The Bible is the only Book whose Author is always present when it is read.

唯有圣经的作者上帝，能时刻与祂的读者同在。

Turn my heart toward your statutes. Psalm 119:36

求祢使我的心趋向祢的法度。-诗篇119篇36节

Dr. Charles W. Eliot, longtime president of Harvard University, believed that ordinary people who read consistently from the world’s great literature for even a few minutes a day could gain a valuable education. In 1910, he compiled selections from books of history, science, philosophy, and fine art into fifty volumes called The Harvard Classics. Each set of books included Dr. Eliot’s Reading Guide titled “Fifteen Minutes A Day” containing recommended selections of eight to ten pages for each day of the year.

查尔斯·艾略特（Charles W. Eliot）博士曾任职哈佛大学校长多年，他认为一般人只要按时阅读世界名著，就算每天只花几分钟，也能陶冶性情。因此在1910年，他便选辑了历史、科学、哲学、艺术等领域的经典著作，编成五十卷《哈佛经典丛书》，每卷皆附有艾略特博士所撰写的《每日15分钟》指引，并提供一年当中每日可阅读的8至10页选文。

What if we spent fifteen minutes a day reading God’s Word? We could say with the psalmist, “Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word” (Ps. 119:36–37).

如果每天花15分钟阅读上帝的话语，我们的生命会有什么样的改变呢？或许我们也会如诗篇作者所说：“求祢使我的心趋向祢的法度，不趋向非义之财。求祢叫我转眼不看虚假，又叫我在祢的道中生活。”（诗篇119篇36-37节）

Fifteen minutes a day adds up to ninety-one hours a year. But for whatever amount of time we decide to read the Bible each day, consistency is the secret and the key ingredient is not perfection but persistence. If we miss a day or a week, we can start reading again. As the Holy Spirit teaches us, God’s Word moves from our minds to our hearts, then to our hands and feet—taking us beyond education to transformation.

每天15分钟，累积起来一年就是91个钟头。然而每天花多少时间读圣经还是其次，持续才是秘诀所在，关键在于持之以恒而非追求完美，就算中断了一天或一周，还是可以重新开始。当圣灵一点一滴地教导我们，上帝的话语就会从我们的理智进入内心，再进一步地深入言语行动之中。这不单是陶冶性情，更是生命的转化。

“Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees, that I may follow it to the end” (v. 33).

I turn to You, the Author, to teach me as I read Your Word today. I want to hear from You, to know You, and to grow closer to You.

“耶和华啊，求祢将祢的律例指教我，我必遵守到底”（33节）。

主啊，祢是圣经的作者，
当我今日研读祢的话语时，我仰望祢，求祢指教我。
我愿聆听祢的声音，认识祢，更加亲近祢。

Psalm 119:33-40New International Version (NIV)

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33 Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,
    that I may follow it to the end.[a]
34 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law
    and obey it with all my heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commands,
    for there I find delight.
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes
    and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
    preserve my life according to your word.[b]
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant,
    so that you may be feared.
39 Take away the disgrace I dread,
    for your laws are good.
40 How I long for your precepts!
    In your righteousness preserve my life.

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