The Best Friend 最好的朋友

约翰福音

15:13	人为朋友舍命、人的爱心没有比这个大的。
15:14	你们若遵行我所吩咐的、就是我的朋友了。
15:15	以后我不再称你们为仆人．因仆人不知道主人所作的事．我乃称你们为朋友．因我从我父所听见的、已经都告诉你们了。

耶稣是我们的朋友.这个真理让我们谦卑,也让我们知道主与我们的亲密关系.
真感谢神,耶稣不只是高高在天上的宝座,他也不只是为我们在十架舍命,他也是借着圣灵天天与我们永远同在的神.这分情谊能不让我们俯伏且深感安慰吗?

在中国的土地上,神的儿女用非常传统的中国调调唱出他们与神亲密的关系和深深的感恩.

<最知心的朋友>





在18,19世纪,欧洲的信徒,用各种美好的乐器和乐章,唱出他们跟耶稣的情谊和感恩.

<耶稣恩友 - What a friend we have in Jesus>


 

两种的音乐,两种的唱腔,两种的语言,可是它们都一样唱出他们对耶稣友情的真善美.   阿门!

When I cannot see 看不见的时候

希伯来书

4:14	我们既然有一位已经升入高天尊荣的大祭司、就是　神的儿子耶稣、便当持定所承认的道。
4:15	因我们的大祭司、并非不能体恤我们的软弱．他也曾凡事受过试探、与我们一样．只是他没有犯罪。
4:16	所以我们只管坦然无惧的、来到施恩的宝座前、为要得怜恤、蒙恩惠作随时的帮助。

感谢主，你不只是高高在上荣耀的主宰，你也是曾经走在这片罪恶的土地的耶稣；所以你完全可以明白我们的软弱和挣扎，你更赐圣灵为保惠师，在我们左右同行。
赞美你！

歌词：

看不见的时候，主向我要信心； 
暴风雨的夜裡，主向我要歌声。
我说主啊我不会，你知道我心裡忧愁；
我说主啊我不会，你知道我的忧愁。

被伤害的时候，主向我要饶恕；
在孤单的旷野，主向我要得胜。
我说主啊我不能，你知道我心裡软弱；
我就听主对我说，
主对我说：
『黑夜我走过，我能分担你的忧愁；
死亡我已胜过，我能担当你的软弱。』

看不见的时候，主的话给我信心；
暴风雨的夜裡，我高声讚美主名。
我说主啊谢谢你，挪去我心裡忧愁；
我说主啊谢谢你，挪去我的忧愁！
伤害的时候，主的爱使我饶恕；
在孤单的旷野，主的名使我得胜。
我说主啊谢谢你，代替我心裡软弱；
我说主啊谢谢你，主谢谢你。

Soar like an eagle 如鹰展翅上腾

Soar like an eagle
 
This song was introduced by our beloved brother Lester when he was serving his practical ministries during the weekends of 2012.

Thank you, Brother Lester. May the Lord bless you and watch over you as you walk with Him daily.

Enjoy.

【如鹰展翅上腾】
以赛亚书40：31
专辑：〖如鹰展翅上腾〗
词曲：施弘美
赞美：生命河灵粮堂
 
神已听见我的呼求, 他也明白我的渴望
放下重担脱去一切缠累
恢复神造我的荣美形象 (X2)

永在的神，创造万物的主
他的智慧无法测度
疲乏的，他赐能力
软弱的，他加力量
等候耶和华必重新得力

如鹰展翅上腾
翱翔在神的国度里
飞越所有艰难和风暴
单单注视你荣耀宝座
如鹰展翅上腾
翱翔在神的国度里
领受圣灵恩膏和大能
活出美好自由的风采



每当环境的冲击
像海啸一样的临到的时候
你要将眼目单单注视你的神
因为这正是神新的工作季节的开始
你要等候
因为神会将得胜的意念放在你心中
你要展翅
因为神会把机会摆在你的面前
惟有祂能带领你飞越风暴
重新翱翔

When I survey the wondrous cross

This hymn has never gone out of my favorites after more than 30 years of being a follower of Christ. It is especially meaningful when I listen to it during the Good Friday and Easter weekends.

I remember how my then Pastor John Hodgkinson once read the lyrics before we sang the song. He read it with such convictions and full of God's anointing that the whole congregation was nearly all in tears. Pastor John Hodgkinson walked what he preached. He and his wife Margaret were Cambridge graduates, full of potential to earn good money and respects in the society. They responded to God's call to become missionaries to East Malaysia in the 1960's and 70's. His years of being our pastor in Manchester Chinese Christian Church have been great blessings to many. It was in his pastoral care and leadership that many of us who found our faith in Manchester were being built up and equipped to walk upright before the Lord, even after we finished our studies in Manchester.

Thank you, Pastor John and Margaret Hodgkinson.




Words: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spir­it­u­al Songs, 1707. Charles Wes­ley re­port­ed­ly said he would give up all his other hymns to have writ­ten this one.
Music: Ham­burg, Low­ell Ma­son, 1824; first ap­peared in The Bos­ton Han­del and Hay­dn So­ci­e­ty Col­lect­ion of Church Mu­sic, third edi­tion, 1825 (MI­DI, score).

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

See from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson, like a robe,
Spreads o’er His body on the tree;
Then I am dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

圣灵他唤醒沉睡的脸 (春风吻上我的脸)

我相信大家都在新春佳节里听过"春风吻上我的脸"这首贺岁歌曲吧? 不知道为什么它一直萦绕在我的脑海,似乎有人在我的耳边低吟着.




原唱者是姚莉.但我比较喜欢黄莺莺(或黄露仪)所唱的版本.你可以在这里慢慢欣赏吧!

 

午餐后,走回公司途中,我的脑海中这首歌的词好象出现一点改变,我就随口哼唱几句.

嘿!这首脍炙人口的新年歌好象还可以变成唤醒基督徒早起来跟主相见的歌呢!

回到办公室,我就赶快把"新"的歌词写下,你们不妨哼几遍看看.
无须太认真,我也只是随意写写吧了.

神祝福你们!

1) 圣灵他唤醒沉睡的脸,

告诉我现在是早天,

虽说是睡意欲眷恋,

只有那偷懒的人才高眠.

2) 圣灵他唤醒沉睡的脸,

告诉我现在是早天,

虽然是晨光无限好

只怕那晨光过去在眼前

副歌:  趁着这清晨在人间

起一个清早跟主相见

默想神话语在我心,

能力去面对新的一天,

3) 圣灵他唤醒沉睡的脸,

告诉我现在是早天,

主里的恩典够我用,

别错过主恩一天又一天

"李安不认识上帝,但上帝认识李安"

近日,李安与中国人(或华人)的骄傲画上了等号.

他的电影拍得好也许是事实,但电影中要呈现的主题却是让人无法解答的人生问题.这并不让我感到惊讶,因为人生的意义和真理都只能在圣经中得到,其他的只不过是人想要去寻找答案的方式和"结论"而已.

我喜欢作者的那句话:"李安不认识上帝,但上帝认识李安",为李安祷告吧!  试想想,在我们还未信主之前,多少人为我们的救恩代求呢? 

转载于:
李安和少年Pi

編輯室 / 基督日報記者

2013年03月06日04時07分 (PST)

作者：黃芝婷
導演李安憑藉《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》（Life of Pi）電影，再次榮獲奧斯卡金像獎最佳導演獎之前後，许多人催促我寫些觀點。然而看過電影後，我遲遲不能動筆，原因是，讚美的話已鋪天盖地湧向李安，何需我再錦上添花呢？
然而認識我的讀者都知道，李安第一次榮獲奧斯卡最佳導演獎時，我嚴嚴厲厲寫了一篇《李安應該知道》的文章，照著我的本性，這次我還是會嚴嚴厲厲寫一篇《李安還是不知道》的文章。然而這些年，上帝的愛融化了我的尖銳，我更願意用愛心說誠實話。那就是，當李安榮獲最高獎項與光環時，许多愛他的人，正在為他禱告。
聖經有一切答案
奧斯卡肯定了李安將電影技術的運用創新與藝術結合推至極致，使好萊塢3D電影邁向新紀元，邁向新的里程碑，使所有華人與有榮焉；獎項更肯定了幕後所有工作人員的付出、努力及辛勞。全球觀眾亦都和少年Pi一起經歷了一場奇幻、驚心動魄的漂流。然而結局卻是沒有答案的。因為故事遇見哲學與宗教，「人」永遠不能給「人」答案。而「人」不是為著哲學或宗教白白來世上走一遭的。
當台灣名節目主持人陳文茜訪問李安時，他回答：「是上帝創造人，還是人創造上帝？」及李安上台領獎致詞的第一句話：「感謝電影之神」時，所有電影裡夢幻般 迷人的星空，夜光下飛躍的鯨魚，環繞繽紛的螢光水母，穿梭如箭的飛魚，及食人島上壯觀的千萬隻狐獴等美不勝收的場景，都在人們心中化為深深的嘆息，連小孩 都不禁會問：「真有電影之神嗎？」
人們期望從導演身上看見智慧。而不是看完整部電影後，有一天連石頭，月亮，太陽、巨樹都可以是神！哲學宗教探索的不外是生命的根源，人生的意義，人從哪裡來，又要往哪裡去？有一本書叫《聖經》，有一切的答案。只要你相信，就可以在宇宙天地萬物及人生經歷中，找到種種印證和對照。如果你不信，祂仍是那位唯一的造物主，不會因著你不信而有任何改變，祂就是真理、生命和道路。
耶和華是獨一真神
少年Pi先後接觸了印度教、基督教及伊斯蘭教的心靈洗禮，哪一位才是真正的神，當他在急難中求告的又是哪位神？《聖經》說：「除了耶和華，誰是神呢？」、「除了我以外，再沒有別神！」、「地極的人都當仰望我，就必得救。因為我是神，再沒有別神！」誰敢說祂是真神，
除非祂是真神。當真鑽石出現時，假鑽石勢必立刻光芒盡失！
因此不是包不包容，尊不尊重某個宗教或信仰的問題。我們都在探索追尋「生命的真相」。即使口沫橫飛辯論贏了，若非真相，於我們又有何益呢？當李安的電影不能給人生命的答案時，那些早有答案的人都說：「我們為他禱告吧！因為他就像從前的我們一樣，不認識上帝！」！
找到生命源頭
儘管李安不認識上帝，但上帝卻認識他。《聖經》上帝說：「我造地，又造人在地上；我親手鋪張諸天，天上萬象也是我所命定的。」這回答了李安那句：「是上帝創造人，還是人創造上帝？」的問題。
人們都稱讚李安是電影界的奇才，他也承認自己確實稟承了天賦。這「天賦」從何而來？《聖經》說：「各樣美善的恩賜和各樣全備的賞賜都是從上頭來的，從眾光之父那裏降下來的；在他並沒有改變，也沒有轉動的影兒。」。「天賦」就是從上帝而來的「恩賜」，生來就有，上帝造人時，就把它放在人裏面。
華人和奧斯卡之光，都比不上找到生命之源頭更重要。
願李安和仍在世上漂流，许许多多找不到生命答案的「少年Pi」， 都能儘早遇見認識上帝！

Heavenly Worship

Lost in the splendor of His Glory

Rev. 4:8
“‘Holy, holy, holy
is the Lord God Almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come.”

 

Worship is to ascribe to God who eternally He is.

Rev. 4:11
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things,
and by your will they were created and have their being.”

Worship is to praise God for all that He has created and done.

Worship on earth can never compare to that in heaven. However, it can only spur us on to immerse in God's being and doing, and be eternally grateful.

Revelation 4 (New International Version)

4 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” ² At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. ³ And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. ⁴ Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. ⁵ From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God. ⁶ Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. ⁷ The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. ⁸ Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”

⁹ Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

¹¹ “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”