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10  Pastor Chris克雷斯牧师

THE PRAYER THAT WORKS

有效的祷告

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking (Matthew 6:7).

但是当你们祷告时，不要像异教徒所作的，用许多虚空重复的话，因为他们以为话多了，他们必被垂听。（马太福音6:7）

Sometimes, you find Christians who say, “I need powerful prayers; so please, pray a powerful prayer for me.” But what’s a powerful prayer anyway? What makes a prayer powerful? Is it the loudness of the voice of the one praying, or is it because they’re speaking religious words? Well, what you need isn’t a “powerful” prayer, but a simple prayer to a powerful God. 

有时候，你会发现有些基督徒说：“我需要有能力的祷告，所以请为我做个有能力的祷告吧！”但有能力的祷告究竟是怎样的？是什么使一个祷告有能力？是因为一个人祷告的声音很大吗？还是因为他们祷告的时候使用了宗教词汇呢？你所需要的不是“有能力的”祷告，而是向大有能力的神所献上简单的祷告。

The Lord Jesus, in our opening verse, said when you pray, don’t be like the heathen who use vain, repetitive words; they erroneously think they’ll be heard for their much speaking; Jesus said we shouldn’t pray like that. Read His words, “Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him” (Matthew 6:8). 

主耶稣在我们的开篇经文中说到你在祷告的时候，不要像那些使用虚空、重复词汇的异教徒一样，他们错误地认为他们的话多就必蒙垂听，不！耶稣说我们不应该如此祷告。请阅读祂的话：“因此，你们不要效法他们；因为你们求他以前，你们的父已知道了你们所需要的。”（马太福音6:8）

Learn to pray like Jesus; He prayed and acted simply. Imagine the simple way He prayed at the tomb of Lazarus. The Bible says, “…And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth” (Matthew 11:41-43).

要学习像耶稣那样祷告，祂的祷告和动作都很简单。请想象祂在拉撒路坟墓前简单的祷告方式，圣经说道：“……耶稣举目望天说，父啊，我感谢你，因为你已经听我。我也知道你常听我，但我说这话是为旁边站着的众人，叫他们信是你差了我来。当他说了这话，就大声呼叫说，拉撒路，出来。”（约翰福音11:41-43）

What makes prayer work is faith, and not the multitude or multiplicity of words. Jesus made this very clear in Mark 11:23: “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.” Therefore, make your prayers simple; pray with faith, and avoid vain repetitions.

使祷告有效的是信心，不是言语词汇的多少或它的多样性。耶稣在马可福音11:23说得很清楚：“我实在对你们说，无论何人对这座山说，你挪开此地，投在海里，他若心里不疑惑，只信他所说的必发生，就必按他所说的给他成了。”所以，祷告要简单，要用信心祷告，并避免使用虚空重复的言辞。

When you pray in other tongues, your spirit, by the Holy Spirit, is praying; you’re praying according to the will of God. That’s primarily the way you ought to pray as a Christian: pray with the spirit first; that is, in in tongues, before you pray with your understanding, your natural earthly language. “What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also” (1 Corinthians 14:15).

当你用方言祷告的时候，是你的灵借着圣灵祷告；你是按照神的心意祷告。作为一名基督徒，你应该有的主要祷告方式是：在用悟性祷告之前，也就是使用你地上的语言祷告之前，首先要用灵祷告，即方言祷告。“那到底要怎么样呢？我要用灵祷告，也要用悟性祷告；我要用灵歌唱，也要用悟性歌唱。”（哥林多前书14:15）

Prayer

祷告

I declare that my faith is effectual. Therefore, I effect necessary changes in my life and circumstances by the power of the Holy Spirit and with the Word, in the Name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.

我宣告我的信心充满果效。因此，我在借着圣灵的大能，以神的到对我的生命、周围的环境带来必要的影响。在耶稣的名里，阿们。

Further Study

参考经文

Philippians 4:6

腓立比书4:6 

Luke 18:1

路加福音18:1 

James 5:15

雅各书5:15