8 当记念安息日，守为圣日。9 六日要劳碌作你一切的工，
"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work
主日或安息日是为人而设立的
Sunday or Sabbath Day is Created for People
马可福音Mark 2：27
27 又对他们说，安息日是为人设立的，人不是为安息日设立的。
27 Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
其目的乃是要人在身体、情绪、心灵上得充电预备走更远之路。
The purpose is to recharge one's body, emotion and soul in order to do more.
安息日七天中的一天把这日子分别为圣，敬拜神的日子，与家人一起用餐的日子。
The Sabbath day is kept holy because it is a day to worship God and have meals with family.
美国西部的拓荒时代，东部的人听说西部有很多黄金，为了来挖黄金，坐着马车日夜赶路。因为大家觉得，要早点赶在别人前面，才能够挖到更多的黄金，所以，这样不眠不休地日夜赶路。从东部到西部有多么远？在半路上，马也累死了、人也累得生病、死了，就算有人到了西部，也因为过度疲劳，结果也生病死了。但是有一些人，却能够坚持到达西部，他们没有失去神、也得到
了黄金。他是很虔诚的清教徒。从东部出发的时候，他也是日夜赶路，但只要到了主日，他就会停下来，让马匹休息、家人聚在起读圣经、祷告、赞美、敬拜神，休息一天。他是依照圣经说的“守主日”，这样的守主日。所以，他们在六天里，马不停蹄地赶路，在主日这一天休息和安息，因此他们的身体也休息、灵魂也吃到丰富的粮食，于是就能维持身心的健康，到达了西部，这样他们信仰也没有丢失、同时又发现了黄金，得到了灵魂兴盛、凡事兴盛、身体健壮的祝福。
During the early days in Wester America, the people in the East heard that there are the wester part had a lot of golden. In order to dig the gold, they rode on carriage for days to reach there through days and nights because the thought the earlier they reach there, the more gold they will be able to dig, and so they were on the road through all day and night. How far was it from the east to the west? Halfway through the journey, the horses were exhausted and died and the people fell sick and some died too. Eve if some of them had reached the western part, they were all too sick due to exhaustion and died. But there were some people that reached the Western America without any scathe and got the gold. He was a religious Puritan. While setting off from the east, he also hurried through all the day and night, but once it reached Sunday, he would stop and let the horses rest and he would gather together with his family reading the Bible, praying, praise and worshiping God and set a day off to rest. He is obeying to the Bible saying to keep the Sabbath day. Thus, for six days, he would be on the journey non-stop, but during Sunday, he would rest and so his body got to rest and his spirit get fed too. That was what caused him to keep a healthy body and mind until he reached Western America. He never lose his faith and also managed to find gold, winding up in having a prosperous life and blessed with a healthy body.
联结的重要性 Values of accountability (Connectedness)
与上司联结沟通的重要性 The Importance to Connect with Your Employer
工作上与上司联结沟通, 主动汇报自己的工作情况。
While working, connect and communicate with your boss and took the initiative to report your current working situation.
简单点儿就是工作结束后你要告诉上司取得了哪些成绩、遇到了哪些失误和苦难挫折。别小看这个简单的请示汇报将直接影响我们在上司心中的印象和位置。
In other words, it is to tell your boss after every project about what result had you achieved and what mistakes and obstacles had you met while doing it. Do not look down on this simple action as it will shape our image and determine our position in our boss' mind.
与神，教会联结的重要性 The Importance to Connect with God and Church
约翰福音 John 15：1-8
1我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 2凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去。凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 3现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 4你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子。你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 5我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子。因为离了我，你们就不能作什么。 6人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来，扔在火里烧了。 7你们若常在我里面，我的话也常在你们里面，凡你们所愿意的，祈求就给你们成就。 8你们多结果子，我父就因此得荣耀，你们也就是我的门徒了。
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
1．我是葡萄树，你们是枝子I am The Vine, You Are The Branches.
葡萄不是结在葡萄树上，而是连在枝子上的，枝子才能结果子。因此农夫会细心管理枝子，把枝子绑在架子上，让葡萄不要掉在地上，而能一串串挂在枝子上。耶稣说，上帝是葡萄树的农夫，耶稣是葡萄树，而我们是连在那树上的枝子。葡萄树虽然会供给枝子水分和养分，但开花、长叶、结果的，却是枝子。就是说，我们基督徒就是枝子。枝子若不连在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子，同样，我们若不连在主的身上，也没有办法自己开花、长叶、结果。我们必须紧紧连在葡萄树上。
The grapes are not grown on the vine, but are connected to the branches, only the branches can bear fruits. That is why a farmer would manage the branches carefully, tying to branches to the shelf in order to avoid the grapes from falling off. Jesus said, God is the farmer of the vine, Jesus is the vine and we are the branches that are connected to the vine. Even if the vine may provide water and nutrients to the branches, but the job of flowering, leafing, and bearing fruits are depended on the branches. It means, we as a Christian are the branches. If the branches are not connected to the vine, we can never bear fruits. In other words, if we are not connected to God Himself, we cannot flower, grow leaf and bear fruits. That is why we have to connect closely to the vine.
要怎么样，才能作一个连在葡萄树上的枝子呢？主的身体就是教会，所以我们要进到教会里，才能连在葡萄树的身体上，我们还要在教会里受洗、吃圣餐、服事神、献十分之一、守主日.
How can we become a branch that is connected to the vine? The church is the body of Christ, so we have to join a church to connect to the body of the vine. We also need to be baptised, take Holy Communion, serve God, give tithe, and keep the Sabbath day.
教会是基督的身体、是圣灵居住的地方，我们要进到基督的身体里面。我们不仅是身体要到教会来，心也要进到耶稣里面。
The church is the body of Christ, it is where the Holy Spirit dwells in, we need to enter the body of Christ. Not only do our bodies need to be in church, our hearts shall come into Jesus too.
我们是教会，是主的身体。而主却是我们的头。
We are the church and the body of Christ. And God is our head.
歌罗西书Colossians 1：18
18他也是教会全体之首。他是元始，是从死里首先复生的，使他可以在凡事上居首位。
2．离了主，我们就不能做什么 Apart From The Lord, We Can Do Nothing
- 贪心使我们离开神 Because Of Greed
雅各书James 1：15
15私欲既怀了胎，就生出罪来。罪既长成，就生出死来。
15 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
歌罗西书3章5～6节说：「所以，要治死你们在地上的肢体；就如淫乱、污秽、邪情、恶欲和贪婪。（贪婪就与拜偶像一样）
Colossians 3:5-6 says, Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.
- 骄傲使我们离开神 Because Of Pride
箴言Proverbs 16：5
5凡心里骄傲的，为耶和华所憎恶。虽然连手，他必不免受罚。
5 The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
- 不信使我们离开神 Because Of Disbelief
雅各书 2：26
26身体没有灵魂是死的，信心没有行为也是死的。
26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
- 不顺服使我们离开神 Because Of Disobedience
希伯来书Hebrews 3：18-19
18又向谁起誓，不容他们进入他的安息呢？岂不是向那些不信从的人吗？ 19这样看来，他们不能进入安息，是因为不信的缘故了。
18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? 19So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.
3. 与神连接的祝福 The Blessing Of Staying Connected
我们到教会来决志、受洗、吃圣餐、献十分之一、圣守主日、凡事忠心、常常祷告进到教会的身体里来，主就会紧紧抓住我们，没有人可以把我们从主的手里夺去。诗篇55篇22节也说：「你要把你的重担卸给耶和华，他必抚养你，他永不叫义人动摇。」
When we come to the church and repent, being baptised, take the Holy Communion, give our tithe, faithful in all things, always praying and come into the the body of the church, the Lord would hold closely unto us and nobody can take us away from Him. Psalms 55:22 says, Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
我们只要紧紧连结在主的葡萄树上，葡萄树上就会不断有恩典浇灌下来，让我们可以每天不需要为任何事忧虑。耶稣已经准备好，要不断用恩典浇灌我们，就像下雨一样。主的恩典，只有透过葡萄树，才能够传递到我们这些枝子身上。
We only need to stay connected closely to the Lord's vine, then the vine would provide us with endless grace so we don't have to be worry for anything everyday. Jesus had prepared it all, He wants to shower us with grace like rain. God's grace can only be channeled to us through the vine to our branches.
- 你会多结果子 You Will Bear Much Fruits
约翰福音 John 15：1-8
John 15:1-8
1我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 2凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去。凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 3现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 4你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子。你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 5我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子。因为离了我，你们就不能作什么。 6人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来，扔在火里烧了。 7你们若常在我里面，我的话也常在你们里面，凡你们所愿意的，祈求就给你们成就。 8你们多结果子，我父就因此得荣耀，你们也就是我的门徒了。
1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. 8This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
- 你会有许多恩惠临到你 The Lord Will Pour His Blessing Upon Us
只要我们连在主身上，耶稣就会把借着十字架预备好的恩典浇灌下来。借着十字架的苦难，所预备好的恩典，不就是饶恕、公义和荣耀吗？耶稣会不断的赐下饶恕、赐下公义、赐下荣耀、改变我们，耶稣要把我们从魔鬼和世俗下释放出来，时常用圣洁和圣灵充满的恩典浇灌我们。
When we are connected to the Lord, Jesus would us through grace with the cross that He had been nailed on. Isn't the grace that came with the pain on the cross forgiveness, righteousness and glory? Jesus never stops to grant us His forgiveness, righteousness and glory in order to change us and set us free from the chain of evilness and worldliness.
只要我们时常在主面前事奉他，他就会发出医治的光线、浇灌医治的恩典，让我们的身体与心灵，时常保持健康。在主的里面，我们从咒诅中得释放，祝福时常从上面浇灌在我们这些枝子上，好让我们可以在恩典里，开花、长叶、结果子。自然我们就会得生命并且得的更丰盛。
As long as we always come before the Lord and serve Him, He will then shine His light of the power of healing and pour unto us the grace of healing in order for us to be healthy both physically and emotionally all the time. We are being set free from curses in God and blessings would always pour down unto us the branches and that we may start flowering, leafing and bearing fruit in grace. And naturally, we may have life, and have it to the full.
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