忙得没有时间祷告?
忙得没有时间祷告?
Too Busy To Pray?
“你们要彼此认罪,互相代求,使你们可以得医治。义人祈祷所发的力量是大有功效的。” - 雅 5:16
"Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." — James 5:16
🙏灵修
朋友的书桌上有一个牌子,上面写着:“如果你太忙碌以致没有时间祷告,那你真的是太忙碌了!” 不过,我们得承认,我们往往真的太忙碌,以致我们忽视了祷告的重要性。在一张发黄的纸上,我手写了这句严厉的话来提醒自己: “忙碌不等于属灵。” 作为一个牧师,忙碌时常成为我不祷告的藉口。
A sign on a friend's desk states, "If you're too busy to pray, you're too busy!" But let's admit that we're often so busy that we lose sight of the importance of prayer. I have a hand-written, stern reminder to myself in the form of a yellowed piece of paper: "Busyness does not equal spirituality." In my work as a pastor, busyness was often an excuse for not praying.
像抬瘫子去见耶稣的几个朋友(路加福音 5:18-19),我们也可藉祷告领我们的朋友到耶稣那里去。
Like the friends who carried a man with paralysis to Jesus (Luke 5:18-19), we can carry our friends to Jesus in prayer.
为别人祈求,帮助我们记得什么是最重要的。我们过的是教会群体的生活,当我们在这个对基督教并不友善的世代中同行时,彼此代求是我们在主内的责任。
Interceding for others helps us to keep our focus. We live life in community. It's our duty toward fellow followers, journeying together in an unfriendly world.
我们绝不可低估彼此代求的力量和重要性,它是必须、有益,和完全合宜的。以弗所书 6:18教导我们,要 “靠着圣灵,随时多方祷告祈求。”
We can never underestimate the power and importance of praying for one another. It's necessary, beneficial, and entirely appropriate. Ephesians 6:18 teaches us to "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests."
有时我们的祷告可能是几句由衷的认罪或悲叹,有时可能是求智慧去应付一个反叛的儿女。
Sometimes our prayers may be a few words of confession or lament; at other times we may be asking for wisdom in how to deal with a delinquent child.
祷告的生活,并不是与我们这个复杂的世界分隔开的,正如一首圣诗宣告的:“我一面呼吸,一面祷告。” 你是这样的吗?
Praying isn't a separate segment of living in a complicated world. It's what a hymn declares: "While I breathe, I pray." Is that true for you?
🙏祷告
父神啊,祢垂听祢儿子耶稣的祷告,祢也同样垂听我的祷告。当我在今天和每一天跟随你时,求你带领和引导我。奉耶稣的名祈求,阿们。
Prayer
Father God, you heard the prayers of your Son, Jesus, and you hear my prayers. Lead and guide me as I follow you today and every day. In Jesus' name, Amen.
🙏经文
雅各书 5:13-20
James 5:13-20
13你们中间有受苦的呢,他就该祷告;有喜乐的呢,他就该歌颂。
14你们中间有病了的呢,他就该请教会的长老来;他们可以奉主的名用油抹他,为他祷告。
15出于信心的祈祷要救那病人,主必叫他起来;他若犯了罪,也必蒙赦免。
16所以你们要彼此认罪,互相代求,使你们可以得医治。义人祈祷所发的力量是大有功效的。
17以利亚与我们是一样性情的人,他恳切祷告,求不要下雨,雨就三年零六个月不下在地上。
18他又祷告,天就降下雨来,地也生出土产。
19我的弟兄们,你们中间若有失迷真道的,有人使他回转,
20这人该知道:叫一个罪人从迷路上转回便是救一个灵魂不死,并且遮盖许多的罪。
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你们要恒切祷告,在此警醒感恩。
歌罗西书 4:2
来源:今日佳音