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We are in the middle of our Kids’ Bible Adventure Week. It's an exciting week. Children are learning more and more about Jesus. But in the lead up to this week, there has been a lot of preparation.

Many people have worked so hard and so diligently to prepare for our Kids’ Bible Adventure Week. The decorations and the setup for the week have been spectacular, as you'll see in this video. I took this footage early one morning last week before anybody was here.

The theme for the Bible Adventure Week is from Psalm 56:3. This says, “Whenever I'm afraid, I put my trust in you.”

All of us have been afraid. We can be afraid of many different things. We can be afraid of the dark, afraid of an illness, afraid of an uncertain future, even afraid of a relationship. The fact that this Psalm says, "Whenever I'm afraid...," means that people in the Bible were also afraid.

But this verse reminds us that whenever we are afraid, we have someone we can go to and something that we can do. We can turn to the Lord, and we can put our trust in Him. We hand the situation that makes us afraid over to the Lord, saying, “Lord, I don't know how to handle this. I don't know what's happening. It frightens me. But I'm giving it to you. And you are sovereign, and you will take charge of this. And you know the beginning from the end, and you will be glorified.”

That's an important message, isn't it? We know we can trust the Lord because Jesus went to the cross for us, rose again from the dead, and is seated at the Father's right hand. So we know he is above all reign and rule and power and authority. We know he can take charge of any situation and circumstance. As this verse says, “Whenever I'm afraid, I put my trust in you.”

May this be so for our children at our Kids’ Bible Adventure Week and for you and me in our present situations and in whatever the future may be. Jesus is Lord.

Let's pray.

“O Lord God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we know that you are the sovereign God and that you are able to take control of all situations. We also know, Lord, that there are times when we are afraid. Help us to turn to you, to put our trust in you, to let you take charge, and to let you change us more into your likeness through these circumstances. And then let us see you glorified.

We pray for the children at our Kids’ Bible Adventure Week. May they put their trust in you. We pray for those who are leading and teaching that they will have grace and wisdom to know how to share the love of Jesus and encourage the children.

We praise you, O Lord, in the name of the one in whom we put our trust, the name of Jesus. Amen."

視頻大意翻譯 (video Chinese translation):

歡迎收看本周的線上靈修。

我們的兒童聖經夏令營正在進行當中。這是令人興奮的一周。孩子們對耶穌的了解越來越多。但在這之前，我們做了很多的準備工作。

許多人很努力的為兒童聖經夏令營做準備。在影片中你可以看到裝飾和那非常壯觀的布置，這是我在一個清晨拍攝的，當時還沒有人來。

這個星期的主題是來自詩篇56:3 “我懼怕的時候要倚靠你。”

我們每個人都曾害怕過，我們可能害怕不同的事，可能是黑暗、疾病、不確定的未來、甚至是一段感情。這首詩說” 我懼怕的時候” ，意思是說聖經中的人也曾害怕。

但這節經文提醒我們，每當我們害怕時，我們都有可以去找的人，我們可以做的事情。我們可以轉向主，我們可以信靠祂，把使我們害怕的情況交給主，說：“主啊，我不知道如何處理這件事。我不知道發生了什麼。這讓我感到害怕。但我把它給你。你是至高無上的，你掌管這件事。從頭到尾你都知道，你必得榮耀。”

這是一個重要的信息，不是嗎？知道我們可以信靠主，因為耶穌為我們上了十字架，從死裡復活了，坐在天父的右邊。所以我們知道祂凌駕一切政權治、統治和權柄。我們知道祂可以掌控任何情況和環境。正如這節經文所說，“我懼怕的時候要倚靠你。”

願這對我們兒童聖經夏令營的孩子、對你和我，無論在目前的情況或任何未來可能的情況下都是如此的。耶穌是主。

讓我們禱告。

"主神啊，聖父、聖子、聖靈，我們知道你是至高無上的神，你能夠掌控一切。 主啊，我們也知道，有時我們會害怕。 請幫助我們轉向你，相信你，讓你掌管一切，讓你通過這些環境改變我們，使我們更像你。 然後讓我們看到你的榮耀。

我們為參加兒童聖經夏令營的孩子們禱告。 願他們將自己交託給你。 我們為帶領和教導的人禱告，願他們有恩典和智慧，知道如何分享耶穌的愛，鼓勵孩子們。”

Grace and peace
Pastor Callum