8月4日 为人服务
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8月4日 为人服务
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Ministry to Others, August 4
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“我知道世人，莫强如终身喜乐行善”（传3:12）。[1]
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I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.?Ecclesiastes 3:12.?{RRe 218.1}[1]
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上帝呼召人甘心为同胞服务。（MH 103）[2]
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God calls upon men to minister gladly to their fellow men.—The Ministry of Healing, 103.?{RRe 218.2}[2]
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我们为基督所作的每一番努力，都要得祂的报偿。我们为祂的名而尽的每一个本分，都会促进我们自己的幸福。（4T 19）[3]
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Every effort we make for Christ will be rewarded by Him; and every duty we perform in His name will minister to our own happiness.—Testimonies for the Church 4:19.?{RRe 218.3}[3]
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人生非常宝贵，充满神圣严重的职责，不可浪费在寻欢作乐上。世人几乎还未开始认识人生的真谛。他们受虚荣浮华的引诱，追求世俗的尊荣，牺牲了人生的真正宗旨。人生的精华——朴实、忠诚、正直、纯洁、坚贞——是不能买卖的；无论是没有学识的人还是受过教育的人，是卑微的工人还是尊贵的政治家，都可以白白得到。上帝已经为每一个人预备穷人和富人都能享受的快乐。这是培养纯洁思想和无私行为的快乐，是来自对人说同情的话、行善事的快乐。基督的光从这些为人服务的人身上发出，照亮被黑影所笼罩的人生。（MH 198）。[4]
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Life is too valuable, too full of solemn, sacred responsibilities, to be wasted in pleasing self. Men and women have hardly begun to understand the true object of life. They are attracted by glitter and show. They are ambitious for worldly pre-eminence. To this the true aims of life are sacrificed. Life’s best things,—simplicity, honesty, truthfulness, purity, integrity—cannot be bought or sold. They are as free to the ignorant as to the educated, to the humble laborer as to the honored statesman. For every one God has provided pleasure that may be enjoyed by rich and poor alike—the pleasure found in cultivating pureness of thought and unselfishness of action, the pleasure that comes from speaking sympathizing words and doing kindly deeds. From those who perform such service the light of Christ shines to brighten lives darkened by many shadows.—The Ministry of Healing, 198.?{RRe 218.4}[4]