双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月7日 舍己跟从

6月7日

舍己跟从

“于是叫众人和门徒来，对他们说：「若有人要跟从我，就当舍己，背起他的十字架来跟从我。因为，凡要救自己生命的，必丧掉生命；凡为我和福音丧掉生命的，必救了生命。”

马可福音8:34-35

一位警官曾经问我，基督徒生活得胜的秘诀是什么。我告诉他，没有什么奇方妙法。如果用一个词来形容的话，就是“降服”。

你可能会问我：“培理，如何降服呢？”就像罪人得赎，认罪悔改一样。必须认罪，将生命中的一切、个性、意志，全都降服于耶稣基督，并相信基督会接纳。仅仅在基督跟前决志是远远不够的。那一刻短暂的光芒，不能照耀我们一生。我们要不断地回顾、更新与主的盟约，不断地在灵里省察自己。

今天，主耶稣基督要我们基督徒洁净自己、奉献自己、完全降服。你是否能做到这些，将决定你属灵生命的成败。也将决定你是需要帮助还是有能力帮助别人。它改变你的习惯，更新你的祷告、读经、见证、教会团契，这是基督徒的再决志！

如果你是一个基督徒，一直遭受失败、偏离神的旨意，没有经历基督给你的能力、振奋和喜乐，我恳求你完全降服，摆上一切，把自己交托给基督。

今日祷告：

天父，我把自己交托于你，全然降服于你。奉耶稣基督的圣名，阿们。

June7

SURRENDER SELF

[Jesus said,]Whosoever will come after me,let him deny himself,and take up his cross,and follow me.For whosoever will save his life shall lose it;but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s,the same shall save it.Mark 8:34-35

A police sergeant once asked me the secret of victorious Christian living.I told him there is no magic formula.But if any one word could describe it,it would be“surrender.”

You may ask,“Billy,how can I surrender my life?”It is surrendered in the same way that salvation comes to the sinner.There needs to be confession of sin and a complete yielding of every area of life,personality,and will to Jesus Christ-plus faith that Christ will accept that commitment.It is not enough for us to have been confirmed or to have made a decision for Christ at an altar.We cannot walk successfully in the glow of that experience for the rest of our lives.Being human,we need to return and renew those vows and covenants with the Lord.We need to take inventory and have spiritual checkups.

Today Christ is calling Christians to cleansing-to dedication-to consecration-to full surrender.Your response will make the difference between success and failure in your spiritual life.It will make the difference between your needing help and being able to help others.

It will revolutionize your habits,your prayer life,your Bible reading,your giving,your testimony,and your church relationship.This is the Christian’s hour of decision!

If you are a Christian and have been suffering defeat,or have been outside the will of God,or do not know the power and thrill and joy that Christ can bring,I beg of you to surrender every area of your life.Give yourself wholly to Christ.

Pray for the Day:

Father,I surrender myself to You.I surrender myself in obedience to Jesus;in Jesus’Name.