【双语灵修】整全：服侍的敬拜HOLISTIC: SERVICE WORSHIP

马可福音 12:28-34

有一个文士来，听见他们辩论，晓得耶稣回答得好，就问他说：“诫命中哪是第一要紧的呢？” 耶稣回答说：“第一要紧的就是说：‘以色列啊，你要听，主我们神是独一的主。 你要尽心、尽性、尽意、尽力爱主你的神。’ 其次就是说：‘要爱人如己。’再没有比这两条诫命更大的了。” 那文士对耶稣说：“夫子说神是一位，实在不错！除了他以外，再没有别的神。并且尽心、尽智、尽力爱他，又爱人如己，就比一切燔祭和各样祭祀好得多。” 耶稣见他回答得有智慧，就对他说：“你离神的国不远了。”从此以后，没有人敢再问他什么。

九月十九日

整全：服侍的敬拜

“‘你要 …… 尽力爱主你的神。’” - 可 12:30

在许多教会传统中，就像我自己所属的教会，的崇拜是一周的高潮。我们聚集一起赞美神、献上祷告、聆听神的话、被圣礼滋润，以及与耶稣同行得更新。

数年前，一位执事领袖挑战我们的会友，去从另一个角度来看的聚会。如果我们没有将的聚会视为“敬拜服侍”（worship service），而是把两个字词对调，变为“服侍的敬拜”（service worship），又如何呢？如果我们看服侍的行动，和传统敬拜中的其他程序一样，都是在敬拜神，又如何呢？

基于这个想法，我们教会便开始了一个新的传统。现今，在每年的几个早上，我们聚集用一小段时间去唱诗、祈祷、反思，然后我们分成几队，分散在我们整个城市中，我们的队伍会在学校、妇女庇护中心、食物赒济库等地方做义工。

从这个简单的改变，我们发现了，原来这样的敬拜所作的工，远远多过一个典形敬拜仪式所能做到的。我们不单尽心、尽性、尽意爱神，我们更尽力去爱神和我们的邻舍。这是一个表达敬拜的美丽方式，这也是一个表达整全宣教的有力方式。

祷告

神啊，愿我的生命成为一个献上给祢的敬拜，不单藉着我的说话，也藉着我良善和慷慨的行为。今天我把我整个生命委身给祢。阿们。

Mark 12:28-34

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

HOLISTIC: SERVICE WORSHIP

“Love the Lord your God with all your . . . strength.” —Mark 12:30

In many Christian traditions like my own, the Sunday worship service is the high point of the week. We gather to bring God our praise, offer our prayers, engage with God’s Word, be nourished by the sacraments, and find renewal in our walk with Jesus.

A few years ago a diaconal leader challenged our congregation to think about our Sunday gathering from a different point of view. What if, instead of thinking about our Sunday experience as a worship service, we flipped that around and thought about it as “service worship”? What if we considered that acts of service can be just as worshipful as the other activities of traditional worship?

That started a beautiful new tradition in our church. Several times a year on a Sunday morning, we now gather for a short time of singing, prayer, and reflection, and then we disperse in teams throughout our city. Our teams volunteer at local schools, women’s shelters, food banks, and more.

What we have discovered in this simple change is that worship is so much more than what happens in a typical worship service. To love God not just with our heart, soul, and mind but also to love God and our neighbor with all our strength is a beautiful expression of worship. This is also a powerful expression of holistic mission.

God, may my life be an offering of worship to you, not just through my words but also through my acts of kindness and generosity. I commit my whole self to you today. Amen.