0526 思考禱告如耶穌所教導的
不住地禱告。《帖撒羅尼迦前書5:17》
我們對禱告的想法，無論正確或錯誤，都是基於我們自己的心理概念。正確的概念是將禱告視為我們肺部的呼吸和心臟的血液，我們的血液流動，我們的呼吸也繼續「不停歇」，我們甚至沒有意識到，但它永遠不會停止。我們並不總是意識到耶穌使我們與神完美地合一，但如果我們順服祂，祂總是如此。禱告不是一種練習，而是聖徒的生命。要當心任何停止獻上禱告的事物。 「不住地禱告」——保持像孩子那樣的習慣，在心裡時刻向神獻上禱告。
耶穌從未提過未得到回答的禱告，祂有無限的把握確知禱告總是得到回應。我們是否藉着聖靈而有耶穌關於禱告那樣無法言喻的確信？還是我們認為有時神似乎沒有回應我們的禱告呢？耶穌說：「凡祈求的，就得着…」（馬太福音 7:8）。然而我們卻說，「但是…，但是…」神以最好的方式回應禱告——不只是有時，而是每一次。然而，在我們想要的領域裡得到回答的證據可能並不總是立即出現。我們是期望神回應我們的禱告嗎？
我們面臨的危險是我們想要淡化耶穌所說的話，使其意思與我們的常識一致。但如果那只是常識，祂所說的話甚至不值一提。耶穌關於禱告的教導，是祂向我們揭示的超自然真理。
來自章伯斯的智慧
如果一個人在低谷時無法證明他的宗教信仰，那麼它就毫無價值。《神手之陰》
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