A hymn that I have been enjoying

So, why not open up and call His name, "Oh Lord!"
Find your spirit where His grace has been outpoured.
Call His name, taste His grace, exercise before His face
He's longing and yearning.
He's hoping and waiting.
He's ever desiring for you...
To turn to Him.

Here is the hymn, enjoy!

Zero Degrees

Are you talking about temperature? No, absolutely not. I am talking about the restaurant, Zero Degrees.

ZERODEGREES is a pioneering drinking and dining concept at the forefront of the emerging trend towards fresh, handcrafted beers brewed by microbreweries.

This is what is claimed on their website.

What I experienced there is quite positive. The dining environment is modern, open, spacious, but bit noisy. Speaking of food, pasta and pizza are nice, but not extraordinary. I had half wood roasted vegetables pizza and half porcini mushroom pizza. (Good to have friend to share food!) The mushroom pizza is great. But the tomato sauces in the veg. pizza was bit too sour. Other than that, I had nothing to complain. (Haven't tried their mussels yet, but they look very nice.)

Looking away unto Jesus

太14：29-30 耶稣说：‘你来吧！’彼得就从船上下去，在水面上走，要到耶稣那里去，只因见风甚大，就害怕，将要沉下去，使喊着说：‘主啊，救我！

彼得在怀疑中只有一点信心，他是一面喊叫一面过来而到基督跟前的。在这里你可以看到眼见是一个障碍。彼得既然从船上下去，在水面上走，风浪就根本与他不相干，他所要关心的只是从耶稣站着的地方射过来的那道亮光，除此以外，即使有十个埃及他也没有必要去注意。主在水面上呼召你“来吧”时，就要高高兴兴地向前走，你的视线一刻也不要离开祂。

你不能藉着测量波浪而得胜，也不能藉着计算风力而变得坚强；越去注意危险，越会在危险前面跌倒；越是见难而止，越会遭遇困难。你应当
举目望群山而向前走——此外别无他路。

1st class or not?

Today we had final exam board meeting. It's my first time to attend such a meeting and I found it's quite complicated regarding that we had to go through each student's record and agree on marks and the degree class for the final year students. It's entertaining as well, in a sense that some discussions were quite thoughtful and intense.

Personally speaking, I was happy indeed, because one of my students was awarded 1st class degree eventually after 1st round discussion and 2nd round reconsideration. He deserves that. Congratulations!

以極高的代價被買回

聖經經節

彼前一18：知道你們得贖，脫離你們祖宗所傳流虛妄的生活，不是用能壞的金銀等物，19：乃是用基督的寶血，如同無瑕疵無玷污的羔羊之血。

職事的話

我們是墮落的人，在我們經歷基督的救贖以前，光景都很可怕：我們乃是在不潔的市場（虛妄生活的市場）出售的貨品。從前，我們是在撒但的購物中心，在他不潔、屬世的市場裡出售的貨品。今天整個人類社會乃是不潔的市場。雖然我們原是撒但購物中心出售的物品，但基督來買我們，救贖我們。祂付了非常高的代價─祂寶血的代價─來買我們。

撒但不要基督買我們。撒但的計畫是要我們被別人所買。所以，撒但領悟基督是來買我們，就製造許多難處。他不願釋放我們，讓我們去，就興起許多障礙和隔閡，攔阻基督買我們。雖然如此，基督卻死在十字架上，並流出祂的寶血來救贖我們。從我們這面說，我們是被買回；但從撒但那面說，我們是被救贖。

救贖我們的血是一種特別的血─神人耶穌基督，生命達到最高標準之人的血。主耶穌是與神調和的人。所以，這人死在十字架上的時候，神也經過死。沒有人的言語足以解釋這點。惟有基督的血有資格並足以救贖我們，買我們。我們曾被霸佔我們的仇敵撒但出售，但我們的救贖者基督付了極高的代價買我們。彼得在十八至十九節說到這點。

(c) 2008 Living Stream Ministry。闡釋部份取自彼得前書生命讀經，第118~119頁。美國加州安那翰市，水流職事站出版。

Silent Movie

Last night I went to see a silent movie, King Of Kings, directed by Cecil B. DeMille in 1927, with organ improvisation from International Concert Organist David Briggs. Both the movie and music are very impressive!!!