• 历代志上 16:11-12

要寻求耶和华与他的能力，
时常寻求他的面。
他仆人以色列的后裔，
他所拣选雅各的子孙哪，
要记念他奇妙的作为和他的奇事，
并他口中的判语。

• 申命记 7:17-19

“你若心里说，这些国的人数比我多，我怎能赶出他们呢？你不必怕他们，要牢牢记住耶和华－你上帝向法老和埃及全地所行的事，你亲眼见过的大考验、神迹、奇事、大能的手和伸出来的膀臂，都是耶和华－你上帝领你出来所施行的。耶和华－你的上帝也必照样处置你所惧怕的各民族，

面对我们的挣扎与困境的最佳方式，就是回顾过去上帝如何多次扶持了我们。而这也许正是花时间与上帝交通、向上帝祷告的最重要的理由。这样一来，我们就能说：“祢那时扶持了我，祢这回也必定扶持我。”我们的祷告便少点求祂拿走困难与问题，多点感谢祂已为我们做的一切。

这一角度的转变，有助于我们将目光从自己的问题转回到上帝的身上去。我们越是注意自己的问题，问题就会变得越大；我们越是定睛在上帝身上，就越会认识到祂比我们的问题大得多！

• 1 Chronicles 16:11-12

Seek the Lord and his strength;
seek his presence continually!
Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
his miracles and the judgments he uttered,

• Deuteronomy 7:17-19

“If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I. How can I dispossess them?’ you shall not be afraid of them but you shall remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt, 19the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out. So will the Lord your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.

This is perhaps the most important part of spending time with & praying to God – the best way to face the struggles and hardships we go through is to look back to other times that He’s come through for us. Then we can simply say, ‘You came through for me then, why wouldn’t You come through for me now?’ Our prayer becomes less about God taking away what's causing us trouble and issues and more about thanking Him for what He's already done for us.

This perspective shift helps to put our eyes back on God instead of constantly focusing on our problem. The more we look at our problem the bigger it gets, the more we look to God, the more we realize that He is so much more powerful!

花几分钟列出上帝曾为你做的一切，以及过去祂如何扶持你。假如你想不起很多，要知道在我们所有人的清单上都起码该有这么一条——祂赐下祂的儿子，使我们不至于与祂永远隔绝。

Spend a few minutes and list all of the things God has done for you and how He has come through for you in the past. If you’re having trouble thinking of things, on all of our lists should be that He sent His Son to keep us from eternal separation from Him.