0526 思考祷告如耶稣所教导的
不住地祷告。《帖撒罗尼迦前书5:17》
我们对祷告的想法，无论正确或错误，都是基于我们自己的心理概念。正确的概念是将祷告视为我们肺部的呼吸和心脏的血液，我们的血液流动，我们的呼吸也继续「不停歇」，我们甚至没有意识到，但它永远不会停止。我们并不总是意识到耶稣使我们与神完美地合一，但如果我们顺服祂，祂总是如此。祷告不是一种练习，而是圣徒的生命。要当心任何停止献上祷告的事物。 「不住地祷告」——保持像孩子那样的习惯，在心里时刻向神献上祷告。
耶稣从未提过未得到回答的祷告，祂有无限的把握确知祷告总是得到回应。我们是否借着圣灵而有耶稣关于祷告那样无法言喻的确信？还是我们认为有时神似乎没有回应我们的祷告呢？耶稣说：「凡祈求的，就得着…」（马太福音 7:8）。然而我们却说，「但是…，但是…」神以最好的方式回应祷告——不只是有时，而是每一次。然而，在我们想要的领域里得到回答的证据可能并不总是立即出现。我们是期望神回应我们的祷告吗？
我们面临的危险是我们想要淡化耶稣所说的话，使其意思与我们的常识一致。但如果那只是常识，祂所说的话甚至不值一提。耶稣关于祷告的教导，是祂向我们揭示的超自然真理。
来自章伯斯的智慧
如果一个人在低谷时无法证明他的宗教信仰，那么它就毫无价值。《神手之阴》
0526 Thinking of Prayer as Jesus Taught
Pray without ceasing… —1 Thessalonians 5:17
Our thinking about prayer, whether right or wrong, is based on our own mental conception of it. The correct concept is to think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts. Our blood flows and our breathing continue “without ceasing”; we are not even conscious of it, but it never stops. And we are not always conscious of Jesus keeping us in perfect oneness with God, but if we are obeying Him, He always is. Prayer is not an exercise, it is the life of the saint. Beware of anything that stops the offering up of prayer. “Pray without ceasing…”— maintain the childlike habit of offering up prayer in your heart to God all the time.
Jesus never mentioned unanswered prayer. He had the unlimited certainty of knowing that prayer is always answered. Do we have through the Spirit of God that inexpressible certainty that Jesus had about prayer, or do we think of the times when it seemed that God did not answer our prayer? Jesus said, “…everyone who asks receives…” (Matthew 7:8). Yet we say, “But…, but….” God answers prayer in the best way— not just sometimes, but every time. However, the evidence of the answer in the area we want it may not always immediately follow. Do we expect God to answer prayer?
The danger we have is that we want to water down what Jesus said to make it mean something that aligns with our common sense. But if it were only common sense, what He said would not even be worthwhile. The things Jesus taught about prayer are supernatural truths He reveals to us.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
If a man cannot prove his religion in the valley, it is not worth anything. –Shade of His Hand, 1200 L