靈命日糧 - 2005年3月14日
讀經: 馬太福音25章34-40節

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金句: 「因為我餓了，你們給我吃；渴了，你們給我喝。」（馬太福音25章35節）

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全年讀經: 約書亞記10-12章  

最近我的兒子史帝夫在聽完一場演唱會後，帶回來某機構的T恤和手冊。這個機構的宗旨在幫助某個遙遠大陸的小朋友。很顯然地，演唱會上有歌手提出了這項挑戰。
那位歌手說：「我們想要用音樂改變世界，但是我們所能做的，就只是演唱而已。因此我們決定採取實際行動，開始幫助一些需要幫助的小朋友。」史帝夫接受了這項挑戰，並且將這個訊息傳給他在教會的查經小組，他們商量每個月拿出一些錢，打算一起資助一個孩童。

我們大部分的人都希望把世界變得更好，但這似乎是一項大工程。不過如果我們把目標改成只做一件事來改變一個人的生命，情況可能就不一樣了。耶穌說那照顧弟兄們身體需要的，就如同是做在救主身上一樣（馬太福音25章35-36節）。如果我們因著耶穌的愛，而對一個有需要的人伸出援手，幫助他解決食、衣、住、行等問題，他可能因此對我們的動機感到好奇，想知道我們為什麼會幫助他。我們便可藉此機會將他帶到上帝的面前，他的生命便有可能因此得到改變。

你想改變這個世界嗎？不妨憑著耶穌的名，先從改變某一個人的生命開始做起吧！JDB


你的一個小小的善舉，
可能引起巨大的反響；
就像那一圈圈的漣漪，
可能泛入永生的海洋。Norris


只要有人的存在，我們就有行善的機會。
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Change The World?



Read:Matthew 25:34-40
I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink. —Matthew 25:35


Bible In One Year: Joshua 10-12

When my son Steve came home from a concert recently, he had with him a free T-shirt and a brochure for an organization that helps needy children in a far-off continent. Apparently, one of the singers had issued a challenge.

"We wanted to change the world with our music," he said, "but often all we do is sing. We decided that we were going to take action to change some lives, so we started supporting some needy kids." Then he set forth the challenge, which Steve accepted. He then talked with his Bible-study group at church about supporting a child each month.

Most of us want to change the world for the better, but the job seems too big. So what if we decided to do at least one thing to change just one person's life? In the name of Jesus, who said that providing physical help would be the same as helping our Savior Himself (Matthew 25:35-36), what if we reached out to one person with food, or clothing, or transportation? And what if that person, wondering about our motive, asks why we helped? We could then help change that person's life for eternity by introducing him or her to the Savior.

Change the world? Let's start with changing one person in Jesus' name. —Dave Branon


Do a deed of simple kindness,
Though its end you may not see;
It may reach, like widening ripples,
Down a long eternity. —Norris

Wherever a human being exists, there is an opportunity to do a kindness. —Seneca