【2012 ∕ 12 ∕ 25】
QT:明白多少,就能享受多少的聖誕喜樂(馬太福音02:01—02:12)
[生命泉源]
02:01 — | 當希律王的時候,耶穌生在猶太的伯利恆。有幾個博士從東方來到耶路撒冷,說: After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem |
02:02 — | 「那生下來作猶太人之王的在那裏?我們在東方看見他的星,特來拜他。」 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." |
02:03 — | 希律王聽見了,就心裏不安;耶路撒冷合城的人也都不安。 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. |
02:04 — | 他就召齊了祭司長和民間的文士,問他們說:「基督當生在何處?」 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. |
02:05 — | 他們回答說:「在猶太的伯利恆。因為有先知記著,說: "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: |
02:06 — | 猶大地的伯利恆啊,你在猶大諸城中並不是最小的;因為將來有一位君王要從你那裏出來,牧養我以色列民。」 "`But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel." |
02:07 — | 當下,希律暗暗地召了博士來,細問那星是甚麼時候出現的, 'Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. |
02:08 — | 就差他們往伯利恆去,說:「你們去仔細尋訪那小孩子,尋到了,就來報信,我也好去拜他。」 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him." |
02:09 — | 他們聽見王的話就去了。在東方所看見的那星忽然在他們前頭行,直行到小孩子的地方,就在上頭停住了。 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. |
02:10 — | 他們看見那星,就大大地歡喜; When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. |
02:11 — | 進了房子,看見小孩子和他母親馬利亞,就俯伏拜那小孩子,揭開寶盒,拿黃金、乳香、沒藥為禮物獻給他。 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. |
02:12 — | 博士因為在夢中被主指示不要回去見希律,就從別的路回本地去了。 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. |
省 思 語— | 知道聖經真理與相信並歡迎耶穌有何不同?遇到領受恩典的機會時,若失去貧乏的心靈,會有什麼後果? |
省 思 語— | 我是否像東方博士一樣,擁有一定要見到星星主人的熱切渴望? |
[我的省思]
接觸主耶穌以來,道理真的知道很多,可是知道歸知道,我相信耶穌嗎?我真正打從心底歡迎耶穌嗎?我熱切渴望耶穌嗎?我如何更相信主、更渴慕主呢?
[今日禱告]
主啊!請教我如何更仰賴祢,單單渴慕祢,倚重祢更甚於一切。
主啊!求祢大大幫助我,火熱我心,讓我積極的追求自我的成長,對每一項計畫都有非做不可的堅決。主啊!求祢使我成長,使我在每一項學習上都日日精進,使我能成就獨當一面的渴望,使我能幫助我的家人,減輕他們的負擔。主啊!我當懷抱最初的野望與信心,勇往直前。
主啊!求祢看顧保守國賢,賜他智慧與健康,使他的工作穩定且順利,使他與同事的相處和諧,使他上司長官能善待他,也求主記念他的勞苦,賜給他配得的工價。主啊!我們現在所擁有的一切都是祢的恩典,我們大大稱謝。我們雖心急我們的「家」仍沒有著落,但主啊!祢必會為我們安排最好的,我們要耐心等候,只要禱告。主啊!求祢幫我們預備我們的家,那裡會是我們的寄託,是有主的地方,是養育詠晴長大的地方,主啊!我們希望這個家的屋齡不要超過15年、新式裝潢、格局方正、國賢能負擔的售價且不把存款用盡的情況,讓我們能保有足夠的生活品質,主啊!求祢幫我們預備這樣的家好嗎?
主啊!求祢憐憫我的父母,求祢賜下平安與喜樂到達他們的心中,使他們不要受撒旦的綑綁、為金錢所苦,求祢破碎剛硬的心、撼動頑強的堅持,進到他們裡面,成為他們的盼望、他們的救贖。主啊!求祢鑒察我們的心,我們不是貪慕金錢,我們只要能稍微減輕一點負擔和壓力,主啊!求祢憐憫我的父母,雖然他們仍不認識祢,但主啊!求祢不要轉開祢慈愛的臉,求祢記念他們的苦,賜福給他們,救他們脫離金錢壓力的深淵,這一切都求主安排,都要按著祢的心意來行,無論如何,我們都全心感謝。
主啊!求祢看顧保守公公婆婆,求祢賜給他們健康、平安和喜樂,求祢降下聖靈到他們中間,求祢賜與他們祢的溫柔、慈愛、謙卑、公義、正直,願他們能越來越有祢的樣式,活出蒙祢喜悅的生活。
主啊!求祢賜下醫治的大能醫治媽媽的手,她的左手受傷了,也許是扭傷也許是骨頭或筋絡發炎,主啊!祢清楚明白媽媽的病情,求祢醫治媽媽,讓她早日脫離不適。
主啊!求祢看顧詠晴,求祢賜下聖靈在她裡面,親自引領她,使她用餐時能安靜自己的心,好好坐下來用餐;使她的個性可以平緩,不要不顧一切的急躁;使她個性大方,面對挑戰無所畏懼。求主看顧保守她,願她的成長有平安有喜樂。
感謝讚美主,一切榮耀都歸於主,孩子這樣感謝、禱告都是奉主耶穌基督的聖名祈求,阿門!
✿ 米拉‧ⓜⓘⓡⓐ ✿
《活潑的生命》2012-12-25 http://www.cgntv.net/player/tiny.cgn?vid=103034