双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：5月17日 信心的功效

5月17日

信心的功效

甘心侍奉，好像服侍主，不像服侍人。

——弗6:7

真正的圣礼不是单纯的信条、不变的条例或者拘泥于形式，而是在生活中服侍神和帮助人。最动人的祷告就是举起双手带来医治和祝福；最真诚的敬拜就是 甘心乐意地服侍基督；最高境界的赞美就是寻找失落和无助的人。

今生我们需要把信心传扬出去，否则这世界就持续不到来世。法利赛人热衷于在人前表现而忽略了真正的服侍。我们不需要那么多话语，却需要仁慈的工作；不需要那么多空谈而需要怜悯之心；不需要反复强调信条而需要同情之心。

今日祷告

主啊，我们的谈论声常常掩盖了别人的求助声，对此我深感内疚。我愿展开双手得着祢的怜悯，在所做的一切事情上荣耀祢。奉耶稣基督的名，阿们。

May 17

Faith Produces Works

. . . doing service as to the Lord……
—Ephesians 6:7

A true sacrament is not a mere creed, or ordinance, or form, but it is a life of service to God and to man. The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.

There must be a practical outworking of our faith here in this present world, or it will never endure the world to come. The Pharisees majored on show but minored on service. We need fewer words and more charitable works; less palaver and more pity; less repetition of creed and more compassion.

Prayer for the day

Talk so often drowns out the cries for help—I am guilty of this, Lord. I would worship You in everything I do. Extend my hands with Your mercy, Lord. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.