双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月24日 从我开始

6月24日

从我开始

“妇人说：「先生，请把这水赐给我，叫我不渴，也不用来这么远打水。」”

约翰福音4:15

井边问道的妇人惊动了整个城市，人们纷纷去见基督。她是一个生命被改变的女人。基督的大能改变了她，有两个方面。

首先，她悔改认罪了。唯一会阻碍生命复兴、教会复兴、家庭复兴、社区复兴的，可能就是你没有悔改的罪。上帝不会使用不洁的器皿。

其次，是祷告。这个妇人说，请把这水赐给我。这个祈求中包含着多么强烈的渴望。因此她认罪悔改，她相信基督是弥赛亚，她就开始祷告。这个平凡的妇人，被神使用，改变了整个城市。这事以后，耶稣就与他们同去。复兴，就是把基督真正放在心里、家里、社区和国家。我们一生都要努力做到。旧约先知发出呼声：“愿你裂天而降；愿山在你面前震动”（赛64:1）只有这样才行。诗篇的作者呼求说，“你不再将我们救活，使你的百姓靠你欢喜吗？”（诗85:6）

在这个混乱和变革的时代，我们最需要的，是道德和灵魂的觉醒。然而，这种道德和灵魂觉醒的前提是，神的子民都悔改认罪，全心全意地祷告。

复兴，必须从个人开始。一首古老的赞美诗歌唱道：“主啊，赐下复兴，从我开始。”

今日祷告：

天父，赐下复兴，从我开始。求祢用你的圣灵充满我们。奉耶稣的圣名，阿们。

June 24

GIVE ME!

The woman said to him,“Sir,give me this water,so that I may not thirst,nor come here to draw.”John 4:15,RSV

This woman who startled a city who set the people marching out to meet Christ,was a transformed and changed woman.The power of Christ had changed her,and in that very transformation two things were involved:

First,she had repented of her sin.The only thing that may be keeping revival from your life,from your church,from your home,from your community,may be unrepented sin.God can only use cleansed vessels.

The second thing in the preparation of the instrument was prayer.She said,“Give me,”and what an intensity of desire must have gone into that prayer!Thus,she repented of her sin,she believed that Christ was the Messiah,and she began to pray.This simple woman was used to transform an entire city.

After the experience of this day,the Scripture says that Jesus went with them.Revival is not more and not less than the presence of Christ in the heart,the home,the community,and the nation.It is the practical application of this fact that we so desperately need to work out in our lifetime.

The cry of the Old Testament prophet was“…that the mountains might flow down at thy presence”(Isaiah 64:1).Nothing less than this will do.The psalmist cried,“Wilt thou not revive us again:that thy people may rejoice in thee?”(Psalm 85:6).

Our greatest need at this moment of confusion and revolution is a moral and spiritual awakening.However,this moral and spiritual awakening is not coming until the people of God repent of their sins,and believe with all their hearts,and begin to pray.

That revival must begin with individuals.In the words of an old hymn,“Lord,send a revival,and let it begin with me.”

Pray for the Day:

Father,send a revival,and let it begin with me.Fill us with Your Holy Spirit,in Jesus’Name.