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The light shines on the whole world, and it only depends on who is willing to follow Christ and who wants to be a “child of light.” Who wants to be shrouded in the love of Christ, and who wants to use the reflection of light to carry forward his special genius and contribute to the great effect of mankind? Engrave this equation in your mind, and always push the answer to this equation, which is: I + Christ =? (Excerpt from “Essays on the Heart of Ice”).
恩典见证 11. …
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冰心，原名谢婉莹，中国著名诗人、作家、翻译家、儿童文学家，笔名取自“一片冰心在玉壶”，被称为“世纪老人”，“文坛祖母”。
冰心曾就读于美国著名的卫斯理大学(宋美龄在美国也上这所大学)，后任教于燕京大学、清华大学和日本东京大学，并当选中国文联副主席。 她在一篇序文中谈到老舍时写过这样的话：“讲到老舍的行善、分享、给人温暖，我记得有一次我们谈到圣经，他说过圣经上的‘施比受更为有福’(徒20：35)。我认为行善上，老舍是位最有福的人。老舍是位基督徒，这我从来不知道。我却是从中学到大学，都受的是基督教的教育” [摘自1995年总14-15期合刊《彩虹》]。
冰心是位基督徒，她翻译过一些基督教的诗歌。她曾写《天婴》一诗：“马槽里可能睡眠，凝注天空。这清亮的歌声，珍重的话语，催他思索。想只有泪珠盈眼，热血盈腔，奔赴着十字架，奔赴着荆棘冠，想一生何曾安顿? 繁星在天，夜色深深，开始的负上罪担千钧。” 冰心热情宣传“爱的哲学”，可以说基督的博爱思想是她文学创作的基本支点，她的小说、诗歌和散文，心之所发，笔之所至，无时无处不关于一个“爱”字：童心、母爱、对大自然的爱和对祖国故土的爱。
1999年2月14日下午，冰心的女儿吴青偎依在母亲身边，用纯熟的英语给母亲唱着《平安夜》歌，为母亲深情祝福。她说：“平时在家过节时，娘总是和我们一起吟唱《平安夜》歌。”此时老人静静地听着，听着，听着那熟悉的歌声；慢慢地睁开眼睛，微微地笑了。或许，这歌声唤起了她往日的记忆.后来总理来看望，吴青中断了歌声。2月28日冰心离世，享年99岁。
吴青是北京外国语大学教授、妇女世界最高基金会副主席。冰心去世后，她到四川马边县为乡村女教师授课。授课中她三次流泪，说：“妈妈是作家，也是我的老师，我的榜样。妈妈曾获日本儿童文学奖，有奖金三万元。她生前一直想用这笔奖金捐助贫困山区的辍学女孩，今天，我来这里实现她的遗愿。妈妈捐了她所有的稿费，捐了她的书籍、字画，甚至捐了她的五脏和脑子”
1999年3月1日香港《星岛日报》评论冰心说：“1920年开始，她受泰戈尔作品的影响。她有‘文坛祖母’之称，她将博大的爱心留给了无数最需要帮助的弱者，将崇尚民主，淡泊名利，疾恶如仇的精神留给了中国。”1999年3月3日法国《世界报》评论冰心说：“她曾得到过诺贝尔文学奖的提名。在中国当代文学中，她始终是体现着自由精神的一群非常伟大的妇女之—。”
冰心在1921年写的《我+基督=?》一文中说：以西门的勇敢，渗在基督的爱里，便化合成了彼得，成了基督教会的柱石。我要是渗在基督的爱里，又可得怎样的效果呢? 耶稣说：“我是世界的光”[约8：12]，又说：“你们应当趁着有光，信从这光，使你们成为光明之子”[约12：36]。门徒约翰说：“那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人”[约1：9]。世人各特具的才能，发挥出来，也是花卉般争妍斗艳。然而假如他的天才不笼盖在基督的真光之下，再反映出来，结果只是枯寂，暗淡，不精神，无生意，与行尸走肉没有分别。
光是普照大千世界的，只在乎谁肯跟从基督，谁愿做“光明之子”。愿笼盖在真光之下，谁愿渗在基督的爱里?谁愿借着光明的反映，发扬他特具的天才，贡献人类以伟大的效果? 请铭刻这个方程在你脑中，时时要推求这个方程的答案，就是：我+基督=? 。
如今常存的有信，有望，有爱；这三样其中最大的是爱。——哥林多前书13：13
冰心的圣诗《生命》生命，是什么呢？要了解他么？
他 —- 是昙花，是朝露，是云影；一刹那顷出现了，一刹那顷吹散了。
上帝啊！你创造世人，为何使他这般虚幻？
昨天 —- 过去了。今天 —- 依然？明天 —- 谁能知道！上帝啊！
万物的结局近了，求你使我心里清明，呼吁你祷告你，直到万物结局的日子，阿们。原编者注：《雅各书》第四章第十四节为：你们连明天还活着没有都不晓得！你们不过像一场雾，出现一会儿就不见了。《诗篇》第八十九篇第四十七节为：求你记得我的人生多么短促，求你记得你所造的人都必朽坏。
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Jesus, I have thought many times that if it weren’t for you, maybe I would have left this cruel world long ago.I’m not a strong person, and although the whole world uses those two words to describe me, you know, I’m not.I owe so much to what you have given me. But, I know, you love me and never thought of asking me back.It’s how much I want to pay it back, even a little.
Jesus, I have not seen you, but you have mercy on my prayers when I am lonely and helpless—this is not my delusion, it is true. If it’s just a thought, then my life is just an illusion.
Those who have never tried to rely on you, say it’s all psychological, it’s all imagination. They are imagining the experience that we experience in a way that they don’t know because they have never experienced it. After all, knowledge cannot make people experience the joy of walking with God, because reason and logic cannot explain or speculate on the existence of such a transcendent wisdom. Your teachings are different from other people’s teachings, and those teachings that are high and unattainable have nothing to do with us in the world. But you are different, you have said it yourself – you are the Tao. Those who follow you do not have to search for or rely on their limited wisdom to figure out what the Tao is, as long as they follow you, they are already walking in the Tao. Jesus, I am content to know you.
But you must also know that I cannot always be satisfied, and as long as I am in the world, my weaknesses cannot be completely removed.No one can be like you, no one has been able to truly emulate you since ancient times, and although countless people are willing to emulate you, no one has been able to do it.
You are the Word in the flesh, and no one can imitate that alone, especially since you were crucified and died for the sins of man, and then rose from the dead. You see, who in the world can do it but you?
Therefore a man’s weakness cannot be removed, and he cannot be like you.
Because there is no perfect person in the world, only you are perfect.
But from the time you were born in the dirtiest manger, from the time you chose to walk the hardest way in the world, from the time you were willing to humble yourself to wash the feet of others, from your utter immaculate patience and victory over all temptations… You have proved your love for the world with all your life in the world. Jesus, although I cannot be as white and spotless as you are, I know that from the moment I fully accept you, you have completely forgiven me for all my sins and transgressions.
You have forgiven all my weaknesses and possible transgressions in the world.I know, but I can’t be pure.
You have the authority to forgive sins, and I have the weakness to continue to make mistakes. I can predict that no matter how hard, strong, and devout I am in the world, I will not be able to escape the darkness completely. So I can’t praise myself in any way.
Because I know my weaknesses too well. Sometimes in the face of challenges, I will tremble, sometimes I will face loneliness, I will complain, sometimes I will face the fog of the future, and I will indulge in darkness.
Jesus, the only thing I have in perfect faith is that you won’t let go.
Even I hate myself to the extreme. You still love me, as you always do.
Jesus, calling your name pierces and nourishes the deepest part of my soul more than the name of anyone I love. Jesus, I believe you will teach me how to be strong and courageous.
I believe that you will eventually show me what you have promised—the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey.
I trust in your faithfulness, even as my flesh wavers, yet my heart is as firm as death.
Jesus, I have no idols, because the people born of you do not need idols.I am weak, but I can stick to right and wrong, good and evil. For the people born of you will not be slaves to sin.I’m not a kind person, but I can serve those who hate me. For the people born of you do not need to show off their semblance of hypocrisy, but we love because you first loved us. Jesus, this generation—without you, there are no truly saved souls.
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耶稣, 我想过很多次，如果没有你，或许我早已离开这个残酷的世界。
我不是个坚强的人，虽然全世界都用这两个字来形容我，但是你知道，我不是的。
对于你给予我的，我还有太多亏欠。但是，我知道，你爱我，从未想过要我还。
是我自己多么想要还，哪怕一点点。
耶稣, 我没有见过你，但是我孤苦无依时的祈求，你都怜恤垂听——这不是我的妄想，这是事实。如果这只是一种念想，那我的生命也只是一场幻觉。
那些从未尝试依靠你的人，他们说这都是心理因素，都是想象。其实他们才真的在以自己不知道的一面想象我们真实历经过的经验，因为从未经历过、因为知识学问不能叫人体验与神同行的快乐、因为理智逻辑不能解释也无法揣测这种超越智慧的存在。
你的道与别人的道理不同，那些高高在上、遥不可及的道理与我们世人本就无关。然而你不同，你亲口说过——你就是道。跟随你的人不用苦苦去寻找或是靠着自己有限的智慧推敲什么是道，只要跟随你，就已经走在道中。
耶稣,我以认识你作为满足。
但是你必然也知道，我不能时刻满足，只要还在世上，我的软弱就不能全然除去。
没有人可以像你，自古以来就没有人能够真正效仿你，虽然无数的人愿意效仿你，但是没有人能够做到。
你是道成为肉身，仅仅这一点就没有人可以效仿，更何况你还为了人的罪被钉十架死去，然后又从死里复活。你看，世上除了你以外，有谁可以做到？
所以人的软弱无法除去，不能像你。
因为世界没有完全人，唯有你是完全。
然而从你降生在最肮脏的马槽，从你选择在世上走最艰难的路，从你愿意自降为卑洗别人的脚，从你全然无暇的忍耐并胜过一切试探…就已经在世上用全部的生命证明了你对世人的爱。
耶稣,虽然我不能如同你的样子做到洁白无瑕，但是我知道从我完全接受你那一刻开始，你已经彻底赦免我一切罪孽过犯。
我在世上一切的软弱和可能出现的过犯，你都一一赦免。
我知道，我却不能做到纯全。
你有赦免罪恶的权柄，我也有继续犯错的软弱。我能够预料自己在世上即使再努力、再刚强、再虔诚，也难以彻底逃脱黑暗。所以我无法指着自己作任何的夸赞。
因为太清楚自己的弱点。有时候面对挑战，也会胆颤、有时候面对孤单，也会埋怨、有时候面对如雾般的前路，也会沉迷黑暗.
耶稣，我唯一的完完全全的信心只有一点——你不会放手。
即使连我自己都恨自己到极点。你还是爱我，一如既往的爱我。
耶稣，叫着你的名字，比叫着任何一个我所喜爱的人的名字更能刺透也更能润泽——灵魂最深处。
耶稣,我相信你会教导我怎样刚强壮胆。
我相信你至终会让我看见你所应许的——流着奶与蜜的迦南之地。
我相信你的信实，即使我的肉体摇离不定，然而我的心——如死坚定。
耶稣, 我没有偶像，因为从你而生的子民——不需要偶像。
我软弱，但是面对是非善恶却可以誓死坚持。因为从你而生的子民——坚决不作罪恶的奴隶。
我不是什么善良到忘我的人，但却可以去服事那些恨我的人。因为从你而生的子民——不需要用外表光鲜的伪善示人，我们爱，只因你先爱我们。
耶稣, 这个世代——没有你，没有真正得救的灵魂。
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“Love” is a “nutrient” that human beings have been inseparable from since ancient times, what is true love, and how to love so that it will not be hurt? In the face of love, do you choose someone who loves you or someone you love?
Christian artist Kou Naixin talked about the “true meaning of love” through her own experience on Beijing Satellite TV’s “I Am a Speaker” program.
She admitted that she has lived in a loving environment since she was a child, just like a princess, so when she falls in love, she hopes that her boyfriend will treat her like a princess, which is also what most of the audience here raised their hands in agreement.
In college, she had four boyfriends in one go, with different styles, but the same thing was that they all loved her. Among the four boyfriends, No. 1 is the Prince of Stars, who can fold 3,650 colored stars in one go; The second boyfriend is erudite and talented, and he can talk about astronomy and geography; The No. 3 boyfriend is a long-legged uncle, who is diligent and takes care of Kou Naixin; Boyfriend No. 4 is a tragic saint, and when two people quarrel, he will run in the rain shouting Kou Naixin’s name.
In addition to the above four, after that, she met the fifth “Heavenly King”, which combined all the advantages of the above four boyfriends and can be called a “perfect man”, so the two held a luxurious engagement ceremony. But when she felt that she was about to become the happiest princess and marry the prince who loved her the most, she found that before the marriage, the groom ran away and mailed her the engagement ring with a long letter attached, and she was puzzled at that time, “Why is this happening, doesn’t he love me very much.”
When she opened the long letter and read it, she understood the reason why her boyfriend ran away from marriage. The letter said, “Kou Naixin, you don’t know me at all, you don’t love me at all, you don’t know what food I eat, you don’t know what movies I like to watch, you only love me for being good to you.”
Encountering such a huge blow, Kou Naixin washed her face with tears every day. When she read the letter repeatedly, she began to reflect, how can my love be so selfish? In this world, no one wants to be the one who gives more and loves more. When he doesn’t get anything in return, his heart will be cold, and he will go. She understands that although she chose someone who loves her very much, she did not get the happiness she expected, so she learned from the pain and decided to learn to love someone well.
Later, she fell in love with a man who was willing to love him without looking back and was willing to give everything for him. When she truly loved, she understood, “Love is giving, not plundering, and love is sharing rather than possessing.” ”
However, people are weak sinners, and even if you find someone you love very much and are willing to give everything for him, you must know that if the other person has not responded, you will not be able to love to the end on your own. So you need to learn the love of Christ, when you receive the unconditional love of Christ, and then love the other person, whether the other person is willing to reciprocate or not, you can endure and love to the end.
“Since he loved his people in the world, he loved them to the end. (John 13:1)
God is love! Jesus’ love for us is unconditional and enduring to the end, and only by understanding this love, receiving this love, entering this love, and living this love, can you have the most beautiful and happy marriage. Kou Naixin, born in a Christian family, is the granddaughter of the famous Chinese pastor Kou Shiyuan, whose father is an elder of the Taiwanese church, and her uncle is a famous Chinese pastor and former Taiwanese TV anchor Kou Shaoen. Graduating from the Department of Foreign Languages of National Taiwan University, a famous entertainment program host in Taiwan, he became famous on the mainland in 2012 for serving as an emotional mentor on Guizhou Satellite TV’s “Very Perfect” program. Husband Huang Guolun, a famous Taiwanese musician, entered the Chinese pop music scene with the song “I Do” and became a well-known music talent.
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“爱”是人类从古至今都离不开的“养分”，到底什么是真爱，如何爱才不会受伤? 面对爱情，你是选择一个爱你的人，还是一个你爱的人?
基督徒艺人寇乃馨在北京卫视的《我是演说家》节目上借着自身经历畅谈“爱的真谛”。
她坦言自己从小生活在爱的环境中，就如一位公主，所以谈恋爱时希望男朋友把她当成公主一样对待，这也是在座大部分观众举手赞同的。
在大学时，她一口气交了四个男朋友，风格各异，但相同的是都很爱她。四个男友中，一号是星星王子，能一口气折3650个彩色星星; 二号男友是博学才子，天文地理都可以谈; 三号男友是长腿叔叔，腿勤快，对寇乃馨的照顾无微不至;四号男友是悲剧情圣，当两个人吵架时，他会在雨中喊着寇乃馨的名字奔跑。
除了上面这四位，之后，她又遇到了第五位“天王”，综合了上面四位男友的所有优点，堪称“完美男人”，于是，二人举办了豪华的订婚仪式。但当她觉得自己就要成为最幸福的公主，嫁给最爱自己的王子时，发现结婚前，新郎跑了，并把订婚戒指邮寄给她，并附着一封长信，那时她真的满心不解，“为什么会这样，他不是很爱我吗.”
当她打开长信看完之后才明白男友逃婚缘由。信中说道，“寇乃馨，你根本不了解我，你根本不爱我，我吃什么菜你不了解，我爱看什么电影你也不知道，你只爱我对你的好”
遭遇如此巨大的打击，寇乃馨每天以泪洗面。当她反复看这封信时，开始反思，我的爱情怎么会这么自私呢? 这个世界上，没有一个人想做那个付出更多、爱更多的人。当他得不到回报时，心会凉的，人是会走的。她明白，虽然选了一个很爱自己的人，却没有得到预期的幸福，于是痛定思痛，她决定学习好好爱一个人。
后来，她真的深深爱上了一个愿意掏心掏肺义无返顾去爱的男人，甘愿为他付出所有，虽然爱得很累，但真的好快乐。当她真正爱过之后才明白，“爱是付出不是掠夺，爱是分享而不是占有。”
然而，人都是软弱的罪人，即便你找到一个自己很爱的人，愿意为他付出所有，但要知道，如果对方一直没有回应时，你靠着自己没法爱到底。所以需要学习基督的爱，当你得着基督无条件的爱，然后去爱对方的话，不管对方是否愿意回应，你都能忍耐爱到底。
“他既然爱世间属自己的人，就爱他们到底。” [约13: 1]
上帝就是爱! 耶稣对我们的爱是无条件并且忍耐到底的爱，唯有明白这份爱，得到这种爱，进入这种爱，活出这份爱，你才能拥有一段最美好幸福的婚姻。寇乃馨，出生于基督教家庭，是华人著名牧师寇世远的孙女，其父为台湾教会长老，叔父为华人著名牧师，原台湾电视主播寇绍恩。台大外文系毕业，台湾著名娱乐节目主持人，2012年因在贵州卫视《非常完美》节目担任情感导师而在大陆声名鹊起。丈夫黄国伦，台湾著名音乐人，以一首《我愿意》跻身华语流行乐坛，成为家喻户晓的音乐才子。
别对你爱的人飙狠话-施迦南
你有对所爱的人飙过狠话吗？是否想过自己逞一时的口舌之快，有可能成为一辈子的遗憾。在北京卫视《我是演说家》节目上，基督徒艺人寇乃馨深刻解剖自己曾经言语上的过错，提醒大家“别对你爱的人飙狠话”。
3月22日凌晨，寇乃馨在其微博发信息说，“我被网上热传的反响吓到了！当初决定讲这个主题《别对你爱的人飙狠话》，我祷告很久，几乎是发着抖流着泪写完的讲稿；有雅量容许我挑战他，感谢我的父母和老公@黄国伦老师 宽容我曾经任性的言语伤害，若我的自剖能提醒大家更珍惜所爱真太值了！” 过一会儿，黄国伦留说，“老婆@寇乃馨妳很棒，我以你为荣啊。”
在《遇见更好的自己》这个主题中，寇乃馨坦言自己刚经历一个阵痛难产的过程，“我今天站在这里，变得更勇敢了，”她也坦言，在遇见更好的自己这个“阵痛期”之前，首先你会遇见自己的不够好。然后才有可能经历成长之后，遇见更好的自己。
接着她便通过亲身经历自剖曾经如何用言语伤害最爱的两个男人。“说话是我的工作，也成为了我的武器，而且我用这个武器伤人无数，我这辈子最爱的两个男人一个是爸爸，另一个是丈夫，可是我这辈子说过的最狠毒的话都是用来对付这两个男人的。”
“我跟黄国伦最初交往受到父亲严重反对，在座姐妹们的父亲可能都希望自己的女儿嫁给高富帅，或者可以保障你未来的男人。我爸爸觉得黄国伦长得不帅，不年轻，而且还离过婚有一个孩子，对我爸爸来说，我的女儿怎么可以嫁给这样一个男人，为此我们吵过很多次。有一次他非常火爆，拿着电话说了最狠的话，‘寇乃馨，你要是真的跟这个男人交往，我就不认你这个女儿。’”
她坦承自己真的很爱爸爸，但当时这句话对她来说无法承受，她很伤心也很生气。当时她用极其冷静冷血的语调跟父亲说，“好啊，那你觉得从什么时候开始比较好，是你告诉家人，还是我来转告家人。”那天爸爸我气到差点要送去医院急救。她妈妈打电话告诉说，“寇乃馨，你真的要把你爸爸逼死吗？”当她回过神来觉得很后悔，自己怎么可能在疯狂的时候用这么狠的话对付最爱的父亲，我能够面对用一句话把父亲逼死的结果吗？
看起来她真的很爱黄国伦，竟然可以这样跟父亲翻脸，“但是通常伤他最深的也是我本人。”接下来的内容寇乃馨是流泪讲完：他们两人个性都很强，谁也不会让谁。有一次，她气到不行，决定一定要打败他，便决定挑他最痛的讲，就说，“黄国伦，你凭哪一点配得上我寇乃馨啊，你知不知道你离过婚，你是二手货，你配不上我。”
当时黄国伦没有回嘴，转身收拾行李，拉着行李箱走到家门口，回过头对她说了一句，“乃馨，有些话是不能出口的你知道吗？”然后他就走了。
这件事让寇乃馨非常后悔，她告诉观众，“有时候，越会说话的人，越容易用你的言语去伤人，越会说话的人，越会用你的话语形成一种暴力，我第一次发现，我自己有可能是一个家暴者。”
“我想在这个舞台上遇见更好的自己，首先我要做到的就是改正我在愤怒的时候的情绪跟语言暴力，让我们都遇见更好的自己，我们都可以在愤怒的时候，更多地控制我们的言语，我们要让我们的言语，造成疗伤的能力。而不是创造更深的伤痕，我们要用我们的言语，让我们爱的人得到鼓励，不是让他去死。”她鼓励大家学会处理自己的愤怒情绪。
《圣经》告诉我们，“这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点著最大的树林；舌头就是火，在我们百体中，舌头是个罪恶的世界，能污秽全身，也能把生命的轮子点起来，并且是从地狱里点著的。”——雅3：5-6
在生活中，我们必须学会勒住自己的舌头，凡事都要说造就人的好话，而非毁灭人生命的话。
台大外文系毕业的主持人寇乃馨，出生于基督教家庭，是华人著名牧师寇世远的孙女，其父为台湾教会长老，叔父为华人著名牧师，原台湾电视主播寇绍恩。寇乃馨打从念北一女开始，就是成绩拔尖的好学生，当年她以第一名考进外文系，脑子里想的却是要当明星，一些她的大学同学看到她在电视上模仿章小蕙的模样，都不敢相信这是她们班上的女状元。
毕业于台大的寇乃馨，不但声音甜美、口齿伶俐，更拥有姣好的外貌与身材，她常担任各项综艺节目主持人，忙碌的除在电台主持节目外，并身兼英文教学工作，且九月份更将演出舞台剧。寇乃馨曾与赵自强一起主持过“谁是大厨师”节目达两年之久，因此对美食也有相当的认识。…
寇乃馨是台湾大学校花，追求者甚多，曾和《LKK不要看》制作人常立欣拍拖长达5年，并踏入订婚阶段，但后来分手。自2003年与台湾知名音乐人黄国伦传出绯闻；2008年中，两人关系转为半公开；2009年3月30日，与黄连袂上节目接受专访，提及两人有结婚意愿，2010年3月19日被爆料已于2009年11月在耶路撒冷结婚，并与2010年3月22日召开记者会承认。
由旅游卫视一手打造的全新升级版、王牌美容节目《美丽俏佳人》正在北京紧张的拍摄之中，剧组开放媒体探班。改版之后《美俏》以全新的闺密分享形式、毫无产品植入的负责态度引起圈内外众多好评，并邀请到台湾知名主持人寇乃馨担纲主持大任，探班当天，正巧著名音乐才子黄国伦到片场力挺老婆寇乃馨，现场两人大秀恩爱，羡煞旁人。
进军内地市场的寇乃馨放言：“毫无压力，充分发挥自身主持特点将《美俏》做到最好！”，而对于电视上出现两个美俏的现象，寇乃馨显得很坦然：“节目这种相互竞争的方式，会促进我们都变得更好，有竞争才有进步，对观众也是好事情，不过希望大家记住，寇乃馨只在旅游卫视的《美丽俏佳人》出现哦”。
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In the United States, where Christianity is the foundation of the nation, there was a great president in history, and Tolstoy of Russia commented after Lincoln’s assassination: Lincoln has become a legendary figure in the eyes of the people of the world because of his “unique spiritual strength and great personality.”
During the Civil War, Lincoln’s subordinates advised Lincoln to pray to God for God’s side. Lincoln replied, “No, it’s not that God is on our side, but that we’re going to be on God’s side.” In a word, it expresses the true meaning of the Christian faith. For God is the truth, and to be on God’s side is to be on the side of truth, and to be on the side of truth will prevail over the forces of evil.
Lincoln’s parents were very devout Christians, and they named Lincoln “Abraham” for his profound religious significance. Lincoln grew up in this family environment, laying a strong foundation for his faith growth.
At the age of twenty-two, Lincoln left his hometown to do business in New Orleans in the South. He saw the scene of the auction of black slaves, a black mother and daughter struggled to hug each other, but the black slave dealer beat them with a whip, and one of them forced them away, the mother kept reaching out and grabbing them, and the girl cried as if she was about to die, and her whole body convulsed and twisted. Lincoln trembled with excitement, his hands clenched into fists, he couldn’t stand it any longer, and rushed out of the auction market. “How can such a thing be allowed to exist under a fair sky?” The scene was deeply imprinted on Lincoln’s heart, and he swore to himself, “I will do all my power to abolish slavery!” then he began to think about how to free the slaves, and he thought, “Unless I am a politician, no matter how hard I try, I will not be able to save a slave!”
So, he plans to go to the Illinois State Congressman, because his family has moved there for a while, and he is confident that the people in the village he knows will support him. After being busy and running around for months, Lincoln did not expect the election results to be announced, and Lincoln was defeated. However, he was not discouraged at all, but worked harder and more self-motivated, relying on odd jobs to make ends meet, and at the same time using his leisure time to study books on law, literature, history, and politics.
Two years later, he ran again for the Illinois State Assembly, where he was successful, and the following year, he was admitted to the bar with the highest scores. At this time, he was only twenty-five years old.
Lincoln practiced as a lawyer for fifteen years, during which time he continued to advocate justice for his innocent fellow citizens and preached the idea of “regaining the freedom of black slaves.”
To preserve the unity of the United States, to abolish slavery, Lincoln decided to run for president of the United States. In his campaign speech, he said in a sincere and firm tone: “Everyone knows that a country in which half the people are slaves and half the people are masters can never exist forever! 」
This straightforward and concise speech deeply touched the hearts of the people, and Lincoln was finally elected as the sixteenth president of the United States, defeating all opponents. Soon, the seven southern states that claimed slavery angrily withdrew from the Union and took the opportunity to bombard the northern bunkers. Thus began the famous “Civil War” in history.
Lincoln immediately gathered more than 70,000 volunteers to meet the Southern army. At first, the Northern army was repeatedly defeated, and to boost morale, Lincoln often went to the barracks, hospitals, and prisoner camps to talk to his subordinates, and the Northern army gradually turned defeat into victory. The following year, while the war was still raging, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Act, publicly declaring the abolition of slavery, and the four million black slaves in the United States were given precious freedom.
Later that year, Lincoln delivered his famous speech at Fort Getsburg, concluding: “Our nation, under God’s blessing, will be given a new liberty, and a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, will live forever in the world.” 」
Since then, “government by the people, by the people, and for the people” has become the highest indicator of American founding.
On the night before Easter in 1865 (April 14), Lincoln was assassinated by an actor named Booth, a Southerner who was dissatisfied with Lincoln’s emancipation of black slaves.
Lincoln’s death shook the world like a bolt from the blue, and even though the facts were still alive in front of them, people still asked blankly, “Is such a good person dying like this?”
Today, in Washington, D.C., there is a Lincoln Memorial with a beautiful statue of Lincoln.
When people look at him and pay homage to him, they will always perceive the aura of honesty, perseverance, and wisdom in that warm smile, which comes from Lincoln’s devout faith in Christ. He drew wisdom and strength from God Jesus Christ to give America a new lease of life and to enable blacks to return to their homes, a great benevolent man who preached the love of Jesus Christ like a lamp that never goes out to illuminate the hearts of all good human beings.
I. The Life of Lincoln
At dawn on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin 3 miles south of Hall in Harding County, Kentucky, a little boy was born. He was none other than one of the greatest figures in history, the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
In Lincoln’s own words, his childhood was “a concise chronicle of poverty.” As a child, his family was poor. When he was 9 years old, his mother died. For a variety of reasons, Lincoln’s combined education as a child was less than a year. He also worked as a farmman, a stonemason, a boatman, etc.
In 1830, the Lincolns moved to Illinois, where he made his first political speech at a political rally and began his political career. In 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States as the Republican candidate. Shortly after taking office, Southern slave owners provoked the Civil War. In September 1862, Lincoln issued the famous Emancipation Proclamation, announcing the abolition of slavery. In June 1864, the Civil War ended with a Northern victory. Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, and at 7:20 the next day, he stopped breathing.
II. Lincoln’s Faith
Lincoln was not a Christian in his early years. When he came to Springfield, Illinois, he made a group of friends who were atheists. They gave him a copy of “Ruins” by Wallnay. It was a sharp-tongued, vicious attack on the Bible. Instead, through these people and books, God made Lincoln read more of the Bible and found the power to shape and change him. During the tragic years of the Civil War, Lincoln became more aware of God’s omnipotence and eventually became a devout Christian. Everything Lincoln did after that was deeply impregnated with the words of the Bible.
According to his dear friend, Pastor Leed, “He was in the White House, praying every day, never stopping. According to Mr. Brooke of the New York Tribune, with whom he was a close friend, “Lincoln read the Bible and prayed, and he kept watching. ”
III. Lincoln’s famous remarks
During the Civil War, his subordinates learned that Lincoln believed in God and suggested that he pray that God would be on their side. Lincoln replied, “No, it’s not that God is on our side, but that we’re going to be on God’s side.” In one word, he expressed his trust in Christ. For God is the truth, and to be on God’s side is to be on the side of truth, and to be on the side of truth will prevail over the forces of evil.
President Abraham Lincoln once lamented the evils of the times: “We have received the greatest favor from our Heavenly Father, and since the founding of our nation, we have grown in peace and well-being, far surpassing other nations in terms of population, wealth, and power.” But we are ungrateful, forgetting God, forgetting that his hand blesses us. And again: “We are so addicted to our own achievements that we are complacent and complacent, that we do not need God’s salvation and protection, and Lelu is so arrogant and conceited that we do not pray with thanksgiving to the God who made us.” “President Lincoln’s words are a cause for deep reflection!
President Lincoln’s “statecraft” is as follows:
1. If you want to prosper, you must not abandon frugality. 2. Help the small people, and do not defeat the great men. 3. Inspire the weak, not weaken the strong. 4. Preferential workers, not ridicule employers. 5. Relief for the poor. 6. Get rid of your troubles, not by squandering. 7. Promote the love of fellow citizens and do not incite class hatred.
Lincoln made Christianity the foundation of the United States and showed the people of God the greatness and omnipotence of God. His unique spiritual strength and perseverance have also made him a legendary figure in the hearts of people all over the world. May we, like Lincoln, choose to be on God’s side.
恩典见证6.林肯：…
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在把基督信仰作为立国之本的美国，历史上有一位伟大的林肯总统，俄国的托尔斯泰在林肯遇刺后评论说：林肯由于具有“独特的精神力量和伟大的人格”，已经成为世界人民心目中的传奇人物。
南北战争期间，林肯的下属建议林肯向上帝祷告，求上帝站在他们这一边。林肯回答说：“不，不是要求上帝站在我们这一边，而是我们要站在上帝的一边。”一句话，道出了对基督信仰的真谛。因为上帝就是真理，站在上帝一边就是站在了真理的一边，就会胜过邪恶的势力。
林肯的父母是非常虔诚的基督徒，他们给林肯取名为“亚伯拉罕”，有着深刻的信仰意义。林肯从小在这种家庭环境中长大，为自己的信仰成长打下来坚实的基础。
二十二岁那年，林肯离开家乡，到南方的新奥尔良做生意。他看到了拍卖黑奴的场景，一对黑人母女挣扎着要拥抱在一起，黑奴贩子却用鞭子狠狠抽打她们，一边一个人硬将她们拉开，那母亲不断伸手乱抓，女孩更是哭得像要断了气，全身抽搐扭成一团….。林肯激动得浑身颤抖，双手握拳，他再也看不下去，拔腿便冲出了拍卖市场。 「在公平的苍天底下，怎么容许有这样的事情存在?」那幕情景，深深烙印在林肯的心上，他对自己发誓：「我要为废除奴隶制度贡献所有的力量！」然后，他开始思索如何解救黑奴的问题，他想：「除非做政治家，否则不管我如何卖力，也救不了一名黑奴！」
于是，他打算前往伊利诺州选议员，因为家人都已搬到那儿住了一段时间，他相信熟悉的村人们一定会支持他。忙碌，奔波了好几个月，没想到选举结果揭晓，林肯竟落选了。但是，他一点也不气馁，反而更加刻苦自励，一面靠做零工来维持生活，一面利用闲暇研读法律、文学、历史、政治一类的书籍。
两年后，他再度竞选伊利诺州议员，终于获得成功，第二年，又以最高分考取律师执照。这时，他才二十五岁。
林肯执行律师业务达十五年之久，这段期间，他不断为无辜的同胞伸张正义，并且到处宣讲「让黑奴重获得自由」的思想。
为了维护美国的统一，为了废除奴隶制度，林肯决定竞选美国总统。在竞选演说中，他用诚恳、坚定的语调说：「大家都知道，一个一半人民是奴隶，一半人民是主人的国家，绝对不可能永久存在！我们每一个有正义感的国民，都应该拿出信心、力量去做我们认为应该做的事情。」
这段直率简洁的讲词，深深打动了人民的心灵，林肯终于击败所有对手当选为美国第十六任总统。不久，南方主张蓄奴的七个州，愤怒地退出联邦，并趁机猛烈炮轰北方碉堡。历史上著名的「南北战争」这样爆发了。
林肯立刻召集七万多名志愿意兵，迎击南方大军。起初北军屡战屡败，林肯为了鼓舞士气，经常到军营、医院、俘虏营和部属谈话，北军果然渐渐转败为胜。第二年，战争仍剧烈的进行时，林肯签署了解放奴隶的法案，公开声明废除奴隶制度，美国境内四百万黑奴，从此获得了宝贵的自由。
这年年底，林肯又在盖兹堡发表了一篇著名的演讲，结语时说： 「我们国家在上帝庇佑下，将获得新生的自由，而民有、民治、民享的政府，将永存于世界。」
从此以后，「民有、民治、民享的政府」，就成为美国建国的最高指标。
1865年复活节前的星期五(四月十四日)晚上，林肯被刺杀，凶手是一个名叫布斯的演员，他是南方人，因为不满林肯解放黑奴，才做出这样的事。
林肯的死犹如青天霹雳，震撼了全世界，尽管事实已活生生的摆在眼前，人们仍旧茫然的问：「这样好的一个人，就这样死了吗？」
今天，美国首都华盛顿市内，有一座林肯纪念堂，纪念堂里有一尊优美的林肯塑像。
当人们瞻仰他、向他致敬的时候，总会从那温煦的笑容中，察觉出诚实、坚毅、智慧的灵光，这灵光，是来自于林肯对基督的虔诚信仰。他从上帝耶稣基督获得智慧和力量，使美国获得新生，使黑人能重返家园，这位伟大的仁者，将耶稣基督的慈爱传扬，就像一盏永不熄灭的灯，照亮了所有善良人类的心灵。
一.林肯的生平
1809年 2月12日黎明，在肯塔基州哈定县霍尔以南3英里的小木屋里，一个小男孩出生了。他就是历史上最伟大的人物之一，美国第 16 任总统——亚伯拉罕·林肯。
用林肯自己的话说，他的童年是“一部贫穷的简明编年史”。小时候，他家里很穷。 9 岁的时候，母亲去世。由于种种原因，幼年林肯受教育的时间加起来不足一年。他还当过农场雇工、石匠、船夫等。
1830 年，林肯一家迁居伊利诺斯州定居，在一场政治集会上他第一次发表了政治演说，走上政治生涯。 1860 年，林肯作为共和党候选人，当选为美国第 16 任总统。上任后不久，南部奴隶主挑起了南北战争。 1862年9月，林肯发布了著名的《解放黑奴宣言》，宣布废除奴隶制。 1864年6月，南北战争以北方胜利宣告结束。 1865年4月14日林肯遇刺，隔天7时20分，他停止了呼吸。
二.林肯的信仰
林肯早年并不是基督徒。当他来到伊利诺州的春田市时，他结交了一班信奉无神论的朋友。他们给了他一本沃尔内所著的《废墟》。那是一本言词犀利、恶意攻讦圣经的书。然而，神藉着这些人和书，让林肯反而更多地阅读圣经，并从中发觉了塑造、改变他的力量。在南北战争悲惨的岁月里，林肯更加认识了上帝的全能，最终成为虔诚的基督徒。那以后，林肯所做的每一件事都深深被圣经的话浸染。
据其挚友李德牧师说：“他在白宫，天天祈祷，从不间断。”又据和其有深交的纽约论坛报的布鲁克先生说：“林肯读经祈祷，谨守不辍。”
三.林肯的著名言论
南北战争期间，下属知道林肯信仰上帝，便建议他祷告，求上帝站在他们这一边。林肯回答说：“不，不是要求上帝站在我们这一边，而是我们要站在上帝的一边。”一句话，说出了他对基督的信靠。因为上帝就是真理，站在上帝一边就是站在了真理的一边，就会胜过邪恶的势力。
林肯总统曾痛论时弊：“我们从天父得到最大的恩惠，立国以来，和平康乐，无论在人口上、财富上、国势上，日进月盛，远超他国。但是我们却忘恩负义，忘记了上帝！忘记他的恩手保佑着我们。”又说：“我们沉迷于自己的成就，沾沾自喜，自满自足，从而以为无须上帝的救恩与护佑；利禄熏心，狂傲自负，不向造我们的上帝感恩祈祷。”林肯总统之言，正可令我们深切反省！
林肯总统制定的“治国方略”如下：
1. 欲谋繁荣，不可废弃俭德。2. 扶助小民，不可打倒伟人。3. 激励弱者，不可削弱壮士。4. 优惠工人，不可奚落雇主。5. 救济贫民。6. 去除烦恼，不可藉着挥霍。7. 增进同胞之爱，不可煽动阶级仇恨.
林肯使基督教成为美国的立国之本，让国人看到了上帝的伟大与全能。他独特的精神力量与坚毅人格，也使他成为世界人民心目中的传奇人物。愿我们也像林肯一样，选择站在上帝的一边。
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Wu Qixian profile: Malaysian singer, music producer, host. In 1994, he released the album “Too Stupid”, and the title song of the album of the same name became one of his masterpieces. In 1995, he starred in the movie “Tsz Wan Shan Thirteen Taibao” and won the Best Newcomer Award at the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1996, he released the album “I Can’t Feel You” and won the Best Male Singer Award at the 8th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards World Chinese Works Awards. In 2007, he won the Best Singing Actor Award for the Public Image of Chinese Performing Arts Celebrities in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Usually look at life as good as it goes
Wu Qixian had a painful childhood. When he was eight years old, his biological mother passed away, and in his growing days, his father would only scold his children, so he did not feel love since he was a child. In his early years, he knew many friends with complicated backgrounds, drug addicts, gambling money, and all kinds of bad habits, but in retrospect, he found that God had always favored him, “God gave me a kind heart, I said no to marijuana, no to ecstasy, and rejected many bad things. 」
Two miraculous healing experiences
The year 2007 was a turning point in his life. One day that year, he was in Beijing and suddenly received a call from his wife from Taipei, when the baby, who was only a few months old, suddenly cramped for no reason, did not respond, and was sent to the hospital for rescue.Due to the weather, he could not immediately take a flight back to Taiwan, but in Beijing, he remembered a Christian friend, whose wife prayed for his daughter, and some Christian friends in Taiwan prayed at the same time, and then the daughter miraculously woke up. The cause is still a mystery to this day, how can it be recovered? The doctor couldn’t explain. After this incident, Wu Qixian and his wife began to know God.
Isaiah 53:5 — By his punishment we have peace, and by his stripes, we are healed.
A few years later, he experienced another miraculous healing, but this time he was praying for others. Once, after a performance in Singapore, he had a gathering with a few brothers, during which an old classmate called for help, and his four-year-old nephew was admitted to the hospital for emergency treatment due to a bacterial invasion of his lungs. The other party knew that Wu Qixian had become a Christian, so he wanted to ask him to pray for his nephew. Wu Qixian immediately rushed to the hospital, when the child’s throat was full of throats, his head was badly swollen, and his family was heartbroken. He knelt beside his bedside and prayed to Jesus, while some Christian friends were praying outside. “I didn’t have a lot of confidence at the time, I just felt like I was going to do what I had to do. Later, the child miraculously recovered, was out of danger, and was discharged from the hospital after a week or two.
Quitting 20 years of smoking
When asked what changes he had made since his conversion, Wu immediately talked about the miracle of quitting smoking. He had a 20-year addiction to smoking, smoked two packs of cigarettes a day, and tried to quit but failed every time. One day, when a brother urged him to pray for quitting smoking, he listened and did so. “I stayed in the hotel alone that night, and I dropped all my cigarettes in the trash and didn’t look at them all night. He never touched a cigarette again, he lived alone in Beijing, and it was supposed to be very tempting, but he never thought about smoking again, and he still hasn’t. He emphasized that in the process of quitting smoking, “there is no pain, no uncomfortable feeling. He said it was the greatest miracle that had ever happened to him.
Faith also changed his relationship with his wife, and the Bible helped them resolve their conflicts. Personal values have also changed, in the past, I would spend all day drinking with my friends to relieve my boredom, and I would take a look at beautiful women when I saw them, but now I just bless them in my heart, and I don’t have the mentality of keeping them for myself.
Artists must have faith in evangelism
There are many opportunities for Christian entertainers to preach the gospel, and Wu Qixian said that he has no specific plans to serve the Lord, but many churches indeed invite him to testify, and he will ask his friends how to choose, and if time permits, he is happy to bear witness for the Lord. Most of the songs he writes now have gospel content, and he plans to release them at his own expense, but he has not yet released them. “I want to do the biggest publicity in all of Asia. He said that businesses don’t usually bear the big bills for the Gospel albums and that he is now praying that if it is God’s will, it will be done. “If it succeeds, it can influence other artists to do the same thing, and evangelism is not a one-person business, but everyone has to do it together. 」
On August 9, 2014, Wu Qixian witnessed in Shenzhen
He has seen a transformation in the entertainment industry in recent years, and many artists will publicly thank the Lord, which was rare before. But if artists want to preach the gospel, they also need to have faith, and he hopes that artists will not be afraid that evangelism will affect their future. He once held a commercial concert in Hong Kong with Tai Zhengxiao, although it was not a gospel meeting, at the press conference, he explained that he invited the pastor (Lin Enoch) to the stage as a guest, and he was not afraid that the false god worshippers would not come to the audience, and the audience was full. “We also talked about the feeling of believing in Christ at the concert, don’t be afraid, you must have faith, Jesus is the greatest. However, I have also experienced the ups and downs of life, crossed many hurdles, and thought that I was lucky because I had friends to help me, but now when I look back, I realize that there is no such thing as a coincidence, and I believe that the hand of the Lord Jesus has always held him.
“All things are God’s goodwill, and God thinks that he should give you a good wind, so he will give you a good wind; God thinks that he should teach you a lesson against the wind, so he gives you a headwind and tells you to fall because if you don’t fall, you don’t know how to get up. So in fact, I have been under God’s teaching, today I look at things with a normal heart, and I have done it successfully, thank the Lord, and if I don’t succeed, I thank the Lord, there must be your (Lord) meaning. 」
God’s headwinds make the proud humble before them. At the miracle concert, Wu Qixian asked the audience, “Am I sharp?” He said that he used to think that he was so sharp that he could compose without learning music, and he could sing without learning to sing, and all his CDs have sold a total of 6 million copies so far. “I used to think I was too sharp, you were too ordinary. He confessed that he used to be proud and arrogant, but after he came to faith, he realized that everything was God’s grace, including musical talent and opportunity, and now he knows that he is very small.