How to Overcome Difficulties in Life?
如何面对生活困境
A Christian’s Testimony
一个基督徒的见证
Haitao Li 李海涛
I. Life is Hard!
我们一生的年日是七十岁，若是强壮可到八十岁；
但其中所矜夸的不过是劳苦愁烦，转眼成空，我
们便如飞而去。
诗篇90:10
The length of our days is seventy years or eighty, if
we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble
and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
Psalm 90:10
a. PhD is hard!
博士很难！
b. MBA is easy?
MBA就容易吗？
c. Nothing is easy!
没有任何事情是容易的！
d. All face great uncertainties!
所有的都要面对极大的不确定性！
“Will I be pretty? Will I be rich?”
我会漂亮吗？我会富有吗？
在长长的一生里，为什么欢乐总是乍现就凋
落，走的最急的总是最美的时光。
席慕容
Why is that in our life happiness is always so
ephemeral and the best times haste the fastest?
我们就象奴隶一样，直到死才会解脱。
We are like slaves, who don’t get released until death.
所以，你们得的不是感冒发烧，而是癌症！
Bad news -- what you’ve got is not a flu or a fever, but
a cancer!
II. The Truth Will Set You Free!
你们必晓得真理，真理必叫你得以
自由。
约翰福音8:32
Then you will know the truth, and
the truth will set you free.
John 8:32
We are Neo, not Mr. Anderson!
我们是尼奥， 不是安德森先生
电影 《黑客帝国》 Movie Matrix
我开始为什么不相信基督教
Why didn’t I believe in Christianity then?
a. 不真实 (Untrue)
b. 基督徒很乏味 (Boring)
c. 与我的生活不相关 (Irrelevant)
我现在为什么相信基督教
Why did I believe in Christianity now?
a. 真实 (True)!
b. 基督徒很亲切 (Exciting)!
c. 与我的生活息息相关 (Totally relevant)!
凡劳苦担重担的人可以到我这里来，我就
使你们得安息。
马太福音 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
不要忧虑说：吃什么？喝什么？穿什么？这都
是外帮人所求的，你们需用的这一切东西，你
们的天父都是知道的。你们要先求他的国和他
的义，这些东西都要加给你们了。
马太福音 6:31,33
So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What
shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?’ But seek first
his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things
will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:31,33
III. God’s Plan for Your Life
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares
the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
耶 和 华 说 ，我 知 道 我 向 你 们 所 怀 的 意 念 是
赐平安的意念，不是降灾祸的意念，要叫
你们末后有指望。
耶 利 米 书 29:11
Be strong and courageous. Do not be
terrified; do not be discouraged, for the
Lord your God will be with you wherever
you go.
Joshua 1:9
我岂没有吩咐你吗？你当刚强壮胆。不要惧
怕，也不要惊惶。因为你无论往哪里去，耶
和华你的神必与你同在。
约 书 亚 记 1:9
IV. Takeaways
1. 接受现实，苦难是神的祝福
Accept the reality；suffering is
God’s blessing
a. 浪子回头
the prodigal son returning home
b. 成为合用的器皿
become an appropriate vessel
I know God will not give me anything
I can’t handle. I just wish that he
didn’t trust me so much.
Mother Teresa
我知道神不会给任何我不能担当的事情。
我只是希望他不要这么信任我。
德兰修女
God’s time may not be our time, but
it is always the right time.
神的时间也许不是我们要的时间，
但总会是最合适的时间。
2. 不要为明天忧虑
Don’t worry for tomorrow
你们那一个能用思虑使寿数多加一刻呢？
马太福音 6: 27
Who of you by worrying can add a single
hour to his life.
Matthew 6:27
2. 不要为明天忧虑
Don’t worry for tomorrow
The best preparation for tomorrow
is to do today’s work superbly well.
Sir William Osler
为明天最好的准备是把今天的工作做到
最好。
Give us today our daily bread.
Matthew 6: 11
我们日用的饮食，今日赐给我们。
马太福音 6: 11
I do not ask to see the distant scene,
one step enough for me.
A church hymn
我不要求看见远处的风景，只要眼前的
一步就已足够。
一首教会诗歌
3. Never, never, never give up!
永远、永远、永远不要放弃！
You may feel like to give up because
你想放弃，也许是因为
a. It looks so hopeless
看起来很绝望
b. It feels so unfair
看起来很不公平
The Israelites in Exodus gave up too soon!
以色列人出埃及时就是放弃得太快了！
他们对摩西说；难道在埃及没有坟地，你把我们带来死在旷野
麽？你为什麽这样带我们，将我们从埃及领出来呢？我们在埃
及岂没有对你说过，不要搅扰我们，容我们服事埃及人麽？因
为服事埃及人比死在旷野还好。
出埃及记 14:11-12
They said to Moses, "Was it because there were no graves in Egypt
that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us
by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn't we say to you in Egypt, 'Leave
us alone; let us serve the Egyptians'? It would have been better for
us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!"
Exodus 14:11-12
Joseph never gave up! 而约瑟从不放弃！
从前你们的意思是要害我，但神的意思原是好
的，要保全许多人的性命，成就今日的光景。
创世纪 50:20
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for
good to accomplish what is now being done, the
saving of many lives.
Genesis 50:20
Joseph never gave up! 约瑟从不放弃！
约瑟因着信，临终的时候，提到以色列族将来要
出埃及，并为自己的骸骨留下遗命。
希伯来书 11:22
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about
the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave
instructions about his bones.
Hebrews 11:22
Please, please do not give up so easily!
请千万不要这么轻易放弃！
The darkest hour is just before dawn!
最黑暗的时刻是在黎明之前！
We see God’s glory in our toughest
moments!
我们在最艰难的时候看见神的荣耀！
Everything is possible for him who
believes.
Mark 9:23
你若能信，在信的人，凡事都能。
马可福音 9:23
Jesus replied “What is impossible
with men is possible with God.”
Luke 18:27
耶稣说，在人所不能的事，在神却
能。
路加福音 18:27
Thank You!
God Bless You!
谢谢！愿神祝福你！