2024年12月

Emiri
In this week’s Bible reading chapter 18 it “You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.” I was reminded that God is there to guide you through hardship. Applying this to my life even when I have something hard at school like next week I have a presentation for art. It’s a group project but most of our team wasn’t there last week and we didn’t know the details until a couple days before break, so we haded to do the project in short amount of time. While doing the project bit by bit we as a group started collaborating more and sharing more ideas so we were able to get the framework finished last week. I learned that even though this project was confusing and complicated God guided me through it and we were able get the important things finished.

Jun re: Emiri
In this week’s Bible reading chapter 18 it “You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.”
Always write chapter and verse when you quote!

I was reminded that God is there to guide you through hardship. Applying this to my life even when I have something hard at school like next week I have a presentation for art.
Ok, but keep in mind that David’s hardship was a very different kind of hardship. Your studying is for your own benefit, and honestly, I would not count studying (schoolwork) as any kind of hardship. It is a privilege to be able to study.

David on the other hand, was already chosen and anointed by God and Samuel for the kingship. Yet, he did not force his way onto the throne but humbled himself not just under God, but under an insane king (Saul). He suffered unjustly and was persecuted for many years, by a king whom he had faithfully served. Reading David’s psalms with this in mind, knowing the kind of life he lived, lends a much deeper meaning to the words with which he praised God.

 

むかい
今回の聖書朗読では、詩篇第17篇の3節「あなたは私の心の中を調べ、夜私を問いただされました。私を炉で試されましたが、何も見つかりません。私は、口の過ちを犯さないように心がけました。」というもので、この最後の部分にある「口の過ち」について考えました。口の過ちとはそのままの通り口で告白することで、自分にも罪がそして、それを聞いた相手にも罪が入ってしまうというとこだと思います。これらのことを生活で考えると、最近、受けた試験に合格したのですが、それでみんなに自慢していました。そして、それを聞いていた人たちもそのようなことがあった時に様々な人に自慢していたため、それが広がってしまいました。今となってそれが傲慢であったと気づいたので、これからはそのような行動を謹み、口の告白を大切にしていきたいと思いました。

Jun re: むかい
最近、受けた試験に合格したのですが、それでみんなに自慢していました。そして、それを聞いていた人たちもそのようなことがあった時に様々な人に自慢していたため、それが広がってしまいました。
ムカイの言葉がそんなに周りの人に影響するの？😆まー自慢は世の中では普通にあることだね。ムカイも同じようにしてたら、クリスチャンとしての証が全然できてない、という事だね。御言葉が頭の勉強だけで終わってると、そうなります。心の中に御言葉が入っていたら、自然に行動・性格そのものが変わってくるはずです。

具体的に適用を書くようになったね！👍はじめの一歩です！

 

Tomas
This week’s bible reading I learned about how if we have faith in God, he will, “grant all your requests.” Applying this to my life, when I want something, like a grade I want, a good mile time, or help on assignments and projects I have, I should pray to God for guidance and as well do the things in order to complete the things J want to get done.

Jun re: Tomas
This week’s bible reading I learned about how if we have faith in God, he will, “grant all your requests.”
Don’t just quote, make sure you always write which chapter and verse you are quoting from.

Applying this to my life, when I want something, like a grade I want, a good mile time, or help on assignments and projects I have, I should pray to God for guidance
Ok, but what is your motivation? And for what purpose? This is what God wants to know. If it is just for your own satisfaction, God can only bless you to a certain degree. Look at the great people in the Bible—David, Abraham, Moses, and of course, Jesus himself. Did they pursue success and blessings just for their own benefit? If not, then for what purpose? Think about this.

 

Timothy
This week’s Bible reading reminded me of the importance of thanking God. Most Psalms praise God in some way; specifically, Psalms 18 is when David was delivered “from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.” After defeating his enemies and being “made the head of nations” (v. 43), David does not grow prideful but gives thanks to God, saying that God was the one who trained him (v. 34) and gave him the strength to “humble [his] adversaries” (v. 39). Applying this to my life, I should always be thankful whenever something good happens, since even if it feels like I did it, God was the one who trained me and gave me the strength to do so. In verses 20 and 24, he also says that God has rewarded him according to his righteousness and cleanness, so (again), I have also been reminded of the importance of continuing reading to understand more about God.

Jun re: Timothy
Good, Timothy. You are in a good spiritual condition this week, so your Bible reading report is also good, can you see or sense that yourself? The Bible reading should have felt easier this week (like the words are easier to understand). Now the goal is to keep this spiritual condition even when you go back to school or get busy with stagecraft, etc. (This applies to everyone of course, not just Timothy.)

Applying this to my life, I should always be thankful whenever something good happens, since even if it feels like I did it, God was the one who trained me and gave me the strength to do so.
Yes, David always lived with God—whether he was in trouble or things were going well. He didn’t go to God only when he needed help. When he met with great success in battle or acquired great wealth, he always gave credit publicly to God. This was one of David’s best traits—more so than his courage or skill in battle. And this is why God loved him and blessed him so much.

 

よしや
神様は救ってくださる方で、唯一なる方。神様が嫌がるものは避けたい。

Jun re: よしや
神様は救ってくださる方で、唯一なる方。神様が嫌がるものは避けたい。
どこの箇所から、こう思ったの？避けたいことは（神様が嫌がることは）具体的に何？ここを書かないと聖書通読やってる意味が半分以下です。

聖書通読始めた時に書いた「I 入る very much Thank you」のヨシヤの心を忘れないように！神様はヨシヤの頭の良さじゃなく、いつもヨシヤの心を関心もって見てます。