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亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，

时间如飞，转眼间我在颂主堂已經度过了40个年头，从学生成为会友；从会友成为教会支持的神学生；从神学生成为国语部的牧者。生命中经历跌跌碰碰，许多磨练和修剪，但神的恩典足够我需用。

颂主堂与我是「家」的关系，这一次的分开是为了下一次再见，就像孩子要离家，出外工作，而不同的地方是我和太太都非常清楚知道，这是神要我们踏上宣教之旅的开始。让我记挂的就是「家」里的每一位, 尤其是国语部的弟兄姊妹。

今年教会的主题「与主结连 生命更新」，在约15:10「你们若遵守我的命令，就常在我的爱里」, 常在主的爱里，就是与主结连的生命，也是遵守主命令的生命。主最大的命令是什么？可12:30-31「你要尽心、尽性、尽意、尽力爱主你的神。其次就是说：『 要爱人如己。』再没有比这两条诫命更大的了。」清楚说明我们要尽所有的能力爱神，並要爱己，爱人。爱己与爱人在教会里真实的表现是彼此相爱。容易吗？難；需要吗？是命令。如果每位「家」的成員都願意靠著神爱的力量向前走一步，共建神的家。意思是以「爱」为出发点 - 放下自己所执着的，谦卑下来，尊重别人的看法，聆听别人不同的意见。腓立比书2:3-4「凡事不可結黨，不可貪圖虛浮的榮耀，只要存心謙卑，各人看別人比自己強。 各人不要單顧自己的事，也要顧別人的事。」你将会看见什麼的现象 - 看見「光」，看見有形有体 - 爱的行動，從我们中間一直伸展出去，影响整个社区。

難，从来都不是问题的核心，问题在于你是否愿意听主命令，為主付上代價？

在神没有难成的事。你相信吗？

在主家里的，
袁名慧传道

 

Dear brothers and sisters,

Time flies. In the blink of an eye, I've spent 40 years at Bethel. From student to church member, from church member to seminary student supported by the church, and from seminary student to pastor of the Mandarin Ministry. I have experienced stumbles and falls and many trials and tribulations in life, but God's grace is sufficient for my needs.

Bethel is like "family" to me, this parting is for our next reunion, just like a child leaving home to work elsewhere; the difference is that my wife and I are very clear that this is the beginning of the missionary journey that God has called us to embark on. I will miss everyone in this "family", especially the brothers and sisters in the Mandarin Ministry.

This year's church theme is "Abide in Christ, Renewal in Life." John 15:10 says, "If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love." Remaining in the Lord's love means a life that abides in Christ and a life that obeys His commands. What is the Lord's greatest command? Mark 12:30-31: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these." This clearly states that we must love God with all our strength and also love ourselves and others. The true expression of loving ourselves and others in the church is loving one another. Is it easy? It is hard. Is it necessary? It is a command. If every member of the "family" is willing to take a step forward by the power of God's love, we can build God's family together. This means to start with “love” — letting go of self-opinionated beliefs, being humble, respecting others' views, and listening to others' different opinions. Philippians 2:3-4 "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others." What will you see? You will witness “light”, in tangible and visible form – love in action, extending outward from our midst to impact the entire community.

“Hard” has never been the core of the issue. The real question is – are you willing to obey the Lord's command and pay the price for Him?

Nothing is too hard for God. Do you believe it?

In the Lord's family,
Pastor Tommy

 

親愛的弟兄姊妹們，

時間如飛，轉眼間我在頌主堂已經度過了40個年頭，從學生成為會友；從會友成為教會支持的神學生；從神學生成為國語部的牧者。生命中經歷跌跌碰碰，許多磨練和修剪，但神的恩典足夠我需用。

頌主堂與我是「家」的關係，這次的分開是為了下一次再見，就像孩子要離家，出外工作，而不同的地方是我和太太都非常清楚知道，這是神要我們踏上宣教之旅的開始。讓我記掛的就是「家」裡的每一位, 尤其是國語部的弟兄姊妹。

今年教會的主題「與主結連 生命更新」，在約15:10「你們若遵守我的命令，就常在我的愛裡」, 常在主的愛裡，就是與主結連的生命，也是遵守主命令的生命。主最大的命令是什麼？可12:30-31「你要盡心、盡性、盡意、盡力愛主你的神。其次就是說：『 要愛人如己。』再沒有比這兩條誡命更大的了。」清楚說明我們要盡所有的能力愛神，並要愛己，愛人。愛己與愛人在教會裡真實的表現是彼此相愛。容易嗎？難；需要嗎？是命令。如果每位「家」的成員都願意靠著神愛的力量向前走一步，共建神的家。意思是以「愛」為出發點 - 放下自己所執著的，謙卑下來，尊重別人的看法，聆聽別人不同的意見。腓立比書2:3-4「凡事不可結黨，不可貪圖虛浮的榮耀，只要存心謙卑，各人看別人比自己強。 各人不要單顧自己的事，也要顧別人的事。」你將會看見什麼的現象 - 看見「光」，看見有形有體 - 愛的行動，從我們中間一直伸展出去，影響整個社區。

難，從來都不是問題的核心，問題在於你是否願意聽主命令，為主付出代價？

在神沒有難成的事。你相信嗎？

在主家裡的，
袁名慧傳道