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經文：「話還沒有說完...說耶和華...是應當稱頌的，因祂不斷的以慈愛誠實待我...」（創24;15-27） 每一個合神心意的禱告，都是「話還沒有說完」，神就答應的。這是因為神已經給予我們祂的應許，那就是：凡是合神心意並奉靠主名的祈求，無論求甚麼，信是得著就必得著。 神不能抵賴祂所應許的，當我們履行了這些簡單的禱告條件之後，祂就不能不答應我們所求的。我們禱告的「話還沒有說完」，在天上的寶座前就已經成全了；雖然在地上還不一定能看見。 所以禱告之後，最好用讚美來作結束；讚美神已經聽了我們的禱告，讚美神不斷以慈愛誠實待我們（但9:20-27，10:12）。--譯自晨更信息 Messages for the Morning 當我們相信一件事以後，就應該與所信有相襯的行為；我們的所言所行與禱告都應該與信心相符。並且認定神已經給了我們所求的，這樣才是信心的態度。就像一對新人結婚以後，應該會進入一種生活態度；那就是所有行動與心態都要以這個已婚的事實爲依據。 那麼我們既然尊敬基督為我們的救主、成聖稱義的引導、診治疾病的醫生、賜下拯救的施恩者。同樣地，基督也希望我們能以這種新的態度；完全以承認祂是我們的救主、導師、醫生、施恩者的事實爲依據。並且盼望祂完全如我們誠心所願的那樣成全我們。--選 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會 |
◇◇◇ Scripture: "And it came to pass, before he had done speaking...and he said, Blessed be Jehovah…who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth" (Gen. 24:15, 27). Every right prayer is answered before the prayer itself is finished--before we have "done speaking." This is because God has pledged His Word to us that whatsoever we ask in Christ's name (that is, in oneness with Christ and His will) and in faith, shall be done. As God's Word cannot fail, whenever we meet those simple conditions in prayer, the answer to our prayer has been granted and completed in Heaven as we pray, even though its showing forth on earth may not occur until long afterward. So it is well to close every prayer with praise to God for the answer that He has already granted; He who never forsakes His loving-kindness and His truth. (See Daniel 9:20-27 and 10:12.) --Messages for the Morning Watch When we believe for a blessing, we must take the attitude of faith, and begin to act and pray as if we had the blessing. We must treat God as if He had given us our request. We must lean our weight over upon Him for the thing that we have claimed, and just take it for granted that He gives it, and is going to continue to give it. This is the attitude of trust. When the wife is married, she at once falls into a new attitude, and acts in accordance with the fact; and so when we take Christ as our Savior, as our Sanctifier, as our Healer, or as our Deliverer, He expects us to fall into the attitude of recognizing Him in the capacity that we have claimed, and expect Him to be to us all that we have trusted Him for. --Selected ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman |