【2013 ∕ 01 ∕ 21】
QT:為拯救人類而撿選的人(創世記11:10—11:32)
[生命泉源]
11:10 — | 閃的後代記在下面。洪水以後二年,閃一百歲生了亞法撒。 This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. |
11:11 — | 閃生亞法撒之後又活了五百年,並且生兒養女。 And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters. |
11:12 — | 亞法撒活到三十五歲,生了沙拉。 When Arphaxad had lived 35 years, he became the father of Shelah. |
11:13 — | 亞法撒生沙拉之後又活了四百零三年,並且生兒養女。 And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. |
11:14 — | 沙拉活到三十歲,生了希伯。 When Shelah had lived 30 years, he became the father of Eber. |
11:15 — | 沙拉生希伯之後又活了四百零三年,並且生兒養女。 And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters. |
11:16 — | 希伯活到三十四歲,生了法勒。 When Eber had lived 34 years, he became the father of Peleg. |
11:17 — | 希伯生法勒之後又活了四百三十年,並且生兒養女。 And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters. |
11:18 — | 法勒活到三十歲,生了拉吳。 When Peleg had lived 30 years, he became the father of Reu. |
11:19 — | 法勒生拉吳之後又活了二百零九年,並且生兒養女。 And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters. |
11:20 — | 拉吳活到三十二歲,生了西鹿。 When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug. |
11:21 — | 拉吳生西鹿之後又活了二百零七年,並且生兒養女。 And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters. |
11:22 — | 西鹿活到三十歲,生了拿鶴。 When Serug had lived 30 years, he became the father of Nahor. |
11:23 — | 西鹿生拿鶴之後又活了二百年,並且生兒養女。 And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters. |
11:24 — | 拿鶴活到二十九歲,生了他拉。 When Nahor had lived 29 years, he became the father of Terah. |
11:25 — | 拿鶴生他拉之後又活了一百一十九年,並且生兒養女。 And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters. |
11:26 — | 他拉活到七十歲,生了亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭。 After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. |
11:27 — | 他拉的後代記在下面。他拉生亞伯蘭、拿鶴、哈蘭;哈蘭生羅得。 This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. |
11:28 — | 哈蘭死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥,在他父親他拉之先。 While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. |
11:29 — | 亞伯蘭、拿鶴各娶了妻:亞伯蘭的妻子名叫撒萊;拿鶴的妻子名叫密迦,是哈蘭的女兒;哈蘭是密迦和亦迦的父親。 Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah. |
11:30 — | 撒萊不生育,沒有孩子。 Now Sarai was barren; she had no children. |
11:31 — | 他拉帶著他兒子亞伯蘭和他孫子哈蘭的兒子羅得,並他兒婦亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊,出了迦勒底的吾珥,要往迦南地去;他們走到哈蘭,就住在那裏。 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. |
11:32 — | 他拉共活了二百零五歲,就死在哈蘭。 Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran. |
省 思 語— | 神揀選的人是什麼樣的人呢? |
省 思 語— | 為了做神的工,我做了什麼預備?又如何預備? |
省 思 語— | 人生在世,可能會遭遇不孕、經濟危機等事,最近我的家庭遇到哪些問題?我相信這些問題能成為歸榮耀給神的事情嗎? |
[今日禱告]
「神揀選的人是什麼樣的人呢?」看看林書豪,看看所有為主發光發熱的人,神揀選的人是什麼樣的人呢?我可以肯定的答案是:全然愛神的人,凡事倚靠神的人。我也想成為主所揀選的人,主啊!請祢幫助我更好,更全然愛祢,凡事倚靠祢。
主啊!我總是說我想為祢做工,感謝主今天教我第一步該怎麼做。為了將來能為祢做工,我要先預備好自己。現在想來這又一個我早已經知道的道理,可我怎麼總是在受困於困境忠實無法明白呢?以後,無論我在進修,我在學習書畫時,我要告訴自己,我在為主預備,無論我什麼時候能開始為主做工,我就是努力做好「預備」這個階段,什麼時候主看我預備好了,我就能為主做工了!感謝主!我要用這個信念成為我努力的動力!
主啊!我的家庭目前正面臨經濟危機,父母受房貸壓力所累,惶惶不可終日,我因為自己的距離目標還有一大截,不知何時才能有謀生能力。主啊!求祢幫助我學習是苦難為祝福,並把這事交託在祢手中,主就是盼望,我要對主滿有信心,也願我的父母也能有如此平安的心。,
主啊!我要學習挪亞,忠心的專心的謹守遵行祢的旨意;我要學習挪亞,在苦難中緊緊倚靠主,單單憑信心相信主,因主是黑暗中唯一的盼望;我要學習挪亞,在最後時刻,仍要保持默默等待的心,不被眼前的誘惑所惑而衝動的走向滅亡。如此,我應該才算合乎上帝的子民吧?!
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!求祢看顧保守媽媽的身體,求祢記念她的勞苦,醫治她身體的不適,賜給她平安與喜樂的心,不要受撒旦的侵襲而容易憂慮。
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‧ⓜⓘⓡⓐ ✿
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