双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：11月5日  战胜沮丧

11月5日 

战胜沮丧

等候所盼望的福，并等候至大的神，和我们救主耶稣基督的荣耀显现。

提多书2:13

摆脱沮丧最好方法之一就是记住基督要再来。世上最令人激动、最荣耀的真理就是耶稣基督的第二次降临。当我们环顾今日，悲观情绪四处可见之时，我们应该记住，圣经是世界上唯一预言将来的书。圣经比明天早上的报纸更现代。圣经准确地预言了未来，它说，万物的终结是耶稣基督将再次降临这地上。

在约翰福音14章中，基督说：“你们心里不要忧愁；你们信神，也当信我……我去原是为你们预备地方去。我若去为你们预备了地方，就必再来接你们到我那里去；我在哪里，叫你们也在那里。”

在歌罗西书3:4中我们读到：“基督是我们的生命，祂显现的时候，你们也要与祂一同显现在荣耀里。”

约翰一书3:2对所有信徒有一个大应许：“我们现在是神的儿女，将来如何，还未显明；但我们知道主若显现，我们必要像祂，因为必得见祂的真体。”

最后，我们相信帖撒罗尼迦前书4:16-17的应许。“因为主必亲自从天降临，有呼叫的声音，和天使长的声音，又有神的号吹响；那在基督里死了的人必先复活。以后我们这活着还存留的人，必和他们一同被提到云里，在空中与主相遇；这样，我们就要和主永远同在。”

祂的爱之光依然可照进你生命中最黑暗的部分。耶稣说：“我是世界的光；跟从我的，就不在黑暗里走，必要得着生命的光。”（约翰福音8:12）

你是否在热切等候基督再来？或是根本无所谓？

今日祷告：

天父，我们欢欢喜喜地盼望我们主耶稣的再来，因我们有圣灵为证，圣灵使我们充满喜乐。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

November 5

DEFEATING DISCOURAGEMENT

Looking for that blessed hope,and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ.Titus 2:13

One of the best ways to get rid of discouragement is to remember that Christ is coming again.The most thrilling,glorious truth in all the world is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.When we look about today and see pessimism on every side,we should remember the Bible is the only book in the world that predicts the future.The Bible is more modern than tomorrow morning’s newspaper.The Bible accurately foretells the future,and it says that the consummation of all things shall be the coming again of Jesus Christ to this earth.

In John 14,Christ says,“Let not your heart be troubled:ye believe in God,believe also in me…I go to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you,I will come again,and receive you unto myself;that where I am,there ye may be also.”

In Colossians 3:4 we read,“When Christ,who is our life,shall appear,then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”

And in 1 John 3:2 we have a great promise to all believers:“Now are we the sons of God,and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:but we know that,when he shall appear,we shall be like him;for we shall see him as he is.”

And finally,we trust in the promise in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17.“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,with the voice of the archangel,and with the trump of God:and the dead in Christ shall rise first.Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,to meet the Lord in the air:and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

The sunlight of His love can still shine into the darkest part of your life.Jesus said,“I am the light of the world:he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,but shall have the light of life”(John 8:12).

Are you watching and waiting for Christ’s return with eager anticipation?Or do you take Him for granted?

Pray for the Day:

Father,we rejoice in the anticipation of the coming of our Lord Jesus,for we have the down payment in the Holy Spirit,who fills us with joy.We pray in Jesus’Name,Amen.