2012年10月10日
重視品格…
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你們得力在乎平靜安穩…」以賽亞書30章15節
自四年前的金融海嘯，我們最終學會的功課，就是在各個機構中，在各項社會運動裡，品格是最重要的。我們察覺到，我們在世上需要有品格的人
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那些人基本上不在乎別人怎樣想，不計較他們的名聲，而是重視自己的品格，是正確的事就會去做。
我們就這樣越來越重視我們真正是誰，和別人的內心深處到底是一個怎麼樣的人，這才是重要。
在神的各種事工裡，品格賦予力量和能力。然而，不只是領袖需要良好的品格，還有各機構中的所有人都需要。我們必須擁有真正品格的人，就是真心喜歡做正直的事，就是喜歡這樣作。
讓我們真心愛人，真正看重神怎樣看我們，而少一點在乎其別人怎樣看自己。身為信徙，讓我們一起，倚靠神在我們裡面的力量和真理，成為有良善品格的人，在艱難時刻，正如現今的境況中，無私地幫助別人。
禱告：神的聖靈啊，今天我活著所得的力量，是在乎平靜安穩。幫助我領悟這真理，然後在困苦時期，就如現今的境況中去幫助別人，我活在世上的餘生也要這樣作，因這是祢給我的旨意。
反思：在困難時刻，品格如何幫助你？缺乏品格所導致的過失或不當行為，怎樣傷害了你或他人？今天，靠著神的力量，你作什麼來幫助有需要的人？
10 October 2012
Character counts...
"...In quietness and confidence is your strength..." - Isaiah 30:15c,
NLT
If we've learned something in the last, what, four years since
the great collapse in our economy, it is that character is the most important
thing in any organization, in any movement. We've discovered that what we need
in our world are people of character - men and women who primarily care not
about what people think, not about their own reputations, but about character -
doing what is right just for the sake of doing it.
We've come to care more about who we really are, and whom that
other person is deep down inside. That's what matters.
Character is what gives strength and power to any movement of God.
However, it's not just in the leader that needs good character, but also in
all the people involved in any organization. We must all be people of true
character, people who really love doing good. Just love
it.
Let's truly love people and care deeply about what God thinks
about us, and care less about what anybody else thinks. Together, let's
depend on God's strength and truth in us, as believers, to be people of good
character helping others selflessly in times such as
these.
Prayer: Spirit of God, in quietness and confidence is my strength for
living today. Help me to take in this truth, and then help others, as is Your
will for me, in times such as these and for the rest of my life on earth.
Amen.
Reflection: How has character helped you during hard times? How has a
lack of character in missteps or misdeeds hurt you or others? What are you
doing, today, in God's strength to help others in need?
