Thanksgiving Scripture - Nov 24

Thanksgiving Month Introduction...

Psalm 66:8-20
（Memorization Scripture 10-12,16-20）
8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples! And make the voice of His praise to be heard,
9 Who keeps our soul among the living, And does not allow our feet to be moved.
10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.
11 You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs.
12 You have caused men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water; But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.
13 I will go into Your house with burnt offerings; I will pay You my vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered, And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals,
With the sweet aroma of rams; I will offer bulls with goats. Selah
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
And I will declare what He has done for my soul.
17 I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
19 But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His mercy from me!

【Reflection】When we fall into various trials - temptations, burdens, trials of water and fire... we often ask: "Where is my God? Has He forgotten me? Does He hear my prayers?" But the psalmist gains a new understanding of God in the midst of trials - God loves us, tests us, refines us like gold, leads us into snares, places burdens upon us, and even allows us to be crushed under the wheels of a chariot, all for the purpose of bringing us into a land of abundance. In trials, our sins are exposed. Sin is detested by God, and is also the greatest obstacle to our prayers to God. "If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened." (verse 18) May God help us, not only to expose our sins but also to manifest His grace of forgiveness, giving us the strength to break free from the power of sin, so that we can come before Him with clean hands and a pure heart. He will surely incline His ear and listen to our prayers.

【感恩月簡介】...

詩篇 66:8-20
(背誦經文:10-12,16-20)
8 萬民哪，你們當稱頌我們的 神，使人得聽讚美祂的聲音。
9 祂使我們的性命存活，也不叫我們的腳搖動。
10 神啊，祢曾試驗我們， 熬煉我們，如熬煉銀子一樣。
11 祢使我們進入網羅，把重擔放在我們的身上。
12 祢使人坐車軋我們的頭；我們經過水火，祢卻使我們到豐富之地。
13 我要用燔祭進祢的殿，向祢還我的願，
14 就是在急難時我嘴唇所發的、口中所許的。
15 我要把肥牛作燔祭，將公羊的香祭獻給祢，又把公牛和山羊獻上。 （細拉）
16 凡敬畏 神的人，你們都來聽！我要述說祂為我所行的事。
17 我曾用口求告祂； 我的舌頭也稱祂為高。
18 我若心裏注重罪孽，主必不聽。
19 但 神實在聽見了； 祂側耳聽了我禱告的聲音。
20 神是應當稱頌的！ 祂並沒有推卻我的禱告，也沒有叫祂的慈愛離開我。

【心得分享】當我們落在各樣試煉-網羅、重擔、水火...時，常會問：「我的 神在哪裏呢？祂是否已忘記了我？有沒有聽我的禱告呢」？但詩人在試煉中卻對 神有一個新的認識—— 神愛我們，祂試驗我們， 熬煉我們，如熬煉銀子一樣，祂使我們進入網羅，把重擔放在我們的身上，甚至使人坐車軋我們的頭，為的是讓我們經過水火到達豐富之地。在試驗中，我們的罪被顯明。而罪是 神所恨惡的，也是我們向 神禱告最大的障碍。「我若心裏注重罪孽，主必不聽。」（18節) 求 神幫助我們，不單罪被顯明，更顯出祂赦罪的恩典使我們有力量脫離罪的權勢，可以手潔心清地來到祂的面前。祂必會側耳垂聽我們的禱告。