First let me share
a video clip with you.
What We Can Learn About Life from a Potato, Eggs,
and Coffee
In time of difficulty, what's your reaction to
it?
Surrender, like a potato? Become tough and isolate from the
outside world? Or stand firm and transform this sorrow into a power, a power to
help others in need?
It’s all your choice and God is the only one can help.
5 Bible Characters Who Were Successful After Miserable Failure, Joseph, Job, Moses, Gideon and David.
Joseph stays loyal, faithful to God, and keep exercising that gift or talent he has given you, there will be a day when victory will come. (Genesis 37) 約瑟是雅各的十二個兒子中排行十一, 是雅各最鍾愛的妻子拉結的第一個兒子, 是最為雅各所寵愛的, 但他因此招來了他哥哥們的嫉恨, 導致了一系列的不幸。約瑟的一生經歷了許多的風光, 但也遇到過了許多人無法想像的痛苦。從他在患難中對上帝的信靠, 我們可以看到一個標準的信心的榜樣。
Job 42:12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. how you must keep your own identity as a child of God, and do not let any external storm to change your faith and loyalty to God. We may suffer in this world but Jesus will always be with us, even if we look like losers to the world. 在明白了神完全得著一個人的全過程的同時，人也了解了神將約伯交給撒但的目的與意義。對於約伯所受的苦難人不再耿耿於懷，對於約伯受苦的意義也有了全新的領悟，人不再為自己能否臨到約伯一樣的試探而擔心，也不再抵觸、抗拒神的試煉臨到。約伯的信心、順服與約伯戰勝撒但的見證給了人莫大的幫助與鼓勵，從約伯身上人看到了自己蒙拯救的希望；看到了人憑著信心與對神的順服、敬畏是完全可以打敗撒但、戰勝撒但的；看到了只要人能順服神的主宰、神的安排，只要人有失掉一切也不棄掉神的決心與信心，人便可以讓撒但蒙羞失敗；看到了只要人有寧可丟掉性命也要站住見證的決心與毅力，撒但便聞風喪膽、倉皇退卻。
God himself insisted on Moses calling and assure him that if he kept his faith and believed, he, Moses will lead the people of Israel out of slavery. 摩西救以色列人脫離埃及人的魔掌，領他們出埃及去，到美麗富饒的迦南。
Judges 6 Gideon, he’s the very picture of failure. angel of the Lord (that is, God himself) appeared to Gideon, called him a valiant man, and appointed him as the leader who would regain Israel’s independence from Midian. 15 基甸說：「主啊，我有何能拯救以色列人呢？我家在瑪拿西支派中是至貧窮的，我在我父家是至微小的。」 16 耶和華對他說：「我與你同在，你就必擊打米甸人，如擊打一人一樣。」
David sat before the Lord, praising Him and thanking Him for all the blessings he had received in his life. David’s broken heart and contrite spirit are what brought him the forgiveness of God and are what will bring him back to be the prince of Christ during Christ’s millennial reign. King David was the only person described by God as “a man after my own heart” (Acts 13:22). Yet, David wasn’t without sin. How could God call an adulterer and murderer a man after his own heart? The answer is the greatest lesson we can learn from the life of David — repentance. Although David sinned, he always repented. 大衛用甩石的機弦戰勝歌利亞，為以色列軍帶來勝利。我們雖然是污穢及軟弱的，但只要願意獻上身心，神會不斷地塑造我們，使我們成為合祂心意的人。
God sees in you something beyond your own understanding. He is looking for Godly wisdom. He knows us, we may have a few failures in our records, but we can learn from Joseph, Job, Moses, Gideon, Peter and David that despite weakness and failure, we can be used mightily by our all-powerful God, because He knows us and He is willing to discuss and debate with us his plans and his reasons for calling us. how God works through weak and frail and sinful persons, like you and me, to accomplish His purposes.
Joseph stays loyal, faithful to God, and keep exercising that gift or talent he has given you, there will be a day when victory will come. (Genesis 37) 約瑟是雅各的十二個兒子中排行十一, 是雅各最鍾愛的妻子拉結的第一個兒子, 是最為雅各所寵愛的, 但他因此招來了他哥哥們的嫉恨, 導致了一系列的不幸。約瑟的一生經歷了許多的風光, 但也遇到過了許多人無法想像的痛苦。從他在患難中對上帝的信靠, 我們可以看到一個標準的信心的榜樣。
Job 42:12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. how you must keep your own identity as a child of God, and do not let any external storm to change your faith and loyalty to God. We may suffer in this world but Jesus will always be with us, even if we look like losers to the world. 在明白了神完全得著一個人的全過程的同時，人也了解了神將約伯交給撒但的目的與意義。對於約伯所受的苦難人不再耿耿於懷，對於約伯受苦的意義也有了全新的領悟，人不再為自己能否臨到約伯一樣的試探而擔心，也不再抵觸、抗拒神的試煉臨到。約伯的信心、順服與約伯戰勝撒但的見證給了人莫大的幫助與鼓勵，從約伯身上人看到了自己蒙拯救的希望；看到了人憑著信心與對神的順服、敬畏是完全可以打敗撒但、戰勝撒但的；看到了只要人能順服神的主宰、神的安排，只要人有失掉一切也不棄掉神的決心與信心，人便可以讓撒但蒙羞失敗；看到了只要人有寧可丟掉性命也要站住見證的決心與毅力，撒但便聞風喪膽、倉皇退卻。
God himself insisted on Moses calling and assure him that if he kept his faith and believed, he, Moses will lead the people of Israel out of slavery. 摩西救以色列人脫離埃及人的魔掌，領他們出埃及去，到美麗富饒的迦南。
Judges 6 Gideon, he’s the very picture of failure. angel of the Lord (that is, God himself) appeared to Gideon, called him a valiant man, and appointed him as the leader who would regain Israel’s independence from Midian. 15 基甸說：「主啊，我有何能拯救以色列人呢？我家在瑪拿西支派中是至貧窮的，我在我父家是至微小的。」 16 耶和華對他說：「我與你同在，你就必擊打米甸人，如擊打一人一樣。」
David sat before the Lord, praising Him and thanking Him for all the blessings he had received in his life. David’s broken heart and contrite spirit are what brought him the forgiveness of God and are what will bring him back to be the prince of Christ during Christ’s millennial reign. King David was the only person described by God as “a man after my own heart” (Acts 13:22). Yet, David wasn’t without sin. How could God call an adulterer and murderer a man after his own heart? The answer is the greatest lesson we can learn from the life of David — repentance. Although David sinned, he always repented. 大衛用甩石的機弦戰勝歌利亞，為以色列軍帶來勝利。我們雖然是污穢及軟弱的，但只要願意獻上身心，神會不斷地塑造我們，使我們成為合祂心意的人。
God sees in you something beyond your own understanding. He is looking for Godly wisdom. He knows us, we may have a few failures in our records, but we can learn from Joseph, Job, Moses, Gideon, Peter and David that despite weakness and failure, we can be used mightily by our all-powerful God, because He knows us and He is willing to discuss and debate with us his plans and his reasons for calling us. how God works through weak and frail and sinful persons, like you and me, to accomplish His purposes.
Jeremiah 18:3-4 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 3 我就下到陶匠的家裡去，見他正在轉盤旁工作。 4 陶匠用他手中的泥所做的器皿壞了，他就用這泥再做別的器皿，照著自己的意思去作。
James 1:2-4 2 My
brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations,
Isaiah 58:8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward. 這樣，你的光就必突然發出，像黎明的曙光，你的傷口就必快快復原；你的公義就必行在你的前面，耶和華的榮耀要作你的後盾。
3 knowing this: that the
trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her
perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing. 2 我的弟兄們，你們遭遇各種試煉的時候，都要看為喜樂； 3 因為知道你們的信心經過考驗，就產生忍耐。 4 但忍耐要堅持到底，使你們可以完全，毫無缺乏。
Philippians 3:13-14 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended it, but this one thing I do: forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 13 弟兄們，我不以為自己已經得著了，我只有一件事，就是忘記背後，努力前面的事， 14 向著目標竭力追求，為要得著 神在基督耶穌裡召我往上去得的獎賞。
1 Peter 5:6-7 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your cares upon Him, for He careth for you. 6 所以你們要謙卑，服在 神大能的手下，到了時候，他必叫你們升高。 7 你們要把一切憂慮卸給 神，因為他顧念你們。
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 耶和華啊！現在你還是我們的父；我們不過是泥土，你才是陶匠；我們眾人都是你手所作的。
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 我們知道，為了愛 神的人，就是按他旨意蒙召的人的益處，萬事都一同效力。
Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” 耶穌看著他們說：“在人這是不能的，在 神卻凡事都能。”
The 5 Stages of Godly
Change
Broken
Brokenness is a prerequisite
for a life change.
Crushed
Ironically, the journey to being remade, restored and renewed starts with being crushed.
Molded
Once reduced to the point of wanting nothing more than the potter's touch, you are ready to be molded.
Refined
Once your new characteristics begin to take form, you are moved into a season of intense heat.
Filled
Once taken off the potter's wheel, you are never alone.
Crushed
Ironically, the journey to being remade, restored and renewed starts with being crushed.
Molded
Once reduced to the point of wanting nothing more than the potter's touch, you are ready to be molded.
Refined
Once your new characteristics begin to take form, you are moved into a season of intense heat.
Filled
Once taken off the potter's wheel, you are never alone.
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