(443) 「灵粮主题 TODAY’s Topic」：当晓得天父是我们的神 Knowing that Heavenly Father is our God

「灵粮经节 TODAY’s Verses」：「你们当晓得耶和华是神！我们是他造的，也是属他的；我们是他的民，也是他草场的羊。当称谢进入他的门；当赞美进入他的院。当感谢他，称颂他的名！；Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 」 （诗篇 Psalm 100: 3-4 节）

「灵粮分享 TODAY’s Sharing」： 今晨在「圣经日日行」里，读到号甘力克牧师 Rev. Nicky Gumbel写了一篇 ，“最重要的知识是认识神” 的分享。牧者引用诗篇 Psalm 95: 1-11 节，尤其是 1-2 节，诗人在一开篇，就提醒呼召人们要敬拜、赞美、感谢神。也就是灵粮主题要分享的， “当晓得天父是我们的神”。牧者解释道，我们敬拜神，不单是因为我们想这样做，或事事顺利时才这样做；事实上，即便陷在艰难处境中，我们照样敬拜神。这诗篇告诉我们，基督徒敬拜神的根本原因是神当得敬拜！因耶和华为大神，为大王，超乎万神之上。地的深处在他手中，山的高峰也属他。海洋属他，是他造的，旱地也是他手造成的。同一篇 3-7 节里描述，我们的天父是我们的神，我们是他草场的羊，是他手下的民。惟愿你们今天听他的话, 因为神常常在人敬拜他的时候向他们说话。神不光在古时说话，如今也与我们交流。所以这诗篇作者提醒世人，神的伟大人所共知，最重要的知识就是认识神。因为神在这同一诗篇 10 节里说，世人迷失的原因是他们 “并不认识我的道路”。要想活出神的旨意，关键是知道并且遵行神的道路旨意。

「灵粮祷告 TODAY’s Prayer」：今日灵粮也就引用约翰一书 1 John 4：7-8 节 , 和大家在主的爱里相互勉励祷告，“亲爱的弟兄阿，我们应当彼此相爱，因为爱是从神来的。凡有爱心的，都是由神而生，并且认识神。没有爱心的，就不认识神，因为神就是爱。” 求神加添我们的信心，学像耶稣爱神也爱人，认识敬畏神和尊拜他是我们的天父。祷告奉主名求。阿门 !

In "Daily Walk with Bible圣经日日行" this morning, I read an article written by Rev. Nicky Gumbel, sharing that "the most important knowledge is to know God". The pastor quotes Psalm 95: verses 1-11, especially verses 1-2, where the psalmist opens with a reminder to call people to worship, praise, and thank God. This is what the spiritual food theme is about to share, "Knowing that Heavenly Father is our God". The pastor explained that we don't worship God just because we want to, or because things are going well; in fact, we worship God even when we're in a difficult situation. This psalm tells us that the fundamental reason for Christians to worship God is that God deserves to be worshiped! For the LORD is a great God, a great King, above all gods. The depths of the earth are in his hands, and the peaks of the mountains are his. The sea is his, he made it, and the dry land is his hand. In the same article, verses 3-7 describe that our heavenly Father is our God, and we are the sheep of his pasture and his people. If only you would listen to him today, because God often speaks to people when they worship him. God not only spoke in ancient times, but also communicates with us today. So, the psalmist reminds the world that the greatest knowledge of God is known to all, and that the most important knowledge is to know God. Because God says in this same Psalm verse 10, the reason the world is lost is that they "don't know my ways." To live out God’s will, the key is to know and follow God’s way with his will.

Therefore, 今日灵粮 Spiritual Food Today would quote 1 John 4:7-8, and we pray with each other in the love our Lord's love to be reminded that, "Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” May God increase our confidence in faith, learn to love God and others like Jesus, and fear God to respect and worship him, as God is our heavenly Father. Pray in the name of the Lord. Amen !

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