双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：2月20日 思念上面的事

2月20日

思念上面的事

“所以，你们若真与基督一同复活，就当求在上面的事；那里有基督坐在上帝的右边。 你们要思念上面的事，不要思念地上的事。”

歌罗西书 3:1-2

你对闹钟上那个让你还可以小睡会儿的止闹按钮是否有爱恨交织的情结？如果没有闹钟，你会惊慌失措地醒来，因为你可能错过了《飞哥与小佛》这部全天电视系列剧的开头。不过这九分钟的回笼觉还是不错。但是，这540秒真的能对你的坏情绪有帮助么？有人说，每按一次止闹按钮，都让他们更加烦躁。

那么如果下一次你在按下止闹按钮之前，不妨起来做个祷告。您知道有九分钟的时间可以请求耶稣让你有一个正确的心态使这一天不同寻常。也许你的这一点睡眠时间就可以用来调整你的整个思维方式。与其让这些世界上的问题，包括你的缺陷、失败、日益增加的烦恼来搅扰你的思想，还不如选择利用这点小睡的时间来想点积极的事情。选择信靠上帝，去思考，去追求，去盼望那些真实和美善。

今日祷告：

主基督，让我抓住每一个机会，以祢眼中看为正的事为念。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

February 20 – Whatever

Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.

CO LO S S I A N S 3 : 1 – 2

Do you have a love-hate relationship with your snooze button? Without your alarm you might wake up in a panic because you missed the beginning of the Phineas and Ferb all-day marathon. And yet those nine extra minutes of sleep sure would be nice. But do those 540 seconds actually help your grumpy attitude? Some people claim to be even crankier after each smack of their snooze button.

What if, instead of the next time you hit the snooze button, you stopped to pray? Knowing that you have nine more minutes to ask Jesus to get you into the right frame of mind could transform everything about your day. Perhaps that extra slumber could be used to reorient your entire

way of thinking. Instead of letting the problems of the world, including your own flaws, failings, and festering worries, muck your mind, choose in those snooze minutes to see whatever is good. Choose to trust God enough to consider, to pursue, and to place your hope in whatever is true.

Pray for the Day:

Lord Jesus, let me take every opportunity today to fix my thoughts on what is right in your eyes. Amen.