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經文：「有主的一個使者，站在旁邊，屋裡有光照耀。天使拍彼得的肋旁，拍醒了他，說，快快起來。那鐵鍊就從他手上脫落下來。」（徒12:7） 「約在半夜，保羅和西拉，禱告唱詩讚美神....忽然地大震動，甚至監牢的地基都搖動了。監門立刻全開，眾囚犯的鎖鍊也都鬆開了。」（徒16:25-26） 這就是神的方法；祂的拯救常常要到夜色最黑暗的時候，才緩緩臨近。正如經上說，直到希律王要處決彼得的前一夜，天使才來救彼得出監；處決末底改的刑具預備好了以後，才有亞哈隨魯王失眠的事情發生。 所以，我的心哪，也許在拯救臨到你以前，你還須經過最黑暗的時期；但是不要怕，神必定拯救你！祂也許願意讓你多等一會兒，但是祂絕不忘記祂的誓約，必要實踐祂不會改變的應許。--梅爾 F.B.Meyer 既然；神有智慧的謀略對付任何困難；神有絕對的信實祝福信靠的人；神有不變的公義貫徹祂的旨意；我們還要懼怕甚麼？藉著一位同坐監牢的囚犯，與一個夢，神就把約瑟從監獄提到王宮。所以信靠神的方法與神的時間，是最安穩不過的。--戈登 S. D. Grodon 神有一千把鑰匙，能開啟一千扇不同的門，好用來拯救祂自己的子民。所以我們只要忠心地付出我們自己的那一分；為祂受苦；基督自然會去盡祂那一分的。--麥唐納 George MacDonald 困難就是神蹟的第一階段；如果是大的神蹟，狀況不僅「困難」，更是「不可能」。因為神最愛祂的孩子用小手緊緊抱住祂，所以才會給祂的孩子們那些「不可能」。 新譯｜荒漠甘泉讀書會
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Scripture: "The angel of the Lord came upon him (Peter) and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off" (Acts 12:7). "And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God. . . . And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and every one's bands were loosed" (Acts 16:25, 26). This is God's way. In the darkest hours of the night, His tread draws near across the billows. As the day of execution is breaking, the angel comes to Peter's cell. When the scaffold for Mordecai is complete, the royal sleeplessness leads to a reaction in favor of the favored race. Ah, soul, it may have to come to the worst with thee ere thou art delivered; but thou wilt be delivered! God may keep thee waiting, but he will ever be mindful of His covenant, and will appear to fulfill His inviolable Word. --F. B. Meyer There's a simplicity about God in working out His plans, yet a resourcefulness equal to any difficulty, and an unswerving faithfulness to His trusting child, and an unforgetting steadiness in holding to His purpose. Through a fellow-prisoner, then a dream, He lifts Joseph from a prison to a premiership. And the length of stay in the prison prevents dizziness in the premier. It's safe to trust God's methods and to go by His clock. --S. D. Gordon Providence hath a thousand keys to open a thousand sundry doors for the deliverance of His own, when it is even come to a desperate case. Let us be faithful; and care for our own part which is to suffer for Him, and lay Christ's part on Himself, and leave it there.--George MacDonald Difficulty is the very atmosphere of miracle--it is miracle in its first stage. If it is to be a great miracle, the condition is not difficulty but impossibility. The clinging hand of His child makes a desperate situation a delight to Him. ｜ Mrs. Charles Cowman
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