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亲爱的兄弟姊妹，

日子如飞逝去，很快就踏入九月份，也是教会第3季的季题「与主同行、活出爱心」进入最后的一个月，季题的重点同样是要「活出」；所以「爱心」不要只停留在言语或在内心之中。

在最近的一个月，我妈妈中了风，脑里面有一块血块压着某些神经，住在医院三个多星期后，刚转到长期护理院居住。我的岳父也在上个月24号因癌症息劳归主了。在这段期间，弟兄姊妹的爱，是带有行动的，他们亲自到医院和长期护理院探望我妈妈,送花给她，与他一同祷告；并探望我的岳父，为他拍痰，送上慰问告和赙仪，并且亲临参加他的安息礼拜。非常感谢弟兄姊妹爱心的付出和爱！我们在主里都是一家人，真是能够感受到如家人的关爱一样。

「一家人」的信念是很重要的，我们属灵的家─ 教会虽然是拥有三个不同的语言，不同文化背景，有不同的处事方法；还有由许多的不同而组成的群体。一个拥有这么多差异的家，是好处？还是坏处呢？这是取决于我们是否顺服于神的教导下！

在以弗所书四章4节「………既然蒙召,行事为人就当与蒙召的恩相称。凡事谦虚、温柔、忍耐，用爱心互相宽容，用和平彼此联络，竭力保守圣灵所赐合而为一的心。身体只有一个，圣灵只有一个，正如你们蒙召，同有一个指望。」圣灵已经赐给我们合而为一的心，就是把所有的不同溶为一，但我们仍然需要竭力保守 ─ 存着谦虚、温柔、忍耐的心, 用爱心互相宽容，用和平彼此联络而成的；然而我们的不同，使我们能够学习从不同的方面去思考，去理解不同人的需要，因为我们要为主作美好的见证，带领人认识并相信神。还有我们的不同，正如以弗所书四章15-16节所教导的，使我们能按个人所得的恩赐，互相配合，连于元首基督，在爱中建立自己。

颂主堂是我们属灵的家，让我们以行动的爱去溶解彼此之间的不同，竭力保守合而为一的心；并用主赐给我们各样的恩赐，积极的参与建立这个家。

 

Dear brothers & sisters,

Time flies, it is already September; it is also the last month of our church’s third quarter theme, “Walk with Jesus, live out love”. The focus of this quarterly theme is to “live out”; therefore, "love" should not just stay in words or in the heart.

Last month, my mother suffered a stroke. There was a blood clot in her brain pressing on certain nerves. After staying in the hospital for more than three weeks, she was just transferred to a long-term care home. My father-in-law also died of cancer and returned to the Lord on the 24th of last month. During this period, the love of brothers and sisters was manifested in action. They personally visited my mother in the hospital and the long-term care home, sent her flowers, and prayed with her. They also visited my father-in-law, patted him to help him cough up sputum, sent condolences and funeral rites, and attended his funeral service in person. Thank you so much for the love of brothers and sisters! We are all one family in the Lord, and we really feel loved and cared like family.

The belief of "one family" is very important. Our church – our spiritual home, consists of people who speak three different languages, have different cultural backgrounds, have different ways of doing things, and are different in many ways. Is it an advantage for a family to have so many differences? Or a disadvantage? It depends on whether we submit to God's teachings!

In Ephesians 4:4, “… I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called.” The Spirit has already given us unity, which dissolves all our differences into one. However, we still need to make every effort to keep the unity – be humble, gentle, patient, bearing with one another in love. Our differences enable us to learn to think from different perspectives and to understand the needs of different people, since we want to be a good witness for the Lord and lead people to know and believe in God. Also, our differences, as Ephesians 4:15-16 teaches, enable us to use whatever gift we have received to work together, to grow and build up in love, becoming in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

Bethel is our spiritual home. Let us love with action to dissolve the differences between us, make every effort to keep the unity, and use whatever we have received from the Lord to actively participate in building up this home./p>

 

親愛的兄弟姊妹，

日子如飛逝去，很快就踏入九月份，也是教會第3季的季題「與主同行、活出愛心」進入最後的一個月，季題的重點同樣是要「活出」；所以「愛心」不要只停留在言語或在內心之中。

在最近的一個月，我媽媽中了風，腦裏面有一塊血塊壓著某些神經，住在醫院三個多星期後，剛轉到長期護理院居住。我的岳父也在上個月24號因癌症息勞歸主了。在這段期間，弟兄姊妹的愛，是帶有行動的，他們親自到醫院和長期護理院探望我媽媽,送花給她，與他一同禱告；並探望我的岳父，為他拍痰，送上慰問告和賻儀，並且親臨参加他的安息禮拜。非常感謝弟兄姊妹愛心的付出和愛！我們在主裏都是一家人，真是能夠感受到如家人的關愛一樣。

「一家人」的信念是很重要的，我們屬靈的家 ─ 教會雖然是擁有三個不同的語言，不同文化背景，有不同的處事方法；還有由許多的不同而組成的群體。一個擁有這麼多差異的家，是好處？還是壞處呢？這是取決於我們是否順服於神的教導下！

在以弗所書四章4節「………既然蒙召,行事為人就當與蒙召的恩相稱。凡事謙虚、温柔、忍耐，用爱心互相寬容，用和平彼此聯絡，竭力保守聖靈所賜合而為一的心。身體只有一個，聖靈只有一個，正如你們蒙召，同有一個指望。」聖靈已經賜給我們合而為一的心，就是把所有的不同溶為一，但我們仍然需要竭力保守 ─ 存著謙虚、温柔、忍耐的心, 用愛心互相寬容，用和平彼此聯絡而成的；然而我們的不同，使我們能夠學習從不同的方面去思考，去理解不同人的需要，因為我們要為主作美好的見證，帶領人認識並相信神。還有我們的不同，正如以弗所書四章15-16節所教導的，使我們能按個人所得的恩賜，互相配合，連於元首基督，在愛中建立自己。

頌主堂是我們屬靈的家，讓我們以行動的愛去溶解彼此之間的不同，竭力保守合而為一的心；並用主賜給我們各樣的恩賜，積極的參與建立這個家。