以爱照亮世界
著名的歌剧歌唱家恩里科. 卡鲁索（Enrico Caruso）说，一个歌手需要的是 “大胸膛、大嘴巴、百分之九十记忆、百分之十智力、辛勤的工作，和发自内心的感情。”
我时常祈求，那些听了我的讲道的人，都能被基督吸引到祂那里和被祂的灵充满。我也祈求，这些关于 “彼此相爱” 的灵修文章，能同样帮助每日箴言的读者。在思想过服侍、认罪、劝勉，和其他特质，应如何在基督徒生命中彰显出来后，我特别欣赏新约圣经学者莫里斯（Leon Morris）所说的话：“假若我们拒绝让基督教的教导塑造我们的生命，那么接受这些教导便是毫无意义的了。”
我们蒙召，“行事为人就当像光明的子女。” 这种智慧的生活，包括明白神在我们身上的旨意，和被圣灵充满；我们懂得节制，变得越来越像基督；我们说诚实话，唱赞美诗歌，感谢神，和彼此顺服。
这些事情不是单单在敬拜聚会时才作的，我们必须常常说诚实话，在任何时间都从心里发出赞美歌声，时刻都能凡事感谢神，又常常 “存敬畏基督的人，彼此顺服。”
既有基督的灵充满你的心，你可以用什么方法，以那稣的爱照亮这个世界呢？
主耶稣，祢已经向我们施慈爱，今日无论我们身在何处，求祢帮助我们，以祢的爱照亮那个地方。奉祢的名求，阿们。
以弗所书5:8-21
8从前你们是暗昧的，但如今在主里面是光明的，行事为人就当像光明的子女。
9光明所结的果子就是一切良善、公义、诚实。
10总要察验何为主所喜悦的事。
11那暗昧无益的事，不要与人同行，倒要责备行这事的人；
12因为他们暗中所行的，就是提起来也是可耻的。
13凡事受了责备，就被光显明出来，因为一切能显明的就是光。
14所以主说： 你这睡着的人当醒过来， 从死里复活！ 基督就要光照你了。
15你们要谨慎行事，不要像愚昧人，当像智慧人。
16要爱惜光阴，因为现今的世代邪恶。
17不要作糊涂人，要明白主的旨意如何。
18不要醉酒，酒能使人放荡；乃要被圣灵充满。
19当用诗章、颂词、灵歌彼此对说，口唱心和地赞美主。
20凡事要奉我们主耶稣基督的名常常感谢父神。
21又当存敬畏基督的心，彼此顺服。
From The Heart
"Be filled with the Spirit... Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father." — Ephesians 5:18-19
The great opera star Enrico Caruso said a singer needs "a big chest, a big mouth, 90 percent memory, 10 percent intelligence, lots of hard work, and something in the heart."
It is my constant prayer that the hearts of people who have heard the sermons I preached have been drawn to Christ and filled with his Spirit. It is also my prayer that these devotions on "Loving One Another" have helped Today readers in the same way. Having considered how service, confession, encouragement, and other qualities should be seen in the life of a Christian, I appreciate these words of Leon Morris, a New Testament scholar: "There is no point in accepting Christian teaching if we refuse to let it shape our lives."
We are called to "live as children of light." Such wise living includes understanding what God's will is for us and being filled with the Spirit. Being self-controlled, we become like Christ. We speak the truth, sing praises, thank God, and submit to one another.
Doing these things is not limited to worship gatherings. We must speak the truth always, sing praise from our hearts anytime, thank God for all things at all times, and always "submit to one another out of reverence for Christ."
With the Spirit of Christ filling your heart, in what ways are you shining the light of Jesus' love in this world?
Lord Jesus, as you have loved us, help us to shine the light of your love wherever we are. Amen.
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