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1-15節--按著神的心意祈求

約翰一書 第5章

只有合乎神心意的祈求，神才會應允；因此，我們必須按著神的心意向神祈求。然而，我們怎能知道甚麼是合乎神的心意呢？

有些祈求是永遠合乎神的心意的。你若為到親人或朋友的得救向神祈求，永遠都合乎神的心意，因為神的心意是要人人得救，不願意有一人沉淪。可是，至於其他事情，我們又怎能知道是否合乎神的心意呢？聖經告訴我們，我們可藉著以下途徑來明白神的心意：


藉著神的話語──聖經。

神已經藉著祂的話語，將祂的心意向我們顯明。凡是神在聖經中確切應許會賜給我們的東西，都一定合乎神的心意。例如，雅各書教導說，我們中間若有缺少智慧的，只要向神求，神就必賜給我們(雅一5)。因此，我們必須多讀聖經，以致能明白神究竟給予我們甚麼應許。

藉著聖靈。

若遇到有些事情，是聖經的應許並沒有提及的，我們就當倚靠聖靈的幫助來尋求神的心意。(參看羅馬書八章14、26和27節。)聖靈不單引導我們去明白神的心意，更會與我們一同禱告，並為我們代求。

藉著順服的心。

當我們還是在一片迷濛之中，未能明白神的心意，我們在禱告的時候，就應該學像救主在客西馬利園禱告那樣，向神表明自己願意完全服祂的心意：「不要照我的意思，只要照你的意思。」

這種順服的禱告，神定必垂聽。我們稍後將會看看神會如何回應我們的禱告。但無論如何，我們必須緊記：凡是按照祂的心意、奉祂兒子的名向祂發出的祈求，神總必垂聽。

經訓：

「我愛耶和華，因為他聽了我的聲音和懇求。」詩篇一一六篇1節

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PRAYING IN THE WILL OF GOD

God only answers prayer when it is in his will to grant those requests. Therefore we need to pray ‘according to his will’. But how can we know what his will is?

There are some things that are always in his will. If you are praying for the salvation of a loved one or friend, you will always be in his will, because God is not willing that anyone should be lost, but that EVERYONE should come to know Christ. What about other matters however? How can we know his will about them?

By his Word, the Bible.

God has revealed his will in the book he has given us. When anything is definitely promised in the Bible, we know it is God’s will to give it to us. For example, he has said that if I need wisdom, I can ask for it and he will give it to me (James 1:5). We need to study his book therefore, if we are going to discover these promises for ourselves.

By his Spirit.

Many things we need to know about may not be covered by a promise from the Bible. Here we have the help of the Spirit of God. (See Romans 8:14, 26, 27.) As we pray, the Holy Spirit will lead us and pray with us and for us.

By submission.

If we do not know his will, then we need to add to our prayers the words our Saviour used in Gethsemane. ‘Nevertheless not my will but yours be done.’

That kind of prayer will always bring God’s answers. Later in this series we will look at the answers God gives when we pray. But remember, God never fails to hear prayer when it is offered in the name of his Son and ‘according to his will’.

A VERSE FOR TODAY:

I love the Lord because he hears my voice.

Psalm 116:1

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