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凡事谢恩Giving Thanks in All Circumstances

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经文 Scripture:帖前 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

  • 16 要常常喜乐,17不住地祷告,18凡事谢恩,因为这是 神在基督耶稣里向你们所定的旨意。
  • 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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感恩节来自基督信仰 Thanksgiving Holiday originated from Christianity

  • 1620年9月16日,在牧师布莱斯特率领下乘五月花号前往北美。全船乘客102名,途中死去1人,生下1人。11月11日由清教徒领袖在船舱内主持制定一个共同遵守的《五月花号公约》,有41名自由的成年男子在上面签字。其内容为:组织公民团体;拟定公正的法律、法令、规章和条例。

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感恩节来自基督信仰 Thanksgiving Holiday originated from Christianity

  • 11月21日,到达科德角(今马萨诸塞州普罗文斯敦),随即举行了感恩礼拜,这就是最早的美国感恩节的雏形。感恩礼拜后第二天在普利茅斯地方上岸。The first thanksgiving worship service was held on Nov 21st, 1620 in Provincetown, MA, when the 102 Pilgrims arrived at North America via Mayflower.

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感恩节来自基督信仰 Thanksgiving Holiday originated from Christianity

  • 但是他们为了在航海中的七件事,向神献上感恩: They gave thanks to God for seven things in the voyage:
  • 第一,虽然他们的船只有180吨,但就算这么个小船,也感谢神赐给了他们。For the ship
  • 第二,虽然船的速度很慢,但在到达目的地之前,感谢神赐他们顺风,让他们能够一直前进。For the tailwind
  • 第三,航海中虽然有两个人死了,但感谢神,让一个孩子诞生了For newborns

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感恩节来自基督信仰 Thanksgiving Holiday originated from Christianity

  • 第四,他们一个大帆被风吹断了,但是感谢神没有让他们沉船。For not sinking the ship even though a main sail was broken
  • 第五,虽然有几个女孩子被卷进浪涛,但感谢神,全都得救了。For saving the girls who fell off the ship
  • 第六,因着印地安人的妨碍,他们没能登陆,结果他们来到一些好心的住民,居住的地方登陆,为此而感谢。For the landing
  • 第七,虽然他们经过一些苦难的时间,但是感谢神,没有让他们一个人抛弃而回航。For not giving up

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感恩节源自基督教价值观

  • 1621年,马萨诸塞州的冬天非常严寒,有47人丧生,但他们依旧感恩祈祷。上帝垂听了他们的祷告。春天到来的时候,有一名在瘟疫中的幸存者——印第安人史冠托来到他们那里,教导这群清教徒如何种植,狩猎等。史冠托也在他们的带领下信主。
  • 1621年的秋收之后,五月花号协定的主要起草人、大家推举的总督、牧师威廉布雷斯特提议为此定一个节日。他们将以祷告和盛宴庆祝他们的第一个丰收。史冠托也在其中分享了他的信主感恩见证。万帕诺格族的玛沙索(Wampanoag Tribe)酋长也受邀参加。他带着90名印第安人和5头鹿前往,这群清教徒准备了丰收的蔬菜、水果、鱼、水禽、野火鸡和玉米饼。这个节庆持续了3天,这也是感恩节的由来。

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  • 在1863年的葛底斯堡战役(Battle of Gettysburg)之后,为了团结国家并承认“至高神的恩赐”,亚伯拉罕・林肯总统号召美国人民团结一致,把下一年11月的最后一个星期四定为感谢和赞美慈爱天父的日子。

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一、何谓感恩 What is Thanksgiving

  • 感恩,圣经中出现过39次,原文字根是“好,喜乐”,圣经中常常翻译为:感谢,感激,祝福,感恩等。Appears 39 times in the Bible.
  • 感恩不是好歹不分,感恩是感谢神预定的美意,饶恕人对我们的伤害;
  • 感恩不是交换恩典,感恩是知恩报恩,待人以恩;
  • 感恩是一种信念,相信我们的经历都是好的;
  • 感恩是一种信心,相信我们所受的都有益处;
  • 感恩是一种信仰,相信上帝掌管我们的人生,祂的意思原是好的;
  • 感恩是一种美德,以恩抱怨,以爱回馈,授人以恩,知恩感恩

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一、何谓感恩 What is Thanksgiving

  • 感恩是一种心态,不以为被人亏欠,却常有亏欠之心;
  • 感恩是一种操练,除去抱怨,不计较你没有得着的,却善用你已经拥有的;
  • 感恩是一种饶恕,免人之债,为人着想,常存豁达之心,感怀被基督饶恕而饶恕人;
  • 感恩是一种灵敏,感知恩典,善用恩典,给人恩典,也感恩地领受恩典;

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一、何谓感恩 What is Thanksgiving

  • 感恩是一种修为,除去怨渎之心,常存喜乐感怀之情;
  • 感恩是一种境界,除去贪欲,心存坦荡,善于分享;
  • 感恩是一种格局,不以物喜,不以物悲,超然物外;
  • 感恩是一种生活,不计较,不痴迷,不沉溺,不比较,感恩上帝的恩予,善用上帝的托付,专注上帝的使命。
  • 感恩是上帝的旨意,祂要我们常常喜乐,不住祈祷,凡事谢恩。

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二、为何感恩 Why Giving Thanks

  • 1、我们的经历是上帝的计划,不是人的阴谋:虽然经历艰难,但背后都是上帝美丽的计划。Our experience is according to God's plan, not a man’s plot: Although some experiences are difficult, behind them is God's beautiful plan.
  • 【耶 Jer 29:11】耶和华说:我知道我向你们所怀的意念,是赐平安的意念,不是降灾祸的意念,要叫你们末后有指望。For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
  • 【创 Ge 50:20】从前你们的意思是要害我,但神的意思原是好的You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

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二、为何感恩 Why Giving Thanks

  • 2、即使是犯罪受管教的痛苦,也是上帝怜悯下的归正 Even the pain of discipline of sins is the under the mercy of God
  • 诗篇 Ps 103:10他没有按我们的罪过待我们,也没有照我们的罪孽报应我们。11天离地何等的高,他的慈爱向敬畏他的人也是何等的大;12东离西有多远,他叫我们的过犯离我们也有多远。13父亲怎样怜恤他的儿女,耶和华也怎样怜恤敬畏他的人。10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

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二、为何感恩 Why Giving Thanks

  • 3、我们所有的都是不配得的,无论多寡,无论高低,都该为我们所有的心存感谢 We do not deserve any of the things that we have, big or small, high or low, we should be thankful
  • 【林前 1 Co 4:7】使你与人不同的是谁呢?你有什么不是领受的呢?若是领受的,为何自夸,仿佛不是领受的呢?For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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二、为何感恩 Why Giving Thanks

  • 4、感恩让你更蒙恩 Giving thanks leads to more blessings
  • Ps 100:4「当称谢进入他的门、当赞美进入他的院,当感谢他、称颂他的名」.
  • 你称谢就能进入祂的门,你赞美就能进入祂的院,你感谢称颂,就能得荣耀祂的名。Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

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二、为何感恩 Why Giving Thanks

  • 4、感恩让你更蒙恩 Giving thanks leads to more blessings
  • 司布真:「为烛光感谢,神就给他灯光,为灯光感谢,神就给他月光,为月光感谢,神就给他阳光,为阳光感谢,神就给他天国」C.H. Spurgeon: Thanks for the candlelight, God gives him the light, thanks for the light, God gives him the moonlight, thanks for the moonlight, God gives him the sun, thanks for the sunshine, God gives him the kingdom of heaven
  • 诗篇 Ps 50篇23节凡以感谢献上为祭的便是荣耀我;那按正路而行的,我必使他得着我的救恩。
  • 你感谢就荣耀了上帝;你荣耀了上帝,就更有上帝的恩典。Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.

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三、凡事感恩 Giving Thanks in All Circumstances

  • 1、数算恩典 Count the blessings
  • 【诗 Ps 90:12】求你指教我们怎样数算自己的日子,好叫我们得着智慧的心。Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
  • 数算主恩多少 Count the Lord’s blessings
  • 数算人生几何 Count the numbers of our days
  • 数算亏欠几多 Count how much you owe

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三、凡事感恩 Giving Thanks in All Circumstances

  • 2、善用恩典 Make good use of the blessings
  • 来13:15 所以我们当借着他经常献上颂赞的祭给(那)神,这是承认他名的人嘴唇的果子Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.
  • 知恩感恩 Gratitude
  • 表达感激 Thanksgiving
  • 发挥极致 Perfecting

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三、凡事感恩 Giving Thanks in All Circumstances

  • 3、祈求恩典 Ask for blessings
  • 腓4:6 你们当一无挂虑,只要在凡事上借那祷告和(那)祈求,用感谢将你们(那些)所要的到(那)神那里申诉[或:讲明];Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

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凡事谢恩 Giving Thanks in All Circumstances

  • 撒旦给人最可怕的陷阱就是“不满”,和“抱怨”。上帝给我们的旨意却是“凡事谢恩”!Satan's most terrible trap for man is "discontent", but God's will for us is “giving thanks in all circumstances!"