双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：3月11日 话语的力量

3月11日

话语的力量

故此你们要顺服上帝。

——雅各书4:7

人有口舌，能言语。言语可以造成破坏，亦可以有益于人。你的口舌可以用于诽谤、发牢骚、责骂、唠叨、争吵；也可以让圣灵控制它，使其成为祝福和颂赞的器皿。雅各书3章3节提到“若把嚼环放在马嘴里、叫他顺服、就能调动他的全身。”。与此类似，当我们的生命降伏于耶稣，放荡不羁的性情便在他的掌管之下，变得温和、有礼教，“合乎主用”。

每日祷告：

救主耶稣基督，我要降伏於祢。请拿去我的骄傲，教导我如何保持完全的顺服。奉耶稣基督的名，阿们。

March 11

The Power of Speech

Submit yourselves therefore to God……
—James 4:7

You have a tongue and a voice.These instruments of speech can be used destructively or employed constructively.You can use your tongue to slander,to gripe,to scold,to nag,and to quarrel;or you can bring it under the control of God’s Spirit and make it an instrument of blessing and praise.The 20th-century version of James 3:3 says,“When we put bits into the horses’mouths to make them obey us,we control the rest of their bodies also.”Just so,when we submit to the claims of Christ upon our lives,our untamed natures are brought under His control.We become meek,tamed,and“fit for the Master’s service.”

Prayer for the day:

I would be under Your control,Lord Jesus Christ.Take away the pride that keeps me from complete submission.In Jesus’Name,Amen.