11:1 耶穌在一個地方禱告;禱告完了,有個門徒對他說:「求主教導我們禱告,像約翰教導他的門徒。」
11:2 耶穌說:「你們禱告的時候,要說:我們在天上的父(有古卷:父啊):願人都尊你的名為聖。願你的國降臨;願你的旨意行在地上,如同行在天上(有古卷沒有願你的旨意....)。
11:3 我們日用的飲食,天天賜給我們。
11:4 赦免我們的罪,因為我們也赦免凡虧欠我們的人。不叫我們遇見試探;救我們脫離凶惡(有古卷沒有末句)。」
11:5 耶穌又說:「你們中間誰有一個朋友半夜到他那裡去,說:『朋友!請借給我三個餅;
11:6 因為我有一個朋友行路,來到我這裡,我沒有甚麼給他擺上。』
11:7 那人在裡面回答說:『不要攪擾我,門已經關閉,孩子們也同我在床上了,我不能起來給你。』
11:8 我告訴你們,雖不因他是朋友起來給他,但因他情詞迫切地直求,就必起來照他所需用的給他。
11:9 我又告訴你們,你們祈求,就給你們;尋找,就尋見;叩門,就給你們開門。
11:10 因為,凡祈求的,就得著;尋找的,就尋見;叩門的,就給他開門。
11:11 你們中間作父親的,誰有兒子求餅,反給他石頭呢?求魚,反拿蛇當魚給他呢?
11:12 求雞蛋,反給他蠍子呢?
11:13 你們雖然不好,尚且知道拿好東西給兒女;何況天父,豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎?」
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say:
“‘Father,[a]
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.[b]
3 Give us each day our
daily bread.
4 Forgive us our sins,
for
we also forgive everyone who sins against us.[c]
And lead us not into temptation.[d]’”
5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 6 a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ 7 And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[e] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[f] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
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主耶穌教導門徒禱告,是禱告的態度,不是禱告的方法!
態度對禱告者很重要,你如何看待禱告和禱告的對象?首先要思想我們禱告的對象,是創造天地掌管萬有的上帝,也因此我們禱告是要照祂的旨意成就,而不是我們的心意和想法。所以,明知不合乎祂的旨意的禱告項目,也不用求了,不用禱告了!正如我們禱告要人受災害,被上帝懲罰的,就不要禱告了!
接著我們認定了上帝的心意之後,就要堅持不斷的禱告直到事情成就!就像主耶穌的比喻,即使環境和時間不對,我們仍然要禱告,不要放棄,不要停止,不要灰心,仍要堅持的禱告!
在禱告時心中要確信上帝必聽禱告,正如主耶穌所說:「我又告訴你們,你們祈求,就給你們;尋找,就尋見;叩門,就給你們開門。因為,凡祈求的,就得著;尋找的,就尋見;叩門的,就給他開門。你們中間作父親的,誰有兒子求餅,反給他石頭呢?求魚,反拿蛇當魚給他呢?求雞蛋,反給他蠍子呢?你們雖然不好,尚且知道拿好東西給兒女;何況天父,豈不更將聖靈給求他的人嗎?」
因為,禱告不在我們盼望的事情成就,而是在我們是否和上帝有美好的交通!
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