双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：10月5日 得胜苦难

10月5日

得胜苦难

因为你们蒙恩，不但得以信服基督，并要为祂受苦。

腓立比书1:29

有个人的名字与“得胜苦难”是同义词，她就是勇敢而有天赋的、四肢瘫痪者琼妮·厄尔克森·塔达。由于一次跳水事故，导致她只能坐在轮椅上，无法照顾自己最基本的需求。然而，她却是我所认识的最有活力、最美丽的人之一。

在我们的布道大会上，她曾在台上多次与我们分享，见证了主在她经历试炼时为她所做的一切，这总是让我深感惊讶和谦卑。琼妮从火炼的试验中走出来，不仅对苦难的意义，而且对所有与这主题相关的神学真理，都有惊人的、深刻而敏锐的洞察力。琼妮经历了她自己的世界末日。

她能够抓住最深奥的真理，并用简单的语言表达出来，这种能力让我惊叹也深受鼓舞。据我所知，很少有人，包括一些最伟大的神学家，对神是谁以及祂在世界上所做的事有如此实际和广泛的理解。她为神的服事远远超过她在切萨皮克湾跳水发生意外之前要大得多。

我们大多数人都不会经历琼妮所面对的那种残障，但我们还是会抱怨。

如果你身体健康，赞美主！请学会不要为小事抱怨。如果你确实身患疾病，请记住，主是你的力量，祂不仅会帮助你度过今世，还会在来世给你一个全新的身体。

今日祷告：

天父，感谢祢赐于我健康，我为那些身体软弱受苦的人祈祷。我也为天下所有为了福音而受逼迫的人祈祷，愿祢与他们同在，愿他们在基督里信心坚固；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

October 5

VICTORIOUS SUFFERING

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake.Philippians 1:29,RSV

One person whose name is synonymous with“victorious suffering”is the courageous,gifted quadriplegic,Joni Eareckson Tada.As the result of a diving accident,she is confined to a wheelchair,unable to care for her simplest needs.And yet she is one of the most vibrant,beautiful human beings I have known.

She has shared the platform with us many times in our Crusades,and her testimony to what the Lord has done for her in and through her testing never ceases to amaze and humble me.Joni has emerged from the fire of her testing with an unbelievably broad and perceptive insight into not only the meaning of suffering,but also into all the great theological truths that bear on this subject.Joni has had her own small Armageddon.

Her ability to grasp the deepest truths and phrase them in simple terms awes and inspires me.I know of very few people,including some of our greatest theologians,who have such a practical and wide-ranging grasp of who God is and what He is doing in His world.Her service for God is many times greater than if she had never had that accident while diving into the Chesapeake Bay.

Most of us will never experience the kind of handicap Joni has faced.But we complain just the same.

If you are physically well,praise God and learn not to complain about comparably minor irritations.If you do suffer from a physical infirmity,remember that the Lord is your strength and that He will not only see you through this life,but He will give you a brand new body in the next life.

Pray for the Day:

Father,I thank You for my health,and I pray for those who are suffering in ill health.I also pray for those who are suffering for the sake of the Gospel around the world,many who are persecuted,that you will be with them and that they will remain firm in Christ;in Jesus’Name,Amen.