書摘《破除世代咒詛》- Marilyn Hickey
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書摘：《破除世代咒詛》
Breaking Generational Curses, Marilyn Hickey
斷開鎖鏈，擁抱祝福：你家族命運的轉捩點
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目錄 (Table of Contents)
- 前言介紹 (Introduction) -- 你是否受到世代詛咒的影響？
- 第一章：起初 (In the Beginning) -- 探討咒詛的起源與亞當夏娃的墮落。
- 第二章：什麼帶來咒詛 (What Brings the Curse) -- 識別導致咒詛的具體行為，如酗酒和性犯罪。
- 第三章：罪還是罪孽？ (Sin or Iniquity?) -- 區分「罪」與「罪孽」(Iniquity) 的不同，及其如何影響家族。
- 第四章：追溯家族樹的根系 (Tracing the Root System of Your Family Tree) -- 教導如何繪製家族圖譜以識別遺傳的問題。
- 第五章：刻在石上 (Written in Stone) -- 詳解申命記中的祝福與咒詛。
- 第六章：施恩座 (The Mercy Seat) -- 耶穌的寶血如何成為打破咒詛的關鍵。
- 第七章：遺傳的咒詛 (Inherited Curses) -- 深入探討家族遺傳的疾病與性格缺陷。
- 第八章：希律家族的咒詛 (The Curse of the Herods) -- 以希律家族為例，展示拒絕真理如何導致家族滅亡。
- 第九章：約伯與他的家 (Job and His Household) -- 分析恐懼與苦毒如何成為咒詛的破口。
- 第十章：家庭的咒詛與祝福 (Family Curses and Blessings) -- 神對家庭的原始設計與撒但的攻擊。
- 第十一章：信徒的盟約：從咒詛中被贖回 (The Believer’s Covenant: Redeemed from the Curse) -- 基督在十字架上完成的救贖工作。
- 第十二章：救贖的獎賞 (The Rewards of Your Redemption) -- 恢復與神兒女的身分與權柄。
- 第十三章：一勞永逸地打破模式 (Breaking the Pattern Once and For All) -- 具體的禱告與宣告步驟。
- 第十四章：真自由！ (Free Indeed!) -- 持守釋放後的自由生活。
- 第十五章：回應神 (Responding to God) -- 如何為下一代做出正確的選擇。
- 第十六章：利甲人的傳承 (The Heritage of the Rechabites) -- 順服帶來的世代祝福之榜樣。
- 第十七章：公義之家 (The House of Righteousness) -- 建立以公義為根基的家庭。
- 第十八章：開始你的祝福傳承 (Beginning Your Heritage of Blessings) -- 實際操練種下祝福的種子。
- 第十九章：如果魔鬼回來攻擊該如何面對 (How to Face the Attack if the Devil Comes Back) -- 堅守陣地，抵擋仇敵的反撲。
- 第二十章：當你軟弱時，祂剛強 (When You Are Weak, He Is Strong) -- 依靠神的恩典勝過肉體的軟弱。
前言
(Introduction)
你想要蒙受祝福嗎？你希望你的孩子也蒙福嗎？沒有什麼比孩子更能觸動你的心了。當你在生命中為上帝留位子時，你就得以進入祂敞開的祝福之門了。
但如果你給魔鬼留地步——或者如果你正處於「世代咒詛」—— 你這是在要求你的孩子們陷入同樣的詛咒，魔鬼將會吞噬他們！
你是否受到世代詛咒的影響？回答以下問題，一探究竟！
您或您的家族成員（包括祖先）中，是否有人：
1. 是否存在不斷失敗的模式？
2. 是否曾發生過非自然死亡、自殺事件，或是有大量人員英年早逝的紀錄？
3. 表現出高度的憤怒？
4. 是否有高事故紀錄，或發生性質異常的事故？
5. 是否曾有遭受身體、情緒或性虐待的病史？
6. 是否有慢性病史（如反覆感冒、長期健康問題等）？
7. 是否有家族遺傳或可能代代相傳的精神疾病史？
8. 是否表現出以下任何性格行為：高度控制、操縱、成癮、共依存、憂鬱、不寬恕或社交隔離？
如果您對以上任何問題的回答為「是」，您可能正處於家族咒詛之中！
第一章：在起初
(In the Beginning)
- 摘要：
本章追溯了咒詛的源頭回到創世記 Genesis 。神最初創造亞當和夏娃時，賦予他們完美的家庭和治理全地的權柄。然而，因著他們的悖逆，罪與死亡進入了世界，改變了家庭的命運。作者區分了「罪」（Sin）、「過犯」（Transgression）和「罪孽」（Iniquity）。有關於三者的區別與何者會遺傳，請看本文：罪、過犯與罪孽的區分。耶穌在十字架上不僅承擔了我們的罪，也背負了我們的罪孽（以賽亞書 Isaiah 53:5），為我們恢復起初的祝福開闢了道路。亞當和夏娃的墮落是所有「家族遺傳」問題的起點。 - 關鍵主題：
- 創造與墮落 (Creation and Fall)
- 罪、過犯與罪孽的區別 (Distinction between Sin, Transgression, and Iniquity)
- 家族咒詛的起源 (Origin of Generational Curses)
- 失去權柄 (Loss of Dominion)
- 耶穌的救贖工作 (Redemptive Work of Jesus)
- 相關經文：
- 創世記 Genesis 1:28-30 (神賜福亞當夏娃)
- 創世記 Genesis 3:16-18 (地受咒詛)
- 出埃及記 Exodus 20:5 (恨我的，我必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代)
- 以賽亞書 Isaiah 53:5 (哪知他為我們的過犯受害，為我們的罪孽壓傷)
- 分析：
作者通過對比亞當墮落前後的狀態，闡明了「咒詛」並非神原本的心意，而是罪的後果。特別強調「罪孽」（Iniquity）作為一種「彎曲」或「傾向」，解釋了為何某些軟弱會在家族中代代相傳。這為後續章節關於打破這種循環奠定了神學基礎。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「每一個似乎『家族遺傳』的不良特徵，都直接來自亞當和夏娃的罪。他們要為今天所謂的『世代咒詛』負直接責任。」
"Every undesirable, hereditary trait which seems to 'run in the family' came directly from the sin of Adam and Eve. They are directly responsible for what is known today as the 'generational curse.'"
第二章：什麼帶來咒詛
(What Brings the Curse)
- 摘要：
本章探討了具體導致咒詛的行為模式，指出「無故的咒詛必不臨到」（箴言 Proverbs 26:2）。作者特別指出酗酒和性犯罪是開啟家族咒詛大門的主要原因。她挑戰了社會將酗酒僅視為疾病的觀點，強調其屬靈上的「罪」的本質。透過個人的見證和觀察，作者說明了若不悔改，這些行為如何演變成束縛後代的鎖鏈。 - 關鍵主題：
- 因果法則 (Law of Cause and Effect)
- 酗酒的屬靈本質 (Spiritual Nature of Alcoholism)
- 性犯罪的後果 (Consequences of Sexual Sin)
- 咒詛的延續性 (Continuity of Curses)
- 個人責任 (Personal Responsibility)
- 相關經文：
- 箴言 Proverbs 26:2 (麻雀往來，燕子翻飛，這樣，無故的咒詛也必不臨到。)
- 哈巴谷書 Habakkuk 2:15-16 (給人酒喝...是有禍的！)
- 箴言 Proverbs 20:1 (酒能使人褻慢，濃酒使人喧嚷)
- 以賽亞書 Isaiah 5:11 (禍哉！那些清早起來追求濃酒...的人)
- 分析：
作者將日常生活中的成癮行為提升到屬靈層面進行剖析，不僅是道德問題，更是涉及家族命運的嚴肅議題。透過將這些行為定義為「罪」而非單純的「軟弱」，作者指出了唯一的解決之道——透過耶穌基督的悔改與釋放。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「當我們看到罪和各種麻煩影響我們的家庭時，那罪就是一個咒詛。......如果一種罪被重複犯下，它就會變成一種罪孽，並通過血緣傳遞下去。」
"If we see sin and various troubles affecting our family, that sin is always a curse... If a sin is repeatedly committed, it becomes an iniquity which can be passed down through the bloodline."
第三章：罪還是罪孽？
(Sin or Iniquity?)
- 摘要：
本章深入區分了單次性的「罪」（Sin）與習慣性的「罪孽」（Iniquity）。罪孽被描述為一種內在的「彎曲」或扭曲，使人傾向於某種特定的罪。作者擴大了討論範圍，涵蓋了土地的罪孽、國家的罪孽（如種族滅絕、墮胎）、以及祭司（屬靈領袖）的罪孽。通過所多瑪、亞摩利人和可拉後裔的例子，說明了罪孽如何在群體和世代中累積。 - 關鍵主題：
- 罪孽的定義 (Definition of Iniquity as a "Bent")
- 土地與國家的咒詛 (Land and National Curses)
- 累積的罪孽 (Accumulated Iniquity)
- 祭司/領袖的責任 (Priestly Responsibility)
- 悔改的大能 (Power of Repentance - Daniel & Nehemiah examples)
- 相關經文：
- 出埃及記 Exodus 20:5 (恨我的，我必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代。)
- 創世記 Genesis 15:16 (亞摩利人的罪孽還沒有滿盈)
- 歷代志下 2 Chronicles 7:14 (這稱為我名下的子民，若是自卑，禱告...)
- 約翰一書 1 John 1:9 (我們若認自己的罪...)
- 分析：
本章的關鍵在於讓讀者明白，許多掙扎並非僅是個人的失敗，而是深層的家族或文化「彎曲」。但作者同時強調，像但以理和尼希米那樣的認罪禱告（承認祖先的罪），是打破這種國家和家族鎖鏈的關鍵鑰匙。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「罪孽意味著『彎曲』或『扭曲（心靈）』。它也暗示了一種軟弱或對某種罪的傾向......如果家族樹沒有被潔淨，每一代都會變得更糟。」
"The word iniquity means 'to bend' or 'to distort (the heart).' It also implies a certain weakness or predisposition toward a certain sin... If the family tree is not cleansed of this iniquity, then each generation becomes worse."
第四章：追溯家族樹的根系
(Tracing the Root System of Your Family Tree)
- 摘要：
作者教導讀者如何實際地檢查自己的家族歷史，找出隱藏的根源。這包括繪製家族圖譜，審視父母及祖父母的罪、失敗和疾病。本章還使用動物象徵來形象化各種罪孽的特徵（如：蜥蜴代表恐懼，蝙蝠代表屬靈盲目，蛇代表欺騙，蜘蛛代表貪婪等），幫助讀者更具體地辨識家族中的屬靈問題。 - 關鍵主題：
- 自我省察 (Self-Examination)
- 家族圖譜製作 (Mapping the Family Tree)
- 屬靈象徵 (Spiritual Symbolism)
- 隱藏的根源 (Hidden Roots)
- 具體的咒詛類型 (Specific Types of Curses: divorce, poverty, etc.)
- 相關經文：
- 路加福音 Luke 3:9 (現在斧子已經放在樹根上...)
- 馬太福音 Matthew 7:17 (凡好樹都結好果子，唯獨壞樹結壞果子。)
- 提摩太前書 1 Timothy 6:10 (貪財是萬惡之根。)
- 分析：
這是一個實用性極強的章節，將抽象的神學概念轉化為可操作的診斷工具。使用動物象徵雖然是非傳統的解釋方式，但有助於讀者具象化那些抽象的性格缺陷或屬靈壓制，從而更精準地進行禱告爭戰。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「你將在你祖先的罪和罪孽中找到你家族樹罪孽的根源。......如果你能砍斷根部並摧毀它們，這樹就會死掉。」
"You will find the roots to your family tree's iniquities in the sins and iniquities of your forefathers... If you can cut the roots and destroy them, the tree will die."
第五章：刻在石上
(Written in Stone)
- 摘要：
本章聚焦於申命記 Deuteronomy 27 和 28 章，描述以色列人進入應許之地後，在基利心山和以巴路山宣讀祝福與咒詛的場景。作者詳細列舉了聖經中提到的帶來咒詛的具體行為，如拜偶像、輕慢父母、挪移地界（不誠實）、欺壓弱者等。強調神的律法是不變的，順服帶來祝福，悖逆招致咒詛。 - 關鍵主題：
- 祝福與咒詛的選擇 (Choice between Blessings and Curses)
- 基利心山與以巴路山 (Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal)
- 具體的罪行 (Specific Sins: Idolatry, Rebellion, Cruelty)
- 神話語的永恆性 (Eternity of God's Word)
- 對罪的公開認同 (Public Acknowledgment of Sin's Consequences)
- 相關經文：
- 申命記 Deuteronomy 27:15-16 (製造耶和華所憎惡的偶像...輕慢父母的，必受咒詛)
- 申命記 Deuteronomy 28:1-2 (你若留意聽從耶和華你神的話...這以下的福必追隨你)
- 申命記 Deuteronomy 11:26-28 (看哪，我今日將祝福與咒詛的話都陳明在你們面前。)
- 分析：
作者強調神並非想咒詛人，而是透過律法警告人。就像以色列人必須對每一條咒詛說「阿們」（同意），信徒也必須承認神話語的真實性，明白罪的後果，才能產生真正的敬畏與順服。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「神想要對他們好，這樣他們就不會給自己的生命帶來咒詛。......任何陷入拜偶像的人都處於受咒詛的地位。偶像帶來咒詛。」
"He wanted to be good to them so they wouldn't bring curses on their lives... Anybody who got involved in idolatry was in a cursed position. Idols bring curses."
第六章：施恩座
(The Mercy Seat)
- 摘要：
在咒詛的絕望中，本章帶來了「好消息」。作者介紹了「施恩座」（Mercy Seat）的概念，這是神審判與憐憫交會之處。透過該隱與亞伯的對比，指出唯有「血」的祭物才能平息咒詛。耶穌是終極的施恩座，祂的寶血滿足了公義的要求，打破了咒詛。喇合（Rahab）的故事被用來證明，即使是受咒詛的迦南人，也能因著信心進入神的家譜。 - 關鍵主題：
- 寶血的大能 (Power of the Blood)
- 施恩座的象徵 (Symbolism of the Mercy Seat)
- 亞伯與該隱的獻祭 (Offerings of Abel vs Cain)
- 喇合的救贖 (Redemption of Rahab)
- 耶穌作為中保 (Jesus as Mediator)
- 相關經文：
- 希伯來書 Hebrews 9:14 (基督藉著永遠的靈...)
- 創世記 Genesis 3:21 (耶和華神為亞當和他妻子用皮子做衣服給他們穿。)
- 申命記 Deuteronomy 7:9 (向愛他...的人守約施慈愛，直到千代)
- 分析：
這是全書福音核心的章節。作者從舊約的預表（皮衣、會幕）轉向新約的實體（基督）。透過喇合的例子，給予所有出身「不良」的人極大的盼望——無論家族背景如何，因著信靠耶穌的寶血，咒詛的鏈條可以被斬斷，並開啟全新的祝福傳承。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「什麼能為你打破咒詛？是血！誰的血？羔羊的血！......耶穌成了我們的施恩座。祂流出寶血來打破咒詛！」
"What breaks the curse for you? The blood! Whose blood? The blood of the Lamb!... Jesus is our Mercy Seat. He shed His blood to break the curse!"
第七章：遺傳的咒詛
(Inherited Curses)
- 摘要：
本章深入討論了「可歸責性法則」（Law of Culpability）與遺傳的關係。雖然個人要為自己的罪負責，但祖先的罪會造成後代在身心靈上的軟弱（傾向）。作者列舉了遺傳性疾病、貧窮、離婚等具體咒詛。 編者註：研究指出，這些可能是表觀遺傳的結果，請參看 咒詛是否嵌入在基因中 ?。特別提到了「壯士」（Strong Man）的概念，即那些熟悉家族弱點的邪靈（Familiar Spirits），必須被捆綁才能經歷釋放。 - 關鍵主題：
- 可歸責性與遺傳 (Culpability vs. Heredity)
- 熟悉的靈 (Familiar Spirits)
- 捆綁壯士 (Binding the Strong Man)
- 遺傳性疾病與貧窮 (Hereditary Illness and Poverty)
- 代替性認罪 (Identificational Repentance)
- 相關經文：
- 利未記 Leviticus 26:40 (承認自己的罪和他們祖宗的罪)
- 馬太福音 Matthew 12:29 (人怎能進壯士家裡，搶奪他的家具呢？除非先捆住那壯士...)
- 申命記 Deuteronomy 28:21-22 (耶和華必使瘟疫貼在你身上...)
- 分析：
作者提供了一個屬靈爭戰的視角來看待反覆出現的家族問題。她解釋了為何即使「好基督徒」也會受家族病史困擾，原因在於背後的「壯士」未被處理。透過認同性的悔改（承認祖宗的罪），信徒可以合法地撤銷仇敵的攻擊權。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「要打破我們前幾代的咒詛——他們的習慣、他們的罪、他們身體的軟弱——我們必須進去捆綁那個從過去世代把咒詛帶給我們的壯士。」
"In order to break the curse of the generations before us—their habits, their sins, their physical weaknesses—we must go in and bind the strong man who has brought that curse down to us from past generations."
第八章：希律家族的咒詛
(The Curse of the Herods)
- 摘要：
這是一個關於家族咒詛的歷史案例研究。作者追蹤了希律家族四代人（大希律、希律安提帕、希律亞基帕一世、希律亞基帕二世）如何系統性地拒絕真理、殺害先知和使徒。儘管神在每一代都給予了悔改的機會（透過智者、施洗約翰、彼得、保羅），但他們選擇了悖逆，最終導致家族的滅亡。 - 關鍵主題：
- 拒絕真理的後果 (Consequences of Rejecting Truth)
- 神的寬容與機會 (God's Patience and Opportunity)
- 罪惡的升級 (Escalation of Evil)
- 家族的滅絕 (Extinction of a Lineage)
- 歷史的教訓 (Historical Lesson)
- 相關經文：
- 馬太福音 Matthew 2:16 (希律...將伯利恆...凡兩歲以裡的都殺盡了)
- 使徒行傳 Acts 12:1-5 (希律...殺了...雅各)
- 使徒行傳 Acts 26:28 (亞基帕對保羅說：你想...叫我作基督徒啊？)
- 分析：
通過希律家族的悲劇，作者生動地展示了世代咒詛若不打破，會如何將一個顯赫的家族推向毀滅。這個案例強調了「抉擇」的重要性：每一代都有機會轉向神，但拒絕神會加深咒詛的權勢。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「父的罪孽報應在子孫身上長達四代，神試圖在每一代打破這咒詛。......但他們都拒絕了祂。」
"The sins of the fathers were visited on the children for four generations, and God tried to break the curse at each generation... and each one rejected Him."
第九章：約伯與他的家
(Job and His Household)
- 摘要：
作者從獨特的角度解讀約伯記 Job ，指出約伯受苦不僅是魔鬼的攻擊，也與他內心的恐懼（「我所恐懼的臨到我身」）和自義有關。苦毒和抱怨加劇了他的痛苦。最終，當約伯走出自我中心，為那些傷害他的朋友禱告時，神扭轉了他的命運，加倍賜福給他。這顯示了饒恕和代禱在打破咒詛中的力量。 - 關鍵主題：
- 恐懼作為咒詛的破口 (Fear as a Doorway to Curse)
- 苦毒與抱怨 (Bitterness and Complaining)
- 自義的陷阱 (Trap of Self-Righteousness)
- 饒恕與代禱帶來的恢復 (Restoration through Forgiveness and Intercession)
- 苦境轉回 (Turning Captivity)
- 相關經文：
- 約伯記 Job 3:25 (因我所恐懼的臨到我身)
- 約伯記 Job 42:10 (約伯為他的朋友祈禱。耶和華就使約伯從苦境轉回)
- 約翰一書 1 John 4:18 (愛裡沒有懼怕)
- 分析：
本章挑戰讀者反思自己是否因恐懼或苦毒而為仇敵留了地步。約伯的恢復並非發生在他辯贏朋友時，而是在他選擇饒恕並為他們祝福時。這教導我們，打破咒詛往往需要反其道而行——以祝福回應咒詛。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「當約伯為他的朋友禱告時，他的苦境就被扭轉了。......如果你想要你的苦境被扭轉，你最好祝福那些逼迫你的人。」
"When Job prayed for his friends, his captivity was turned... If you want your captivity turned, then you'd better bless those who have persecuted you."
第十章：家庭的咒詛與祝福
(Family Curses and Blessings)
- 摘要：
神設立了四個神聖制度：自由意志、婚姻、家庭和國家。家庭是神計畫的核心。本章對比了以掃（輕看長子名分、娶外邦女子）和亞伯拉罕（順服神）的家族。作者也提到了埃及的家族咒詛（長子被殺）與以色列的逾越節救贖。強調即便配偶不信主，信主的一方也能透過聖潔的生活將祝福帶入家庭。 - 關鍵主題：
- 神設立的家庭制度 (Divine Institution of Family)
- 輕看屬靈福分的後果 (Consequence of Despising Spiritual Blessings)
- 混合婚姻的挑戰 (Challenges of Mixed Marriage)
- 聖潔配偶的影響力 (Sanctifying Influence of a Believing Spouse)
- 日常行為帶來的咒詛與祝福 (Everyday Curses and Blessings)
- 相關經文：
- 創世記 Genesis 25:34 (以掃...輕看了他長子的名分)
- 哥林多前書 1 Corinthians 7:14 (因為不信的丈夫就因著妻子成了聖潔...)
- 詩篇 Psalms 68:6 (神叫孤獨的有家...)
- 分析：
本章將焦點放回家庭單位，強調父母的選擇對後代屬靈氛圍的決定性影響。通過以掃的負面例子，警示讀者不要因貪戀世俗而輕看屬神的傳承；同時鼓勵那些在困難婚姻中的信徒，他們是家庭中打破咒詛的關鍵。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「神對家庭有如此獨特的計畫！......一旦以掃因著那碗紅豆湯賣掉了長子的名分，他就輕看了它。......如果你輕看神給你的東西，你就會失去它。」
"God has such unique things planned for the family!... Once Esau sold his birthright for that mess of pottage, he despised it... If you despise what God gives you, you're going to lose it."
第十一章：信徒的盟約：從咒詛中被贖回
(The Believer’s Covenant: Redeemed from the Curse)
- 摘要：
本章宣告了新約的核心真理：基督已將我們從律法的咒詛中贖出來。作者詳細解釋了耶穌受難時的每一個傷痕如何對應我們的需要——「因祂受的鞭傷，我們得醫治」。這不僅是靈魂的救贖，也包括身體的醫治和情緒的釋放。這是一個合法的交換：祂受咒詛，使我們得祝福。 - 關鍵主題：
- 從咒詛中得贖 (Redemption from the Curse)
- 神聖的交換 (Divine Exchange)
- 身體的醫治 (Physical Healing)
- 盟約的權利 (Covenant Rights)
- 身分的恢復 (Restoration of Identity)
- 相關經文：
- 加拉太書 Galatians 3:13 (基督既為我們受了咒詛，就贖出我們脫離律法的咒詛)
- 以賽亞書 Isaiah 53:5 (因他受的刑罰我們得平安；因他受的鞭傷我們得醫治)
- 彼得前書 1 Peter 2:24 (他被掛在木頭上，親身擔當了我們的罪)
- 分析：
這是信心建立的關鍵章節。作者從診斷問題轉向宣告解決方案。重點在於信徒必須「知道」並「相信」這個盟約權利，因為無知會使人繼續活在已失效的咒詛之下。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「你不必活在肉體的咒詛之下，因為基督已經將你從咒詛中贖出來。......耶穌的寶血是充足的、有能力的，對你血統中的家族罪孽具有毀滅性的力量。」
"You don't have to live under physical curses because Christ has redeemed you from the curse... The blood of Jesus is all-sufficient, powerful, and devastating to family iniquities in your bloodline."
第十二章：救贖的獎賞
(The Rewards of Your Redemption)
- 摘要：
救贖不僅是脫離負面事物，更是進入正面的豐盛。本章討論了重生的意義——成為新造的人，擁有新的屬靈基因。信徒現在是神的兒女，擁有天父的DNA，這取代了舊有的家族遺傳。我們被賦予權柄去踐踏仇敵，並在生命中作王。 - 關鍵主題：
- 新造的人 (New Creation)
- 神兒女的名分 (Sonship)
- 屬靈基因的重寫 (Rewriting Spiritual Genetics)
- 勝過仇敵的權柄 (Authority over the Enemy)
- 與神的親密關係 (Intimacy with God)
- 相關經文：
- 哥林多後書 2 Corinthians 5:17 (若有人在基督裡，他就是新造的人，舊事已過，都變成新的了。)
- 羅馬書 Romans 8:14-15 (你們所受的，不是奴僕的心...乃是兒子的心)
- 約翰一書 1 John 3:8 (神的兒子顯現出來，為要除滅魔鬼的作為。)
- 分析：
作者強調身分認同的轉變。打破咒詛不僅是趕鬼或認罪，更是一種身分的置換：從「受害者」變為「得勝者」，從「罪人的後代」變為「神的後嗣」。這種身分意識是維持自由的關鍵。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「當你重生時，你舊有的家族特徵被取消了，耶穌的特質和祝福成為你的長子名分。」
"When you become born again, your old family traits are canceled and the qualities and blessings of Jesus become your birthright."
第十三章：一勞永逸地打破模式
(Breaking the Pattern Once and For All)
- 摘要：
本章提供了打破世代咒詛的具體操作步驟。包括：
1. 承認並認罪（祖先及自己的）；
2. 饒恕祖先帶來的傷害；
3. 棄絕與黑暗權勢的關聯；
4. 奉耶穌的名捆綁壯士；
5. 釋放祝福。
作者強調這是一個法律程序般的禱告，在靈界執行神的判決。 - 關鍵主題：
- 具體的禱告步驟 (Specific Prayer Steps)
- 認罪與饒恕 (Confession and Forgiveness)
- 棄絕與斷開 (Renunciation and Breaking)
- 口舌的權柄 (Power of the Tongue)
- 信心的行動 (Faith Action)
- 相關經文：
- 約翰一書 1 John 1:9 (我們若認自己的罪...)
- 雅各書 James 4:7 (務要抵擋魔鬼，魔鬼就必離開你們逃跑了。)
- 啟示錄 Revelation 12:11 (弟兄勝過他，是因羔羊的血和自己所見證的道。)
- 分析：
這是全書的實踐高潮。作者不再只是講述理論，而是手把手教導讀者如何進行「屬靈掃除」。特別是「饒恕祖先」這一點，往往是許多人忽略但至關重要的釋放關鍵。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「耶穌的寶血將潔淨你的血統，神將釋放祂的大能，將你的家族樹從世代的罪孽中拯救出來。......你必須防範『受害者』的心態。」
"The blood of Jesus will cleanse your bloodline, and God will release His power to deliver your family tree from generational iniquities... You must guard against the 'victim' attitude."
第十四章：真自由！
(Free Indeed!)
- 摘要：
打破咒詛後，如何維持自由？本章教導信徒如何活在「真自由」中。這包括持續的順服、用神的話語更新心思、以及保持與聖靈的連結。自由不是一次性的事件，而是一種生活方式。作者鼓勵讀者用祝福的話語充滿家庭，取代過去的負面言語。 - 關鍵主題：
- 維持自由 (maintaining Freedom)
- 心思更新 (Renewing the Mind)
- 持續的順服 (Continuous Obedience)
- 話語的力量 (Power of Words)
- 豐盛的生命 (Abundant Life)
- 相關經文：
- 約翰福音 John 8:36 (所以天父的兒子若叫你們自由，你們就真自由了。)
- 約翰福音 John 10:10 (我來了，是要叫羊得生命，並且得的更豐盛。)
- 羅馬書 Romans 12:2 (只要心意更新而變化...)
- 分析：
作者提醒讀者，趕鬼之後「屋子」不能空著，必須被神的話語和靈充滿。這章強調了屬靈紀律（讀經、禱告、宣告）在防禦仇敵反撲中的重要性。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「你對自己和家人的評價比別人對你的評價更重要。你的話語有力量。你可以通過你的言語祝福或咒詛你自己和你的家人。」
"What you say about yourself and your family is more important than what others say about you. Your words have power. You can bless or curse yourself and your family by what you say."
第十五章：回應神
(Responding to God)
- 摘要：
本章轉向下一代，討論父母如何透過正確回應神來影響子女。即便孩子現在看起來「失控」或叛逆，父母的信心回應可以扭轉局勢。作者警告不要追求錯誤的超自然現象（如通靈），而是要專注於神的話語。父母的屬靈爭戰能為孩子在靈界開闢道路。 - 關鍵主題：
- 父母的責任 (Parental Responsibility)
- 對叛逆的回應 (Responding to Rebellion)
- 分辨諸靈 (Discerning Spirits)
- 為子女爭戰 (Warfare for Children)
- 信心的榜樣 (Example of Faith)
- 相關經文：
- 申命記 Deuteronomy 30:19 (我...將生死禍福陳明在你面前，所以你要揀選生命，使你和你的後裔都得存活)
- 哥林多前書 1 Corinthians 2:15 (屬靈的人能看透萬事...)
- 分析：
作者將焦點從個人釋放擴展到代際傳承。她鼓勵父母不要被眼前的現象（如孩子的叛逆）嚇倒，而是要站在盟約的地位上，用信心的眼光看待孩子的未來，並透過禱告將他們奪回。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「我們的未來不僅在天上，也在我們的後裔中。......如果我們想要神的國度代代相傳，我們對待孩子的態度必須有根本的改變。」
"Our future is not just in Heaven; it is also in our loins... If the Kingdom of God is to advance from generation to generation, there must be a radical change in our attitudes toward our children."
第十六章：利甲人的傳承
(The Heritage of the Rechabites)
- 摘要：
本章以耶利米書 Jeremiah 35章中的利甲人為榜樣。他們的祖先約拿達吩咐子孫不可喝酒、不可蓋房、要住帳棚。利甲人世世代代嚴格遵守這命令。神以此對比以色列人的悖逆，並應許利甲人「永不缺人侍立在我面前」。這展示了順服敬虔祖先的命令如何帶來世代長存的祝福與保護。 - 關鍵主題：
- 順服祖先的命令 (Obedience to Forefathers)
- 忠誠與持守 (Faithfulness and Consistency)
- 區別為聖的生活 (Separated Life)
- 世代的祝福 (Generational Blessing)
- 神對忠心的獎賞 (God's Reward for Faithfulness)
- 相關經文：
- 耶利米書 Jeremiah 35:6 (我們不喝酒；因為我們先祖利甲的兒子約拿達曾吩咐我們說...)
- 耶利米書 Jeremiah 35:18-19 (因你們聽從你們先祖約拿達的吩咐...必永不缺人侍立在我面前。)
- 分析：
利甲人的例子強有力地證明了「順服」是建立家族祝福的基石。與前面章節的負面例子（希律）形成鮮明對比。作者鼓勵讀者成為像約拿達那樣的先祖，立下敬虔的規矩，並教導子孫遵守。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「利甲人因為順服他們地上的父親而受到神的尊榮。......透過順服，他們打破了妥協的模式，建立了一個忠心的傳承。」
"The Rechabites were honored by God for obeying their earthly father... Through obedience, they broke the pattern of compromise and established a heritage of faithfulness."
第十七章：公義之家
(The House of Righteousness)
- 摘要：
本章探討如何建立一個「公義之家」。根據箴言 Proverbs ，惡人的家必傾倒，但義人的家必站得住。作者教導如何透過在家庭中實行公義、正直和愛，來建造穩固的根基。這不僅是道德上的正直，更是因信稱義的地位。當一個家庭尊主為大，神的保護和興盛就會臨到這個家。 - 關鍵主題：
- 家庭的根基 (Foundation of the Family)
- 公義帶來的穩定 (Stability through Righteousness)
- 義人的後裔 (Seed of the Righteous)
- 家庭的屬靈氛圍 (Spiritual Atmosphere of the Home)
- 興盛與保護 (Prosperity and Protection)
- 相關經文：
- 箴言 Proverbs 12:7 (惡人傾覆，歸於無有；義人的家必站得住。)
- 詩篇 Psalms 112:1-2 (敬畏耶和華...這人便為有福。他的後裔在世必強盛...)
- 分析：
作者將焦點從「破除」轉向「建造」。打破咒詛後，必須用公義來填充。這章激勵讀者要有長遠的眼光，不僅是解決當下的問題，更是為後代建造一個屬靈的安全堡壘。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「義人的家必站得住。當我們選擇行在神的道路中，我們就是在為我們的家庭建造一個風暴無法摧毀的根基。」
"The house of the righteous shall stand. When we choose to walk in God's ways, we are building a foundation for our family that the storms cannot destroy."
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從咒詛到祝福的轉化
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第十八章：開始你的祝福傳承
(Beginning Your Heritage of Blessings)
- 摘要：
作者比喻種植花園：要除草（修剪），也要澆灌施肥（成熟）。我們透過每日讀經、禱告、參加聚會和聖靈充滿來「澆灌」我們的家庭樹。作者強調大衛雖然犯了罪，但透過真實的悔改（詩篇 Psalms 32篇），神修剪了他，使他的後裔（所羅門、耶穌）仍蒙祝福。我們需要主動地種下神話語的種子，並用聖靈的活水澆灌。 - 關鍵主題：
- 心靈園藝：修剪與澆灌 (Spiritual Gardening: Pruning and Watering)
- 每日的屬靈紀律 (Daily Spiritual Disciplines)
- 大衛的悔改榜樣 (David's Example of Repentance)
- 神話語的種子 (Seed of God's Word)
- 聖靈的澆灌 (Watering by the Holy Spirit)
- 相關經文：
- 路加福音 Luke 8:11-15 (撒種的比喻)
- 約翰福音 John 15:1-2 (我是真葡萄樹...凡結果子的，他就修理乾淨...)
- 詩篇 Psalms 32:1-5 (得赦免其過、遮蓋其罪的，這人是有福的！)
- 提摩太後書 2 Timothy 2:15 (你當竭力在神面前得蒙喜悅...)
- 分析：
本章提供了非常實用的生活指南。作者強調祝福不是自動發生的，而是需要「經營」的。就像花園需要持續的照料，家族的祝福也需要透過持續的屬靈操練來維持和增長。大衛的例子給了曾失敗的父母極大的安慰——悔改可以修復傳承。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「修剪家族樹與施肥澆灌同樣重要。......雖然大衛犯了姦淫和謀殺，但他的悔改將家族的罪孽轉變為世代的祝福。」
"The pruning of a family tree is just as important as feeding and watering it... Although he [David] committed adultery and murder, his repentance turned a family iniquity into a generational blessing."
第十九章：如果魔鬼回來攻擊該如何面對
(How to Face the Attack if the Devil Comes Back)
- 摘要：
根據馬太福音 Matthew 13 章稗子的比喻，作者警告仇敵會試圖在好種子旁撒下壞種子。當舊有的誘惑或試探捲土重來時，不要驚慌。作者分享了一位牧師因未能抵擋試探而使兒子陷入同樣罪中的悲劇。關鍵在於：當誘惑初次出現時就立刻悔改並抵擋，不要給魔鬼留地步。 - 關鍵主題：
- 稗子與麥子 (Wheat and Tares)
- 仇敵的反撲 (Counter-Attack of the Enemy)
- 警醒與抵擋 (Vigilance and Resistance)
- 不給魔鬼留地步 (Giving No Place to the Devil)
- 信心與忍耐 (Faith and Patience)
- 相關經文：
- 馬太福音 Matthew 13:24-30 (稗子的比喻)
- 以弗所書 Ephesians 4:27 (不可給魔鬼留地步)
- 雅各書 James 4:7 (務要抵擋魔鬼)
- 分析：
這是關於屬靈守望的章節。作者提醒讀者，釋放是一場持續的戰爭。我們必須意識到自己的行為會為後代「開門」或「關門」。透過在試探萌芽時就將其斬斷，我們保護了自己也保護了後代。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「如果他在犯姦淫的念頭初次出現時就悔改了，那麼當魔鬼來試探他時，他就會有神的力量去抵擋牠。......因為他屈服了......一扇門就被打開了，讓魔鬼進來。」
"If he had repented when the thoughts to commit adultery first occurred, then when the devil came to tempt him, he would have had God’s strength to resist him... Because he gave in... a door was opened for the devil to come in."
第二十章：當你軟弱時，祂剛強
(When You Are Weak, He Is Strong)
- 摘要：
在最後一章，作者鼓勵那些感到力不能勝的讀者。這場戰鬥不是靠我們自己的力量，而是靠與神的盟約。當我們重生時，發生了神聖的交換：耶穌取了我們的軟弱，賜給我們祂的力量。我們在基督裡是新造的人，擁有勝過一切家族罪孽的超自然能力。作者列出了一系列的「咒詛 vs 祝福」對照表（如：憂鬱 vs 讚美，貧窮 vs 供應），幫助讀者具體宣告。 - 關鍵主題：
- 依靠神的大能 (Relying on God's Power)
- 神聖的交換 (The Divine Exchange)
- 在基督裡的身分 (Identity in Christ)
- 以祝福取代咒詛 (Replacing Curses with Blessings)
- 信心的宣告 (Confession of Faith)
- 相關經文：
- 哥林多後書 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 (我的恩典夠你用的...因我什麼時候軟弱，什麼時候就剛強了。)
- 加拉太書 Galatians 2:20 (我已經與基督同釘十字架...)
- 腓立比書 Philippians 4:13 (我靠著那加給我力量的，凡事都能做。)
- 分析：
全書以恩典作結。作者不想讓讀者背負沈重的律法主義重擔，而是指向基督完成的工作。只要我們住在祂裡面，祂的剛強就會在我們的軟弱上顯得完全。附錄中的祝福對照表是極佳的實用工具，將神學轉化為日常的宣告。 - 關鍵句(中英對照)：
「在這世上人所制定的一切協議、合約、條約或協定中，沒有什麼比你與神的盟約更具約束力。它是基於祂兒子的寶血，是耶穌的力量與你的軟弱的交換。」
"Of all the agreements, contracts, treaties, or pacts ever devised by man, none is more binding... than your covenant with God. It is based on His Son’s shed blood and is an exchange of Jesus’ strength for your weaknesses."
基於本書的禱告 (Prayer)
參考資料 (References)
Hickey, Marilyn. Breaking Generational Curses: Overcoming the Legacy of Sin in Your Family. Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 2000.
(瑪麗蓮·希基。《破除世代咒詛：戰勝家族罪的遺產》。塔爾薩，俄克拉荷馬州：哈里森出版社，2000年。)
聖經經文引用自《中文和合本》（Chinese Union Version）。
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書摘 《你可以選擇祝福或咒詛》葉光明牧師著
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書摘 《你可以選擇祝福或咒詛》 - 葉光明牧師著
Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose - By Derek Prince
尊敬的弟兄姊妹們，平安。
以下是Derek Prince《你可以選擇祝福或咒詛》（Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose）的內容摘述與導讀，詳述如何從聖經分辨祝福和咒詛，以及如何進入神所應許的祝福。敬請參考。謝謝您！我們為您禱告，願 上帝賜福給各位！
🌿 一、前言
《你可以選擇祝福或咒詛》是葉光明牧師(Derek Prince)根據聖經教導，結合屬靈經驗的力作。
他在書中說：
我深信這本小冊子能為許多人帶來極大的幫助。其中傳達的訊息足以改變個人生命、社區、教會，甚至整個國家。我發現許多人都在生活中與某種難以理解的困境搏鬥 — 那是一種挫敗感，每當他們即將成功時就會出現並阻撓他們。這種困境阻止他們成為完整的人、獲得真正的自由、無法如願以償地事奉主，也難以過得勝的生活。我認為，在許多情況下，這個他們從未真正釐清或理解的問題根源，就是他們的生命受到了咒詛。
人生中常見困難、失敗、疾病、家庭破裂、重複災難，其根源也有可能是隱藏的咒詛；但感謝耶穌基督我們的 神為我們預備了完全的釋放與祝福。
本書聚焦於聖經所談的「咒詛」與「祝福」，釐清其來源、現象及如何除去咒詛、進入祝福。 創世記 Genesis 22:15-17
🌿 二、什麼是「祝福」與「咒詛」？
- 整本聖經中祝福與咒詛出現近600次，且通常表達在神對人的命定、與順服神之關係。 祝福是神超自然的恩惠和好處，咒詛則帶來破壞、阻隔並可能延續數代。
祝福與咒詛通常透過言語表達——無論是口述或書寫。但這些並非普通言語，而是充滿超自然力量的話語。這力量可能來自上帝，亦可能源自撒旦。 - 申命記28章（Deuteronomy 28）祝福與咒詛的總論：前14節 — 申命記 Deuteronomy 28:1-14 列出祝福，後54節 — 申命記 Deuteronomy 28:15-68 則警告咒詛。
- 祝福：同樣通常透過話語、神的允諾，帶著神的正面能力、使人得蒙恩典、興旺、健康、家庭和樂、身心自由，且常能世代延續。
聖經經文舉例：- 「論福，我必賜大福給你……你的後裔必得著仇敵的城門。並且地上萬國都必因你的後裔得福。」 —創世記 Genesis 22:17-18
- 「凡咒詛你的，願他受咒詛；為你祝福的，願他蒙福。」 — 創世記 Genesis 27:29
- 「你若留意聽從耶和華你神的話，謹守遵行他的一切誡命，... 他必使你超乎天下萬民之上。」 — 申命記 Deuteronomy 28:1
- 咒詛：是由神、屬靈權柄或人，透過話語（口頭/文字）發出，帶有超自然力量（可能來自神也可能來自撒旦），使人或家庭、群體長期受負面或破壞性影響，甚至跨代繼承。咒詛常見於個人、家庭、民族、乃至整個國家。
咒詛經文舉例：
- 「麻雀往來，燕子翻飛，這樣，無故的咒詛也必不臨到。」 — 箴言 Proverbs 26:2
- 「耶和華如此說：『倚靠人血肉的膀臂，心中離棄耶和華的，那人有禍了！ 』」 — 耶利米書 Jeremiah 17:5
🌿 三、常見咒詛的來源
1. 神自己 God Himself
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創世紀 Genesis 12:1-3
創世紀 12 章神呼召亞伯拉罕（當時他還叫亞伯蘭）離開他的城市迦勒底的吾珥，前往一個未知的命運。這個呼召實際上分為七個階段。
「耶和華對亞伯蘭說：『你要離開你的本地、本族、父家，往我所要指示你的地去。 我必賜福給你，叫你的名為大，你也要叫別人得福。為你祝福的，我必賜福於他；那咒詛你的，我必咒詛他。地上的萬族都要因你得福。」
接著是上帝呼召的七個連續階段：
1) 「我必使你成為大國；
2) 我必賜福給你，
3) 並使你的名為大，
4) 你也要叫別人得福。
5) 為你祝福的，我必賜福於他；
6) 那咒詛你的，我必咒詛他。
7) 地上的萬族都要因你得福。」
(創世紀 Genesis 12:1-3）
這個呼召展現了神對亞伯蘭七重的命定。
但請注意，神呼召的第六階段是對所有咒詛亞伯蘭之人的咒詛。這背後有一個非常重要的原因。當神呼召一個人去完成特殊使命時，那人自然也會成為撒旦特別敵對的目標。因此，神在亞伯拉罕的呼召中加入了一個特別的保護條款：「咒詛你的，我必咒詛他。」後來在聖經中，這項保護特別透過以撒延伸至雅各 — 創世記 Genesis 27:29 ，然後又擴展到整個以色列民族 ——也就是全體猶太人民。 — 民數記 Numbers 24:9由此可見，神已對所有咒詛猶太民族的人宣告了咒詛。在當代話語中，這種對猶太人的態度被稱為「反猶主義」。這是一個主要的咒詛根源。如今這種咒詛的影響遍及各地，無論是在個人生命還是整個國家中。我們每個人都需要自我省察：我或我的祖先是否曾與猶太人為敵？我們是否曾出言反對或咒詛他們？若是如此，我們幾乎必定承受著咒詛。 - 申命記 Deuteronomy 27:11-26
在申命記 27 章中，神規定當以色列人進入應許之地時，若他們在某些方面違背神，就要向自己宣告十二項咒詛。
「摩西當日吩咐百姓說：『你們過了約旦河，西緬、利未、猶大、以薩迦、約瑟、便雅憫這幾個支派的人要站在基利心山上為百姓祝福；魯本(或譯：流便、呂便)、迦得、亞設、西布倫、但、拿弗他利這幾個支派的人要站在以巴路山上宣布咒詛。』」 — 申命記 Deuteronomy 27:11-13他們若不順服就必面臨咒詛，若順服就必蒙受祝福，非此即彼，別無他途可進入應許之地。進入應許之地的途徑唯有通過祝福與咒詛。接著列出了十二條咒詛 (申命記 Deuteronomy 27:13-26，綜合如下：
** 偶像崇拜與假神 (Idolatory and False Gods)
「利未人要向以色列眾人高聲說：『凡製造雕刻的偶像或鑄造的偶像，就是耶和華所憎惡的，是匠人手所做的，在暗中設立的，那人必受咒詛。』眾百姓都要應聲說：『阿們！』」 — 申命記 Deuteronomy 27:14-15
全以色列人都必須在自己若涉足偶像崇拜、敬拜假神，或現代英語中所謂的「神秘學」時，招致咒詛。這是人們生活中首要的咒詛根源——參與偶像崇拜、假神敬拜以及整個神秘學領域。在出埃及記 20:3（第一條誡命）中，耶和華說：
祂又說，「如果你們這樣做，我必追討你們三代人的罪。這不僅會臨到你們身上，還會延續到接下來的三代。」
所以你現在生活中可能正在與某些事情搏鬥，這些可能是由於你的祖父、曾祖父、曾祖母或其他祖先的緣故。你看，診斷並識別問題有多麼重要。我簡要總結申命記 27 章中列出的其他主要咒詛原因。** 不孝敬父母 (Dishonouring parents)
不尊敬父母是一個非常、非常重要的問題。我毫不懷疑閱讀這本小冊子的人中，有些因為對父母的態度不正確而在生活中遇到問題。記住第一條帶有祝福的誡命恰恰相反——
孝敬父母，使你們得福，在地上得以長壽。在我所有的基督教事工經歷中，我從未見過一個不尊敬父母的人能與他們和睦相處。事實上，我不相信這樣的人存在。不尊敬父母會自動讓你暴露在咒詛之下。這並不意味著你必須同意父母的意見，甚至做他們告訴你做的每一件事——這取決於你父母的生活方式。但你必須尊敬他們作為你的父母。這是第一條帶有祝福應許的誡命。我無法計算有多少人，當他們調整了對父母的態度時，他們的生活就得到了糾正。** 非法或違背自然的性行為 (Illicit or unnatural sex)
任何形式的違背自然的性行為都會帶來咒詛。這包括任何形式的同性戀或獸交，以及與家庭成員的性關係。今天我們不得不承認一個事實：有數百萬兒童在性方面受到父親或其他親屬的侵害。** 對弱勢與無助者的不公 (Injustice to the weak and helpless )
在其他訊息中，我談到美國印第安人對白宮下了咒詛，因為美國政府經常違反與印第安人簽訂的條約。相信我，印第安人懂得如何咒詛！這就是為什麼從 1860 年到 1980 年，每一位在 20 年當選的總統都在任期內去世。你可以追溯到兩件事：美國政府對印第安人的不忠，以及亞伯拉罕·林肯（1860 年當選的總統）允許他的妻子在白宮舉行降神會，他的妻子後來進了精神病院。所以你看，咒詛不僅影響個人，還影響整個國家。 - 耶利米書 Jeremiah 17:5-6
此處記載了另一種截然不同的咒詛例證。
「耶和華如此說：『倚靠人血肉之軀為力量、心離棄耶和華者，當受咒詛。』」
接著是咒詛：「他必像沙漠中的灌木，不見福樂來到，卻要住在曠野乾旱之處，無人居住的鹹地。」 — 耶利米書 Jeremiah 17:5-6這就是受咒詛之人的典型寫照。當其他人都在享受甘霖（祝福、繁榮）時，他卻活在乾旱之地，永遠看不見。為什麼？因為咒詛。這咒詛的根源是什麼？『倚靠人血肉之軀為力量、心離棄耶和華者，當受咒詛。』我相信這咒詛臨到許多基督教會，他們曾嘗過神的恩典，知道被祂的恩典所祝福的滋味，但後來卻轉離，開始信靠自己的努力、自己的智慧、自己的方法和宗教形式。他們以血肉為膀臂。神的祝福已離去，取而代之的是咒詛臨到這些會眾身上。 - 撒迦利亞書 Zechariah 5:1-4
在撒迦利亞書第五章中，撒迦利亞看見一個兩面都寫著咒詛的飛行的書卷。一面是針對偷竊之人的咒詛；另一面則是針對那些妄稱耶和華之名起假誓作偽證之人的咒詛。這咒詛無論進入誰的家，就會徹底毀滅那人的房屋。許多房屋被毀是因為咒詛臨到。許多家庭因咒詛而破碎。如果我們把所有偷竊或作偽證的人都算進去，誰能計算出有多少人必定活在咒詛之下？有多少人在報稅時不誠實？你可知道這可能會給你帶來咒詛嗎？在美國，這將包括許多人，其中許多還是上教堂的信徒。
2. 代表神的人 (Men Representing God)
「我的心豈沒有與你同去呢？」 接著他這樣說：
基哈西出去的時候，患了痲瘋，像雪那樣白。那是什麼造成的？是神人宣告的咒詛。
祂的門徒聽見了。或許他們心想：「我們的主做得有點過頭了。」但現在繼續看第 20 節：
「彼得想起這事，就對他說：『拉比，請看！你所咒詛的無花果樹已經枯乾了。』」
注意，他對耶穌說：「你咒詛了」。結果是，它「枯乾了」。
對無花果樹做了什麼？它被咒詛了。但請注意耶穌也授權門徒去咒詛事物。祂說：「你們不但能行這無花果樹上所行的事。」
3. 擁有關係權威的人 (People with Relational Authority)
當他們逃跑時，拉結——拉班的女兒、雅各的第二任妻子——偷走了她父親的家神像。首先，拉班本不該擁有這些家神像，其次拉結也不該偷竊它們。但她還是這麼做了。
你知道那是什麼嗎？一個咒詛。你會驚訝有多少人因為父母對他們所下的咒詛而終生掙扎。
4. 自我招致的咒詛 (Self-imposed Curses)
「我因赫人的女子們厭煩我的性命；倘若雅各也娶赫人的女子為妻，像這些本地女子一樣，我的性命於還有甚麼益處呢？」 — 創世記 Genesis 27:46
另如「我不如死了」、「我永遠不會成功」、「我活著沒有意思」、「我注定失敗」等自我宣告之負面詞語也是自我咒詛(是一種不好的內在誓言)。
那是一個自我施加的咒詛。除非你理解這一點，否則你無法真正理解猶太民族過去十九個世紀的歷史——其中一個主要因素就是代代相傳的自我咒詛：「他的血歸到我們和我們的子孫身上。」在這裡，「子孫」一詞指的是每一代後裔。多麼可悲啊！
5. 代表撒旦的人 (Men Representing Satan)
6. 魂的禱告或話語 (Soulish Prayer or Utterances)
7. 不合聖經的盟約 (Unscriptural Covenants)
Common sources of curses: 1. God's judgment: Idol worship, disobedience (Deuteronomy 27:15). 2. Authority figures: Prophets, fathers, husbands, pastors release curses or blessings. 3. Self-imposed curses: Negative self-talk, self-judgment (Matthew 27:25). 4. Demonic activity: Witchcraft, occult practices. 5. Unsanctioned covenants: Making pacts with heretics, cults, idols (Exodus 23:32). 6. Unforgiveness and bitter speech or prayer (James 3:14-15).
🌿 四、咒詛的現象與徵兆
葉光明總結七種判別家庭或個人可能落入咒詛的常見徵兆：
- 精神或情緒崩潰反覆發生
- 家族有慢性或反覆性疾病，無法醫治或醫上學無法解釋
- 反覆流產或女性生殖問題
- 婚姻、家庭破裂、代際疏離
- 持續經濟困難或物質缺乏（常態性壓力）
- 易受意外傷害（三番兩次出事）
- 家族歷有自殺或非自然死亡史
「你若不聽從……這以下的咒詛必追隨你，臨到你身上。」—— 申命記 Deuteronomy 28:15
Derek Prince summarizes seven common signs that a person or family may be under a curse: - Repeated mental or emotional breakdowns - Chronic or recurring illness with no clear cause - Recurrent miscarriages or reproductive problems - Marriage and family breakdown - Continuing financial insufficiency or lack - Prone to accidents - History of suicides or unnatural deaths in the family
🌿 五、祝福的標誌
申命記 Deuteronomy 28:1-14所列的祝福:
- 被高舉（在各族中蒙尊榮）
- 健康、生命力強
- 多產（家庭、事業、屬靈上都興盛）
- 經濟豐盛
- 勝利（居上不居下、作首不作尾）
- 神的恩寵常相隨
- 家庭和諧、子孫蒙福
Blessings listed in Deuteronomy 28:1-14: - Exaltation and honor among nations - Health, vitality - Fruitfulness in family, work, and spiritual life - Material prosperity - Victory (being the head, not the tail) - God's favor constantly upon you - Harmonious family, blessed descendants
祝福的條件
- 順服神、聽從神話語
- 相信並倚靠神，不以人的方法自救
- 持守神的命令及盟約
- 修正與權柄人物（父母、屬靈領袖）關係
🌿 六、如何從咒詛進入祝福？
基督的十字架是轉化一切咒詛的根本解方，耶穌在十字架上的死，已經為一切作了完全的預備。——「基督既為我們受了咒詛，就贖出我們脫離律法的咒詛；因為經上記著：『凡掛在木頭上的都是被咒詛的。』這便叫亞伯拉罕的福，因基督耶穌可以臨到外邦人，使我們因信得著所應許的聖靈。」 — 加拉太書 Galatians 3:13-14。
正是耶穌基督的代贖犧牲，才提供了從咒詛中得救的可能。這就是我們得救的基礎。然而我們需要記住，即使我們已獲得拯救，仍需持續滿足聆聽神的話語並遵行祂旨意的條件。新約中，耶穌在約翰福音 10:27 說道：
「我的羊聽我的聲音，我也認識他們，他們也跟著我。」這就是蒙福的處方。
釋放的過程（四個 REs）
- 承認（Recognize）：分辨生活、家族或個人中的咒詛徵兆及根源 —— 經由聖靈啟示、或自我省察、或心靈基因圖譜(可參看本網站文章：透過基因圖譜覺察家族歷代模式)等方式察覺。
- 悔改（Repent）：真誠悔改曾犯的、或家族世代延續的罪，包括偶像崇拜、未正確尊敬父母、與惡勢力或異教盟約的聯結等。
- 宣告（Renounce）：用耶穌基督的名宣布斷開、棄絕一切咒詛、偶像、與不聖潔的盟約。
- 抵抗（Resist）：堅定拒絕撒但引誘、每日持續以信心站立、用禱告和神話語保守自己。
根據書中與聖經的教導，脫離咒詛進入祝福需遵循以下具體步驟：
- 建立屬靈根據：「基督既為我們受了咒詛，就贖出我們脫離律法的咒詛。」（加拉太書 Galatians 3:13-14）其他經文包括：以弗所書 Ephesians 1:7；歌羅西書 Colossians 1:13-14；約翰一書 1 John 3:8b；路加福音 Luke 10:19。
- (Recognize) 承認：明白耶穌基督在十字架上已為我們成就了救贖——祂擔當咒詛，交換給我們祝福。
加拉太書 Galatians 3:13-14 ：「基督既為我們受了咒詛……好叫亞伯拉罕的福藉著基督耶穌臨到外邦人。」 - (Repent) 認罪悔改：認真承認自身（包括祖先）所犯的罪(如拜偶像、占卜、自我咒詛、流他人的血等等），斷開咒詛來源。用聖經經文宣告信心。用口承認耶穌是主，相信神的應許。「同蒙天召的聖潔弟兄啊，你們應當思想我們所認為使者、為大祭司的耶穌。」希伯來書 Hebrews 3:1）。
- 饒恕：饒恕所有得罪、傷害自己的人，主動釋放饒恕。「你們站著禱告的時候，若想起有人得罪你們，就當饒恕他，好叫你們在天上的父也饒恕你們的過犯。」 — 馬可福音11:25 。
- (Resist) 丟棄、摧毀任何偶像、符咒、異教或邪靈物品（如符咒、偶像、塔羅牌、或佛像等）。
申命記 Deuteronomy 7:26：「不可帶可憎之物入你家……免得你與它一樣被咒詛。」 - (Renouce) 奉耶穌名宣告斷開咒詛，進入屬靈自由。
馬太福音 Matthew 18:18：「你們在地上所捆綁的，在天上也要捆綁……在地上所釋放的，在天上也要釋放。」 - 注重順服——持續聽從神的聲音，活在基督的帶領下。
約翰福音John 10:27：「我的羊聽我的聲音，我也認識他們，他們也跟著我。」
🌿七、建議的禱告：
1. 簡要的禱告
2. 較長的禱告
我棄絕我所有的罪，並轉向祢，主耶穌，求祢憐憫與赦免，我深信祢必赦免我。
從今以後，我願為祢而活，願聽從祢的聲音，遵行祢的吩咐。
主啊，為要領受祢的祝福，並從我生命中任何咒詛得釋放，我承認自己、我的祖先或與我有關之人所犯的任何已知罪孽 ___________（可加入任何適用的細節）。
主啊，我感謝祢，因我相信祢已赦免我所承認的一切，現在我要說，我也饒恕所有傷害或虧欠過我的人。
我如今全然赦免他們，如同我渴望神赦免我一般。特別是我饒恕 ___________（可加入任何適用的名字）。
此外，主啊，我棄絕我自己或任何與我有關之人與撒但、任何形式的邪靈勢力，或任何秘密社團的接觸。
同時，我承諾要從家中移除任何尊崇撒但、羞辱耶穌基督的邪術物品。
主啊，倚靠祢的幫助，我必將它們全部清除。
主耶穌，我進一步感謝祢，因祢在十字架上成為咒詛，使我得以從咒詛中被救贖，並領受祝福。
因著祢在十字架上為我所成就的一切，我現在奉耶穌的名釋放自己脫離一切咒詛、一切邪惡影響，以及任何來源臨到我和我家人身上的黑暗陰影。
我此刻在耶穌的名裡得著釋放，阿們！
以感謝神作結
在這樣的禱告之後，最純淨且單純的信心表達就是開始感謝神。以下是幾種你可以感謝神的方式。
- 主啊，我感謝祢，因祢已垂聽我的禱告，並且我生命中的每一個咒詛都已被撤銷和取消。
- 主啊，我感謝祢，因我已從黑暗的權勢中被救拔出來，遷移到祢愛子的國度裡。
- 主啊，我感謝祢，因撒旦再無任何權柄可以控告我或我的家人，以及祢所託付給我的一切。
- 主啊，我感謝祢，從今以後，當我行走在順服中時，祢的祝福必臨到我並追隨我。
禱告後，以感謝神的心持續宣告自由及祝福。釋放後，須繼續順服神，聽主聲音，實踐信仰，持守在祝福之中。「我的羊聽我的聲音，我也認識他們，他們也跟著我。」 （約翰福音 John 10:27）
According to the book and the Bible, the way to break curses and enter God's blessings involves: 1. Realize that Jesus Christ's work on the cross is the basis—He took the curse so we could receive the blessing (Galatians 3:13-14). 2. Establish a scriptural foundation; proclaim your faith using Bible verses. 3. Repent by confessing all known sins, including those of ancestors, to cut off the cause of curses. 4. Forgive everyone who has hurt you. 5. Remove all objects connected to idols or the occult (Deuteronomy 7:26). 6. In Jesus’ name, declare release from the curse and enter spiritual freedom (Matthew 18:18). 7. Stay obedient and follow Christ daily (John 10:27). Pattern prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, I believe You are the Son of God, you died for my sins and rose again. I renounce my sins and ask for Your mercy; help me forgive all who’ve wronged me and cast away all occult or idol objects. Thank You for the Cross, which exchanges curse for blessing. In the name of Jesus, I proclaim freedom. Amen!
八、相關重要聖經經文
- 創世記 Genesis 12:1-3；22:17-18; 27:19
- 申命記28章 Deuteronomy 28；Deuteronomy 27:15；Deuteronomy7:26
- 馬太福音 Matthew 27:25；18:18
- 加拉太書 Galatians 3:13-14
- 約翰福音 John 10:27
- 雅各書 James 3:14-15
- 出埃及記 Exodus 23:32
Important Bible verses (checked with CUVMPT): - Genesis 12:1-3; 22:17-18 - Deuteronomy 28; 27:15; 7:26 - Matthew 27:25; 18:18 - Galatians 3:13-14 - John 10:27 - James 3:14-15 - Exodus 23:32
九、結語
本書強調：祝福與咒詛不是抽象理念，咒詛並非古老迷信，而是真實影響個人、家庭、社會的屬靈力量。但靠著基督，因主的救贖突破咒詛，享受祝福、成為祝福的通道。我們可以選擇進入祝福與自由。關鍵在於認真查驗自身處境、認罪悔改、饒恕和順服神的話語，，進入神為我們預備豐盛恩典的命定。
This book stresses that blessings and curses are not abstract ideas, but realities affecting individuals, families, and even societies. Through Christ, we can choose blessing and freedom—the keys are self-examination, repentance, forgiveness, and obedience to God's word to live in His blessing.
🌿 參考資料:
2. Blessing Or Curse: You Can Choose - Google Books 封面與介紹.
3. 你可以選擇祝福或咒詛 Blessing or Curse: You Can Choose 中文版介紹.
4. Derek Prince Ministries 官方介紹與資源.
🌿備註 Remark：
1. 除非另有說明，引用的經文均來自現代標點和合本(版權屬香港聖經公會所有，蒙允准使用)，NASB英文版。
2. 本文是先用AI工具產生草稿，翻譯成中文後，再經改正(特別是經文)、潤飾而成，雖然我們已經儘量的避免錯失，但仍然會有翻譯誤繆之處或是英式中文的問題存在，還請各位不吝指正。請將您的寶貴意見郵寄至：📬gloryworg@gmail.com，謝謝您！
✍ 2025年10月17日
華人雲端基督教會
Chinese Christian Cloud Church
www.gloryw.org
為配偶禱告的重點清單
為配偶禱告的重點清單
Praying for your Spouse
「二人若不同心，豈能同行呢？」
(阿摩司書 Amos 3:3)
☘️ 內容摘要
內容摘要:
針對婚姻與家庭中的屬靈需要、關係和生活層面，融合聖經經文逐條禱告。
每一條禱告都配有對應的聖經經文，涵蓋配偶的智慧、溝通、家庭合一、屬靈傳承、恩賜激勵、靈命成長、保護、健康、愛與和解、夫妻關係親密與挑戰，以及婚姻的社會見證、屬靈爭戰與祝福等主題。
重點在於邀請神介入婚姻各項層面，使彼此關係得醫治、合一、興盛與蒙福，為家庭建立堅實根基與屬靈祝福。
☘️ 第一類：個人成長與屬靈品格
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求神賜給配偶智慧、知識與悟性
「你們中間若有缺少智慧的，應當求那厚賜與眾人、也不斥責人的神，主就必賜給他。」 (雅各書 James 1:5) -
求配偶在主裡成長，在神的大能中剛強
「我還有末了的話：你們要靠著主，倚賴他的大能大力作剛強的人。」 (以弗所書 Ephesians 6:10) -
求配偶在身體、情感、靈性上都健壯
「親愛的兄弟啊，我願你凡事興盛，身體健壯，正如你的靈魂興盛一樣。」 (約翰三書 3 John 1:2) -
求配偶在禱告生活上有長進
「你們要恆切禱告，在此警醒、感恩。」 (歌羅西書 Colossians 4:2) -
願神的話語成為配偶生命與事奉的中心
「你的話是我腳前的燈，是我路上的光。」 (詩篇 Psalms 119:105) -
求神賜智慧面對中年危機和人生轉折期
「耶和華說：我知道我向你們所懷的意念是賜平安的意念，不是降災禍的意念，要叫你們末後有指望。」 (耶利米書 Jeremiah 29:11)
☘️ 第二類：夫妻關係與合一
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求夫妻間有良好的溝通
「一句話說得合宜，就如金蘋果在銀網子裡。」 (箴言 Proverbs 25:11) -
求神增加我對配偶的愛與理解
「愛是恆久忍耐，又有恩慈；愛是不嫉妒，愛是不自誇，不張狂。」 (哥林多前書 1 Corinthians 13:4) -
求神賜智慧解決夫妻間的衝突
「回答柔和使怒消退；言語暴戾觸動怒氣。」 (箴言 Proverbs 15:1) -
禱告我們在身體、情感、心靈上都能合一
「因此，人要離開父母與妻子連合，二人成為一體。」 (創世記 Genesis 2:24) -
求主讓我們在困難中更加緊密相依，患難見真情
「你從水中經過，我必與你同在；你趟過江河，水必不漫過你。」 (以賽亞書 Isaiah 43:2) -
禱告我們能互相激發對方的恩賜和潛能
「鐵磨鐵，磨出刃來；朋友相感也是如此。」 (箴言 Proverbs 27:17) -
求神賜給我們共同的異象和夢想，一起追求
「二人若不同心，豈能同行呢？」 (阿摩司書 Amos 3:3) -
求神恢復和加深我們的親密感和浪漫情感
「我屬我的良人，我的良人也屬我。」 (雅歌 Song of Songs 6:3)
☘️ 第三類：屬靈保護與爭戰得勝
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求仇敵對配偶的計謀被挫敗
「凡為攻擊你造成的器械，必不利用；凡在審判時興起用舌攻擊你的，你必定他為有罪。」 (以賽亞書 Isaiah 54:17) -
求撒但對配偶的攻擊與計謀被挫敗
「務要謹守，儆醒。因為你們的仇敵魔鬼，如同吼叫的獅子，遍地遊行，尋找可吞吃的人。」 (彼得前書 1 Peter 5:8) -
求配偶蒙保守，免受傷害
「耶和華要保護你免受一切的災害；他要保護你的性命。」 (詩篇 Psalms 121:7) -
求神保守配偶遠離試探與罪惡
「不叫我們遇見試探，救我們脫離兇惡。」 (馬太福音 Matthew 6:13) -
求聖靈向配偶施行安慰與平安
「但保惠師，就是父因我的名所要差來的聖靈，他要將一切的事指教你們，並且要叫你們想起我對你們所說的一切話。」 (約翰福音 John 14:26) -
求神破除任何世代咒詛或家族模式對我們婚姻的影響
「基督既為我們受了咒詛，就贖出我們脫離律法的咒詛，因為經上記著：「凡掛在木頭上都是被咒詛的。」 (加拉太書 Galatians 3:13) -
禱告我們成為彼此的代禱勇士，在靈界爭戰中並肩作戰
「若有人能勝過孤身一人，二人便能敵擋他；三股合成的繩子不容易折斷。」 (傳道書 Ecclesiastes 4:12)
☘️ 第四類：家庭、工作與事奉
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求配偶在所承擔的事上蒙祝福與恩膏
「耶和華所賜的福使人富足，並不加上憂慮。」 (箴言 Proverbs 10:22) -
求配偶成為敬虔的父/母親
「教養孩童，使他走當行的道，就是到老他也不偏離。」 (箴言 Proverbs 22:6) -
求在財務、管教與規則上有合一
「二人若不同心，豈能同行呢？」 (阿摩司書 Amos 3:3) -
求神祝福配偶的工作和事奉
「你手所做的工作，耶和華你的神都要賜福與你。」 (申命記 Deuteronomy 14:29) -
求主賜給我們智慧處理家庭與工作的平衡
「凡事都有定期，天下萬務都有定時。」 (傳道書 Ecclesiastes 3:1) -
禱告在數位時代中保持專注彼此，不被科技分散注意力
「你們要休息，要知道我是神。」 (詩篇 Psalms 46:10)
☘️ 第五類：傳承與見證
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求神使我們能傳承豐富的屬靈遺產給孩子
「我們不將這些事向他們的子孫隱瞞，要將耶和華的美德和他的能力，並他奇妙的作為，述說給後代聽。」 (詩篇 Psalms 78:4) -
禱告我們的婚姻成為下一代的榜樣和祝福
「使將要生的後代子孫可以曉得。他們也要起來告訴他們的子孫，」 (詩篇 Psalms 78:6) -
禱告能成為社區和教會中婚姻的美好見證
「你們的光也當這樣照在人前，叫他們看見你們的好行為，便將榮耀歸給你們在天上的父。」 (馬太福音 Matthew 5:16)
🌿備註 Remark：
1. 除非另有說明，引用的經文均來自現代標點和合本(版權屬香港聖經公會所有，蒙允准使用)及英文NASB版聖經。
2. 本文是先用AI工具初步把英文原稿翻譯成中文後，再經改正(特別是經文)、潤飾而成，雖然我們已經儘量的避免錯失，但仍然會有翻譯誤繆之處或是英式中文的問題存在，還請各位不吝指正。請將您的寶貴意見郵寄至：📬gloryworg@gmail.com，謝謝您！
✍ 2025/09/26
華人雲端基督教會
Chinese Christian Cloud Church
www.gloryw.org
為你的財務祈禱的清單
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為你的財務祈禱的清單
Praying for your finances
☘️ 內容摘要
這篇文章包含多個聖經經文和禱告指引，強調信徒在財務困難中依靠上帝的供應，學會感恩、慷慨奉獻，以及以信心處理金錢問題。
文章以列表方式整理相關的聖經章節，包括箴言、路加福音、哥林多後書、以賽亞書、腓立比書等，從感恩、誠實、信靠、慷慨到避開金錢陷阱多方面指引信徒的正確財務觀和實踐方法。
基督徒面對財務挑戰時可透過禱告尋求神的帶領和祝福，並以正確心態管理金錢。
在為財務狀況祈禱之前，請確保你已處於能夠領受財務祝福的狀態。
聖經教導我們，當你扣留當納的十一奉獻和供物時，上帝無法賜福給你：
人豈可奪取上帝之物呢？你們竟奪取我的供物。你們卻說：『我們在何事上奪取你的供物呢？』就是你們在當納的十分之一和當獻的供物上。因你們通國的人都奪取我的供物，咒詛就臨到你們身上。萬軍之耶和華說：你們要將當納的十分之一全然送入倉庫，使我家有糧，以此試試我，是否為你們敞開天上的窗戶，傾福與你們，甚至無處可容。
(瑪拉基書 Malachi 3:8-10)
除了以上的應許，聖經還教導我們領受這些應許：
- 好施捨的必得豐裕，滋潤人的必得滋潤。 (箴言 Proverbs 11:25)
- 眼目慈善的就必蒙福，因他將食物分給窮人。 (箴言 Proverbs 22:9)
- 你心若向飢餓的人發憐憫，使困苦的人得滿足，你的光就必在黑暗中發現，你的幽暗必變如正午。 (以賽亞書 Isaiah 58:10)
- 你們要給人，就必有給你們的，並且用十足的升斗，連搖帶按，上尖下流地倒在你們懷裡；因為你們用什麼量器量給人，也必用什麼量器量給你們。 (路加福音 Luke 6:38)
- 少種的少收，多種的多收，這話是真的。 (哥林多後書 2 Corinthians 9:6)
- 我的神必照他榮耀的豐富，在基督耶穌裡，使你們一切所需用的都充足。 (腓立比書 Philippians 4:19)
☘️ 以下每個禱告要點都有神話語的支持和權柄。
在為你的財務狀況禱告時，你可以在禱告時引用這些經文，讓你的禱告更有力量！
🔸基礎宣告與信靠類
- 宣告耶和華以勒是你的供應者
「亞伯拉罕給那地方起名叫耶和華以勒，直到今日人還說：『在耶和華的山上必有預備。』」(創世記 Genesis 22:14) - 告訴神你正將信任置於祂，而非財富
「倚仗自己財物的必跌倒，義人必發旺如青葉。」(箴言 Proverbs 11:28) - 承認神是你的源頭，祂是賜予獲得財富能力的那一位
「我算什麼，我的民算什麼，竟能如此樂意奉獻？因為萬物都從你而來，我們把從你而得的獻給你。」(歷代志上 1 Chronicles 29:14)
「你要記念耶和華你的神，因為得貨財的力量是他給你的，為要堅定他向你列祖起誓所立的約，像今日一樣。」(申命記 Deuteronomy 8:18) - 感謝神已賜下的豐盛祝福
「當稱謝進入他的門，當讚美進入他的院；當感謝他，稱頌他的名。」(詩篇 Psalms 100:4) - 承認自己只是神資源的管家
「所求於管家的，是要他有忠心。」(哥林多前書 1 Corinthians 4:2)
🔸家庭供應與智慧管理類
- 祈求神幫助你供應家庭的需要
「人若不看顧親屬，就是背了真道，比不信的人還不好。不看顧自己家裡的人，更是如此。」(提摩太前書 1 Timothy 5:8) - 向神尋求建立儲蓄的智慧策略
「懶惰人哪，你去察看螞蟻的動作，就可得智慧！螞蟻沒有元帥，沒有官長，沒有君王，尚且在夏天預備食物，在收割時聚斂糧食。」(箴言 Proverbs 6:6-8) - 祈求上帝賜予你脫離債務的策略
「凡事都不可虧欠人，惟有彼此相愛要常以為虧欠，因為愛人的就完全了律法。」(羅馬書 Romans 13:8) - 祈求上帝讓你滿足於所擁有的事物，以免陷入債務
「你們存心不可貪愛錢財，要以自己所有的為足。因為主曾說：『我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你。』」(希伯來書 Hebrews 13:5)
🔸誠實與聖潔關係類
- 祈求上帝使你在所有財務事務上誠實
「多有財利行事不義，不如少有財利行事公義。」(箴言 Proverbs 16:8) - 禱告上帝保守你，不與不信者建立財務或商業夥伴關係
「你們和不信的原不相配，不要同負一軛。義和不義有什麼相交呢？光明和黑暗有什麼相通呢？」(哥林多後書 2 Corinthians 6:14) - 祈求上帝保守你遠離貪愛錢財的心，因為貪財是萬惡之根
「貪財是萬惡之根。有人貪戀錢財，就被引誘離了真道，用許多愁苦把自己刺透了。」(提摩太前書 1 Timothy 6:10) - 若你曾為他人背書作保，求上帝赦免你，並指引你脫離這些不符合聖經原則的財務牽連
「我兒，你若為朋友作保，替外人擊掌」(箴言 Proverbs 6:1)
🔸悔改與潔淨類
- 為任何欺詐行為、貪婪、不公義的財務手段，以及扣留十一奉獻或禮物悔改
- 欺詐行為： 「你們的金銀都長了銹，那銹要證明你們的不是，又要吃你們的肉，如同火燒。你們在這末世只知積儲錢財！工人給你們收割莊稼，你們虧欠他們的工錢。這工錢有聲音呼叫，並且那收割之人的冤聲已經入了萬軍之主的耳了。」(雅各書 James 5:3-4)
- 貪婪： 「人有惡眼想要急速發財，卻不知窮乏必臨到他身。」(箴言 Proverbs 28:22)
- 不公義的財務手段： 「那行不義蓋房，行不公造樓，白白使用人的手工不給工價的，有禍了！ 」(耶利米書 Jeremiah 22:13)
- 扣留十一奉獻或禮物： 「有施散的，卻更增添；有吝惜過度的，反致窮乏。」(箴言 Proverbs 11:24)
- 為導致貧窮的懶惰或放縱無度悔改
- 懶惰： 「不要貪睡，免致貧窮；眼要睜開，你就吃飽。」(箴言 Proverbs 20:13)
- 放縱無度： 「好酒貪食的，必致貧窮；好睡覺的，必穿破爛衣服。」(箴言 Proverbs 23:21)
🔸現代理財智慧類
- 求神賜下財務智慧和洞察力，在投資和理財決策上有屬天的眼光
「你要專心仰賴耶和華，不可倚靠自己的聰明；在你一切所行的事上都要認定他，他必指引你的路。」(箴言 Proverbs 3:5-6) - 禱告在經濟波動中有神的平安和穩固
「你要把你的重擔卸給耶和華，他必撫養你；他永不叫義人動搖。」(詩篇 Psalms 55:22) - 求神保護我們免受財務欺詐和詐騙
「耶和華要保護你，免受一切的災害；他要保護你的性命。」(詩篇 Psalms 121:7) - 禱告在經濟危機中有神的供應和保障
「神能照著運行在我們心裡的大力，充充足足地成就一切，超過我們所求所想的。」(以弗所書 Ephesians 3:20)
🔸世代傳承與影響力類
- 禱告為子孫後代建立財務根基和遺產
「善人給子孫遺留產業，罪人為義人積存資財。 」(箴言 Proverbs 13:22) - 求神在工作和事業上開門，增加收入來源
「這樣，耶和華你的神必在你手裡所辦的一切事上賜福於你。 」(申命記 Deuteronomy 14:29b) - 禱告在職場中成為正直的見證，工作蒙神悅納
「無論做什麼，都要從心裡做，像是給主做的，不是給人做的。」(歌羅西書 Colossians 3:23) - 求神使我們成為別人的財務祝福管道
「施比受更為有福。」(使徒行傳 Acts 20:35) - 24. 禱告有機會支持神國事工和宣教
「你們要先求他的國和他的義，這些東西都要加給你們了。」(馬太福音 Matthew 6:33)
祈求上帝幫助你獻上十分之一與奉獻的經文：
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參考資料:
[1] Praying For Your Finances, Harvesttime.org 英文Word原版
還有許多經文段落說明了為何財務祝福會被扣留。如果你需要這方面的聖經教導，請參考 Harvestime 課程《神聖供應》。
🌿備註 Remark：
1. 除非另有說明，引用的經文均來自現代標點和合本(版權屬香港聖經公會所有，蒙允准使用)及英文NASB版聖經。
2. 本文是先用AI工具初步把英文原稿翻譯成中文後，再經改正(特別是經文)、潤飾而成，雖然我們已經儘量的避免錯失，但仍然會有翻譯誤繆之處或是英式中文的問題存在，還請各位不吝指正。請將您的寶貴意見郵寄至：📬gloryworg@gmail.com，謝謝您！
✍ 2025/09/26
華人雲端基督教會
Chinese Christian Cloud Church)
www.gloryw.org
【神要做一件新事】李菊梅師母的見證
【神要做一件新事】 — 【李菊梅師母】 的見證
弟兄姐妹們，平安。
以下是李菊梅師母如何走出憂鬱，邁向光明的見證。
李菊梅是林和成牧師師母，和成牧師是〈宣教的中國〉、〈相約在主裡〉、〈無限的愛〉等歌曲的作者，
〈宣教的中國〉 的部分歌詞，摘錄於下：「有一種愛，像那夏蟲永長鳴，春蠶吐絲吐不盡，有一個聲音，催促我要勇敢前行，聖靈在前引導我的心⋯⋯我帶著使命向前走，要喚醒沉睡的中國，縱然流血的時候，我也永遠不回頭⋯⋯」，這首歌曲激勵許多人宣教心志。
誠願透過菊梅師母的見證，能夠感動更多的的人走出憂鬱，邁向 神所賜的光明與喜樂！
願 神賜福給各位！
Page published on 2025/06/11 ✍
華人雲端基督教會
Chinese Christian Cloud Church (C4)
耶穌拉我出淤泥 見證系列 - 洪慶勝牧師
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耶穌拉我出淤泥 — 洪慶勝牧師
他從禍坑裡，從淤泥中，把我拉上來，使我的腳立在磐石上，使我腳步穩當。
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud; And He set my feet on a rock, making my footsteps firm. (NASB)
詩篇 Ps 40:2
尊敬的弟兄姐妹們，平安。
以下是洪慶勝牧師的【耶穌拉我出淤泥】 見證系列，共有4篇， 歡迎收看。
誠願透過洪牧師的見證，聖靈能夠感動更多的人，不但堅固了信徒，更能使人知道 上帝的愛、救恩是多麼的長闊高深，從而接受耶穌基督成為救主和生命的主！
願 神賜福給各位！
Published on 2025/05/01 ✍
華人雲端基督教會
Chinese Christian Cloud Church (C4)
家的觀念在成年男女之間的差異
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家的觀念在成年男女之間的差異
人若不看顧親屬，就是背了真道，比不信的人還不好，不看顧自己家裡的人更是如此。
聖經 提摩太前書 1 Tim 5:8
家的觀念因社會規範、經濟因素和家庭結構中的個人角色而在不同性別間有所差異。
這些差異在比較年輕成年男女以及已婚男女時尤為明顯。
以下，我們將使用最新的調查數據和相關聖經觀點來探討這些區別。
The concept of home varies between genders due to societal norms, economic factors, and personal roles within family structures. These differences are evident when comparing young adult men and women, as well as married men and women. Below, we explore these distinctions using updated survey data and relevant biblical perspectives.
家的觀念在性別間的一般差異
General Gender Differences in the Concept of Home
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在美國，單身女性擁有的房屋比單身男性多，2022年未婚美國人擁有的近3520萬套房屋中，58%屬於女性，而男性則佔42%。 然而，這一差距隨著時間推移而縮小，2000年女性擁有64%的房屋。 這表明房屋擁有權 (通常與家作為個人成就和穩定的觀念相關)在單身女性中更普遍，儘管經濟差異 (如較低的中位收入和房屋淨值回報)影響了她們對家作為財務資產的體驗。
Single women in the United States own more homes than single men, with 58% of the nearly 35.2 million homes owned by unmarried Americans in 2022 belonging to women, compared to 42% for men. However, this gap has narrowed over time, as women owned 64% in 2000. This suggests that homeownership, often tied to the concept of home as a personal achievement and stability, is more prevalent among single women, though economic disparities (like lower median income and home equity returns) impact their experience of home as a financial asset.
- Single Women Own More Homes Than Single Men in the US 單身女性在美國擁有比單身男性更多的房屋
- The Housing Gender Gap 住房性別差距
年輕成年男女 (25-34歲)
Young Adult Men and Women (Ages 25-34)
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在25至34歲的美國人中，約20%的年輕男性與父母同住，而年輕女性則為12%，這表明年輕男性較不容易在早期建立獨立的家。 這可能反映出男性對家作為個人責任和自主空間的看法轉變較慢，可能是因為社會期望或經濟挑戰。
Among Americans aged 25 to 34, about 20% of young men live with their parents compared to 12% of young women, indicating that young men are less likely to establish an independent home early on. This may reflect a slower transition to viewing home as a space of personal responsibility and autonomy for men, possibly due to societal expectations or economic challenges.
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另一方面，年輕女性更有可能搬出家並追求教育或職業培訓，這表明她們有更強烈的動機將家定義為獨立和自我表達的空間。
這與女性通過擁有房屋或獨立生活尋求個人和財務穩定的更廣泛趨勢一致。Young women, on the other hand, are more likely to move out and pursue education or job training, suggesting a stronger drive to define home as a space of independence and self-expression. This aligns with broader trends of women seeking personal and financial stability through homeownership or independent living.
已婚男女
Married Men and Women
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美國時間使用調查 (2022-2023年)的最新數據顯示，已婚女性在美國仍然比已婚男性花更多時間做家務 (女性每週2.5小時，相對於男性每小時1小時)，儘管這一差距在過去二十年中縮小了40%。這表明對許多已婚女性來說，家仍然與傳統的照顧和家庭管理角色密切相關。
Recent data from the American Time Use Survey (2022-2023) shows that married women in the US still spend more time on housework (2.5 hours per week for every 1 hour by men) compared to married men, though this gap has narrowed by 40% over the last two decades. This indicates that for many married women, home remains closely tied to traditional roles of caregiving and household management.
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已婚男性雖然越來越多地參與傳統上屬於女性的家務，如清掃房間和洗衣服，但往往將家視為他們承擔領導或提供者角色的空間，這受到社會變遷和傳統期望的雙重影響。他們對家務的參與增加表明家作為共同責任的定義正在緩慢改變。
Married men, while increasingly participating in traditionally feminine chores like cleaning and laundry, often view home as a space where they hold a leadership or provider role, influenced by both societal shifts and lingering traditional expectations. Their growing involvement in housework suggests a slow redefinition of home as a shared responsibility.
- Married Men Are Doing More Cleaning and Laundry 已婚男性做更多清掃房間和洗衣服的事
- Study Shows Married Men in the US Are Finally Doing More Housework 研究顯示美國已婚男性終於做更多家務
聖經對性別角色和家的觀念的觀點
Biblical Perspectives on Gender Roles and the Concept of Home
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聖經經文常常強調男女在家中不同的角色。 例如，以弗所書 Eph 5:22-24指示妻子要順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主，將丈夫視為妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭。 這表明傳統觀點中，已婚男性的家是領導和責任的場所，而對已婚女性來說，家是支持和順服的空間。
Biblical scriptures often emphasize distinct roles for men and women within the home. For instance, Ephesians 5:22-24 instructs wives to submit to their husbands as to the Lord, framing the husband as the head of the wife, akin to Christ’s headship over the church. This suggests a traditional view where home for married men is a place of leadership and responsibility, while for married women, it is a space of support and submission.
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創世記 Gen 2:24指出，男人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體，這強調了通過婚姻建立新家的重要性。 這適用於兩性，但通常將主動權放在男性身上，領導這一轉變。
Genesis 2:24 states that a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, becoming one flesh, which highlights the importance of establishing a new home through marriage. This can apply to both genders but often places the initiative on men to lead this transition.
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提多書 Titus 2:4-5 鼓勵年輕女性成為家庭主婦，愛丈夫和孩子，強化了女性與家中養育角色的傳統聯繫。 這與通常分配給男性的提供者角色形成對比，如提摩太前書 1 Tim 5:8所強調，男人有責任供養家庭。
Titus 2:4-5 encourages young women to be homemakers, loving their husbands and children, reinforcing the traditional association of women with nurturing roles within the home. This contrasts with the provider role often assigned to men, as seen in 1 Timothy 5:8, which stresses a man’s duty to provide for his family.
- 10 Key Bible Verses on Family 家庭的10個關鍵聖經經文
- Bible Verses about Woman as Keeper at Home 關於女性作為家庭主婦的聖經經文
- What Are the Roles of the Husband and Wife in a Family? 家庭中丈夫和妻子的角色是什麼？
結論
Conclusion
美國時間使用調查 (2022-2023年)的最新數據顯示，已婚女性在美國仍然比已婚男性花更多時間做家務 (女性每週2.5小時，相對於男性每小時1小時)，儘管這一差距在過去二十年中縮小了40%。這表明對許多已婚女性來說，家仍然與傳統的照顧和家庭管理角色密切相關。
Recent data from the American Time Use Survey (2022-2023) shows that married women in the US still spend more time on housework (2.5 hours per week for every 1 hour by men) compared to married men, though this gap has narrowed by 40% over the last two decades. This indicates that for many married women, home remains closely tied to traditional roles of caregiving and household management.
已婚男性雖然越來越多地參與傳統上屬於女性的家務，如清掃房間和洗衣服，但往往將家視為他們承擔領導或提供者角色的空間，這受到社會變遷和傳統期望的雙重影響。他們對家務的參與增加表明家作為共同責任的定義正在緩慢改變。
Married men, while increasingly participating in traditionally feminine chores like cleaning and laundry, often view home as a space where they hold a leadership or provider role, influenced by both societal shifts and lingering traditional expectations. Their growing involvement in housework suggests a slow redefinition of home as a shared responsibility.
聖經經文常常強調男女在家中不同的角色。 例如，以弗所書 Eph 5:22-24指示妻子要順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主，將丈夫視為妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭。 這表明傳統觀點中，已婚男性的家是領導和責任的場所，而對已婚女性來說，家是支持和順服的空間。
Biblical scriptures often emphasize distinct roles for men and women within the home. For instance, Ephesians 5:22-24 instructs wives to submit to their husbands as to the Lord, framing the husband as the head of the wife, akin to Christ’s headship over the church. This suggests a traditional view where home for married men is a place of leadership and responsibility, while for married women, it is a space of support and submission.
創世記 Gen 2:24指出，男人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體，這強調了通過婚姻建立新家的重要性。 這適用於兩性，但通常將主動權放在男性身上，領導這一轉變。
Genesis 2:24 states that a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, becoming one flesh, which highlights the importance of establishing a new home through marriage. This can apply to both genders but often places the initiative on men to lead this transition.
提多書 Titus 2:4-5 鼓勵年輕女性成為家庭主婦，愛丈夫和孩子，強化了女性與家中養育角色的傳統聯繫。 這與通常分配給男性的提供者角色形成對比，如提摩太前書 1 Tim 5:8所強調，男人有責任供養家庭。
Titus 2:4-5 encourages young women to be homemakers, loving their husbands and children, reinforcing the traditional association of women with nurturing roles within the home. This contrasts with the provider role often assigned to men, as seen in 1 Timothy 5:8, which stresses a man’s duty to provide for his family.
家的觀念因性別而異，受到社會趨勢和傳統角色的影響。 年輕成年女性通常將家與獨立和個人成就聯繫起來，比男性更早搬出家，而男性可能會延遲建立自己的家。 在已婚人士中，女性仍然承擔更多的家庭責任，將家視為養育的空間，而男性則越來越多地分擔這些任務，但通常將家視為領導和供養的領域。 聖經教導強化了家中傳統的性別角色，強調男性作為提供者和領導者，女性作為養育者和支持者，儘管現代社會變遷正在逐漸重塑這些觀念。
The concept of home differs across genders, influenced by societal trends and traditional roles. Young adult women often associate home with independence and personal achievement, moving out earlier than men, who may delay establishing their own homes. Among married individuals, women still bear a larger share of household responsibilities, viewing home as a nurturing space, while men are increasingly sharing these tasks but often see home as a domain of leadership and provision. Biblical teachings reinforce traditional gender roles within the home, emphasizing men as providers and leaders and women as nurturers and supporters, though modern societal shifts are gradually reshaping these perceptions.
除非另有說明，引用的經文均來自現代標點和合本(版權屬香港聖經公會所有，蒙允准使用)，NASB英文版。
Published on 2025/04/25; ✍
華人雲端基督教會 Chinese Christian Cloud Church
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對家中不同區域祈禱的經文
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一些對家中不同區域祈禱的參考經文
以下是可用於為家中不同區域祈禱的經文：
- 入口處 / 玄關 / 門廳 — 專注於祝福進出、保護以及成為外人的光。
- 禱告焦點： 保護、祝福、見證。
- 經文： 詩篇 Psalm 121:8 (你出你入，耶和華要保護你)。申命記 Deuteronomy 28:6 (出入蒙福) 。羅馬書 Romans 12:2 (心意更新變化) 。以弗所書 Ephesians 6:13-17 (上帝所賜全副軍裝)。歌羅西書 Colossians 4:3-4 (為道開門) 。路加福音 Luke 10:5 (願這一家平安)。
- 客廳 / 家庭室 — 專注於合一、團契、平安和敬虔的娛樂。
- 禱告焦點： 合一、平安、敬虔的互動、分辨力。
- 經文： 約書亞記 Joshua 24:15 (事奉耶和華)。馬太福音 Matt 18:20 (主在聚會中同在) 。約翰福音 John 14:27 (我留下平安給你們)、 以弗所書 Ephesians 4:2-3 (合一、謙虛、忍耐) 。以弗所書 Ephesians 5:27 (要彼此友愛、饒恕)。腓立比書 Phil 4:7 (上帝所賜出人意外的平安)。羅馬書 Romans 12:18 (與眾人和睦)。
- 浴室 — 專注於潔淨、純潔、健康和更新。
- 禱告焦點： 屬靈潔淨、純潔、健康、更新。
- 經文： 詩篇 Psalm 51:10 (造清潔的心，重新有正直的靈) 。 詩篇 Psalm 51:2 (求你將我的罪孽洗除淨盡...)。
約翰一書 1 John 1:9 (洗淨我們切的不義)。 以西結書 Ezekiel 36:25 (我必用清水灑在你們身上)。
- 廚房 — 專注於供應、款待和滋養性的對話。
- 禱告焦點： 供應、款待、敬虔的言語。
經文：申命記 Deuteronomy 8:13 (...人活著不是單靠食物)。 詩篇 Psalm 34:8 (要嘗嘗主恩的滋味)。馬太福音 Matt 6:11 (日用的飲食、供應) 。約翰福音 John 6:35 (我就是生命的糧)。羅馬書 Romans 12:13 (客要一味地款待) 。哥林多前書 1 Corinthians 10:31 (或吃或喝都要為榮耀上帝)。
- 禱告焦點： 夫妻婚姻合一、愛、保護。
- 經文： 以弗所書 Ephesians 4:2-3 (在愛與和平中合一) 。耶利米書 Jeremiah 32:39 (夫妻同心同道) 。
- 禱告焦點： 休息、平安、安全、救恩、與上帝的關係。
- 經文： 詩篇 Psalm 4:8 (安然睡覺、安全) 。詩篇 Psalm 91:1-2 (我的避難所，是我的山寨)。詩篇 Psalm 127:2 (上帝賜所愛的人安睡)。 箴言 Proverbs 3:24 (你躺下，必不懼怕；你躺臥，睡得香甜)。民數記 Numbers 6:24-26 (賜福與平安) 。馬可福音 Mark 12:30 (盡心愛主)。詩篇 Psalm 86:11 (專心敬畏主的名) 。
- 禱告焦點： 團契、鼓勵、分享信仰。
- 經文： 希伯來書 hebrew 10:24-25 (彼此相顧、互相勸勉) 。
- 禱告焦點： 感恩、供應、信實。
- 經文： 申命記 Deuteronomy 32:4(上帝的信實與公義)。
- 禱告焦點： 勤奮、智慧、祝福工作。
- 經文： 創世記 Genesis 2:15 (耶和華上帝將那人安置在伊甸園，使他修理，看守)。 申命記 Deuteronomy 28:12 (祝福手所辦的一切事) 。
箴言 Proverbs 16:3 (你所做的，要交託給耶和華)。 歌羅西書 Colossians 3:23 (無論做什麼，都要從心裡做，像是給主做的)。
- 禱告焦點： 培育、照顧、收成。
- 經文： 以賽亞書 Isaiah 58:11 (耶和華也必時常引導你，你必像澆灌的園子，又像水流不絕的泉源)。
詩篇 Psalm 1:3
(像一棵樹栽在溪水旁，按時候結果子)。 創世記 Genesis 1:11-12 (青草和結種子的菜蔬，並結果子的樹木。上帝看著是好的。)
- https://www.intelligentchange.com/blogs/read/the-true-meaning-of-home
- https://clothedwithdignityco.com/3-reasons-why-pray-over-home/
- https://old.passionatehomemaking.com/2013/01/what-is-the-purpose-of-the…
- https://www.divinedisclosures.com/house-blessing-scriptures/
- https://yourdesignerbff.com/new-house-blessing-scripture-for-every-room/
- https://keeperofthehome.org/christ-in-my-kitchen/
- https://outuponthewaters.com/prayers-to-pray-over-your-home/
- https://experience-wellbeing.com/spiritual-growth-in-2023-meaning-of-ho…
- https://www.bestillandwrite.com/scriptures-pray-over-kitchen-today
除非另有說明，引用的經文均來自現代標點和合本(版權屬香港聖經公會所有，蒙允准使用)，NASB英文版。
Published on 2025/04/25; ✍
華人雲端基督教會 Chinese Christian Cloud Church
為家的祝福禱告
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為家的祝福禱告
你們進那家的時候，要向那家問安。
路加福音 10:5
著名的前英國首相邱吉爾曾經說過：「我們塑造我們的家，然後我們的家塑造我們。」
(We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us. ~ Winston Churchill)。
家不僅僅是一個提供遮風避雨、防寒避暑的庇護居所，也不僅僅是一個簡單的屋頂和牆壁而已。 家是一種生活和生命的親身體驗。
它是我們形成一些與父母兄弟姊妹等家人最親密的回憶的地方，也是我們性格成長的地方。
它也是一個許多人會在心中永存的地方。家也是你的一項重大財務投資。
許多基督徒在搬入新家或重新裝修舊家之後，喜歡將房子獻給上帝，並為住在裡面或可能來訪的人祈求祝福。
房屋祝福是一個古老的傳統，在羅馬天主教、東正教和一些新教分支中都可以找到。
在羅馬天主教、路德教、聖公會、衛理公會和東正教中，它們通常由牧師執行(也可以由房屋的所有者自己執行)，牧師可能會在走過房子的每個房間時灑聖水（取決於教派傳統），並由房子的居住者陪同，同時為居住者祈禱。
因此，為家祈福禱告，求神保護與祝福臨到我們的家，是非常非常重要的事。
求神保護我們的家在精神上純潔，保護我們免受魔鬼對我們的試探攻擊。
我們祈禱的力量是上帝賜予我們的最大權柄與祝福之一。
因此，當我們為我們的房屋祈求神保護時，我們無需畏縮遲疑，而是坦然無懼的大聲呼求！
為家祝福是承認上帝同在、祈求祂保護、並邀請平安、喜樂與愛進入我們的家。
這包括將家與其居住家人交託於上帝的恩典，並為在這牆垣內的生活尋求祂的指引，活出豐盛的生命 (約翰福音 John 10:10)。
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各位弟兄姊妹，如果您尚未(或是有一些時間沒做了)求 神祝福您的家，以下是一些可用的祝福禱告：
為家庭祝福禱告
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親愛的上帝，當我踏入這個家時，我邀請祢的同在，以祢豐盛的祝福充滿每個空間。
我祈禱祢將這所房子分別為聖，成為祢的愛、喜樂與平安居住的神聖居所。
主啊，我祈求祢祝福這家的每個房間。
願客廳充滿歡笑、真誠的對話以及家人朋友的溫暖。
在廚房，願餐食以愛和感恩預備，滋養身心。
讓臥室成為休息和恢復活力的聖所，孕育夢想，更新靈魂。
無論是在身體上或是在屬靈上，願浴室成為潔淨和更新之地。
我祈求祢的保護如盾牌般環繞這家。守護每一扇門窗，不讓任何邪惡或毒害進入。
在每個角落安置祢的天使，看顧我們，保守我們安全，遠離一切可見和不可見的危險。
願這個家成為社區的光明燈塔，向所有進入的人散發祢的愛與憐憫。
讓它成為疲憊者得安息、破碎者得醫治、失喪者得盼望的地方。
使用這個家作為祢旨意的器皿，願它成為祢信實和供應的見證。
祝福現在和將來居住在這裡的每一個人。
願他們以實際的方式經歷祢的同在，並在與祢的關係中更深地成長。
讓這個家成為禱告蒙應允、奇蹟發生、生命因祢恩典而改變的地方。
主啊，感謝祢賜給我這個家。
我將這個家獻給祢，知道有了祢的祝福，它將成為避難所、力量和豐盛生命的所在。
奉耶穌大能的名禱告。阿們。
註：不同教派的基督徒會用聖膏油在住宅的門楣、門窗上劃十字，以祈求上帝的祝福和保護。
也可以高舉十字架、以膏油塗抹門窗，奉耶穌基督大能的名走動宣告： 我藉著這個十字架宣告這房子屬於主耶穌基督的，任何疾病、死亡、盜賊或邪惡勢力都不能進入這個家。這膏油是耶穌基督寶血的象徵。奉耶穌基督的名宣告，凡是攻擊我們或這個家的武器都不能得逞，任何破壞都必須繞道而去。在耶穌的寶血下，我們是安全和受保護的。奉耶穌基督大能的名禱告。阿們。
各位如果想要知道每個房間功能和家庭需求相符的經文，請參看本網站文章：為家中不同區域祈禱的參考經文的內容。
新房祝福祈禱（天主教的傳統）
喔，天上的父，全能的上帝，我們謙卑地懇求祢祝福並分別為聖這所房子、
以及居住在其中的所有人以及其中的一切事物，並懇請祢應允以萬般美物充滿它；
主啊，求祢賜予天上豐盛的祝福，並從大地豐饒中賜予生命所需的一切物質，最終引導他們的渴望歸向祢慈悲的果子。
因此，在我們進入時，懇請祢祝福並聖化這所房子，如同祢曾祝福亞伯拉罕、以撒和雅各的家一樣；
願祢光明的天使居住在這房子的廊道中，保護所房子和居住在其中的人。
藉著我們的主基督求。阿們。
早期的基督徒房屋祝福祈禱
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主啊，求祢將祢的憐憫和祝福降臨在我們這裡和這所房子上。
願祢慈悲的天使看顧它，保守所有住在這裡的人安全，遠離一切邪惡。
願祂引導我們實現祢神聖的旨意，教導我們遵守基督所教導我們的一切。
喔，主啊，求祢賜予我們健康和長壽，從祢慷慨的手中賜予我們所需的一切，使我們能夠美好而智慧地生活。
拯救所有匱乏或陷入任何困境的人。
願這所房子被稱為喜樂和憐憫之地，讓基督的仁慈對所有住在這裡和來訪的人成為真實。
主啊，求祢憐憫我們，因為祢是慈悲的上帝，祢愛世人，我們將榮耀歸於祢：歸於聖父、聖子和聖靈，從現在直到永遠，世世代代。阿們。
[1] 祝福新家的禱告
[2] 祝福我的新家
[3] 家庭祝福禱告-保護和淨化你的家
[4] 新家的財務祝福
[5] 家庭祝福禱告
[6] 3 個天主教家庭祝福
[7] 為您的家庭祝福
[8] 為新住房盡快禱告，我目前正在尋找
[9] 家庭祝福
Published on 2025/04/25 ✍
華人雲端基督教會 Chinese Christian Cloud Church
司布真禱告瑰寶集
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Spurgeon's Gems on Prayer
司布真禱告瑰寶集
以下是從 preceptaustin.org 網頁 — Spurgeon's Gems on Prayer 司布真禱告寶典— 摘錄出來的司布真牧師關於禱告的精華註釋。
關於司布真牧師的簡介，請參考本站另文司布真牧師的祈禱系列。
本文的產生，是經過這些階段的：
我們先用六種 AI翻譯工具將英文原文翻成中文，然後逐句審視，選擇最合適的翻譯，並以「新標點合和本」聖經的經文而成。(英文原文聖經除非另有特別聲明外，係使用詹姆士王譯本 KJV 聖經)。
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請郵寄 gloryworg@gmail.com 先此致謝。
我們在此為 您禱告，願 神賜福您！
✟ 目錄 ✟
- Introduction 引言
- Prayer and Life 禱告與生命
- Prayer and Blessing 禱告與祝福(1)
- Prayer and Blessing 禱告與祝福(2)
- Prayer and Perishing 禱告與滅亡
- Prayer and Praise 禱告與讚美(1)
- Prayer and Praise 禱告與讚美(2)
- Prayer and the Place of Meditation 禱告與默想的關係
- Prayer and Meditation 禱告與默想 — 詩篇 Ps 19:14
- Prayer and Sin 禱告與罪 — 詩篇Ps 66:18
- Prayer and Presumptuous Sins 禱告和任意妄為的罪 — 詩篇 Ps 19:13
- Prayer and Motivation 禱告與動機
- Prayer and Faith 禱告與信仰
- Prayer and New Birth 禱告與新生
- The Soul and Prayer 禱告與靈魂 — 詩篇 Ps 25:1
- Prayer and Answers 禱告與回應
- The Grounds of Prayer 禱告的基礎 — 詩篇 Ps 43:1-2
- Prayer: Trial, Suffering and Affliction 禱告：試煉、苦難和患難
- Prayer: Silent and Audible 無聲與有聲的禱告
- The Necessity of Prayer 禱告的必要性 — 歌羅西書 Colossians 4:2
- Prayer: The Whole of Christian Experience 禱告：基督徒經驗的全部
- Prayer: The Forerunner of Mercy 禱告: 慈悲的先驅
- “The prayer of the upright is his delight.” 「正直人的禱告是他的喜樂」
- The Word of the Lord arouses prayer 主的話語喚起禱告
- Jehovah Receives Our Prayers 耶和華接受我們的禱告
- Just Call Upon Him 只需呼求祂
- Our Savior's Model of Prevailing Prayer 我們救主恆切禱告的典範
- Jesus Pleads for Us 耶穌為我們代求
- Be Immersed in Prayer 沉浸在禱告中
- “Praying in the Holy Ghost.” 「在聖靈裡禱告」
- The Holy Spirit, Your Great Teacher 聖靈，偉大的導師
- Prayer — When? 何時禱告
- Praying always 但我專心禱告
- Sinking Times Are Praying Times 沉淪的時刻就是禱告的時刻
- Replace Care with All Prayer 以禱告代替憂慮
- Prayer and the Promises of God 禱告與神的應許
- Prayer that Tarries 遲來的回應
- The Power of Prayer 禱告的力量
- Prayer Our Resource 禱告，我們永不枯竭的資源
- Our Every Ready Weapon of All Prayer 禱告是我們隨時可用的武器
- Intercessory Prayer 代求禱告
- Pleading For Others 為他人代求
- The Tool of Prayer and the Treasure of the Bible 禱告的工具和聖經的寶藏
- Prayer and Understanding Scripture 禱告與理解經文
- The Path of Prayer is Open 禱告之路是開放的
- The Port of All Prayer is Always Open 所有禱告的港口永遠開放
- The Character of Our Prayers 我們禱告的特性
- Specificity in Prayer 禱告的具體祈求內容
- Proper Repetition in Prayer 正確重複禱告
- Mountain Moving Prayer 移山的禱告
- Prevailing Prayer 勝利的禱告
- Prayers of the Wicked 惡人的禱告
- How is Your Prayer Altar? 您的禱告祭壇如何？
- Prayer Meeting 禱告會
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Spurgeon's Gems on Prayer
司布真禱告瑰寶集
Introduction
引言
Spurgeon's Gems on prayer (of which there too many to include on this page) are taken from various sources including his devotionals Morning and Evening and Faith's Checkbook as well as from his great exposition of the psalms, The Treasury of David. Quotes are also included from other resources as noted below. If you have never read Spurgeon's personal testimony, you might one to take a moment and see the amazing providential circumstances that God orchestrated in order to bring the Prince of Preachers to saving faith (Spurgeon's Amazing Testimony).
司布真關於禱告的瑰寶(太多了，本頁無法完全收錄)來自不同的來源，包括他的靈修書 Morning and Evening 和 Faith's Checkbook，以及他對詩篇的偉大闡述：The Treasury of David。
"Let your thoughts be psalms, your prayers incense, and your breath praise." (CHS)
「讓意念要成為詩篇，禱告要成為香氣，呼吸要成為讚美」。(CHS)
Prayer and Life
禱告與生命
He who lives without prayer, he who lives with little prayer, he who seldom reads the Word, and he who seldom looks up to heaven for a fresh influence from on high—he will be the man whose heart will become dry and barren. However, he who falls in secret on his God, who spends much time in holy retirement, who delights to meditate on the words of the Most High, and whose soul is given up to Christ—such a man must have an overflowing heart. As his heart is, such will his life be.
生活中沒有禱告的人，生活中很少禱告的人，很少閱讀聖言的人，很少仰望天國以尋求高處帶來耳目一新的影響的人，他的心會變得乾燥、荒蕪。
然而，那些暗暗仰望神的人，那些花費大量時間在靜修中的人，那些喜愛默想至高者的話語的人，靈魂完全獻給基督的人，這樣的人必定有滿溢的心。
他的心如何，他的生命也會如何。
Prevailing Prayer
勝利的禱告
There are heights in experimental knowledge of the things of God which the eagle’s eye of acumen and philosophic thought hath never seen: God alone can bear us there; but the chariot in which he takes us up, and the fiery steeds with which that chariot is dragged, are prevailing prayers. Prevailing prayer is victorious over the God of mercy, “By his strength he had power with God: yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us.”Prevailing prayer takes the Christian to Carmel, and enables him to cover heaven with clouds of blessing, and earth with floods of mercy. Prevailing prayer bears the Christian aloft to Pisgah, and shows him the inheritance reserved; it elevates us to Tabor and transfigures us, till in the likeness of his Lord, as he is, so are we also in this world. If you would reach to something higher than ordinary groveling experience, look to the Rock that is higher than you, and gaze with the eye of faith through the window of importunate (troublesome urgency - overly persistent in request or demand) prayer. When you open the window on your side, it will not be bolted on the other.
在對神的事物的實驗知識中，有一些高度是鷹眼的敏銳和哲學思考從未見過的：
唯有神能帶領我們到那裡；但祂帶我們上升的戰車，以及牽引那戰車的烈火戰馬，乃是迫切的禱告。
迫切的禱告勝過憐憫的神，他憑著自己的力量，在神面前得了能力：「
(雅各)與天使較力，並且得勝，哭泣懇求。在伯特利遇見耶和華」(何西阿書 12Hosea 12:4)，他在那裡與我們說話」。
勝利的禱告將基督徒帶到迦密山，並使他能用蒙福的雲彩遮蓋天空，用憐憫的洪水滋潤大地。
恆切的禱告把基督徒帶到高處的毗斯迦(申命記 Deut 34:1)，向他顯示所保留的基業；恆切的禱告把我們提升到「高山，即泰伯山」，使我們變了形象(參看：馬太福音 Matthew 17:1-9, Mark 9:2-10, and Luke 9:28-36)，直到與主相似，祂是怎樣，我們在這世上也是怎樣。
如果你想要達到超越平凡卑微經驗的境界，請仰望那比你更高的磐石，並以信仰之眼透過迫切禱告的窗口凝視。
當你打開自己這一側的窗口時，另一側的窗口將不會被關閉。
Prayer: The Whole of Christian Experience
禱告：基督徒經驗的全部
If any one should ask me for an abstract of the Christian religion, I should say it is in that one word prayer. If I should be asked, “What will take in the whole of Christian experience?” I should answer, “prayer.” A man must have been convinced of sin before he could pray; he must have had some hope that there was mercy for him before he could pray. All the Christian virtues are locked up in the word prayer. In troubling times our best communion with God will be carried on by supplication. Tell Him your case, search out His promise, and then plead it with holy boldness. This is the best, the surest, and the speediest way of relief.
如果有人問我基督教宗教的摘要，我會說就在禱告這一個字裡。
如果有人問我：「基督徒經驗的全面體驗會是什麼？」我會回答「禱告」。
一個人必須先深信自己有罪，他才能禱告；他必須先有一些希望，知道會有人憐憫他，他才能禱告。
所有基督徒的美德都鎖定在禱告這兩個字裡。
在煩惱的時刻，我們與神最好的交通是藉著祈求來進行。告訴祂你的情況，尋找祂的應許，然後勇敢地祈求。
這是最好、最可靠、最快速的解脫之道。
Prayer and Blessing
禱告與祝福(1)
Anything is a blessing which makes us pray. Indeed the very act of prayer is a blessing. To pray is, as it were, to bathe in a cool, swirling stream and so to escape from the heat of earth’s summer sun. To pray is to mount on eagle’s wings above the clouds and get into the clear heaven where God dwells. To pray is to enter the treasure-house of God and to gather riches out of an inexhaustible storehouse. To pray is to grasp heaven in one’s arms, to embrace the Deity within one’s soul, and to feel one’s body made a temple of the Holy Spirit. Apart from the answer, prayer in itself is a blessing. To pray, my friends, is to cast off your burdens. It is to tear away your rags; it is to shake off your diseases; it is to be filled with spiritual vigor; it is to reach the highest point of Christian health. God grant us to be much in the holy art of wrestling with God in prayer.
任何使我們禱告的事都是祝福。
事實上，禱告本身就是一種祝福。
禱告就像在涼爽的溪流中沐浴，擺脫夏日的炎熱。
禱告就是乘著鷹翼飛上雲端，進入神居住的清澈天堂。
禱告就是進入神的寶庫，從取之不尽、用之不竭的寶庫中收集財富。
禱告就是把天堂摟在懷裡，把神性擁入靈魂，感覺自己的身體成為聖靈的殿。
除了答案之外，禱告本身就是一種祝福。
朋友們，禱告就是拋棄你們的負擔。朋友們，禱告就是拋棄你們的重擔，就是撕開你們的破衣，就是擺脫你們的疾病，就是充滿屬靈的活力，就是達到基督徒健康的最高境界。
神賜給我們許多在禱告中與神摔跤的神聖藝術。
Prayer and Perishing 禱告與滅亡
Prayer is the certain forerunner of salvation. Sinner, you cannot pray and perish; prayer and perishing are two things that never go together. I ask you not what your prayer is. It may be a groan, it may be a tear, but if it is a prayer from the inmost heart, you will be saved. Yet, if from your heart you have learned to pray—
Prayer is the breath of God in man, Returning whence it came.
—you cannot perish with God’s breath in you. “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” Acts 2:21.
禱告是得救的必然先驅。
罪人，你不能既禱告又滅亡；禱告和滅亡是兩件絕不能相提並論的事。
我不問你的禱告是什麼。它可以是呻吟，可以是眼淚，但如果它是發自內心的禱告，你就會得救。
如果你已經學會發自內心的禱告。
禱告是神在人身上的呼吸、從哪裡來，就回到哪裡去。
- 有神的氣息在你裡面，你就不會滅亡。「凡求告主名的，就必得救。」（使徒行傳 Acts 2:21）。
Jesus Pleads for Us 耶穌為我們代求
“I have prayed for thee” — Luke 22:32
我已經為你祈求 — 路加福音 Luke 22:32
How encouraging is the thought of the Redeemer’s never-ceasing intercession for us. When we pray, he pleads for us; and when we are not praying, he is advocating our cause, and by his supplications shielding us from unseen dangers. Notice the word of comfort addressed to Peter—“Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat; but”—what? “But go and pray for yourself.” That would be good advice, but it is not so written. Neither does he say, “But I will keep you watchful, and so you shall be preserved.” That were a great blessing. No, it is, “But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.” We little know what we owe to our Saviour’s prayers. When we reach the hill-tops of heaven, and look back upon all the way whereby the Lord our God hath led us, how we shall praise him who, before the eternal throne, undid the mischief which Satan was doing upon earth. How shall we thank him because he never held his peace, but day and night pointed to the wounds upon his hands, and carried our names upon his breastplate! Even before Satan had begun to tempt, Jesus had forestalled him and entered a plea in heaven. Mercy outruns malice. Mark, he does not say, “Satan hath desired to have you.” He checks Satan even in his very desire, and nips it in the bud. He does not say, “But I have desired to pray for you.” No, but “I have prayed for you: I have done it already; I have gone to court and entered a counterplea even before an accusation is made.” O Jesus, what a comfort it is that thou hast pleaded our cause against our unseen enemies; countermined their mines, and unmasked their ambushes. Here is a matter for joy, gratitude, hope, and confidence.
想到救贖主永遠不停地為我們代求，是何等令人鼓舞。
當我們禱告時，祂為我們求情；當我們沒有禱告時，祂為我們辯護，藉著祂的祈求保護我們免於無形的危險。
請注意祂對彼得說的安慰的話──「西門，西門！撒但要得著你們，好篩你們像篩麥子一樣； 但...」
祂沒有對彼得說，"但為你自己祈禱吧" ── 這對彼得來說很好的忠告。
祂也沒有說：「但我要保守你們儆醒，所以你們必蒙保守」。那是很大的祝福。
不，耶穌反而說：「但我已經為你祈求，叫你的信心不至落空」。
我們很少知道我們欠救主的禱告有多少。
當我們登上天堂的山頂，回顧主我們的 神帶領我們走過的路，我們該如何讚美祂，祂在永恆的寶座前，消除了撒旦在地上所做的惡行。
我們應當如何感謝祂，因為祂從不隱忍，而是日夜指著祂手上的傷痕，將我們的名字帶在祂的胸牌上！甚至在撒旦開始誘惑之前，耶穌已經阻止了牠，並在天上提出了請求。
憐憫勝過惡意。
注意，祂不是說：「撒但已經想得到你了(譯註："Satan has demanded permission 撒旦已要求許可 ... - Amplified Bible 擴充版聖經")」。祂甚至在撒旦的慾望萌生之初就制伏了他，把它扼殺在萌芽狀態。祂不是說：「但我想要為你祈求。」不，而是說：「但我已經為你祈求：我已經這樣做了；甚至在指控提出之前，我就已經去過法庭並提出了抗辯。」
耶穌啊！你為我們辯護，對抗我們看不見的敵人；排除他們的地雷，揭穿他們的埋伏，這是何等的安慰。
這是一個令人喜悅、感恩、充滿希望和信心的事。
Pleading For Others 為他人代求
As an encouragement to offer intercessory prayer cheerfully, remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character. His intercession must be the most acceptable of all supplications, and the more like our prayer is to Christ’s, the sweeter it will be. Thus, while petitions for ourselves will be accepted, our pleadings for others, having in them more of the fruits of the Spirit—more love, more faith, more brotherly kindness—will be, through the precious merits of Jesus, the sweetest offering that we can offer to God, the very fat of our sacrifice. Remember, again, that intercessory prayer is exceedingly prevalent. What wonders it has wrought!
為了鼓勵我們樂意提供代求性的禱告，請記住這樣的禱告是神所聽見的最甜的禱告，因為基督的禱告就是這樣的性質。
祂的代求一定是所有祈求中最蒙悅納的，而我們的禱告越像基督的禱告，就越甜美。
因此，雖然為自己的祈求會被接納，但我們為他人的懇求，若有更多聖靈的果子──更多的愛、更多的信心、更多弟兄間的恩慈──就會因著耶穌寶貴的功勞，成為我們能獻給神最甜的祭物，成為我們祭物的脂油。
再次記住，代求式的禱告非常普遍。它創造了何等的奇蹟！
Remarkable answers to prayer very much quicken the prayerfulness of other godly persons. Prayer is especially the duty of those to whom the Lord has specially revealed himself as their defense.
禱告得到顯著的回應，會使其他敬虔的人更快地禱告。禱告是那些主特別啟示自己為他們的保衛者的人的特殊職責。
“The prayer of the upright is his delight.”
「正直人祈禱為他所喜悅」
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. — Proverbs 15:8 KJV
惡人獻祭為耶和華所憎惡，正直人祈禱為他所喜悅。 — 箴言 15:8
THIS is as good as a promise, for it declares a present fact which will be the same throughout all ages. God takes great pleasure in the prayers of upright men; He even calls them His delight. Our first concern is to be upright. Neither bending this way nor that, continue upright: not crooked with policy, nor prostrate by yielding to evil, be you upright in strict integrity and straightforwardness. If we begin to shuffle and shift, we shall be left to shift for ourselves. If we try crooked ways, we shall find that we cannot pray; and if we pretend to do so, we shall find our prayers shut out of heaven. Are we acting in a straight line and thus following out the Lord’s revealed will? Then let us pray much and pray in faith. If our prayer is God’s delight, let us not stint (be frugal or miserly towards) Him in that which gives Him pleasure. He does not consider the grammar of it, nor the metaphysics of it, nor the rhetoric of it; in all these, men might despise it. He, as a Father, takes pleasure in the lispings of His own babes, the stammerings of His new-born sons and daughters. Should we not delight in prayer since the Lord delights in it? Let us make errands to the throne. The Lord finds us enough reasons for prayer, and we ought to thank Him that it is so.
這句話就像應許一樣，因為它宣告了一個現實，而這個現實在任何時代都是一樣的。
神非常喜悅正直人的禱告；祂甚至稱他們為祂的喜樂。
我們首先要正直。不要彎曲，要繼續正直：不要因政策而歪曲，也不要因屈服於邪惡而匍匐，要正直地嚴守正道。
如果我們開始搖擺和轉移，我們將被留給自己轉移。
如果我們嘗試歪曲的方法，我們會發現我們無法祈禱；如果我們假裝這樣做，我們會發現我們的祈禱被天堂拒之門外。
我們是否在正直行事，從而遵行主所啟示的旨意？那就讓我們多禱告，憑信心禱告。
如果我們的禱告是 神所喜悅的，我們就不要在祂所喜悅的事上吝嗇（對祂節省或吝嗇）。
祂不考慮禱告的文法，也不考慮禱告的形而上學，更不考慮禱告的修辭；在這些方面，人們可以輕忽。
祂身為父親，喜悅祂自己的嬰兒語無倫次，喜悅祂新生的兒女口吃。
既然主喜悅禱告，我們豈不也應該喜悅禱告？
讓我們前往寶座。主為我們找到足夠的禱告理由，我們應該感謝祂。
Replace Care with All Prayer 以禱告代替憂慮
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. — Phil 4:6-7
應當一無掛慮，只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求和感謝，將你們所要的告訴神。 7 神所賜出人意外的平安，必在基督耶穌裡保守你們的心懷意念。— 腓 Phil 4:6-7
NO care, but all prayer. No anxiety, but much joyful communion with God. Carry your desires to the Lord of your life, the guardian of your soul. Go to Him with two portions of prayer and one of fragrant praise. Do not pray doubtfully, but thankfully. Consider that you have your petitions, and therefore thank God for His grace. He is giving you grace; give Him thanks. Hide nothing. Allow no want to lie rankling in your bosom; “make known your requests.” Run not to man. Go only to your God, the Father of Jesus, who loves you in Him. This shall bring you God’s own peace. You shall not be able to understand the peace which you shall enjoy. It will enfold you in its infinite embrace. Heart and mind through Christ Jesus shall be steeped in a sea of rest. Come life or death, poverty, pain, slander, you shall dwell in Jesus above every ruffling wind or darkening cloud. Will you not obey this dear command?
要憂慮，但要凡事禱告。
不要焦慮，但要多多與神喜樂相交。
將你的渴望帶到你生命的主，你靈魂的守護者面前。
帶著雙倍的祈禱和一份馨香的讚美來到祂面前。
不要懷疑地禱告，乃要心存感謝。
要認為你已經得到了你的祈求，因此感謝神的恩典。
不要隱藏任何事。
不要讓任何渴求在你的胸中縈繞；「將你的請求說出來」。
不要向人求助。只去見你的神，耶穌的父，祂在祂裡面愛你。
這會帶給你神自己的平安。你將無法理解你所享受的平安。
它會用無限的懷抱擁抱你。
透過基督耶穌，你的心靈將沉浸在安息的海洋中。
無論生死、貧窮、痛苦、誹謗，你都要住在耶穌裡面，超越一切狂風和烏雲。你願意遵守這個親愛的命令嗎？
Yes, Lord, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” (NASB)
是的，"我信！但我信不足，求主幫助！" (馬可福音 Mark 9:24)
Jehovah Receives Our Prayers 耶和華接受我們的禱告
“The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.”— Psalm 6:9
耶和華聽了我的懇求，耶和華必收納我的禱告。- 詩篇 Ps 6:9
THE experience here recorded is mine. I can set to my seal that God is true. In very wonderful ways He has answered the prayers of His servant many and many a time. Yes, and He is hearing my present supplication, and He is not turning away His ear from me. Blessed be His holy name! What then? Why, for certain the promise which lies sleeping in the Psalmist’s believing confidence is also mine. Let me grasp it by the hand of faith: “The Lord will receive my prayer.” He will accept it, think of it, and grant it in the way and time which His loving wisdom judges to be best. I bring my poor prayer in my hand to the great King, and He gives me audience and graciously receives my petition. My enemies will not listen to me, but my Lord will. They ridicule my tearful prayers, but my Lord does not; He receives my prayer into His ear and His heart. What a reception this is for a poor sinner! We receive Jesus, and then the Lord receives us and our prayers for His Son’s sake. Blessed be that dear name which franks (put an official mark on a letter indicating the right of free delivery) our prayers so that they freely pass even within the golden gates. Lord, teach me to pray, since thou hearest my prayers.
這裡記錄的是我的經驗。我可以印證神是真實的。祂以奇妙的方式多次應允祂僕人的禱告。
是的，祂聽見了我現在的祈求，祂從來沒有不聽我的。
祂的聖名是值得稱頌的！
然後呢？為什麼？可以肯定的是，沉睡在詩篇作者信心中的應許也是我的。
讓我用信心之手抓住它：「耶和華必收納我的禱告」祂會接受它、考慮它，並以祂慈愛的智慧判定為最佳的方式和時間允許它。
我將我微弱的禱告帶到偉大的君王面前，祂會接見，並恩慈地接受我的請求。
我的敵人不會聽我的，但我的主會。
他們嘲笑我淚流滿面的祈禱，但我的主不會；祂接受我的祈禱進入祂的耳和祂的心。
對一個可憐的罪人來說，這是何等大的接待！
我們接受耶穌，然後主為祂兒子的緣故接受我們和我們的禱告。
這親愛的名字是有福的，祂使我們的祈禱自由通過金門。主啊，求祢教導我禱告，因為祢聽見我的禱告。
When our prayers are lowly by reason of our humility, or feeble by reason of our sickness, or without wing by reason of our despondency, the Lord will bow down to them. Faith, when she has the loftiest name of God on her tongue, and calls him Jehovah, yet dares to ask from him the most tender and condescending acts of love. Great as he is he loves his children to be bold with him.
當我們的禱告因謙卑而卑微，或因疾病而軟弱，或因著我們的絕望而無法飛翔時，主會俯身聆聽。
信心,當她(信心)用最崇高的神之名字「耶和華」在口中時,卻敢向祂求取最溫柔體貼的愛。雖然祂偉大,但祂愛祂的孩子們向祂大膽祈求。
Just Call Upon Him 只需呼求祂
“Call unto me, and I will answer thee,and shew thee great and mighty things,which thou knowest not.”— Jer 33:3
你求告我，我就應允你，並將你所不知道、又大又難的事指示你。- 耶利米書 Jer 33:3
GOD encourages us to pray. They tell us that prayer is a pious exercise which has no influence except upon the mind engaged in it. We know better. Our experience gives the lie a thousand times over to this infidel assertion. Here Jehovah, the living God, distinctly promises to answer the prayer of His servant. Let us call upon Him again and admit no doubt upon the question of His hearing us and answering us. He that made the ear, shall He not hear? He that gave parents a love to their children, will He not listen to the cries of His own sons and daughters? God will answer His pleading people in their anguish. He has wonders in store for them. What they have never seen, heard of, or dreamed of, He will do for them. He will invent new blessings if needful. He will ransack sea and land to feed them: He will send every angel out of heaven to succor them, if their distress requires it. He will astound us with His grace and make us feel that it was never before done in this fashion. All He asks of us is that we will call upon Him. He cannot ask less of us. Let us cheerfully render Him our prayers at once.
神鼓勵我們禱告。
他們告訴我們，禱告是一種虔誠的練習，除了對參與禱告的心靈有影響外，對別人沒有任何影響。
我們比他們更清楚。我們的經驗千百次駁斥這種異端的說法。
耶和華，永生的神，在此清楚地應許會回應祂僕人的禱告。讓我們再次呼求祂，不要懷疑祂會聽我們的禱告，也不要懷疑祂會回答我們的禱告。祂造了耳朵，豈不聽嗎？祂賜下父母對子女的愛，難道祂不聽祂自己兒女的呼求嗎？
神會回應祂苦苦哀求的子民。
祂為他們預備了奇妙的事。
他們從未看見、聽見或夢到的事，祂都會為他們做。
必要時，祂會創造新的祝福。
祂會洗劫海陸來餵養他們：如果他們的苦難需要，祂會派遣天上所有的天使來幫助他們。
祂會以祂的恩典使我們驚訝，並讓我們覺得從來沒有這樣做過。
祂只要求我們呼求祂。
祂對我們的要求不能少。
讓我們立刻歡欣地向祂獻上我們的祈禱。
The Necessity of Prayer 禱告的必要性
“Continue in prayer.” — Colossians 4:2
「恆切禱告」— 歌羅西書 Colossians 4:2
It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, “Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord;” and just as we are about to close the volume, the “Amen” of an earnest supplication meets our ear. Instances are plentiful. Here we find a wrestling Jacob—there a Daniel who prayed three times a day—and a David who with all his heart called upon his God. On the mountain we see Elias; in the dungeon Paul and Silas. We have multitudes of commands, and myriads of promises. What does this teach us, but the sacred importance and necessity of prayer? We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in his Word, he intended to be conspicuous in our lives. If he has said much about prayer, it is because he knows we have much need of it. So deep are our necessities, that until we are in heaven we must not cease to pray. Dost thou want nothing? Then, I fear thou dost not know thy poverty. Hast thou no mercy to ask of God? Then, may the Lord’s mercy show thee thy misery! A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honour of a Christian. If thou be a child of God, thou wilt seek thy Father’s face, and live in thy Father’s love.
有趣的是，聖經中有很大的篇幅都是關於禱告的主題，或是提供範例，或是強制誡命，或是宣告應許。
我們幾乎打開聖經就會讀到：「於是人們開始求告耶和華的名」；當我們正要合上書卷時，耳邊就會聽到懇切祈求的「阿們」聲。這樣的例子比比皆是。
在這裡，我們看到摔跤的雅各；在那裡，我們看到一天禱告三次的但以理；在大衛身上，我們看到他全心全意地呼求他的神。
在山上，我們看到以利亞；在地牢裡，我們看到保羅和西拉。
我們有無數的命令，也有無數的應許。
除了禱告的神聖重要性和必要性之外，這些教導我們什麼呢？我們可以肯定，神在祂的話語中所顯明的，祂也希望在我們的生命中顯明。
如果祂說了許多關於禱告的話，那是因為祂知道我們非常需要禱告。
我們的需要是如此之深，以至於在天堂之前，我們不能停止禱告。
你什麼都不需要嗎？那恐怕你不知道你的貧窮。
你沒有向神求憐憫嗎？那麼，願主的憐憫顯明你的悲慘！
沒有禱告的靈魂就是沒有基督的靈魂。
禱告是信主的嬰兒的啼哭，是奮鬥的信徒的呼喊，是在耶穌裏沉睡的垂死聖徒的安魂曲。
禱告是基督徒的呼吸、口號、安慰、力量和榮耀。
你若是神的兒女，就必尋求你父的面，活在你父的愛中。
Pray that this year thou mayst be holy, humble, zealous, and patient; have closer communion with Christ, and enter oftener into the banqueting-house of his love. Pray that thou mayst be an example and a blessing unto others, and that thou mayst live more to the glory of thy Master. The motto for this year must be, “Continue in prayer.”
求主讓你今年聖潔、謙卑、熱心、忍耐；與基督有更密切的交通，更常進入祂愛的宴會廳。求主使你成為他人的榜樣和祝福，使你的生活更能彰顯你主的榮耀。今年的座右銘必須是：「恆切禱告」。
Sinking Times Are Praying Times
沉淪的時刻就是禱告的時刻
...beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. — Mt 14:30
...(他)將要沉下去，便喊著說：「主啊，救我！」- 馬太福音 14:30
Sinking times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer at starting upon his venturous journey, but when he began to sink his danger made him a suppliant, and his cry though late was not too late. In our hours of bodily pain and mental anguish, we find ourselves as naturally driven to prayer as the wreck is driven upon the shore by the waves. The fox flies to its hole for protection; the bird flies to the wood for shelter; and even so the tried believer hastens to the mercy seat for safety. Heaven’s great harbor of refuge is All-prayer; thousands of weather-beaten vessels have found a haven there, and the moment a storm comes on, it is wise for us to make for it with all sail. Short prayers are long enough. There were but three words in the petition which Peter gasped out, but they were sufficient for his purpose. Not length but strength is desirable. A sense of need is a mighty teacher of brevity. If our prayers had less of the tail feathers of pride and more wing they would be all the better. Verbiage is to devotion as chaff to the wheat. Precious things lie in small compass, and all that is real prayer in many a long address might have been uttered in a petition as short as that of Peter. Our extremities are the Lord’s opportunities. Immediately a keen sense of danger forces an anxious cry from us the ear of Jesus hears, and with him ear and heart go together, and the hand does not long linger. At the last moment we appeal to our Master, but his swift hand makes up for our delays by instant and effectual action. Are we nearly engulfed by the boisterous waters of affliction? Let us then lift up our souls unto our Saviour, and we may rest assured that he will not suffer us to perish. When we can do nothing Jesus can do all things; let us enlist his powerful aid upon our side, and all will be well.
對主的僕人來說，下沉的時候就是禱告的時候。
彼得在開始他的冒險旅程時忽略了禱告，但當他開始下沉時，他的危險使他成為一個祈求者，他的呼求雖然遲了，但還不晚。
在我們身體痛苦和精神憂傷的時候，我們會發現自己很自然地被驅使去禱告，就像殘骸被海浪推到岸上一樣。
狐狸飛快到洞裡尋求保護；鳥兒飛到樹林裡尋求庇護；受試的信徒也是如此，急忙到憐憫座前尋求安全。
天堂是所有的祈禱者的避難港；成千上萬風吹日曬的船隻在那裡找到了庇護，當暴風來臨的那一刻，明智之舉就是以全速駛向那裡。
簡短的祈禱已經夠長了。
彼得喘著氣禱告的內容只有三個字，但對他來說已經足夠。我們需要的不是長度，而是力量。
有需要的感覺是簡短禱告的好導師。
如果我們的祈禱少一點驕傲的尾羽，多一點翅膀，那就更好了。
冗言之於虔誠，猶如糠秕之於麥粒。珍貴之物常蘊於小巧之中，冗長祈禱中的所有真實禱告，或許可用如彼得般簡短的祈求來表達。 我們的困境是主的機會。
當我們意識到危險時，迫使我們發出焦慮的呼喊，耶穌聽到了我們的呼喊，他的耳朵和心連在一起，他的手也不會猶豫。
在最後一刻，我們向我們的主求助，他迅速採取了有效的行動彌補了我們的延誤。
我們是否即將被波濤洶湧的苦難之水吞沒？那麼，讓我們將我們的靈魂提升到我們的救主面前，我們可以確信他不會讓我們滅亡。
當我們無能為力時，耶穌可以做一切事；讓我們爭取他強大的幫助站在我們這邊，一切都會好起來的。
Be Immersed in Prayer 沉浸在禱告中
“But I give myself unto prayer.”— Ps 109:4
但我專心祈禱 — 詩篇 Ps 109:4
Lying tongues were busy against the reputation of David, but he did not defend himself; he moved the case into a higher court, and pleaded before the great King himself. Prayer is the safest method of replying to words of hatred. The Psalmist prayed in no cold-hearted manner, he gave himself to the exercise—threw his whole soul and heart into it—straining every sinew and muscle, as Jacob did when wrestling with the angel. Thus, and thus only, shall any of us speed at the throne of grace. As a shadow has no power because there is no substance in it, even so that supplication, in which a man’s proper self is not thoroughly present in agonizing earnestness and vehement desire, is utterly ineffectual, for it lacks that which would give it force. “Fervent prayer,” says an old divine, “like a cannon planted at the gates of heaven, makes them fly open.” The common fault with the most of us is our readiness to yield to distractions. Our thoughts go roving hither and thither, and we make little progress towards our desired end. Like quicksilver our mind will not hold together, but rolls off this way and that. How great an evil this is! It injures us, and what is worse, it insults our God. What should we think of a petitioner, if, while having an audience with a prince, he should be playing with a feather or catching a fly? Continuance and perseverance are intended in the expression of our text. David did not cry once, and then relapse into silence; his holy clamor was continued till it brought down the blessing. Prayer must not be our chance work, but our daily business, our habit and vocation. As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their classical pursuits, so must we addict ourselves to prayer. We must be immersed in prayer as in our element, and so pray without ceasing. Lord, teach us so to pray that we may be more and more prevalent in supplication.
大衛的名聲受到謊言的攻擊，但他沒有為自己辯護；他把案件移到至高的法庭，在偉大的君王面前求情。禱告是回應仇恨言語最安全的方法。
詩篇的作者禱告時並不是冷酷無情的，他全心投入禱告 — 把整個靈魂和心投入禱告 — 鍛鍊每一根筋和肌肉，就像雅各與天使角力時一樣。只有這樣，我們才能在恩典的寶座前快步前進。正如陰影因沒有實質而沒有能力一樣
，人的祈求若沒有徹底地以痛苦的懇切和強烈的渴求來表現，也是完全無效的，因為它缺乏賜予它力量的東西。
「熱切的祈禱」，能使天堂門開啟。
我們大多數人的共同缺點是容易被分心的事物所影響。我們的思緒東遊西走，朝著我們想要的目標卻沒有什麼進展。我們的心思就像流銀般無法凝聚在一起，而是滾到這邊又滾到那邊。
這是多麼大的禍害！它傷害了我們，更糟的是，它侮辱了我們的神。
如果一個請願者在覲見王子時，卻在玩弄一根羽毛或捉一隻蒼蠅，我們會怎麼想？我們的經文所要表達的是持續和堅忍。
大衛不是哭了一次就閉口不語；他聖潔的呼喊一直持續到祝福降臨為止。
禱告不能是我們偶然的工作，而是我們每天的事務、習慣和天職。
正如藝術家專注於他們的模特兒，詩人專注於他們的古典追求，我們也必須沉迷於禱告。
我們必須沉浸在禱告中，就像我們的元素一樣，如此不住地祈禱。
主啊，求你教導我們如此禱告，使我們在祈求中越來越踴躍。
Praying always 但我專心禱告
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; — Ephesians 6:18
靠著聖靈，隨時多方禱告祈求，並要在此警醒不倦，為眾聖徒祈求； — 以弗所書 6:18
What multitudes of prayers we have put up from the first moment when we learned to pray. Our first prayer was a prayer for ourselves; we asked that God would have mercy upon us, and blot out our sin. He heard us. But when he had blotted out our sins like a cloud, then we had more prayers for ourselves. We have had to pray for sanctifying grace, for constraining and restraining grace; we have been led to crave for a fresh assurance of faith, for the comfortable application of the promise, for deliverance in the hour of temptation, for help in the time of duty, and for succour in the day of trial. We have been compelled to go to God for our souls, as constant beggars asking for everything. Bear witness, children of God, you have never been able to get anything for your souls elsewhere. All the bread your soul has eaten has come down from heaven, and all the water of which it has drank has flowed from the living rock—Christ Jesus the Lord. Your soul has never grown rich in itself; it has always been a pensioner upon the daily bounty of God; and hence your prayers have ascended to heaven for a range of spiritual mercies all but infinite. Your wants were innumerable, and therefore the supplies have been infinitely great, and your prayers have been as varied as the mercies have been countless. Then have you not cause to say, “I love the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplication”? For as your prayers have been many, so also have been God’s answers to them. He has heard you in the day of trouble, has strengthened you, and helped you, even when you dishonored him by trembling and doubting at the mercy-seat. Remember this, and let it fill your heart with gratitude to God, who has thus graciously heard your poor weak prayers. “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.”
從我們學會禱告的第一刻開始，我們已經作了無數的禱告。
我們的第一個禱告是為自己禱告；我們求神憐憫我們，抹去我們的罪。祂聽見了。但當祂像雲彩一樣抹去我們的罪時，我們就有了更多為自己的禱告。
我們不得不為成聖的恩典、約束和約制的恩典祈求；我們被引導去渴望新的信仰保證、應許的安慰應用、誘惑時刻的救援、擔責時刻的幫助，以及試煉時刻的支援。
我們被迫為了靈魂而到神面前，就像不斷乞討的乞丐，要求一切。
神的兒女，你們可以作見證，你們的靈魂從未在別處得到任何東西。你們靈魂所吃的麵包都是從天上降下來的，你們靈魂所喝的水都是從活石──主基督耶穌──流出來的。你的靈魂從未靠自己變得豐盛; 它一直仰賴上帝每日的恩賜; 因此，你的祈禱升到天堂，尋求幾乎無限的屬靈恩典。
你們的需要是無數的，因此供應也是無限的；你們的祈禱也是多樣的，就如憐憫是無數的一樣。
難道你沒有理由說：「我愛耶和華，因為他聽了我的聲音和我的懇求 (詩篇 PS 116:1)」嗎？你的禱告既多，神的回應也多。
祂在你患難的日子垂聽你，堅固你，幫助你，甚至當你在憐憫席前顫抖疑惑而羞辱祂的時候。
記住這一點，並讓它充滿你對神的感恩之心，祂如此恩慈地垂聽你可憐軟弱的祈禱。
「我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華；凡在我裡面的，也要稱頌他的聖名！」詩篇 Ps 103:1
Intercessory Prayer 代求禱告
“Pray one for another.” — James 5:16
「彼此代禱」。- 雅各書 5:16
As an encouragement cheerfully to offer intercessory prayer, remember that such prayer is the sweetest God ever hears, for the prayer of Christ is of this character. In all the incense which our Great High Priest now puts into the golden censer, there is not a single grain for himself. His intercession must be the most acceptable of all supplications—and the more like our prayer is to Christ’s, the sweeter it will be; thus while petitions for ourselves will be accepted, our pleadings for others, having in them more of the fruits of the Spirit, more love, more faith, more brotherly kindness, will be, through the precious merits of Jesus, the sweetest oblation that we can offer to God, the very fat of our sacrifice. Remember, again, that intercessory prayer is exceedingly prevalent. What wonders it has wrought! The Word of God teems with its marvellous deeds. Believer, thou hast a mighty engine in thy hand, use it well, use it constantly, use it with faith, and thou shalt surely be a benefactor to thy brethren. When thou hast the King’s ear, speak to him for the suffering members of his body. When thou art favoured to draw very near to his throne, and the King saith to thee, “Ask, and I will give thee what thou wilt,” let thy petitions be, not for thyself alone, but for the many who need his aid. If thou hast grace at all, and art not an intercessor, that grace must be small as a grain of mustard seed. Thou hast just enough grace to float thy soul clear from the quicksand, but thou hast no deep floods of grace, or else thou wouldst carry in thy joyous bark a weighty cargo of the wants of others, and thou wouldst bring back from thy Lord, for them, rich blessings which but for thee they might not have obtained:—
為了鼓勵我們樂意提供代求性的禱告，請記住這樣的禱告是神所聽見最甜的，因為基督的禱告就是這樣的。
我們的大祭司現在放進金香爐的所有香中，沒有一粒是屬於他自己的。
祂的代求必須是所有祈求中最蒙悅納的
— 我們的禱告越像基督的禱告，就越甜美；因此，雖然為我們自己的祈求會被接納，但我們為他人的懇求，其中包含更多的聖靈果子、更多的愛、更多的信心、更多的弟兄恩慈，將透過耶穌寶貴的功勞，成為我們能獻給神最甜美的祭物，成為我們祭物的脂油。
再次記住，代求式的禱告是非常普遍的。它創造了何等的奇蹟！神的話語充滿了它的奇妙事蹟。
信徒們，你手中有大能的機器，好好使用它，經常使用它，憑信心使用它，你必定成為你弟兄的恩人。
當你聽到王的聲音時，請為他身上受苦的肢體向他說話。當你被寵幸，可以非常接近王的寶座，王對你說：「你若祈求，我必賜予你所願」，讓你的祈求不是只為你自己，而是為許多需要王幫助的人。
如果你有恩典，卻不是代求者，那恩典一定小得像一粒芥菜種。
你有足夠的恩典讓你的靈魂脫離流沙，但你沒有深厚的恩典洪水，否則你會在你歡樂的船艙裡裝載著他人所需的重物，你會從你的主那裡為他們帶回豐富的祝福，若不是因為你，他們可能無法獲得這些祝福。
“Oh, let my hands forget their skill, My tongue be silent, cold, and still, This bounding heart forget to beat, If I forget the mercy-seat!”
"如果我忘了仁慈的寶座，哦，讓我的雙手忘記他們的技能，我的舌頭沉默、冰冷、靜止，這顆跳躍的心忘記了跳動！"
Prayer: The Forerunner of Mercy 禱告: 憐憫的先驅
“Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them.” — Ezekiel 36:37
主耶和華如此說：我要加增以色列家的人數，多如羊群。他們必為這事向我求問，我要給他們成就。 — 以西結書 Ezekiel 36:37
Prayer is the forerunner of mercy. Turn to sacred history, and you will find that scarcely ever did a great mercy come to this world unheralded by supplication. You have found this true in your own personal experience. God has given you many an unsolicited favour, but still great prayer has always been the prelude of great mercy with you. When you first found peace through the blood of the cross, you had been praying much, and earnestly interceding with God that he would remove your doubts, and deliver you from your distresses. Your assurance was the result of prayer. When at any time you have had high and rapturous joys, you have been obliged to look upon them as answers to your prayers. When you have had great deliverances out of sore troubles, and mighty helps in great dangers, you have been able to say, “I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Prayer is always the preface to blessing. It goes before the blessing as the blessing’s shadow. When the sunlight of God’s mercies rises upon our necessities, it casts the shadow of prayer far down upon the plain. Or, to use another illustration, when God piles up a hill of mercies, he himself shines behind them, and he casts on our spirits the shadow of prayer, so that we may rest certain, if we are much in prayer, our pleadings are the shadows of mercy. Prayer is thus connected with the blessing to show us the value of it. If we had the blessings without asking for them, we should think them common things; but prayer makes our mercies more precious than diamonds. The things we ask for are precious, but we do not realize their preciousness until we have sought for them earnestly.
禱告是慈悲的先驅。
翻開神聖的歷史，你會發現這個世界上幾乎沒有大慈悲是不經祈禱而來的。
在你個人的經驗中，你也發現這一點。神賜給你們許多不請自來的恩惠，但偉大的祈禱對你們來說始終是偉大慈悲的前奏。
當你第一次透過十字架的寶血得到平安時，你已經有許多的禱告，並懇切地為神代求，求祂消除你的疑惑，救你脫離苦難。
你的確信是禱告的結果。
在任何時候，當你有過高興和狂喜的時候，你不得不把它們看作是對你禱告的回應。
當你在嚴重的煩惱中得到大拯救，在巨大的危險中得到大能力的幫助時，你就能夠說：「我曾尋求耶和華，他就應允我，救我脫離了一切的恐懼。」 (詩篇 Ps 34:4)禱告永遠是祝福的先決條件。它如同祝福的影子一樣，在祝福之前出現。
當神憐憫的陽光照耀在我們的需要上時，禱告的陰影就投射在平原上。
或者，用另一個例子來說明，當神堆起一座仁慈的小山時，祂自己就在這些仁慈的山後面發光，祂把禱告的陰影投射在我們的靈魂上，所以我們可以放心，如果我們常常禱告，我們的懇求就是仁慈的陰影。
因此，禱告是與祝福連在一起，向我們顯示它的價值。
如果我們不求就得到祝福，我們會認為那是普通的東西；但禱告使我們的慈愛比鑽石更寶貴。
我們所求的東西是寶貴的，但我們要在懇切地求過之後，才知道它們的寶貴。
“Prayer makes the darken’d cloud withdraw; Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw; Gives exercise to faith and love; Brings every blessing from above.
"禱告讓烏雲退去；禱告爬上雅各所見的梯子；鍛鍊信心和愛心；帶來一切從上而來的祝福"。
The Tool of Prayer and the Treasure of the Bible
禱告的工具和聖經的寶藏
If, for your own and others’ profiting, you desire to be “filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,” remember that prayer is your best means of study: like Daniel, you shall understand the dream, and the interpretation thereof, when you have sought unto God; and like John you shall see the seven seals of precious truth unloosed, after you have wept much. Stones are not broken, except by an earnest use of the hammer; and the stone-breaker must go down on his knees. Use the hammer of diligence, and let the knee of prayer be exercised, and there is not a stony doctrine in revelation which is useful for you to understand, which will not fly into shivers under the exercise of prayer and faith. You may force your way through anything with the leverage of prayer. Thoughts and reasonings are like the steel wedges which give a hold upon truth; but prayer is the lever, the prise (tool for producing leverage) which forces open the iron chest of sacred mystery, that we may get the treasure hidden within.
如果你為了自己和他人的益處，想要「...在一切屬靈的智慧悟性上，滿心知道神的旨意」(歌羅西書 Colossians 1:9)，
請記住禱告是你最好的學習方法：
像但以理一樣，當你向神求問時，你就會明白夢和夢的解釋；
像約翰一樣，當你哭泣了很久之後，你就會看到寶貴真理的七個印被揭開。
石頭是打不碎的，除非殷勤地使用錘子；打碎石頭的人必須跪下來。使用勤勉的錘子，並運用禱告的膝頭，在啟示中就沒有一條石頭般的教義對你來說是有用的，在禱告和信心的運用下，它不會搖搖欲墜。
有了禱告的槓桿，你可以強行通過任何事情。思想和理論就像楔子，可以楔住真理；但禱告是槓桿，是撬棍（製造槓桿的工具），可以打開神聖奧秘的鐵箱，讓我們得到藏在裡面的寶藏。
Our Savior's Model of Prevailing Prayer
我們救主恆切禱告的典範
“And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed.” — Mt 26:39
他就稍往前走，俯伏在地 - 馬太福音 Matt 26:39a
There are several instructive features in our Saviour’s prayer in his hour of trial.
It was lonely prayer. He withdrew even from his three favored disciples. Believer, be much in solitary prayer, especially in times of trial. Family prayer, social prayer, prayer in the Church, will not suffice, these are very precious, but the best beaten spice will smoke in your censer in your private devotions, where no ear hears but God’s.
救主在受試煉時的禱告有幾個具啟發性的特點。
1) 這是孤獨的禱告。
祂甚至不與三個得寵的門徒相見。信徒啊，在獨處祈禱中要多下功夫，尤其是在試煉的時候。雖然家庭祈禱、群體祈禱，以及教會的祈禱都是很寶貴的，但是都不足以取代個人的禱告。
在你獨自向 神祈禱的時候，你所燃燒的香料會散發最濃烈的香味，因為只有 神在那裡聆聽。
It was humble prayer. Luke says he knelt, but another evangelist says he “fell on his face.” Where, then, must be thy place, thou humble servant of the great Master? What dust and ashes should cover thy head! Humility gives us good foot-hold in prayer. There is no hope of prevalence with God unless we abase ourselves that he may exalt us in due time.
2) 這是謙卑的祈禱。
路加說他跪著，但另一位福音書作者說他 「俯伏在地」。
那麼，你這偉大主人的謙卑僕人，你的位置應該在哪裡呢？
你的頭應該蒙上何等的塵土！謙卑使我們在禱告中有良好的立足點。
除非我們謙卑自己，使祂能在適當的時候升高我們，否則我們就沒有在神面前得勝的希望。
It was filial prayer. “Abba, Father.” You will find it a stronghold in the day of trial to plead your adoption. You have no rights as a subject, you have forfeited them by your treason; but nothing can forfeit a child’s right to a father’s protection. Be not afraid to say, “My Father, hear my cry.”
3) 這是孝順的禱告。
「我父啊！」在審判之日，你會發現天父是你懇求收養你的堡壘。
你沒有臣民的權利，你的叛逆喪失了這些權利；
但是沒有任何東西可以剝奪孩子被父親保護的權利。不要害怕說：「我父啊，聽我的呼求。」
Observe that it was persevering prayer. He prayed three times. Cease not until you prevail. Be as the importunate (troublesome urgency - overly persistent in request or demand) widow, whose continual coming earned what her first supplication could not win. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.
4) 請注意，這是恆切的禱告。
祂禱告了三次。除非得勝，否則不要停止。
要像那懇切的寡婦（"只因這寡婦煩擾我..." (路加福音Luke 18:5) — 她過於堅持的要求），她不斷的來求(申冤)，最終贏得了她第一次祈求所不能求得的。
繼續禱告，並懷著感恩的心儆醒。
Lastly, it was the prayer of resignation. “Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.” Yield, and God yields. Let it be as God wills, and God will determine for the best. Be thou content to leave thy prayer in his hands, who knows when to give, and how to give, and what to give, and what to withhold.
5) 最後，這是順服的禱告。
「然而，不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。」(馬太福音 Matt 26:39b)
順服，即是神也順服。
照神的旨意去做，神會決定最好的。祂知道何時給、如何給、給什麼、不給什麼。
So pleading, earnestly, importunately, yet with humility and resignation, thou shalt surely prevail.
所以，懇切的，誠摯的、迫切的，卻又帶著謙卑和順從的祈求，你必能得償所願。
Prayer that Tarries 遲來的回應
“I called him, but he gave me no answer.” — Song of Solomon 5:6
我呼叫他，他卻不回答。— 雅歌 Song of Solomon 5:6
Prayer sometimes tarrieth, like a petitioner at the gate, until the King cometh forth to fill her bosom with the blessings which she seeketh. The Lord, when he hath given great faith, has been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered his servants’ voices to echo in their ears as from a brazen sky. They have knocked at the golden gate, but it has remained immovable, as though it were rusted upon its hinges. Like Jeremiah, they have cried, “Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.” Thus have true saints continued long in patient waiting without reply, not because their prayers were not vehement, nor because they were unaccepted, but because it so pleased him who is a Sovereign, and who gives according to his own pleasure. If it pleases him to bid our patience exercise itself, shall he not do as he wills with his own! Beggars must not be choosers either as to time, place, or form. But we must be careful not to take delays in prayer for denials: God’s long-dated bills will be punctually honored; we must not suffer Satan to shake our confidence in the God of truth by pointing to our unanswered prayers. Unanswered petitions are not unheard. God keeps a file for our prayers—they are not blown away by the wind, they are treasured in the King’s archives. This is a registry in the court of heaven wherein every prayer is recorded. Tried believer, thy Lord hath a tear-bottle in which the costly drops of sacred grief are put away, and a book in which thy holy groanings are numbered. By-and-by, thy suit shall prevail. Canst thou not be content to wait a little? Will not thy Lord’s time be better than thy time? By-and-by he will comfortably appear, to thy soul’s joy, and make thee put away the sackcloth and ashes of long waiting, and put on the scarlet and fine linen of full fruition.
禱告有時就像在門口請願的人一樣遲遲不來，直到 王出來用她所尋求的祝福填滿她的胸懷。
當主賜下偉大的信心時，祂會以長時間的延遲來試煉信心。
祂曾容忍祂僕人的聲音在他們耳中迴響，就像從厚重的天空發出。
他們敲打「金門」，門卻一動不動，好像生銹的鉸鏈鎖住。
他們像耶利米一樣喊叫：「你用雲遮蓋自己，使我們的祈禱不能通過。真正的聖徒都是這樣長時間的忍耐等候而沒有回音，不是因為他們的禱告不夠熱切，也不是因為他們的禱告不被接受，而是因為那位按自己喜悅賜下的主宰者如此喜悅。
如果祂喜悅我們的忍耐，祂豈能不照祂自己的意願行事呢？
無論在時間、地點或形式上，乞丐都不能選擇。
但我們必須小心，不要把禱告的延遲當作拒絕：神的長期帳單一定會準時兌現；我們不能讓撒旦指著我們未蒙應允的祈求來動搖我們對真理之神的信心。未蒙應允的祈求並非不被聆聽。
神為我們的禱告存檔──它們不會被風吹散，而是珍藏在君王的檔案室裡。
這是天庭的登記冊，每一個禱告都記錄在裡面。
受過試煉的信徒，你的主有一個淚瓶，裡面裝著神聖悲痛的寶貴水滴，還有一本書，裡面記錄著你聖潔的呻吟。
遲早，你的訴訟會得勝。難道你不願意再等一等嗎？你主的時間不是比你的時間更好嗎？
不久之後，祂會舒舒服服地(comfortably)顯現，使你的靈魂喜樂，使你擺脫長久等待的麻衣和灰燼，穿上完全的朱紅色和細麻布衣服。
The Character of Our Prayers 我們禱告的特性
“Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer.” — Psalm 66:20
神是應當稱頌的！他並沒有推卻我的禱告， — 詩篇 Ps 66:20
In looking back upon the character of our prayers, if we do it honestly, we shall be filled with wonder that God has ever answered them. There may be some who think their prayers worthy of acceptance—as the Pharisee did; but the true Christian, in a more enlightened retrospect, weeps over his prayers, and if he could retrace his steps he would desire to pray more earnestly. Remember, Christian, how cold thy prayers have been. When in thy closet thou shouldst have wrestled as Jacob did; but instead thereof, thy petitions have been faint and few—far removed from that humble, believing, persevering faith, which cries, “I will not let thee go except thou bless me.” Yet, wonderful to say, God has heard these cold prayers of thine, and not only heard, but answered them. Reflect also, how infrequent have been thy prayers, unless thou hast been in trouble, and then thou hast gone often to the mercy-seat: but when deliverance has come, where has been thy constant supplication? Yet, notwithstanding thou hast ceased to pray as once thou didst, God has not ceased to bless. When thou hast neglected the mercy-seat, God has not deserted it, but the bright light of the Shekinah has always been visible between the wings of the cherubim. Oh! it is marvellous that the Lord should regard those intermittent spasms of importunity which come and go with our necessities. What a God is he thus to hear the prayers of those who come to him when they have pressing wants, but neglect him when they have received a mercy; who approach him when they are forced to come, but who almost forget to address him when mercies are plentiful and sorrows are few. Let his gracious kindness in hearing such prayers touch our hearts, so that we may henceforth be found “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.”
在回顧我們禱告的特性時，如果我們誠實地禱告，我們會對神曾應允我們的禱告感到驚訝。
也許有些人認為他們的禱告值得接受，就像法利賽人一樣；但真正的基督徒在回顧自己的禱告時，會為自己的禱告哭泣，如果他能重走自己的路，他會渴望更懇切地禱告。
基督徒，記住你的禱告是何等冷淡。當你在密室裡的時候，你應該像雅各一樣摔跤；但相反地，你的祈求卻軟弱無力，與那謙卑的、有信心的、堅忍不拔的信心相差甚遠，
那信心說：「你不給我祝福，我就不容你去。」(Gen 創世記 32:26b)
然而，奇妙的是，神聽見了你這些冷淡的祈禱，不但聽見了，而且應允了。
你也應當反省，你的禱告是何等的稀少，除非你在患難中，那時你常到憐憫席前祈求；但當拯救來臨時，你常在何處祈求呢？
儘管你不再像以前那樣禱告，神卻沒有停止賜福。
當你忽略憐憫座的時候，神並沒有拋棄它，基路伯的翅膀之間總是能看見希基拿的亮光。
哦！真奇妙，主竟顧念那些隨我們的需要而來、又隨我們的需要而去的間歇性的渴求。
祂是何等的神啊！
祂聆聽這些人的祈禱：他們在有迫切的需要時來找祂，但在得到憐憫時卻忽略了祂；他們在被迫來找祂時接近祂，但在憐憫多而愁苦少時卻幾乎忘了向祂說話。
讓祂聽見這些禱告時的恩慈感動我們的心，使我們從今以後都能 「靠著聖靈，隨時多方禱告祈求」(以弗所書 Ephesians 6:18)。
How is Your Prayer Altar?
您的禱告祭壇如何？
“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.” — Leviticus 6:13
在壇上必有常常燒著的火，不可熄滅。 — 利未記 Leviticus 6:13
Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion. Burn here the fat of your sacrifices. Let your closet seasons be, if possible, regular, frequent, and undisturbed. Effectual prayer availeth much. Have you nothing to pray for? Let us suggest the Church, the ministry, your own soul, your children, your relations, your neighbours, your country, and the cause of God and truth throughout the world. Let us examine ourselves on this important matter. Do we engage with lukewarmness in private devotion? Is the fire of devotion burning dimly in our hearts? Do the chariot wheels drag heavily? If so, let us be alarmed at this sign of decay. Let us go with weeping, and ask for the Spirit of grace and of supplications. Let us set apart special seasons for extraordinary prayer. For if this fire should be smothered beneath the ashes of a worldly conformity, it will dim the fire on the family altar, and lessen our influence both in the Church and in the world.
讓個人祈禱的祭壇持續燃燒。
這是所有虔誠的生命。聖所和家庭的祭壇都在這裡借火，因此要讓它好好燃燒。
秘密的奉獻
乃是至關重要的宗教生命、本質、證據和晴雨表。
在這裡燃燒你祭物的脂肪。
如果可能的話，讓你的密室禱告時刻有規律、頻密、不受干擾。
有效的禱告能使人得益良多。
你沒有需要禱告的嗎？讓我們建議教會、事工、你自己的靈魂、你的兒女、你的親戚、你的鄰居、你的國家，以及全世界神和真理的事業。
讓我們在這個重要的問題上省察自己。
我們是否冷淡地參與私人的奉獻？獻身之火是否在我們心中微微弱弱地燃燒？戰車的輪子是否拖得很重？
如果是的話，讓我們對這衰退的跡象感到憂慮。
讓我們哭求，祈求恩典和祈求的靈吧。
讓我們分出特別的時節，作特別的禱告。
因為如果這火焰被世俗的順從所掩蓋，就會使家庭祭壇上的火焰變得暗淡，並削弱我們在教會和世界上的影響力。
Prayer and Sin
禱告與罪
"If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear." — Ps 66:18
我若心裡注重罪孽，主必不聽。 — 詩篇 Ps 66:18
Can I desire him to connive at my sin, and accept me while I willfully cling to any evil way? Nothing hinders prayer like iniquity harbored in the heart; as with Cain, so with us, sin lies at the door and blocks the passage. If you refuse to hear God’s commands, he will surely refuse to hear your prayers. An imperfect petition God will hear for Christ’s sake, but not one which is willfully miswritten by a traitor’s hand. For God to accept our devotions, while we are delighting in sin, would be to make himself the God of hypocrites, which is a fitter name for Satan than for the Holy One of Israel… Love of sin is a killing sign, but those prayers which evidently live and prevail with God most clearly arise from a heart which is free from dalliance with evil. See to it that your inmost soul is rid of all alliance with iniquity, all toleration of secret lust or hidden wrong.
當我故意堅持任何邪惡的方式時，我可以渴望祂縱容我的罪，接納我嗎？
沒有什麼比藏在心裡的罪惡更能攔阻禱告；
就像該隱一樣，我們也是一樣，罪就在門口，攔阻了我們的通道。
如果你拒絕聽神的命令，祂也一定會拒絕聽你的禱告。
為基督的緣故，不完美的懇求神會聽，但經叛徒之手故意寫錯的懇求神不會聽。
當我們以罪為樂時，神若接受我們的禱告，就等於使他自己成為假冒為善者的神，這對撒旦來說比對以色列的聖者來說更適合...
愛罪是殺人的徵兆，但那些顯然與神同在並獲勝的禱告，最明顯地是來自一顆不沉溺於邪惡的心。
你的內心必須擺脫與不義的結盟，擺脫容忍暗中的情欲或隱藏的錯誤。
Secret sins, like private conspirators, must be hunted out, or they may do deadly mischief; it is well to be much in prayer concerning them. If we had eyes like those of God, we should think very differently of ourselves.
隱秘的罪惡，就像私下的陰謀者，必須被追查出來，否則可能造成致命的傷害；
如果我們有神一樣的眼睛，我們對自己的看法就會大不相同。
Transgression destroys peace of mind, obscures fellowship with Jesus, hinders prayer, brings darkness over the soul; therefore be not the serf and bondman of sin.
犯罪(過犯)會摧毀內心的平安，遮蔽與耶穌的團契，阻礙禱告，使靈魂籠罩在黑暗中；因此，不要做罪的奴僕和奴隸。
If you want power in prayer, you must have purity in life. If our faith is to grow exceedingly, we must maintain constant intercourse with God.
如果你想在禱告中得到能力，你就必須在生活中保持純潔。我們的信心若要增長，就必須與神保持經常的相交。
求神保守我們脫離一切罪惡和一切敵人！
Prayer and Motivation
禱告與動機
Prayer is the outcome of that sense of need which arises from the new life. A man would not pray to God if he did not feel that he had an urgent need for blessings which only the Lord can bestow.
禱告是新生命所產生的需要感的結果。如果一個人不覺得他迫切需要只有主才能賜下的祝福，他就不會向神祈禱。
Those are the only true prayers where the heart’s desire is first, and the lip’s request follows after. Jesus prayed vocally as well as mentally; speech is a great assistance to thought. The requests of the Saviour (are) not withheld. He was and still is a prevailing Pleader. He is ready to ask for us at the mercy-seat. Have we not at this hour some desire to send up to his Father by him?
只有這些禱告才是真正的禱告：先有心的渴慕，後有口的祈求。
耶穌以聲音祈禱，也以靈祈禱；言語對思想有很大的幫助。
救主的請求是不會隱藏的。
祂過去是，現在仍然是一位懇求者。
祂隨時準備在憐憫席上為我們祈求。此時此刻，我們難道沒有一些願望要藉著祂送上天父面前嗎？
A fully assured possession of God does not set aside prayer, but rather urges us to it.
對神的完全確信不會擱置禱告，反而會催促我們禱告。
It is well when our supplications are such that we find pleasure in looking back upon them. He that is cheered by the memory of his prayers will pray again. He did not go round about to men, but ran straight forward to Jehovah.
當我們的禱告能使我們在回顧時感到愉悅時，那是很好的。
因記念祂的禱告而振作的人，必再禱告。他沒有四處找人，而是直奔耶和華。
All true fruit is the fruit of the Spirit. Every true prayer must be “praying in the Holy Ghost” (Jude 1:20). He helps our infirmities in prayer.
所有真正的果子都是聖靈的果子。每個真正的禱告都必須是「在聖靈裡禱告」（猶大書 Jude 1：20）。祂在禱告中幫助我們的軟弱。
"I cried with my whole heart" (Ps 119:145) His prayer was a sincere, plaintive, painful, natural utterance, as of a creature in pain. We cannot tell whether at all times he used his voice when he thus cried; but we are informed of something which is of much greater consequence, he cried with his heart. Heart-cries are the essence of prayer. He mentions the unity of his heart: his whole soul pleaded with God, his entire affections, his united desires all went out towards the living God. It is well when we can say as much as this of our prayers: it is to be feared that many never cried to God with their whole heart in all their lives. There may be no beauty of elocution about such prayers, no length of expression, no depth of doctrine, nor accuracy of diction; but if the whole heart be in them they will find their way to the heart of God.
"耶和華啊，我一心呼籲你，求你應允我，我必謹守你的律例。"(詩篇 Ps 119:145)。
他的禱告是真誠的，平實的，痛苦的，自然的，就像受苦的人一樣。
我們無法知道他是否在任何時候都是用聲音來哭求禱告；
但我們知道一件更重要的事：他是用心來禱告的。哭求的心是禱告的本質。
他提到他的心是合一的：他整個靈向神懇求，他全部的情感、他合一的慾望都向著永生的神。
當我們的禱告可以這樣說時，那就太好了：恐怕許多人一生中從未全心全意地向 神呼求。
這樣的禱告可能沒有優美的口才、沒有長篇大論的表達、沒有深奧的教義、也沒有準確的措辭；
但如果全心全意，就能找到通往神心裡的路。
"I rise before dawn and cry for help; I wait (hope) for Thy words." (Ps 119:147) Hope is a very powerful means of strengthening us in prayer. Who would pray if he had no hope that God would hear him? Who would not pray when he has a good hope of a blessed issue to his entreaties? His hoped was fixed upon God’s Word, and this is a sure anchorage, because God is true, and in no case has he ever run back from his promise, or altered the thing that has gone forth from his mouth. He who is diligent in prayer will never be destitute of hope. Observe that as the early bird gets the worm, so the early prayer is soon refreshed with hope.
「我趁天未亮呼求，我仰望了你的言語。」(詩 Ps 119:147)
盼望是在禱告中堅固我們的一個非常有力的方法。
如果沒有希望神會聽他的話，誰會禱告？
如果他有好的盼望，他的懇求會得到祝福，誰不會禱告？
他所盼望的是 神的話語，這是一個穩固的碇泊處，因為神是真實的，他從來沒有背棄他的應許，或改變從他口中說出來的事。
勤於禱告的人永遠不會缺乏盼望。
請注意，早起的鳥兒有蟲吃，早禱的人很快就會有新的盼望。
People of God look upon prayer as a reality, and they are not content without having an audience with God; moreover, they have such confidence in the Lord’s condescending grace that they hope he will even attend to that poor broken prayer which can only be described as a cry… Gracious people may not only be low, but very low; and this should not be a reason for their doubting the efficacy of their prayers, but rather a plea with the Lord why they should have special attention.
神的子民視禱告為現實，他們不會滿足於沒有與神會面的機會；
此外，他們對主的恩典充滿信心，甚至希望主會垂聽那只能被形容為呼求的可憐的破碎禱告...
有恩慈的人可能不只是卑微，而且是非常卑微；
這不應該成為他們懷疑禱告功效的理由，反而應成為他們向主提出的請求，為何要特別垂聽他們的禱告。
Praying men pray better as they proceed. Note that we do not show our trouble before the Lord that he may see it, but that we may see him. It is for our relief, and not for his information that we make plain statements concerning our woes: it does us much good to set out our sorrow in order, for much of it vanishes in the process, like a ghost which will not abide the light of day; and the rest loses much of its terror, because the veil of mystery is removed by a clear and deliberate stating of the trying facts. Pour out your thoughts and you will see what they are; show your trouble and the extent of it will be known to you: let all be done before the Lord, for in comparison with his great majesty of love the trouble will seem to be as nothing.
禱告的人越禱告越好。請注意，我們在主面前顯示我們的煩惱，不是為了讓他看見，而是為了讓我們看見他。
我們將我們的憂傷清楚地陳述出來，是為了我們的安慰，而不是為了讓他知道：
將我們的憂傷有條理地陳述出來，對我們有很大的益處，因為在陳述的過程中，很多憂傷都消失了，就像鬼魂一樣，不能忍受日光的照耀；
其餘的憂傷也失去了很多的恐懼，因為清楚而慎重地陳述了艱難的事實，揭開了神秘的面紗。
傾訴你的想法，你就會知道你的想法是什麼；顯示你的煩惱，你就會知道煩惱的程度：
讓一切在主面前成就，因為與祂偉大的愛的威嚴相比，煩惱顯得無足輕重。
Prayer and Faith
禱告與信仰
Faith finds pleas in the worst circumstances; she uses even the fallen stones of her desolate palaces, and assails with them the gates of heaven, casting them forth with the great engine of prayer.
信心在最惡劣的環境中也能找到喜悅；
她甚至使用她荒涼宮殿中倒塌的石頭，用它們攻擊天堂之門，用禱告的巨大動力將石頭拋出。
The confidence of faith makes us bold in prayer, but it never teaches us to live without prayer, or justifies us in being other than humble beggars at mercy’s gate.
信心使我們勇於禱告，但它從未教導我們不禱告就能生活，或使我們在憐憫的門前成為卑微的乞丐。
Observe that ancient saints cried and trusted, and that in times of trouble we must do the same; and the invariable result was that they were not ashamed of their hope, for deliverance came in due time; this same happy portion will be ours. The prayer of faith can do the deed when nothing else can. Let us wonder when we see Jesus using the same pleas as ourselves, and immersed in grief far deeper than our own… Godly men of old prayed in faith, nothing wavering, and spoke of the answer to their prayers as a certainty.
觀察古代聖人的呼求與信心，在患難時，我們也必須這樣做；
不變的結果是他們不以自己的盼望為恥，因為拯救已在適當的時候來臨；我們也會有同樣的幸福。
信心的禱告可以做成任何事。
當我們看見耶穌使用與我們自己相同的懇求，並且沉浸在比我們更深的悲痛中時，我們會感到驚訝...古時敬虔的人憑信心禱告，毫無動搖，並且把禱告的回應說成是必然的。
If our faith is to grow exceedingly, we must maintain constant intercourse with God.
如果我們的信心要不斷的增長，就必須與神保持不斷的相交。
Faith grows by the exercise of prayer.
信心是藉著禱告增長的。
Lord, if thou wilt make us mighty with thee in prayer, we shall also be kept faithful before thee in the service which thou hast laid upon us.
主啊！你若使我們在禱告中與你同得能力，我們也必在你面前忠心事奉你所囑咐我們的。
It must be a prayer full of faith. A man prevails only as he believes. The Holy Spirit is the author of faith, and strengthens it, so that we pray believing God’s promise.
這必須是充滿信心的祈禱。人只有相信才能得勝。聖靈是信心的創造者，並加強人的信心，使我們相信神的應許而禱告。
The precious promises of our great God are expressly intended to be taken to Him and exchanged for the blessings which they guarantee. Prayer takes the promise to the Bank of Faith and obtains the golden blessing… The strength of prayer lies in your faith in the promise which you have pleaded before the Lord.
我們偉大神寶貴的應許，是明確要拿去給祂，換取祂們所保證的祝福。
禱告將應許帶到信心銀行，並獲得從神而來的金色的祝福(請參看The Golden Blessing Was Given Through A Mediator. 金色的祝福是通過中保(耶穌)賜予的的解釋。有關金色及黃金的代表意義，請參看圣经中的黄金不只是闪闪发光)。禱告的力量在於你對你在主面前懇求的應許的信心。
It is easy work to pray when we are grounded, as to our desires, upon God’s own promise. How can He that gave the word refuse to keep it? Immutable veracity cannot demean itself by a lie, and eternal faithfulness cannot degrade itself by neglect. God must bless His Son; His covenant binds Him to it. That which the Spirit prompts us to ask of God for Jesus and His kingdom is that which God decrees to give Him. Whenever you are praying for the kingdom of Christ, let your eyes behold the dawning of the blessed day, which draws near, when the Crucified will receive His coronation in the place where men rejected Him.
當我們的渴慕建立在神自己的應許上時，禱告是很容易的事。
那賜下話語的神怎能不遵守呢？
永恆不變的真實性不會因為謊言而貶低自己，永恆的信實也不會因為疏忽而貶低自己。
神必須祝福祂的兒子；祂的盟約使祂受到約束。
聖靈促使我們為耶穌和祂的國度向神祈求的，就是神定意要賜給祂的。
每當你為基督的國度禱告時，讓你的眼睛看見有福日子的曙光，那日子快到了，被釘十字架的耶穌會在人拒絕祂的地方接受祂的加冕。
Prayer and Blessing
禱告與祝福(2)
Prayer is the rustling of the wings of the angels that are on their way bringing us the blessings of heaven. Have you heard prayer in your heart? You will see the angel in your house. When the chariots that bring us blessings do rumble, their wheels do sound with prayer. We hear the prayer in our own spirits, and that prayer becomes the token of the coming blessings. Even as the cloud foreshadows rain, so prayer foreshadows the blessing; even as the green blade is the beginning of the harvest, so prayer is the prophecy of the blessing that is about to come.
禱告是天使翅膀的沙沙聲，他們正在為我們帶來天堂的祝福。
你聽到心中的禱告了嗎？
你會在家中看到天使。當帶給我們祝福的戰車隆隆作響時，它們的車輪會發出禱告的聲音。
我們聽到自己靈裡的禱告，那禱告就成為祝福來臨的信物。
就如雲彩預表降雨，禱告也預表祝福；就如綠葉是收穫的開始，禱告也是祝福即將降臨的預言。
Have we petitioned for success in the Lord’s work? How joyful is the prosperity which comes flying upon the wings of prayer! It is always best to get blessings into our house in the legitimate way, by the door of prayer; then they are blessings indeed, and not temptations. Even when prayer speeds not, the blessings grow all the richer for the delay; the child Jesus was all the more lovely in the eyes of Mary when she found him after having sought him sorrowing. That which we win by prayer we should dedicate to God, as Hannah dedicated Samuel. The gift came from heaven, let it go to heaven. Prayer brought it, gratitude sang over it, let devotion consecrate it. Here will be a special occasion for saying, “Of thine own have I given unto thee.” Reader, is prayer your element or your weariness? Which?
我們有為主的工作成功祈求嗎？
在禱告的翅膀上飛來的繁榮是何等的喜樂！
最好的方法是透過禱告的門以合法的方式將祝福帶進我們的家；
那麼，這些祝福就真的是祝福，而不是試探。
即使禱告的速度不快，祝福也會因為延遲而變得更豐富；
當馬利亞在憂傷地尋找祂之後找到祂時，祂的孩子耶穌在她的眼中變得更可愛。
我們禱告所得的，應當獻給神，就像哈拿獻給撒母耳一樣。
禮物來自天國，讓它歸於天國。
禱告帶來了它，感恩的心為它歌唱，讓奉獻將它獻上。
這將是一個特別的場合，讓我們說：「我已經把你自己的賜給你了」。
讀者，禱告是你的元素還是你的疲倦？哪一個？
The Path of Prayer is Open
禱告之路是開放的
Many are “the paths of the Lord” which “drop fatness,” but an especial one is the path of prayer. No believer, who is much in the closet, will have need to cry, “My leanness, my leanness; woe unto me.” Starving souls live at a distance from the mercy-seat, and become like the parched fields in times of drought. Prevalence with God in wrestling prayer is sure to make the believer strong—if not happy. The nearest place to the gate of heaven is the throne of the heavenly grace.
主的道路眾多，都滴下脂油，但特別有一條是祈禱之道。
常在密室的信徒，必無需哀嘆：「我餓了，我餓了；我有禍了！」
飢餓的靈魂遠離施恩座，變得像乾旱時乾涸的田地。
在摔跤禱告中與神同在，肯定會使信徒強壯，即使不是快樂。離天堂之門最近的地方就是天上恩典的寶座。
Much alone, and you will have much assurance; little alone with Jesus, your religion will be shallow, polluted with many doubts and fears, and not sparkling with the joy of the Lord.
與耶穌獨處越多，你就越有把握；與耶穌獨處越少，你的信仰就會變得膚淺。因被許多懷疑和恐懼所污染，而不會閃耀著主的喜悅。
Since the soul-enriching path of prayer is open to the very weakest saint; since no high attainments are required; since you are not bidden to come because you are an advanced saint, but freely invited if you be a saint at all; see to it, dear reader, that you are often in the way of private devotion. Be much on your knees, for so Elijah drew the rain upon famished Israel’s fields.
靈修祈禱的道路對最微弱的聖徒而言同樣敞開；不需要高深造詣；不分高低階級，只要你是聖徒就獲邀。
親愛的讀者，你要常常走在靈修祈禱的路上。常常跪下禱告，如同以利亞為乾旱的以色列大地祈禱而降下甘霖。
“Praying in the Holy Ghost.”
「在聖靈裡禱告」
"pray in the Holy Spirit," — Jude 1:20
"在聖靈裡禱告" — 猶大書 Jude 1:20
Mark the grand characteristic of true prayer—“In the Holy Ghost.” The seed of acceptable devotion must come from heaven’s storehouse. Only the prayer which comes from God can go to God. We must shoot the Lord’s arrows back to him. That desire which he writes upon our heart will move his heart and bring down a blessing, but the desires of the flesh have no power with him.
記住真正禱告的最大特徵──「在聖靈中」。
可接受的奉獻的種子必須來自天上的倉庫。
只有從神而來的禱告才能到達神那裡。
我們必須把主的箭射回祂那裡。
祂寫在我們心上的渴慕會打動祂的心，帶來祝福，但肉體的慾望對祂毫無能力。
Praying in the Holy Ghost is praying in fervency. Cold prayers ask the Lord not to hear them. Those who do not plead with fervency, plead not at all. As well speak of lukewarm fire as of lukewarm prayer—it is essential that it be red hot.
1) 在聖靈裡禱告就是熱切的禱告。
冷淡的禱告求主不要垂聽。不熱切禱告的人，根本就沒有禱告。
冷淡的禱告就像冷淡的火一樣，禱告的火必須是熾熱的。
It is praying perseveringly. The true suppliant gathers force as he proceeds, and grows more fervent when God delays to answer. The longer the gate is closed, the more vehemently does he use the knocker, and the longer the angel lingers the more resolved is he that he will never let him go without the blessing. Beautiful in God’s sight is tearful, agonizing, unconquerable importunity.
2) 這是恆切的禱告。
真正的祈求者會隨著禱告的進行而加添力量，當神遲遲不回應時，他會變得更加熱切。
門關得越久，他敲門的聲音就越強烈；
天使逗留得越久，他就越堅決不讓他離開。
在神眼中，流淚、痛苦、不屈不撓的祈求是美麗的。
It means praying humbly, for the Holy Spirit never puffs us up with pride. It is his office to convince of sin, and so to bow us down in contrition and brokenness of spirit. We shall never sing Gloria in excelsis except we pray to God De profundis: out of the depths must we cry, or we shall never behold glory in the highest.
3) 這意味著謙卑地祈禱，因為聖靈從不讓我們驕傲。
祂的職責是使我們相信自己的罪，使我們在悔改和破碎的靈裡俯伏。
除非我們向神深情祈禱，否則我們永遠不會唱 「至高的榮耀」：我們必須從深處呼喊，否則我們永遠不會看到至高的榮耀。
It is loving prayer. Prayer should be perfumed with love, saturated with love—love to our fellow saints, and love to Christ.
4) 這是愛的禱告。
禱告應該用愛來芬芳，用愛來滲透 — 對我們的聖徒同胞的愛，對基督的愛。
Moreover, it must be a prayer full of faith. A man prevails only as he believes. The Holy Spirit is the author of faith, and strengthens it, so that we pray believing God’s promise. O that this blessed combination of excellent graces, priceless and sweet as the spices of the merchant, might be fragrant within us because the Holy Ghost is in our hearts! Most blessed Comforter, exert thy mighty power within us, helping our infirmities in prayer.
5) 此外，禱告必須充滿信心。
人只有相信才能得勝。
聖靈是信心的創造者，並加強人的信心，使我們相信神的應許而禱告。
哦，願這優良恩典的有福組合，像商人的香料一樣無價而甜美，在我們內心馨香，因為聖靈在我們心中！
至福的保惠師，求你在我們裡面發揮你的大能，幫助我們在禱告中的軟弱。
The Power of Prayer
禱告的力量
“Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.” — Lamentations 3:41
我們當誠心向天上的神舉手禱告 — 哀歌 Lamentations 3:41
The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without constraining us to pray for them we should never know how poor we are, but a true prayer is an inventory of wants, a catalogue of necessities, a revelation of hidden poverty. While it is an application to divine wealth, it is a confession of human emptiness. The most healthy state of a Christian is to be always empty in self and constantly depending upon the Lord for supplies; to be always poor in self and rich in Jesus; weak as water personally, but mighty through God to do great exploits; and hence the use of prayer, because, while it adores God, it lays the creature where it should be, in the very dust.
禱告讓我們知道自己的不配，這對於我們這樣驕傲的人來說是非常有益的教訓。
假如上帝賜予我們恩惠而不要求我們為此祈禱，我們將永遠不會知道自己有多麼貧乏，
但真正的祈禱是需求的清單，必需品的目錄，一份隱藏的貧窮的揭示。
雖然它是一種尋求財富的應用，但卻是人性空虛的自白。
基督徒最健康的狀態是始終在自我中空虛，並不斷依靠主的供應；
永遠在自我中貧窮，在耶穌裡卻富足；
個人軟弱如水，但藉著神有能力行大事；
因此，禱告是有用的，因為它在敬拜神的同時，也把受造物放在它應該在的地方，就是塵土之中。
- Prayer is in itself, apart from the answer which it brings, a great benefit to the Christian. As the runner gains strength for the race by daily exercise, so for the great race of life we acquire energy by the hallowed labor of prayer.
除了禱告所帶來的回應之外，禱告本身對基督徒也有很大的益處。
就像跑步者藉著每天的運動來獲得比賽的力量一樣，我們也藉著禱告的聖工來獲得生命大賽的能量。 - Prayer plumes the wings of God’s young eaglets, that they may learn to mount above the clouds.
禱告為神的幼鷹插上翅膀，讓他們學會飛上雲端。
- Prayer girds the loins of God’s warriors, and sends them forth to combat with their sinews braced and their muscles firm. An earnest pleader cometh out of his closet, even as the sun ariseth from the chambers of the east, rejoicing like a strong man to run his race.
禱告能束緊神戰士的腰，使他們筋骨強健，肌肉結實，前去戰鬥。
懇切禱告的人從內屋(馬太福音 Matt. 6:6)裏出來，就像太陽從東方的宮殿裏出來，歡歡喜喜，像一個健壯的人要跑他的路程。 - Prayer is that uplifted hand of Moses which routs the Amalekites more than the sword of Joshua; it is the arrow shot from the chamber of the prophet foreboding defeat to the Syrians.
禱告是摩西高舉的手，比約書亞的劍更能擊敗亞瑪力人(出埃及記 Exo 17:11-13)；
禱告是先知預言亞蘭人戰敗的箭 (列王紀下 2 Kings 13:17-19)，從先知以利沙的房間射出。 - Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God.
禱告以神的力量遮蔽人類的軟弱，將人類的愚昧轉化成屬天的智慧，並將神的平安賜給煩惱的凡人。
We know not what prayer cannot do!
我們不知道禱告不能做什麼！
We thank thee, great God, for the mercy-seat, a choice proof of thy marvellous lovingkindness. Help us to use it aright throughout this day!
我們感謝祢，偉大的神，因為祢的憐憫座席，是祢奇妙慈愛的明證。請幫助我們在這一天正確地使用它！
Our Every Ready Weapon of All Prayer
禱告是我們隨時可用的武器
"Their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.” — 2 Chronicles 30:2
"他們的禱告達到天上的聖所" — 歷代志下 Chronicles 30:27
Prayer is the never-failing resort of the Christian in any case, in every plight. When you cannot use your sword you may take to the weapon of all-prayer. Your powder may be damp, your bow-string may be relaxed, but the weapon of all-prayer need never be out of order. Leviathan laughs at the javelin, but he trembles at prayer. Sword and spear need furbishing, but prayer never rusts, and when we think it most blunt it cuts the best. Prayer is an open door which none can shut. Devils may surround you on all sides, but the way upward is always open, and as long as that road is unobstructed, you will not fall into the enemy’s hand. We can never be taken by blockade, escalade, mine, or storm, so long as heavenly succors can come down to us by Jacob’s ladder to relieve us in the time of our necessities. Prayer is never out of season: in summer and in winter its merchandise is precious. Prayer gains audience with heaven in the dead of night, in the midst of business, in the heat of noonday, in the shades of evening. In every condition, whether of poverty, or sickness, or obscurity, or slander, or doubt, your covenant God will welcome your prayer and answer it from his holy place. Nor is prayer ever futile. True prayer is evermore true power. You may not always get what you ask, but you shall always have your real wants supplied. When God does not answer his children according to the letter, he does so according to the spirit. If thou askest for coarse meal, wilt thou be angered because he gives thee the finest flour? If thou seekest bodily health, shouldst thou complain if instead thereof he makes thy sickness turn to the healing of spiritual maladies? Is it not better to have the cross sanctified than removed? This evening, my soul, forget not to offer thy petition and request, for the Lord is ready to grant thee thy desires.
禱告是信徒戰鬥的武器。
當戰爭對我們來說太艱難時，我們就呼召我們偉大的盟友，祂就像埋伏在暗處，直到信心發出信號，呼喊：「耶和華啊，求你起來！」(詩篇 Ps 10:12)
禱告是基督徒在任何情況、任何困境中永遠不會失敗的方法。
當你不能使用劍時，你可以使用禱告的武器。你的火藥可能濕了，你的弓弦可能鬆了，但禱告的武器永遠不會失靈。
鱷魚(以賽亞書 Isa 27:1 …就是那快行的蛇…)會嘲笑標槍，但他會因祈禱而顫抖。
劍和矛需要修整，但禱告永不生銹；當我們認為禱告是最鈍的時候，它卻是最鋒利的。
禱告是一扇敞開的門，沒有人能把它關上。
魔鬼可能四面圍繞著你，但向上的路永遠是開放的，只要這條路沒有攔阻，你就不會落入敵人的手中。
只要天國的援手能藉著雅各的梯子降臨我們，在我們需要的時候幫助我們，我們就永遠不會被攔阻、攻擊、地雷或暴風雨攻擊
禱告永不過時：無論在夏天或冬天，禱告的商品都是珍貴的。禱告在夜深人靜時、在公事繁忙時、在炎熱的正午時、在陰暗的黃昏時，都能獲得上天的接見。在任何情況下，無論是貧窮、疾病、晦暗、誹謗或懷疑，你所立約的神都會歡迎你的禱告，並從祂的聖所回應你的禱告。
禱告也不是徒勞的。真正的禱告比任何時候都更有能力。你不一定會得到你所求的，但你真正的需要總會得到供應。當神不按字面回應祂的兒女時，祂會按靈意回應。如果你求的是粗飯，你會因為他給你最好的麵粉而生氣嗎？如果你追求身體的健康，如果他使你的疾病轉為醫治靈性的疾病，你還要抱怨嗎？十字架被聖化豈不比被除去更好嗎？
今天晚上，我的靈魂，不要忘記提出你的請願和要求，因為主已準備好允許你的願望。
Prayer and the Promises of God
禱告與神的應許
God’s promises are the peculiar treasure of believers. The substance of faith’s heritage lies in them. All the promises of our covenant God are ours to have and to hold as our personal possession. By faith we receive and embrace them, and they constitute our true riches. We have certain most precious things which we can freely enjoy at this present time, but the capital of our wealth, the bulk of our estate lies in the promise of our God. That which we have in hand is only the earnest penny of the immeasurable wage of grace which is to be paid to us in due time… Nor must I forget to remind you that the promise is part of the economy of our spiritual condition here below because it excites prayer. What is prayer but the promise pleaded? A promise is, so to speak, the raw material of prayer. Prayer irrigates the fields of life with the waters which are stored up in the reservoirs of promise. The promise is the power of prayer. We go to God, and we say to Him, “Do as thou hast said. Oh Lord, here is thy word; we ask thee to fulfill it.” Thus the promise is the bow by which we shoot the arrows of supplication. I like in my time of trouble to find a promise which exactly fits my need and then to put my finger on it and say, “Lord, this is thy word. I ask you to prove that it is so, by carrying it out in my case. I believe that this is thine own writing and I pray that you make it good to my faith.” I believe in plenary inspiration, and I humbly look to the Lord for a plenary fulfillment of every sentence that he has put on record. I delight to hold the Lord to the very words that he has used and to expect him to do as he has said because he has said it. It is a great thing to be driven to prayer by necessity. It is a better thing to be drawn to it by the expectation which the promise arouses. Should we pray at all if God did not find us an occasion for praying and then encourage us with gracious promises of an answer? As it is, in the order of providence we are tried, and then we try the promises. We are brought to spiritual hunger, and then we are fed on the Word which proceeds out of the mouth of God.
神的應許是信徒特有的寶藏。信仰遺產的實質就在其中。我們立約之神的所有應許都是我們所擁有的，並作為我們個人的財產。我們憑著信心接受並擁有這些應許，它們就構成了我們真正的財富。我們擁有某些最珍貴的東西，我們可以在此時自由享用，但我們財富的本金、我們財產的大部分都在於我們神的應許。我們手中所擁有的，只是在適當時候要付給我們的恩典中不可估量的工錢的真金白银…
我也不能忘記提醒你們，應許是我們在這世上屬靈狀況的經濟的一部分，因為它激發我們禱告。
禱告是什麼？可以說，應許是禱告的原料。禱告用儲藏在應許的水庫裡的水灌溉生命的田地。應許是禱告的力量。我們到神面前，對祂說：「照你所說的去行。主啊，這是祢的話，我們求祢成就它。因此，應許是我們射出祈求之箭的弓。在我遇到困難的時候，我喜歡找到一個完全符合我需要的應許，然後用手指著它說：「主啊，這是祢的話。我請求祢在我身上實踐，證明這是真的。我相信這是祢親手所寫的，我祈求祢使它符合我的信仰。我相信全然的靈感，我謙卑地期待主全然實現他記錄在案的每一句話。我很樂意讓主遵守他所使用過的字句，並期望他說得出就做得到。因需要而禱告是一件偉大的事。 更好的做法是被應許所引起的期望所吸引。
如果神沒有為我們找一個禱告的場合，然後用親切的應許鼓勵我們，我們還應該禱告嗎?事實上，在天意的安排下，我們受到試煉，然後我們試煉應許。我們被帶到屬靈的饑餓，然後我們以神口中所出的道為食。
The precious promises of our great God are expressly intended to be taken to Him and exchanged for the blessings which they guarantee. Prayer takes the promise to the Bank of Faith and obtains the golden blessing. Mind how you pray. Make real business of it. Let it never be a dead formality. Some people pray a long time but do not get what they are supposed to ask for because they do not plead the promise in a truthful, business–like way. If you were to go into a bank and stand an hour talking to the clerk and then come out again without your cash, what would be the good of it? If I go to a bank, I pass my check across the counter, take up my money, and go about my business. That is the best way of praying. Ask for what you want, because the Lord has promised it. Believe that you have the blessing, and go forth to your work in full assurance of it. Go from your knees singing because the promise is fulfilled. Thus will your prayer be answered. It is not the length of your prayer, but the strength of your prayer which wins with God. The strength of prayer lies in your faith in the promise which you have pleaded before the Lord.
我們偉大的上帝的寶貴應許，是明確地要被帶到祂面前，並兌換為它們所保證的祝福。
禱告把應許帶到信心的銀行，並獲得從神而來的金色的祝福(請參看The Golden Blessing Was Given Through A Mediator. 金色的祝福是通過中保(耶穌)賜予的的解釋。有關金色及黃金的代表意義，請參看圣经中的黄金不只是闪闪发光)。
注意你的禱告方式。要認真對待它。切莫淪為形式主義。
有些人祈禱了很久，卻沒有得到他們應該祈求的東西，因為他們沒有以誠實、正經的方式祈求應許。
如果你到銀行去，站一個小時跟店員說話，然後再出來時卻沒有提款，那有什麼好處呢？如果我去銀行，我把支票遞過櫃台，取得我的錢，然後去做我的事。這是最好的祈禱方式。
祈求你想要的，因為主已經應許了。
相信你已經有了祝福，然後信心十足地去做你的工作。因為應許已經實現，所以你要跪下來稱頌 神。
這樣，你的禱告就會得到應允。在神面前勝利的不是禱告的長短，而是禱告的力量。
禱告的力量在於你在神面前所懇求的應許的信心。
Specificity in Prayer
禱告的具體祈求內容
King David knew what the Lord had engaged to give him, and he referred to it specially in his prayer as “this good thing” (2 Sa 7:28b). We greatly need to be more definite in our supplications than we usually are. We pray for everything in such a way that we practically pray for nothing. It is good to know what we want. Hence our Lord said to the blind man, “What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?” (Mark 10:51). He wished him to be aware of his own needs and to be filled with earnest desires concerning those needs. These are valuable ingredients in the composition of prayer.
大衛王知道耶和華要賜給他什麼，他在禱告中特別提到「你也應許將這福氣賜給僕人。」（撒下 2 Samuel 7:28b）。
我們在禱告時要比平常更明確。我們為每件事祈禱，實際上我們什麼都不祈禱。知道我們想要什麼是好的。
因此我們的主對瞎子(巴底買)說：「要我為你做什麼？」(馬可福音 Mark 10:51) 。祂希望他知道自己的需要，並對這些需要充滿懇切的願望。這些都是禱告的寶貴成分。
The Holy Spirit, Your Great Teacher
聖靈，偉大的導師
When we have no commentator or minister, we still have the Holy Spirit. Let me tell you a little secret: Whenever you cannot understand a text, open your Bible, bend your knee, and pray over that text. If it does not split into atoms and open itself, try again. If prayer does not explain it, it is one of the things God did not intend you to know, and you may be content to be ignorant of it. Prayer is the key that opens the cabinets of mystery. Prayer and faith are sacred picklocks that can open secrets and obtain great treasures. There is no college for holy education like that of the blessed Spirit, for He is an ever-present tutor. We only have to bend the knee, and He is at our side, the great expositor of truth.
當我們沒有註釋者或牧師時，我們仍然有聖靈。
讓我告訴你一個小秘密：
每當你不明白一段經文時，打開你的聖經，彎下你的膝蓋，對著那段經文祈禱。
如果它沒有分裂成為原子並自行打開，再試一次。
如果禱告無法解釋它，那就是 神不想讓你知道的事情之一，你可能會滿足於對它的無知。禱告是打開神秘之櫃的鑰匙。
祈禱和信心是神聖的撬鎖器，可以打開秘密，獲得巨大的寶藏。
沒有任何一所聖潔教育學院比得上蒙福的聖靈，因為祂是永遠存在的導師。
我們只要屈膝，祂就在我們身邊，是真理的偉大解說者。
Prayer — When?
何時禱告
"Early will I seek thee. (KJV)" Possession breeds desire. Full assurance is no hindrance to diligence, but is the mainspring of it. He is up at cockcrowing to meet his God. Communion with God is so sweet that the chill of the morning is forgotten, and the luxury of the couch is despised. The psalmist consecrates the morning to prayer and devout fellowship. The best people have been early on their knees.
「我要早早尋求你(合和本：我要切切地尋求你！)」。(詩 Ps 63:1）擁有滋生渴慕。完全的確信並非勤奮的阻礙，而是勤奮的主要動力。
詩篇作者雞鳴即起，是為了與他的神相會。與神相交是如此甜蜜，以至於忘卻了清晨的寒冷，也輕視了臥榻的舒適。
他將清晨獻給禱告和虔誠的團契交通。
最優秀的人總是早早地跪下祈禱。
Pause a little while before you pray, that you may not offer the sacrifice of fools. Get a distinct idea of your need, and then you can pray with more fluency of fervency.
在禱告之前先停一停，以免獻上愚拙的祭物。要清楚知道自己的需要，然後才可以更流利、更熱情地禱告。
Spurgeon testifies "I had need to beware of lean prayers, lean praises, lean duties, and lean experiences, for these will eat up the fat of my comfort and peace. If I neglect prayer for ever so short a time, I lose all the spirituality to which I had attained; if I draw no fresh supplies from heaven, the old corn in my granary is soon consumed by the famine which rages in my soul."
司布真見證：「我需要小心禱告、讚美、責任和經歷的不足，因為這些都會蠶食我安慰和平安的脂油。
如果我在很短的時間內忽略禱告，我就會失去我所達到的所有靈性；如果我沒有從天上獲得新的補給，我穀倉裡的舊穀物很快就會被我靈魂中肆虐的饑荒消耗殆盡。
Prayer must not be our random work but our daily business, our habit, and our vocation. As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their classical pursuits, so must we surrender ourselves to prayer. We must be immersed in prayer as in our element and so “pray without ceasing” (1Thess 5:17). Lord, teach us to pray that we may be more prevalent in supplication. The common fault with the most of us is our readiness to yield to distractions. Our thoughts go roving hither and thither, and we make little progress towards our desired end. Like quicksilver, our minds will not hold together but roll off this way and that. How great an evil this is! It injures us, and, what is worse, it insults our God.
禱告不能是我們隨便的工作，而是我們的日常事務、習慣和天職。
正如藝術家把自己交給他們的模特兒，詩人把自己交給他們的古典追求，我們也必須把自己交給禱告。
我們必須沉浸在禱告中，就像沉浸在自己的生命中一樣，所以要「不住地祈禱」（帖前 1 The 5:17）。
主啊，求你教導我們禱告，使我們更常祈求。
我們大多數人的共同缺點是容易分心。我們的思緒飄蕩不定，朝著所要達到的目標卻沒有什麼進展。我們的心思就像流銀一樣，不會凝聚在一起，而是滾到這邊又滾到那邊。
這是多麼大的罪惡！它傷害我們，更糟糕的是，它侮辱了我們的神。
Prayer and Understanding Scripture
禱告與理解經文
Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original. Consult anybody who has studied what the original means, but remember that the quickest way into a text is praying in the Holy Ghost. Pray the chapter over. I do not hesitate to say that if a chapter is read upon one’s knees, looking up at every word to Him that gave it, the meaning will come to you with infinitely more light than by any other method of studying it.
親愛的朋友，每當你想了解一段經文時，請嘗試閱讀原文。
請教任何研究過原文意思的人，但請記住，進入經文的最快方法是在聖靈裡禱告。
將這章禱告一遍。我可以毫不猶豫地說，如果跪下來讀一章經文，每字每句都仰望賜下它的神，它的意義就會比任何其他的研讀方法更明顯。
Prayer Meeting
禱告會
When he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying”— Acts 12:12.
想了一想，就往那稱呼馬可的約翰他母親馬利亞家去，在那裡有好些人聚集禱告。— 使徒行傳 Acts 12:12。
"… On all occasions “many were gathered together praying.” While praying the Spirit of God came down upon them; while praying the Spirit often separated this man and that for special work; while praying their hearts grew warm with inward fire; while praying their tongues were unloosed, and they went forth to speak to the people; and while praying the Lord opened to them the treasures of his grace. By prayer they were protected, and by prayer they grew; and if our churches are to live and grow they must be watered from the self-same source. “Let us pray,” is one of the most needful watchwords which I can suggest to Christian men and women, for if we will but pray, prayer will fill up the pools in the valley of Baca, yea, and open to us all the channels of that river of God which is full of water, the streams whereof make glad the city of our God.
「...在各種場合，」許多人聚集在一起禱告。
在禱告的時候，神的靈降臨到他們身上；
在禱告的時候，神的靈經常分派這個人和那個人去做特別的工作；
在禱告的時候，他們的心被內在的火焰燒得暖暖的；
在禱告的時候，他們的口舌被釋放出來，他們就出去對人說話；
在禱告的時候，主向他們開啟祂恩典的寶庫。
禱告使他們得保護，禱告使他們成長；
如果我們的教會要生存和成長，就必須從同樣的源頭澆灌。
「讓我們禱告 」是我能向基督徒男女們提出的最需要的警句之一，
因為只要我們禱告，禱告就會填滿巴卡山谷(譯註：即流淚谷，詩篇 Psalm 84:6)中的水池，
是的，並向我們打開神那滿有水的河流的所有渠道，其中的溪流會使我們 神的城喜樂。
Prayer and Praise
禱告與讚美(1)
Come, believer, when you pray, you are but a man, but when you praise, you are as an angel. When you ask favor, you are but a beggar, but when you stand up to extol, you become next of kin to cherubim and seraphim… If I were to put to you the question, “Do you pray?” the answer would very quickly given by every Christian, “Of course I do.”
Suppose I then added, “And do you pray every day?” the prompt reply would be, “Yes, many times in the day.
I could not live without prayer.” This is no more than I would expect. However, let me change the inquiry and ask, “Do you bless God every day? Is praise as certain and constant a practice with you as prayer?” I am not sure that the answer would be quite so certain, so generous, or so prompt. You would have to stop a little while before you gave the reply. I fear in some cases, when the reply did come, it would be, “I am afraid I have been negligent in praise.” Well, dear friend, have you not been wrong? Should we omit praise any more than we omit prayer? Should not praise come daily and as many times in the day as prayer does? It strikes me that to fail in praise is as unjustifiable as to fail in prayer. I will leave it with your own heart and conscience, when you have answered the question, to see to it in the future that far more of the sweet frankincense of praise is mingled with your daily offering of prayer. Praise is certainly not at all so common in family prayer as other forms of worship. We cannot all of us praise God in the family by joining in song, because we are not all able to carry a tune, but it would be well if we could. I agree with Matthew Henry when he says, “They that pray in the family do well; they that pray and read the Scriptures do better; but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all.” There is a completeness in that kind of family worship which is much to be desired.
來吧，信徒，當你祈禱時，你只是一個人，但當你讚美時，你就像天使一樣。
當你祈求時，你只是一個乞丐，但當你站起來讚美時，你就成為基路伯和撒拉弗的近親...
如果我問你一個問題：「你禱告嗎？」每個基督徒都會很快回答：「我當然禱告」。
如果我再問：「你每天都禱告嗎？」很快的回答會是：「是的，一天中有很多次。我不能沒有禱告。」這回答和我預料的一樣。
但是，讓我換個問題，問：「你每天都會讚美上帝嗎？讚美上帝是否像禱告一樣成為你經常做的事？」我不確定答案是否會如此肯定，如此大方，或如此迅速。你必須停頓一會兒再答覆。
在某些情況下，回答可能會是：「我恐怕我疏忽了讚美」。
親愛的朋友，難道你沒有錯嗎？
我們是否應該像忽略禱告一樣忽略讚美呢？
難道讚美不應該像禱告一樣每天都做嗎？
在我看來，讚美失敗和禱告失敗一樣，都是沒有道理的。
當你回答了這個問題之後，我會讓你自己的心和良知來決定，以後要注意在你每天獻上的禱告中，夾雜更多讚美的甜美乳香。
在家庭禱告中，讚美肯定不像其他形式的敬拜那麼普遍。
在家庭中，我們不可能所有人都齊聲讚美神，因為我們不是每個人都會唱歌，但如果我們能這樣做就好了。
我同意 Matthew Henry 的說法：「在家中禱告的人做得很好；禱告並讀經的人做得更好；但禱告、讀經和唱詩的人做得最好。」這種家庭敬拜的完整性是非常值得期待的。
Prayer heard should always suggest praise. It were well if we were more demonstrative in our holy rejoicings. We rob God by suppressing grateful emotions.
已被垂聽的禱告應該被讚美。如果我們在神聖的歡樂中能夠更明顯地表達自己，那就更好了。我們壓抑感恩的情感，因此而掠奪了上帝的榮耀。
"And my prayer unto the God of my life" (Ps 42:8). Prayer is yoked with praise. The living God is the God of our life; from him we derive it, with him in prayer and praise we spend it, to him we devote it, in him we shall perfect it. To be assured that our sighs and songs will both have free access to our glorious Lord is to have reasons for hope in the most deplorable condition.
「我要對神我的磐石說」（詩 Ps 42:8）。
禱告與讚美同歸於神。
永生的神是我們生命的神；我們的生命來自祂，我們在禱告和讚美中與祂一同度過，我們將我們的生命奉獻給祂，我們將在祂裡面完善我們的生命。
我們的嘆息和詩歌都可以自由地進入我們榮耀的主面前，這就是我們在最悲慘的情況下仍有希望的理由。
Prayer and the Place of Meditation
禱告與默想的關係
Do we not miss very much of the sweetness and efficacy of prayer by lack of careful meditation before it and of hopeful expectation after it? We too often rush into the presence of God without forethought or humility. We should be careful to keep the stream of meditation always running, for this is the water to drive the mill of prayer. Prayer without preparation is hawking with a blind falcon. Prayer is the work of the Holy Spirit, but he works by means. The Holy Spirit is the author of prayer, but he employs the thoughts of a fervent soul as the gold with which to fashion the vessel. Let not our prayers and praises be the flashes of a hot and hasty brain, but the steady burning of a well-kindled fire. Furthermore, we forget to watch for the result of our prayers. We sow the seed and are too ideal to seek a harvest. Let holy preparation link hands with patient expectation, and we shall have far larger answers to our prayers.
我們在禱告之前沒有仔細默想，在禱告之後也沒有滿懷盼望，這樣豈不是錯過了很多禱告的甜美和功效嗎？
我們常常沒有經過深思熟慮或謙卑就匆忙進入神的面前。
我們應當小心保持默想的水流常流動，因為這是驅動禱告的水源。
沒有預備的禱告是盲目的鷹獵。
禱告是聖靈的工作，但祂的工作是有方法的。
聖靈是禱告的創造者，但祂使用虔誠靈魂的思想作為塑造容器的金子。
讓我們的禱告和讚美不是熱切大腦的閃光，而是熊熊燃燒的火焰。
此外，我們忘記留意禱告的結果。我們播下種子，而過於理想化不尋求收成。
讓聖潔的預備與耐心的期待連成一線，我們的祈禱就會有更大的回應。
Proper Repetition in Prayer
正確重複禱告
"Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry! Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips." — Ps 17:1 NKJV
耶和華啊，求你聽聞公義，側耳聽我的呼籲，求你留心聽我這不出於詭詐嘴唇的祈禱。— 詩篇 Ps 17:1
Some repetitions are not vain. The reduplication here used is neither superstition nor tautology, but is like the repeated blow of a hammer hitting the same nail on the head to fix it the more effectually.
有些重複並非徒然。
這裡使用的重複既不是迷信，也不是同義反覆，而是像錘子重複敲擊同一個釘子的頭部，使其更有效地固定。
The Port of All Prayer is Always Open
所有禱告的港口永遠開放
Satan knows how to blockade our coasts with the iron warships of sorrow, but, blessed be God, the port of all prayer is still open, and grace can run the blockade bearing messages from earth to heaven, and blessings in return from heaven to earth… Prayer is that postern (private entrance) gate which is left open even when the city is straitly besieged by the enemy… It is never an ill time to pray; no distress should prevent us from using the divine remedy of supplication… the operation of prayer with God is immediate and personal. We may cry with confident and familiar importunity, while our Father himself listens.
撒旦知道如何用憂傷的鐵艦封鎖我們的海岸，
但讚美 神，所有禱告的港口仍然開放，恩典可以穿過封鎖，帶著從地上到天上的信息，以及從天上到地上的祝福…禱告從來都不是壞時機；
禱告是一扇後門（私密的入口），即使在整個城市被敵人嚴密圍繞之時仍然開著… 任何時候的祈禱都是合時宜的；任何困境都不應阻止我們使用祈禱這神聖良方……與上帝的祈禱行動是直接而且是個人的。我們可以充滿信心、熟知地祈求，而我們的天父會親自聆聽。
Mountain Moving Prayer
移山的禱告
"Then the earth shook and quaked and the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry." — Ps 18:7 NASB
那時因他發怒，地就搖撼戰抖，山的根基也震動搖撼。— 詩篇 Ps 18:7
Observe how the most solid and immovable things feel the force of supplication. Prayer has shaken houses, opened prison doors, and made stout hearts to quail. Prayer rings the alarm bell, and the Master of the house arises to the rescue, shaking all things beneath his tread… See how prayer moves earth and heaven, and raises storms to overthrow in a moment the foes of God’s Israel. Things were bad for David before he prayed, but they were much worse for his foes so soon as the petition had gone up to heaven. A trustful heart, by enlisting the divine aid, turns the tables on its enemies. If I must have an enemy let him not be a man of prayer, or he will get the better of me by calling his God into the quarrel.
觀察最堅固和不動的東西是如何感受到懇求的力量的：
禱告使房屋震動，使監獄的門打開，使剛強的心畏縮。
禱告敲響了警鐘，房主就起來拯救，腳踩大地，震動萬物。
看看禱告如何撼動天地，掀起風暴，在瞬間擊敗神的以色列的敵人。
在大衛禱告之前，他面臨困境，但一旦他的請願上達天聽，他的仇敵卻遭遇更大厄運。
一個充滿信賴的心，依靠 神的幫助，反過來擊敗它的敵人。
如果我一定要有一個敵人，就不要讓他是一個禱告的人，否則他會因叫他的神介入爭端而取得優勢。
Prayers of the Wicked
惡人的禱告
"They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them." — Ps 18:41 NASB
他們呼求，卻無人拯救；就是呼求耶和華，他也不應允。 — 詩篇 Ps 18:41
Prayer is so notable a weapon that even the wicked will take to it in their fits of desperation. Bad men have appealed to God against God’s own servants, but all in vain; the kingdom of heaven is not divided, and God never succors his foes at the expense of his friends. There are prayers to God which are no better than blasphemy, which bring no comfortable reply, but rather provoke the Lord to greater wrath.
禱告是如此顯著的武器，甚至惡人在絕望時也會使用它。
壞人向 神祈求對付神自己的僕人，但都是徒勞的；
天國不會分裂，神從不以犧牲祂的朋友來幫助祂的敵人。
有些向上帝的祈禱無異於褻瀆，不但得不到適的回應，反而激起 神更大的憤怒。
Prayer and Presumptuous Sins
禱告和任意妄為的罪
"Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me:" — Ps 19:13a
求你攔阻僕人，不犯任意妄為的罪，不容這罪轄制我，我便完全，免犯大罪。— 詩篇 Ps 19:13a
This earnest and humble prayer teaches us that saints may fall into the worst of sins unless restrained by grace, and that therefore they must watch and pray lest they enter into temptation. There is a natural proneness to sin in the best of people, and they must be held back as a horse is held back by the bit or they will run into it. Presumptuous sins are particularly dangerous. All sins are great sins, but yet some sins are greater than others. Every sin has in it the very venom of rebellion; but there are some sins which have in them a greater development of the essential mischief of rebellion, and which wear upon their faces more of the brazen pride which defies the Most High. It is wrong to suppose that because all sins will condemn us, that therefore one sin is not greater than another. The presumptuous sins of our text are the chief and worst of all sins.
這個懇切謙卑的禱告教導我們，聖徒除非受到恩典的約束，否則可能會陷入最嚴重的罪(任意妄為的罪)中，因此他們必須儆醒禱告，免得進入試探中。
最優秀的人都有犯罪的天性，他們必須被牽制住，就像馬被馬的嚼環牽制住一樣，否則他們就會陷入罪中。
任意妄為的罪尤其危險。所有的罪都是大罪，但有些罪比其他罪更大。
每一個罪都包含了反叛的毒素；但是有些罪包含了更大的反叛本質，並且表現出更多挑釁至高者的驕傲。
不能假設因為所有的罪都會定我們為罪，所以一個罪就不比另一個更嚴重，這是錯誤的。
詩篇 19:13 的經文裡指出，任意妄為的罪是所有罪中最主要和最壞的。
有關於「任意妄為的罪」，請參照本網站的解釋 :
任意妄為的罪：本質、聖經案例與屬靈意義
Prayer and Meditation
禱告與默想
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer." — Ps 19:14 NASB
耶和華我的磐石，我的救贖主啊，願我口中的言語、心裡的意念在你面前蒙悅納。 — 詩篇 Ps 19:14
A sweet prayer, and so spiritual that it is almost as commonly used in Christian worship as the apostolic benediction. Words are mockery if the heart does not meditate; but both together are useless unless accepted; and even if accepted by man, it is all vanity if not acceptable in the sight of God. We must in prayer view Jehovah as our strength enabling, and our Redeemer saving, or we shall not pray aright, and it is well to feel our personal interest so as to use the word my, or our prayers will be hindered. Blessed Redeemer, give us now to meditate acceptably upon thy most sweet love and tenderness.
這是一句甜美的禱告經文，非常屬靈，在基督徒的敬拜中，幾乎和使徒的祝禱文一樣常用。
心若不默想，言語就是一種嘲諷；但若不被接納，默想和言語兩者加起來都是無用的；即使被人接納，若在 神眼中不被接納，也是枉然的。
在禱告中，我們必須視耶和華為我們的力量，使我們得力；我們的救贖主，拯救我們，否則我們的禱告就不正確。
賜福我們的救贖主，讓我們現在默想祢最甜蜜的愛與溫柔。
Prayer and New Birth
禱告與新生
Prayer is the autograph of the Holy Spirit upon the renewed heart. Nothing can make a true believer cease praying; it is a part of his nature, and pray he must. Saints are first called of God, and then they call upon God; such calls as theirs always obtain answers. Not without prayer will the blessing come to the most favored, but by means of prayer they will receive all good things.
禱告是聖靈在更新的心上親筆簽署的筆跡。
沒有任何事物能使一個真正的信徒停止禱告；禱告是他本性的一部分，他必須禱告。
聖徒先被神呼召，然後他們呼求神；他們的呼求總是會得到回應。
即使是最蒙恩的人，若沒有禱告，祝福也不會降臨，但藉著禱告，他們將獲得一切美好的事物。
The Soul and Prayer
禱告與靈魂
"To Thee, O Lord, I lift up my soul" — Ps 25:1
耶和華啊，我的心仰望你。 — 詩篇 Ps 25:1
See how the holy soul flies to its God like a dove to its cote. When the stormwinds are out, the Lord’s vessels put about and make for their well-remembered harbor of refuge. What a mercy that the Lord will condescend to hear our cries in time of trouble, although we may have almost forgotten him in our hours of fancied prosperity. It is but mockery to lift up the hands and the eyes unless we also bring our souls into our devotions. True prayer may be described as the soul rising from earth to have fellowship with heaven; it is taking a journey upon Jacob’s ladder, leaving our cares and fears at the foot, and meeting with a covenant God at the top. Very often the soul cannot rise, she has lost her wings, and is heavy and earth-bound; more like a burrowing mole than a soaring eagle. At such dull seasons we must not give over prayer, but must, by God’s assistance, exert all our powers to lift up our hearts. But what a lift it has sometimes proved! With all our tugging and straining we have been utterly defeated, until our Saviour’s love has displayed its omnipotent attractions, and then our hearts have gone up like flames of fire… As long as the anchor of faith holds there is no fear in the worst tempest; if that should fail us there would be no hope left. We must see to it that our faith is sound and strong, for otherwise prayer cannot prevail with God. Woe to the warrior who throws away his shield; what defense can be found for him who finds no defense in his God?
看看聖潔的靈魂如何飛向 神，就像鴿子飛向它的巢穴。
當風暴來臨時，屬主的船隻就會掉頭，駛向他們熟記的避難港。
儘管我們在虛偽的繁榮時光中幾乎忘記了主，但主仍會在患難中垂聽我們的呼求，這是何等的慈悲。
除非我們也將我們的靈魂帶入我們的禱告中，否則舉起雙手和雙眼只是一種諷刺。
真正的禱告可以說是靈魂從地上升起，與天相交；是在雅各的梯子上下往返(創世紀 Gen 28:10-22)，把我們的憂慮和恐懼留在梯子腳下，在梯子頂上與立約的 神會面。
很多時候，靈魂無法站起來，她失去了翅膀，變得沉重、被地束縛；更像一隻穴居的鼴鼠，而不是一隻翱翔的鷹。
在這種沉悶的時刻，我們不能放棄禱告，而必須靠著神的幫助，盡我們所有的力量來提升我們的心。
但事實證明，有時這是多麼的艱難！
只要信心的錨還在，再大的風浪也不怕；如果信心的錨失效了，我們就沒有希望了。
我們必須確保我們的信心是健全堅固的，否則禱告就不能在神面前得勝。
拋棄盾牌的戰士有禍了；在神裡找不到防禦的人，他還能找到什麼防禦呢？
Prayer and Answers
禱告與回應
We may expect answers to prayer, and should not be easy without them any more than we should be if we had written a letter to a friend upon important business, and had received no reply.
我們可以期望禱告得到回應，但如果沒有回應，我們就會感到不安，就好比我們給朋友寫了一封有關重要事務的信，卻沒有收到回覆一樣。
Genuine suppliants are not satisfied with the results of prayer itself in calming the mind and subduing the will—they must go further and obtain actual replies from heaven, at once if possible; they dread even a little of God’s silence. When God seems to close his ear, we must not therefore close our mouths, but rather cry with more earnestness; for when our note grows shrill with eagerness and grief, he will not long deny us a hearing. What a dreadful case should we be in if the Lord should become forever silent to our prayers! This thought suggested itself to David ("Do not be deaf to me" Ps 28:1), and he turned it into a plea, thus teaching us to argue and reason with God in our prayers. Deprived of God who answers prayer, we should be in a more pitiable plight than the dead in the grave, and should soon sink to the same level as the lost in hell. We must have answers to prayer: ours is an urgent case of dire necessity; surely the Lord will speak peace to our agitated minds, for he never can find it in his heart to permit his own elect to perish… We cannot be put off with a refusal when we are in the spirit of prayer; we labor and agonize until a hearing is granted… Answered prayers should be acknowledged. We should live daily in the heavenly atmosphere of thankful love.
真誠的祈禱者並不滿足於祈禱本身在平靜心靈和制服意志方面的效果
──他們必須更進一步，從天上得到實際的回應，如果可能的話，立刻得到；他們甚至害怕神的一點點沉默。
當神似乎閉上耳朵時，我們不要因此而閉口，反而要更懇切地呼求；因為當我們的聲音因急切和悲傷而變得尖銳時，祂不會拒絕聽我們的聲音太久。
如果主永遠對我們的禱告保持沉默，我們的處境會是何等的可怕！
大衛有這樣的想法（「不要向我緘默！」詩 Ps 28:1），他把這個想法轉化為懇求，因此教導我們在禱告中與 神辯論和理論。
如果我們沒有回應禱告的神，我們的處境應該比死在墳墓中的人更可憐，而且很快就會沉淪到與失喪在地獄中的人相同的地步。
我們的禱告必須得到回應：我們的情況極為緊急；主必向我們煩躁的心說平安話，因為祂心中從不允許祂自己的選民滅亡…
當我們在禱告的靈里時，被拒絕不能讓我們氣餒；我們應努力不懈，直到獲得聆聽……；已蒙應允的禱告應該被承認。
我們應該每日生活在感恩愛心的天國氛圍中。
Prayer heard should always suggest praise. It were well if we were more demonstrative in our holy rejoicings. We rob God by suppressing grateful emotions.
已被垂聽的禱告應該被讚美。如果我們在神聖的歡樂中能夠更明顯地表達自己，那就更好了。我們壓抑感恩的情感，因此而掠奪了上帝的榮耀。
"Unanswered" prayer: For our prayer to appear to be unheard is no new trial. Jesus felt it before us. He still held fast on God, and cried still, “My God,” but his faith did not render him less importunate. (troublesome urgency - overly persistent in request or demand) Our Lord continued to pray even though no comfortable answer came, and in this he set us an example of obedience to the words, “men ought always to pray, and not to faint.” No daylight is too glaring and no midnight too dark to pray in; no delay or apparent denial, however grievous, should tempt us to forbear from importunate pleading.
「未蒙應允」的祈禱：我們的禱告似乎未被垂聽，這不是新的試煉。
耶穌比我們更早感受到這一點。祂仍然緊緊倚靠神，仍然呼求：「我的神」，但祂的信心並沒有減少祂的懇切祈禱。
儘管沒有得到令人滿意的答覆，但我們的上帝仍然繼續禱告，
在這方面祂為我們樹立了一個順服的榜樣，就是「要人常常禱告，不可灰心。」(路加福音 Luke 18:1)
。不論白晝多麼明亮，不論夜晚多麼黑暗，總要祈禱的；無論拖延或明顯的拒絕有多麼嚴重，都不應誘使我們放棄堅持不懈的懇求。
Pharisees may rest in their prayers; true believers are eager for an answer to them.
法利賽人可以在他們的禱告中得到安息；真正的信徒則渴望他們的禱告得到回應。
God’s memorial is that he hears prayer, and his glory is that he answers it in a manner fitted to inspire awe in the hearts of his people.
神的記念是祂聆聽禱告，祂的榮耀是祂以適合的方式回應禱告，使祂的子民心生敬畏。
Our experience confirms us in the belief that Jehovah the living God really does aid those who call upon him, and therefore we pray because we really find it to be a practical and effectual means of obtaining help from God in the hour of need. There can be no reason for praying if there be no expectation of the Lord’s answering.
我們的經驗說明了，我們相信永生神耶和華真的會幫助那些求告祂的人，
我們因此禱告是因為我們真的發現禱告是在需要的時候從神那裡獲得幫助的實際而有效的方法。
如果不期待主的應允，就沒有禱告的理由。
Prayer is never lost: if it bless not those for whom intercession is made, it will bless the intercessors. Clouds do not always descend in showers upon the same spot from which the vapors ascended, but they come down somewhere; and so do supplications in some place or other yield their showers of mercy.
禱告從未落空：若不祝福為之代求的人，必祝福代求的人。
雲彩並不總是灑落在蒸氣升起的同一個地方，但它們會在某個地方降下；
祈禱也是如此，在某個地方或其他地方灑下憐憫的雨露。
When answers come upon the heels of our prayers they are all the more encouraging.
當我們的禱告得到回應時，就更加令人鼓舞。
Answered prayers bring God very near to us.
蒙應允的禱告使我們與神更加親近。
Prayer may be answered in anger and denied in love. That God gives a man his desire is no proof that he is the object of divine favor; everything depends upon what that desire is.
祈禱可能在憤怒中得到回應，也可能在愛中被拒絕。
上帝滿足了一個人的願望，這並不能證明他是神恩惠的對象；一切都取決於那個願望是什麼。
Answered prayers are silken bonds which bind poor hearts to God. When someone’s prayers are answered, love is the natural result.
蒙應允的禱告是將貧窮的心靈與上帝聯繫在一起的絲綢紐帶。
當某人的禱告得到回應時，愛是自然而然的結果。
When prayer is heard in our feebleness, and answered in the strength and greatness of God, we are strengthened in the habit of prayer, and confirmed in the resolve to make ceaseless intercession.
當我們的禱告在我們的軟弱中蒙垂聽，並在神的剛強和大能中得到回應時，我們在祈禱的習慣上得到力量，並堅決的不斷地代求。
Prayer and Praise
禱告與讚美(2)
Praise as well as prayer was presented to the Father by our Lord Jesus, and we are not truly his followers unless our resolve be, “I will bless the Lord.”
讚美與祈禱都是由主耶穌呈現給天父的，除非我們的決志是 「我要讚美稱頌耶和華」，否則我們就不是祂真正的跟隨者。
The pendulum of spirituality swings from prayer to praise. Spiritual life is prayer and praise. The voice of prayer soon awakens praise.
靈修的鐘擺從禱告擺向讚美。
靈性生活就是禱告和讚美。
禱告的聲音很快就喚醒讚美。
From prayer to praise is never a long or difficult journey. Be sure that he who prays for holiness will one day praise for happiness.
從祈禱到讚美從來都不是一個漫長或困難的旅程。要確信，祈求聖潔的人，總有一天會讚美幸福喜樂。
In our most importunate (troublesome urgency - overly persistent in request or demand) intercessions, we must find breathing time to bless the Lord: praise is never a hindrance to prayer, but rather a lively refreshment therein.
我們必須在我們最迫切的代禱中，尋找到讚美主的呼吸時間：
讚美從不是禱告的阻礙，反而是其中活潑的滋潤。
Prayer is yoked with praise. The living God is the God of our life; from him we derive it, with him in prayer and praise we spend it, to him we devote it, in him we shall perfect it. To be assured that our sighs and songs will both have free access to our glorious Lord is to have reasons for hope in the most deplorable condition.
禱告與讚美同轭。
永生的神是我們生命的神；我們的生命來自祂，我們在禱告和讚美中與祂一同度過，我們將我們的生命奉獻給祂，我們將在祂裡面完善我們的生命
我們的嘆息和詩歌都可以自由地進入我們榮耀的主面前，這就是我們在最悲慘的情況下仍有盼望的理由。
It is well when praise and prayer go together. Since the Lord’s answers so frequently follow close at the heels of our petitions, and even overtake them, it becomes us to let our grateful praises keep pace with our humble prayers.
讚美和祈禱同時進行是件好事。
由於主的回應經常緊隨我們的請求，甚至超越我們的請求，因此我們應該讓感恩的讚美與謙卑的祈禱並行。
If anything can make a man pray and praise, it is the knowledge that the Lord is his God.
如果有什麼能使人禱告讚美，那就是知道耶和華是他的 神。
Let us bless God before we pray, and while we pray, and when we have done praying, for he always deserves it of us. If we cannot understand him, we will not distrust him. When his ways are beyond our judgment we will not be so foolish as to judge; yet we shall do so if we consider his dealings to be unkind or unfaithful. He is, he must be, he shall be forever our blessed God.
讓我們在禱告之前、禱告的時候、禱告完畢之後都稱頌神，因為他總是值得我們讚美祂、高舉祂、敬拜祂的。
如果我們了解祂，就會信任祂。
當祂的道路超出我們的判斷範圍時，我們不會愚蠢地去評判；然而，如果我們認為他的行為是不仁慈或不忠實的，我們就會這樣做(去評判)。
祂是，祂必須是，祂將永遠是我們蒙福的神。
Now prayer follows upon praise, and derives strength of faith and holy boldness therefrom. It is frequently best to begin worship with a hymn, and then to bring forth our vials full of odors after the harps have commenced their sweeter sounds.
讚美之後是祈禱，祈禱從中得到信心的力量和聖潔的勇氣。
通常最好以一首讚美詩開始敬拜，然後在豎琴發出更甜美的聲音後，再拿出滿載馨香之氣的香膏玉瓶。
"Praise ye the Lord" (Ps 113:1) or Hallelujah, praise to Jah, Jehovah. Praise is an essential offering at all the solemn feasts of the people of God. Prayer is the myrrh, and praise is the frankincense, and both of these must be presented unto the Lord. How can we pray for mercy for the future if we do not bless God for his love in the past? The Lord hath wrought all good things for us; let us therefore adore him. All other praise is to be excluded; the entire devotion of the soul must be poured out unto Jehovah only.
「你們要讚美耶和華！(或哈利路亞, 讚美耶和華)」（詩 Ps 113:1）
讚美是神子民所有莊嚴節期中不可或缺的祭物。禱告是沒藥，讚美是乳香，兩者都必須呈獻給主。
如果我們不為 神過去的愛稱頌讚美祂，我們怎能為將來祈求憐憫呢？
主為我們成就了一切美事，因此我們要敬拜祂。
其他一切的讚美都要被排除在外；靈魂的全部愛都要奉獻傾注在耶和華身上。
Prayer Our Resource
禱告，我們永不枯竭的資源
Prayer is the unfailing resource of God’s people. If they are driven to their wits’ end, they may still go to the mercy-seat. When an earthquake makes our mountain tremble, the throne of grace still stands firm, and we may come to it. Let us never forget to pray, and let us never doubt the success of prayer. Prayer will succeed where all else fails.
禱告是神子民永不枯竭的資源。
如果他們被逼得走投無路，他們仍可到憐憫施恩的寶座前。
當地震使我們的山搖動時，恩典的寶座仍然屹立不倒，我們可以到它那裡去。
讓我們永遠不要忘記禱告，也永遠不要懷疑禱告的成功。
禱告會在一切失敗的地方成功。
The Grounds of Prayer
禱告的基礎
"O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! For Thou art the God of my strength" — Ps 43:1-2
神啊，求你申我的冤，向不虔誠的國為我辨屈，求你救我脫離詭詐不義的人！因為你是賜我力量的神。為何丟棄我呢？我為何因仇敵的欺壓時常哀痛呢？ — 詩篇 Ps 43:1-2
"For", which is the very sinew of prayer. If we reasoned more with the Lord we should have more victories in supplication. All my strength belongs to thee. I will not, therefore, use it on my own behalf against my personal foes; I seek help from thee; I leave the task of combating my foes entirely in thy hands.
「因為」，是禱告的筋骨。如果我們多與主講道理，我們在祈求時應該有更多的得著。
我所有的力量都屬於祢。因此，我不會用我的力量來對付我的仇敵；我向祢尋求幫助；我將對付仇敵的任務完全交託在祢的手中。
The Word of the Lord arouses prayer
主的話語喚起禱告
Our prayers are according to the mind of God when they are according to the Word of God.
當我們的禱告是合乎神的話語時，就是合乎神的心意。
It is instructive to find meditation so constantly connected with fervent prayer: it is the fuel which sustains the flame. How rare an article is it in these days.
默想與熱切祈禱總是密切相連,這是值得學習的。默想就是維持心火的燃料。在如今這樣的時代,能夠如此的人實在是罕見。
Those can pray best who make most sure of their personal interest in God, and those who have the fullest assurance that the Lord is their God should be the foremost to plead for the rest of the faithful.
那些最能確信自己在 神裡的個人利益的人，最能禱告；那些最能確信耶和華是他們的神的人，應該是最先為其他信徒懇求的人。
"Thou art my King, O God. Command victories for Jacob." (Ps 44:4) This verse contains a personal declaration and an intercessory prayer; those can pray best who make most sure of their personal interest in God, and those who have the fullest assurance that the Lord is their God should be the foremost to plead for the rest of the faithful.
神啊，你是我的王，求你出令使雅各得勝。(詩 Ps 44:4）
這節經文包含了個人的宣告和代求的禱告；那些最能確信自己在 神裡的個人利益的人，最能禱告；那些最能確信耶和華是他們的神的人，應該是最先為其他信徒懇求的人。
It is but mockery to lift up the hands and the eyes unless we also bring our souls into our devotions. True prayer may be described as the soul rising from earth to have fellowship with heaven; it is taking a journey upon Jacob’s ladder, leaving our cares and fears at the foot, and meeting with a covenant God at the top. Very often the soul cannot rise, she has lost her wings, and is heavy and earth-bound; more like a burrowing mole than a soaring eagle. At such dull seasons we must not give over prayer, but must, by God’s assistance, exert all our powers to lift up our hearts. But what a lift it has sometimes proved! With all our tugging and straining we have been utterly defeated, until our Saviour’s love has displayed its omnipotent attractions, and then our hearts have gone up like flames of fire.
除非我們也將自己的靈魂帶進我們的禱告中，否則舉起手和眼睛只是一種諷刺。
真正的禱告可以說是靈魂從地上升起，與天相交；是在雅各的梯子上旅行，把我們的憂慮和恐懼留在梯子腳下，在梯頂與立約的神會面。
很多時候，靈魂無法站起來，她失去了翅膀，變得沉重、被地束縛；更像一隻穴居的鼴鼠，而不是一隻翱翔的鷹。
在這種沉悶的時刻，我們不能放棄禱告，而必須藉著神的協助，盡我們所有的力量來提升我們的心。
但事實證明，這有時是多麼的艱難！儘管我們盡力掙扎，但還是徹底被擊敗，直到救主的愛展現了它無所不能的吸引力，我們的心才像火焰一樣燃燒起來。
It is the mark of a thoughtful prayer that the titles which are applied to God are appropriate, and are, as it were, congruous to the matter, and fitted to add force to the argument. Will Jehovah endure to see his people oppressed? Will the God of hosts permit his enemies to exult over his servant? Will the faithful God of a chosen people leave his chosen to perish? The name of God is, even in a literal sense, a fortress and high tower for all his people.
這是一個深思熟慮的禱告的標記，應用在神身上的稱謂是合適的，而且與事情相符，並適合增加論據的力量。
耶和華豈忍心看見祂的百姓受欺壓嗎？萬軍之神會允許祂的敵人向祂的僕人誇勝嗎？信實之神會任由祂所揀選的子民滅亡嗎？
即使從字面上來看，神的名也是祂子民的堡壘和高塔。
"For my expectation is from him" (Ps 62:5) We expect from God because we believe in him. Expectation is the child of prayer and faith, and is owned of the Lord as an acceptable grace. We should desire nothing but what it would be right for God to give, then our expectation would be all from God; and concerning truly good things we should not look to second causes, but to the Lord alone, and so again our expectation would be all from him.
「我的心哪，你當默默無聲，專等候神，因為我的盼望是從他而來。」（詩 Ps 62:5）
我們盼望神，因為我們相信祂。
盼望是禱告和信心的產物，是主所擁有的可接受的恩典。
除了神應當賜下的，我們不應渴求任何東西，那麼我們的盼望就全然來自神；並且關於真正美好的事物，我們不應尋求次要原因，而應單單仰望主，如此我們的盼望就全然來自於祂。
Promised preservation should be the subject of perpetual prayer; and we may pray believingly, for those who have God for their keeper will be safe from all the perils of the way.
神所應許的保守應該成為永久祈禱的主題；
我們可以虔誠地祈禱，因為有神守護的人將會免於路上的一切危險。
With God’s faithfulness and righteousness upon our side we are guarded on the right hand and on the left. These are active attributes, and fully equal to the answering of any prayer which it would be right to answer. Requests which do not appeal to either of these attributes it would not be for the glory of God to hear, for they must contain desires for things unpromised, and unrighteous.
有神的信實和公義在我們身邊，我們在右邊和左邊都受到保護。
這些都是主動的屬性，完全等同於對任何應該回應的禱告的回答。
不符合上述任何一項屬性的祈禱請求，都不會給上帝帶來榮耀， 神是不會聽的，因為這些請求必定包含對未應許、不義之物的請求。
"O my God, make haste for my help" (Ps 71:12) To call God ours, as having entered into covenant with us, is a mighty plea in prayer, and a great stay to our faith. The cry of make haste has occurred many times in this portion of the Psalms, and it was evoked by the sore pressure of affliction.
我的神啊，求你速速幫助我！（詩 Ps 71:12）
稱神為我們的神，因為神已經與我們立約，這是禱告中一個大能的請求，也是我們信心的一大支柱。
在這部分的詩篇中，急切的呼求出現了很多次，它是由痛苦的壓力喚起的。
"Let us kneel before the Lord our maker." (Ps 95:6) Posture is not everything—prayer is heard when knees cannot bend—but it is seemly that an adoring heart should show its awe by prostrating the body, and bending the knee.
讓我們跪在造我們的主面前。(詩 95:6)
姿勢並不是一切，當膝蓋不能彎曲時，禱告也能被垂聽，但敬拜的心應該藉著俯伏身體和屈膝來表示敬畏。
Longing is the soul of praying, and when the soul longs till it breaks, it cannot be long before the blessing will be granted.
渴慕是禱告的靈魂，當靈魂渴慕到要破碎時，祝福很快就會到來。
There are many whose formal prayers and false professions will never bring them into communion with the Lord. To pray in truth, we must have a true heart, and the truth in our heart; and then we must be humble, for pride is a falsehood; and be earnest, or else prayer is a lie. A God of truth cannot be nigh to the spirit of hypocrisy; neither can he be far from a sincere spirit, since it is his work, and he forsakes not the work of his own hands.
有許多人形式上的祈禱和虛假的表白永遠不會使他們與主有交通。
要真誠地禱告，
我們必須有真誠的心，心中要有真理；
然後要謙卑，因為驕傲是虛假的；
要懇切，否則禱告就是謊言。
真理的神不能親近虛偽的靈；
祂也不能遠離真誠的靈，因為那是祂的工作，祂也不丟棄祂親手所做的工。
Prayers which come out of distress generally come out of the heart, and therefore they go to the heart of God. Prayer may be bitter in the offering, but it will be sweet in the answering.
從憂傷中湧出的禱告，一般都是出自內心，因此，這些禱告也會進入神的內心。禱告在獻上時可能是苦的，但在回應時卻是甜的。
So many a one offers what he calls prayer when he is in good case and thinks well of himself, but in very deed the only real cry to God is that which is forced out of him by a sense of utter helplessness and misery. We pray best when we are fallen on our faces in painful helplessness.
許多人在情況良好、自覺良好時，會提出所謂的禱告，
但事實上，他唯一真正向神呼求的，是在極度無助和悲慘的情況下被迫提出的。
我們在痛苦無助時面臨困境時最能祈禱。
Prayer: Trial, Suffering and Affliction
禱告：試煉、苦難和患難
Under trial it is not easy to behave ourselves aright; a candle is not easily kept alight when many envious mouths are puffing at it. In evil times prayer is particularly needful, and the wise resort to it at once. If we would be preserved, we must cry to the Preserver, and enlist divine support upon our side.
在試煉中，要保持行為端正並不容易；
當許多妒忌的嘴對著蠟燭吹氣時，要保持蠟燭仍然燃燒的也不容易。
在邪惡的時代，禱告是特別需要的，明智的人會立即求助禱告。
如果我們想得到保護，就必須向保護者呼求，並尋求神在我們身邊的支持。
No net of trouble can so hold us that the Lord cannot free us. Our afflictions may be numerous and complicated, but prayer can set us free from them all, for the Lord will show himself strong on our behalf.
沒有任何煩惱的網能困住我們，使主不能釋放我們。
我們的苦難可能又多又複雜，但禱告可以使我們脫離一切苦難，因為主會為我們顯出他的剛強。
Prayer stands us in good stead in every evil day.
禱告使我們在每一個艱難的日子都能站立得穩。
Silence to man and prayer to God are the best cures for the evil of slander.
對人保持緘默和向神祈禱，是治療誹謗之惡的最佳良方。
The weapon of all-prayer is one which the believer may always carry with him, and use in every time of need.
一切祈禱的武器是信徒隨時隨地可攜帶和使用的，以應對任何需要。
Let us always resort to prayer in our despondent times, for it is the surest and shortest way out of the depths. In that prayer let us plead nothing but the Word of God; for there is no plea like a promise, no argument like a word from our covenant God.
在我們絕望的時候，讓我們時常訴諸禱告，因為這是走出深淵的最可靠、最捷徑的方法。
在禱告中，除了神的話語外，我們什麼都不要申辯；
因為沒有任何申辯比得上應許，沒有任何論據比得上我們立約之神的話語。
Suffering enlarges the heart by creating the power to sympathize. If we pray eagerly for ourselves, we shall not long be able to forget our fellow-sufferers. We ought to be grateful for occasional griefs if they preserve us from chronic hardheartedness; for of all afflictions, an unkind heart is the worst. Prayer when it is of the Holy Spirit’s teaching is never selfish; the believer would have everyone in a similar state to partake of divine mercy with him.
苦難藉由產生同情的力量來擴大心胸。
如果我們急切地為自己禱告，就不會忘記我們的同胞
。如果偶爾的悲傷能使我們免於長期的心硬，我們就應該心存感激；
因為在所有的苦難中，不仁慈的心是最可怕的。
當禱告是聖靈的教導時，禱告是絕對不自私的；
信徒希望每個處於相同境況的人都能與他一同分享神的憐憫。
Prayer is as effectual on a sick-bed as in the wilderness or in prison; it may be tried in all places and circumstances with certain result.
禱告在病床上、曠野或監獄中都是有效的。
Prayer is good in a storm. We may pray staggering and reeling, and when we are at our wit’s end. God will hear us amid the thunder and answer us.
在暴風雨中禱告是好的。
我們可能會驚慌失措，搖搖欲墜，在我們陷入困境時禱告。上帝會在雷聲中聽見我們並回答我們。
"My knees are weak through fasting and my flesh faileth of fatness" (Ps 109:24) He was wasted to a skeleton, and as his body was emaciated, so was his soul bereft of comfort: he was pining away, and all the while his enemies saw it and laughed at his distress. How pathetically he states his case; this is one of the truest forms of prayer, the setting forth of our sorrow before the Lord. Weak knees are strong with God, and failing flesh has great power in leading.
「我因禁食膝骨軟弱，我身上的肉也漸漸瘦了。」（詩 Ps 109:24）他瘦骨嶙峋，形銷骨立，正如他身體的憔悴，他的靈魂也失去了慰藉：他正在憔悴，而他的敵人卻眼睜睜地看著，並嘲笑他的痛苦。
他陳述自己的處境是多麼的可悲；這是一種最真實的祈禱形式，將我們的悲傷呈現在主面前。
軟弱的膝蓋因上帝而強壯，衰弱的肉體在引導方面具有巨大的力量。
"Help me, O Lord my God" (Ps 109:26) . Laying hold of Jehovah by the appropriating word my, he implores his aid both to help him to bear his heavy load and to enable him to rise superior to it. He has described his own weakness, and the strength and fury of his foes, and by these two arguments he urges his appeal with double force. This is a very rich, short, and suitable prayer for believers in any situation of peril, difficulty, or sorrow.
「耶和華我的神啊，求你幫助我」（詩 Ps 109:26）。
他以 「我的」這個詞來抓住耶和華，懇求祂幫助他承擔重擔，並使他能超越重擔。
他描述了自己的軟弱，以及敵人的強大和憤怒，透過這兩個論點，他以雙倍的力量提出他的訴求。
這篇禱告內容豐富、簡短、適合信徒在任何危險、困難或憂傷的情況下使用。
"O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul." (Ps 116:4) This form of petition is short, comprehensive, to the point, humble, and earnest. Real trouble produces real prayer. Here we have no multiplicity of words, and no fine arrangement of sentences; everything is simple and natural; there is not a redundant syllable, and yet there is not one lacking.
耶和華啊，求你救我的靈魂！(詩 Ps 116:4）
這種祈求方式簡短、全面、切題、謙卑、懇切。真正的煩惱產生真正的禱告。
在這裡，我們沒有多餘的字詞，也沒有精細的句子安排；一切都是簡單自然的；沒有多餘的音節，但也沒有缺少的音節。
Prayer: Silent and Audible
無聲與有聲的禱告
There are two sorts of prayer—those expressed in words, and the unuttered longings which abide as silent meditations. Words are not the essence but the garments of prayer. Moses at the Red Sea cried to God, though he said nothing. Yet the use of language may prevent distraction of mind, assist the powers of the soul, and excite devotion. David uses both modes of prayer, and craves for the one a hearing, and for the other a consideration: if I have asked what is right, give it to me; if I have omitted to ask what I most needed, fill up the vacancy in my prayer; consider it as presented through my all-glorious Mediator, then regard it in thy wisdom, judge my sincerity and the true state of my needs, and answer me in due time for thy mercies’ sake! There may be prevailing intercession where there are no words, and words where there is no true supplication. Let us cultivate the spirit of prayer which is even better than the habit of prayer. We should begin to pray before we kneel down, and we should not cease when we rise up.
禱告有兩種：一種是用語言表達的禱告；另一種是無聲默想的禱告。
語言不是禱告的本質，而是禱告的外衣。
摩西在紅海邊向上帝呼喊，但他什麼也沒說。然而，語言的使用可以防止思想分散，增強靈魂的力量，並激發虔誠。
大衛使用兩種祈禱模式，渴望前者能被垂聽，後者能被考慮：
如果我所求的是對的，請賜給我；
如果我遺漏了最需要的，請填補我祈禱中的空缺；
將其視為透過我那榮耀的中保所獻上的，然後以你的智慧來考量，
判斷我的真誠和我需求的真實狀態，
並為了你的憐憫，在適當的時候回應我！
有時無聲勝有聲，有時言不由衷。讓我們培養禱告的精神，這甚至比禱告的習慣更好。我們應該在跪下之前開始禱告，在起身之後也不要停止。
The voice may be profitably used even in private prayer; for though it is unnecessary, it is often helpful, and aids in preventing distractions.
即使在私下禱告時，使用聲音也是有益的；
因為雖然聲音是不必要的，但往往是有幫助的，並有助於防止分心。
People find it very helpful to use their voices in prayer; it is difficult long to maintain the intensity of devotion unless we hear ourselves speak.
人們發現在禱告中使用自己的聲音很有幫助；
除非我們聽到自己說話，否則很難長時間保持虔誠的心。
Vocal prayer helps the supplicant, and we keep our minds more fully awake when we can use our tongues as well as our hearts.
有聲的祈禱幫助祈禱者，當我們可以使用我們的舌頭以及我們的心時，我們會保持我們的頭腦更完全清醒。
A silent prayer may have a louder voice than the cries of those priests who sought to awaken Baal with their shouts.
無聲的祈禱可能比那些試圖用呼喊喚醒巴力的祭司的呼喊聲更大。
"Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer." (Ps 64:1) It often helps devotion if we are able to use the voice and speak audibly; but even mental prayer has a voice with God which he will hear. We do not read that Moses had spoken with his lips at the Red Sea, and yet the Lord said to him, “Why criest thou unto me?” Prayers which are unheard on earth may be among the best heard in heaven. It is our duty to note how constantly David turns to prayer; it is his battleaxe and weapon of war; he uses it under every pressure, whether of inward sin or outward wrath, foreign invasion or domestic rebellion. We shall act wisely if we make prayer to God our first and best trusted resource in every hour of need.
神啊，我哀嘆的時候，求你聽我的聲音。(詩 Ps 64:1）
如果我們能夠用聲音說話，往往有助於奉獻；但即使是心靈的禱告，在神面前也有聲音，祂會聽見。
我們沒有讀到摩西在紅海用嘴說話，然而主對他說：「你為甚麼向我喊叫呢？」在地上聽不到的禱告，可能是在天上聽得最清楚的禱告。
我們有責任注意大衛是如何不斷地轉向禱告；禱告是他的戰斧和戰爭的武器；他在每種壓力下都使用它，不論是內在的罪或外在的忿怒、外國的侵略或國內的叛逆。
如果我們在每一個有需要的時刻，都以向神祈禱作為我們第一和最可信賴的資源，我們的行為將會是明智的。
"I Love the Lord, because He hears my voice and my supplications." (Ps 116:1) The psalmist had used his voice in prayer, and the habit of doing so is exceedingly helpful to devotion. If we can pray aloud without being overheard it is well to do so. Sometimes, however, when the psalmist had lifted up his voice, his utterance had been so broken and painful that he scarcely dared to call it prayer; words failed him, he could only produce a groaning sound, but the Lord heard his moaning voice.
「我愛耶和華，因為他聽了我的聲音和我的懇求。」(詩 Ps 116:1）
詩人在禱告中使用了他的聲音，這樣做的習慣對獻身極有幫助。
如果我們可以大聲禱告而不被人聽到，那就很好。
然而，有時詩篇作者高聲禱告時，他的聲音是如此的破碎和痛苦，以至於他幾乎不敢稱之為禱告；他說不出話來，他只能發出呻吟的聲音，但主聽見了他呻吟的聲音。
When our prayer is very feeble, so that we ourselves can scarcely hear it, and question whether we do pray or not, yet God bows a listening ear, and regards our supplications.
當我們的禱告非常微弱，以至於我們自己幾乎聽不見，並懷疑我們是否真的禱告時，神卻仍垂聽我們的禱告。
Prayer is sometimes presented without words by the very motions of our bodies: bended knees and lifted hands are the tokens of earnest, expectant prayer. Certainly work, or the lifting up of the hands in labor, is prayer if it be done in dependence upon God and for his glory; there may be a hand-prayer as well as a heart-prayer. Holy hope, the lifting up of hands that hang down, is also a kind of worship. The psalmist would have his humble cries and prayers to be as much regarded of the Lord as the appointed morning and evening sacrifices of the holy places. After all, the spiritual is in the Lord’s esteem higher than the ceremonial.
禱告有時是透過身體的動作無言表達出來的：屈膝和舉手是懇切、期待禱告的象徵。
如果是為了神的榮耀而倚靠神而做的話，工作或在勞動中舉起雙手當然也是禱告；
可能有手的禱告，也可能有心的禱告。
聖潔的盼望、舉起垂下的手，也是一種敬拜。詩篇作者希望他謙卑的呼求與禱告，能像聖所指定的早晚祭禮一樣，被主看重。
畢竟，在主的眼中，屬靈的比儀式更重要。
Published on 發表於 2025/04/03 陳弟兄編譯; 2025/04/07 增修遺漏。
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