撒母耳記下10：1~19
1 In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king. 2 David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.
When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites, 3 the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?” 4 So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.
5 When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”
6 When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.
7 On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men. 8 The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.
9 Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans. 10He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites. 11 Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you. 12 Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The LORD will do what is good in his sight.”
13 Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him. 14 When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
15 After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped. 16 Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
17 When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him. 18 But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there. 19 When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them.
So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
--感謝 神， 「我 這 樣 吩 咐 你 們 ， 是 要 叫 你 們 彼 此 相 愛 。」 (約翰福音15:17)
--感謝 神，帶領袁醫師一家，在蒙特婁居住一年期間全家平安，能夠接觸基督教的信仰，求神繼續帶領他
們
--感謝 神，帶領3月6日的座談會，讓會友多了解吳牧師向中會提出辭職的原因
--感謝 神，3月6日教會靈修會第二次的午餐募款活動順利進行，求主紀念負責的同工的服事
--感謝 神，保守社青的交友
--感謝 神，趙志祥弟兄盡心鏟雪的服事，求 神保守他的學業
為教會
--為2011年度的主題「至於我和我家，我們必定事奉耶和華」(約書亞24:15)
--為領導同工能有合一的心，透過禱告思考上帝的旨意，以面對教會所面臨的種種挑戰
--為5月15日長老的選舉，求聖靈感動並帶領所有的候選人
--為中會專案小組計畫於3月10日來與小會長老見面
--為3月15日中會討論吳牧師提出的辭職議案
--為3月20日吳國慶執事就任
--為4月30日年輕人音樂會募款的計畫與活動.
--為全教會的奉獻能達到2011年的預算目標(增加10%)
--為教育組將進行的各項事工: 1. 2011年青年的學業, 家庭, 教會的服事
2. 社青團契小組聚會方式及預定分組的計畫
3. 鼓勵全教會閱讀屬靈書刊
4. 能有更多的兄姊參加週二禱告會,一起從分享主題「生活與 神」得益處
5. 為週五團契契友家長的聚會/查經
--為2011年將要舉辦的全教會靈修會主題「愛我們的家」，講員陳明賢牧師、第一梯次提早報名於3月31
日截止
--為第二季教會的事工服事安排；長執訓練會的籌備
--為廖理德 (Lester) 弟兄計畫到法國短宣及募款的需要
--求上帝賜給這個教會一顆順服的心，年輕人能順服長輩、會友能順服小會、小會能順服中會、最終人人
順服上帝
--為教會再發展與事工更新，使TRC成為一個有活力的宣教教會
為肢體
--為本會牧師們、長執們及會友們的家庭作守望禱告:戴惠喆牧師、黃貴美長老、徐碧霞執事、
廖興隆弟兄、吳恩青姊妹
--為外出的兄姊: 高玉珍、林佳蓉、李明芬、楊桂英姊妹、杜水木執事夫婦、鄭英州夫婦、蔡內慧長老夫
婦、鄭秀蓮長老
--為蔡丞雋弟兄申請牙醫學校、吳鴻儒弟兄計畫申請神學院、少真姊妹考試與實習
--為社青的交友與未來的婚姻
--為身體欠安的弟兄姐妹代禱: 吳珀俊弟兄、吳素月姊妹腰痛、廖興隆弟兄膝蓋痛、錢威印弟兄胃開刀
--為王立芃同學在此求學及生活，其姊計畫申請留學
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