数字时代个人灵修的20点提醒（中英文）

1将内疚感带到神面前：向大多数基督徒提及个人灵修，他们都会非常内疚。让我们从一张白纸开始，把所有的内疚感带到神面前，藉着在基督耶稣里完全和自由的宽恕，我们寻找到能量和自由。

2早点上床睡觉：人们忽略灵修的主要的原因是睡得太晚，以致他们不能在早晨及时起床去读经和祷告。

3关闭手机，避免电脑：这绝对是至关重要的，你在迎见别人之前先迎见神。保持你的头脑不受数字媒体干扰。

4洗个澡和吃早餐：藉着血液流动和血糖水平上升提振自己。

5不要在社交网络分享您的每天灵修：这将改变你和神之间的交流和沟通，因为你在想“我怎么在微信或微博分享？” 保持个人灵修只是你和神之间。

6固定的时间和地点：对于绝大多数人，这将是在其他人起床之前早晨的第一件事。理想的情况是找一个安静的地方，你不会受到干扰，在那里你也不会打扰其他人。

7读经计划：连续读旧约和新约，让你接触到神完整的旨意。世面上有各种读经计划，如果你不计划，并绘制出你的旅程，你将无法到达那里。

8改变常规：虽然你应该有一个读经习惯，比如每天读几章。每隔几个月可以有点变化。比如更慢地读一本书，或在注释书的帮助下研究一本书，背诵一章经文，然后再次恢复到常规。

9同时阅读简单和困难的部分：例如，不要卡在利未记而同时没有阅读一卷福音书。

10开始一个简短的祷告名单：不要太长以致它主宰着整个祷告，变得像一个购物清单。不要觉得有义务每天为每个人祷告。有时候只为一个人详细祷告。

11唱歌，大声的说出来：唱歌唤醒和活跃灵魂。大声读经和大声祷告，避免三心二意的阅读和喃喃自语式的祷告。

12将你的歌唱和读经放入祷告：读经的时候暂停，思考如何将它变为祷告。

13学习一套祷告：我不喜欢使用别人写的正规祷告，但我能读他们看别人如何祷告，发现我的祷告中缺少什么元素。

14小心研读本圣经和每日灵修书籍：这些书有时是好的，特别是当你没有线索不知道一段经文是什么意思时。但是，不要让它们成为你个人虔诚地寻求神的帮助进而了解祂话语的替代品。不要让别人为你思考。

15从小做起：如果你之前没有灵修，那不要一开始就一个小时。你很难坚持。 5-10分钟开始，慢慢增加至20-30分钟。

16日记：不是写一本小说；相反写下读经时触动你的一两句话或一节经文。不要太长，否则无法保持。定期查看你写了什么。

17爸爸，帮助年轻的妈妈：如果妈妈在繁忙的早晨没有时间，每天下午，你给她30分钟左右，让她单独面对主。为什么不读相同的段落，然后你们就可以在晚饭的时间彼此分享。

18与程序化和自义作战：求神祝福，求神帮助不让我们把个人灵修当成例行公事和因此自义。

19学习默想圣经。

20不结束的灵修生活：尝试把它带入一天的生活。也许写一节经文，放在你的口袋里，每次吃东西或排队时拿出来读。把它写在你的代办列表的顶部。晚上睡觉前看看它。

作者：大卫•默里牧师（David Murray）

【英文原文】

20Tips For Personal Devotions in the Digital Age

Yesterday welooked at 18 Obstacles to A Devotional Life in the Digital Age. Today I want togive you some tips to keep your spiritual head above the water in the face ofthe digital deluge.

1. Take guiltto God: Mention devotions to most Christians and the guilt meter goes straightto red: guilt over failure to do them, guilt over lack of profit in them, guiltover rushing through them. As there’s nothing so motivating as starting with a clean sheet, let’s take all our guilt to God and find the energy and freedom thatcomes from a full and free forgiveness in Jesus Christ.

2. Get to bedearly: The main reason why people skip devotions is going to bed so late thatthey cannot get up in time in the morning to read and pray.

3. Turn offyour phone and avoid computer: It’s absolutely vital that you meet with God before anyone else in theday. Keep your mind free of digital distractions.

4. Have ashower and eat breakfast first: Refresh yourself by getting the blood flowingand the blood sugar levels rising.

5. Don’t share your daily devotions insocial media: This changes the whole nature of the communion and communicationbetween you and God because you are thinking “How can IFB or Tweet this?” Keep it just between you and God.

6. Establishregular time and place: For the vast majority this will be first thing in themorning before everyone else is up. Ideally a quiet place where you will not bedisturbed and where you will not disturb others.

7. Build asystematic routine: Read consecutively in the OT and NT so that you are exposedto the whole counsel of God. There are various Bible reading plans available.If you don’t planand map out your journey, you won’t get there.

8. Vary theroutine: Although you should have a general routine that you stick to, everyfew months add a bit of variety by maybe reading a book more slowly, or study abook with the help of a commentary, or memorize a chapter, and then go back tothe routine again.

9. Readeasier parts together with more difficult parts: For example, don’t get stuck reading Leviticuswithout also reading say one of the Gospels at the same time.

10. Start ashort prayer list: Not too long so that it dominates the whole prayer andbecomes like a shopping list. Don’t feel obliged to pray for everyone every day. Sometimes pray forjust one person in detail.

11. Sing andspeak out loud: Singing awakens and enlivens the soul. Reading and praying outloud avoids half-hearted reading and mumbling jumblings in prayer.

12. Turn yoursongs and Bible readings into prayer: Pause at verses and ponder how to makethis a prayer.

13. Learnfrom set prayers: I don’t like using formal prayers written by someone else, but I can readthem to see how others pray and discover what elements I’ve been missing in my prayers.

14. Becareful with Study Bibles and Daily Devotionals: These are sometimes good whenyou don’t have aclue what the passage means. However, don’t let thembecome a substitute for prayerfully seeking God’s helpto understand His Word. Don’t let someone else do yourthinking for you.

15. Startsmall: Don’t gofrom doing nothing to spending an hour on devotions. You’ll never keep that up. Start with 5-10 mins and slowly increase to20-30 minutes.

16. Journal:Don’t write anovel; instead write down a sentence or two or a verse that struck you whilereading. Don’t make this too big or you won’t keep it up. Regularly review what you’vewritten.

17. Dads,help young Moms: If Mom can’t find the time in busy mornings, then each evening you need torelieve and release her for 30 minutes or so to be on her own with the Lord.Why not each read the same passages and then you can share your thoughts witheach other over supper.

18. Fightformality and self-righteousness: Pray for God’s blessing and that He would prevent this blessingturning into a curse by it becoming just a formal routine or else a source ofpride.

19. Learnmeditation: And if you want some tips on meditating on Scripture have a look atMeditation: 10 Motives and 10-Step Method.

20. Don’t end the devotional life: Tryto carry it on into the day. Perhaps write a verse to keep in your pocket andrefer to every time you eat or wait in a line. Write it at the top of yourto-do list. Look at it before you seep at night.

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