告青年书-第86章
第77章 祈祷是我们的堡垒
告青年书-第86章
Chapter 77—Prayer Our Stronghold
告青年书-第86章
在末日的危险中，青年人唯一的保障乃在于不断加强儆醒和祷告。凡在读经和祷告的时辰中获得快乐的青年人，必不断从生命泉源中得到振奋。他必达到别人所无法达到的道德高峰和思想深渊。他既与上帝交通，就能产出良善的思想，高尚的愿望和对真理的清楚认识，以及行事的崇尚动机。凡如此与上帝联络的人必被祂承认为自己的儿女。他们正向着高处不断前进，对上帝和永生的事有更清楚的认识，直到上帝以他们为向世人传达真光和智慧的通道。{MYP 247.1}[1]
告青年书-第86章
Amid the perils of these last days, the only safety of the youth lies in ever-increasing watchfulness and prayer. The youth who finds his joy in reading the Word of God, and in the hour of prayer, will be constantly refreshed by drafts from the fountain of life. He will attain a height of moral excellence and a breadth of thought of which others cannot conceive. Communion with God encourages good thoughts, noble aspirations, clear perceptions of truth, and lofty purposes of action. Those who thus connect themselves with God are acknowledged by Him as His sons and daughters. They are constantly reaching higher and still higher, obtaining clearer views of God and of eternity, until the Lord makes them channels of light and wisdom to the world.{MYP 247.1}[1]
告青年书-第86章
【如何祈祷】
但是人们对祈祷缺乏应有的认识。我们的祷告不是向上帝报告祂所不知道的事。主熟知每一个人的秘密。我们的祷告不必冗长而高声。上帝洞察人最隐秘的思想。我们在暗处祷告，那位在暗中观察的主必垂听，并在明处回应我们。{MYP 247.2}[2]
告青年书-第86章
【How to Pray】
But prayer is not understood as it should be. Our prayers are not to inform God of something He does not know. The Lord is acquainted with the secrets of every soul. Our prayers need not be long and loud. God reads the hidden thoughts. We may pray in secret, and He who sees in secret will hear, and will reward us openly.{MYP 247.2}[2]
告青年书-第86章
如果我们一点儿也不感到自己可怜，却告诉上帝说自己是如何可怜，这样的祷告乃是伪善的。主所重视的，乃是悔改的祷告。“因为那至高至上，永远长存，名为圣者的如此说：我住在至高至圣的所在，也与心灵痛悔谦卑的人同居，要使谦卑人的灵儆醒，也使痛悔人的心儆醒”（赛57:15,16）。{MYP 247.3}[3]
告青年书-第86章
The prayers that are offered to God to tell Him of all our wretchedness, when we do not feel wretched at all, are the prayers of hypocrisy. It is the contrite prayer that the Lord regards. “For thus?saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”{MYP 247.3}[3]
告青年书-第86章
祷告的目的不是要让上帝作什么改变，而是要使我们与祂和谐。上帝接纳我们经常献上的恳切祷告。但祷告不能代替我们所当纳的十分之一，也不能偿付我们欠上帝的债。……{MYP 248.1}[4]
告青年书-第86章
Prayer is not intended to work any change in God; it brings us into harmony with God. It does not take the place of duty. Prayer offered ever so often and ever so earnestly will never be accepted by God in the place of our tithe. Prayer will not pay our debts to God....{MYP 248.1}[4]
告青年书-第86章
【祈祷带来能力】
在祷告上帝时所得到的力量必预备我们实行每日的本分。我们即然每日遇见试炼,就十分需要祈祷。为了使我们能凭着信心蒙上帝的能力所保守，我们必须不断在静默的祷告中将心灵的愿望向上帝顉吐。我们既然被那些引诱人离开上帝的影响所包围，就必须不倦地祈求帮助和力量。否则，我们就永不能除去骄傲，战胜试探的权势。这些试探会引诱我们纵情姿态，离开救主。那能使生活圣化的真理光芒一旦进入人心，就必揭露人心中那竭力要作主的邪恶情欲，使他能全神贯注，尽力以赴地抵抗撒但，靠着基督的功劳得胜。——《青年导报》1898年8月18日{MYP 248.2}[5]
告青年书-第86章
【Prayer Brings Power】
The strength acquired in prayer to God will prepare us for our daily duties. The temptations to which we are daily exposed make prayer a necessity. In order that we may be kept by the power of God through faith, the desires of the mind should be continually ascending in silent prayer. When we are surrounded by influences calculated to lead us away from God, our petitions for help and strength must be unwearied. Unless this is so, we shall never be successful in breaking down pride and overcoming the power of temptation to sinful indulgences which keep us from the Saviour. The light of truth, sanctifying the life, will discover to the receiver the sinful passions of his heart which are striving for the mastery, and which make it necessary for him to stretch every nerve and exert all his powers to resist Satan that he may conquer through the merits of Christ.—The Youth’s Instructor, August 18, 1898.{MYP 248.2}[5]
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