醫治入口Where it hurts

先說出痛在哪裡。Begin by naming where it hurts.

十二個處境,每一個附上八段經文和一段可以照著唸的禱文。你可以只讀屬於你的那一段。Twelve situations, each with eight passages and a prayer you can simply read aloud. You are welcome to read only the one that is yours.

01 / 12

焦慮與懼怕Anxiety & Fear

當思緒不肯停下,當夜裡心跳得太快。

When the mind will not stop, when the heart races in the dark.

腓立比書 4:6-7Philippians 4:6-7

應當一無罣慮,只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求,和感謝,將你們所要的告訴神。 神所賜、出人意外的平安必在基督耶穌裡保守你們的心懷意念。

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

以賽亞書 41:10Isaiah 41:10

你不要害怕,因為我與你同在;不要驚惶,因為我是你的神。我必堅固你,我必幫助你;我必用我公義的右手扶持你。

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

彼得前書 5:71 Peter 5:7

你們要將一切的憂慮卸給神,因為他顧念你們。

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

詩篇 56:3Psalms 56:3

我懼怕的時候要倚靠你。

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

約翰福音 14:27John 14:27

我留下平安給你們;我將我的平安賜給你們。我所賜的,不像世人所賜的。你們心裡不要憂愁,也不要膽怯。

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

馬太福音 6:34Matthew 6:34

所以,不要為明天憂慮,因為明天自有明天的憂慮;一天的難處一天當就夠了。

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

詩篇 94:19Psalms 94:19

我心裡多憂多疑,你安慰我,就使我歡樂。

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

提摩太後書 1:72 Timothy 1:7

因為神賜給我們,不是膽怯的心,乃是剛強、仁愛、謹守的心。

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

02 / 12

悲傷與失喪Grief & Loss

給那些抱著空位坐下的人。

For those who sit down beside an empty place.

詩篇 34:18Psalms 34:18

耶和華靠近傷心的人,拯救靈性痛悔的人。

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

馬太福音 5:4Matthew 5:4

哀慟的人有福了!因為他們必得安慰。

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

啟示錄 21:4Revelation 21:4

神要擦去他們一切的眼淚;不再有死亡,也不再有悲哀、哭號、疼痛,因為以前的事都過去了。

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

詩篇 147:3Psalms 147:3

他醫好傷心的人,裹好他們的傷處。

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

以賽亞書 61:1-3Isaiah 61:1-3

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(或譯: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; 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, 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。

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

哥林多後書 1:3-42 Corinthians 1:3-4

願頌讚歸與我們的主耶穌基督的父神,就是發慈悲的父,賜各樣安慰的神。 我們在一切患難中,他就安慰我們,叫我們能用神所賜的安慰去安慰那遭各樣患難的人。

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

詩篇 23:4Psalms 23:4

我雖然行過死蔭的幽谷,也不怕遭害,因為你與我同在;你的杖,你的竿,都安慰我。

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

約翰福音 11:25-26John 11:25-26

耶穌對他說:復活在我,生命也在我。信我的人雖然死了,也必復活, 凡活著信我的人必永遠不死。你信這話麼?

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

03 / 12

疾病與疼痛Sickness & Pain

當身體成了每日要面對的功課。

When the body itself has become the daily work.

以賽亞書 53:5Isaiah 53:5

哪知他為我們的過犯受害,為我們的罪孽壓傷。因他受的刑罰,我們得平安;因他受的鞭傷,我們得醫治。

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

詩篇 103:2-3Psalms 103:2-3

我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!不可忘記他的一切恩惠! 他赦免你的一切罪孽,醫治你的一切疾病。

Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits; who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;

耶利米書 17:14Jeremiah 17:14

耶和華啊,求你醫治我,我便痊愈,拯救我,我便得救;因你是我所讚美的。

Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.

雅各書 5:14-15James 5:14-15

你們中間有病了的呢,他就該請教會的長老來;他們可以奉主的名用油抹他,為他禱告。 出於信心的祈禱要救那病人,主必叫他起來;他若犯了罪,也必蒙赦免。

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

出埃及記 15:26Exodus 15:26

又說:你若留意聽耶和華 ─ 你神的話,又行我眼中看為正的事,留心聽我的誡命,守我一切的律例,我就不將所加與埃及人的疾病加在你身上,因為我 ─ 耶和華是醫治你的。

and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”

馬太福音 8:16-17Matthew 8:16-17

到了晚上,有人帶著許多被鬼附的來到耶穌跟前,他只用一句話就把鬼都趕出去,並且治好了一切有病的人。 這是要應驗先知以賽亞的話,說:他代替我們的軟弱,擔當我們的疾病。

When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”

詩篇 41:3Psalms 41:3

他病重在榻,耶和華必扶持他;他在病中,你必給他鋪床。

Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

箴言 17:22Proverbs 17:22

喜樂的心乃是良藥;憂傷的靈使骨枯乾。

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

04 / 12

罪疚與羞愧Guilt & Shame

給那些以為自己已經走得太遠的人。

For anyone who believes they have gone too far to return.

約翰一書 1:91 John 1:9

我們若認自己的罪,神是信實的,是公義的,必要赦免我們的罪,洗淨我們一切的不義。

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

詩篇 51:10Psalms 51:10

神啊,求你為我造清潔的心,使我裡面重新有正直(或譯:堅定)的靈。

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

以賽亞書 1:18Isaiah 1:18

耶和華說:你們來,我們彼此辯論。你們的罪雖像硃紅,必變成雪白;雖紅如丹顏,必白如羊毛。

“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

羅馬書 8:1Romans 8:1

如今,那些在基督耶穌裡的就不定罪了。

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

彌迦書 7:19Micah 7:19

必再憐憫我們,將我們的罪孽踏在腳下,又將我們的一切罪投於深海。

He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

詩篇 103:12Psalms 103:12

東離西有多遠,他叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠!

As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

希伯來書 10:22Hebrews 10:22

並我們心中天良的虧欠已經灑去,身體用清水洗淨了,就當存著誠心和充足的信心來到神面前;

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

以賽亞書 43:25Isaiah 43:25

惟有我為自己的緣故塗抹你的過犯;我也不記念你的罪惡。

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

05 / 12

迷失與無方向Lostness & Confusion

當前面的路一片模糊,而你必須選一條。

When the road ahead is unreadable and a choice must still be made.

箴言 3:5-6Proverbs 3:5-6

你要專心仰賴耶和華,不可倚靠自己的聰明, 在你一切所行的事上都要認定他,他必指引你的路。

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

詩篇 119:105Psalms 119:105

你的話是我腳前的燈,是我路上的光。

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

耶利米書 29:11Jeremiah 29:11

耶和華說:我知道我向你們所懷的意念是賜平安的意念,不是降災禍的意念,要叫你們末後有指望。

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

以賽亞書 30:21Isaiah 30:21

你或向左或向右,你必聽見後邊有聲音說:這是正路,要行在其間。

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

詩篇 32:8Psalms 32:8

我要教導你,指示你當行的路;我要定睛在你身上勸戒你。

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.

約翰福音 8:12John 8:12

耶穌又對眾人說:我是世界的光。跟從我的,就不在黑暗裡走,必要得著生命的光。

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

詩篇 37:23Psalms 37:23

義人的腳步被耶和華立定;他的道路,耶和華也喜愛。

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.

以賽亞書 42:16Isaiah 42:16

我要引瞎子行不認識的道,領他們走不知道的路;在他們面前使黑暗變為光明,使彎曲變為平直。這些事我都要行,並不離棄他們。

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

06 / 12

孤單與被棄Loneliness & Abandonment

當房間裡只有你,而電話一整天沒有響。

When the room holds only you and the phone stays silent.

申命記 31:6Deuteronomy 31:6

你們當剛強壯膽,不要害怕,也不要畏懼他們,因為耶和華 ─ 你的神和你同去。他必不撇下你,也不丟棄你。

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

詩篇 68:6Psalms 68:6

神叫孤獨的有家,使被囚的出來享福;惟有悖逆的住在乾燥之地。

God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

希伯來書 13:5Hebrews 13:5

你們存心不可貪愛錢財,要以自己所有的為足;因為主曾說:我總不撇下你,也不丟棄你。

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

以賽亞書 49:15-16Isaiah 49:15-16

婦人焉能忘記他吃奶的嬰孩,不憐恤他所生的兒子?即或有忘記的,我卻不忘記你。 看哪,我將你銘刻在我掌上;你的牆垣常在我眼前。

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. your walls are continually before me.

馬太福音 28:20Matthew 28:20

凡我所吩咐你們的,都教訓他們遵守,我就常與你們同在,直到世界的末了。

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

詩篇 27:10Psalms 27:10

我父母離棄我,耶和華必收留我。

When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.

約翰福音 14:18John 14:18

我不撇下你們為孤兒,我必到你們這裡來。

I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

詩篇 139:7-10Psalms 139:7-10

我往哪裡去躲避你的靈?我往哪裡逃、躲避你的面? 我若升到天上,你在那裡;我若在陰間下榻,你也在那裡。 我若展開清晨的翅膀,飛到海極居住, 就是在那裡,你的手必引導我;你的右手也必扶持我。

Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

07 / 12

疲乏與耗盡Weariness & Burnout

給那些已經沒有力氣,卻還不敢停下的人。

For those with nothing left who still dare not stop.

馬太福音 11:28-30Matthew 11:28-30

凡勞苦擔重擔的人可以到我這裡來,我就使你們得安息。 我心裡柔和謙卑,你們當負我的軛,學我的樣式;這樣,你們心裡就必得享安息。 因為我的軛是容易的,我的擔子是輕省的。

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

以賽亞書 40:29-31Isaiah 40:29-31

疲乏的,他賜能力;軟弱的,他加力量。 就是少年人也要疲乏困倦;強壯的也必全然跌倒。 但那等候耶和華的必從新得力。他們必如鷹展翅上騰;他們奔跑卻不困倦,行走卻不疲乏。

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

詩篇 23:1-3Psalms 23:1-3

(大衛的詩。)耶和華是我的牧者,我必不致缺乏。 他使我躺臥在青草地上,領我在可安歇的水邊。 他使我的靈魂甦醒,為自己的名引導我走義路。

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

哥林多後書 12:92 Corinthians 12:9

他對我說:我的恩典夠你用的,因為我的能力是在人的軟弱上顯得完全。所以,我更喜歡誇自己的軟弱,好叫基督的能力覆庇我。

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

加拉太書 6:9Galatians 6:9

我們行善,不可喪志;若不灰心,到了時候就要收成。

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

出埃及記 33:14Exodus 33:14

耶和華說:我必親自和你同去,使你得安息。

He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

詩篇 62:1-2Psalms 62:1-2

(大衛的詩,照耶杜頓的作法,交與伶長。)我的心默默無聲,專等候神;我的救恩是從他而來。 惟獨他是我的磐石,我的拯救;他是我的高臺,我必不很動搖。

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress— I will never be greatly shaken.

馬可福音 6:31Mark 6:31

他就說:你們來,同我暗暗的到曠野地方去歇一歇。這是因為來往的人多,他們連吃飯也沒有工夫。

He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

08 / 12

憤怒與苦毒Anger & Bitterness

當你反覆重播那件事,而它仍在傷你。

When you keep replaying it and it keeps wounding you.

以弗所書 4:31-32Ephesians 4:31-32

一切苦毒、惱恨、忿怒、嚷鬧、毀謗,並一切的惡毒(或作:陰毒),都當從你們中間除掉; 並要以恩慈相待,存憐憫的心,彼此饒恕,正如神在基督裡饒恕了你們一樣。

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

箴言 15:1Proverbs 15:1

回答柔和,使怒消退;言語暴戾,觸動怒氣。

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

雅各書 1:19-20James 1:19-20

我親愛的弟兄們,這是你們所知道的,但你們各人要快快的聽,慢慢的說,慢慢的動怒, 因為人的怒氣並不成就神的義。

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

歌羅西書 3:13Colossians 3:13

倘若這人與那人有嫌隙,總要彼此包容,彼此饒恕;主怎樣饒恕了你們,你們也要怎樣饒恕人。

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

羅馬書 12:19Romans 12:19

親愛的弟兄,不要自己伸冤,寧可讓步,聽憑主怒(或作:讓人發怒);因為經上記著:主說:伸冤在我;我必報應。

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

馬太福音 6:14-15Matthew 6:14-15

你們饒恕人的過犯,你們的天父也必饒恕你們的過犯; 你們不饒恕人的過犯,你們的天父也必不饒恕你們的過犯。

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

箴言 19:11Proverbs 19:11

人有見識就不輕易發怒;寬恕人的過失便是自己的榮耀。

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

詩篇 37:8Psalms 37:8

當止住怒氣,離棄忿怒;不要心懷不平,以致作惡。

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.

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憂鬱與絕望Depression & Despair

當早晨不再帶來任何期待。

When morning brings nothing to hope for.

詩篇 42:11Psalms 42:11

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(原文是幫助),是我的神。

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

耶利米哀歌 3:22-23Lamentations 3:22-23

我們不致消滅,是出於耶和華諸般的慈愛;是因他的憐憫不致斷絕。 每早晨,這都是新的;你的誠實極其廣大!

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

羅馬書 15:13Romans 15:13

但願使人有盼望的神,因信將諸般的喜樂、平安充滿你們的心,使你們藉著聖靈的能力大有盼望。

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

詩篇 40:1-2Psalms 40:1-2

(大衛的詩,交與伶長。)我曾耐性等候耶和華;他垂聽我的呼求。 他從禍坑裡,從淤泥中,把我拉上來,使我的腳立在磐石上,使我腳步穩當。

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

哥林多後書 4:8-92 Corinthians 4:8-9

我們四面受敵,卻不被困住;心裡作難,卻不至失望; 遭逼迫,卻不被丟棄;打倒了,卻不至死亡。

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

詩篇 130:1-2Psalms 130:1-2

(上行之詩。)耶和華啊,我從深處向你求告! 主啊,求你聽我的聲音!願你側耳聽我懇求的聲音!

Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.

以賽亞書 43:2Isaiah 43:2

你從水中經過,我必與你同在;你逿過江河,水必不漫過你;你從火中行過,必不被燒,火燄也不著在你身上。

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

詩篇 143:7-8Psalms 143:7-8

耶和華啊,求你速速應允我!我心神耗盡!不要向我掩面,免得我像那些下坑的人一樣。 求你使我清晨得聽你慈愛之言,因我倚靠你;求你使我知道當行的路,因我的心仰望你。

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit. Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

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破裂的關係Broken Relationships

給那些在同一屋簷下卻無話可說的人。

For those under one roof with nothing left to say.

哥林多前書 13:4-71 Corinthians 13:4-7

愛是恆久忍耐,又有恩慈;愛是不嫉妒;愛是不自誇,不張狂, 不做害羞的事,不求自己的益處,不輕易發怒,不計算人的惡, 不喜歡不義,只喜歡真理; 凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

羅馬書 12:18Romans 12:18

若是能行,總要盡力與眾人和睦。

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

以弗所書 4:2-3Ephesians 4:2-3

凡事謙虛、溫柔、忍耐,用愛心互相寬容, 用和平彼此聯絡,竭力保守聖靈所賜合而為一的心。

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

馬太福音 18:21-22Matthew 18:21-22

那時,彼得進前來,對耶穌說:主阿,我弟兄得罪我,我當饒恕他幾次呢?到七次可以麼? 耶穌說:我對你說,不是到七次,乃是到七十個七次。

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

箴言 17:17Proverbs 17:17

朋友乃時常親愛,弟兄為患難而生。

A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

彼得前書 4:81 Peter 4:8

最要緊的是彼此切實相愛,因為愛能遮掩許多的罪。

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

歌羅西書 3:14Colossians 3:14

在這一切之外,要存著愛心,愛心就是聯絡全德的。

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

詩篇 133:1Psalms 133:1

(大衛上行之詩。)看哪,弟兄和睦同居是何等地善,何等地美!

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

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綑綁與成癮Bondage & Addiction

當你已經無數次答應自己,這是最後一次。

When you have promised yourself, countless times, that this was the last.

約翰福音 8:36John 8:36

所以天父的兒子若叫你們自由,你們就真自由了。

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

羅馬書 6:14Romans 6:14

罪必不能作你們的主,因你們不在律法之下,乃在恩典之下。

For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.

哥林多前書 10:131 Corinthians 10:13

你們所遇見的試探,無非是人所能受的。神是信實的,必不叫你們受試探過於所能受的;在受試探的時候,總要給你們開一條出路,叫你們能忍受得住。

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

加拉太書 5:1Galatians 5:1

基督釋放了我們,叫我們得以自由。所以要站立得穩,不要再被奴僕的軛挾制。

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

哥林多後書 5:172 Corinthians 5:17

若有人在基督裡,他就是新造的人,舊事已過,都變成新的了。

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

詩篇 40:2Psalms 40:2

他從禍坑裡,從淤泥中,把我拉上來,使我的腳立在磐石上,使我腳步穩當。

He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.

羅馬書 7:24-25Romans 7:24-25

我真是苦阿!誰能救我脫離這取死的身體呢? 感謝神,靠著我們的主耶穌基督就能脫離了。這樣看來,我以內心順服神的律,我肉體卻順服罪的律了。

What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, the sin’s law.

提多書 2:11-12Titus 2:11-12

因為神救眾人的恩典已經顯明出來, 教訓我們除去不敬虔的心和世俗的情慾,在今世自守、公義、敬虔度日,

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

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缺乏與憂慮Lack & Provision

當數字對不上,而月底還很遠。

When the numbers do not add up and the month is far from over.

馬太福音 6:25-26Matthew 6:25-26

所以我告訴你們,不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼,喝甚麼;為身體憂慮穿甚麼。生命不勝於飲食麼?身體不勝於衣裳麼? 你們看那天上的飛鳥,也不種,也不收,也不積蓄在倉裡,你們的天父尚且養活他。你們不比飛鳥貴重得多麼?

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

腓立比書 4:19Philippians 4:19

我的神必照他榮耀的豐富,在基督耶穌裡,使你們一切所需用的都充足。

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

詩篇 37:25Psalms 37:25

我從前年幼,現在年老,卻未見過義人被棄,也未見過他的後裔討飯。

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.

馬太福音 6:33Matthew 6:33

你們要先求他的國和他的義,這些東西都要加給你們了。

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

詩篇 34:10Psalms 34:10

少壯獅子還缺食忍餓,但尋求耶和華的甚麼好處都不缺。

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.

箴言 3:9-10Proverbs 3:9-10

你要以財物和一切初熟的土產尊榮耶和華。 這樣,你的倉房必充滿有餘;你的酒醡有新酒盈溢。

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

瑪拉基書 3:10Malachi 3:10

萬軍之耶和華說:你們要將當納的十分之一全然送入倉庫,使我家有糧,以此試試我,是否為你們敞開天上的窗戶,傾福與你們,甚至無處可容。

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.

路加福音 12:24Luke 12:24

你想烏鴉,也不種也不收,又沒有倉又沒有庫,神尚且養活他。你們比飛鳥是何等的貴重呢!

Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

黎明前深藍色景色中一條狹窄的石徑,遠方有一點溫暖的金光

若你想每天走一小段,而不是一次讀完——If you would rather walk a little each day than read it all at once —

開始四十天歷程Begin the 40 days