感謝神我們是基督身體的一部分,有耶穌為我們的頭。各肢體都有特別的功用。缺一都不可。願我們彼此配搭,每一個肢體都聽從頭的指揮,發揮最高的功用。讓基督的身體健壯活潑,榮耀基督。
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今天的靈修說到教會中各個肢體的配搭是教會成長的一個秘密。以弗所書5:23 說到:“因為丈夫是妻子的頭,如同基督是教會的頭,他又是教會全體的救主。”耶穌好比丈夫,教會好比妻子。教會要以耶穌為頭、順服耶穌,教會才能在靈裡壯大。而我們會眾是這個教會的各個肢體,互相配搭。這裡不僅有教會的領袖們,也有許多幕後、做看似不那麼吸眼球事功的人。比如說,三月一日按牧禮,大部分人在樓上開會,你是否注意到樓下有幾位幫助採購食品、安排refreshment食物的姐妹,由於她們的付出,大家才能享受豐盛的茶點?每次禮拜後,我們能有午餐分享,負責食品準備和佈置場地的事工能不重要嗎?作為基督徒,需要處處低頭、感激別人的付出。只有這樣,教會才能興旺。求主繼續加添教會眾弟兄姐妹的靈命和力量,以使主耶穌基督喜悅。
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In our secular world, we always see who is playing a more important role or leading part in a movie or in a corporation. I witnessed some time ago, the actors were assembled at the lobby and were ready to take pictures with the audience after the show. From the eyes of an actress of a lesser important role, she felt sad because no one wanted to take a picture with her, she was ignored. I truly felt sorry for her. And this happens in our world. Minor ones are always being ignored. Conversely, many times we Christians use the look of the secular world in a church, it is against our doctrine that within the body of Christ, no one is more important than the others. We just play a different role in the body of Christ. I pray to God let me not fall in the same trap in looking others with the look of the secular world.