牧者的祷告
以弗所书一章15至23节
15因此,我既听见你们信从主耶稣,亲爱众圣徒,
16就为你们不住的感谢神。祷告的时候,常题到你们,
17求我们主耶稣基督的神,荣耀的父,将那赐人智慧和启示的灵赏给你们,使你们真知道他,
18并且照明你们心中的眼睛,使你们知道他的恩召有何等指望,他在圣徒中得的基业有何等丰盛的荣耀;
19并知道他向我们这信的人所显的能力是何等浩大,
20就是照他在基督身上所运行的大能大力,使他从死里复活,叫他在天上坐在自己的右边,
21远超过一切执政的、掌权的、有能的、主治的,和一切有名的;不但是今世的,连来世的也都超过了。
22又将万有服在他的脚下,使他为教会作万有之首。
23教会是他的身体,是那充满万有者所充满的。
信息分享
保罗告诉我们,神的能力是何等浩大。他指出,神昔日使耶稣基督从死里复活的大能,今天仍然在信徒身上显明,信徒可以在生活中体认这种能力。
你曾否想过,神使基督复活的大能,究竟是怎样的一种大能?耶稣的身体已经被放进墓里,墓口有大石封住,外面更有士兵看守。而且,耶稣已死去三天。可是,当神的能力临到耶稣身上,耶稣便从死里复活;祂不用把墓石滚开或越过士兵的看守,就离开了墓穴。保罗在这里正是指出,使耶稣复活的这种能力,就是我们信徒今天在生活和事奉中可经历到的能力。
我们若说:「是的,我晓得神有能力使耶稣基督从死里复活,可是,神却没有能力来帮助我胜过试探!」这岂不是很可笑?神每时每刻都与我们同在,而祂的能力也永不改变。祂当然愿意帮助我们,祂只是等候我们向祂求助。我们若失败跌倒,就只怪我们没有求祂在我们的生命中显出大能吧了!
赶快向神祷告吧!让我们向祂祈求说:「父啊,我相信你的大能。求你在我的生命中显出你的大能和成就你的旨意。」
A PASTOR’S PRAYER FOR HIS PEOPLE
Ephesians 1: 15 – 23
15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Message
Paul tells us how great God’s power is. He says that the power that God used when he raised Jesus Christ from the dead is still available and active today and we can know its strength in our lives.
Can you think about God’s power that raised Christ? His body was in a sealed tomb and over the doorway was a huge stone. Soldiers were standing guard. Jesus had been dead for three days. Yet when God reached down and touched the body of Jesus with new life, he came out of the tomb without even rolling away the stone or being stopped by the guards. And Paul says that same power can be known by us in our lives and service today.
How foolish we would be if we said, ‘Yes, I know God raised Jesus Christ from the dead, but he can’t help me fight against temptation!’ God is with us today and his power is the same. He is waiting for us to ask him to help us. He is willing to do it. If we fail it’s because we haven’t allowed him to use his mighty power in our lives.
Why not pray today, ‘Father, I believe in your great power. Please help me to allow you to do what you want to do in my life today.’

