双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：2月18日 经受熬炼

2月18日

经受熬炼

“万民哪，你们当称颂我们的上帝，使人得听赞美他的声音。他使我们的性命存活，也不叫我们的脚摇动。上帝啊，你曾试验我们，熬炼我们，如熬炼银子一样。你使我们进入网罗，把重担放在我们的身上。你使人坐车轧我们的头；我们经过水火，你却使我们到丰富之地。”

诗篇66:8-12

Kim Wickes姊妹，几乎我们的每一场布道大会都有她的身影和歌声。小时候，一次爆炸事故让她双目失明。她父亲本想把她扔进河里淹死一了百了。因为战争和饥饿，他父亲陷入绝望，最终把她留在韩国大邱的一个聋哑儿童之家。后来，她被美国人领养。开始了多年的学习和训练，她在文字和歌唱方面的见证，令无数人感到震撼。她还去了世界上最好的学校学校，包括维也纳音乐学院。很多人可能会因为不幸的经历一生都被毁了，但靠着神的恩典Kim姐妹战胜了逆境。

今天，全世界有成千上万的基督徒每天都因为信仰而面临痛苦、逼迫和攻击。我们也知道他们靠着神的恩典得胜、生存。他们对基督的信仰深厚而坚定。他们面对逼迫的勇气令我们惭愧。我无法体会和理解那些像在乌干达的主内的弟兄姊妹是如何承受那一切迫害的。我只知道，如果有耶稣基督的同在，一个人就一定可以忍受最深的痛苦，而且活出更大的信心。如同熬炼银子，痛苦和逼迫也能炼净基督徒。

今日祷告：

天父，您保守了我们的生命，使我们的脚不致滑跌。我信靠祢，也知道祢为我所预备的都是最好的。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

February 18

THE REFINER’S FIRE

Praise our God,O people,let the sound of his praise be heard;he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.For you,O God,tested us;you refined us like silver.You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs…We went through fire and water,but you brought us to a place of abundance.Psalm 66:8-12 NIV

 Kim Wickes,who comes to most of our Crusades,was a little girl,blinded because the retinas of her eyes had been destroyed when she looked at a bomb blast.Her father tried to kill her by throwing her into a river.Desperate and at his wit’s end from war and starvation,Kim’s father eventually left her at a home for deaf and blind children in Taegu,Korea.Later she was adopted by some Americans and began the years of study and training which have resulted in a testimony in word and song which has thrilled millions.Her studies have taken her to the finest schools in the world,including study in Vienna.The events in Kim’s life could have destroyed many people,but by God’s grace she has triumphed over adversity.

Today there are thousands of Christians all over the world who are facing daily pain,persecution,and opposition for their faith.We are now learning of their triumph and survival in many parts of the world.Their faith in Christ is deep and strong.Their willingness to face persecution puts us to shame.

I do not understand how the human body can withstand such persecution as some of our brothers and sisters in Christ are experiencing today-such as in Uganda.I only know that when Jesus Christ is with a person,that one can endure the deepest suffering and somehow emerge a better and stronger Christian because of it.Just as fire refines silver,suffering and persecution purify Christians.

Pray for the Day:

Father,You have preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.I trust You and know that you have my best in mind;in Jesus’Name,Amen.