Weekly Devotions

06 Sep

Posted at 18:00h in Weekly Devotions

Near the end of the cinematic version of “Prince Caspian,” there is a powerful scene in which Lucy, the tiny child with enormous faith, faces the ferocious Telmarine army alone on a bridge, standing defiantly between them and escape with nothing but a dagger in her hand. She looks helpless, even silly. But then the camera pans away from the scene of this solitary kid soldier as Aslan, the mighty Lion, strides up beside her. You quickly realize that Lucy is not bold because of faith in herself but because of the unstoppable force beside her, a divine Lion who controls the rivers, the trees, and the wild animals. This scene vividly conveys the beauty of the famous quote, “One with God is a majority.”...

30 Aug

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I love to read history books as an adult; but when I was a kid, I hated history class, unless the teacher was talking about battles.  I didn’t care who the president was during the Great Depression or who the first Holy Roman Emperor was.  Give me lightsabers and magic spells, not Puritans and the Mayflower Compact! ...

23 Aug

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A dear sister agonized over her dilemma. She had experienced multiple miscarriages, and doctors were a bit concerned about her health. She and her husband began to investigate adoption, but now, they were in a spiritual quandary: was it God’s will for them to continue trying for a natural birth or to pursue adoption? This poor child of God was tortured by the thought of wandering outside the boundaries of God’s will. ...

17 Aug

Posted at 17:32h in Weekly Devotions

If you ever visit Thailand, you can take a longtail boat out to Kao Ta Pu, aka “the James Bond rock.”  This colossal pillar of stone, standing at noble attention in the ocean, was featured in “The Man with the Golden Gun.”  Thousands of people visit it every year....

09 Aug

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The young couple is broke; their marriage is a mess; their stress level skyrockets. They ask a good question, “What do we need to change to make things better?” But their solution—“Let’s get a puppy!”—is way off, and things only get worse: the puppy needs expensive medicine; she’s up half the night; and the couple is still nitpicking each other to death. ...

02 Aug

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A sickly man stumbles into the ER, breathing heavily, each step leaden. He is rushed immediately to see the doctor; the nurse who accompanies him looks worried. Ten minutes later, the man is standing outside the entrance to the hospital, a clean bill of health in his hand. ...

19 Jul

Posted at 18:18h in Weekly Devotions

亞伯蘭的父親死了，他帶著妻子和侄兒羅得是否繼續往前行呢？還是留在哈蘭（和吾珥一樣敬拜假神的地方）？如果去荒蕪的迦南地，還有大概要走800公里。是否值得去呢？然而，上帝給他的呼召是，離開“本地、本族、父家、往我所要指示你的地去。”然後，上帝賜亞伯蘭偉大的應許：成為大國．我必賜福給你、叫你的名為大。...

13 Jul

Posted at 14:30h in Weekly Devotions

原來全世界人們有各種不同的語言是因為這個原因造成的。人們沒有把語言的相通作為一齊來讚美神、宣講神美德的工具，反而把語言的相通作為反叛神的工具！...

05 Jul

Posted at 17:57h in Weekly Devotions

挪亞重新開啟了自己的生活。他享受著神給予他的一切祝福，可是挪亞不是聖潔無暇的人，雖然聖經 中說他是個義人，也是因著對神的信心被稱為義。除了救主幫他，他無法除掉自己被始祖所遺傳的罪 性。所以，他過度的享受，就變成了縱欲。酒精使他在似乎無人的葡萄園中脫去了自己的衣物，赤裸 著身體。...