对今日诗句的想法
这处经文的要求很难，不是吗？当我们成为基督徒的那一刻，我们的心顺服神，并将旧我与基督同钉十字架(参见罗马书6:6)。主耶稣提醒我们，应当每日都做到内心对神的顺服(参照路加福音9:23)。我们必须每日都将旧我的罪恶生活方式弃之一旁，并且选择为主耶稣而活，以此回应神的恩典。在此新年伊始之际，让我们养成属灵的习惯——自觉地每天将自己完全献于主耶稣。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Paul gives us several challenging verses when we read Ephesians 4:22-24. We will take each of these verses one day at a time. Today, Paul reminds us that we surrendered our hearts to God. Our old selves were crucified with Christ when we became Christians (Romans 6:6). Jesus reminds us that this kind of surrender is something each of us should do daily (Luke 9:23). We need to put the old sinful life aside every day — "put off your old self" — and choose to live for Jesus in response to God's grace. Why is this "putting off" so important? Because our way of life before being united with Christ was full of sinful influences and the deceitful desires that the evil one seeks to reawaken in us. So, as we begin this new year, let's make it our spiritual habit to consciously offer ourselves to the Lord daily as we seek to live joyously under his lordship.
我的祷告
圣洁、全能的主啊，我们的天父，我渴望荣耀你并拒绝撒旦的试探。愿你的圣灵赐予我力量，愿你的恩典充满我的内心，因我承诺每日都为你而活。奉主耶稣之名祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Holy and Almighty Lord, I approach you as my loving Abba Father. I want to honor you. I want to ignore the temptations of the evil one. I don't want him to deceitfully lure me back into the corrupt ways of my former life before Jesus. Please empower me through your Holy Spirit and conform to Jesus* as you capture my heart with your grace. Father, I want to live each day for you, honoring Jesus' sacrifice for me and yielding to the influence of the Holy Spirit. I ask this through the intercession of the Spirit and the authority of the Son. Amen.
* 2 Corinthians 3:18; Galatians 3:22-23.
