聖經閱讀：約翰一書3:16-18 現代中譯本|合和本
2015年10月19日(一)
有時候人們會說「愛是一種行動」，意思是說，真正的愛不是一種感覺，真正的愛會讓人採取行動，藉著做一些事來表達愛。這個觀念跟聖經教導我們應該有的愛是一樣的。真正的愛會在兩個方面影響我們。第一，愛會改變我們的態度。今天的經文閱讀幫助我們明白，當我們心中有愛時，我們就不再自私、嫉妒或是驕傲，我們會開始關心別人、信任別人並心存盼望。愛會使我們專注在正面的事情，而不在負面的事情上。第二，愛會驅使我們去幫助別人。今天閱讀的經文告訴我們，如果我們有愛，就不會費心為自己保留好東西，相反地，我們會使用這些好東西去幫助別人。 這些經文教導我們可以如何學像耶穌。祂是如此愛我們，以致於犧牲自己的生命來拯救我們脫離罪惡。如果我們真心愛人，我們就會想要去幫助他們。 —MK 「凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。」 哥林多前書13:7
禱告：主啊，謝謝祢愛我，求祢幫助我以愛待人。奉耶穌的名，阿們！
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What Love Does
Bible Reading: 1 John 3:16-18
Monday, October 19, 2015
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Sometimes people say, “Love is an action.” That means real love isn’t a feeling. Real love causes people to take action and do things to show that love. This idea agrees with the kind of love the Bible tells us we should have. Real love should affect us two ways. First, love should change our attitude. Our Bible Reading today helps us understand that when we have love, we stop feeling selfish, jealous or proud. We start caring for other people, trusting people and having hope. Love causes our attitude to be focused on positive things and not on negative things. Second, love should cause us to help other people. Our Bible verses tell us if we love, we won’t worry about keeping good things for ourselves. Instead, we will use these good things to help other people. These verses show us how we can be like Jesus. He loves us so much that He gave His own life to save us from sin. If we truly love other people, we will want to help them.—MK “Love never gives up on people. It never stops trusting, never loses hope, and never quits.” 1 Corinthians 13:7
PRAYER: Lord, thank You for loving me and helping me to show love to others. In Jesus’ name. Amen. |
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