代禱的恩典 | |
| 經文: 「你們要恆切禱告，在此儆醒感恩。也要為我們禱告。」（歌羅西書四：2～3） | |
| 沒有任何事能像代禱那樣，引我們更親近耶穌，沐浴在主的愛中；沒有任何事，能像在耶穌面前傾心吐意，為周圍的人禱告那樣使人靈命提昇；沒有什麼事，能像為別人靈魂得贖所做的爭戰禱告那樣，使我們緊緊地與耶穌結合在一起，經歷祂復活的大能；也再沒有什麼事，能像傾命代禱那樣，體會耶穌在客西馬尼園呼喊：「阿爸父！」的心情。在我們為失喪的靈魂，或冷淡的信徒禱告時，我們確能經歷聖靈的大能與上帝話語的信實，因為上帝要打開天上的窗戶，將祂豐盛的恩典賜下，讓我們的禱告蒙應允，讓上帝的國降臨，上帝的名得榮耀。 惟有藉著彼此代禱，可以幫助我們深刻了解在主裡互為肢體，也經由弟兄姐妹同心恆切的禱告，使我們感覺到腹中不斷湧出活水的泉源，滋潤周圍的人，錫安也要成為一盞光明城，照耀那坐在黑暗中的人。 弟兄姊妹們，若我們沒有恆心迫切的禱告，自己與教會將蒙受多麼大的虧損！若我們沒有讓上帝禱告的靈充滿心中，上帝的家會更荒涼，世界會更敗壞墮落。 耶穌長遠活著，現在正為我們禱告，為要把更豐盛的生命賞賜給我們，上帝喜歡我們常到祂施恩寶座前來祈求，難道我們不相信祂要把福份恩典厚厚賞賜給我們？ 「天父，求祢將那熱切祈禱，為人代求的靈賞賜給我們。奉耶穌的名，阿們。」 | |
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| THE GRACE OF INTERCESSION | |
| Scripture: "Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving, withal praying also for us."—COL. iv. 2, 3. | |
| There is nothing that can bring us nearer to God, and lead us deeper into His love, than the work of intercession. There is nothing that can give us a higher experience of the likeness of God than the power of pouring out our hearts into the bosom of God, in prayer for men around us. There is nothing that can so closely link us to Jesus Christ, the great Intercessor, and give us the experience of His power and Spirit resting on us, as the yielding of our lives to the work of bringing the great redemption into the hearts and lives of our fellow-men. There is nothing in which we shall know more of the powerful working of the Holy Spirit than the prayer breathed by Him into our hearts, "Abba, Father," in all the fulness of meaning that it had for Christ in Gethsemane. There is nothing that can so help us to prove the power and the faithfulness of God to His Word, as when we reach out in intercession to the multitudes, either in the Church of Christ or in the darkness of heathenism. As we pour out our souls as a living sacrifice before God, with the one persistent plea that He shall, in answer to our prayer, open the windows of heaven and send down His abundant blessing, God will be glorified, our souls will reach their highest destiny, and God's Kingdom will come. There is nothing that will so help us to understand and to experience the living unity of the Body of Christ, and the irresistable power that it can exert, as the daily and continued fellowship with God's children in the persistent plea that God will arise and have mercy upon Zion, and make her a light and a life to those who are sitting in darkness. O my brother, how little we realize what we are losing in not living in fervent intercession! What may we not gain for ourselves and for the world if we allow God's Spirit, as a Spirit of grace and of supplication, to master our whole being! In heaven Christ lives to pray; His whole intercourse with father is prayer; an asking and receiving of the fulness of Spirit for His people. God delights in nothing so much as in prayer. Shall we not learn to believe that the highest blessings of heaven will be unfolded to us as we pray more? Blessed Father, pour down the Spirit of supplication and intercession on Thy people—for Jesus Christ's sake. AMEN. | |
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