Resilient Ministry What Pastors Told Us About Surviving

Resilient Ministry -- What Pastors Told Us About Surviving and Thriving Bob Burns, Tasha D. Chapman and Donald C. Guthrie IVP, 2013

《竭誠為主》9月19日 你繼續與 主同行麼？ Do you continue to go with Jesus? �我在磨煉之中，常和我同在的就是你們。 （路二十二28）Ye are they which have continued with Me in My temptations. Luke 22: 28.

�神所安排的際遇，不管是什麼，我們都必需 面對；同時在他的試探裡，要與他不斷同行。 那些試探不是針對我們而來，乃是對著祂， 針對我們裡面神的兒子而來的。耶穌基督的 尊榮，繫於我們這肉身上，我們是否持守對 神兒子的忠貞？ �God engineers circumstances, and whatever they may be like we have to see that we face them while abiding continually with Him in His temptations. They are His temptations, not temptations to us, but temptations to the life of the Son of God in us. The honour of Jesus Christ is at stake in your bodily life. Are you remaining loyal to the Son of God in the things which beset His life in you?

《竭誠為主》9月20日生命的神 聖定律 The divine rule of life �所以你們要完全，像你們的天父完全一樣。 （太五 48）Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5: 48.

�信徒的秘訣，就是藉神的恩典，使超然的在 他裡面成為自然，這種經歷並非在與神相交 的時刻中表現，而是在日常生活的細節中實 行。當我們碰到叫人頭昏腦脹的事，便會稀 奇自己竟有能力保持平靜安穩。 �The secret of a Christian is that the supernatural is made natural in him by the grace of God, and the experience of this works out in the practical details of life, not in times of communion with God. When we come in contact with things that create a buzz, we find to our amazement that we have power to keep wonderfully poised in the centre of it all.

a. 靈命塑造 — 無法堅持 �Eisenhower: “Important things are seldom urgent; urgent things are seldom important. ” �First things first. �短期OK； �屢敗屢戰—什麼地方跌倒，什麼地方爬起來！

c. 情緒商數 — 太忙碌而沒有時間反思 →當學習 reflection -on-action (disciplined reflection 靈程札記？！) �“No one is going to ask you, “Have you reflected today? ” Indeed, reflection is not found in the job description of most pastors. But we got to make time for the things we value.

d. 文化商數 — 害怕跨出 comfort zone. → consciously, deliberately choose to do it!