对今日诗句的想法
巴拿巴原是个好人！为什么？有许多原因，但最关键的是他被圣灵充满且大有信心。我们无需因此而稀奇，因为圣灵住在我们里面，为要结出圣灵的果实(加拉太书5:22-23)并使我们满有基督的品格(哥林多后书3:18)。难怪巴拿巴能够对安提阿的百姓有如此深刻的影响——神的圣灵影响着巴拿巴的生命！
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
As this scripture talks about Barnabas, Luke reminds us just how good a man Barnabas was! Why would we consider Barnabas to be such a good man? For many reasons. Primarily, Luke wants us to recognize that Barnabas was full of faith and the Holy Spirit. Barnabas' goodness shouldn't surprise us. When the Holy Spirit lives in us, he is at work producing the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and conforming us to the character of Jesus Christ our Lord (2 Corinthians 3:18). No wonder Barnabas' influence was so significant on the lives of those who lived in Antioch (Acts 13:1-3). No wonder God chose him to mentor the apostle Paul and show him how to serve in ways that multiplied disciples. Barnabas was a good man because his life was under the influence of God's Spirit!
我的祷告
慈爱的天父啊，愿我的生命能够对福音工作以及天国的成长有益处。天父啊，我将自己当作活祭献给你，愿你使我满有你爱子耶稣的品格，并使圣灵的果实充满我，奉主耶稣之名祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Dear Heavenly Father, I want my life to be influential in spreading the good news of Jesus and growing your Kingdom. I offer myself to you as a living sacrifice, asking that you conform me to the nature of your Son Jesus and bring forth the fruit of your Spirit in me as I seek to influence others to Jesus. In whose name I pray, Amen.
