灵命日粮 - 2005年3月14日
读经: 马太福音25章34-40节

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金句: 「因为我饿了，你们给我吃；渴了，你们给我喝。」（马太福音25章35节）

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全年读经: 约书亚记10-12章  

最近我的儿子史帝夫在听完一场演唱会后，带回来某机构的T恤和手册。这个机构的宗旨在帮助某个遥远大陆的小朋友。很显然地，演唱会上有歌手提出了这项挑战。
那位歌手说：「我们想要用音乐改变世界，但是我们所能做的，就只是演唱而已。因此我们决定采取实际行动，开始帮助一些需要帮助的小朋友。」史帝夫接受了这项挑战，并且将这个讯息传给他在教会的查经小组，他们商量每个月拿出一些钱，打算一起资助一个孩童。

我们大部分的人都希望把世界变得更好，但这似乎是一项大工程。不过如果我们把目标改成只做一件事来改变一个人的生命，情况可能就不一样了。耶稣说那照顾弟兄们身体需要的，就如同是做在救主身上一样（马太福音25章35-36节）。如果我们因着耶稣的爱，而对一个有需要的人伸出援手，帮助他解决食、衣、住、行等问题，他可能因此对我们的动机感到好奇，想知道我们为什么会帮助他。我们便可藉此机会将他带到上帝的面前，他的生命便有可能因此得到改变。

你想改变这个世界吗？不妨凭着耶稣的名，先从改变某一个人的生命开始做起吧！JDB


你的一个小小的善举，
可能引起巨大的反响；
就像那一圈圈的涟漪，
可能泛入永生的海洋。Norris


只要有人的存在，我们就有行善的机会。
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Change The World?



Read:Matthew 25:34-40
I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink. —Matthew 25:35


Bible In One Year: Joshua 10-12

When my son Steve came home from a concert recently, he had with him a free T-shirt and a brochure for an organization that helps needy children in a far-off continent. Apparently, one of the singers had issued a challenge.

"We wanted to change the world with our music," he said, "but often all we do is sing. We decided that we were going to take action to change some lives, so we started supporting some needy kids." Then he set forth the challenge, which Steve accepted. He then talked with his Bible-study group at church about supporting a child each month.

Most of us want to change the world for the better, but the job seems too big. So what if we decided to do at least one thing to change just one person's life? In the name of Jesus, who said that providing physical help would be the same as helping our Savior Himself (Matthew 25:35-36), what if we reached out to one person with food, or clothing, or transportation? And what if that person, wondering about our motive, asks why we helped? We could then help change that person's life for eternity by introducing him or her to the Savior.

Change the world? Let's start with changing one person in Jesus' name. —Dave Branon


Do a deed of simple kindness,
Though its end you may not see;
It may reach, like widening ripples,
Down a long eternity. —Norris

Wherever a human being exists, there is an opportunity to do a kindness. —Seneca