双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：7月22日 祷告特权

7月22日

祷告特权

“但我们要专心以祈祷传道为事。”

使徒行传6:4

我们要遵行神的旨意。我们的主也是这样，即便在与他自己的意愿不同的那一刻，祂还是说：“我父啊，这杯若不能离开我，必要我喝，就愿祢的旨意成全”（马太福音26:42）。

祷告将我们和世界与神的旨意联系在一起。它不仅使我们的生命蒙福，也给我们带来合神心意的额外祝福。

记住，我们的祷告必须是为了神的荣耀。主祷文末了说：“国度、权柄、荣耀，全是祢的”。若要我们的祷告蒙应允，必须为了将荣耀归给神。主对祂的门徒说：“你们奉我的名无论求什么，我必成就，叫父因儿子得荣耀”（约翰福音14:13）。

我们拥有多么大的特权：祷告的特权！基督徒啊，省察你的心，毫无保留地把你的生命献给神，因为只有清心祷告主的人，才会蒙神垂听。圣经说：“义人祈祷所发的力量，是大有功效的”（雅各书5:16）。

逆境中我们要祷告，免得失去信心。顺境中我们要祷告，免得骄傲自大。危险中我们要祷告，免得惧怕疑惑。平安时我们要祷告，免得自我满足。罪人要向慈爱的神祈求赦免！基督徒要祈求圣灵浇灌这个悖谬邪恶、不愿悔改的世代。父母们，要祈求神以恩典和怜悯祝福家庭！孩子们，要为你们父母的得救祷告！

圣徒啊，祈求天上的甘露降在这干涸的地上，祈求公义覆盖大地，如同大水充满洋海一般。用信心祷告吧，铭记主的应许：“凡你们祷告祈求的，无论是什么，只要信是得着的，就必得着”（马可福音11:24）。

“撒但看到最软弱的圣徒跪下，都要战兢”——所以，祷告吧，基督徒啊，祷告吧！

今日祷告

天父，愿祢的名在全地得荣耀。凭祢意行，传扬福音。愿人认识祢的名，愿祢的公义正直在全地得胜；祷告奉耶稣的名，阿们。

July 22

THE PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER

[The disciples said,]…We will devote ourselves to prayer,and to the ministry of the world.Acts 6:4,RSV

We must desire the will of God.Even our Lord,contrary to His own disposition at the moment,said,“O my Father,if this cup may not pass away from me,except I drink it,thy will be done”(Matthew 26:42).

Prayer couples us with God’s true purposes for us and the world.It not only brings the blessings of God’s will to our own personal life,but it brings us the added blessings of being in step with God’s plan.

Remember,too,that our prayer must be for God’s glory.The model prayer which Jesus has given us concludes with,“Thine is the kingdom,and the power,and the glory.”If we are to have our prayers answered,we must give God the glory.Our Lord said to His disciples,“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name,that will I do,that the Father may be glorified in the Son”(John 14:13).

What a privilege is ours:the privilege of prayer!Christian,examine your heart,reconsecrate your life,yield yourself to God unreservedly,for only those who pray through a clear heart will be heard of Him.The Bible says,“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much”(James 5:16).

We are to pray in times of adversity,lest we become faithless and unbelieving.We are to pray in times of prosperity,lest we become boastful and proud.We are to pray in times of danger,lest we become fearful and doubting.We need to pray in times of security,lest we become self-sufficient.Sinners,pray to a merciful God for forgiveness!Christians,pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit upon a willful,evil,unrepentant world.Parents,pray that God may crown your home with grace and mercy!Children,pray for the salvation of your parents!

Christian,saint of God,pray that the dew of heaven may fall on earth’s dry,thirsty ground,and that righteousness may cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.Pray,believing,with this promise of our Savior in mind,“What things soever ye desire,when ye pray,believe that ye receive them,and ye shall have them”(Mark 11:24).

“Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon his knees”–so pray,Christian,pray!

Pray for the Day:

Father,glorify Your Name in all the earth.Have Your way;spread Your Good News.Make Your Name known,and let all Your righteousness and justice prevail on the earth;in Jesus’Name,Amen.