You Can’t Have Love Without It
沒有它就沒有愛
Real Love in Real Life - PART 5
真實生活中的真愛 --第五部
June 4-5, 2016 • John S. Dickerson
Dignity, respect and honor cannot be communicated without
the ingredient of ______.
沒有_______的成分，尊嚴、尊敬和榮譽不能被傳達。
You cannot experience real LOVE in a _________.
在___________中，你不能體驗真愛。
You cannot experience real LIFE in a _________.
在____________中，你不能體驗真實生活。
“When the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a
woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we
might receive the full rights of sons.”
Galatians 4:4,5
“及至時候滿足，上帝就差遣他的兒子，為女子所生，
且生在律法以下的人贖出來，叫我們得著兒子的名分。”
加拉太書 4:4,5
In changing times, we use God’s __________________
Word to direct our relationships.
在變動的時代，我們使用上帝的___________
話語來帶領我們的關係。
We who know Christ are commanded:
認識耶穌的我們被要求:
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will
be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good,
pleasing and perfect will.”
Romans 12:2
“不要效法這個世界，只要心意更新而變化，
叫你們察驗何為上帝的善良、純全、可喜悅的旨意。”
羅馬書 12:2
There is a ____________-ness, a _____________ pace to
Silicon Valley that kills people--by suicide or chronic stress
fatigue on the body.
有一個___________，一個____________步伐給
殺人的矽谷--藉由自殺或對身體的長期壓力疲乏。
Our lives are to give off a _______________ sense than the
lives around us.
我們的生命是給予一個_______________感受勝於
我們周遭的生命。
Where they lack _________, we can breathe it
他們缺乏___________的地方，我們可以呼吸到。
Where they are frenzied, we can be _______.
他們狂熱之處，我們可以__________。
Daniel kindly refused to fit the pattern of his society because
he was committed to live God’s pattern, no matter the cost.
(see Daniel 1:8 to chapter 4)
但以理委婉地拒絕融入他所處社會的模式，因為
他已經承諾要活出上帝的樣式，無論代價為何。
(參見 但以理書1:8到第4章)
In changing times, we use God’s unchanging Word to shape
our relationships.
在變動的時代，我們使用上帝不變的話語來塑造
我們的關係。
On this foundation, we __________ anything that helps us
live that structure, and we _____________ anything that
does not.
在這個基礎上，我們___________任何可以幫助我們
活出那架構的事物，並且我們_____________任何
沒有幫助的事物。
Fitting our Lives to God’s Pattern by Meditating on Scripture
藉由默想聖經話語將我們的生命進入上帝的樣式。
• Who are the three to five most important people in my
life?
誰是在我生命中前三到五名最重要的人？
• Who are the people I most often interact with in a day
or week?
誰是一天或一周中我最常互動的人？
Prayers of Reflection from 1 Corinthians 13
禱告的反思 出自歌林多前書13章
(After each is read, quietly meditate on the questions
that follow.)
(每個人閱讀之後，靜靜地冥想接下來的問題。)
Love is patient.
愛是恆久忍耐。
(How do I handle the shortcomings of others?)
(我如何處理別人的缺點?)
(Do I continue to express love when it requires more time
than I expected?)
(當這件事需要的時間比我原本的預期還多，
我要繼續表達愛嗎?)
Love is kind.
愛是恩慈。
(Am I thinking or acting unkindly toward any co-workers,
neighbors or loved ones?)
(我是否不善地看待或對待任何同事、鄰居或所愛的人?)
Love is not possessive.
愛是不佔有。
(Can I think of situations where I have been manipulative? Do
I use people?)
(我能想到曾經被人操控的情況嗎？我利用過人嗎?)
Love is not boastful or proud.
愛是不自誇不張狂。
(When did I last consider and value the ideas and needs of
others in my work or home?)
(在工作場所或家中，我最近一次體貼並珍惜別人的
想法與需求是什麼時候?)
Love is courteous.
愛是不做失禮的事
(Am I considerate in what I do and how I do it?)
(我是否謹慎考量我所做的事與我如何做這件事?)
(Am I thoughtful? Do I force my way onto others without
considering their circumstances?)
(我是否替人著想?我是否沒考慮別人的狀況而強求
他們照我的方式做?)
Love is not selfish.
愛是不自私。
(Am I typically insisting on my needs and rights?)
(一般而言，我是否會堅持我的需要與權力?)
(When did I last spend time thinking of other people’s needs,
rights or feelings?)
(我上一次花時間考慮他人的需要、權力或感覺
是在什麼時候?)
Love is not irritable or bitter.
愛是不輕易動怒
(Am I forgiving? Is there anyone I am keeping a record of
wrongs about?)
(我是否寬容?我是否有惦記著任何人的錯處?)
Love delights in truth and righteousness.
愛喜歡真理和公義。
(When did I last delight in God’s Word and His desires to
work in the lives around me?)
(我最近一次因上帝的話語和祂對我周遭生命動工的渴望
而喜悅是在何時?)
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the
flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
我若將所有的賙濟窮人，又捨己身叫人焚燒，
卻沒有愛，仍然與我無益。
(Do I become driven in my goals that I push the inefficiency of
out of my life?)
(我是否變成被目標所驅使而將沒效率的事都推出生命之外?)
(Do I believe what God has said about love, or do I believe
society’s illusion of efficient love?)
(我是否相信上帝所說的愛，或者我相信
社會對有效率之愛的幻象?)
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