We Love God!

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

Ministers are herein to imitate God, and, to their best endeavour, to instruct people in the mysteries of godliness, and to teach them what to believe and practice, and then to stir them up in act and deed, to do what they are instructed to do. Their labor otherwise is likely to be in vain. Neglect of this course is a main cause that men fall into as many errors as they do in these days
William Gouge

Way[s] to grow in the knowledge of God your Father even if your father sinned against you: 1. Identify and take responsibility for the specific lies, false beliefs, desires, expectations, and fears that poison your relationship with God. 2. Find and apply specific truths in the Bible that contend with those lies and cravings. 3. Turn to God for mercy and help, so that the Spirit of truth would renew you, pouring out His love freely. 4. Take responsibility for the specific sins you express toward your father (i.e. bitterness, willfulness, avoidance, blame-shifting, brooding, fears, people-pleasing, slander, lying, self-pity, etc.). 5. Turn to God for mercy and help, that the Spirit of love would enable you to bear his fruit thankfully. 6. Identify the specific sins committed against you… Identifying the wrongs helps you know what to forgive. It also makes it clear what God calls you to tackle constructively. 7. Ponder the good things your father did for you. 8. The Father gives the power to return good for evil rather than evil for evil… Come up with a plan for specific changes (i.e. forgiving, giving love, seeking forgiveness, forbearing, confronting constructively, refocusing your attention, pouring your energies into God’s calling, etc.). 9. Find wise believers to pray for you, hold you accountable.
David Powlison

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 以赛亚书 6

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主呼召以赛亚作先知
乌西雅王崩的那年,我见主坐在高高的宝座上。他的衣裳垂下,遮满圣殿。
其上有撒拉弗侍立,各有六个翅膀:用两个翅膀遮脸,两个翅膀遮脚,两个翅膀飞翔;
彼此呼喊说:
圣哉!圣哉!圣哉!万军之耶和华;
他的荣光充满全地!
因呼喊者的声音,门槛的根基震动,殿充满了烟云。
那时我说:「祸哉!我灭亡了!因为我是嘴唇不洁的人,又住在嘴唇不洁的民中,又因我眼见大君王—万军之耶和华。」
有一撒拉弗飞到我跟前,手里拿着红炭,是用火剪从坛上取下来的,
将炭沾我的口,说:「看哪,这炭沾了你的嘴,你的罪孽便除掉,你的罪恶就赦免了。」
我又听见主的声音说:「我可以差遣谁呢?谁肯为我们去呢?」我说:「我在这里,请差遣我!」
他说:「你去告诉这百姓说:
你们听是要听见,却不明白;
看是要看见,却不晓得。
10 要使这百姓心蒙脂油,
耳朵发沉,
眼睛昏迷;
恐怕眼睛看见,
耳朵听见,
心里明白,
回转过来,便得医治。」
11 我就说:「主啊,这到几时为止呢?」他说:
直到城邑荒凉,无人居住,
房屋空闲无人,地土极其荒凉。
12 并且耶和华将人迁到远方,
在这境内撇下的地土很多。
13 境内剩下的若还有十分之一,
也必被吞灭,
像栗树、橡树虽被砍伐,
树ⶍ子却仍存留。
这圣洁的种类在国中也是如此。