对今日诗句的想法
“不抱怨，不争论！”我们通常难以对待什么事情都持着纯洁和无可指责的态度。保罗和腓立比人很熟，了解他们。他知道他们的缺点和不足。他也知道抱怨和争论对充满活力的基督徒社区生活的破坏性。今天让我们听从他的警告，因为我们看到一个一个的教堂被渗透在现代文化中的消极和愤世嫉俗的精神所占据。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Don't complain or argue! We don't usually associate these things with purity and blamelessness, do we? Paul was extraordinarily close to these Philippians, and he knew them well. He knew their strengths and praised those strengths. He also knew their weaknesses and shortcomings. He knew the destructive power that complaining and arguing have on the life of an otherwise vibrant community of Christians. Let's heed his warning today, in our day, as we see church after church taken under by the negative and cynical spirit that pervades modern culture. We are meant to shine in our dark world of unbelief and unholiness as stars in the night sky, reminding others of "the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows" (James 1:16).
我的祷告
上帝啊，原谅我摇摆不定的灵修，洁净我。请赋予我你的圣灵，用我的话去祝福并建立，不要拆除或阻碍。以耶稣的名祷告。阿门。
My Prayer...
Forgive and cleanse me, O God, for my sometimes argumentive spirit. Please empower me with your Spirit to use my speech only to bless and to build up, never to tear down or discourage. I want to be one of Jesus' lights in my world, leading people out of darkness. In Jesus' name, I ask this. Amen.
