【双语灵修】满满的脑袋FILLED MINDS
腓立比书4:4-9
你们要靠主常常喜乐，我再说，你们要喜乐！ 当叫众人知道你们谦让的心。主已经近了。 应当一无挂虑，只要凡事藉着祷告、祈求和感谢，将你们所要的告诉神。 神所赐出人意外的平安，必在基督耶稣里保守你们的心怀意念。弟兄们，我还有未尽的话，凡是真实的、可敬的、公义的、清洁的、可爱的、有美名的，若有什么德行，若有什么称赞，这些事你们都要思念。 你们在我身上所学习的、所领受的、所听见的、所看见的，这些事你们都要去行，赐平安的神就必与你们同在。
五月二十日
满满的脑袋
“凡是真实的、可敬的、公义的、清洁的、可爱的、有美名的 … 德行、… 称赞，这些事你们都要思念。”—腓立比书4：8
你的脑袋是否充满真实的、清洁的、有德行的和值得称赞的事？或是被虚假的、污染的、丑恶的和不光彩的事分散了注意力？我相信我们两方面都会有，毕竟我们都是罪人。
先看看我们可以怎样让自己的脑袋充满真实的事吧。在今天这个不在意互联网和媒体是否说实话的世界，这是绝不容易做到的事。我们要求神让我们看到什么是对的和真实的，让我们明白可以信靠祂在《圣经》中所说的话语，和那些建基在整本《圣经》上的教导。
我们也可以寻求那可爱的、有德行的、和可称赞的事。神和祂的创造是美丽的。神的爱和祂的救恩是最美丽的事。当我们去寻找那可爱和美丽的事时，便会发觉这些都是神在背后的工作。
但如果我们不单止是看、而且沉迷在那些丑恶的、令人厌恶的、暴力的、或比这些更糟的事中，我们便是跟从魔鬼的道路了，它是一切令人反胃和腐败之事的作茧者。
我们要定意让那些尊荣神、尊荣人和尊荣自己的思想充满我们的脑袋；又刻意避开那些撒谎、伤害人、破坏声誉、和令人愤世嫉俗的念头。神知道我们在想什么，靠着祂的能力我们可以控制自己的思想，好让我们去尊荣祂。
祷告
主啊，求你帮助我们，使我们的头脑充满清洁的、真实的和健康的想法。让我们不要沉迷于丑恶和令人厌恶的想法，因为这样做只会令我们走向灭亡。奉耶稣的名祈求，阿们。
Philippians 4:4-9
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
FILLED MINDS
Whatever is true . . . noble . . . right . . . pure . . . lovely . . . admirable . . . excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. —Philippians 4:8
Is your mind filled with things that are true, pure, excellent, and praiseworthy? Or is it distracted by things that are false, polluted, ugly, and dishonorable? We likely have some amount of each, since we are all sinners.
Let’s look first at filling our minds with what is true. This can be hard today when there is often little regard for speaking truth on the internet and in the media. We need to ask God to show us what is right and true, recognizing that we can depend on his Word in the Bible and on teachings that are solidly based on all of it.
We can also seek what is lovely, good, and praiseworthy. God and his creation are beautiful. God’s love and his salvation are the most beautiful things of all. When we seek the lovely and beautiful, we will find God behind it all.
However, if we not only see but also revel in what is ugly, distasteful, violent, or worse, we’ll find ourselves following the way of the devil, who is behind all things that are repulsive and corrupt.
Let’s be sure to fill our minds with thoughts that honor God, others, and ourselves. Let’s steer away from thoughts that spread lies, hurt others, drag reputations down, or create cynicism. God knows what we are thinking, and in his strength we can control our thoughts so that they honor him.
Lord, help us to fill our minds with pure, true, wholesome things. Let us not stray into ugly, dishonorable thinking that can lead us to destruction. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.