双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月28日 火的熬炼

6月28日

火的熬炼

他在急难的时候，就恳求耶和华他的神，且在他列祖的神面前极其自卑。

——代下33:12

为什么基督徒会遭受苦难，可以肯定的是基督徒受苦一定有其原因。根据圣经的记载，神的子民受苦的原因之一是神透过苦难来管教、试炼和陶造我们。我们从圣经中学到苦难的试炼是我们全面发展和进步过程中必不可少的步骤。苦难是一种试炼和净化的手段，很多人经历过苦难的试炼，生命更加美丽而有价值。

今日祷告

主啊，无论我们面对什么困难，通过这些苦难让我们学到更多祢的爱和怜悯。祷告奉耶稣的名，阿们。

June 28

Refiner’s Fire

And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself……
—2 Chronicles 33:12

Why do Christians suffer? Rest assured that there is a reason for Christian people being afflicted. One reason why God’s people suffer, according to the Bible, is that it is a disciplinary, chastening, and molding process. From the Scriptures we learn that the chastening of affliction is a step in the process of our full and complete development. Affliction can also be a means of refining and of purification. Many a life has come forth from the furnace of affliction more beautiful and more useful than before.

Prayer for the day：
Lord, whatever I have to face, through it let me learn more of Your love and compassion. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.