682 英翻中 (382) Pruning the Branches. 求主修剪我. 2/23/2024
愛我們的天上阿巴父, 因祢愛孩子, 所以祢要修剪孩子惡劣習慣品行, 希望我成為耶穌基督的樣式. 聽從祢的話, "道成肉身" , 為我們的罪受死, 釘在十字架上, 第三天復活, 後升天坐在祢的右邊. 2000 多年來祂活在我們的心裡, 我們預備祢來修剪, 以祢喜愛的身心等祂再來, 領我們到天上, 住在祂為我們預備的天上的家, 享受祂的榮耀. 奉主耶穌的名禱告. 阿們.
Feb. 23. Pruning the Branches. Bible reading : John 135-1-6 Key verse : John 13 : 15 :16 二月 23日 求修剪我. 讀經 : 約翰福音 135-1-6 鑰節 : 約翰福音 13 : 15 :16
You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. 不是你們選擇了我, 而是我選擇了你們, 並指定你們去結果子, 且讓你們所結的果子長存, 你們奉我的名無論向父上帝求什麼, 祂就賜給你們.
The late Francis Schaeffer observed that the average Christian’s objective in life appeared to be personal peace and affluence. Whether we agree with His assessment, we must at least admit that subconsciously. If not overtly, we prefer the pleasant over the painful, the comfortable over the distressful. 已故的方濟 · 謝弗（Francis Schaeffer）觀察到, 一般基督徒的生活目標, 似乎只是求個人的平安和富裕. 無論我們是否同意祂的評價, 至少必須在潛意識裡承認這一點. 如果不是公開地表明, 我們是喜歡喜樂超過痛苦, 喜歡舒適而不是折磨.
Despite this decidedly normal human disposition, you will stumble badly through the Christian journey if you adopt these longings as your chief aims. Christ’s goal for your life transcends this limited perspective. He has something far more sublime in mind for you --- to make you productive in the work of His kingdom. This involves a process Christ termed pruning, a continual trimming of character and habits that are unproductive for you personal growth as a believer, conforming you to the image of God and the standard of His Word. 儘管這絕對是正常的人性, 但如果你把這慾望作為主要的人生目標, 你就會在基督徒走天國的旅程中, 嚴重的跌倒. 基督對你生命的目標超越了這個有限的視野. 祂對你有更崇高的願望——讓你在祂的國度的作為富有成效. 這涉及到所謂被基督「修剪」的深意, 不斷地修剪你的無益的品格和習慣作為, 使你門徒訓練得以成長, 使你符合上帝的形象和祂話語的準則.
Unfortunately,
this can be painful at times, even severe when the pruning lops off sensitive
areas. But whatever God sees as detrimental
to your fruitfulness and well-being. He
will seek to sever. The tools of
Providence may be sharp, but they are held by loving hands.
Perhaps you can identify an area that God’s Spirit has surfaced as deleterious to your spiritual health. Cooperate with the Husbandman. Though it may be trying for a time, God’s goal is to grow you into the image of Christ. In this kind of pain, there is godly gain. 也許可以確認你的靈與上帝的靈已經顯現出對你的靈性健康有害的領域。 與農夫合作。 儘管暫時可能會很困難，但上帝這樣做的目標, 是讓你成長為基督的樣式. 在修剪中的這種痛苦, 是上帝神聖的收穫所必須的.
Dear Lord, conform me to the image of Your Son and the standard of Your Word. Prune out everything that is detrimental to my fruitfulness and well-being. 親愛的主, 求祢照祢兒子的樣式, 和合乎祢話語的意念. 修剪掉一切阻礙我達到結豐盛果子, 和成為基督樣式的一切有害的枝子.
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