恩典之路

今天大型聚会
槟城卫理大专团契20周年庆
总算在神的带领之下圆满结束了
感恩能和春燕，毅榕和惠光一起同工
短短的一个月学习了很多
怎么策划节目，怎么主持
怎么安排自己的时间
当然这一些能力和才干都不是最重要的
和大家同工可以体会到服事的喜乐
乃是神的荣耀

我只有一个喜悦
存着感恩的心不埋怨
存着感恩的心学习
要学习感恩
靠着恩典而不是血气
就是那能使我与神更亲密的感恩
只因为祂的良善和美好

大家今天都做得很棒
无可推诿
愿神喜悦我们心灵诚实的服事

恩典之路
我们仍在走着
槟城卫理大专团契
还在成长
我们要继续传承火炬
打造第二个二十年
成为下一代大专生的云彩

祷告与宣教

是什么使我们称义？
是什么使我们的名字在天国手册里？
我们是够看重这立约呢？

唯独宝血能够成就这一切

靠着自己的血气
为了证明自己的乐观或积极
是徒然的
我们罪的根并不会因为我们积极乐观而被拔出

唯独宝血能够洗净这一切

今天带领祷告会中
实在地体会了这信息
深深体会神在我这重罪人身上所施的恩惠
因为祂的恩典使我能直立在祂面前
侍奉这圣洁的祂

祷告与宣教
并不会只是停留在这里
我有我的期望
但这期望不会高过天父的意念
除非我学会交托
并忠心事奉祂
我相信我会看见
那比我期望的更美好的事情

圣灵必运行在听众当中
继续感动他们
在宣教上，你我都是战将
战斗的同时，我们需要装备
让我们一起携手与神同工

22/4 得着

钥匙糊里糊涂的不见了
感恩却有这段时间安静在神面前
聆听了祂细微的声音

饶恕伤害我们的人很难吗？

饶恕不能靠自己，唯有靠恩典，与恩典前进。


我们才能更体会基督在受苦时的心意，
“父啊，袮饶恕他们，因为他们所作的他们不晓得。”


在祂的爱里我们得着那饶恕的权柄。

感恩，在祂恩典里我们能很自由选择饶恕。

同时有一点，让我知道选择饶恕不能代表个人的成就或骄傲。

饶恕一个人不表示我们大方，不饶恕一个人不代表我们委屈。

因为在基督里，饶恕的荣耀不在于我们，不饶恕的苦毒也不再属于我们。

主使者

曾经慎重考虑怎么写“主使者”这篇章

由于没有概念而收笔了

直到上帝让我亲身经历祂主使的实在

我知道我该怎么写这篇赞美的篇章了

以祷告的心思来记念祂的恩惠

主啊

奇妙的袮

呼唤着我说：“是什么让你等了那么久？”

谢谢袮

愿意在乎和主使我的每件事

不管大小

袮都从不计较麻烦

生命的主权是不断交托

每个作者每个牧者每个前辈

他们的生命如同云彩这样告诉着我

我从不质疑

谢谢袮是我每件事的幕后主使者

谢谢袮愿意按着袮的心意伸手把门关起来

袮有袮尊贵的美意

谢谢掌管宇宙的袮愿意参与在我每件大小事上

这事实让我极为感动

我的眼泪不是苦毒

我的眼泪是因为感恩而流的

虽然我不明白这一切

但我感谢袮

只因为我深知袮的良善

我知道袮有更好的要给我

更认识袮的主使

让我再次面对人生的转移点

我不再相信自己所精心策划的一切

单单求袮向我显明袮的计划

阿门

整全的结合

在属灵生命中
要迈向成熟之路，我们得敢说：
“确实，我有许多弱点，但那并不代表我是软弱的。
 我拥有许多丑恶思想，但那并不是说我这个人是丑陋的。”
我们这样承认是基于一个醒悟
要得到良好的麦子必定要容忍杂草
若然我们定要把所有杂草铲除
可能会同时拔掉了好麦
一个人尚若永不为任何事情激怒，发愤，
他一定不会激情地锺于任何事物；
一个人若永不会丧失自制，大发脾气的话，
他不会觉得有什么东西大有价值，不容有失；
一个人从未经验过消沉落寞，
亦很少会真正经历喜乐的；
那永不冒险的人可能永不会失败，
但也永不会成功。

今日的我们很难相信基督的言语：
“我来不是召义人，乃是召罪人…”
我们需要接纳自我，才能迈向自我实现之路
 也就是结合人格中的黑暗面
容忍性格中的黑暗面进入我们的意识范围
以免单单向世人呈现自己美好的一面
而假装这就是全部的真我

为要达到内里的合一、整全和圆满
人必须接纳及结合自己内心的每一部分
基督代表我们心里的真光
基督也是在两个强盗中间被钉的
我们不能否定他们
也肯定不能否定我们内心的强盗

在每个信仰阶段里所面对的挣扎
都是真实的
当中的矛盾张力是明显的
答案不在反叛或是压抑
而是在于整全的结合
我们才能够将上帝视为那位 ‘有主体的祂者’
我们的祷告升华为对话
我们的信仰更是创造性自主的泉源

那时的我们会以结合新的洞见
修改己有的立场
从面对不同人事物的经历当中
都遇见那同一位亘古不变的上帝

大使命的安全感

今天和鸿源传道约出来吃个午餐
感恩进入大专生活以来能够遇上这位传道
和祂一起探讨传福音的事工
使我更深入了解福音和我们生活的密切性
同时更展望了我对传福音的使命

今天谈到在团契看到的一个现象
基督徒对传福音的冷感
基督徒为何对福音和社会关怀不闻不问？
失望？冷淡？灰心？
灰心不在我心中浮出
但看到这样的现象和问题
陈牧师曾说过：“看到问题就要去解决，不要将责任推给别人，或是不闻不问。”
感恩当时祷告求神在祂所喜悦的事工上装备我是没错的
在祷告中看见今日的基督徒需要被挑战
他们需要被神的爱眺望
以致那从神而来的喜乐能够取代这一切对传福音错综复杂的情绪
愿主赐我谦卑的智慧和预备人给我

但让我更想深入探讨的是
基督徒对传福音的激进
有关基督徒传福音的安全感
有些基督徒在传福音时为什么那么排他？
一遇到信仰被顶撞或质疑的场合就马上反弹或自辩？
今日的基督徒是否欠缺了一些首要素质？
聆听

一个对自己信仰有安全感的基督徒
何不多花点时间聆听他人对我们信仰的质疑和批评？
你我都知道
不管他们说什么都无法推翻那永远坚定的真理
真理所概括的包容性
足以回应他们每一个质疑和批评
而这包容性是由聆听开始的

传福音后的结果
我们无法预知
可能会换来更大的排斥与批评
错不在讲的，也不在听的
人有自由意识
在与福音碰面后做出各自不同的回应
懊悔，憎恶，悔改等等
当基督徒知道安全感在谁那里时
我们会接纳他们任何的回应
因为聆听所引来的唤醒
并不会因为他们的排斥和批评而停顿在那里
它仍是循序渐进的
直到将他们牵引来到圣洁羔羊面前

我们都是福音的代言人
福音不会因为一次的拒绝而停止了它的流动
因此切勿失望灰心甚至冷淡
若要问为什么
因为祂给我们的应许从不落空，就记载在马太福音28：19-20

受难前夕

在这额外宁静的夜晚里
主耶稣独自在客西马尼园警醒祷告
有谁能体会祂这时候的心情
有谁能承担祂过后将要受的呢？

主啊，对不起
我没有完全的顺服袮
口里常挂着顺服
生命里还是有那么多保留和亏欠
袮那么爱我
我却爱袮爱得不够

如今我真的真的学会了
因着袮向我启示的袮自己
怀着没有委屈的心态去顺服
因为我知道我所顺服的是谁
深深体会牺牲背后的意义
不再出于勉强
而是甘心乐意的
进而感受由内到外的顺服

主啊，谢谢袮
我能用什么话表达我对袮的感恩呢？
只有学着更加的爱袮
和顺服袮
都留在生命里向袮表露
一步一步毫无保留的献上
愿袮试炼我，使我成为精金

"I Kissed Dating Goodbye " by Joshua Harris

This is what i compiled from the first 2 chapters of sharing of Joshua Harris about building a authentic relationship with friends of both genders. Glory unto God, I done it for a purpose-presentation,pray for me that God's  sharing will blessed onto my  group mates. And so to share with you as well. Its not my idea, but I totally agree with how the author  describe God's word  clearly to me about dating, and I am actually practicing it. Feel free to buy this book " I kissed dating Goodbye" if you really want to enjoy intimacy of dating in God's purpose.

"Going out? Been dumped? Are you  waiting for a call that doesn’t come? Have you tasted pain in dating, drifted through one romance or possibly, several of them? Let’s take a break from dating, and say Goodbye to kissing.

  Most of us are University students. And I believe each of us are having a people we admiring, or not, but yet. Nowadays, among many high school relationships,  our romance was premature-too much, too soon. Youngsters are being discouraged, confused, and desperate for an alternative to the cycle of short-term relationships.

Is love just a feeling comes from the romance? I think we should think beyond what feels good and back to what is Good. Relationships with the opposite sex can no longer be about “having a good time” or “learning what I want in a relationship”. They are not about getting, but giving. Giving which means to lay down our desires and do what is in his or her best interest. To care for him or her even there is nothing in it for us. To want the person’s purity and holiness because it pleases God and protects him or her. Avoid romantic, one-on-one relationships before God tells you that you are ready. 

 

Most of the books nowadays tell us how to make dating work for us, but what first comes to your mind if I ask you to take a break from dating? But how are you going to find the person of your dreams if you stop dating? First of all, I am not here to want all of you to do things in Christian way, the idea is that a lot of things we do in relationships today are motivated by selfishness. We were starting what we can’t finish, we were pursuing romance when we were real not interested in commitment. So what I am challenging people to do is rethink your whole approach to relationships. 

Maybe you will asked, is there any other options if it is not commitment? What if both of us are just out for fun? Does commitment have to be the goal of a romantic relationship? Your response is very important. I believe that some problem with relationships today is that we are disconnected romance and commitment, it  is dangerous. In the same  way, many people experience deep hurt when thy open themselves up emotionally and physically only to be abandoned by someone who proclaims he/she is not  ready  for a “serious commitment”. 

     An intimate relationships is a beautiful experience  that  God wants  us  to enjoy. All of  us  want  intimacy, It means being close to someone.  Its  being vulnerable,open and dependent. Its giving and receiving from our deepest part as who we are-our hopes,fears,secrets and affections. Its one  of the most fulfilling and precious part of life-its  a gift from  God. There are many different kinds of intimate relationships in life. Either a friend, a family member, a coworker, but the deepest and most meaningful of  intimate  relationship is the one between a  husband and wife  who  share not only  their hearts but also their  bodies-in  sexual intimacy, two people know each other in a profound   way.  What each of these relationships have in common is trust.  

 Most  of the time,intimacy between a man and a woman lack a purpose or a clear destination. 

The  joy of intimacy is the  reward of commitment. 

Pursuing intimacy without commitment awakens desires,emotionally and physically. As the Bible call this defrauding-ripping someone off by raising the  expectations but not delivering on the promise. It’s a hunger we cannot justly satisfy-promising something we cannot or will not provide. 

Instead of being selfless, its  selfish,instead of being patient, its impatient,instead of looking out for the ongoing good of the other person, its focused on the needs of the moment. That’s why remembering that intimacy is the reward of commitment is so important. It’s a practice, Its deciding to do whats best for others by never asking for intimacy  that  you are not able to match with commitment. 

I stop  dating not because I don’t want to get married,not because I don’t enjoy romance,but  because I realized that I need to wait on romance until I can match  the pursuit of intimacy with the pursuit of commitment. It doesn’t mean I have no relationship with the opposite sex, but rather appropriate relationship and appropriate  intimacy. I pursue friendship with girls. These  relationships are meaningful  and enriching.  What the point is we don't ask for a level of intimacy and emotionally loyalty that goes beyond our true level of commitment. 

If we are not able to deepen in commitment and pursue possibility of marriage, we should halt the progression of intimacy at the friendship stage. A guy and a girl meeting each other isn’t that issue. The issue is whether the intimacy in  your relationship is appropriate  to your current level of commitment.

As I   mentioned, dating in and itself isn’t the cause of the problems we see in relationships. Sinful and selfish people are the cause of sinful and selfish relationships,in other meaning,its our wrong attitude and  values that make  for   defective dating. 

Just as a bar  that sells  alcohol doesn’t force anyone  to drink and isn’t the cause of drunkenness,a bar is a place created so that  people can  have a place to  drink and get drunk. You wouldn’t say that getting  rid  of the bars would  end alcoholism  or that everyone who visits a bar has a drinking problem. There is no  judgement about that, neither would  you encourage a friend  who was trying to quit drinking to hang out in bars. The setting of a bar would only facilitate his likeliness to succumb to his temptation. 

True love isn’t just expressed in passionately whispered words or an intimate kiss or an embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid."