經文: 「寫信給歌羅西的聖徒，在基督裡有忠心的弟兄。……我們感謝上帝我們主耶穌基督的父，常常為你們禱告；因聽見你們在基督耶穌裡的信心，並向眾聖徒的愛心。」— [聖經·歌羅西書 1章2-4節錄]
「你們要恆切禱告，在此儆醒感恩。也要為我們禱告，求上帝給我們開傳道的門，能以講基督的奧祕。」— [聖經·歌羅西書 4章2-3節錄]
讓為眾聖徒禱告，能成為我們首要的思想-這需要時間、心思、以及愛，才能涵蓋這短短的一句「為眾聖徒禱告」。想到你的鄰舍、你認識的信徒，想到你的國家，並為眾信徒感謝上帝，想到那些基督徒國家及其中的基督徒，還有那非基督徒國家，以及其間越來越多的信徒。
想到他們所可能遭遇的景況，以及他們需要上帝的幫助與恩典。想到許多的信徒，他們雖自稱是上帝的兒女，卻因著無知或懶散，而行在黑暗中；或是因著小信以及世俗的引誘，導致羞辱主名；想到那些因著生命的挫敗，而自暴自棄的人，他們覺得無法討上帝的喜悅，也無力幫助人；想到那些為耶穌擺上青春生命的傳道人，還有那些不冷不熱的基督徒們，我們多麼希望他們能感覺到，他們與教會的弟兄姐妹們是互為肢體，在靈裡是合而為一的。
為弟兄姐妹們靈裡合一，為教會復興禱告，不是一天兩天的事，更不是一蹴可及的，而是要恆切禱告，將這樣的異象-同屬耶穌的肢體，將它放在信徒的心版上。一旦我們開始這樣禱告，我們會發現恆切地為這目標禱告，這意義是多麼重大，不但能求上帝將祂的大愛充滿在屬祂的孩子們心中，更能求聖靈的大能澆灌在上帝的僕人身上，給他們力量在這扭曲悖逆的世代，為上帝作工。
—《 神 的 心 意 》
[每日靈修 5月29日]
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
『 Prayer for All Saints 』
Scripture: “To the Saints and faithful brethren in Christ, which are at Colosse. We give thanks to God, praying always for you, since we heard of the love which ye have to all the saints.” — [Colossians 1:2-4]
“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving, withal praying also for us.” — [Colossians 4:2-3]
Prayer for all saints: let this be our first thought. It will need time, and thought, and love, to realize what is included in that simple expression. Think of your own neighborhood and the saints you know; think of your whole country, and praise God for all who are His saints; think of all Christian nations of the world, and the saints to be found in each of these; think of all the heathen nations and the saints of God to be found among them in ever-increasing numbers.
Think of all the different circumstances and conditions in which these are to be found, and all the very varying needs which call for God’s grace and help. Think of many, oh, so many, who are God’s saints, and yet through ignorance or sloth, through worldly-mindedness or an evil heart of unbelief, are walking in the dark, and bringing no honour to God. Think of so many who are in earnest, and yet conscious of a life of failure, with little or no power to please God or to bless man. And then think again of those who are to be found everywhere, in solitary places or in companies, whose one aim is to serve the Lord who bought them, and to be the light of those around them. Think of them especially as joining, often unconscious of their relation to the whole body of Christ, in pleading for the great promise of the Holy Spirit and the love and oneness of heart which He alone can give.
This is not the work of one day or one night. It needs a heart which will set itself from time to time to do serious thinking in regard to the state and the need of that body of Christ to which we belong. But when once we begin, we shall find what abundant reason there is for our persevering and yielding to God’s Spirit, that He may fit us for the great and blessed work of day by day praying the twofold prayer, for the love of God and Christ to fill the hearts of His people, and for the power of the Holy Spirit to come down and accomplish God’s work in this sinful world.
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 29 May 」
