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不要聚焦自己，因它时时改变。聚焦神，祂爱你且永不改变 听主耶稣的证道好比享用一顿丰盛大餐。 这美味佳肴包括一些容易吞咽的食，有些则需要我们用力咀嚼才咽下。 无论这些食物容易是否食用，我们必须带着喜悦的心去吃，最重要的是把它们消化吸收，即行道也。 经节: 马太福音 6 今天的证道可分为以下几个点： 1。行善以得神的喜悦(1 – 4) 2。模范的祷告 (5 – 15) 3。只要神看见的禁食(16 – 18) 4。积攒财宝在天 (19 – 21) 5。心里的灯 (22 – 23) 6。不能同时事奉神和财富 (24) 7。不要忧虑 (25 – 34) 由于版位的限制，我不能分享所有对于耶稣在这章里所讲的道理的感想，所以希望大家能分享自己的感想，让彼此受益，当然，让我们追求能消化神的道，进而行道。  前三点共同强调了无论行善、祷告或禁食，都只要神看见，而不是让别人看见。 (cf. v4, 6, 18) 我们务必行善。若有能力行善，我们不去行，这就是罪了（参.雅 4:17)， 但行善时，我们要谨慎自己的动机。 是的，如果我们夸口自己的善行，我们或许会得到人的称赞，让我们想一想，我们所寻求的是这种荣耀吗？ 我们行善是否为了赢得别人的掌声呢？ 或许我们能以祷告生活来测量自己的灵程。但是我们不能常常祷告来夸耀自己，或者假装常常祷告来得到别人的赞美。 禁食也可以测量我们的灵程。我听过一些年长的信徒常常为教会禁食祷告，我之所以知道这件事不是他们自己夸耀的，而是通过别人偶然的知道了他们对教会发展的投入。 这种禁食的态度与精神是神所喜悦的，因为这种祷告只要神看见，不是为了人。  因此行善、祷告和禁食，我们是要寻求神的而不喜悦是人的掌声。 实在的，人的奖赏是毫无意义和用处的。因为人的奖赏不能长久，但，神的赏赐是永恒的，再加上基督来时，我们相聚在一个地方。 我 们 却 是 天 上 的 [...]

  Bible Passage: Proverbs 6 What is tiny, has 6 legs, its body divided into 3 sections (head, thorax, abdomen) and is the lead character in “A Bug’s life”? Yes, the answer is the ANT. In our daily lives, we have the most contact with ants compared to other insects. We see them all the time, especially [...]

  Bible Passage: Revelation 16 This is a scary chapter to read. As if one bowl of judgment is not bad enough, seven bowls of the wrath of God was poured onto the earth. Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls[a] of [...]

Bible Passage: Revelations 3 Continuing on from last week’s posting by biblereader… He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches… He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches… He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to [...]

  Bible Passage: 1 Thessalonians 3 Just a short sharing today. During Tuesday sermon, Pr CAQ shared how concerned Paul was about the Thessolonian church. In yesterday’s chapter Paul explained how he wanted to be with the Thessalonians in their time of trial. As he could not be there for them he sent Timothy, his [...]

  Bible Passage: 1 Timothy 4 Do our friends, colleagues, neighbours or the people around us see us as model followers of Christ? Or do they view us as Christians by name but no different from people of the world? While Timothy was commanded to lead by example, we were to follow his example and become [...]

Bible Passage:  Luke 23 The trial of Jesus followed by His crucifixion. The very thought of it brings a mixture of pain, sorrow, regret, shame… and yet at the same time, hope, faith, and above all… Love. It is hard to read today’s passage and not be moved.  But instead on focusing on Jesus today, [...]

How many of you know that we have a new website at www.TrueJesusChurch.sg ? This website is to be used for Evangelitic purposes and will have articles, sermons, videos, questions and answers to address common questions concerning the beliefs of our Church.  Basic beliefs like Baptism, Holy Spirit, Holy Communion, Footwashing, Sabbath, Salvation will be [...]

Bible Passage:  1 Kings 12 You know.. I always find this part kinda funny.. Two main characters in focus, both with very similar sounding names, Rehoboam and Jeroboam. I’ll just call them the “Oboams”… Please do not get them mixed up with “Obamas”.. Anyway I digress… Seeking… The Wrong Advice In this chapter, the “Oboams” [...]

Bible Passage:  2 Samuel 14 Yesterday, we read that Absalom fled and went to Geshur and was there three years.  This was due to his part in the murder of Amnon and although David grieved deeply and longed to be reunited with Absalom, nothing happened. What follows in today’s passage is really like a soap [...]