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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Scripture never tells us to forgive ourselves. When we try to “forgive” ourselves, we are attempting the impossible. Forgiveness assumes an innocent party has been wronged, and it is the job of the person who has been wronged to forgive. The offending party is the one that receives forgiveness. We are the offender; God is the one who has been wronged, since our sin is rebellion against Him. By focusing on forgiving ourselves, we have taken the spotlight off of God and pointed it at us – making it doubly difficult to let go of our sin! He has forgiven us. We must simply receive that forgiveness and rest in it. That means releasing those sins we want to hold on to, refusing to revisit them in our minds, and allowing the truth of our forgiveness to cover us with His peace. Absolution from the Lord is far more powerful than absolution from oneself.
Charles Swindoll

The ironic thing about fasting is that it really isn’t about not eating food. It’s about feeding on the fullness of every divine blessing secured for us in Christ. Fasting tenderizes our hearts to experience the presence of God. It expands the capacity of our souls to hear His voice and be assured of His love and be filled with the fullness of His joy… The point is that fasting is a feast. Fasting is all about eating! It is all about ingesting the Word of God, the beauty of God, the presence of God, the blessings of God. Fasting is all about spiritual gluttony! It is not a giving up of food for its own sake. It is about a giving up of food for Christ’s sake.
Sam Storms

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 希伯来书 4

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我们既蒙留下,有进入他安息的应许,就当畏惧,免得我们+中间或有人似乎是赶不上了。
因为有福音传给我们,像传给他们一样;只是所听见的道与他们无益,因为他们没有信心与所听见的道调和。
但我们已经相信的人得以进入那安息,正如 神所说:「我在怒中起誓说:『他们断不可进入我的安息!』」其实造物之工,从创世以来已经成全了。
论到第七日,有一处说:「到第七日, 神就歇了他一切的工。」
又有一处说:「他们断不可进入我的安息!」
既有必进安息的人,那先前听见福音的,因为不信从,不得进去。
所以过了多年,就在大卫的书上,又限定一日,如以上所引的说:「你们今日若听他的话,就不可硬着心。」
若是约书亚已叫他们享了安息,后来 神就不再提别的日子了。
这样看来,必另有一安息日的安息为 神的子民存留。
10 因为那进入安息的,乃是歇了自己的工,正如 神歇了他的工一样。
11 所以,我们务必竭力进入那安息,免得有人学那不信从的样子跌倒了。
12  神的道是活泼的,是有功效的,比一切两刃的剑更快,甚至魂与灵,骨节与骨髓,都能刺入、剖开,连心中的思念和主意都能辨明。
13 并且被造的没有一样在他面前不显然的;原来万物在那与我们有关系的主眼前,都是赤露敞开的。
大祭司耶稣
14 我们既然有一位已经升入高天尊荣的大祭司,就是 神的儿子耶稣,便当持定所承认的道。
15 因我们的大祭司并非不能体恤我们的软弱。他也曾凡事受过试探,与我们一样,只是他没有犯罪。
16 所以,我们只管坦然无惧地来到施恩的宝座前,为要得怜恤,蒙恩惠,作随时的帮助。

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