真理生活化
帖前4:3-4
神的旨意就是要你们成为圣洁、远避淫行．要你们各人晓得怎样用圣洁尊贵、守着自己的身体．
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor.
主耶稣！神的旨意就是要我们成为圣洁。主啊！我们无法完全像祢一样圣洁, 然而, 经上说：我们凭这旨意, 靠耶稣基督只一次献上他的身体, 就得以成圣。我明白了, 我们借着祢的献祭, 得以成圣。然而, 远避淫行, 用圣洁尊贵, 守着自己的身体, 是我们当尽的本份。
真理生活化
帖前4:1-2
弟兄们、我还有话说．我们靠着主耶稣求你们、劝你们、你们既然受了我们的教训、知道该怎样行、可以讨神的喜悦、就要照你们现在所行的、更加勉励。你们原晓得我们凭主耶稣传给你们甚么命令。
Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
主耶稣！是的, 我们到了成年, 面对问题, 已有足够的阅历, 知识, 知道什么是该行, 什么是不该行。我想起, 使徒保罗说, 故此, 我所愿意的善, 我反不作, 我所不愿意的恶, 我倒去作。我们也像保罗一样, 原来肉身中, 有一个偏离神的律, 主啊！我要攻克己身, 服从圣灵的律, 有足够的力量克制不该作的事。
真理生活化
帖前3:11-13
愿神我们的父、和我们的主耶稣、一直引领我们到你们那里去．又愿主叫你们彼此相爱的心、并爱众人的心、都能增长、充足、如同我们爱你们一样．好使你们、当我们主耶稣同他众圣徒来的时候、在我们父神面前、心里坚固、成为圣洁、无可责备。
Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you; and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you, to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
主耶稣！我看到使徒保罗以身作则的教导榜样。这是我所忽略的, 主啊！我明白了, 教导彼此相爱, 没有以身作则是徒然的。求主帮助我, 经常在信心与行为上自我反省。
真理生活化
帖前3:1-3
我们既不能再忍、就愿意独自等在雅典．打发我们的兄弟在基督福音上作 神执事的提摩太前去、坚固你们、并在你们所信的道上劝慰你们．免得有人被诸般患难摇动．因为你们自己知道我们受患难原是命定的。
Therefore when we couldn't stand it any longer, we thought it good to be left behind at Athens alone, and sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith; that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
主耶稣！使徒保罗清楚知道, 为福音的缘故, 受苦难是命定的。主啊！我明白了, 受苦难不是命定, 然而传福音却是会遭受到各样的苦难。求主加添心力, 不会因为会有苦难, 而退缩, 不去传福音。
真理生活化
帖前2:19-20
我们的盼望和喜乐、并所夸的冠冕、是甚么呢．岂不是我们主耶稣来的时候你们在他面前站立得住么。因为你们就是我们的荣耀、我们的喜乐。
For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn't it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming? For you are our glory and our joy.
主耶稣！我在思想, 我有什么可夸的呢？学业, 事业的成就, 身份, 地位, 财富, 身体健康..。主啊！我知道, 这一切都是属一时的光辉, 我告诉自己, 当指着永恒里的荣耀夸口。求主保守我的价值观。
真理生活化
帖前2:11-12
你们也晓得我们怎样劝勉你们、安慰你们、嘱咐你们各人、好象父亲待自己的儿女一样．要叫你们行事对得起那召你们进他国得他荣耀的神。
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children, to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
主耶稣！我看见使徒保罗, 为父的心, 牧养信徒, 有劝勉, 有安慰, 也有嘱咐。我想起, 经上说, 你们学基督的, 师傅虽有一万, 为父的却是不多。主啊！我祈求圣灵引导我, 叫我有为父的心, 心里满有慈爱, 怜悯, 有宽容, 心常被圣灵所充满, 有智慧能力去安慰, 劝勉, 嘱咐信徒。
真理生活化
帖前2:9-10
弟兄们、你们记念我们的辛苦劳碌、昼夜作工、传神的福音给你们、免得叫你们一人受累。我们向你们信主的人、是何等圣洁、公义、无可指摘、有你们作见证、也有神作见证。
For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God. You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
主耶稣！我看到一个以身作则门徒的榜样, 使徒保罗辛苦劳碌, 昼夜作工, 生活作息, 所行所言, 无可指摘, 带着能力传神的福音。主啊！这是我应当效法的, 求圣灵相助, 我也可以活出美好见证主的生命。
真理生活化
帖前2:7-8
只在你们中间存心温柔、如同母亲乳养自己的孩子。我们既是这样爱你们、不但愿意将神的福音给你们、连自己的性命也愿意给你们、因你们是我们所疼爱的。
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us.
主耶稣！使徒保罗以
母亲乳养自己的孩子, 来表达他的内心。主啊！我想到母亲十月怀胎, 甚至有的在生产中冒着生命的危险, 婴儿时期不分昼夜的照顾。而我们却是很容易为了满足自己, 快速忘记母亲无条件的付出, 求主赦免我们的过犯。求主医治母亲受伤的心。也求主赦免我们, 忘了报答喂养我们灵命导师的过犯。求圣灵加添心力, 我善于表达感恩智慧。
真理生活化
帖前2:4-6
但神既然验中了我们、把福音托付我们、我们就照样讲、不是要讨人喜欢、乃是要讨那察验我们心的神喜欢。因为我们从来没有用过谄媚的话、这是你们知道的．也没有藏着贪心、这是神可以作见证的。我们作基督的使徒、虽然可以叫人尊重、却没有向你们或向别人求荣耀。
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts. For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness), nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
主耶稣！我在回想, 我们做事, 事奉, 传福音, 行善, 许多时候都会有讨人欢喜的思维导向。主啊！今早的经文, 提醒我, 最重要的是要察验我的心, 任何有神所不喜悦的想法, 心有不纯正的动机, 求圣灵启示, 光照。
真理生活化
帖前1:9-10
因为他们自己已经报明我们是怎样进到你们那里、你们是怎样离弃偶像归向神、要服事那又真又活的神、等候他儿子从天降临、就是他从死里复活的、那位救我们脱离将来忿怒的耶稣。
For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
主耶稣！唯有袮, 能救我们脱离将来的忿怒。主啊！是祢救赎我的生命, 我决定一生一世, 要服事那又真又活的神, 专心仰望, 全心付出, 等候祢从天降临, 进入神的荣耀。
真理生活化
帖前1:6-7
并且你们在大难之中、蒙了圣灵所赐的喜乐、领受真道、就效法我们、也效法了主．甚至你们作了马其顿和亚该亚、所有信主之人的榜样。
You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.
主耶稣！我的领悟, 信徒在大难之中, 圣灵会赐下喜乐, 同时会启示真道。 主啊！我过去祷告只求脱离苦难, 如今, 我要祈求圣灵充满, 叫我晓得在苦难中学会顺服, 在苦难中有更多的喜乐。
真理生活化
帖前1:4-5
被神所爱的弟兄阿、我知道你们是蒙拣选的．因为我们的福音传到你们那里、不独在乎言语、也在乎权能、和圣灵、并充足的信心．正如你们知道我们在你们那里、为你们的缘故是怎样为人。
We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen, and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake.
主耶稣！很多时候, 我们证道, 分享见证, 会很在乎呈现方式, 文字上的表达, 词汇的运用。忽略了要对圣灵敏锐, 也忽视了在神国度里的权柄。主啊！这是我们信心的不成熟, 求主赦免。求常感动在我身上的圣灵, 聚会中更多显露圣灵的同在。
真理生活化
帖前1:2-3
我们为你们众人常常感谢神、祷告的时候提到你们．在神我们的父面前、不住的记念你们因信心所作的工夫、因爱心所受的劳苦、因盼望我们主耶稣基督所存的忍耐。
We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers, remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
主耶稣！我再一次被使徒保罗的生命见证所激励, 他
不住的记念信徒对神的信心, 爱心, 盼望, 所展现出来的生命见证。主啊！我也要效法保罗, 更多专注周围弟兄姐妹对神的信心, 爱心, 盼望, 的生命见证, 为他们感恩, 守望。求主祝福, 我也可以活出同样的生命。
真理生活化
西4:18 我保罗亲笔问你们安。你们要记念我的捆锁。愿恩惠常与你们同在。
The salutation of me, Paul, with my own hand: remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
主耶稣！使徒保罗写信, 要收信人记念他的捆锁。我在思想, 我会如何留言给我的子孙, 要他们记念我的是什么？主啊！我明白了, 使徒保罗受到捆锁是为了传扬主的道。我要后代子孙记念的, 也是如此, 就是我为主的道, 所经历过的见证。
真理生活化
西4:17 要对亚基布说、务要谨慎、尽你从主所受的职分。
Tell Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it."
主耶稣！我看到使徒保罗, 用爱心说诚实话的典范。主啊！求祢赐给我属灵悟性的智慧和口才, 以诚实的心, 勇敢说造就人的真话。
真理生活化
西4:5-6
你们要爱惜光阴、用智慧与外人交往。你们的言语要常常带着和气、好象用盐调和、就可知道该怎样回答各人。
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
主耶稣！我回想过去与人相外, 急着要分享福音, 给人带来压迫的感受。主啊！我知道叫人信主, 悔改, 需要与圣灵同工。我要更多学习倚靠圣灵, 心里常常要带着和气, 说话要合宜, 好象用盐调和, 叫听的人心里可以感受到神的慈爱, 怜悯, 是神的慈爱领人悔改。
真理生活化
西4:2-4
你们要恒切祷告、在此儆醒感恩．也要为我们祷告、求神给我们开传道的门、能以讲基督的奥秘、我为此被捆锁。叫我按着所该说的话、将这奥秘发明出来。
Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; praying together for us also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds; that I may reveal it as I ought to speak.
主耶稣！使徒保罗呼吁门徒为他祷告, 求神给他开传道的门。这是我们, 教会所忽视的。主啊！求神赦免我们的亏欠, 求圣灵引导教会领袖, 光照教会的领袖, 带领他们走出迷宫, 脱离固执己见的思维, 激活信徒, 起来, 为失丧的灵魂代求。
真理生活化
西4:1
你们作主人的、要公公平平的待仆人、因为知道你们也有一位主在天上。
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
主耶稣！感谢神的祝福, 我们的国家蒙神保守, 百姓生活富裕, 有外国来的建筑工人, 家庭的帮佣, 服务行业的帮手。主啊！求圣灵感动顾主的良心, 照顾工人的福利。
真理生活化
西3:25
那行不义的、必受不义的报应．主并不偏待人。
But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
主耶稣！我看见在职场上有许多不义的事, 上自公司的主管, 同事, 还有下属。我们多少会感到气愤, 不满。主啊！祢的话, 带给我安慰, 我知道, 也相信, 伸冤在祢, 主必报应。
真理生活化
西3:22-24
你们作仆人的、要凡事听从你们肉身的主人、不要只在眼前事奉、像是讨人喜欢的、总要存心诚实敬畏主．无论作甚么、都要从心里作、像是给主作的、不是给人作的。因你们知道从主那里、必得着基业为赏赐．你们所事奉的乃是主基督。
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
主耶稣！我们在职场上工作, 很自然的都是在满足上司。主啊！今天的经文教导我, 我所事奉的乃是主基督, 必须是心存诚实, 以敬畏主的心工作。我必从主那里得着基业为赏赐, 是世上所不能比美的。
真理生活化
西3:20-21
你们作儿女的、要凡事听从父母、因为这是主所喜悦的。你们作父亲的、不要惹儿女的气、恐怕他们失了志气。
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
主耶稣！今早经文, 我心里有一种的伤感。因为, 我看到周围有好些失了志气的年轻人。主啊！求祢施恩拯救父母, 赦免父母在管教上的忽略, 错误, 过犯。医治父母原生家庭带来的伤, 医治受伤儿女心中的心灵。
真理生活化
西2:18-19
不可让人因着故意谦虚、和敬拜天使、就夺去你们的奖赏．这等人拘泥在所见过的、随着自己的欲心、无故的自高自大、不持定元首、全身既然靠着他筋节得以相助联络、就因神大得长进。
Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God's growth.
主耶稣！全身既然靠着祢筋节得以相助联络, 就因神大得长进。主啊！我看见, 除非教会弟兄姐妹切实彼此相爱, 教会就不可能长进。求主赦免教会在彼此相爱这件事上的亏欠。求圣灵光照信徒, 脱离软弱, 错误, 负面, 消极的思维。
真理生活化
西2:16-17
所以不拘在饮食上、或节期、月朔、安息日、都不可让人论断你们．这些原是后事的影儿．那形体却是基督。
Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day, which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
主耶稣！是的, 我们很容易被人对基督徒礼仪的论断, 影响了我们对基本真理的信念。主啊！祢是主耶稣基督, 上帝的独生儿子, 为我的罪受死, 复活, 升天, 坐在天父的右边, 为我代求, 赐下圣灵, 我因信称义, 借着圣灵重生。我要在真理的根基上扎根, 不被假基督, 假教师, 假先知, 假基督徒, 糊里糊涂的基督徒所迷惑。
