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同心祈禱

經文: 「都同心合意的恆切禱告。」（使徒行傳一：14）

同心合意的真誠禱告，那力量是何等的大！那是不同於坐在教堂聽一篇講道。在禱告會中弟兄姐妹心連心地將需要陳明在上帝面前，你可感覺主的寶座是如此地貼近人。在這樣的聚集中，大家分享彼此的見證，不但軟弱的人，受到激勵與鼓舞，就是年輕人也有機會訴說認識上帝的喜樂！         同心合意的祈禱，不但對傳道人，對會眾也是大有幫助，因為藉著眾人的代求，上帝將傾下祂的祝福，祝福在國內或海外的信徒。         但有一點我需要提醒，就是許多人參加禱告會並且在那兒得幫助，但他們還沒學會密室與上帝單獨的禱告；另外有些人參加祈禱會是為社交，或維持宗教的習慣，這些都只是外表的敬虔，卻不明白與主相親的禱告生活。弟兄姐妹們，若你沒有真誠熱切的密室生活，參加禱告會只是一個外在的形式活動罷了。然而禱告會應該是一個弟兄姐妹火熱愛心交流的團聚，因此我們要問：一個活潑有見證的禱告會，應該有怎樣的特質？         領會的組長需明白，這樣的禱告會，要對信徒產生很大的影響力，必須根植於深厚的內室禱告基礎。禱告的內容涵蓋了上帝的兒女，及普世的教會；更重要的是，必須像五旬節那樣，等候在上帝面前，等候聖靈的充滿。         親愛的弟兄姐妹們，本書的目的，是要堅固各位的靈命，但要記得我們不是只為自己而活，我們是基督的身體，弟兄姐妹們是互為肢體，因此我們必須彼此代求。就像一棵樹，地底下是盤根錯結的根莖，地面上是發旺生長的葉片枝條，可達亭亭華蓋。因此我們的禱告也必須是網狀的，彼此相顧代禱，與眾肢體的祈禱是相連的。

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THE PRAYER MEETING

Scripture: "These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication." "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost."—ACTS i. 14; ii. 4. (See also MATT, xviii. 19, 20.)

Great is the value of a genuine prayer meeting. There God's children meet together, not as in church, to listen to one speaker, but to lift up their hearts unitedly to God. By this means Christians are drawn closer to each other. Those who are weak are strengthened and encouraged by the testimony of the older and more experienced members, and even young Christians have the opportunity of telling of the joy of the Lord.         The prayer meeting may become a great power for good in a congregation and a spiritual help to both minister and members. By means of intercession God's blessing is poured out at home and abroad.         But there are also dangers to be considered. Many attend, and are edified, but never learn to pray themselves. Others go for the sake of social and religious fervour, and have a form of godliness, but do not know the hidden life of prayer. Unless there is much and earnest prayer in the inner chamber, attendance at a prayer meeting may be a mere form. There should be hearty love and fellowship between the members. It is well to ask: What constitutes a living prayer meeting?         The leaders should realize how great the influence of such a meeting may be, with its roots nourished by the life of prayer in the inner chamber. Prayer should include God's people and His church all over the world. And above all, as on the Day of Pentecost, there must be waiting on God for the filling with the Holy Spirit.         Dear reader, this book aims at helping you in your spiritual life. But remember, you do not live for yourself alone, but are part of the Body of Christ. Your prayer must include in its intercession all Christians. As the roots of the tree hidden deep in the earth, and the branches spread out to heaven, are one, so the hidden prayer life is inseparably bound up with united prayer.

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恆切禱告

經文: 「要人常常禱告，不可灰心。」（路加福音十八：1）

禱告的經驗中，最難忍受的是，禱告尚未蒙應允。我們會深感沮喪地以為我們的禱告不妥當，以致上帝不垂聽，於是就不再祈禱。其實上帝常藉此教導我們信心的功課，因為等候對於我們的靈魂有益，上帝耽延我們的祈禱，總是有祂的道理。我們要學習更深入、更細膩地全心全意禱告，這是上帝所設立的訓練學校，為要訓練我們恆切禱告，使軟弱的信心變為剛強。所以，要堅信遲延的禱告，是上帝的祝福。         更重要的，我們會更緊緊地依靠上帝；因著禱告尚未蒙應允，我們學到與上帝親蜜的關係，遠勝於我們所求的本身，因此願意繼續禱告。雅各因著禱告遲遲未蒙應允，就與上帝的使者摔跤，終於得以面對面見上帝，並且後來貴為王子，以色列支派由他繁延，這是何等蒙福的經歷。         弟兄姐妹們，請聽我的勸誡，禱告未蒙應允時，切莫不耐煩或灰心，要「不住地禱告」，「恆切地禱告」，你就會發現無可言喻的祝福。你可自問你的祈求是否合乎上帝的心意，還是妄求。並深信延遲的祈禱是上帝要給你恩典的管道，並學到恆切的禱告，是在上帝面前有能力的利器。

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PERSEVERING PRAYER

Scripture: "Men ought always to pray, and not to faint."—LUKE xviii. 1.

One of the greatest drawbacks to the life of prayer is the fact that the answer does not come as speedily as we expect. We are discouraged by the thought: "Perhaps I do not pray aright," and so we do not persevere in prayer. This was a lesson that our Lord taught often and urgently. If we consider the matter we can see that there may be a reason for the delay, and the waiting may bring a blessing to our souls. Our desire must grow deeper and stronger, and we must ask with our whole heart. God puts us into the practising school of persevering prayer, that our weak faith may be strengthened. Do believe that there is a great blessing in the delayed answer to prayer.         Above all, God would draw us into closer fellowship with Himself. When our prayers are not answered, we learn to realize that the fellowship and nearness and love of God are more to us than the answers of our petitions, and we continue in prayer. What a blessing Jacob received through the delay in the answer to his prayer! He saw God face to face, and as a prince he had power with God and prevailed.         Christians, listen to this warning. Be not impatient or discouraged if the answer does not come. "Continue in prayer." "Pray without ceasing."' You will find it an unspeakable blessing to do so. You will ask whether your prayer is really in accordance with the will of God, and the Word of God. You will inquire if it is in the right spirit and in the Name of Christ. Keep on praying, you will learn that the delay in the answer to prayer is one of the most precious means of grace that God can bestow on you. You will learn too that those who have persevered often and long before God, in pleading His promises, are those who have had the greatest power with God in prayer.

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愛的靈

經文: 「因為所賜給我們的聖靈，將上帝的愛，澆灌在我們心裡。」（羅馬書五：5）

當我們想到上帝的誡命：「要盡心、盡意、愛主你的上帝，且要愛人如己」，就不禁感歎，這太偉大了，實在難以達到這樣的境界，很難擁有這種對弟兄，對陌生人這樣的愛。就因為一開始，我們就劃地自限，覺得自己沒有能力做好，也不相信上帝的應許，因此在上帝的愛上，沒有長足的進步。         我們要不斷提醒自己，不是靠著自己的努力，或認真的思考，就能擁有這樣的愛；我們必須明白一個真理，就是每天我們必須仰賴聖靈，把上帝的愛澆灌在我們心中。我們也要完全降服聖靈的引導，以行出上帝的旨意。只有在我們內在的生命，每天不斷地被上帝的愛更新，才能湧出愛來愛別人。         這兒有一個禱告可供學習：「天父啊，我向祢屈服，求祢剛強我裡面的人，憑信我接受耶穌住在我心裡，並植根於祂長闊高深、無可測度的愛裡。」但要植根於這超過我們理智所能明白的大愛中，首先必需藉聖靈剛強裏面的人，這樣耶穌才會內住在你的心中，然後才能根基於祂長闊高深的愛。         弟兄姐妹們，讓這些經文的信息影響你的生活吧！除非你天天屈膝等候在上帝面前，讓聖靈在你心中啟示真理的奧祕，你就無法住在上帝的愛中。一個禱告的生活，將使你經驗到愛的實際，知道如何活在主的愛中，也能夠愛弟兄、愛鄰舍如同自己。         每天憑信心將自己交在耶穌的手中，求聖靈引導你的言行舉止，上帝將會把屬靈的愛賞賜那求告祂名的人。

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THE SPIRIT OF LOVE

Scripture: "The love of God is shed abroad i» OUT hearts, by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us."—ROM. v. 5.

The thought sometimes arises, as we consider Christ's love to us, our love to Christ, our love to the brethren or to souls around us:—the demand is too great, it is unattainable, it is impossible for a Christian to live this life of love, and to show it to the brethren and to needy souls. And because we deem it impossible, and because of our unbelief and lack of faith in God's promises, we make little progress in this spirit of love.         We need continually to remind ourselves that it is not in our own strength, or even by serious thought that we can attain to the love of Christ. We must realize the truth that the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, and will daily afresh be poured out by the Spirit of God. It is only as we are wholly surrendered to the leading of the Spirit that we will be able to live according to God's will. When the inner life of love is renewed from day to day we shall feel compelled to work for souls.         Here is a prayer that you can offer: "I bow my knees unto the Father, that He would grant you, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may know the low of Christ which passeth knowledge," You may be rooted and grounded in this love, and know the love that passeth knowledge—but on one condition—you must be strength¬ened by the Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your heart. Then you will indeed be rooted and grounded in love.         Christian, take this message from God's Word, and let it influence your life. Unless you wait upon God daily on your knees, for His Spirit to be revealed in your heart, you cannot I've in this love. A life of prayer will make a life in the love of Christ, in the love of the brethren, in love to souls, a blessed reality in your experience.         Put your confidence each day in secret in the Holy Spirit— the Spirit of love which Cod will give to those who ask in faith.

1/16 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

一月十六日

經文: 受膏者必被剪除，卻不是為祂自己。（譯者另譯）（一無所有。）（但理書九：26）

祂的名當受稱頌，祂沒有理由死。罪不能損害祂，因此死亡對祂是無權的。無人能以任何理由攫取祂的生命，因為祂沒有得罪任何人。甚至無人能藉武力殺戮祂，除非祂自願將自己交付於死。但是請注意，一人犯罪，他人受苦！我們觸犯了公義，卻在祂之內到償還。如河的淚水、如山的獻祭，如海的公牛血、成堆的乳香皆不能除去罪。但是耶穌為了我們被剪除，憤怒的緣由立即去除了。罪永遠被對付了。愛使拯救者為與祂為敵的人付出了生命！然而，只佩服無罪的代替有罪的流血之奇妙是不夠的，我們必須確實明白這事在我們生命中的作用。彌賽亞受死的目的是為了祂的教會之救恩。在那些祂將自己的生命作為贖價救贖回來的人之中，主耶穌是否作了我們的替身？我們曾否因祂的鞭傷得到醫治？若我們無份於祂的犧牲，那將是何等可怕的事啊！若真是這樣，寧願我們沒有生在此世！對那些相信主耶穌的人，祂是一位現在的救主，與上帝和好的血已經灑在他們身上了。讓所有信靠彌賽亞受死功效的人，每當紀念祂時都能喜樂。讓向上帝的感恩引導他們向祂獻上最豐富的供奉。

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Evening, January 16

Scripture: “The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself.”(Daniel 9:26)

Blessed be his name, there was no cause of death in him. Neither original nor actual sin had defiled him, and therefore death had no claim upon him. No man could have taken his life from him justly, for he had done no man wrong, and no man could even have lain him by force unless he had been pleased to yield himself to die. But lo, one sins and another suffers. Justice was offended by us, but found its satisfaction in him. Rivers of tears, mountains of offerings, seas of the blood of bullocks, and hills of frankincense, could not have availed for the removal of sin; but Jesus was cut off for us, and the cause of wrath was cut off at once, for sin was put away for ever. Herein is wisdom, whereby substitution, the sure and speedy way of atonement, was devised! Herein is condescension, which brought Messiah, the Prince, to wear a crown of thorns, and die upon the cross! Herein is love, which led the Redeemer to lay down his life for his enemies!         It is not enough, however, to admire the spectacle of the innocent bleeding for the guilty, we must make sure of our interest therein. The special object of the Messiah's death was the salvation of his church; have we a part and a lot among those for whom he gave his life a ransom? Did the Lord Jesus stand as our representative? Are we healed by his stripes? It will be a terrible thing indeed if we should come short of a portion in his sacrifice; it were better for us that we had never been born. Solemn as the question is, it is a joyful circumstance that it is one which may be answered clearly and without mistake. To all who believe on him the Lord Jesus is a present Saviour, and upon them all the blood of reconciliation has been sprinkled. Let all who trust in the merit of Messiah's death be joyful at every remembrance of him, and let their holy gratitude lead them to the fullest consecration to his cause.

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慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

愛靈魂的心

經文: 「這人該知道叫一個罪人從迷路上轉回，便是救一個靈魂不死，並且遮蓋許多的罪。」（雅各書五：20）

我可以將一個人從死路上挽回——這是多麼棒的一個想法！如何做到呢？若我能讓他懸崖勒馬，及時從錯誤中回頭，這就是了。叫人悔改信耶穌，不是只有傳道人能，每一個基督徒都有責任。         當基督的愛滿溢你胸懷，你自然而然想告訴別人耶穌的大愛，如此上帝的國度就擴展。初代信徒的情形就是這樣，五旬節後，門徒四出宣揚他們所經歷到的復活耶穌，這就是為何在第一世紀基督教發展這麼快速的原因，因為每個悔改重生的基督徒，都迫不及待地，想要與人分享這好消息。         但現在教會卻大為不同了，許多基督徒從未想過要傳福音，他們心中的愛是這樣微弱，以致不想付出去幫助別人；希望這樣的情形能有所轉變，盼每個基督徒能視傳福音為己任。         每個世代教會有大復興，就是因為重生得救的基督徒，個個心中火熱，熱切想與人分享這福音，到一個地步，甚至你若要進教會，要先考慮你曾帶幾個人信耶穌。         讓我們自我檢討，是否只顧念到自己與主相交的美好，卻忽略了將從上帝而來的愛與恩典，傳遞給別人。弟兄姊妹們，勇敢積極向人傳福音吧，如此你將感受到無比的平安與喜樂。         讓我們誠懇謙卑地求告上帝，將祂的大愛充滿我們的心，我們就願降服在祂的大愛之下，並甘心樂意為耶穌贏得人心歸向祂。

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LOVE TO SOULS

Scripture: "Know that he which converteth a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death."—JAMES v. 20.

What a wonderful thought !—that I may save a soul from everlasting death. How can this be? If I convert him from the error of his ways. This is the calling not only of the minister, but of every Christian—to work for the salvation of sinners.         When Christ and His love took possession of our hearts. He gave us this love that we might bring others to Him. In this way Christ's Kingdom was extended. Everyone who had the love of Christ in his heart was constrained to tell others. This was the case in the early Christian church. After the Day of Pentecost, people went out and told of the love of Christ, which they had themselves experienced. Heathen writers have told us that the rapid spread of Christianity in the first century was due to the fact, that each convert, being filled with the love of Christ, tried to bring the good news to others.         What a change has come over the Church! Many Christians never try to win others to Christ. Their love is so weak and faint that they have no desire to help others. May the time soon come when Christians will feel constrained to tell of the love of Christ. In a revival in Korea a few years ago, the converts were filled with such a burning love to Christ that they felt bound to tell others of His love. It was even taken as a test of membership that each one should have brought another to the Lord before being admitted to the church.         Let the reader examine himself, and pray that in fellowship with Christ, he may think, not only of his own soul, but having received the gift of God's love, he may pass it on to others. He will then know true happiness, the joy of bringing souls to Christ.         Let us pray earnestly to be so filled with God's love that we may wholeheartedly surrender ourselves to win others for Him.

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弟兄之愛

經文: 「我賜給你們一條新命令，乃是叫你們彼此相愛。我怎樣愛你們，你們也要怎樣相愛。你們要彼此相愛，像我愛你們一樣，這就是我的命令。」（約翰福音十三：34；十五：12）

耶穌告訴門徒說祂愛他們，就如同天父愛祂一樣，因此門徒也當如此彼此相愛。「你們若有彼此相愛的心，眾人因此就認出你們是我的門徒了。」（約十三：35）祂曾這樣禱告：「使他們都合而為一，正如祢父在我裡面，我在祢裡面，使他們也在我們裡面，叫世人可以信祢差了我來。」（約十七：21）若我們能彰顯主的愛在我們當中，世人就不得不承認基督教是由上頭來的純正宗教。         而這件事也真的如此發生，希臘人和羅馬人，猶太人和外邦人，原本是彼此相互仇恨，在民族主義的情緒下，他們很難彼此相愛，自我犧牲更是一個他們連想都沒有想到的念頭。當外邦人看到不同國籍的弟兄姊妹，竟然能在聖靈的工作下合而為一，彼此相愛到一個地步，在苦難病痛中為對方犧牲付出，他們大感驚訝，不禁說到：「看哪！他們彼此相愛。」         基督徒間有合一的信仰，也有弟兄互為肢體的情誼，但卻常缺乏屬天的基督之愛，我們沒有真誠的彼此相愛，也沒有彼此擔代重擔。         我們當以基督的心為心，以基督的愛去愛那看得見的弟兄。若我們住在基督的愛裡，並讓那樣的愛充滿我心，超自然的能力會引領我們，將上帝兒女的需要放在心上。聖父聖子間的愛是何等深厚，耶穌與門徒間的愛有何等緊密，弟兄姊妹之間的愛，也應該如此深厚緊密！

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LOVE TO THE BRETHREN

Scripture: "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you, that, ye also love one another." — JOHN xiii. 34; xv. 12,

The Lord Jesus told His disciples that as the Father had loved Him, even so He loved them. And now, following His example, we must love one another, with the same love. "By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John xiii. 35). He had prayed: "That they all may be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me" (John xvii. 21). If we exhibit the love that was in God towards Christ, and in Christ to us, the world will be obliged to confess that our Christianity is genuine and from above.         This is what actually happened. The Greeks and Romans, Jews and heathen, hated each other. Among all the nations of the world there was hardly a thought of love to each other. The very idea of self-sacrifice was a strange one. When the heathen saw that Christians from different nations, under the powerful workings of the Holy Spirit, became one, and loved one another, even to the point of self-sacrifice in time of plague or illness — they were amazed and said : "Behold how these people love one another !"         Amongst professing Christians there is a certain oneness of belief and feeling of brotherhood, but Christ's heavenly love is often lacking, and we do not bear one another's burdens, or love others heartily.         Pray that you may love your fellow-believers with the same love with which Christ loved you. If we abide in Christ's love, and let that love fill our hearts, supernatural power will be given us to take all God's children unto our hearts in love. As close as is the bond of love between the Father and the Son, between Christ and His followers, so close must the bond of love be between all God's children.

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對主耶穌的愛

經文: 「你們雖然沒有見過祂，卻是愛祂，如今雖不得看見，卻因信祂就有說不出來，滿有榮光的大喜樂。」（彼得前書一：8）

這是對基督徒生活的描述，他們雖未見過基督，卻是愛祂，並且相信祂，心中也充滿了不可言喻的喜樂，這是愛耶穌的基督徒的生活寫照。         我們看到聖父聖子的主要特色，就是彼此的愛，與對人的愛，這也是基督徒生活的主要特色；上帝的愛流進我們的心中，就成為活水的泉源，可以回應主耶穌的愛。         這樣的愛不僅是一種蒙福的感覺，也是一種主動的行事原則，使上帝的兒女願意遵行祂的旨意，而且以遵行祂的旨意為樂。耶穌為世人被釘十字架，祂的愛就在此向我們顯明。我們的愛必需在生活中，實踐無私犧牲的精神，來表明我們的愛。是的，基督徒生活的準則就是盡心、盡性、盡意愛主你的上帝。         藉著信心，可以得著這樣的大愛，相信上帝是這樣的愛我，祂的大能也要運行在我們心中，讓我們飽嚐祂的恩典。         信心和愛的翅膀可以將我們載到天堂，嚐到那說不出來的喜樂滿溢的慈愛。喜樂的基督徒是耶穌基督能力最好的明證，可以改變世人的心，讓他們也一樣充滿屬天的愛。         親愛的弟兄姐妹們，耶穌是我們的良人，我們怎能拒絕祂生命的邀約？我們怎能不常常來到祂面前飲那生命的活泉？藉著每天與祂親近相交，我們的喜樂得以滿足，信心也要增長，我們的生活也充滿了愛、喜樂、信心等各樣的恩典。

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OUR LOVE TO CHRIST

Scripture: "Jesus Christ, Whom not having seen, ye love: in Whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory."—I PET. i. 8. R. V.

What a wonderful description of the Christian life! People who had never seen Christ, and yet truly loved Him and believed on Him, so that their hearts were filled with unspeakable joy. Such is the life of a Christian who really loves his Lord.         We have seen that the chief attribute of the Father and of the Son, is love to each other and love to man. This should be the chief characteristics of the true Christian. The love of God and of Christ is shed abroad in his heart, and becomes a well of living water, flowing forth as love to the Lord Jesus.         This love is not merely a blessed feeling. It is an active principle. It takes pleasure in doing the will of the beloved Lord. It is joy to keep His commandments. The love of Christ to us was shown by His death on the cross, our love must be exhibited in unselfish, self-sacrificing lives. Oh that we under¬stood this: Jn the Christian life love to Christ is everything!         Great love will beget great faith. Faith in His love to us, faith in the powerful revelations of His love in our hearts, faith that He through His love will work all His good pleasure in us.         The wings of faith and love will lift us up to heaven, and we shall be filled with joy unspeakable. The joy of the Christian is an indispensable witness to the world of the power of Christ to change hearts, and fill them with heavenly love and gladness.         O ye lovers of the Lord Jesus, take time daily in the inner chamber with Him anew to drink in His heavenly love. It will make you strong in faith, and your joy will be full. Love, joy. faith, these will be our life each day through the grace of our Lord Jesus.