Daily Devotion - Feb 20 - ¼}¦w¼w¯P¨C¤éÆF­× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

為宣教士禱告

經文: 「於是禁食禱告，按手在他們頭上，就打發他們去了。」（使徒行傳十三：3）

如何使基督徒人數增多，且培訓他們願為上帝的國度，人心的悔改，獻上迫切的禱告，正是宣教士們最感需要的問題，因為任何聚會的策劃與安排，都抵不過熱切誠摯的代禱。

那些委身於主，熱愛靈魂的信徒們，我們相信他們必要不斷地為上帝國度的擴張禱告，不僅在早晨的靈修，或其他分別為聖的時間，都會時時刻刻地切切代禱，不見上帝的勝利就絕不歇手。

這一切都源於基督的愛，當年呈現在十字架上，現在活在我們心中。人若積極渴望奉行上帝的旨意，他必全心全意地愛人如己。代禱正是上帝所設立的發電廠，用來感動人心，引人歸向真神。

為宣教士禱告，讓他們充滿愛與禱告的靈，能活出耶穌的形像。也為當地的基督徒禱告，讓他們能深切瞭解非基督徒的生活，以及上帝在他們身上救贖的盼望。

也為所有主日學的課程及延伸制的課程禱告，願上帝的話語帶有能力，深植人心，讓信徒們都滿有聖靈的能力，向周圍的人為主做見證。

最重要的就是為教會禱告，讓信徒脫離冷淡退步的光景，專心地以傳福音為職志，好讓耶穌在地上作主。

「慈愛的天父：我們要定睛於您，願您施慈愛與恩典，聽我們的禱告，藉著聖靈體會您的同在與權能，並祝福您僕人的聖工。阿們。」


MISSIONARY INTERCESSION

Scripture: "When they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away."—ACTS xiii. 3

How to multiply the number of Christians, who will individually and collectively wield this force of intercession for the conversion and transformation of men, that is the supreme question of Foreign Missions, Every other consideration and plan is secondary to that of wielding the forces of prayer."
"That those who love this work, and bear it upon their hearts will follow the Scriptural injunction to pray unceasingly for its triumph, we take for granted. To such, not only the Morning Watch and the hours of stated devotion, but all times and seasons will witness an attitude of intercession that refuses to let God go until He crowns His workers with victory."
Missions have their root in the love of Christ, as that was proved on the cross and now lives in our heart. As men are so earnest in seeking to carry out God's plans for the natural world, so God's children should be at least as wholehearted in seeking to bring Christ's love to all mankind. Intercession is the chief means appointed by God to bring the great redemption within the reach of all.
Pray for the missionaries, that the Christ-life may be clear and strong, that they may be men of prayer and filled with love, in whom the power of the spiritual life is made manifest.
Pray for the native Christians, that they may know the glory of the mystery among the heathen, Christ in them the hope of glory.
Pray for the baptism classes, and all the pupils in schools, that the teaching of God's Word may be in power. Pray specially for the native pastors and evangelists, that the Holy Spirit may fill them to be witnesses for Christ among their fellow-countrymen.
Pray, above all, for the Church of Christ, that it may be lifted out of its indifference, and that every believer may be brought to understand that the one object of his life is to help to make Christ King on the earth.
Our gracious God, our eyes are unto Thee. Wilt Thou not in mercy hear our prayer, and by the Holy Spirit reveal the presence and the power of Christ in thy work of Thy servants? AMEN.


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