Prayer’s Transforming Vision

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1 Prayer’s Transforming Vision
改變眼光的祷告 Prayer’s Transforming Vision

2 你们祷告，不可像外邦人，用许多重复话。他们以为话多了必蒙垂听。 8 你们不可效法他们。因为你们没有祈求以先，你们所需用的，你们的父早已知道了。马太福音 6:7-8
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. – Matthew 6:7-8

3 個人性的禱告 Prayer is Personal
交流性的禱告 Prayer is Interactive 禱告需 要對神完全的信任 Prayer requires Trust

4 敬拜 - Adoration 認罪 - Confession 感恩 - Thanksgiving 祈求 - Supplication

5 深思默想的禱告能改變我們的眼光 Contemplative Prayer transforms our vision

6 A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. 5 They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. 7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits. 8 They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. 9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth. （亚萨的诗。）神实在恩待以色列那些清心的人。 2 至于我，我的脚几乎失闪。我的脚险些滑跌。 3 我见恶人和狂傲人享平安，就心怀不平。 4 他们死的时候，没有疼痛。他们的力气，却也壮实。 5 他们不像别人受苦，也不像别人遭灾。 6 所以骄傲如链子戴在他们的项上。强暴像衣裳遮住他们的身体。 7 他们的眼睛，因体胖而凸出。他们所得的，过于心里所想的。 8 他们讥笑人，凭恶意说欺压人的话。他们说话自高。 9 他们的口亵渎上天，他们的舌毁谤全地。

7 10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. 11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?" 12 This is what the wicked are like-- always carefree, they increase in wealth. 13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence. 14 All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning. 15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children. 10 所以神的民归到这里，喝尽了满杯的苦水。 11 他们说，神怎能晓得？至高者岂有知识呢？ 12 看哪，这就是恶人。他们既是常享安逸，财宝便加增。 13 我实在徒然洁净了我的心，徒然洗手表明无辜。 14 因为我终日遭灾难，每早晨受惩治。 15 我若说，我要这样讲，这就是以奸诈待你的众子。

8 16 When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me 17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. 18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. 19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies. 21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. 16 我思索怎能明白这事，眼看实系为难。 17 等我进了神的圣所，思想他们的结局。 18 你实在把他们安在滑地，使他们掉在沉沦之中。 19 他们转眼之间，成了何等的荒凉。他们被惊恐灭尽了。 20 人睡醒了怎样看梦，主阿，你醒了，也必照样轻看他们的影像。 21 因而我心里发酸，肺腑被刺。 22 我这样愚昧无知，在你面前如畜类一般。

9 23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand
23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27 Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. 28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. 。 23 然而我常与你同在。你搀着我的右手。 24 你要以你的训言引导我，以后必接我到荣耀里。 25 除你以外，在天上我有谁呢？除你以外，在地上我也没有所爱慕的。 26 我的肉体，和我的心肠衰残。但神是我心里的力量，又是我的福分，直到永远。 27 远离你的，必要死亡。凡离弃你行邪淫的，你都灭绝了。 28 但我亲近神是与我有益。我以主耶和华为我的避难所，好叫我述说你一切的作为。

10 A psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. 5 They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. 7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits. 8 They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. 9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth. （亚萨的诗。）神实在恩待以色列那些清心的人。 2 至于我，我的脚几乎失闪。我的脚险些滑跌。 3 我见恶人和狂傲人享平安，就心怀不平。 4 他们死的时候，没有疼痛。他们的力气，却也壮实。 5 他们不像别人受苦，也不像别人遭灾。 6 所以骄傲如链子戴在他们的项上。强暴像衣裳遮住他们的身体。 7 他们的眼睛，因体胖而凸出。他们所得的，过于心里所想的。 8 他们讥笑人，凭恶意说欺压人的话。他们说话自高。 9 他们的口亵渎上天，他们的舌毁谤全地。

11 10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. 11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?" 12 This is what the wicked are like-- always carefree, they increase in wealth. 13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence. 14 All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning. 15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children. 10 所以神的民归到这里，喝尽了满杯的苦水。 11 他们说，神怎能晓得？至高者岂有知识呢？ 12 看哪，这就是恶人。他们既是常享安逸，财宝便加增。 13 我实在徒然洁净了我的心，徒然洗手表明无辜。 14 因为我终日遭灾难，每早晨受惩治。 15 我若说，我要这样讲，这就是以奸诈待你的众子。

12 16 When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me 17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. 18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. 19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies. 21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. 16 我思索怎能明白这事，眼看实系为难。 17 等我进了神的圣所，思想他们的结局。 18 你实在把他们安在滑地，使他们掉在沉沦之中。 19 他们转眼之间，成了何等的荒凉。他们被惊恐灭尽了。 20 人睡醒了怎样看梦，主阿，你醒了，也必照样轻看他们的影像。 21 因而我心里发酸，肺腑被刺。 22 我这样愚昧无知，在你面前如畜类一般。

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15 16 When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me 17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. 18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. 19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! 20 As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies. 21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. 16 我思索怎能明白这事，眼看实系为难。 17 等我进了神的圣所，思想他们的结局。 18 你实在把他们安在滑地，使他们掉在沉沦之中。 19 他们转眼之间，成了何等的荒凉。他们被惊恐灭尽了。 20 人睡醒了怎样看梦，主阿，你醒了，也必照样轻看他们的影像。 21 因而我心里发酸，肺腑被刺。 22 我这样愚昧无知，在你面前如畜类一般。

16 回顧才能前瞻

17 深思默想CONTEMPLATION . . . 用 心 聆 聽 Listening Actively 思考反省 Reflecting 消 化領悟 Digesting

18 你们要休息，要知道我是神。我必在外邦中被尊崇，在遍地上也被尊崇。 11 万军之耶和华与我们同在。雅各的神，是我们的避难所。(细拉)
- 诗篇 46:10-11 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." 11 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah - Psalm 46:10-11

19 细拉

20 深思默想的禱告能改變我們的眼光 -Contemplative Prayer transforms our vision
深思默想的禱告要 注 意 上帝已經在我們生命中開啟的工作 - Contemplative Prayer reflects how God is already at work in our lives 因而我心里发酸，肺腑被刺。 22 我这样愚昧无知，在你面前如畜类一般。 23 然而我常与你同在。你搀着我的右手。 24 你要以你的训言引导我，以后必接我到荣耀里。When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. 23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

21 深思默想的禱告能改變我們的眼光 -Contemplative Prayer transforms our vision
深思默想的禱告要 注 意 上帝已經在我們生命中開啟的工作 - Contemplative Prayer reflects how God is already at work in our lives 耶和华说，我知道我向你们所怀的意念是赐平安的意念，不是降灾祸的意念，要叫你们末后有指望。 12 你们要呼求我，祷告我，我就应允你们。 13 你们寻求我，若专心寻求我，就必寻见。 For I know the plans I have for you,“ declares the LORD, ”plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart – 耶利米 Jeremiah 29:11-13

22 应当一无挂虑，只要凡事借着祷告，祈求，和感谢，将你们所要的告诉神。 7 神所赐出人意外的平安，必在基督耶稣里，保守你们的心怀意念。Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. – 腓立比书 Philippians 4:6-7

23 深思默想的禱告能改變我們的眼光 -Contemplative Prayer transforms our vision
深思默想的禱告要 注 意 上帝已經在我們生命中開啟的工作 - Contemplative Prayer reflects how God is already at work in our lives 深思默想的禱告要專 注 於 上 帝 的 屬 性 Contemplative Prayer focuses on the Character and Person of God to bring clarity to life’s direction 25 – 28: 除你以外，在天上我有谁呢？除你以外，在地上我也没有所爱慕的。 26 我的肉体，和我的心肠衰残。但神是我心里的力量，又是我的福分，直到永远。 27 远离你的，必要死亡。凡离弃你行邪淫的，你都灭绝了。 28 但我亲近神是与我有益。我以主耶和华为我的避难所，好叫我述说你一切的作为。Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27 Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. 28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

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25 敬拜 - Adoration 認罪 - Confession 感恩 - Thanksgiving 祈求 - Supplication

26 以赛亚书 40:12 谁曾用手心量诸水，用手虎口量苍天，用升斗盛大地的尘土，用秤称山岭，用天平平岗陵呢？ 13 谁曾测度耶和华的心（或作谁曾指示耶和华的灵），或作他的谋士指教他呢？ 14 他与谁商议，谁教导他，谁将公平的路指示他，又将知识教训他，将通达的道指教他呢？ 15 看哪，万民都像水桶的一滴，又算如天平上的微尘。他举起众海岛，好像极微之物 。 你们究竟将谁比神，用什么形像与神比较呢？ 19 偶像是匠人铸造，银匠用金包裹，为它铸造银链。 20 穷乏献不起这样供物的，就拣选不能朽坏的树木，为自己寻找巧匠，立起不能摇动的偶像。 Isaiah 40:12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed him as his counselor? 14 Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding? 15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?

27 以赛亚书 40 21 你们岂不曾知道吗？你们岂不曾听见吗？从起初岂没有人告诉你们吗？自从立地的根基，你们岂没有明白吗？ 22 神坐在地球大圈之上，地上的居民好像蝗虫。他铺张穹苍如幔子，展开诸天如可住的帐棚。 23 他使君王归于虚无，使地上的审判官成为虚空。 24 他们是刚才栽上，（刚才或作不曾下同）刚才种上，根也刚才扎在地里，他一吹在其上，便都枯干，旋风将他们吹去，像碎秸一样。 25 那圣者说，你们将谁比我，叫他与我相等呢？ Isaiah 40: 21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded? 22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in. 23 He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing. 24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff. 25 "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.

28 以赛亚书 40 26 你们向上举目，看谁创造这万象，按数目领出，他一一称其名。因他的权能，又因他的大能大力，连一个都不缺。 27 雅各阿，你为何说，我的道路向耶和华隐藏？以色列阿，你为何言，我的冤屈神并不查问？ 28 你岂不曾知道吗？你岂不曾听见吗？永在的神耶和华，创造地极的主，并不疲乏，也不困倦。他的智慧无法测度。 29 疲乏的，他赐能力。软弱的，他加力量。 30 就是少年人也要疲乏困倦，强壮的也必全然跌倒。 31 但那等候耶和华的，必从新得力，他们必如鹰展翅上腾，他们奔跑却不困倦，行走却不疲乏。 Isaiah 40: 26 Lift your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing. 27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God"? 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

29 認罪 - Confession

30 诗篇 103:1-12（大卫的诗。）我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华。凡在我里面的，也要称颂他的圣名。 2 我的心哪，你要称颂耶和华，不可忘记他的一切恩惠。 3 他赦免你的一切罪孽，医治你的一切疾病。 4 他救赎你的命脱离死亡，以仁爱和慈悲为你的冠冕。 5 他用美物，使你所愿的得以知足，以致你如鹰返老还童。 6 耶和华施行公义，为一切受屈的人伸冤。 7 他使摩西知道他的法则，叫以色列人晓得他的作为。 8 耶和华有怜悯，有恩典，不轻易发怒，且有丰盛的慈爱。 9 他不长久责备，也不永远怀怒。 10 他没有按我们的罪过待我们，也没有照我们的罪孽报应我们。 11 天离地何等的高，他的慈爱向敬畏他的人，也是何等的大。 12 东离西有多远，他叫我们的过犯，离我们也有多远。 Psalm 103:1 -12: Of David. Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2 Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-- 3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 6 The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. 7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

31 感恩 – Thanksgiving (圣餐 – Holy Communion)

32 祈求 - Supplication