对今日诗句的想法
生命中有困难的时刻，是无法回避的。那正是对我们信心——对主救赎的信心、以及与主关系的考验。在敬拜聚会的结尾歌唱“我心灵得安宁”是一回事，而当你的房子在法院被拍卖、长期患病、孩子夭折时能够唱这首歌，又是截然不同的另一回事。当我们经历地狱的幽暗，信心决不能松懈，否则我们将无法找到出路。因此，切勿丢弃信心，要忍耐！坚持一步接着一步，信靠神将赐予你下一步的力量。不论此刻有多困难，切勿陷入绝望。要像约伯或耶利米那样，他们虽然与神争辩、向神抱怨，然而他们从未离弃神。不要放弃！主耶稣将在恩典与荣耀中为你而来，一次成就永远，就在不远处。
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
There are some tough times that go with living. They're inescapable. That's when our confidence in the Lord's salvation and our relationship with him get tested! It is one thing to sing "it is well with my soul" at the end of a peel the paint worship service, but it is quite another to be able to sing it when they auction your house off at the courthouse steps, you are told you have a long-term debilitating illness, or you lose a child to death. Faith can't take a holiday when we travel through the suburbs of hell or we'll never find our way out. So don't throw it away. Persevere! Keep putting one step in front of the other trusting that God will give you the strength for the next step. No matter how hard it is at the moment, don't give up to despair. Be like Job or Jeremiah who both argued and complained to God, but never let go of God. Don't quit. Christ is coming, for you with grace or in glory once and for all, is just around the bend.
我的祷告
圣洁全能的神啊，今天是美好的一天。然而我深刻地认识到，我所爱的人中，有些几乎丢弃对你慈爱、怜悯、恩典、平安与救赎的信心。愿你使用我鼓励他们。慈爱的天父啊，更重要的是，我祈求你让圣灵更新他们的心灵。我祈求你直接干预，改变状况，赐予他们宽慰，使你恩慈的同在向他们显明。奉主耶稣之名祈求，阿们！
My Prayer...
Holy and Almighty God, today is a good day. However, I am profoundly aware that some of those I love are close to throwing away their confidence in your love, mercy, grace, peace, and deliverance. Please use me to encourage them. Even more, dear Father, I ask that you use your Holy Spirit to renew their hearts. I pray that you intervene directly to change the course of events and give them relief and make your gracious presence known to them. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
