💜《神的心意-God’s Best Secrets》20220602『同心合意-With One Accord』— 慕安德烈 [Andrew Murray]

經文: 「五旬節到了，門徒都聚集在一處。他們就都被聖靈充滿，」— [聖經·使徒行傳 2章1，4節]

最後要談到「教會復興」這目標，以及「沉浸式禱告」的操練。

我們感謝上帝，因祂感動成千上萬的信徒，專心地為特定的目標恆切代禱；但世界的禾場是廣大的，還有許多福音未得之地，這些都是上帝所關懷的事工，既有耶穌做我們的元帥，祂是萬軍之耶和華，我們這些做主門徒的，就當放膽為主傳道。

一個角力選手在競賽時，要繃緊身上所有細胞，使出最大的力量，與對手鬥力。在英國現今的戰爭，數百萬的軍人不僅全心全意投入軍旅，對遠方戰役的捷報，也與有榮焉，為他們喝采歡呼，從中大得激勵。在上帝的教會更當如此，我們憑信心靠著聖靈爭戰，宣告上帝已經得勝，我們每天盡全力為上帝的國度禱告，為教會的聖工大發熱心，懇求聖靈澆灌祂的僕人，使他們得能力；也擔待那軟弱不堅固的肢體，求上帝甦醒他們冷淡退後的靈，這都是要使上帝的名得榮耀，祂的十字架被高舉。

同心禱告的力量是無法估量的，當大家聚在一起禱告，聖靈在當中運行掌權時，每個信徒的力量就被凝聚起來，就像許多盞燈被聚攏成為一盞巨大的聚光燈，那熱力與亮度是驚人的，每個信徒都可感受到那種上帝同在的震憾力，以及大家同屬教會肢體的那種合一感。初代使徒五旬節的禱告會就是這樣，他們同心合意恆切禱告，聖靈就降下充滿他們，上帝也回應他們的禱告，成全他們的心願，應允他們所祈求的，這是多麼動人的畫面！

—《 神 的 心 意 》
[每日靈修 6月2日]
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興

『 With One Accord 』

Scripture: “They were all with one accord in one place.” “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit,” — [Acts 2:1,4]

Our last chapters have opened to us wonderful thoughts of the solidarity of the whole body of Christ, and the need of the deliberate cultivation of the slumbering or buried talents of intercession. We may indeed thank God, for we know of the tens of thousands of His children who in daily prayer are pleading for some portion of the work of God’s kingdom in which they are personally interested. But in many cases they take an interest in, and there is a lack of that large-hearted and universal love that takes up all the saints of God and their service into its embrace. There is not the boldness and the strength that comes from the consciousness of being part of a large and conquering army under the leadership of our conquering King.

We said that a wrestler in the games gathers up his whole strength and counts upon every member of his body doing its very utmost. In the British Army in the present war, with its millions of soldiers, each detachment not only throws its whole heart into the work that it has to do, but it is ready to rejoice and take new courage from every tiding of the bravery and enthusiasm of the far-distant members of the one great army. And is not this what we need in the Church of Christ, such an enthusiasm for the King and His Kingdom and such a faith in His purpose, that His name shall be made known to every human being, that our prayers shall rise up every day, with a large-hearted love that grasps the whole body of Christ and pleads daily for the power of the Holy Spirit on all its members, even to the very feeblest ?

The strength unity gives is something inconceivable. The power of each individual member is increased to a large degree by the inspiration of fellowship with a large and conquering host. Nothing can so help us to an ever-larger faith as the consciousness of being one body and one spirit in Christ Jesus. It was as the disciples were all with one accord in one place on the Day of Pentecost, that they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. United prayer brings the answer to prayer.

— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 2 June 」