「主日之外的那六天」

灵修操练

"The Other Six"

Devotional Practice

40天灵修的第19天

Day 19 of 40 Days Devotion

23 April 2021

阅读圣经
Reading the Bible

  • 路加福音 18:1-8

耶稣对门徒讲了一个比喻,为了要他们常常祷告,不可灰心。他说:“某城有一个官,不惧怕上帝,也不尊重人。那城里有个寡妇,常到他那里,说:‘我有一个冤家,求你给我伸冤。’他很久不受理,后来心里说:‘我虽不惧怕上帝,也不尊重人,只因这寡妇烦扰我,我就给她伸冤吧,免得她常来纠缠我。’”主说:“你们听这不义的官所说的话。上帝的选民昼夜呼吁他,他岂会延迟不给他们伸冤吗?我告诉你们,他很快就要给他们伸冤。然而,人子来的时候,能在世上找到这样的信德吗?”


  • 帖撒罗尼迦前书 5:17

不住地祷告。


随着我们进一步地讨论祷告,路加福音18:1-8也许是关于祷告最有意思的篇章之一,讲到我们该如何祈求上帝供应我们的需要。这段话发人深省。很多时候,我们以为为了某件事向上帝恒切祈求,就代表我们不相信祂会在我们第一次开口时便成就那件事。然而,恒切祷告其实常常更多是为了我们自己,而不是为了上帝——到底我们是不是真的想要我们所祈求的东西?而到这段经文的最后,这种恒切的祷告竟是和信心相提并论的!上帝是公义的神;如果我们不断向祂祈求,祂怎么可能不为我们伸张公义(“伸冤”)?


  • Luke 18:1-8

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”


  • 1 Thessalonians 5:17

pray without ceasing,


As we continue to talk about prayer, this is perhaps one of the most interesting passages on prayer and asking God for our needs. These words have some real power. Many times we consider asking God consistently for something is simply a lack of faith that He’ll do it the first time we ask. Often, however, persistence in prayer is for us more than for God – do we really want what we’re asking for? And at the end of the passage, this type of persistent prayer is actually compared to faith! God is a just God – if we continue to present our requests to Him, won’t He certainly see that we get justice?

祷告与实践
Pray and Practice

在接下来的几周里,继续为你周围不认识耶稣的人祷告,求上帝在他们的心里运行。

Over the next few weeks, continually ask God to move in the hearts of those around you who don’t know Jesus.