双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：5月22日 祷告之力

5月22日

祷告之力

“散了众人以后，他就独自上山去祷告。到了晚上，只有他一人在那里。”

马太福音14:23

约翰·诺克斯（John Knox）祷告的结果，使苏格兰的玛丽女王说，比起苏格兰的所有军队，她更害怕约翰·诺克斯的祷告。约翰·卫斯理（John Wesley）祷告之后，英格兰迎来了复兴，使这个国家免遭法国大革命的恐怖。乔纳森·爱德华兹（Jonathan Edwards）祷告之后，整个殖民地也开始复兴。祷告一次次地改变历史。让我对你说，如果人们都愿意屈膝祷告，历史还会被改变。

如果成千上万的美国人愿意来到神的面前，认识到主耶稣基督为我们舍身，成全了我们与神的团契与交通，那将是多么大的荣耀。主告诉我们，如果一个罪人在心里承认罪并祷告求神的赦免，天国里就有欢呼。

今天我们都知道原子弹的威力，却不知道祷告的力量。我们还不知道一个人祷告的力量，实际上远远超过各种强大的武器。我们还不知道，一个国家和民族的强大，不会因为他们将资源用于防御武器的制造，而是因为他们民族的团结、在神面前的恳切祷告。我们尚未知晓，我们问题的答案在于与上帝的联结。

门徒来到耶稣的面前，问他如何祷告。耶稣就教给他们我们都熟悉的主祷文。但是主祷文，只是主的神圣教导的开始。在圣经里，记载了主更多的教训和指引。主身体力行自己的教训，他整个的生命都是祷告的见证。

你是否领受了耶稣的教导呢？

今日祷告：

天父，我们祈求你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。我们祈求祢带领男女老少都归向基督。拯救他们的灵魂。我们祷告奉耶稣的名，阿门。

May 22

UNUSED POWER

And when he[Jesus]had sent the multitudes away,he went up into a mountain apart to pray:and when the evening was come,he was there alone.Matthew 14:23

John Knox prayed,and the results caused Queen Mary to say that she feared the prayers of John Knox more than she feared all the armies of Scotland.

John Wesley prayed,and revival came to England,sparing that nation the horrors of the French Revolution.

Jonathan Edwards prayed,and revival spread throughout the colonies.History has been changed time after time because of prayer.I tell you,history could be altered and changed again if people went to their knees in believing prayer.

What a glorious thing it would be if millions of Americans would avail themselves of the greatest privilege this side of heaven:Jesus Christ died to make communion and communication with the Father possible.He told us of the joy in heaven when one sinner turns from sin to God,and in his heart breathes the simple prayer,“God be merciful to me,a sinner.”

Today we have learned to harness the power of the atom,but very few of us have learned how to develop fully the power of prayer.We have not yet learned that a man can be more powerful on his knees than behind the most powerful weapons that can be developed.

We have not learned that a nation is more powerful when it unites in earnest prayer to God than when its resources are channeled into defensive weapons.We have not discovered that the answer to our problems can be through contact with God.

When the disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Lord,teach us to pray.”The Savior answered their request by giving them His model petition,the Lord’s Prayer.The Lord’s Prayer,however,was only the beginning of His sacred instruction.In scores of passages,Christ offered further guidance,and because He practiced what He preached,His whole life was a series of lessons on prevailing prayer.

Have you learned His lessons yet?

Pray for the Day:

Father,we pray that Your will be done on earth like it is in heaven.We pray that you will win men and women and children to Christ.Save their souls.We pray in Jesus’Name,Amen.