經文: | 晨-詩篇111-115篇 晚-詩篇116-118篇 |
中心思想: | 詩篇118篇 |
提要
讚美上帝的理由多得不可勝數,今天的詩篇是鼓勵你開始讚美上帝!你可以為這些是讚美祂:祂溫柔的眷顧(詩111),祂祝福正直人(詩112),祂顧念貧乏人(詩113),祂恩待以色列(詩114,115),祂安慰愁苦人(詩116),以及祂永不止息的愛(詩117,118)。 |
第111篇
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第112篇
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第113-115篇
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第116-118篇
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信實的眷顧
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敬畏的子民
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生命、愛與自由
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死亡、虔誠與毀滅
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上帝的喜悅
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上帝的作為
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上帝的拯救
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每日與主同行
判斷一棵樹如何,是由果子,而非葉子。──希臘劇作家尤里庇底斯
要檢驗的是內容而非外表。──猶太法典
一本書的好壞,不由封面決定。──無名氏
以上三句話說明了一件事實:比「外表判斷」更糟的事只有一件,就是成為它的犧牲品──輕信這樣的判斷。
當你飽嘗朋友、上司或同事膚淺不實的流言之苦時,你怎麼辦?當你的行為、動機遭人誤解時,你投靠誰?
來到這位歷盡誤解、誹謗的基督面前吧!──「匠人所棄的石頭,已成了房角的頭塊石頭」(118:22)祂深知被排斥的心酸,被冤屈的孤寂,被無情釘死的苦楚!祂深知你正經歷的一切,這就是為什麼在受冤時,你可以一無所懼的來求祂的同在(118:6),祂的幫助(118:7)和祂的保護(118:8-14)!
新約中有三次引用詩篇一一八篇二十二節來表明:人的誤解並不能阻撓上帝美好的旨意(太21:42;徒4:11;彼前2:7)。把你的名字帶入這些經文中,作為你信靠上帝能力的一個見證,今天上帝就要在你心中行同樣的大事! |
默想
一一八篇──棕樹主日之詩
在一一八篇之中,耶穌並不是唯一被引用的人物,請看馬太福音二十一章六到十一節,耶穌騎在驢背上進入耶路撒冷時,接受群眾的歡呼擁戴,他們高喊著詩篇一一八篇二十六節的讚美,這些人是誰? |
金言
如果有人中傷你,繼續做一個正直的人吧,好讓別人不相信他們! |
English |
6/23/2009 God Understands (Psalm 118) |
Scriptures: | Psalm 111-118 |
Heart of the Passage: | Psalm 118 |
Overview
The reasons for praising God are innumerable, but today's psalms will at least get you started. You can praise Him for His tender care (111), His blessings for the upright (112), His remembrance of the poor (113), His watchfulness over Israel (114—115), His restoration of the sor¬rowing (116), and His enduring love (117-118). |
Psalm 111
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Psalm 112
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Psalms 113-115
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Psalms 116-118
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Faithful Care
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Fearing Child
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Life, Love, and Liberty
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Death, Devotion, and Destruction
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God's Delight
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God's Deeds
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God's Deliverance
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Your Daily Walk
Judge a tree by its fruit; not by its leaves. (Euripides)
Examine the contents, not the bottle. (Jewish Talmud)
You can't judge a book by its cover. (Anonymous)
Three ways of saying the same thing: The only thing worse than making a surface judgment is being the victim of one!
What do you do when you suffer from superficial evaluations by your friends, superiors, or fellow workers? Where can you turn when your actions or motives are misunderstood?
Turn to the One who experienced being misunderstood Himself—the "stone which the builders refused" who has today "become the head stone of the corner" (118:22). Christ knew what it meant to be rejected unjustly . . . condemned wrongfully . . . crucified unmercifully. He knows what you are going through. That's why you can come to Him confidently to experience His presence (118:6), help (118:7), and protection (118:8-14) in times of misunderstanding.
Three limes in the New Testament Psalm 118:22 is quoted to show that human misunderstanding cannot thwart the good purposes of God (Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7). Put your initials next to one of those passages as your silent testimony of confidence in God's ability to do the same in your life today! |
Insight
Psalm 118, the Palm Sunday Psalm
Jesus was not the only one to quote from Psalm 118. Just a few verses earlier (Matthew 21:6-11), Jesus entered Jerusalem on the back of a colt to the acclamations of the multitude, which shouted the words of Psalm 118:26. (What are they?) |
Adage
If men speak ill of you, live so that no one will believe them. |
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