【帖前2:13】为此，我们也不住地感谢神，因你们听见我们所传神的道，就领受了；不以为是人的道，乃以为是神的道。这道实在是神的，并且运行在你们信主的人心中。【1 Thess 2:13】1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

回顾过去，保罗心中涌出感恩的活泉，他称赞帖撒罗尼迦的信徒接受道的态度，对神的道有积极，准确的响应和坚守。As Paul looked back, his heart overflowed with gratitude. He affirmed the Thessalonian believers for the way they received God’s word—with a willing, accurate, and faithful response. 尽管传道人（保罗）被迫离开不能持续牧养，他们对道的信心，使得他们在逼迫中站稳，成为榜样。Even though the preacher, Paul himself, was forced to leave and could no longer shepherd them in person, their trust in God’s word enabled them to stand firm under persecution and become a model for others.

真正的传道不是传道理，而是传生命，传道路，传耶稣。（林前2:2因为我曾定了主意，在你们中间不知道别的，只知道耶稣基督并他钉十字架。）保罗以自己先践行的再去教导人，行道在前，传道在后，用生命影响生命。True preaching is not simply sharing teaching or ideas, but imparting life, the way, and Christ Himself. As Paul said, he resolved to know nothing except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Paul lived out the word before teaching others—walking the way before speaking it—so that life could shape life. 他不断地经历各样的属灵的围攻、逼迫、患难。但是他不动摇、继续传讲、继续结果子，被神的道炼净；在生活中言行一致，与神的道相符，向他人见证，正是这种生命、生活，吸引他人跟随效法。He faced continual spiritual opposition, persecution, and hardship, yet he did not waver. He kept proclaiming the gospel and kept bearing fruit, allowing God’s word to refine him. His life and conduct matched the word he preached, becoming a living testimony that drew others to follow and imitate Christ.

主啊，你的道是活的、是灵、是生命，种子（神的道）被播下找到好土壤就能结果。帖迦的信徒虽信3个多星期就被神的道得着，征服，获得播种的能力，带下扩展福音的影响力。Lord, Your word is living, it is Spirit, and it is life. When the seed of God’s word falls into good soil, it bears fruit. The Thessalonian believers were taken hold of by Your word in just over three weeks, transformed and empowered to sow, bringing an expanding gospel influence.我不也是从你不能朽坏的道而生的吗？赦免我不是运用信心，把神的道就运用在当下的环境中，读神的话有时也是机械背诵，缺乏祷告、依靠圣灵的能力。Was I not also born again through Your imperishable word? Forgive me for failing at times to apply Your word by faith in real situations, and for reading Scripture mechanically—sometimes even memorising it—without prayer or reliance on the Holy Spirit’s power.

当争战临到，仇敌发动攻击用灰心、负面、绝望、担忧、试图盘踞我的心思时…主啊，求你提醒我，不是任凭牠在我里面徘徊，而是用神的道起来抵挡不符合真理的意念，攻破坚固营垒，挖罪根、追赶仇敌，直到把仇敌打倒。When spiritual battles come and the enemy attacks with discouragement, negativity, despair, anxiety, and tries to take hold of my thoughts, Lord, remind me not to allow those thoughts to remain, but to rise up with the word of God and resist everything that contradicts the truth. Teach me to tear down strongholds, deal with sin at its root, and pursue the enemy until he is defeated. 因为神的道就是带着权柄、能力、击杀仇敌的利剑。求你帮助我扎根持守在你的道里，靠圣灵不断更新改变生命，在人生的道路上奔跑，活出权能，见证传扬耶稣死而复活的道。For the word of God is a sword—carrying authority and power to overcome the enemy. Help me remain rooted and steadfast in Your word, continually renewed and transformed by the Holy Spirit, so that I may run the race of life, live out Your power, and boldly bear witness to Jesus Christ—crucified and risen.

（刘姊妹/Sister Liu）