Daily Devotion||每日靈修

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Genesis||創世記 Exodus||出埃及記 Leviticus||利未記 Numbers||民數記 Ephesians||以弗所書
Acts||使徒行傳 1 Corinthians||哥林多前書 James||雅各書 1 Kings||列王紀上 Philippians||腓立比書
Joshua||約書亞記 2 Corinthians||哥林多後書 1 Samuel||撒母耳記上 2 Kings||列王紀下 Colossians||歌羅西書
Romans||羅馬書 Judges||士師記 2 Samuel||撒母耳記下 Titus||提多書 Philemon||腓利門書
Ruth||路得記 1 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦前書 1 Timothy||提摩太前書 1 John||約翰壹書 1 Chronicles||歷代志上
Jonah||約拿書 2 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦後書 2 Timothy||提摩太後書 2 John||約翰貳書 2 Chronicles||歷代志下
Jude||猶大書 Ezra||以斯拉記 Hosea||何西阿書 3 John||約翰叄書 Hebrews||希伯來書
Nehemiah||尼希米記 Amos||阿摩司書 Jeremiah||耶利米書 Ezekial||以西結書
Daniel||但以理書 Obadiah||俄巴底亞書 Lamentation||耶利米哀歌 Haggai||哈該書
Esther||以斯帖記 Ecclesiates||傳道書 Zechariah||撒迦利亞書
Isaiah||以賽亞書 1 Peter||彼得前書 Habakkuk||哈巴谷書
2 Peter||彼得後書 Nahum||那鴻書
Micah||彌迦書 Zephaniah||西番雅書
Joel||約珥書 Revelation||啟示錄
Malachi||瑪拉基書 Galatians||加拉太書

■Old Testament||■舊約 ■New Testament||■新約

OLD TESTAMENT||舊約 NEW TESTAMENT||新約
Genesis||創世記 Ezra||以斯拉記 Micah||彌迦書 Matthew||馬太福音 1 Timothy||提摩太前書
Exodus||出埃及記 Nehemiah||尼希米記 Nahum||那鴻書 Mark||馬可福音 2 Timothy||提摩太後書
Leviticus||利未記 Esther||以斯帖記 Habakkuk||哈巴谷書 Luke||路加福音 Titus||提多書
Numbers||民數記 Ecclesiates||傳道書 Zephaniah||西番雅書 John||約翰福音 Philemon||腓利門書
Deuteronomy||申命記 Isaiah||以賽亞書 Haggai||哈該書 Acts||使徒行傳 Hebrews||希伯來書
Joshua||約書亞記 Jeremiah||耶利米書 Zechariah||撒迦利亞書 Romans||羅馬書 James||雅各書
Judges||士師記 Lamentation||耶利米哀歌 Malachi||瑪拉基書 1 Corinthians||哥林多前書 1 Peter||彼得前書
Ruth||路得記 Ezekial||以西結書 2 Corinthians||哥林多後書 2 Peter||彼得後書
1 Samuel||撒母耳記上 Daniel||但以理書 Galatians||加拉太書 1 John||約翰壹書
2 Samuel||撒母耳記下 Hosea||何西阿書 Ephesians||以弗所書 2 John||約翰貳書
1 Kings||列王紀上 Joel||約珥書 Philippians||腓立比書 3 John||約翰叄書
2 Kings||列王紀下 Amos||阿摩司書 Colossians||歌羅西書 Jude||猶大書
1 Chronicles||歷代志上 Obadiah||俄巴底亞書 1 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦前書 Revelation||啟示錄
2 Chronicles||歷代志下 Jonah||約拿書 2 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦後書

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Ⅰ. Invocation and Adoration||Ⅰ. 禱告與敬拜

  • Invocation Prayer||開始禱告

    "Lord, I know not what I ought to ask of Thee; Thou lovest be better than I can love myself! O my Father, give to Thy child that which he knows not how to ask. I dare not pray either for crosses or consolation; I present myself before

    Thee. I open my heart to Thee. Behold those want that I know not myself. See and do according to Thy tender mercy. (In Christ's name). Amen." (Great Devotional Classics, Thomas Kepler, on Francois Fenelon, 20)

    「主阿，我不曉得當向祢求什麼；祢愛我比我愛自己更甚。我的父阿，求祢賜祢孩子不曉得祈求的；我不敢求十字架或安慰。我把自己放在祢面前，向祢敞開我心。祢看見我所不曉得的需要，求祢就按祢的慈悲、憐憫來成就吧。(奉基督名求)。阿們。」(Great Devotional Classics, Thomas Kepler,Francois Fenelon,20)

  • Adoration through reflecting on the Names (or Descriptions) of Holy Spirit藉聖靈來敬拜

    We encourage you to choose one of the names (or descriptions) of Holy Spirit below to reflect on His majesty, goodness and/or grace and translate into a prayer of adoration.

    • Holy spirit who leads (Matt. 4:1)

    • Spirit of counsel (Isa. 11:2)

    • Seal (Eph. 1:13)

    • Spirit who grieves (Isa. 63:10, Eph. 4:30)

    讓我們每日思想以下其中一個聖靈的名稱（或形容），然後化作禱告，向祂獻上讚美。

    •引導的聖靈(太4:1)

    •謀略的靈(賽11:2)

    •印記(弗1:13)

    •擔憂的聖靈(賽63:10, 弗4:30)

Ⅱ. Confession||Ⅱ. 認罪

Pause now and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you your sins and ask for forgiveness.

現在停下來，求聖靈光照你，讓你看見自己的罪，並求主饒恕。

Ⅲ. Thanksgiving||Ⅲ. 感恩

List, one by one, things for which you should give thanks.||逐一列出你當感恩的事項。

Ⅳ. Scriptural Reflection||Ⅳ. 經文默想

Habakkuk||哈巴谷書 vv.1:1-17
Read slowly and reflectively the assigned passage twice at least and consider the questions below.||請慢慢細心讀經文至少兩遍，然後反復思考問題。

Habakkuk

The name Habakkuk means "one who embraces" (Luther). He was obviously known to the people of his time as he is called a prophet (1:1) and takes part in the liturgy of temple worship as a musician from one of the families of Levi (3:19). The oracle from the Lord appears to have come as a result of Habakkuk's protest to the Lord against His apparent inaction toward the violence and injustice of the people of Judah, and as God responds with the prophecy of brutal judgment in the hands of the Babylonians, he objects to God's use of the wicked to "swallow up the more righteous than themselves" (1:13). At the end, the prophet comes to submission to the will of God as God promises that "the righteous will live by his faith" (2:4) which is quoted in the NT in Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11 and Hebrews 10:38. Conservative scholars, in general, put the timing of the writing anywhere from the end of the reign of Manasseh to the time of Jehoiakim.

1:1-4 — Complaint about the Wickedness in Judah

  1. What did the society of Judah turn into in Habakkuk's days?
  2. What can't justice prevail and be restored?
  3. Instead of pleading to the Lord for help, why does the prophet appear to put the blame on God?
  4. Is he right in so doing? Why or why not?

1:5-11 — The Answer by the Lord

  1. The raising up of the Babylonians (vv. 5-7)
    1. Given the seemingly invincible empire of Assyria at the time: why is the raising up of the Babylonians such an incredible thing?
    2. When will it happen?
    3. What kind of people are they? (vv. 6, 7)
    4. How powerful will they become? (v. 6b)
    5. Why will they be so dreaded? (v. 7b)
  2. The Unstoppable power of the Babylonians (vv. 8-11)
    1. What does the depiction of their "war machine" point to? (v. 8)
    2. What will be the result of their swift advance? (v. 9)
    3. What does the triple use of laughter signify? (v. 10)
    4. Is v.11 a depiction of self-confidence, pride or godlessness? Why?
    5. Who then are they in the eyes of the Lord? (v. 11b)

1:12-17 — Ensuing Complaint by the Prophet

  1. What does the prophet understand as God's reply to his complaint about the sins of Judah? (v. 12b)
  2. Who God is (vv. 12-13a)
    1. Whom does he say God is?
    2. Who is God to him personally?
  3. What then is his complaint about God's answer to his first complaint? (v. 13b)
  4. Is his complaint justified? Why or why not?
  5. In the prophet's own words (vv. 14-17)
    1. By raising up the Babylonians, what has God turned their victims into? (vv. 14-15)
    2. What sins does he accuse the Babylonians of? (v. 16)
    3. What question does he now pose to the Lord? (v. 17)
  6. What do you expect God's answer to be to his ensuing complaints?
  7. What is the main message to you today and how may you apply it to your life?

哈巴谷書

哈巴谷這名是「擁抱者」之意（馬丁路德）；相信他是那時代的人所熟悉的先知，也是擔任聖殿聖樂敬拜的利未樂師之一(3:19)。因著他抗議神未出手干預猶大人的暴行和不公，神就以默示作回答。誰知，因神的回答顯示會以殘酷的巴比倫人作審判猶大的工具時，引起先知再度的抗議，質問神何以容讓惡人吞滅比自己公義的(1:13)。最後，先知順服神的旨意，認識到「惟義人因信得生」(2:4)。這名句在新約聖經多次被引用(羅1:17；加3:11；來10:38)。一般保守派的學者認為哈巴谷書寫作的時期是在瑪拿西到約雅敬年間。

1:1-4——抗議神未干預猶大的惡行

  1. 猶大的社會到了哈巴谷的年代變成怎樣？
  2. 為何公理在那時不得伸張？
  3. 為何先知不以懇求的方式，反以質問的方式向神訴說？
  4. 他這態度對嗎？為什麼？

1:5-11——神的回答

  1. 興起迦勒底人——即巴比倫人(1:5-7)
    1. 亞述是當時世界的霸權，何以巴比倫的興起是「大大驚奇」的事？
    2. 要在什麼年代發生的？(1:5)
    3. 他們是怎樣的人？(1:6-7)
    4. 他們要作什麼事？(1:6b)
    5. 為何列國要怕他們？(1:7b)
  2. 銳不可當的巴比倫人(1:8-11)
    1. 聖經如何形容他們的軍隊？(1:8)
    2. 行軍的迅速帶來什麼結果？(1:9)
    3. 三重的譏笑是要表達什麼？(1:10)
    4. 1:11顯示他們的自信、狂傲還是目中無神？
    5. 神怎樣看巴比倫人？(1:11b)

1:12-17——再次的抗議

  1. 先知對神的回答有什麼領會？(1:12b)
  2. 神是誰？(1:12-13a)
    1. 先知指出神是誰？
    2. 神與他有什麼關係？
  3. 既是如此，他為何對神的回答發出埋怨？(1:13b)
  4. 這埋怨對嗎？為什麼？
  5. 按先知所言(1:14-17)
    1. 興起巴比倫會使受害者變成什麼？(1:14-15)
    2. 他對巴比倫人作出什麼控告？(1:16)
    3. 他最後向神發出什麼質疑？(1:17)
  6. 你認為神會所樣回答先知呢？
  7. 今日你得到的主要提醒是什麼？你會怎樣應用在你的生命中?

Ⅴ. Meditative Reflection: When Prayers are not Answered||Ⅴ. 靈修默想小篇：當禱告未蒙應允

"How long, O Lord must I call for help, but you do not listen?" (Hab. 1:2)

Habakkuk is one of the few biblical writers who dares to questions God about His ways, and in chapter one, he opens with confronting God for His apparent inaction or indifference to the sins of Judah, in particular, those of violence and injustice in a supposedly theocratic nation.

The way Habakkuk approaches God with his complaints should be something with which we are familiar, because it is how we often complain to God when our prayers have gone unanswered for a long time. For example:

– Habakkuk asks, "How long?": the implication is that it's been too long. This is often how we feel irrespective of whether eventually God will answer our prayer or how. We think that we know best "when" things should happen. The truth of the matter is, of course, we do not, only God knows what the best timing should be — never too soon, never too late;

– Habakkuk asks, "Why you do not listen or why do you not save?": the implication is that there is not only no action from God, nor is there any sign that shows He is about to act. As a result, we assume that He is not listening and He will never act on our prayers. The truth of the matter is God, in fact, is keen to let us know and He has already given signs to us and that is through His words; only if we care to read. The many promises and examples in the Scriptures are for us to be reassured of that;

– Habakkuk asks, "Why make me look at…": the implication is why God would allow these things to happen in the first place. In Habakkuk's case, he really cannot blame God for the sins of his people. God has clearly given them His perfect Law, and has sent prophet after prophet to exhort and warn them. In the case of Judah, they have the destruction of the northern kingdom as a clear warning to them, yet they have chosen to follow the footsteps of the ten tribes. I suspect Habakkuk knows it very well, but in his moment of anxiety, he asks this question that normally only non-believers would ask; and

– Habakkuk asks, "Why do you tolerate wrong?": it is obvious that Habakkuk desires instant retribution, forgetting that the Lord "is slow to anger abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin" (Exod. 34:6-7). The implication is that, in his opinion, the people do deserve instant punishment.

Praise the Lord! These complaints only reflect Habakkuk's spur-of-the-moment weaknesses that we all have. Once he has heard God's response of sure and severe judgment of his people, he quickly comes to his senses and allows his love for his people to be aroused and turns his complaint into petition instead (1:13). What a great man of God! What a love he has for his people!

「耶和華啊，我呼求你，你不應允，要到幾時呢？我因強暴哀求你，你還不拯救。」(哈1:2)

哈巴谷是先知中極少數敢向耶和華質疑祂的作為的。在第一章的開始，他就質問神為何眼見猶大行惡而沒有干預，好像是漠不關心似的。不過，你和我豈不是在遇到逆境，禱告未蒙應允時，也像哈巴谷這樣的質問神嗎？就如哈巴谷是這樣向神埋怨的：

「要到幾時呢？」——意思是說：太長了！我們似乎不太著意神是否至終會應允我們，或會怎樣的應允，我們自定什麼才是最適合的時間。事實上，我們根本不曉得那是最佳的時刻；只有神知道——祂的時間不會太遲、也不會過早的！

「還不拯救」——意思是說：神不但沒有解決我們的問題，連什麼動靜也沒有。故此，我們認為祂根本不聽我們的禱告；我們的禱告是枉然的。其實，神是非常著意要我們曉得祂正在干預，特別是藉著聖經的說話和眾多的先例。問題是我們不去研讀，不甘接受神的時間。

「為何使我看見」——意思是說：神阿，為何祢容許這些事件發生。不過，哈巴谷是心知肚明的。神早已賜給他們全備的律法、又接二連三的差遣先知勸喻、警告他們，更以北國的滅亡作他們的鑒戒，只是猶大家仍堅決的行惡。當哈巴谷一時為環境所勝時，就發出了一般不信神的人之質疑。

「為何不理（或容忍）」——哈巴谷明顯是希望這些惡人立時得現眼報。他忘記了：「耶和華是有憐憫有恩典的神，不輕易發怒，並有豐盛的慈愛和誠實。為千萬人存留慈愛，赦免罪孽、過犯和罪惡」（出34:6-7）。

感謝神，哈巴谷這些埋怨只反映他在情緒低沈時一時的軟弱，這是正常的。當他聽到神肯定的回覆，知道審判將臨時，就立刻激發他對百姓的愛心，把埋怨變成了代求(1:13)。他真是好一個先知！

Ⅵ. A Time for Silence||Ⅵ. 靜默時刻

You have meditated much with your intellectual faculty today. Now have a moment of silence (the length is up to you, 5 or even 30 minutes), and ask God quietly, "Lord, is there any important message from you today that I might have missed? Show me, your servant is listening?"||今天你用了不少智力技能來默想。現在，就用一點時間靜下來（長、短由你決定：5或30分鐘），安靜地求問神，「主阿，有甚麼我忽略了的重要信息對我說？請說，僕人敬聽。」

Ⅶ. Supplication||Ⅶ. 代求

Use the following chart to cover people and ministries that you want to remember before the Lord:||除為自己有所求外 (在你禱告簿一一記下所求的，作蒙神應允時的對照) ，請填寫以下為人或事工代禱表格：
  Your Family||家人 Other People||其他人 Church Ministries||教會事工 Other Ministries||其他機構 City & World||本市及普世 Others||其他
SUN||星期日            
MON||星期一            
TUE||星期二            
WED||星期三            
THU||星期四            
FRI||星期五            
SAT||星期六            

Ⅷ. Benediction||Ⅷ. 祝福

"May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, 'The Lord is great!'." Amen. (Ps. 40:16)

「願一切尋求祢的因祢高興歡喜，願那些喜愛祢救恩的常說：「當尊耶和華為大！」」阿們!(詩40:16)

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