Living Word,Living God活道真神

I was meditating on bed...
praying on bed...
for family...for church...
for preaching gospel...
I cried out to the Lord,
Lord.... breakthrough...
we need breakthrough
and then suddenly these words came...
在床上我默想...
在床上我禱告...
為家人...為教會...為福音...
我呼求主....主啊 !突破突破...
忽然心中湧出這句話...

I am the Living Word, Living God....
Please... tell my people...
Do not "fix me down"....
I am Powerful because I am "Living"...
I move... I relate...because I am Living...
我是活的道...真的神...
告訴我的百姓...
拜託拜託...不要把我固定下來...
我大有權能因為我是活的真神...
我運行...我互動...因為我是活的...

I thought of that commandment-
"You shall not make for yourself an idol
in the form of anything..."
Yes... Lord, You are Living...
I confess... I repent... myself...and
on behalf of church... so many time
we "fix" you down in the "form"---
worship service...structure... procedure...
in our mind... in our words... in our fear...
Oh Lord, forgive me... forgive us....
我想到十誡中...不可雕刻偶像....
主啊 ! 我承認...我悔改...
為我自己..也代表教會...
多少時候我們把你限制...固定在型式中~
禮拜...結構...過程...在我們心中...話語中...
特別是在我們的懼怕中...
主啊 !赦免我們!

Then a melody came...
I went to the keyboard,
playing....worshipping...
in free style worship....
for 30 minutes....only these words...
"Living Word, Living God....
How I love You... How I love You...."
然後一個旋律動機從心中湧起...
我打開琴...彈奏...敬拜...自由敬拜...
約半個小時...僅僅幾個字...
"活的道...真的神...
何等愛祢...何等愛祢..."

需要您的代禱Need Your Prayer

從倫敦服事回來, 就逢各種開會...
總會...數代連結大會...區牧靈修會...
主提醒我要邀請代禱者為此禱告...
Coming back from London,
Right away attending so many meetings....
GA... Bridging Conference...
Regional pastor retreat...
God reminds me to call intercessors to pray...

特別是在區牧靈修會中,
我要分享"牧者自我成長與調適"
主要我分享自己DNA生活操練...
幫助牧者們能進入安息的生活與服事中 !
Pray specially for regional pastor retreat,
I need to lead a session about "healthy growing pastor"
I feel that God wants me to share about DNA lifestyle
to help pastors to entering God's rest in life and ministry.

今晨主再一次提醒我這經節-
"不可少的只有一件"--- 在主腳前安靜
不管我們多累..多忙...作多大的事工...
還是這經節-不可少的只有這一件 !
Today the Lord again reminds me of this
Just like Mary sitting before Jesus
"Only one thing is needed"---
No matter how tiring.. how busy...
how big ministry that we do ...
"Only one thing is needed"!

因為主曾說...
"沒有領受的付出是從人來的"...
從人來, 走不遠...
從人來, 是累人的---自己累, 別人也累 !
主從來不要求我們去父出祂未曾供應我們的 !
如此服事才能進入主的安息...
God once said this...
"Giving without receiving first is not from God"
We give because God provides first....
He will never ask me to give without His provision.
Serving with this principle, then we can have peace.

禱告勇士們, 請代禱...
我需要代禱...
眾牧者需要代禱...
牧者健康, 教會才會健康 !
主阿 ! 救命 ! Help!
Intercessors, please intercede...
I need prayers...
Pastors need prayers...
to have healthy church,
pastor need to be healthy first...
Oh...Lord! Help!!!!

Home, Sweet Home回家真好

出外服事十天, 昨晚平安回到家...真好 !
作完主的工...真好 !
(歇了工, 有進入神安息的感覺!)
當然...抱抱孩子...真好!
睡自己的床...真好!
Home! Sweet Home!
Coming back from 10 days trip to London,
feeling "mission accomplished"...
feeling "entering into God's rest"
Of course, hugging kids... my own bed...
Soooooo..... Gooooooooood!

回顧這趟旅行服事...我問主...
"好"在那裡? 主提醒三點...
Looking back to this trip, I asked the Lord,
what's good about it.....
God reminded me 3 things.....

1. 你看, 許多學生在恩典中得"釋放自由"...
(學生大都是保守背景, 常被宗教律法壓抑!)
主說, "你那裡都要傳[恩典]的福音!"
Look... many students were set free...
(Most students come from conservative background...
very oppressed by "law" of the church...)　
and God said,
"Wherever you go... preach "Good News"！

2. 要鼓勵妻子們多多與先生同行 !
搭地鐵去上課, 走在倫敦街上...
師母會自動牽著我的手...那感覺真好 !
(在美國大家各自開自己的車...
各走各的路, 牽手機會不多!)
Need to encourage "couple ministry"...
While taking subway,
walking on the street of London...
Rachel hold my hand "naturally"...
It feels really Good! (in US, we...
drive our own cars, walk our own way
... less opportunity to hold hands"

3. 與一宣教士夫婦一起生活一週,
看他們夫婦節衣縮食...過簡僕生活...
(連到垃圾都要從中心帶回家...
Wow...另人佩服 ! )
Living with a missionary couple for 1 week,
seeing their simple lifestyle,I feel ...
How luxery is our lives in US...
(They took trash from office back to home....
in order to save money!)

是的 !　回家真好 !
有家庭的溫暖...還有
有做完工那種滿足的安息!
有事奉中的學習!
有說不盡的感恩 !
Yes... Sweet Home...
Warm hugs... warm bed...and
Feeling "fulfilling" in doing God's will...
Learning in serving...
Giving thanks and praise
from our heart to our God!