寫給上帝的信 Letters To God
所受的,乃是兒子的心,因此我們呼叫:「阿爸!父!」
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台北靈糧堂 電影小組 週日 3:30-- 立群 佳陵
Bread of Life Christian Church in Taipei
Cinema Cell Group / Film & Theater Cell Group
4月3 (日) 寫給上帝的信 Letters To God
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全美首週票房前十名、
繼《受難記:最後的激情》、《奇異恩典》後
又一全球基督教團體力薦福音電影。
電影《寫給上帝的信》是個充滿鼓舞、希望和救贖的故事。講述一個小男孩在他信念的旅程中,和一個尋找生命意義的中年男子交叉相遇,因而轉變了彼此的生命。這個非比尋常的八歲小男孩泰勒,有著愛他的家人與朋友,在他建立的堅強信念下,以勇氣和慈悲每天面對與癌症的戰爭。對泰勒來說上帝是個朋友、老師,更是個筆友,因為泰勒把他每天的祈禱用寫信的方式寄出去。這些信後來都到了郵差布萊迪手中。布萊迪剛好正處於困境,面對人生的交叉口。起初他覺得很困惑,而且對於要如何處置這些信感到很矛盾。但最後,他的決定卻見證了小男孩閃亮心靈及堅強信念所所散發出的寧靜力量。電影是靈感來自真實故事,溫馨動人,可以從中看到一個小男孩的信念對家人、朋友及週遭環境所能帶來的影響,同時也找到生命的光輝與勇氣!
上映日期:2010-11-05
類 型:溫馨/家庭、勵志
片 長:1時50分
導 演:大衛‧尼克森、派翠克‧道荷帝
演 員:田納‧馬奎爾、傑佛瑞‧強森
發行公司:天馬行空數位有限公司
劇情簡介 希望森林電影介紹 / 良木
一位老郵差休了長假,他的工作必須由另一位新手郵差”布萊迪”來接手。
布萊迪其實在工作表現上非常糟糕,上班常遲到、又常酗酒,但主管總不放棄依舊給他機會,鼓勵他好好工作。
當布萊迪接手老郵差的工作後遇上”泰勒”,泰勒是一位罹患癌症的小男孩,他雖然身受病魔纏身,但總不會灰心失望,時常保持一顆樂觀進取的心,當他有什麼需要就寫信給上帝,當他想要為誰祝福或關心誰,也寫信給上帝,上帝就像他的朋友及隨時在身旁的父親一樣。
當布萊迪被泰勒的生命感動,布萊迪的生活開始起了變化,重回到正軌;當他看了泰勒寫給上帝信中的內容之後,他決定將每封泰勒關懷對象的信都發給當事人,當這些愛與關懷的信送到每個人手中,引起一陣「寫信給上帝」的風潮,人們彼此關心、彼此祝福的信件如雪片般飛來,為社會注入一道溫暖的氣息。
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這真是一部很好的電影,內容是真人真事改編,很真實描寫每個角色在生命中所遭遇的困難,但是藉由一位癌童泰勒的生命來改變了他們。
一念天堂一念地獄,當人的想法開始改變、你的感受就會開始改變,也許環境仍未改變但處境已經完全不同了,泰勒放棄怨天尤人的態度,用更樂觀進取的態度來對待這個世界,更積極去關心人愛人,藉著用寫信的方式將自己的禱告寄給上帝,並相信上帝必定會成就。
藉著這些「寫給上帝的信」果真為許多人帶來溫暖、祝福、生命的改變,儘管是泰勒處在疾病患難中依舊成為多人的祝福,因為上帝是垂聽禱告的 神,再微小的聲音上帝依然垂聽。
相關新聞
美福音電影《寫給上帝的信》台灣上映
黃胤隆 / 基督日報記者
2010年11月13日11時45分 (PST)
與癌症抗爭的小男孩泰勒(Tyler)寫給上帝的信意外交到一名生活窘困的郵差手中,
在男孩和其家人的幫助下,郵差不僅戒掉酒癮,破碎的家庭關係也重新修復。(圖:網絡蒐集)
美國福音電影《寫給上帝的信》(Letters to God)已於11月5日全台戲院正式上映,這部由《永不放棄》(Facing the Giants)及《搶救婚姻40天》(Fireproof)製片團隊再接再勵推出的作品,四月份在美上映時,曾引起不小迴響,年底由片商引進後,也積極與台灣教會機構、團體接洽,盼共同推廣電影傳遞的溫馨信息。
由真實故事改編的影片,講述一名與癌症抗爭的小男孩泰勒(Tyler)寫信給上帝,他的信心與勇氣感動了街坊四鄰,也幫助周圍的人看到希望。片中男孩的信意外交到一名生活窘困的郵差手中,在男孩和其家人的幫助下,郵差不僅戒掉酒癮,破碎的家庭關係也重新修復。
美國《今日基督教》(Christianity Today)雜誌評論對此片愛之深也責之切,說道「該片傳遞出十分溫馨、寶貴的訊息,然而敘事技巧上有值得精進之處。」
同樣也是福音電影工作者的台灣導演劉議鴻(近期作品《我看見獸》)在《基督教論壇報》及Facebook發表觀後感,指出該片成地將勵志與福音關聯起來,是難得的佳作。他說:「這部電影講的勵志不似許多膚淺的勵志電影所講的──努力奮鬥追求成就,成為成人士、精英份子或明星。」
「恰好相反地,這部電影所講的勵志如這部電影的作者派翠克‧ 道荷帝(編劇兼共同導演)所說的:『人生在世,不應該只是在世俗價值中汲汲營營,最重要的,是對家人的照顧與愛護,以及如何在基督中獲得永生。』」
「電影裡的小小男主角用堅定的信仰去面對人生的苦難,用熱情、笑容與愛去演出上帝為他量身編寫的劇本。」劉議鴻說,「這樣的福音電影看了叫人感動。」
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聖經相關經文
羅馬書8:14-17 因為凡被 神的靈引導的,都是 神的兒子。你們所受的,不是奴僕的心,仍舊害怕;所受的,乃是兒子的心,因此我們呼叫:「阿爸!父!」聖靈與我們的心同證我們是 神的兒女;既是兒女,便是後嗣,就是 神的後嗣,和基督同作後嗣。如果我們和他一同受苦,也必和他一同得榮耀。
Romans 8:14-17 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God: And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
哥林多前書 第十三章 愛
13:1 我若能說萬人的方言,並天使的話語,卻沒有愛,我就成了鳴的鑼,響的鈸一般。
13:2 我若有先知講道之能,也明白各樣的奧祕,各樣的知識,而且有全備的信,叫我能夠移山,卻沒有愛,我就算不得甚麼。
13:3 我若將所有的賙濟窮人,又捨己身叫人焚燒,卻沒有愛,仍然與我無益。
13:4 愛是恆久忍耐,又有恩慈;愛是不嫉妒;愛是不自誇,不張狂,
13:5 不做害羞的事,不求自己的益處,不輕易發怒,不計算人的惡,
13:6 不喜歡不義,只喜歡真理;
13:7 凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。
13:8 愛是永不止息。先知講道之能終必歸於無有;說方言之能終必停止;知識也終必歸於無有。
13:9 我們現在所知道的有限,先知所講的也有限,
13:10 等那完全的來到,這有限的必歸於無有了。
13:11 我作孩子的時候,話語像孩子,心思像孩子,意念像孩子,既成了人,就把孩子的事丟棄了。
13:12 我們如今彷彿對著鏡子觀看,模糊不清(原文是如同猜謎),到那時就要面對面了。我如今所知道的有限,到那時就全知道,如同主知道我一樣。
13:13 如今常存的有信,有望,有愛這三樣,其中最大的是愛。
1 Corinthians Love
13:1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.
13:2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.
13:3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
13:4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
13:5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;
13:6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;
13:7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
13:8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.
13:9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:
13:10 But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.
13:11 When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.
13:12 For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me.
13:13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
約翰福音3:16 神愛世人,甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們,叫一切信他的,不致滅亡,反得永生。
John 3:16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
出埃及記15:2-3 耶和華是我的力量,我的詩歌,也成了我的拯救。這是我的 神,我要讚美他,是我父親的 神,我要尊崇他。耶和華是戰士;他的名是耶和華。
Exodus 15:2-3 The Lord is my strength and my strong helper, he has become my salvation: he is my God and I will give him praise; my father's God and I will give him glory. The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.
以賽亞書 拯救的好消息
61:1 主耶和華的靈在我身上;因為耶和華用膏膏我,叫我傳好信息給謙卑的人(或譯:傳福音給貧窮的人),差遣我醫好傷心的人,報告被擄的得釋放,被囚的出監牢;
61:2 報告耶和華的恩年,和我們 神報仇的日子;安慰一切悲哀的人,
61:3 賜華冠與錫安悲哀的人,代替灰塵;喜樂油代替悲哀;讚美衣代替憂傷之靈;使他們稱為「公義樹」,是耶和華所栽的,叫他得榮耀。
Isaiah
61:1 The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
61:2 To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;
61:3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
加拉太書
4:1 我說那承受產業的,雖然是全業的主人,但為孩童的時候卻與奴僕毫無分別,
4:2 乃在師傅和管家的手下,直等他父親預定的時候來到。
4:3 我們為孩童的時候,受管於世俗小學之下,也是如此。
4:4 及至時候滿足, 神就差遣他的兒子,為女子所生,且生在律法以下,
4:5 要把律法以下的人贖出來,叫我們得著兒子的名分。
4:6 你們既為兒子, 神就差他兒子的靈進入你們(原文是我們)的心,呼叫:「阿爸!父!」
4:7 可見,從此以後,你不是奴僕,乃是兒子了;既是兒子,就靠著 神為後嗣。
Galatians
4:1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;
4:2 But is under keepers and managers till the time fixed by the father.
4:3 So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
4:4 But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
4:5 That he might make them free who were under the law, and that we might be given the place of sons.
4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.
4:7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
詩篇 耶和華的慈愛 大衛的詩
103:1 我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!凡在我裏面的,也要稱頌他的聖名!
103:2 我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!不可忘記他的一切恩惠!
103:3 他赦免你的一切罪孽,醫治你的一切疾病。
103:4 他救贖你的命脫離死亡,以仁愛和慈悲為你的冠冕。
103:5 他用美物使你所願的得以知足,以致你如鷹返老還童。
103:6 耶和華施行公義,為一切受屈的人伸冤。
103:7 他使摩西知道他的法則,叫以色列人曉得他的作為。
103:8 耶和華有憐憫,有恩典,不輕易發怒,且有豐盛的慈愛。
103:9 他不長久責備,也不永遠懷怒。
103:10 他沒有按我們的罪過待我們,也沒有照我們的罪孽報應我們。
103:11 天離地何等的高,他的慈愛向敬畏他的人也是何等的大!
103:12 東離西有多遠,他叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠!
103:13 父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女,耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人!
103:14 因為他知道我們的本體,思念我們不過是塵土。
103:15 至於世人,他的年日如草一樣。他發旺如野地的花,
103:16 經風一吹,便歸無有;它的原處也不再認識它。
103:17 但耶和華的慈愛歸於敬畏他的人,從亙古到永遠;他的公義也歸於子子孫孫
103:18 就是那些遵守他的約、記念他的訓詞而遵行的人。
103:19 耶和華在天上立定寶座;他的權柄(原文是國)統管萬有。
103:20 聽從他命令、成全他旨意、有大能的天使,都要稱頌耶和華!
103:21 你們作他的諸軍,作他的僕役,行他所喜悅的,都要稱頌耶和華!
103:22 你們一切被他造的,在他所治理的各處,都要稱頌耶和華!我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!
Psalms <Of David.>
103:1 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name.
103:2 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory.
103:3 He has forgiveness for all your sins; he takes away all your diseases;
103:4 He keeps back your life from destruction, crowning you with mercy and grace.
103:5 He makes your mouth full of good things, so that your strength is made new again like the eagle's.
103:6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.
103:7 He gave knowledge of his way to Moses, and made his acts clear to the children of Israel .
103:8 The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.
103:9 His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.
103:10 He has not given us the punishment for our sins, or the reward of our wrongdoing.
103:11 For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.
103:13 As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.
103:14 For he has knowledge of our feeble frame; he sees that we are only dust.
103:15 As for man, his days are as grass: his beautiful growth is like the flower of the field.
103:16 The wind goes over it and it is gone; and its place sees it no longer.
103:17 But the mercy of the Lord is eternal for his worshippers, and their children's children will see his righteousness;
103:18 If they keep his agreement, and have his laws in mind to do them.
103:19 The Lord has made ready his high seat in the heavens; his kingdom is ruling over all.
103:20 Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice.
103:21 Give praise to the Lord, all you his armies; and you his servants who do his pleasure.
103:22 Give praise to the Lord, all his works, in all places under his rule: give praise to the Lord, O my soul.
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