神設計禱告如同打電話給神一樣

神設計禱告如同打電話給神一樣

-Prayer is like a telephone that calls God for help
-什麼是「禱告」的定義？
-What is true prayer?
-為什麼神不回答大多數人的禱告？
作者：馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦
純正福音和復興網站
www.repent-pray-revival.org  
2022/6/23

主要經文:

• 約9:31 我們知道神不聽罪人，惟有敬奉神、遵行他旨意的，神纔聽他。
• 詩66:18 我若心裏注重罪孽，主必不聽。
• 箴28:9 轉耳不聽(道德)律法的，他的祈禱也為可憎。
• 路11:2耶穌說：「你們禱告的時候，要說：我們在天上的父：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。

「在你禱告之前，確定你所禱告的神和耶穌是純正福音的神和耶穌，因為假福音會傳講一位幻想出來的假神和另一個耶穌(林後11：4)。假福音永遠會生產假基督徒，而這些假基督徒只會帶著自私和貪婪的動機來禱告。當然，這樣的禱告永遠不會蒙垂聽。所以，許多假基督徒其實是在浪費時間向天花板禱告。」－馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦

“Before you pray, make sure that the God and Jesus that you are praying to is the God and Jesus of the True Gospel, because a false gospel will talk about an imaginary false God and “another Jesus”(2 Corin. 11:4).  A false gospel will always produce false Christians that only pray out a selfish and covetous motive.  Of course, such prayers will never be heard and that’s why so many false Christians are actually wasting their time by praying to the ceiling.”

「神設計禱告如同打電話給神一樣。我們可以打電話給神，求神的幫助、神蹟、供應和大能。我們可以求神的同在、介入、解決困難的方法、智慧、引導、安慰、保護、復興、神蹟的能力等。」－馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦

“Prayer was designed by God to be like a telephone that calls God for help, miracle, provision, and power.  We can also ask God for His presence, intervention, solution, wisdom, guidance, comfort, protection, revival, and miracle power.”  –Johnson and Pearl

「禱告是世上最強大的力量，因為禱告尊榮神，禱告使神主動來幫助我們。」－邦茲 (E.M. Bounds)

“Prayer is the greatest of all forces, because it honors God and brings Him into active aid.”  －E.M. Bounds

「我們禱告愈多，我們就愈多得著神的幫助、神蹟、供應和大能。所以，禱告是神給人最棒的特權。若放棄這個特權的話，你絕對算是世界上最愚昧的基督徒」 －馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦

“The more we pray, the more we receive God’s help, miracle, provision, and power. So prayer is the most awesome privilege God could ever give to a person. To give up that privilege would make you the dumbest Christian in the world!  –Johnson and Pearl

「禱告就像是一個讓你可以打電話給神的私人電話。你可以一天24小時打，一周7天都可以打。你可以打電話給宇宙的萬王之王。而神的身分就像是宇宙的總統一樣。這就是為什麼禱告是神給人最棒的、最好的特權。若你放棄這個特權，你絕對算是世界上最愚昧的基督徒。」－馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦

“Prayer is like a private phone that allows you to call God, the “King and President of the universe", 24/7! That’s why prayer is the most awesome privilege God could ever give to a man. Oh, to give that up would definitely make you the dumbest Christian in the world!”   –Johnson and Pearl

「禱告是神賜給祂兒女最大的能力和特權。如果我們忽略/忽視這個能力和特權，那就是最大的無知和悲劇。」－馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦

“Prayer is the greatest power and privilege that God could ever give to His children.   To neglect this power and privilege is the greatest ignorance and tragedy.”  －Johnson and Pearl

「不禱告的代價遠超過有禱告的代價。」

“The price of prayerlessness far exceeds the price of prayer.”  －未俱名

「神設計禱告如同打電話給神一樣。我們可以打電話給神，求神的幫助、神蹟、供應和大能。基督徒禱告愈多，就愈多得著神的幫助、神蹟、供應和大能。所以，我當然寧願一天花好幾個小時跟神通電話，過於跟任何世人講話！」  －馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦

“Prayer was designed by God to be like a telephone that calls God for help, miracle, provision, and power.  The more Christians call, the more we receive God’s help, miracle, provision, and power. So of course I would rather talk to God on the “phone" for many hours a day instead of talking to any mortal man in the world.” －Johnson and Pearl

「想像上帝，也就是創造宇宙的獨一真神，又稱為萬王之萬，身分就如宇宙的總統一樣偉大和尊貴；想像祂賜給你一個私人電話為祂給你的最棒特權。而你可以使用這個特權來隨時求幫助、神蹟、供應、引導、和神的大能。你可以一天24小時打，一周7天都可以打。然而，大部分的基督徒卻很少使用這個最棒的特權，這豈不是很荒謬嗎？他們寧願看電視、看電影、上網、講手機、看新聞，過於跟創造宇宙的上帝通電話。有些基督徒偶爾引用幾個經文來做機械式的宣告，但這是因為他們不懂得什麼是真正的禱告，所以就乾脆用這種得來速的方法，隨便宣告幾個經文，敷衍了事後回去看電視。這樣的宣告根本不算是禱告，只能算是自言自語。通常，許多靈恩基督徒會用這種機械式的宣告，自私地向神求月亮和星星，你可以想像這是何等懶惰和愚昧！」  －馬強盛／顏美娟夫婦

A private phone to directly talk to the Creator God of the universe?

“Imagine given the most awesome privilege of a private phone to directly talk to the Creator God of the universe, the “King of kings" and the President of the universe! And you can use this special privilege, this private phone, to call God anytime for help, miracles, provision, guidance, and God’s power.  You can even use this private phone to call God 24/7!  Nevertheless, most Christians seldom use this most awesome privilege, isn’t that ridiculous? They would rather watch TV, movies, go on the internet, and watch the news instead of talking on the phone with the Creator God of the universe.  Some Christians would occasionally quote a few scriptures and do some “mechanical confessions”, but that’s because they don’t know what true prayer is, so they confess a few scriptures as a “drive-thru” kind of lukewarm chant, then they go back to watching TV. However, this kind of robotic confession does NOT count as prayer, but as talking to oneself. Usually, many of today’s Charismatic Christians pray mechanic confessions, and they selfishly ask God for the moon and the stars. What utter laziness and foolishness!”  －Johnson and Pearl

「禱告是雙向的交流，是人跟神講話，而神也跟人講話。對許多人而言，為什麼他們覺得枯乾呢？因為都是他們自己在講話！」－雷歐納牧師(Leonard Ravenhill)

“Prayer is a 2-way operation-man talking to God and God talking to man.  To many, prayer is dry because they do all the talking.”  -Leonard Ravenhill

「禱告不是單向溝通，乃是雙向對話。最重要的部分就是聽神的回應和聲音。」–慕安德烈

“Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue. God’s voice in response to mine is its most essential part.” －Andrew Murray

「我會花很多天、很多禮拜俯伏在地上，有聲、無聲的禱告。」–喬治．懷特菲
“Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.” – George Whitefield

「一個人有可能因為渴慕頭腦知識而學習，或渴慕聖經知識而研究聖經。但一個人會因為他的靈魂渴慕神而禱告。」 －雷歐納(Leonard Ravenhill)

“A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But a man prays because his souls is hungry for God.” －Leonard Ravenhill