保持恒定的节奏/KEEP A CONSISTENT RHYME

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莱恩 丹布拉伯牧师写道：“即使您是那种喜欢变化和自发性的人，您可能仍然有自己的生活节奏：我想，您每天刷牙的方式都是一样的；可能走同样的路线去工作，甚至可能倾向于大多数时候吃同样的食物。您可能有最喜欢的餐厅，熟悉的健身项目清单，以及每年某些圣诞节特有的传统。节奏对我们有帮助，通过系统化和自主化某些日常事务（比如刷牙），或者有用的习惯比如日常奉献，我们会变得更有效率。实际上，恒定的生活节奏可以带来安全感和幸福感。“这也是为什么在新冠病毒早期，许多人感到无所适从的原因…因为我们的节奏被打乱了。现在许多人有了新的节奏。当新冠病毒完全成为历史时，您的节奏又会是怎样的呢？

当您跟随耶稣，圣灵住在您里面，并启迪您的心智，明白隐藏在神的话语中的真理。今天的圣经章节摘自于【提摩太前书】第六章第6-10节：“然而，敬虔加上知足的心便是大利了；因为我们没有带什么到世上来，也不能带什么去。只要有衣有食，就当知足。但那些想要发财的人，就陷在迷惑、落在网罗和许多无知有害的私欲里，叫人沉在败坏和灭亡中。贪财是万恶之根。有人贪恋钱财，就被引诱离了真道，用许多愁苦把自己刺透了。”

休憩之时，神爱您如至宝，愿您在对神的信心中安然入睡。神祝福您。

亲切的问候，

杰夫牧师

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Rev. Len DenBraber writes, “Even if you’re the type of person who loves variety and spontaneity, you probably still have rhythms: my guess is you brush your teeth the same way every day; you likely take the same route to work and might even tend to eat the mostly the same foods. You probably have a favourite restaurant, a familiar workout playlist and certain Christmas traditions you celebrate every year. Rhythm helps us. It can make us more efficient by automating certain tasks (like brushing your teeth) and by hard-wiring helpful habits like daily devotions. Consistent rhythms actually offer a sense of security and well-being.” That’s why many of us were so discombobulated in the early days of the COVID-19 … our rhythms were so off. Now many of us have developed new ones. What will your rhythms look like when COVID-19 is completely history?

The Holy Spirit lives within you as you follow Jesus and he’ll enlighten your mind to the truth of 1 Timothy 6:6-10, “Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content. But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”

God deeply loves you and you can sleep well tonight with that knowledge. God bless you.

Kind regards,

Pastor Jeff