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您是如何感恩？我知道现在不是感恩节。加拿大的感恩节在金秋十月，是提醒我们感恩的日子。但是，一年中的其它日子呢？比如今天，2021年的6月22日，您有多感恩呢？有些人天性心存感恩，明白“滴水之恩，涌泉相报”之理；有些人则必须为此努力，并且苦思积虑地提醒自己不要忘怀感恩。为此，您可以制定一些策略，比如保留一本感恩日志，用以记录神带给您的大大小小的祝福。然后，当您需要调节心情时，您可以打开您的感恩日志，阅读、重温、再次感恩那些曾经令您感到幸福和满有恩典的时光，并且加倍感恩神在您生命中的信实。

神 圣灵藉着神的话在您的生命中开启您的心思意念。今天的圣经章节摘自于【马太福音】第二十章第24-28节：”那十个门徒听见，就恼怒他们弟兄二人。耶稣叫了他们来，说：“你们知道外邦人有君王为主治理他们，有大臣操权管束他们。只是在你们中间不可这样。你们中间谁愿为大，就必作你们的仆人。正如人子来，不是要受人的服侍，乃是要服侍人，并且要舍命，作多人的赎价。”

休憩之时，愿您在神信实的爱中安然入睡。神祝福您。

亲切的问候，

杰夫牧师

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How are you thankful? I know it’s not Thanksgiving. In Canada that happens in October, and it’s always a good reminder. But what about the rest of the year? How thankful are you on June 22, 2021? Some people are naturally thankful. Other’s have to work at it and come up with strategies to always keep being that way in the forefront of their thoughts. There are strategies you can develop like keeping a Gratitude Journal. In it you can write down the blessings God’s given you, whether large or small. And then, when you need a “pick me up,” you can take it and read all of those times when you were blessed and thankful. Then you can be thankful again for each circumstance and you can double up on that thanksgiving for the big picture of God’s faithfulness in your life.

The Holy Spirit of God will inspire you with the words of the Scripture section. It’s from Matthew 20:24-28, “When the ten other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they were indignant. But Jesus called them together and said, ‘You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.’”

Rest in the knowledge of God’s faithful love toward you. God bless you.

Kind regards,

Pastor Jeff