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經文：「雅各說，耶和華，我祖亞伯拉罕的神，我父親以撒的神阿！祢曾對我說，回你本地本族去，我要厚待你。…求祢救我。」（創32:9-11） 在這個禱告中有好幾處可以幫助我們，使我們知道該如何在憂傷的火窯中向神傾心吐意。 雅各就是把神的應許說出來好提醒神：「祢…曾說。」（創32:9-12）並且重複如此兩次。啊，他抓住了秘訣！原來神的應許就是祂的把柄，我們可以藉此去抱住祂；甚麼時候我們對神說：「祢曾說」，祂就必須照所說的去作並不能拒絕。 希律王尚且能守信，更何況我們的神呢？所以當我們禱告的時候，應該把立場站穩在祂的應許上，如此天上的門也只得為你敞開，到那時你就可以持有權柄去取你所求的。--譯自實用禱告生活 Practical Portions for the Prayer-life 主耶穌要我們有專一的禱告。每一位因為痛苦試煉而來倚靠的人，祂都問他們說：「要我為你作甚麼？」（可十11）如果你盼望有清楚的答應，就要有清楚的禱告。沒有目的的禱告，是沒有答應的。所以你的禱告應當專一，在你禱告的支票上寫明指定的數目，天上的銀行看見了耶穌的名字，就要付你所指定的現款。--選 Havergal 女士說：「每年，每天，我活生生地看見基督徒所有的安息、喜樂、能力，都因著一件事實：那就是信神的話為據；相信祂怎樣說，事就怎樣成就。我們應該照著祂本意的字眼去領受，切勿更改或變換祂所用的語氣和時間。」 只要把基督的話語--祂的應許和寶血--提出來，天上的祝福就沒有一樣可以不給你的了。--Adam Clarke 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: Deliver me, I pray thee" (Gen. 32:9, 11). There are many healthy symptoms in that prayer. In some respects it may serve as a mould into which our own spirits may pour themselves, when melted in the fiery furnace of sorrow. He began by quoting God's promise: "Thou saidst." He did so twice (9 and 12). Ah, he has got God in his power then! God puts Himself within our reach in His promises; and when we can say to Him, "Thou saidst," He cannot say nay. He must do as He has said. If Herod was so particular for his oath's sake, what will not our God be? Be sure in prayer, to get your feet well on a promise; it will give you purchase enough to force open the gates of heaven, and to take it by force. --Practical Portions for the Prayer-life Jesus desires that we shall be definite in our requests, and that we shall ask for some special thing. "What will ye that I shall do unto you?" is the question that He asks of every one who in affliction and trial comes to Him. Make your requests with definite earnestness if you would have definite answers. Aimlessness in prayer accounts for so many seemingly unanswered prayers. Be definite in your petition. Fill out your check for something definite, and it will be cashed at the bank of Heaven when presented in Jesus' Name. Dare to be definite with God. --Selected Miss Havergal has said: "Every year, I might almost say every day, that I live, I seem to see more clearly how all the rest and gladness and power of our Christian life hinges on one thing; and that is, taking God at His word, believing that He really means exactly what He says, and accepting the very words in which He reveals His goodness and grace, without substituting others or altering the precise modes and tenses which He has seen fit to use." Bring Christ's Word--Christ's promise, and Christ's sacrifice--His blood, with thee, and not one of Heaven's blessings can be denied thee. --Adam Clarke ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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