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Let’s never be intimidated or depressed by our ordinariness and inadequacy and unimpressiveness. Most of us are quite ordinary. All of us can improve our preaching, and we will. But the sacred given is the message of the cross, which the Holy Spirit empowers in men of the cross. Let’s not disempower it. Let’s trust God’s strategy. God Himself entered into His own strategy through an egoless nobody named Jesus Christ, whom this brilliant world crucified. That Christ is sending us out to preach His message by His power. We are fully equipped in every essential with the testimony of God, the message of Christ crucified, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Will you decide to stake your whole ministry there?
Ray Ortlund

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 历代志上 19

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大卫击败亚扪人和亚兰人
(撒下10·1—19)
此后,亚扪人的王拿辖死了,他儿子接续他作王。
大卫说:「我要照哈嫩的父亲拿辖厚待我的恩典厚待哈嫩。」于是大卫差遣使者为他丧父安慰他。大卫的臣仆到了亚扪人的境内见哈嫩,要安慰他,
亚扪人的首领对哈嫩说:「大卫差人来安慰你,你想他是尊敬你父亲吗?他的臣仆来见你不是为详察窥探、倾覆这地吗?」
哈嫩便将大卫臣仆的胡须剃去一半,又割断他们下半截的衣服,使他们露出下体,打发他们回去。
有人将臣仆所遇的事告诉大卫,他就差人去迎接他们,因为他们甚觉羞耻;告诉他们说:「可以住在耶利哥,等到胡须长起再回来。」
亚扪人知道大卫憎恶他们,哈嫩亚扪人就打发人拿一千他连得银子,从美索不达米亚亚兰玛迦琐巴雇战车和马兵,
于是雇了三万二千辆战车和玛迦王并他的军兵;他们来安营在米底巴前。亚扪人也从他们的城里出来,聚集交战。
大卫听见了,就差派约押统带勇猛的全军出去。
亚扪人出来在城门前摆阵,所来的诸王另在郊野摆阵。
10  约押看见敌人在他前后摆阵,就从以色列军中挑选精兵,使他们对着亚兰人摆阵;
11 其余的兵交与他兄弟亚比筛,对着亚扪人摆阵。
12  约押亚比筛说:「亚兰人若强过我,你就来帮助我;亚扪人若强过你,我就去帮助你。
13 我们都当刚强,为本国的民和 神的城邑作大丈夫,愿耶和华凭他的意旨而行。」
14 于是约押和跟随他的人前进攻打亚兰人;亚兰人在约押面前逃跑。
15  亚扪人见亚兰人逃跑,他们也在约押的兄弟亚比筛面前逃跑进城。约押就回耶路撒冷去了。
16  亚兰人见自己被以色列人打败,就打发使者将大河那边的亚兰人调来,哈大利谢的将军朔法率领他们。
17 有人告诉大卫,他就聚集以色列众人过约旦河,来到亚兰人那里,迎着他们摆阵。大卫既摆阵攻击亚兰人,亚兰人就与他打仗。
18  亚兰人在以色列人面前逃跑。大卫杀了亚兰七千辆战车的人,四万步兵,又杀了亚兰的将军朔法
19 哈大利谢的诸王见自己被以色列人打败,就与大卫和好,归服他。于是亚兰人不敢再帮助亚扪人了。