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The faithful, effective Christian life, however is not simply a great emotional adventure filled with wonderful feelings and experiences. It is first of all the humble pursuit of God’s truth and will and of conformity to it. The obedient Christian experiences joy and satisfaction beyond measure, far exceeding that of superficial believers who constantly seek spiritual “highs.” Life in Christ is not sterile and joyless. But true joy, happiness, satisfaction, and all other such feelings are by-products of knowing and obeying God’s truth.
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How do you glorify God through exercise? 1. It fosters gratitude for legs, heart, and lungs. The older I get the more keenly aware I am of how fragile I am. And every breath I take, if I were able to maintain consciousness of truth, I would give thanks to God that he has given me these. 2. What are your motives in doing it? [Is it] the desire to be both mentally and physically at peak performance for Christian ministry. 3. How [do] you do it? [Modest attire? Noisy? Too rough?]... In other words, are you exercising in a loving way? 4. Finally, do you have an eye to turning it into ministry? In other words, can you draw somebody in with you who needs some help with their discipline? Are you willing to stop along the way to help somebody, like the good Samaritan? Are you willing to do some evangelism along the way so that you stop and share Jesus?
John Piper

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 耶利米书 40

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耶利米跟基大利同住
耶利米锁在耶路撒冷犹大被掳到巴比伦的人中,护卫长尼布撒拉旦将他从拉玛释放以后,耶和华的话临到耶利米
护卫长将耶利米叫来,对他说:「耶和华—你的 神曾说要降这祸与此地。
耶和华使这祸临到,照他所说的行了;因为你们得罪耶和华,没有听从他的话,所以这事临到你们。
现在我解开你手上的链子,你若看与我同往巴比伦去好,就可以去,我必厚待你;你若看与我同往巴比伦去不好,就不必去。看哪,全地在你面前,你以为哪里美好,哪里合宜,只管上那里去吧!」
耶利米还没有回去,护卫长说:「你可以回到沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利那里去;现在巴比伦王立他作犹大城邑的省长。你可以在他那里住在民中,不然,你看哪里合宜就可以上那里去。」于是护卫长送他粮食和礼物,释放他去了。
耶利米就到米斯巴亚希甘的儿子基大利,在他那里住在境内剩下的民中。
基大利被委派为总督
在田野的一切军长和属他们的人听见巴比伦王立了亚希甘的儿子基大利作境内的省长,并将没有掳到巴比伦的男人、妇女、孩童,和境内极穷的人全交给他。
于是军长尼探雅的儿子以实玛利加利亚的两个儿子约哈难约拿单单户篾的儿子西莱雅,并尼陀法以斐的众子,玛迦人的儿子耶撒尼亚和属他们的人,都到米斯巴基大利
沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利向他们和属他们的人起誓说:「不要怕服事迦勒底人,只管住在这地,服事巴比伦王,就可以得福。
10 至于我,我要住在米斯巴,伺候那到我们这里来的迦勒底人;只是你们当积蓄酒、油,和夏天的果子,收在器皿里,住在你们所占的城邑中。」
11 摩押亚扪人中,在以东和各国的一切犹大人,听见巴比伦王留下些犹大人,并立沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利管理他们。
12 这一切犹大人就从所赶到的各处回来,到犹大地的米斯巴基大利那里,又积蓄了许多的酒,并夏天的果子。
基大利被暗杀
13  加利亚的儿子约哈难和在田野的一切军长来到米斯巴基大利
14 对他说:「亚扪人的王巴利斯打发尼探雅的儿子以实玛利来要你的命,你知道吗?」亚希甘的儿子基大利却不信他们的话。
15  加利亚的儿子约哈难米斯巴私下对基大利说:「求你容我去杀尼探雅的儿子以实玛利,必无人知道。何必让他要你的命,使聚集到你这里来的犹大人都分散,以致犹大剩下的人都灭亡呢?」
16  亚希甘的儿子基大利加利亚的儿子约哈难说:「你不可行这事,你所论以实玛利的话是假的。」