双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月18日 常常祷告

6月18日

常常祷告

“耶稣设一个比喻，是要人常常祷告，不可灰心。”

路加福音18:1

我们不必认为我们的祷告不蒙神的垂听。永活的基督坐在父神的右边。神子耶稣仍然保留着祂救赎我们时的形象。他复活的身体上仍然有十字架上的钉痕。他是我们的大祭司，为我们向父神代求。

复活基督的同在，让我们有能力每日活出他的生命并服事他。”我实实在在地告诉你们，我所做的事，信我的人也要做，并且要做比这更大的事，因为我往父那里去。”约翰福音14:12

我们从死里复活时身体的构造，也与基督复活时相同。无论我们在世时身体经过多少折磨、痛苦和扭曲，我们复活的身体是全新的。这将是多么荣耀的应许啊！“我们却是天上的国民，并且等候救主，就是主耶稣基督从天上降临。他要按着那能叫万有归服自己的大能，将我们这卑贱的身体改变形状，和他自己荣耀的身体相似。”腓立比书3:20-21

无数人对圣经的预言欢欣鼓舞。各种书籍、讲道和会议，显然都更多地谈论圣经对过去、现在和未来的启示。基督的第二次降临，比昨天更近了。今天早上的报纸，还提到圣经中所预言的事件。

今日祷告：

父啊，求祢帮助我们恒切祷告。我们期待着耶稣再来的那一天。让我们不住地祷告，直到那日；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

June 18’

MANDATE TO PRAY

Men ought always to pray,and not to faint.Luke 18:1

We don’t have to think that our prayers are bouncing off the ceiling.The living Christ is sitting at the right hand of God the Father.God the Son retains the same humanity He took to save us and is now living in a body that still has nail prints in its hands.He is our great High Priest,interceding for us with God the Father.

The resurrection presence of Christ gives us power to live our lives day by day and to serve Him.“Most assuredly,I say to you,he who believes in Me,the works that I do he will do also;and greater works than these will he do;because I go to My Father”(John 14:12 NKJV).

The resurrected body of Jesus is the design for our bodies when we are raised from the dead also.No matter what afflictions,pain,or distortions we have in our earthly bodies,we will be given new bodies.What a glorious promise of things to come!“For our citizenship is in heaven,from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior,the Lord Jesus Christ;who will transform our lowly body to be conformed to His glorious body,according to the working by which He is able to subdue all things to Himself”(Philippians 3:20-21,NKJV).

Thousands of people today are excited about Bible prophecy.The revelation of what the Bible says about events past,present,and future has become more prominent in the themes of books,sermons,and conferences.The Second Coming of Christ is a day closer than it was yesterday,and this morning’s newspaper describes events that were foretold in God’s Word.

Pray for the Day:

Father,give us the perseverance to keep praying.We look forward to the day when Jesus returns.Until then,keep us praying;in Jesus’Name.