July 26, 2008

天阴阴

马来西亚的七月不是应该很热的吗?怎么总是天阴阴?
我们好像不能再唱《我用马来西亚的天气来说爱你》这首歌了…………
天气改变了,世界改变了…………
有谁能掌握明天呢?
只有主耶稣!



用马来西亚的天气来说爱你

作词:陈温法
作曲:张映坤

我不能说这个秋季的红叶不够美丽
我不能说这个寒冬为何会有绵绵细雨
不是我的情怀不够诗情画意
只是我生长的这片土地上只有雨季和旱季
亲爱的别骂我总是这么的脚踏实地
不去编些春风秋雨的心情来哄哄你
说春深夏炎幻想着和你一起漫步青青草地
说秋红冬寒叫我回忆曾有的往昔
亲爱的请你原谅我没有浪漫的恋情
只是我太爱这片土地
当然也爱上了它的天气
我只想说
一些我的朋友们也能明白的甜言蜜语
让我用马来西亚的天气来说想你
让我用马来西亚的天气来说爱你

Rasa sayang heh rasa sayang sayang hei
Hei lihat Nona Jauh
Rasa sayang sayang hei

一些我的爱人们也能明白的甜言蜜语
让我用马来西亚的天气来说爱你
来说爱你

July 25, 2008

荣耀归于真神 To God be the Glory

想在网上找寻这首歌的中英文歌词额,竟然没有我要的版本···


by Fanny J. Crossby


1. 荣耀归于真神祂成就大事
To God be the glo-ry great things He hath done!

为爱世人甚至赐下独生子
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,

献上祂生命为人赎罪受害
Who yield-ed His life an a-tone-ment for sin

永生门已大开人人可进来
And o-pened the Life-gate that all may go in.

*赞美主,赞美主!全地听主声音!
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice!

赞美主,赞美主!万民快乐高兴!
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the peo-ple re-joice!

请来藉主耶稣,进入父家中
O come to the Fa-ther thru Je-sus the Son,

荣耀归主他已成就大事工
And give Him the Glo-ry great things He hath done.

2. 赎罪完全救恩,主宝血大功
O per-fect re-demp-tion, The pur-chase of blood!

凡信者得永生,神应许世人
To ev-‘ry be-live-er the prom-ise of God

只要我众罪人,真心接纳主
The vil-est of-fen-der who tru-ly be-lieves,

一经信靠耶稣,必蒙祂赦免
That mo-ment from Je-sus a par-don re-ceives.

*赞美主,赞美主!全地听主声音!
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice!

赞美主,赞美主!万民快乐高兴!
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the peo-ple re-joice!

请来藉主耶稣,进入父家中
O come to the Fa-ther thru Je-sus the Son,

荣耀归主他已成就大事工
And give Him the Glo-ry great things He hath done.

3. 荣耀归与真神,祂成就大事
Great things He hath taught us, Great things He hath done,

藉圣子耶稣我们得大欢喜
And great our re-joic-ing thru Je-sus the Son;

至圣至尊荣我主耶稣基督
But pur-er and high-er And great-er will be

将来得见主面何等大恩宠
Our won-der, our trans-port, When Je-sus we see.

*赞美主,赞美主!全地听主声音!
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice!

赞美主,赞美主!万民快乐高兴!
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the peo-ple re-joice!

请来藉主耶稣,进入父家中
O come to the Fa-ther thru Je-sus the Son,

荣耀归主他已成就大事工
And give Him the Glo-ry great things He hath done.

The Red Letter Bible

The Red Letter Bible

and His name is called The Word of God. Revelation 19:13

Name – If you want to know the end, you must start that the beginning. John’s apocalyptic vision of the return and judgment of the Lord is unintelligible without the Hebrew Scriptures. A name is never just at name. A name is the essence of the being named. A name reveals position and power. A name uncovers destiny. So, when John tells us that the coming, glorious Messiah is named The Word of God, he is not just referring to his own gospel. He is telling us that the Messiah is the very essence of God revealed as creator, sustainer and ultimate goal of everything. The name of Yeshua is The Word of God. That’s not just a title. That’s who He is. Everywhere you find the Word of God, from Genesis to Revelation, you will find Yeshua.

Does that give you spiritual chills? It should. Can you imagine what it means to say that the Word of God became a human being; that the breath of God capable of bringing worlds into existence actually walked around on our planet? Do you realize that all God revealed to us about Himself was exhibited in Yeshua? No wonder He could say, “If you’ve seen Me, you’ve seen the Father.” To know Him is life. How could it be otherwise? He’s God! We can all shout Hallelujah!

But our excitement will be tempered when we read the preceding verse. It tells us that this One whose name is “The Word of God” comes dressed in a garment dipped in blood. Don’t ignore the apparent disconnect. Our returning Lord is a crucified God. The reason His clothing is dipped in blood is us. We are the ones who required that blood-stained garment. All of the sacrifices since the first time God slaughtered an animal to provide second skin for Adam and Eve have been previews of the crucified God. The essential character of God is “dipped in blood.” You might not like that imagery, but it’s our reality. That’s why God instructed us to participate in the blood sacrifices. We are to have a visceral, physical experience of what it means for the innocent and holy to die for the guilty. The bloodline of the Bible is not human progeny. It is divine compassion.

Imagine what this means for you and me. If God’s essential character is His Word – His power and glory – clothed in blood, and we are called to conform to His image, then our lives must honor the bloodline. We are to step into the place of the crucified God. We are to love our enemies, become peacemakers, bear the burdens of others, lay down our lives if necessary. The operating principle of redeemed living is blood sacrifice. You might think that it was all over when Jesus died on the cross. You’re right. He completed the work necessary to adopt you into the line. But it doesn’t stop there. Now you are born from above. Now you are a child of the King. Now you share in the task of bringing the red letter Bible to the rest of humanity. And it can’t be accomplished without spilling out our lives.

Wherever we operate in a protection mode, we work against the red letter God. Wherever we think first of our safety, our needs, our accumulation of goods and services, we remain antiseptically distant from the bloodline of the Bible. If the name of the Savior is dipped in blood, how can we pretend that our lives shouldn’t bleed?


http://www.atgodstable.com/tw_print.cgi?l=en&a=1557

July 04, 2008

在孤單時的信心---離棄

「我的神、我的神、為甚麼離棄我。」〈詩22:1〉

當我們聽到這句話時,通常會聯想起主耶穌在十字架上的情形。我們按照字面接受這句話,相信是神的兒子在揹負全世界的罪債時,發出的絕望呼喊。可是我們看得還不夠深。

主耶穌說這句話,是因祂要聽眾回想起整篇詩篇二十二篇。在祂那時代,詩篇不像現今一樣分成章節,而是用第一行做題目。因此宣告「我的神、我的神」,就等於在說:「凡是記得詩篇二十二篇的人」。主耶穌用這題目的原因,是當時每個猶太人都曉得祂在說什麼,在那個文化中,每個猶太人成長期間,都會背誦詩篇。

如果主耶穌要站在祂十字架下面的人,回想起詩篇二十二篇,那麼我們還要知道些什麼呢?當我們仔細看詩篇二十二篇,會發現hazav〈離棄〉不是主要的主題。詩篇二十二篇是關於拯救〈8節〉、至高權柄〈9節〉、搭救〈11節〉、安慰〈19節〉、救恩〈21節〉、讚美〈23節〉、成聖〈26節〉、繁榮〈29 節〉、以及最後公義〈31節〉的事。它以受苦和被丟棄的呼喊做開始,結尾卻是眾多的讚美。

以被丟棄的呼喊做開始的詩篇,卻以堅信公義的神會得勝的信心做結束。

主耶穌曾有過揹負罪的痛苦時刻嗎?當然有。曾經經歷徹底地被拋棄的時刻嗎?是的。主耶穌被推入絕望谷中嗎?絕對沒有!祂熟悉詩篇二十二篇,就跟熟悉祂血跡斑斑的手背一樣,神隨時準備好搭救人,神隨時能拯救人,公義會帶來勝利。 「我的神、我的神」 絕不是失敗的呼喊,而是成為宣告神在掌控一切的通道。

當我們和主耶穌一樣,想要喊叫 「我的神、我的神,為什麼」 時,必須準備好接受這篇詩篇其餘的部份。為什麼已得到了答案:「你們敬畏耶和華的人,要讚美祂」〈23節〉。祂是拯救之神。


http://missionpathway.org/

July 02, 2008

一边交托一边努力

美国天后级歌手Mariah Crey,她天籁般的嗓音,不知打动多少人的心,当初她来到纽约,默默无名,要在这个人才济济的地方出头,是非常不容易的一件事,所以她决定到高级餐馆打工,希望有机会能见到一些重要人物。

有一天果然让她遇见了新力公司的大老板,这位大老板基于礼貌,收下了她的自制录音带,上车后随意放来听听,不料只听了几句,惊为天人,立刻要司机掉头去找她。


有一个喜剧作家,作品多次被电影公司退件,为了自我锻炼,增加功力,他每天都到电影院聆听观众的笑声,并且一一作成纪录,回到家后在仔细加以揣摩,经过一段时间的努力,果然成了红牌的喜剧作家。


基督徒常误会交托就是什么事都不做,坐等机会上门,但是努力和交托两者之间,一点冲突都没有。交托,使我们对上帝的信赖;努力,则是我们对自己的责任。一边努力一边交托,越交托;越努力。

交托而不积极是守株待兔,努力而不交托是自以为义,两者必须踩着平衡的步伐,这如同信心没有行为是死的,信心需要行为,行为要靠信心,这是并行不悖的事。

“你所作的,要交托耶和华,你所谋的,就必成立。”《圣经·箴言16:3》

这一切都会过去

一个不太快乐的国王,要求国中的智者给他一个答案,必须是能使用在任何情况之下,包括得意、失意;忧虑、快乐:得胜、失败……

智者思考了一会儿,对国王说,“三天内我会给你一个完美的答案。”

三天后,智者交给国王一张纸条,上面写着:“这一切都会过去的。”


当你明白一切都会过去时,你会更珍惜现在所拥有的,当你知道一切都会过去,患得患失的心情将要离开你。

保持着这一切都会过去的观念,不是一种消极的思想,反而是超越的得胜,如同保罗(Paul)所言:随事随在,我都得了秘诀。”

这样的秘诀,将使你的人生更自在、更开怀,也知道如何自处,生活中可以有减压的调节,凡是开开心心,快快乐乐。


“天地都要灭没、祢却要长存。”《圣经·希伯来书1:11》

不要为小事耿耿于怀

有一个惧内的丈夫,为了表示他在家中还是很有地位,夸口对同事说:“我家的大事都由我决定,小事有我太太决定。”

同事问道,“什么是大事,什么是小事?”

惧内的丈夫说:“大事或小事的定义,由太太决定,不过我家到目前为止,还没有发生过大事。”




其实生活中本来就没有太多的大事,我们常常为小事受苦:
为别人超车愤怒不已
为他人的不友善过不去
为家人一句话气上一整天
为同事的态度懊恼沮丧......。

有时候想一想,这都不过是人生的小事,我们却浪费太多的力气在这些事情上面,反而无暇注意生命中的更美好、更伟大的事务,无形中错失许多宝贵蒙福的机会。

中医说,发炎有时是因为身体火气大,火气太大了则变双火,变成发炎。为了一些事情让自己火气大,伤了身体,多划不来的一椿事。



一位飞行员分享他在空中遨翔的感受:“当我从高空往下望,看到人如蚂蚁、屋如火柴盒时,发觉一切事物都是那么微不足道,下了飞机后,整个人都开朗多了,很多上飞机之前过不去的事情,都已不再那么在乎了,也不再那么计较了,因为我的心境已不再一样。”

向上飞吧!当你面对不如意的是,拉高视野,向下望一望时,不觉得那些小事都很好笑吗?想一想,过了一、二十年,谁还会记得呢?

千万不要上了魔鬼的当,它就是要我们在这些小事上,耗损我们的心力,以至于无法专注其他重要而美妙的大事上。

下次再碰倒不如意的事时,让心灵飞扬起来,用旁观者的心情,冷静看这些事,斥责撒旦:“退去吧!不准来搅扰我。”


“这世界,和其上的情欲,都要过去。唯独遵行神旨意的,是永远长存。”《圣经•约翰一书2:17》