1 神啊!求你保守我,因為我投靠你。
2 我(“我”有古抄本作“你”)曾對耶和華說:“你是我的主,我的好處不在你以外。”
5 耶和華是我的產業,是我杯中的分;我所得的業分,你親自為我持守。
6 準繩量給我的是佳美之地,我的產業實在令我喜悅。
7 我要稱頌那指導我的耶和華,我的心在夜間也勸戒我。
8 我常常把耶和華擺在我面前,因他在我右邊,我必不會動搖。
9 為此我的心快樂,我的靈(“靈”或譯:“榮耀”或“肝”;與30:12,57:8,108:1同)歡欣,我的肉身也必安然居住。
10 因為你必不把我的靈魂撇在陰間,也必不容你的聖者見朽壞。
11 你必把生命的路指示我,在你面前有滿足的喜樂,在你的右手中有永遠的福樂。
誦讀:以敞開的心緩慢,柔和地讀,小心地聆聽一字一句,細細體味誦讀的每一部分。注意哪些字、句的部分是今天特別為自己的。
默想:在誦讀中,如果發現某一字或某一句對自己有個別意義,就要對這字或句子反覆思想;可能是感動,欣慰,難過等等。
禱告:然後跟神說話。和神互動時,就像你與愛你、接納你的人交往一樣。告訴神你在默想時,在内心深處的自我覺察和發現。
安歇:最後,安歇在神的愛內;在愛我的神的臨在中,我歡愉地安歇著,無論是對話,或是我無言寂靜地安歇著(詩篇131:2)。
筆錄:將心中的思想,剛才的體驗,或是與神的禱告,記錄在「靈程筆記簿」上面。
另外讀經:使徒行傳2:36-41
多人感動信主
Psalm 16 (NIV)
1 Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.
2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
5 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the LORD.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Read slowly and gently through the passage. Savor each portion of the reading, listening for the “still, small voice” of a word or phrase that somehow says, “I am for you today.”
TAKE in the word or phrase that touches you. Memorize it and slowly repeat it to yourself, allowing it to interact with your inner world of concerns, memories and ideas.
SPEAK to God. Interact with God as you would with one who loves and accepts you. And give to Him what you have discovered in reading and reflection.
REST in God. Rejoicing in the knowledge that God is with you in both words and silence, in spiritual activity and inner receptivity.
Journaling: Write down your experience, any thought, and/or prayer in the 2012 “Spiritual Journal” book.
Suggested Easter Week additional devotional reading: Acts 2:36-41
Many were moved and believed