Special Event - Living the Intentional Life

Click to edit Master title style “LIVING THE INTENTIONAL LIFE” (Ephesians 5:15-18) 活出导向的生命 （以弗所书 5 章 15-18 节） 2017 QUEENSTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ANNIVERSARY REVIVAL MEETING 2017 女皇镇浸信教会 周年庆复兴晚会 INTRODUCTION 引言 Who learns better: Serious Adults or Happy Children ? 谁学习得比较好： 严谨的成人 或 快乐的儿童 ？ Ready for a short quiz ? 预 备好做个小测试吗？ A word-association exercise! 一个有关文字的练习！ INTRODUCTION 1. Who learns better: Serious Adults or Happy Children ? 2. Ready for a short quiz? A word-association exercise! Respond in ONE word. For example, if I say “ ROLEX ”, you say…. 以一个字回应 比方说，我说“劳力士”，你会说 … ROLEX  TOYOTA  STARBUCKS  MONT BLANC  NIKE  QANTAS  GUCCI  SUCCESS  A WORD-ASSOCIATION EXERCISE 有关文字练习 Watch Car Coffee Pen Shoe Airplane Bag ???? In our cultural narrative, success is a brand. 在我们的文化里，成功是一个品牌。 Yet… 然而 … Four Keys to Living the Intentional Life 四 个活出导向生命的关键 EXAMINING YOUR LIFE 检讨你的生命 “ Be careful how you walk …” (v.15) “你们 行事为人 要 谨慎 …”(v 15) 1. THREE SIGNIFICANT OBSERVATIONS HERE 三 个重大的观察 BE ATTENTIVE to the direction of your life! 请注意你生命的方向 - Not steps but metaphor for life. 生命的隐喻而不是步骤 - The choices we make and the conduct of our life. 我们的选择和生命的品格 b. BE ATTENTIVE because it is something important! 请注意，因为很重要！ - Be careful. 请小心 - minefield / traffic and small daughters 地雷区 / 交通和小女儿 BE ATTENTIVE to whether you are careful or not! 请注意你谨慎与否！ A specific concern expressed here! 这里表达了一个特殊的关注！ Gk. akribōs - “Pay attention to Walk ACCURATELY!!” “请小心正确的行走” 2 . APPLICATIONAL FOCUS 应用的重点 Don’t take life for granted! 不 要觉得生命是理所当然的！ Think Time & Buffer Time 思 考和缓冲时间 B. REDEEMING YOUR TIME 赎回你的时间 “Making the most of every opportunity…” (v.16) “要把 握时 机 …”(v 16) THREE DIMENSIONS 三个阶段 The DISCOVERY Years 探索 期 ( Birth to 30) The DEFINING Years 确定 期 ( 30 to 60) The DEEPENING Years 进深 期 ( 60 to 90) THE 8 DECADAL SEASONS OF LIFE 8 个“十年生命的季节” We are used to Looking at Life in TWO Dimensions (Half Time) But I prefer to Look at Life in THREE Dimensions 我们习惯了视生命为 两个阶段 （半场） 我比较喜欢视生命为 三个阶段 THE DISCOVERY YEARS (Birth to 30) 探索 期 ( 出世到 30) The Developmental Years 发展 期 (birth–10) The Discovery Years 探索 期 (10–20) The Capacity Years 丰盛 期 (20–30) DIMENSION 1 第一阶段 THE DEFINING YEARS (30 to 60) 确定 期 ( 30 到 60) The Give-And-Take Years 取舍 期 (30–40) The Giving Years 付出 期 (40–50) The Mentoring Years 督导 期 (50–60) DIMENSION 2 第二阶段 THE DEEPENING YEARS (60 & beyond) 进深 期 ( 60 以后 ) 7. The New Horizon Years 新视野 期 (60-70) 8. The Finishing Well Years 圆满 期 (over 70) DIMENSION 3 第三阶段 Motivation given – “because the days are evil” “因 为日子是邪恶的” What’s the connection? 这有何关连？ INSIGHT. 洞察 Alexander McClaren “… because these days have in themselves a tendency to draw us away from the true path and to blind us as to their real meaning. The world is full of possibilities for good and evil, and the same day which in one aspect is the ‘season’ for serving God is, in another aspect, an ‘evil’ day which may draw us away from Him .” “ … 因为这些日子本身就有倾向于将我们拖离真道，且让我们看不见其真正的意义。这个世界充满了善和恶，在同一天内，一个人可以处于事奉上帝的‘季节’，同时也可以是让我们远离祂的‘恶’日” We miss the Kairos moment of the present! 我们错失了目前的时机！ Here’s how we are most often inclined to see the 3 DIMENSIONS OF TIME… 我们通常会倾向这样看待这三个阶段 … We live with regrets and baggage from the past. 我们活在遗憾和过去的包袱中 2. We live with anxieties of the uncertain future. 我们活在未知未来的焦虑中 3. But most significantly, we live with disregard for the common-place present. 最重 要 的 是 我 们漠视现在 In other words, we often take for granted the present – and MISS THE OPPORTUNITIES inherent therein. 换 句话说，我们经常把目前视为理所当然而 错失 了其中的 机会 。 You cannot change the past . 你不能改变过去。 You cannot live in the future . 你不能活在未来。 You can only live in the present moment of TODAY ! 你只能在 今天 的此时此刻存活。 GET THIS. Live TODAY well – and you would have changed yesterday’s future … and your new PAST will be great tomorrow!! 你要活 好今天 —— 如此你就已经改 变 了昨日的未来 … 而 你也为明天留下了 美好的过去 !! TODAY is yesterday’s FUTURE…and tomorrow’s PAST! 今天 是昨天的未来 … 是明天的过去！ Application. 应用 Think carefully how you would spend the rest of your life. 仔细思考你可以如何使用你余下的生命。 C. DETERMINING YOUR PURPOSE 确认你的目的 “ Understand what the will of the Lord is…” ( v.17) “understand” – Gk. ‘suniemi’ (“to piece together”) “要 明白 什么是 主的旨意 … ”（ v17 ） “明白” 就是（“拼在一起”） 4 MOVEMENTS FOR MARKETPLACE MINISTRY 职场事工的 4 个动向 Business as a LIVELIHOOD 工作是为了生活 Business as a CALLING 工作是因着呼召 Business as a PLATFORM 工作是作为平台 Business as a LABORATORY 工作是一个实验室 D. EMBRACING YOUR PRIORITY 设定你的优先次序 “Be filled with the Spirit” (v.18) “让圣灵 充满 ”（ v18 ） It’s a COMMAND: “You MUST be filled…” 这 是一个命令：“你必须被充满 …” It’s a CONTINUAL Command… 这是一个持续的命令 It’s NOT about Having MORE OF THE SPIRIT 这不是关乎多点儿的圣灵充满 It’s NOT about Spiritual Giftedness 这不是关乎属灵恩赐 CONCLUSION 结论 Don't Waste the Rest of Your Life! Be Intentional...!! 不要浪费你余下的生命 有策划地前行 …!! Wilberforce Weekend – OS GUINNESS and JOHN STOTT “Pray that I would be faithful till the end!” “祈盼我能 忠心 到底！”