得保護
祢話語使我生命得堅固
祢應許不搖動,自始至終,永不落空
未來在祢的手中,我不忘初衷(當祢找到我)
我今天唸的是 馬太福音15:29-39,耶穌給四千人吃飽。特別的經文是耶穌說:”I do not want to send them away hungry.”
你敬拜很棒的!
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