1月1日 除掉心中的偶像

撒上7:2-5
约柜在基列耶琳许久．过了二十年、以色列全家都倾向耶和华。撒母耳对以色列全家说、你们若一心归顺耶和华、就要把外邦的神、和亚斯他录、从你们中间除掉、专心归向耶和华、单单的事奉他．他必救你们脱离非利士人的手。以色列人就除掉诸巴力、和亚斯他录、单单的事奉耶和华。
It happened, from the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh. Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines." Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
主耶稣！以色列全家都倾向耶和华，然而外邦的神像使以色列分心。主啊！新年的第一天，我要把偶像从心中除掉为首要任务，金钱，名利，权势，食物，消费品，明星，歌星，名人，嗜好都不能影响我对耶和华神的忠心，专一，崇拜，喜悦，和怀念。主耶稣，谢谢祢，赐给我2017，丰硕之年。

12月31日 疾病与灵界

撒上5:8-12
就打发人去请非利士的众首领来聚集、问他们说、我们向以色列神的约柜应当怎样行呢．他们回答说、可以将以色列神的约柜运到迦特去．于是将以色列　神的约柜运到那里去。运到之后、耶和华的手攻击那城、使那城的人大大惊慌．无论大小都生痔疮。于是打发人去请非利士的众首领来、说、愿你们将以色列神的约柜送回原处、免得害了我们和我们的众民．原来神的手重重攻击那城、城中的人有因惊慌而死的。未曾死的人都生了痔疮．合城呼号、声音上达于天。
They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath." They carried the ark of the God of Israel there. It was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of Yahweh was against the city with a very great confusion: and he struck the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors broke out on them. They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people." For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. The men who didn't die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
主耶稣！耶和华神使那城的人，大小都生痔疮。主啊！求祢赐给我属天的智慧，属灵的触角，可以解读疾病与灵界的事。可以协助患病者在灵里得自由，脱离疾病，将荣耀归给天父。

12月30日 耶和华神的同在

撒上5:2-5
非利士人将　神的约柜抬进大衮庙、放在大衮的旁边。次日清早亚实突人起来、见大衮仆倒在耶和华的约柜前、脸伏于地、就把大衮仍立在原处。又次日清早起来、见大衮仆倒在耶和华的约柜前、脸伏于地、并且大衮的头和两手都在门槛上折断、只剩下大衮的残体。因此大衮的祭司、和一切进亚实突大衮庙的人、都不踏大衮庙的门槛、直到今日。
The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again. When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon's torso was intact. Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any who come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, to this day.
主耶稣！约柜是耶和华神所分别为圣，属于神的产业，是神的同在，连偶像都站立不足。主啊！我的身体是圣灵的殿，是神同在的居所，是神的产业。愿耶和华神的荣耀常在我身上，我所站之地，邪灵都要退下。

12月29日 悲剧接踵而来

撒上4:19-22
以利的儿妇非尼哈的妻怀孕将到产期、他听见神的约柜被掳去、公公和丈夫都死了、就猛然疼痛、曲身生产。将要死的时候、旁边站着的妇人们对他说、不要怕、你生了男孩子了．他却不回答、也不放在心上。他给孩子起名叫以迦博、说、荣耀离开以色列了．这是因神的约柜被掳去、又因他公公和丈夫都死了。他又说、荣耀离开以色列、因为神的约柜被掳去了。
His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered. When she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her. About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, "Don't be afraid; for you have given birth to a son." But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it. She named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel"; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. She said, "The glory has departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken."
主耶稣！以利家的悲剧接踵而来，人种的是什么，收的也是什么。人因为做恶，不在神荣耀的遮盖下，让恶者伺机攻击，有谁能够逃脱呢？主啊！祢在十字架上，担当我的诅咒，使我脱离黑暗，把我迁入祢荣耀的国度，求祢保守我和我家，永不离开神的荣耀。

12月28日 传神的话

撒上3:21
耶和华又在示罗显现、因为耶和华将自己的话默示撒母耳、撒母耳就把这话传遍以色列地。
Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
主耶稣！耶和华神将自己的话默示撒母耳，撒母耳传讲神的话，神就显明。主啊！我们传扬祢的道，祢的名，祢的话，这一切都已经记载在圣经里，求圣灵来启示我，晓得当下该传说那些神的话。耶和华神啊！每当我传说祢的话，求祢显明，愿祢的道传遍全地。

12月27日 献祭礼不能使人得赎

撒上3:12-14
我指着以利家所说的话、到了时候我必始终应验在以利身上。我曾告诉他必永远降罚与他的家、因他知道儿子作孽、自招咒诅、却不禁止他们。所以我向以利家起誓说、以利家的罪孽、虽献祭奉礼物、永不能得赎去。
In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end. For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them. Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be removed with sacrifice nor offering forever."
主耶稣！以利献祭奉礼物给神，却没有禁止儿子作孽，自招咒诅。主啊！我得赎是靠祢的宝血，洗净我一切的罪孽。我主日到圣殿，献上敬拜赞美祭，也要感谢祢，为我舍命，献上自己成为赎罪祭。

12月26日 永远行在受膏者面前

撒上2:35
我要为自己立一个忠心的祭司、他必照我的心意而行、我要为他建立坚固的家、他必永远行在我的受膏者面前。
I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
主耶稣！耶和华神拣选撒母耳，立他为祭司，撒母耳向神忠心，照神的心意而行，服事以色列民，耶和华神就祝福撒母耳的家室，和永远行在受膏者面前。主啊！谢谢祢拣选了我，我要向撒母耳学习向神忠心，照神的心意而行，服事神的子民，我祈求耶和华神的祝福，建立我的家室，叫我的家又坚固又安稳又昌盛，我与我家从现今直到永远都行在神羔羊面前。

12月25日 当尊重神

撒上2:29-30
我所吩咐献在我居所的祭物、你们为何践踏、尊重你的儿子过于尊重我、将我民以色列所献美好的祭物肥己呢。因此、耶和华以色列的神说、我曾说、你和你父家必永远行在我面前、现在我却说、决不容你们这样行、因为尊重我的、我必重看他．藐视我的、他必被轻视。
Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?' "Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.' But now Yahweh says, 'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
主耶稣！祭司以利明知儿子的恶行，却没有立即停止他们的职务，纵容他们的任性，尊重儿子大过尊重神。主啊！凡在人面前认祢的、祢在天上的父面前、也必认他。凡在人面前认祢的、都会尊荣神的名，尊重法则，遵循法规。

12月24日 成为耶和华与人喜爱的人

撒上2:26
孩子撒母耳渐渐长大、耶和华与人越发喜爱他。
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.
主耶稣！撒母耳渐渐长大，讨神讨人喜悦的心一同成长。主啊！在我成长的日子，一定有讨人喜爱，但却不是祢所喜悦的地方，主啊！求祢使我及时觉悟。我不要因为要讨人喜爱却得罪耶和华神。求祢赐敬畏耶和华神的智慧，知识和能力，使我成为耶和华和人喜爱的人。

12月23日 耶和华神不偏待人

撒上2:8-10
他从灰尘里抬举贫寒人、从粪堆中提拔穷乏人、使他们与王子同坐、得着荣耀的座位．地的柱子属于耶和华、他将世界立在其上。他必保护圣民的脚步、使恶人在黑暗中寂然不动、人都不能靠力量得胜。与耶和华争竞的、必被打碎、耶和华必从天上以雷攻击他．必审判地极的人．将力量赐与所立的王、高举受膏者的角。
He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has set the world on them. He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength. Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. "Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed."
主耶稣！耶和华神不偏待人，贫寒人，穷乏人，他都视为尊贵，给予机会，提拔。主啊！谢谢祢，按照神的形象造我，赐我尊荣，赐机会抬举我，提拨我。赐予我智慧，懂得学习谦卑和柔和，勤于操练顺服和倚靠神。祢还邀约我一同与祢坐席，一同作王。

12月22日 我要更深更加认识神

撒上2:1-3
哈拿祷告说、我的心因耶和华快乐．我的角因耶和华高举．我的口向仇敌张开．我因耶和华的救恩欢欣。只有耶和华为圣、除他以外没有可比的、也没有盘石像我们的神。人不要夸口说骄傲的话、也不要出狂妄的言语、因耶和华是大有智识的神、人的行为被他衡量。
Hannah prayed, and said: "My heart exults in Yahweh! My horn is exalted in Yahweh. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation. There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God. "Talk no more so exceeding proudly. Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth, For Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.
主耶稣！哈拿因对耶和华神的认识，名字得以被记载在圣经里。主啊！我要效法哈拿，更多更深认识耶和华神，我要像哈拿，心要因神快乐，口向仇敌夸胜，倚靠神的能力，不夸口，不狂妄，且乐意常在神面前反省，衡量自己的爱心，信心，良心。

12月21日 不忘承诺

撒上1:26-28
妇人说、主阿、我敢在你面前起誓、从前在你这里站着祈求耶和华的那妇人、就是我．我祈求为要得这孩子、耶和华已将我所求的赐给我了。所以我将这孩子归与耶和华、使他终身归与耶和华。于是在那里敬拜耶和华。
She said, "Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh. For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. Therefore also I have granted him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is granted to Yahweh." He worshiped Yahweh there.
主耶稣！哈拿难得生个儿子，不忘向神的承诺，把心爱的儿子领到以利那里，使他终身归与神。那天母亲与儿子离别的心疼，哈拿早已经预备心面对。主啊！我向祢的承诺， 我的心也已经预备好，要按照所说的，时候到了，必定去行。

12月20日 有心无声的祈祷

撒上1:12-13
哈拿在耶和华面前不住的祈祷、以利定睛看他的嘴。原来哈拿心中默祷、只动嘴唇不出声音、因此以利以为他喝醉了。
It happened, as she continued praying before Yahweh, that Eli saw her mouth. Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
主耶稣！耶和华神眷顾哈拿，应允哈拿心中的默祷。主啊！我若无法发声向祢敬拜，祈求，是能心中默想，献上无声的祷告，求主眷顾，应允我心中所求。

12月19日 敬虔后裔的衍生

得4:12
愿耶和华从这少年女子赐你后裔、使你的家像他玛从犹大所生法勒斯的家一般。
Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which Yahweh shall give you of this young woman."
主耶稣！他玛因为遵循耶和华神的律，名字得以列入耶稣基督的家谱。路得也蒙福，与他玛同列。主啊！何等感恩，我蒙恩得救，名字得以写在生命册上。因神的约，我与我家，都必要得救，归入主的名下。因神丰盛的怜悯，愿我和我家都成为敬虔的后裔。

12月18日 末后的恩比先前更大

得3:10-11
波阿斯说、女儿阿、愿你蒙耶和华赐福、你末后的恩比先前更大、因为少年人无论贫富、你都没有跟从．女儿阿、现在不要惧怕、凡你所说的、我必照着行、我本城的人都知道你是个贤德的女子。
He said, "Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich. Now, my daughter, don't be afraid; I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people does know that you are a worthy woman.
主耶稣！因为路得行耶和华神眼中看为正的事，认定身份为拿俄米的媳妇，确定要服侍家婆，跟随家婆离开本族本家，所行的与神的旨意，心意，做法对齐，以色列因此得到了耶和华神的应许。主啊！我深信专心一意，一生遵行耶和华神眼中看为正的事，我与我家的后裔必在耶和华面前蒙恩。

12月17日 得耶和华的赏赐

得2:11-12
波阿斯回答说、自从你丈夫死后、凡你向婆婆所行的、并你离开父母和本地、到素不认识的民中、这些事人全都告诉我了。愿耶和华照你所行的赏赐你、你来投靠耶和华以色列　神的翅膀下、愿你满得他的赏赐。
Boaz answered her, "It has fully been shown me, all that you have done to your mother-in-law since the death of your husband; and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before. May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."
主耶稣！路得以耶和华为神，决心跟随家婆，用心侍候拿俄米，住在异乡，建立美名，被众人所赞。主啊！我选择投靠耶和华以色列神，我行事为人要叫神的道得荣耀，凡事操练与神的旨意，心意，做法对齐，万事就互相效力。

12月16日 天国问安文化

得2:4
波阿斯正从伯利恒来、对收割的人说、愿耶和华与你们同在．他们回答说、愿耶和华赐福与你。
Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, "Yahweh be with you." They answered him, "Yahweh bless you."
主耶稣！如此美好的天国问安文化。主啊！愿每个上位者都会以"愿耶和华与你们同在"，来祝福下属。愿做父母的也是如此祝福儿女。而下属，儿女都会以"愿耶和华赐福与你"来回应。

12月15日 死为底线

得1:16-18
路得说、不要催我回去不跟随你、你往那里去、我也往那里去．你在哪里住宿、我也在那里住宿．你的国就是我的国、你的神就是我的神． 你在那里死、我也在那里死、也葬在那里．除非死能使你我相离、不然、愿耶和华重重地降罚与我。拿俄米见路得定意要跟随自己去、就不再劝他了。
Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried. Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death part you and me." When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.
主耶稣！路得定意服事家婆，如同服事耶和华神。不受外在因素的影响，以坚守定意到死为底线。主啊！我定意跟随祢的脚踪，效法祢顺便天父的生命，决心坚守定意至死。求主加添力量，叫我能够一生爱主，到死不偏离。

12月14日 父亲的误判

得1:1-2
当士师秉政的时候、国中遭遇饥荒、在犹大伯利恒有一个人带着妻子和两个儿子往摩押地去寄居．这人名叫以利米勒、他的妻名叫拿俄米、他两个儿子、一个名叫玛伦、一个名叫基连、都是犹大伯利恒的以法他人、他们到了摩押地就住在那里。
It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
主耶稣！以利米勒为儿子取名玛伦(生病)和基连(虚弱)，又搬迁离开伯利恒(粮仓)，因着他心中的幽暗，带来错误的判断。主啊！求圣灵光照我内心的世界，有任何的不平不满，贪念邪念恶念，都要被显露，拔除，拆毁。过去有任何误判，求主耶稣施救恩和医治。感谢主。阿们！

12月13日 乱象

士18:30-31
但人就为自己设立那雕刻的像．摩西的孙子、革舜的儿子约拿单、和他的子孙作但支派的祭司、直到那地遭掳掠的日子。神的殿在示罗多少日子、但人为自己设立米迦所雕刻的像、也在但多少日子。
The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. So they set them up Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that God's house was in Shiloh.
主耶稣！以色列没有王，没有神的典章，失去了神的光，又造神像来敬拜，随意封祭司，制造乱象。主啊！求祢施恩，拯救，赦免自封为牧师，长老，传道，先知，教师的乱象。奉主耶稣基督的名，揭发家里，教会和福音机构的虚假，虚伪，并从中赶除宗教的灵。阿们！

12月12日 心中有王

士17:6
那时以色列中没有王、各人任意而行。
In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
主耶稣！以色列中没有王，人人自封为王，随己意制定法律，选择利己的规则，任意而行。主啊！我把生命的主权交给祢，让祢在我心中做王，我以遵循圣经中神所设立的法则来生活，我要以神的律法约束我的心来行事。正当人没有律法之际，神的律法却居住我的心，我心必要尊神的话为大为首为先。

12月11日 参孙的七条发绺

士16:19-20
大利拉使参孙枕着他的膝睡觉、叫了一个人来剃除他头上的七条发绺。于是大利拉克制他、他的力气就离开他了。大利拉说、参孙哪、非利士人拿你来了。参孙从睡中醒来、心里说、我要像前几次出去活动身体．他却不知道耶和华已经离开他了。
She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" He awoke out of his sleep, and said, "I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free." But he didn't know that Yahweh had departed from him.
主耶稣！ 七条发绺是神的尊荣加在参孙身上的象征，参孙虽然犯规接触死尸，犯罪与妓女同居， 只要发绺仍在，神仍然加添力量在参孙身上。参孙被迷惑，竟然没有察觉到七条发绺已经被剪掉。主啊！祢的话说：凡我所吩咐你们的、都教训他们遵守我就常与你们同在、直到世界的末了。我愿天天谨记祢的吩咐，遵守祢的教诲，记念和感恩祢加我身上的尊荣和能力。

12月10日 自找烦恼

士16:16-17
大利拉天天用话催逼他、甚至他心里烦闷要死。参孙就把心中所藏的都告诉了他、对他说、向来人没有用剃头刀剃我的头、因为我自出母胎就归神作拿细耳人．若剃了我的头发、我的力气就离开我、我便软弱像别人一样。
It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death. He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
主耶稣！参孙寻找欢乐，自找烦恼，心烦跌落陷阱。主啊！谢谢祢的平安，不是这世界所能给的。几时我因为一时的欢乐或是益处，自找烦恼，遇见试探，失去平安，求祢救我。也求祢保守我的心，专心以神为乐，脱离以事为乐的陷阱。

12月9日 神回应之泉

士15:18-19
参孙甚觉口渴、就求告耶和华说、你既藉仆人的手施行这么大的拯救、岂可任我渴死、落在未受割礼的人手中呢。神就使利希的洼处裂开、有水从其中涌出来、参孙喝了精神复原．因此那泉名叫隐哈歌利、那泉直到今日还在利希。
He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, "You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?" But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.
主耶稣！参孙口渴，求告耶和华神，神就打开洼地，涌出泉水，参孙喝了精神复原。主啊！感谢祢，为我们预备救恩的泉源，主圣灵，谢谢祢赐予我们活水的泉源，这活水在信主人心中涌流，直到永生。我天天领受活水，精神复原，重新得力。感谢主。

12月8日 告诉父母

士14:6，8-9
耶和华的灵大大感动参孙、他虽然手无器械、却将狮子撕裂、如同撕裂山羊羔一样．他行这事并没有告诉父母。过了些日子、再下去要娶那女子、转向道旁要看死狮、见有一群蜂子和蜜在死狮之内、就用手取蜜、且吃且走、到了父母那里、给他父母，他们也吃了．只是没有告诉这蜜是从死狮之内取来的。
The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat; and he had nothing in his hand: but he didn't tell his father or his mother what he had done. After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate: but he didn't tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.
主耶稣！圣经重复参孙没有告诉父母的记录。主啊！我看到了参孙的问题，这也是我们做儿女的问题，没有告诉父母有关经历神的见证，也没有告诉父母有关所得的财富。求主帮助做儿女的，使他们有足够的智慧，有信心向父母分享经历，也帮助做父母的，使他们有耐心，喜欢听儿女们的故事。

12月7日 不要再糊涂

士13:16，21-23
耶和华的使者对玛挪亚说、你虽然款留我、我却不吃你的食物．你若预备燔祭就当献与耶和华。原来玛挪亚不知道他是耶和华的使者。耶和华的使者不再向玛挪亚和他的妻显现．玛挪亚才知道他是耶和华的使者。玛挪亚对他的妻说、我们必要死、因为看见了神。他的妻却对他说、耶和华若要杀我们、必不从我们手里收纳燔祭和素祭、并不将这一切事指示我们、今日也不将这些话告诉我们。
The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh." For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh. But the angel of Yahweh didn't appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh. Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God." But his wife said to him, "If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these."
主耶稣！玛挪亚的心被蒙蔽，把耶和华神的使者当普通人，后来发现自己的错误，还是没有醒悟，以为神将会把他给杀了。主啊！打开我心中的眼睛，分辨神的使者，懂得如何与圣灵同工，更多经历神的同在，不再做糊里糊涂的门徒。

12月6日 尊荣神不附带条件

士13:17-18
玛挪亚对耶和华的使者说、请将你的名告诉我、到你话应验的时候、我们好尊敬你。耶和华的使者对他说、你何必问我的名、我名是奇妙的。
Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?" The angel of Yahweh said to him, "Why do you ask about my name, since it is wonderful?"
主耶稣！玛挪亚尊敬神却附带条件。主啊！我选择敬畏神，在凡事上都要尊荣神，叫神得荣耀，没有附带任何的条件。我求神记念我，加添力量给我，使我能够在凡事上尊荣神，使我的心常常有足够的力量尊主为大。

12月5日 遵神命是父母给儿女最好的教育

士13:12-14
玛挪亚说、愿你的话应验．我们当怎样待这孩子、他后来当怎样呢。耶和华的使者对玛挪亚说、我告诉妇人的一切事、他都当谨慎。葡萄树所结的都不可吃．清酒浓酒都不可喝．一切不洁之物也不可吃．凡我所吩咐的他都当遵守。
Manoah said, "Now let your words happen. What shall the child's way of life and mission be?" The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Of all that I said to the woman let her beware. She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe."
主耶稣！玛挪亚询问神，他该如何养育儿子，神回答父亲说：告诉母亲要遵守神的命令。主啊！父母遵守神的吩咐，就是给儿女最好的教材，求圣灵加添恩典给父母，有足够的力量，以遵循神的吩咐为焦点来生活，专心按照神的指示养育儿女。

12月4日 蔑视演变成挑衅

士12:1-4
以法莲人聚集、到了北方、对耶弗他说、你去与亚扪人争战、为甚么没有招我们同去呢．我们必用火烧你和你的房屋。耶弗他对他们说、我和我的民与亚扪人大大争战．我招你们来、你们竟没有来救我脱离他们的手。我见你们不来救我、我就拚命前去攻击亚扪人、耶和华将他们交在我手中．你们今日为甚么上我这里来攻打我呢。于是耶弗他招聚基列人、与以法莲人争战．基列人击杀以法莲人、是因他们说、你们基列人在以法莲玛拿西中间、不过是以法莲逃亡的人。
The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, "Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn't call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!" Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn't save me out of their hand. When I saw that you didn't save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?" Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh."
主耶稣！以法莲蔑视基列人，向耶弗他挑衅。主啊！心里所隐藏的恶，必然会显示在外。我承认我有种族歧视，蔑视他们的文化，在言语和行为上显得无礼，求祢的赦免，拯救，医治我的软弱，以尊重代替蔑视。

12月3日 许愿的代价

士11:30-31，34-35
耶弗他就向耶和华许愿、说：你若将亚扪人交在我手中、我从亚扪人那里平平安安回来的时候、无论甚么人、先从我家门出来迎接我、就必归你、我也必将他献上为燔祭。耶弗他回米斯巴到了自己的家．不料、他女儿拿着鼓跳舞出来迎接他、是他独生的．此外无儿无女。耶弗他看见他、就撕裂衣服、说：哀哉、我的女儿阿、你使我甚是愁苦、叫我作难了．因为我已经向耶和华开口许愿、不能挽回。
Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, "If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering." Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back."
主耶稣！因为神是轻慢不得的，我在神面前，答应神的事，无论如何我都要遵守，我若失言，是给撒旦制造机会。求主加添我力量，协助我去完成向神向人所许的愿。

12月2日 神所预备的人

士11:1-5
基列人耶弗他是个大能的勇士、是妓女的儿子。耶弗他是基列所生的。基列的妻也生了几个儿子．他妻所生的儿子长大了、就赶逐耶弗他说、你不可在我们父家承受产业、因为你是妓女的儿子。耶弗他就逃避他的弟兄、去住在陀伯地、有些匪徒到他那里聚集、与他一同出入。过了些日子亚扪人攻打以色列。亚扪人攻打以色列的时候、基列的长老到陀伯地去、要叫耶弗他回来．
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute: and Gilead became the father of Jephthah. Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, "You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman." Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him. It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob.
主耶稣！神所预备的人选来自不同的背景，主啊！我不再被自己的背景所困扰，以为神不会使用我。我在神手中是有价值的，是有影响力的，是神箭袋中的一支箭，时候到了，必定会射出，成就神的旨意。我也不会因为人的背景下判，定他的价值。

12月1日 不做忘恩的人

士8:33-35
基甸死后、以色列人又去随从诸巴力行邪淫、以巴力比利土为他们的神。以色列人不记念耶和华他们的神、就是拯救他们脱离四围仇敌之手的．也不照着耶路巴力、就是基甸向他们所施的恩惠、厚待他的家。
It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god. The children of Israel didn't remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side; neither did they show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.
主耶稣！基甸死后，以色列民就不再记念神的作为，也把恩人给忘了。人善忘的速度，今天仍旧不变。主啊！求祢保守我的心思意念，时时刻刻儆醒向神谢恩，常常记念和传扬神的作为，也要按时谢谢恩人的恩惠，不至于成为忘主忘友的人。