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靈命日糧  -  2007 年 10 月 27 日

推人一把

讀經: 使徒行傳11章19-26節
金句: 「他到了那裡，看見上帝所賜的恩就歡喜，勸勉眾人，立定心志，恆久靠主。」（使徒行傳11章23節）
全年讀經: 耶利米書12-14章；提摩太後書1章

         
琴恩十幾歲時，常經過公園，看見媽媽們坐在長椅上聊天，而她們的孩子則坐在鞦韆上，等著有人推他們一把。琴恩說：「那時，我就會推他們一把。」她繼續說：「我推了一下，你知道之後會怎麼樣嗎？孩子很快就會晃動，自己盪起鞦韆來。這就是我人生的角色──在那裡推人一把。」

在生活中給人鼓勵，這是值得做的事。使徒行傳講到在早期教會，一位名叫約瑟的敬虔人，就有這樣的恩賜。他賣了田地，把價銀奉獻給教會，幫助困苦的人（使徒行傳4章36-37節）。他還隨同保羅旅行傳道，宣講福音（11章22-26節；13章1-4節）。

你或許知道，約瑟又叫「巴拿巴」，是使徒們這樣稱呼他的，意為「勸慰子」。後來，耶路撒冷教會聽見安提阿許多人接受耶穌為救主，就派巴拿巴去，因為他「是個好人，被聖靈充滿，大有信心」（11章24節）。他在那裡「勸勉眾人，立定心志，恆久靠主」（23節）。

我們也能「推人一把」，鼓勵人恆久地跟隨主。AMC

求主助我能成為：
那道勸慰人之光，
能激勵鼓舞他人，
竭盡全力往上攀。Bosch

一點鼓勵火花，能點燃巨大的動力。

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October 27, 2007
Giving Others A Push

READ: Acts 11:19-26

[He] encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord. —Acts 11:23

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When Jean was a teenager, she often walked through a park where she saw mothers sitting on benches and talking. Their toddlers sat on the swings, wanting someone to push them. "I gave them a push," says Jean. "And you know what happens when you push a kid on a swing? Pretty soon he』s pumping, doing it himself. That』s what my role in life is—I』m there to give others a push."

Encouraging others along in life—that』s a worthy purpose. Joses, a godly man mentioned in the book of Acts, had that gift as well. In the days of the early church, he sold some land and gave the money to the church to use for the less fortunate (4:36-37). He also traveled with Paul on missionary journeys and preached the gospel (11:22-26; 13:1-4).

You may know Joses as "Barnabas," which is the name the apostles gave to the "Son of Encouragement." When the Jerusalem church heard that people in Antioch were coming to know Jesus as Savior, they sent Barnabas because "he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith" (11:24). He "encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord" (v.23).

We too can give others a "push" of encouragement in their walk with the Lord. —Anne Cetas

Lord, I would be to others
A cheering ray of light,
Inspiring them with courage
To climb some new-found height!  —Bosch

A little spark of encouragement can ignite great endeavors.

AMEN!只說造就人的話。巴拿巴的愛心與寬容實在值得我們學習。

帖中文就夠了。