Preach the word! —2 Timothy 4:2
We
are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and
daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual
messengers, and the message must be a part of us. The Son of God was His
own message— “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are
life” (John 6:63).
As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of
our message. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called
upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin,
baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God’s
purpose to make a person’s life a holy example of God’s message.
There is a difference between giving a testimony and
preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is
determined to use all his energy to proclaim God’s truth. God takes us
beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes
us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples’ lives after
Pentecost. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples
something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so
that they would literally become God’s message in the flesh. “. . . you
shall be witnesses to Me . . .” (Acts 1:8).
Allow
God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God’s
message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in
you. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to “set your
words on fire” for His glory.
要有言教，更要有身教
務要傳道。 （提後四2）
我們得救，並不單是做[導管]，乃是做神的兒女。我們不是變成屬靈的媒介，乃是屬靈的使者；所傳的資訊必須是我們本身一部分。神的兒子本身就是神的資訊，他的話就是靈和生命。我們作他門徒的，生命必須成為資訊的印證。人天然的心喜歡做許多的事奉，但是要心靈真正在罪的自責中破碎，被聖靈澆灌，被搓揉進神的旨
意裡去，這時生命才成為資訊的印證。
作見證與講道原有分別。傳道人是有神的呼召，決志竭盡一切傳神的真理。神把我們從自己的觀念裡領出來，把我們陶冶塑造，加以使用，正如五旬節後的門徒一般。五旬節並沒有教導門徒什麼，神只是把門徒變成為他們所傳的資訊——[你們要作
我的見證]。你說話的時候，要讓神有絕對的自由。神的話釋放別人靈魂之先，必須先釋放你。然後將你所經歷的說出來，為主發光。
祈禱◆無所不知的主神，求你在今天將智慧賜給我，讓我的敬拜、正確的行為都討你的喜悅。主啊，求你在你的完全和美善中，不斷向我述說你自己的奇妙！
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March 10, 2014
March 10, 2013
Being an Example of His Message
Preach the word! —2 Timothy 4:2
We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us. The Son of God was His own message— “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of our message. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin, baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God’s purpose to make a person’s life a holy example of God’s message.
There is a difference between giving a testimony and preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is determined to use all his energy to proclaim God’s truth. God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples’ lives after Pentecost. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so that they would literally become God’s message in the flesh. “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me . . .” (Acts 1:8).
Allow God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God’s message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in you. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to “set your words on fire” for His glory.
要有言教，更要有身教
務要傳道。 （提後四2）
我們得救，並不單是做[導管]，乃是做神的兒女。我們不是變成屬靈的媒介，乃是屬靈的使者；所傳的資訊必須是我們本身一部分。神的兒子本身就是神的資訊，他的話就是靈和生命。我們作他門徒的，生命必須成為資訊的印證。人天然的心喜歡做許多的事奉，但是要心靈真正在罪的自責中破碎，被聖靈澆灌，被搓揉進神的旨意裡去，這時生命才成為資訊的印證。
作見證與講道原有分別。傳道人是有神的呼召，決志竭盡一切傳神的真理。神把我們從自己的觀念裡領出來，把我們陶冶塑造，加以使用，正如五旬節後的門徒一般。五旬節並沒有教導門徒什麼，神只是把門徒變成為他們所傳的資訊——[你們要作我的見證]。你說話的時候，要讓神有絕對的自由。神的話釋放別人靈魂之先，必須先釋放你。然後將你所經歷的說出來，為主發光。
祈禱◆無所不知的主神，求你在今天將智慧賜給我，讓我的敬拜、正確的行為都討你的喜悅。主啊，求你在你的完全和美善中，不斷向我述說你自己。妙！
We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us. The Son of God was His own message— “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of our message. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin, baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God’s purpose to make a person’s life a holy example of God’s message.
There is a difference between giving a testimony and preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is determined to use all his energy to proclaim God’s truth. God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples’ lives after Pentecost. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so that they would literally become God’s message in the flesh. “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me . . .” (Acts 1:8).
Allow God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God’s message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in you. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to “set your words on fire” for His glory.
要有言教，更要有身教
務要傳道。 （提後四2）
我們得救，並不單是做[導管]，乃是做神的兒女。我們不是變成屬靈的媒介，乃是屬靈的使者；所傳的資訊必須是我們本身一部分。神的兒子本身就是神的資訊，他的話就是靈和生命。我們作他門徒的，生命必須成為資訊的印證。人天然的心喜歡做許多的事奉，但是要心靈真正在罪的自責中破碎，被聖靈澆灌，被搓揉進神的旨意裡去，這時生命才成為資訊的印證。
作見證與講道原有分別。傳道人是有神的呼召，決志竭盡一切傳神的真理。神把我們從自己的觀念裡領出來，把我們陶冶塑造，加以使用，正如五旬節後的門徒一般。五旬節並沒有教導門徒什麼，神只是把門徒變成為他們所傳的資訊——[你們要作我的見證]。你說話的時候，要讓神有絕對的自由。神的話釋放別人靈魂之先，必須先釋放你。然後將你所經歷的說出來，為主發光。
祈禱◆無所不知的主神，求你在今天將智慧賜給我，讓我的敬拜、正確的行為都討你的喜悅。主啊，求你在你的完全和美善中，不斷向我述說你自己。妙！
September 10, 2012
Missionary Weapons (1)
When you were under the fig tree, I saw you —John 1:48
Worshiping in Everyday Occasions. We presume that we would be ready for battle if confronted with a great crisis, but it is not the crisis that builds something within us— it simply reveals what we are made of already. Do you find yourself saying, “If God calls me to battle, of course I will rise to the occasion”? Yet you won’t rise to the occasion unless you have done so on God’s training ground. If you are not doing the task that is closest to you now, which God has engineered into your life, when the crisis comes, instead of being fit for battle, you will be revealed as being unfit. Crises always reveal a person’s true character.
A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness. The time will come, as Nathanael experienced in this passage, that a private “fig-tree” life will no longer be possible. Everything will be out in the open, and you will find yourself to be of no value there if you have not been worshiping in everyday occasions in your own home. If your worship is right in your private relationship with God, then when He sets you free, you will be ready. It is in the unseen life, which only God saw, that you have become perfectly fit. And when the strain of the crisis comes, you can be relied upon by God.
Are you saying, “But I can’t be expected to live a sanctified life in my present circumstances; I have no time for prayer or Bible study right now; besides, my opportunity for battle hasn’t come yet, but when it does, of course I will be ready”? No, you will not. If you have not been worshiping in everyday occasions, when you get involved in God’s work, you will not only be useless yourself but also a hindrance to those around you.
God’s training ground, where the missionary weapons are found, is the hidden, personal, worshiping life of the saint.
傳道者的彈藥
你在無花果樹底下，我就看見你了。 （約一48）
我們一位面臨重大關頭的時候，不然應付得來；可是，重大關頭只會揭露我們的本相，不會給我們加增什麼。 [要是神呼召我，我自會應付得來。 ]除非你能善處工廠的工作，在神面前有真材實料，否則，在重大關頭時，你必不能應付。倘若現在你連神在你身旁安排的事也不作，當重大關頭來到，你不但擔當不起，反而顯得不合用。重要關頭往往能把人的品性顯露出來。
在隱秘處敬拜神，是人合用與否的先決條件。時候到了，不會再有[無花果樹下]的生活，你要出到外頭，在日光之下工作。那時你會發現，除非在家中你一向敬拜神，否則就一無可取。所以要有正確的敬拜，這樣，當神釋放你，你才准備妥當；因為在除了神就沒有人看得見的生命裡，你已完全茁壯合用。考驗來到，神才可以倚重你。
[現今的環境不容我過成聖的生活，我現在沒有時間讀經祈禱，我的機會還未來到，若時機一到，我自然可以應付。 ]錯了。你若一向沒有經常趁機會敬拜，一旦進入工廠，你不但無用，更會成為同工極大的障礙。聖徒私下隱藏的敬拜生活，乃是傳道工廠的彈藥。
祈禱◆噢，主，我的神，幫助我敬拜你。為著你的恆久不變，我讚美你。感動我，噢，主啊，藉著你的能力更新我的靈，使它對你和你的真理更加渴慕與感激。
Worshiping in Everyday Occasions. We presume that we would be ready for battle if confronted with a great crisis, but it is not the crisis that builds something within us— it simply reveals what we are made of already. Do you find yourself saying, “If God calls me to battle, of course I will rise to the occasion”? Yet you won’t rise to the occasion unless you have done so on God’s training ground. If you are not doing the task that is closest to you now, which God has engineered into your life, when the crisis comes, instead of being fit for battle, you will be revealed as being unfit. Crises always reveal a person’s true character.
A private relationship of worshiping God is the greatest essential element of spiritual fitness. The time will come, as Nathanael experienced in this passage, that a private “fig-tree” life will no longer be possible. Everything will be out in the open, and you will find yourself to be of no value there if you have not been worshiping in everyday occasions in your own home. If your worship is right in your private relationship with God, then when He sets you free, you will be ready. It is in the unseen life, which only God saw, that you have become perfectly fit. And when the strain of the crisis comes, you can be relied upon by God.
Are you saying, “But I can’t be expected to live a sanctified life in my present circumstances; I have no time for prayer or Bible study right now; besides, my opportunity for battle hasn’t come yet, but when it does, of course I will be ready”? No, you will not. If you have not been worshiping in everyday occasions, when you get involved in God’s work, you will not only be useless yourself but also a hindrance to those around you.
God’s training ground, where the missionary weapons are found, is the hidden, personal, worshiping life of the saint.
傳道者的彈藥
你在無花果樹底下，我就看見你了。 （約一48）
我們一位面臨重大關頭的時候，不然應付得來；可是，重大關頭只會揭露我們的本相，不會給我們加增什麼。 [要是神呼召我，我自會應付得來。 ]除非你能善處工廠的工作，在神面前有真材實料，否則，在重大關頭時，你必不能應付。倘若現在你連神在你身旁安排的事也不作，當重大關頭來到，你不但擔當不起，反而顯得不合用。重要關頭往往能把人的品性顯露出來。
在隱秘處敬拜神，是人合用與否的先決條件。時候到了，不會再有[無花果樹下]的生活，你要出到外頭，在日光之下工作。那時你會發現，除非在家中你一向敬拜神，否則就一無可取。所以要有正確的敬拜，這樣，當神釋放你，你才准備妥當；因為在除了神就沒有人看得見的生命裡，你已完全茁壯合用。考驗來到，神才可以倚重你。
[現今的環境不容我過成聖的生活，我現在沒有時間讀經祈禱，我的機會還未來到，若時機一到，我自然可以應付。 ]錯了。你若一向沒有經常趁機會敬拜，一旦進入工廠，你不但無用，更會成為同工極大的障礙。聖徒私下隱藏的敬拜生活，乃是傳道工廠的彈藥。
祈禱◆噢，主，我的神，幫助我敬拜你。為著你的恆久不變，我讚美你。感動我，噢，主啊，藉著你的能力更新我的靈，使它對你和你的真理更加渴慕與感激。
March 30, 2012
Holiness or Hardness Toward God?
He . . . wondered that there was no intercessor . . . —Isaiah 59:16
The reason many of us stop praying and become hard toward God is that we only have an emotional interest in prayer. It sounds good to say that we pray, and we read books on prayer which tell us that prayer is beneficial— that our minds are quieted and our souls are uplifted when we pray. But Isaiah implied in this verse that God is amazed at such thoughts about prayer.
Worship and intercession must go together; one is impossible without the other. Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying (see Philippians 2:5). Instead of worshiping God, we recite speeches to God about how prayer is supposed to work. Are we worshiping God or disputing Him when we say, “But God, I just don’t see how you are going to do this”? This is a sure sign that we are not worshiping. When we lose sight of God, we become hard and dogmatic. We throw our petitions at His throne and dictate to Him what we want Him to do. We don’t worship God, nor do we seek to conform our minds to the mind of Christ. And if we are hard toward God, we will become hard toward other people.
Are we worshiping God in a way that will raise us up to where we can take hold of Him, having such intimate contact with Him that we know His mind about the ones for whom we pray? Are we living in a holy relationship with God, or have we become hard and dogmatic?
Do you find yourself thinking that there is no one interceding properly? Then be that person yourself. Be a person who worships God and lives in a holy relationship with Him. Get involved in the real work of intercession, remembering that it truly is work-work that demands all your energy, but work which has no hidden pitfalls. Preaching the gospel has its share of pitfalls, but intercessory prayer has none whatsoever.
對神柔順還是剛硬？
他見無人拯救、無人代求，甚為詫異。 （賽五十九16）
不少人禱告半途而廢，對神硬心，是由於對禱告只有一種情感上的興趣。 [我們有禱告呀！ ]聽起來很不錯。讀點關於禱告的書，執拗禱告很有益，使思想安靜、靈性高升。可是，以賽亞卻暗示說，神對這種禱告的觀念大感驚奇。
敬拜與代求必須同時進行，兩者是缺一不可的。代求是我們催逼自己去體會主耶穌對所代求的人迫切的心情。但多少時候，我們不是敬拜神，而是在堆砌禱詞。我們到底在敬拜，還是與神爭論？ －－[我看不出你（神）有什麼辦法。 ]這明明就不是敬拜。一旦看不見神，我們就變得硬心主觀。我們把所求的事，仍在神寶座之前，並指明要他怎樣做。我們不是在敬拜，也沒有尋求主基督的心意。向神硬心，對人也必然沒有憐憫。
我們向神敬拜，是否提升到有主的心，使我們能為別人代求？我們是否與神活在聖潔的關係上？還是剛硬武斷？ [無人真正好好地代求。 ]那末，你就做那代求的人吧！敬拜神，活在聖潔的關係裡；投入真正的代求工作裡。要記住：代求是一種工作，是需要一切能力的工作。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我的靈魂將安息在你這位世界的創造者，以及那位在我裡面創造生命的主耶穌基督裡。噢，求你賜下聖靈的能力，讓我更完全地敬拜你。
The reason many of us stop praying and become hard toward God is that we only have an emotional interest in prayer. It sounds good to say that we pray, and we read books on prayer which tell us that prayer is beneficial— that our minds are quieted and our souls are uplifted when we pray. But Isaiah implied in this verse that God is amazed at such thoughts about prayer.
Worship and intercession must go together; one is impossible without the other. Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying (see Philippians 2:5). Instead of worshiping God, we recite speeches to God about how prayer is supposed to work. Are we worshiping God or disputing Him when we say, “But God, I just don’t see how you are going to do this”? This is a sure sign that we are not worshiping. When we lose sight of God, we become hard and dogmatic. We throw our petitions at His throne and dictate to Him what we want Him to do. We don’t worship God, nor do we seek to conform our minds to the mind of Christ. And if we are hard toward God, we will become hard toward other people.
Are we worshiping God in a way that will raise us up to where we can take hold of Him, having such intimate contact with Him that we know His mind about the ones for whom we pray? Are we living in a holy relationship with God, or have we become hard and dogmatic?
Do you find yourself thinking that there is no one interceding properly? Then be that person yourself. Be a person who worships God and lives in a holy relationship with Him. Get involved in the real work of intercession, remembering that it truly is work-work that demands all your energy, but work which has no hidden pitfalls. Preaching the gospel has its share of pitfalls, but intercessory prayer has none whatsoever.
對神柔順還是剛硬？
他見無人拯救、無人代求，甚為詫異。 （賽五十九16）
不少人禱告半途而廢，對神硬心，是由於對禱告只有一種情感上的興趣。 [我們有禱告呀！ ]聽起來很不錯。讀點關於禱告的書，執拗禱告很有益，使思想安靜、靈性高升。可是，以賽亞卻暗示說，神對這種禱告的觀念大感驚奇。
敬拜與代求必須同時進行，兩者是缺一不可的。代求是我們催逼自己去體會主耶穌對所代求的人迫切的心情。但多少時候，我們不是敬拜神，而是在堆砌禱詞。我們到底在敬拜，還是與神爭論？ －－[我看不出你（神）有什麼辦法。 ]這明明就不是敬拜。一旦看不見神，我們就變得硬心主觀。我們把所求的事，仍在神寶座之前，並指明要他怎樣做。我們不是在敬拜，也沒有尋求主基督的心意。向神硬心，對人也必然沒有憐憫。
我們向神敬拜，是否提升到有主的心，使我們能為別人代求？我們是否與神活在聖潔的關係上？還是剛硬武斷？ [無人真正好好地代求。 ]那末，你就做那代求的人吧！敬拜神，活在聖潔的關係裡；投入真正的代求工作裡。要記住：代求是一種工作，是需要一切能力的工作。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，我的靈魂將安息在你這位世界的創造者，以及那位在我裡面創造生命的主耶穌基督裡。噢，求你賜下聖靈的能力，讓我更完全地敬拜你。
March 10, 2012
Being an Example of His Message
Preach the word! —2 Timothy 4:2
We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us. The Son of God was His own message— “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of our message. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin, baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God’s purpose to make a person’s life a holy example of God’s message.
There is a difference between giving a testimony and preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is determined to use all his energy to proclaim God’s truth. God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples’ lives after Pentecost. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so that they would literally become God’s message in the flesh. “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me . . .” (Acts 1:8).
Allow God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God’s message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in you. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to “set your words on fire” for His glory.
要有言教，更要有身教
務要傳道。 （提後四2）
我們得救，並不單是做[導管]，乃是做神的兒女。我們不是變成屬靈的媒介，乃是屬靈的使者；所傳的資訊必須是我們本身一部分。神的兒子本身就是神的資訊，他的話就是靈和生命。我們作他門徒的，生命必須成為資訊的印證。人天然的心喜歡做許多的事奉，但是要心靈真正在罪的自責中破碎，被聖靈澆灌，被搓揉進神的旨意裡去，這時生命才成為資訊的印證。
作見證與講道原有分別。傳道人是有神的呼召，決志竭盡一切傳神的真理。神把我們從自己的觀念裡領出來，把我們陶冶塑造，加以使用，正如五旬節後的門徒一般。五旬節並沒有教導門徒什麼，神只是把門徒變成為他們所傳的資訊——[你們要作我的見證]。你說話的時候，要讓神有絕對的自由。神的話釋放別人靈魂之先，必須先釋放你。然後將你所經歷的說出來，為主發光。
祈禱◆無所不知的主神，求你在今天將智慧賜給我，讓我的敬拜、正確的行為都討你的喜悅。主啊，求你在你的完全和美善中，不斷向我述說你自己。妙！
We are not saved only to be instruments for God, but to be His sons and daughters. He does not turn us into spiritual agents but into spiritual messengers, and the message must be a part of us. The Son of God was His own message— “The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). As His disciples, our lives must be a holy example of the reality of our message. Even the natural heart of the unsaved will serve if called upon to do so, but it takes a heart broken by conviction of sin, baptized by the Holy Spirit, and crushed into submission to God’s purpose to make a person’s life a holy example of God’s message.
There is a difference between giving a testimony and preaching. A preacher is someone who has received the call of God and is determined to use all his energy to proclaim God’s truth. God takes us beyond our own aspirations and ideas for our lives, and molds and shapes us for His purpose, just as He worked in the disciples’ lives after Pentecost. The purpose of Pentecost was not to teach the disciples something, but to make them the incarnation of what they preached so that they would literally become God’s message in the flesh. “. . . you shall be witnesses to Me . . .” (Acts 1:8).
Allow God to have complete liberty in your life when you speak. Before God’s message can liberate other people, His liberation must first be real in you. Gather your material carefully, and then allow God to “set your words on fire” for His glory.
要有言教，更要有身教
務要傳道。 （提後四2）
我們得救，並不單是做[導管]，乃是做神的兒女。我們不是變成屬靈的媒介，乃是屬靈的使者；所傳的資訊必須是我們本身一部分。神的兒子本身就是神的資訊，他的話就是靈和生命。我們作他門徒的，生命必須成為資訊的印證。人天然的心喜歡做許多的事奉，但是要心靈真正在罪的自責中破碎，被聖靈澆灌，被搓揉進神的旨意裡去，這時生命才成為資訊的印證。
作見證與講道原有分別。傳道人是有神的呼召，決志竭盡一切傳神的真理。神把我們從自己的觀念裡領出來，把我們陶冶塑造，加以使用，正如五旬節後的門徒一般。五旬節並沒有教導門徒什麼，神只是把門徒變成為他們所傳的資訊——[你們要作我的見證]。你說話的時候，要讓神有絕對的自由。神的話釋放別人靈魂之先，必須先釋放你。然後將你所經歷的說出來，為主發光。
祈禱◆無所不知的主神，求你在今天將智慧賜給我，讓我的敬拜、正確的行為都討你的喜悅。主啊，求你在你的完全和美善中，不斷向我述說你自己。妙！
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