大衛和瑪拿西 │ David & Manasseh (Traditional Chinese Discovery Series Booklet)

隨着歲月的增長，我漸漸學習到：上帝可以透過許多方式，塑造我們成為祂喜悅的樣式，但祂似乎更愛我們在逆境中成長。因為阻力越大，成長就越發迅速。那些在我們看來是成功路上的絆腳石，在上帝看來卻是成長的良機。正如希伯來書的作者所言：失望、損失、批評、失敗、羞辱、誘惑、消沉、孤獨和道德上的失誤，會將我們「訓練」得更堅強（希伯來書12章11節）。

這一本小冊子主要論及如何戰勝失敗。透過舊約中兩位經歷慘痛失敗的人物──大衛和瑪拿西，我們可以看到上帝是如何藉着他們的失敗使之成為剛強。我們將會發現，在我們的生命中所發生的每一件事，甚至連犯罪，都能夠成為上帝塑造我們的良機。

──大衛•羅普（David Roper）

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Overcoming Failure!

God has many ways to make us into the people He wants us to be.  But it seems that His preferred method is through resistance.  The greater the resistance, the greater the growth.  What we see as obstacles to achievement, God sees as opportunities for growth.  Disappointment, loss, criticism, failure, and moral failure become the mans by which we grow strong if we are "trained" by these forces, as the author of Hebrews would say (12:11).

This booklet is mainly about overcoming failure! We will examine two Old Testament men who failed miserably, David and Manasseh, and see how God used their failure to make them strong.  We will discover that God wastes nothing in our lives- not even sin!