双语灵修（葛培理牧师） ：1月9日 天使守护

1月9日

天使守护

“耶和华的使者在敬畏他的人四围安营，搭救他们。”

诗篇34:7

几年前有一部电影叫《霹雳娇娃》，剧中所谓的“天使“是三个联手打击犯罪的美女。在娱乐圈，资助大片出品的人也被称为“天使”。因为没有他们，这些大片上不了荧幕。这是当今世界对“天使”一词的诠释，不过理念也不算错。“天使”其实就是来帮我们的，或抵挡邪恶，或履行他们的职责和使命。没有他们，我们便无法实现自己人生的目标和理想。

圣经里，天使多次向人显现。旧约里面比较频繁。新约里最著名的，就是天使问候马利亚，告诉她：她要怀孕生子，名字叫耶稣基督。很多时候，天使是我们肉眼看不见的。但是，他们是真实的。就好比我的眼睛蒙上了，我看不见你在我面前，但不能说你不存在。同样，不管我们能不能看见他们，天使总是在我们身边，守护我们。

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当然，我们不是向天使祷告。人，其实也只是比天使微小一点。天使是上帝看顾、保守我们的方式之一，为要让我们免受撒旦不断的攻击，不让魔鬼打败我们。

天使，实在就是上帝的秘密使者。

今日祷告：

天父，我们感谢祢的保守。求你派天使看顾我们和你的教会，求你保守全世界所有的基督徒。奉耶稣基督的名，阿们。

January 9

ANGELS

The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,and delivers them.Psalm 34:7RSV

A few years ago there was a television program called“Charlie’s Angels.”These“angels”were three attractive women who were involved in fighting crime.In the theater,people who finance expensive productions are called“angels”because without them,the shows would never get to the stage.These are modern interpretations of the word“angel,”but the idea is correct,nevertheless.

Angels are beings who help other people against evil forces,and they do perform certain duties,without which we could not always be able to achieve a certain goal or station in life.

In the Bible,there are several instances when angels revealed themselves to man.Although these instances occur mostly in the Old Testament,perhaps the most famous appearance occurs in the New Testament,when Mary is visited by an angel and told that she is to bear the Son of God,Jesus Christ.

Mostly,though,angels are invisible.Of course this does not make them any less real than you would be to me if I happened to be blindfolded.Our ability to see angels or not to see them has nothing at all to all to do with their existence and their role in protecting us from certain harms.

Though we do not pray to angels,and man,for the moment,is only“a little lower than the angels,”they are just one more example of how God cares for and keeps us against the forces of Satan which are constantly trying to defeat us.

Truly,angels are God’s secret agents.”

Pray for the Day:

Father,we thank you for Your protection.We pray that Your angels will look after us and after Your whole Church—Lord,that you will protect all of our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the world;in Jesus’Name,Amen.