Session 12
第十二讲
Where Are You Heading?
你向哪里行？
Focus Verse
重点经文
1 Timothy 1:5: The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
提摩太前书 1 章 15 节：这命令的目标就是爱，这爱是从清洁的心和无愧的良心和真诚的信心生出来的。
Objective
目标
To understand how faith relates to the goals and desires we have for our lives so that we can live a life of genuine freedom in Christ and become the person God created us to be.
理解信心如何与我们对生活的目标和欲望相关，以便我们能够过一个真正在基督里得自由的生命， 并成为上帝创造我们时要我们成为的人。
Focus Truth
重点真理
Nothing and no one can keep us from being the person God created us to be.
没有什么事什么人能够阻拦我们成为上帝创造我们要我们成为的那个人。
Welcome
欢迎
What would you like to do before the end of your life?
在你生命结束之前，你想要做些什么？
Worship
崇拜
Read John 10:28-29 and Jude 24-25. Praise God that He is able to complete the work that He started in you.
阅读约翰福音 10 章 28-29 节以及犹大书 24-25 节。赞美上帝因他能够完成他在你里面已经开始进行的工作。
Word
道
Your Christian Walk Is The Result of What You Believe
你的基督徒之旅就是你信仰内容的结果。
We have all come to believe that certain things will give us satisfaction, significance, fun, etc. But will they actually deliver the goods or are the goals we have developed faulty in some way?
我们都相信，某些东西会给我们带来满足， 意义，乐趣，等等。 但它们会真正带来物质利益吗？还是我们拟定的目标有某些偏差？
Feelings Are God’s Red Flag of Warning
感受是上帝的红牌警告
Who knows best how we can be fulfilled and happy and peaceful? God ！
谁最知晓我们如何能获得满足，幸福和安宁？上帝！
God has equipped us with a feedback system that is designed to grab our attention so that we can check the validity of the direction we are heading in: our emotions.
上帝给我们配备了反馈系统，用来抓住我们的注意力，以便我们能够检查我们所行的方向有效与否，这个反馈系统就是我们的情绪。
When an experience or a relationship leaves us feeling angry, anxious or depressed, those emotional signposts are there to alter us to the possibility that we may be working towards a faulty goal which is based on a wrong belief.
当一件经历或一个人际关系使我们感觉愤怒，焦虑或者压抑，这些情绪标志是来警醒我们，可能我们正在走向一个错误的目标，这个目标的基础是错误的信仰。
Anger Signals A Blocked Goal
愤怒表明一个目标受阻碍。
Anxiety Signals An Uncertain Goal
焦虑表明目标不明确。
Depression Signals An Impossible Goal
压抑表明目标不可能实现。
Pause for thought 1
思考问题 1
Do you agree that emotions can indicate whether your goals are in line with God’s will?
你是否同意，情绪能指出你的目标是否和上帝的旨意相符？
How do people typically respond to blocked goals? What has been your tendency when you don’t get your own way, or someone or something is keeping you from doing what you want to do?
人们通常对目标受阻如何反应？当你不能实现自己的目的，或者有什么事情或人阻挡了你去做你想要做的事情时，你倾向于怎样反应？
Depression is often the result of negative perceptions of the future, circumstances around us, and ourselves. How can those perceptions (beliefs) be overcome by faith in God?
压抑通常是因为对于将来， 周围的环境和我们自己有负面看法的结果，这些看法如何能够通过对上帝的信仰克服掉？
Wrong Responses When Our Goals Are Frustrated
当我们的目标受阻时的错误反应
If we believe that our sense of worth is dependent on other people and circumstances we will try to manipulate those people and circumstances.
如果我们认为我们的价值感受是依赖于别人和环境，我们就会试图操纵这些人和环境。
Turning Bad Goals Into Good Goals
把坏的目标变成好的目标
If God has a goal for your life, can it be blocked, or is its fulfillment uncertain or impossible? No!
如果上帝给你的生命设定了一个目标，这目标能受阻吗？或者，这个目标的实现是不确定的或不可能的吗？ 不是！
No God-given goal can, therefore be dependent on people or circumstances that we have no right or ability to control.
上帝所定的目标不可能依赖于我们没有权利或能力控制的人或环境。
The Difference Between A “Goal” And A “Desire”
“目标”与“愿望”两者的区别
A good goal is any specific orientation that reflects God’s purpose for your life and does not depend on people or circumstances beyond your ability or right to control.
一个好的目标反应了上帝对你生命目的任何具体引导， 它不依赖于超出你的控制能力和权利以外的人和环境。
The only person who can block a godly goal or make it uncertain or impossible is you.
能够阻拦一个圣洁目标使它不确定或者不可能实现的唯一一个人，就是你。
What do we do with a goal whose fulfillment is in itself a good thing but which depends on events or circumstances that we can’t control? We need to downgrade it in our thinking from a goal, upon which our whole sense of who we are depends, to what we might call “a godly desire”.
A godly desire is any specific result that depends on the cooperation of other people, the success of events or favorable circumstances which you have no right or ability to control.
如果一个目标的实现本身是一件好事，但它的实现取决于我们不能控制的事件或者环境，我们怎么办？ 我们需要在思想中把这个目标从一个“目标” —-- 那是我们整个人的身份所依赖的事情 ---- 降格为一个可以称为“圣洁愿望”的东西。
一个圣洁的愿望是任何依赖于他人合作的具体结果，你没有权利或能力掌控事情的成功或者有利环境的形成。
The Goal Is To Become the Person God Called You To Be
目标是成为上帝呼召要你成为的人
God Wants Us To Become Like Jesus
上帝要我们变得像耶稣
“It is God’s will that you should be sanctified” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). Sanctification (becoming like Jesus) is God’s will (goal) for our lives. Nobody and nothing on earth can keep you from being the person God called you to be.
“神的旨意就是要你们成为圣洁”（帖撒罗尼迦前书 4 章 3 节）。 成圣（称为基督的样式）是神给我们生命的旨意（目标）。世上没有任何事任何人能阻挡你成为上帝呼召你要你成为的人。
The difficulties we face are actually a means of achieving our supreme goal of becoming more like Jesus:
“We rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.”(Romans 5:3-5).
我们面临的困难实际上是为了达到“变得更像耶稣”这个最高目标的一种途径：
“ 我们在患难中也是欢欢喜喜的。 因为知道患难生忍耐，忍耐出性格，性格生盼望。 盼望不至于灰心，因为神通过赐给我们的圣灵将他的爱浇灌在我们心里。”（罗马书５章３－４节）。
God’s goal with our life is to do with our character – what we are like – rather than with what we do.
上帝给我们生命的目标是关系到我们性格的――我们像什么――而不是我们做什么。
Pause For Thought 2
思考问题２
Can you see how differenciating between goals and desires can have a tremendous effect on you and your freedom? How? What is God’s primary goal for your life ? Why can’t it be blocked? Is it liberating or convicting to know that nothing and no one can keep you from being the person God created you to be?
你是否明白区分“目标”和“愿望”对于你和你的自由有多么巨大的效果？ 这个效果是如何产生的？ 什么是上帝给你的生命设定的首要目标？ 为何它不能被拦阻？知道没有任何事任何人能阻挡你成为上帝造你要你成为的那个人，对你来说是一种解脱还是一种指责？
When Our Goal Is Love
当我们的目标是爱
Paul says, “The goal of our instruction is love” (1 Timothy 1: 5). Love is the character of God, because God is love (1 John 4:7,8).
If you make godly character your primary goal then the fruit of the Spirit that will be produced in your life is love, joy (instead of depression), peace (instead of anxiety), and patience (instead of anger).
保罗说，“我们教导的目标就是爱”（提摩太前书１ 章５节）。爱是上帝的性格，因为神就是爱（约翰一书４章７，８ 节）。
如果你把像神的性格作为你的首要目标，那么圣灵在你生命中会结出的果实就是爱， 喜乐（而不是压抑），和平（而不是焦虑），和忍耐（而不是愤怒）。
Witness
见证
Can distinguishing between goals and desires help you to be a more effective witness?
区分目标和愿望能否帮助你成为一名更有效的见证人？
Questions for Groups
给各组的问题
1. Do you agree that your emotions can indicate whether your goals are in line with God’s will?
1 ．你是否同意，你的情绪能指明你的目标是否与上帝的旨意相符？
2. How do people typically respond to blocked goals? What has been your tendency when someone or something is keeping you from doing what you want to do?
2 ．人们对于目标受阻通常如何反应？当有什么事或什么人阻挡你做你想要做的事，你趋向于如何反应？
3. Depression is often the result of negative perception of the future, circumstances around us, and ourselves. How can those perceptions (beliefs) be overcome by faith in God?
3 ．压抑通常是对于未来，和周围的环境和我们自己负面看法的结果。 这些负面看法如何能用信仰上帝来克服？
4. Can you see how differentiating between goals and desires can have a tremendous effect on you and your freedom? How?
4 ．你能理解区分目标和愿望如何能对你和你的自由产生巨大影响吗？
5. What is God’s primary goal for your life? Why can’t it be blocked?
5 ．什么是上帝为你生命设定的首要目标？为何它不可能被阻挡？
6. Is it liberating or convicting to know that nothing or anything can keep you from being the person God created you to be? Why?
6 ． 知道没有任何事任何人能阻挡你成为上帝造你要你成为的那个人，对你来说是一种解脱还是一种指责 ？ 为什么？
To take away
带回家的问题
Suggestions For Your Quiet Times This Week:
建议你在本周安静的时间作以下事情：
This coming week, take the time to evaluate your faith by completing the What Do I Believe? questions on the next page. You will not be asked to share how you are dong with the rest of the group. Give some serious thought as to how you would complete the sentences.
下面一周里，填写“我相信什么”的问题表格，并花时间评估你的信仰，不要求你和组里他人分享你填的内容。 认真想想，如何填写每一个问题，完成答句。
Big Questions (to consider before the next session):
思考问题（下一课之前思考）：
If you discover that your goals are not the same as God’s goals for your life, would you be willing to change what you believe?
如果你发现，你的目标和神给你生命的目标不一致，你愿意改变你所相信的东西吗？
WHAT DO I BELIEVE
我相信什么
1. How successful am I? １。我有多成功？
I would be more successful if ----------------------------
我会更成功，如果我――――――――――――――――――――
2. How significant am I? ２。我多有意义？
I would be more significant if-------------------------------
我会更有意义，如果我――――――――――――――――――――
3. How fulfilled am I? ３。我有多充实？
I would be more fulfilled if-------------------------------
我会更充实，如果我――――――――――――――――――――――――
4. How satisfied am I? ４。我有多满足？
I would be more satisfied if ------------------------------
我会更满足，如果我―――――――――――――――――――――
5. How happy am I? ５。我有多幸福？
I would be more happy if ----------------------------------
我会更幸福，如果我―――――――――――――――――――――――
6. How much fun am I having? ６。我有多少乐趣？
I would have mire fun if ------------------------------------
我会有更多乐趣，如果我――――――――――――――――――――
7. How secured am I? ７。我有多安全？
I would be more secured if -----------------------------------
我会更觉安全，如果我 ―――――――――――――――――――――
8. How peaceful am I? ８。我有多平安？
I would be more peaceful if-----------------------------------
我心会更平安，如果我――――――――――――――――――――――
约翰福音 8 章 32 节：你们必认识真理，真理必叫你们得自由。
