Spiritual Waimai 属灵外卖： Take-Out When You Can't Get Out

Many of us are facing trials right now due to the effects of the coronavirus. How will you respond to the trials in your life? Will you give up? Will you get angry? Or will you persevere? 

受新冠病毒的影响，我们很多人目前都面临着试炼。你会怎样回应生活中的试炼呢？你是会放弃呢？会愤怒呢？还是会忍耐呢？

The Bible is an amazing book of love and truth. When was the last time you opened your Bible to hear God’s powerful words to you? 

圣经很奇妙，充满爱和真理。你最近一次打开圣经、聆听神大能的话语是什么时候？

So many aspects of my life and our world have changed in the past weeks due to COVID-19. It almost makes my head spin. In this time of unsettling change, we can depend on our God who is constant, the same yesterday, today and forever. 

过去几周，新冠疫情改变了世界，也大大改变了我的生活，让人有些头晕目眩。在这不安多变的时期，我们可以依靠那位昔在、今在、永在而不变的神。

There are messages of fear and panic being sent out across the world as the coronavirus travels the globe. As God’s people, will we believe the reports of fear or will we stand in faith that God can protect us? 

新冠病毒在全世界范围内蔓延，害怕和恐慌的信息到处散播。作为神的子民，我们是相信那些让人恐惧的信息，还是坚信上帝会保护我们？

Let’s admit it, none of us like to wait for things. But what if God has a purpose in your time of waiting? 

坦白说，没人喜欢等候。假如神有意让你等候呢？

We are now several weeks into the coronavirus, several weeks of being separated from our daily lives and the people that fill our lives with color. How can we handle the loneliness that we may be feeling?

新冠肺炎爆发已经几周了。这几周日常生活中断，也不能跟使生活有滋有味的亲朋好友们交往，我们或许会感觉孤单，那么如何处理孤单的情绪呢？

The coronavirus is giving us a unique opportunity to put our faith in action. Do we really believe that Jesus can meet all of our needs in this hard time? 

Each day we are seeing the number of coronavirus cases grow. More medical supplies are needed. People’s needs continue to increase. We are inspired by the doctors and nurses caring for the sick around the clock. We are inspired by their compassion and serving. 

There was a time in the Bible where thousands of people came to Jesus in need of healing. When He saw them He had compassion on them and served them. Let’s read the story.

When we focus our attention on the difficult things in our lives, our hearts can become heavy. Let’s direct our focus to our great God and may our hearts become glad! 

过于关注生活中的困难，会令我们会心情沉重。转向注目神，让心欢快起来！

We all know that as Christians it is important to pray. But sometimes we have no idea where to start! Jesus has some great things to say about prayer and the Bible is absolutely full of powerful prayers that you can use as your own. 

我们都知道作为基督徒祷告很重要，但有时候我们却不知道从哪里开始。耶稣有许多关于祷告的伟大教导，圣经也绝对是充满了强有力的祷告，可以给你我作为参照。