DAY 60
認識你們團隊中的成員
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate
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如果我們要在一項重要的工作中取得成功，就必須學習任何人都能掌握的最強大的技能之一——團隊建立。當主在地球上行走時，他的最高優先事項之一就是建立祂的團隊。祂聚集了一個未來領袖的核心，這些人必須與祂結合，並相互結合。這仍然是祂建立教會的最高優先事項之一，因此也必須是我們的優先事項。

真正偉大的團隊很少能迅速建立起來。當然，主在這方面比過去和將來的人都要好。祂花了三年多的時間把祂的門徒培養成一個團隊，為祂的教會打下基礎。當然，祂的教會是祂永遠的新婦，這樣持久的目的要求在打地基時要有最艱苦的照顧。短期宣教的團隊可能會更快地組建起來。即便如此，我們在任何層面的工作的偉大程度都會受到我們作為團隊建立者的技巧的顯著影響。

我們在當地教會有一個目標，就是要看到每個男人、女人和孩子都知道他們在身體中的位置，並被裝備起來在其中發揮作用。我們之所以這樣做，是因為神的話語清楚地表明，新約中的事工是被賦予的。

"為要成全聖徒，各盡其職，建立基督的身體，直等到我們眾人在真道上同歸於一，認識神的兒子，得以長大成人，滿有基督長成的身量，"（以弗所書4:12-13）

這裡清楚地說，這些裝備的事工是 "直等到我們眾人. . . . . .滿有基督長成的身量，"。地球上有哪個地方的教會已經達到了這種程度？如果是這樣，我們仍然必須為裝備人而奉獻自己，但要始終牢記，我們的最終目標是看到所有人都成長為 "滿有基督長成的身量"。團隊本身不是目的，而是一種重要的手段。

正如以弗所書第4章所揭示的，所有新約的事工都是為了成為團隊的一部分。所有這些裝備人的事工都必須一起運作，以適當地裝備人。為了讓這些事工一起運作，他們必須相互瞭解。然後，團隊必須像箴言27:23所說的那樣，"你要詳細知道你羊群的景況，留心料理你的牛群。"

這似乎很簡單，因為羊群越大，就越難很好地瞭解各個羊群。羊群越大，事工作為一個團隊一起工作就越重要，會眾中的人被裝備成團隊中的一員也越重要。

希伯來書13:17指出，那些擔任領導的人必須看守百姓的靈魂，因為他們將交帳。這些人是主自己的百姓，我們被賦予看守和服務的職責。我們被賦予權柄或影響力的人越多，我們就越需要幫助。因此，我們的目標必須是看到我們有責任看守的每一個人變得足夠強大，能夠看守其他人。

當主在啟示錄中向七個教會發出信息時，祂在每一個信息的結尾都呼籲得勝者，這是每一個基督徒都必須要做的一個呼召。真正的教會生活應該是在三個層面上：我們個人與主的關係，作為家庭，以及作為一個會眾。我們必須在每個領域成為得勝者。這三者合在一起構成了一條不容易斷裂的繩索。因此，正如我們被勸告的那樣。

你們務要常存弟兄相愛的心。
不可忘記用愛心接待客旅；因為曾有接待客旅的，不知不覺就接待了天使。
你們要記念被捆綁的人，好像與他們同受捆綁；也要記念遭苦害的人，想到自己也在肉身之內。
婚姻，人人都當尊重，床也不可汙穢；因為苟合行淫的人，神必要審判。
你們存心不可貪愛錢財，要以自己所有的為足；因為主曾說：我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你。
所以我們可以放膽說：主是幫助我的，我必不懼怕；人能把我怎麼樣呢？
從前引導你們、傳神之道給你們的人，你們要想念他們，效法他們的信心，留心看他們為人的結局。
耶穌基督，昨日、今日、一直到永遠、是一樣的。
你們不要被那諸般怪異的教訓勾引了去；因為人心靠恩得堅固才是好的，並不是靠飲食。那在飲食上專心的從來沒有得著益處。
我們有一祭壇，上面的祭物是那些在帳幕中供職的人不可同吃的。
原來牲畜的血被大祭司帶入聖所作贖罪祭；牲畜的身子被燒在營外。
所以，耶穌要用自己的血叫百姓成聖，也就在城門外受苦。
這樣，我們也當出到營外，就了祂去，忍受祂所受的淩辱。
我們在這裡本沒有常存的城，乃是尋求那將來的城。
我們應當靠著耶穌，常常以頌讚為祭獻給神，這就是那承認主名之人嘴唇的果子。
只是不可忘記行善和捐輸的事；因為這樣的祭，是神所喜悅的。
你們要依從那些引導你們的，且要順服；因他們為你們的靈魂時刻警醒，好像那將來交帳的人。你們要使他們交的時候有快樂，不致憂愁；若憂愁就於你們無益了。
請你們為我們禱告，因我們自覺良心無虧，願意凡事按正道而行。
我更求你們為我禱告，使我快些回到你們那裡去。
但願賜平安的神，就是那憑永約之血、使群羊的大牧人─我主耶穌從死裡復活的神，
在各樣善事上成全你們，叫你們遵行祂的旨意；又藉著耶穌基督在你們心裡行祂所喜悅的事。願榮耀歸給祂，直到永永遠遠。阿們！
（希伯來書 13:1-21） 

DAY60
Know Those Who Labor Among You
Rick Joyner

If we are going to be successful in a major endeavor we must learn one of the most powerful skills that anyone can have—team building. One of the Lord's highest priorities when He walked the earth was to build His team. He gathered a core of future leaders who had to be joined to Him, and to one another. That is still one of His highest priorities in building His church, and therefore must be ours.

There are few truly great teams that can be built quickly. Certainly the Lord was the best at this than who ever was or will be. It took Him over three years to build His disciples into the team that would lay the foundation for His church. Of course, His church is to be His eternal bride, and such a lasting purpose demanded the most painstaking care in laying the foundation. Teams for short-term missions may be put together much faster. Even so, the greatness of our work on any level will be significantly affected by our skill as a team builder.

We have a goal in our local churches to see every man, woman, and child know their place in the body, and be equipped to function in it. We are doing this because the Word of God is clear that the New Testament ministry is given:

"for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man,
to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12-13).

Here it says clearly that these equipping ministries are given "until we all attain . . . the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ." Is there anywhere on earth that a church has attained to that? If so, we must still give ourselves to the equipping of the people, but always keep in mind that our ultimate goal is to see all grow up into "the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ." Teams are not an end in themselves, but an essential means.

As Ephesians 4 reveals, all New Testament ministry is meant to be a part of a team. All of these equipping ministries must function together for the proper equipping of the people. For these ministries to function together they must know each other. Then the team must go on to do as Proverbs 27:23 states, "Know well the condition of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds."

This may seem elementary because the larger the flock, the more difficult it is to know the individual sheep very well. The larger the flock, the more important it is for the ministry to work together as a team, and for those within the congregation to be equipped to become a part of the team.

Hebrews 13:17 states that those who serve as leaders must keep watch over the souls of the people as those who will give an account. These are the Lord's own people whom we have been given to watch over and serve. The greater number of people that we have been given authority or influence, over, the more we are going to need help. Our goal must therefore be to see each one that we have the responsibility to watch over become strong enough to be able to watch over others.

When the Lord gave His messages to the seven churches in Revelation, He ended each one with a call to the overcomers, which is one calling that every Christian has to be. True church life is meant to be on three levels: our individual relationships with the Lord, as families, and as a congregation. We must be overcomers in each area. Together these make a cord of three strands that is not easily broken. Therefore, as we are exhorted:

Let love of the brethren continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers,
for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them,
and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body. Let marriage be held in honor among all,
and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said,
"I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you," so that we confidently say, "The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid.
What shall man do to me?" Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you;
and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever.
Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace,
not by foods, through which those who were thus occupied were not benefited.
We have an altar, from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin,
are burned outside the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood,
suffered outside the gate. Hence, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.
For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
And do not neglect doing good and sharing; for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Obey your leaders, and submit to them for they keep watch over your souls, as those who will give an account.
Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things.
And I urge you all the more to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. Now the God of peace,
who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant,
even Jesus our Lord, equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen (Hebrews 13:1-21).