I am enlisting in His army 我要加入祂的军队

 tells me that when I choose to follow Christ, I am enlisting in His army. I'm signing up to fight. So, how can you be in a fight with a lack of knowledge about your enemy? How can you be in a battle with a lack of knowledge about your tools and the resources you have to defend yourself? 

A lack of knowledge is what unfortunately destroys too many Christians. 

And so on that topic, I would like to expose a few things about the enemy, your enemy. I want you to know who you're fighting. But more importantly, I pray that this message will stir up your spirit and rile you up for battle.

 And as I begin, keep this thought in the back of your mind. 

As a child of God, you're fighting from a position of victory. 

You're not fighting for victory, but from a position of victory because the battle was already won by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Now there are hierarchies in the kingdom of darkness. In the Amplified Translation from Matthew 12:26, the Bible reads, "If Satan casts out Satan, that is his demons, he has become divided against himself and disunited. How then will his kingdom stand?" 

So from this verse we understand that the devil has a kingdom which is the kingdom of darkness. This kingdom of his is somewhat unified in its opposition to the kingdom of God. 

   And finally in the kingdom of darkness as in any kingdom there is a pillar of power. There's a chain of command. There are ranks in a kingdom. 

Here's how we can piece together the fact that there are hierarchies in the demonic realm. Ephesians 6: 12 says, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." 

  This is a list of spiritual enemies, wickedness. 

However you interpret this verse, the indication is certainly that there seems to be a ranked order in the kingdom of darkness. 

   There will be a top level of evil spiritual forces below the devil and I believe these to be principalities. If you remember the story of Daniel, he prayed and prayed for 21 days. And when the angel finally came to deliver his   answer, Daniel 10:12 and 13 says, "Then he said to me, don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and to humble yourself before God, your words were heard. I have come because of your words. However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia resisted me for 21 days. But behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me because I had been detained there with the kings of Persia." 

The prince of the kingdom of Persia. This wasn't your regular foot soldier. 

This was a principality that was blocking Daniel's prayer. It wasn't your regular demon, but it was a principality that was strong enough to need the Archangel Michael to come in and intervene. This was a higher ranking evil power. 

Now, despite these ranks in the kingdom of darkness, the kingdom of God naturally has its own order of things.  

Our God is a God of order, and he has an innumerable number of angels available to do his bidding. Some angels are created simply to worship. Others are messengers, but thank God that we have warring angels available to us. 

The angel who delivered an answer to Daniel said, "The prince of the kingdom of Persia resisted me for 21 days, but behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me because I had been detained there with the kings of Persia." 

Although the prince of Persia attempted to stop the angel from delivering Daniel's prayer, it was still no match for Michael the Archangel. And so the prince of Persia is obviously a high ranking territorial spirit. This is very different from the type of demons found elsewhere in the Bible. 

Demons which cause sickness or illness. Luke 8:1 and 2 says, "Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God, and the twelve were with him and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities. Mary called Magdalene from whom seven demons had gone out." 

The Bible says women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, meaning there exists a kind of demon that brings sickness and disease. 

So how are we to interpret all of this and understand it in our own Christian lives? 

Well, firstly, we ought to know that there are ranks in the kingdom of darkness. The stronger we get in faith, the stronger the opposition. But when you have knowledge, when you have knowledge, you know that Jesus Christ outranks every demon, every principality, every ruler of darkness, including the devil. Jesus Christ outranks them all.

   Without knowledge, you will perish according to the Bible. You will perish because you will become fearful. And fear really only enters because you have taken Jesus Christ out of the equation. Of course, you'll become fearful at the  thought of fighting evil principalities on your own. Of  course, you'll be fearful at the thought of fighting demons on your own. 

  But when you have knowledge, you will not fear. When you have knowledge, you will not perish. When you have the knowledge that Jesus Christ holds absolute power over all things, then you will not perish. 

When you have the knowledge that Christ outranks the highest ranking member of the kingdom of darkness, then you eliminate fear. This is why it's so important to know God's word. involved. You shouldn't be moved to fear or worry because of the kingdom of darkness. 

The Bible says in Luke 10:17, "Then the 70 returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name." Just the name of Jesus Christ alone holds enough power to defeat the devil. 

His name alone carries power. So I encourage you to fight from a place where you know that you can call on the Son of God, the One who has the highest rank above all. 

Live with freedom and boldness. Yes, you may have to fight a demon at some point. 

You may have to fight a ruler of wickedness at some point. But if God is for us, who can be against us?

Because the Bible says in James 2 :19, you believe that there is one God, you do well. Even the demons believe and tremble. Even the demons tremble when you get God Even the devil himself is a defeated foe. 

I would like to end with a few fighting words. A verse that you should know as you fight this good fight of faith. 

Luke 10:19 says, "Listen carefully. I have given you authority that you now possess to tread on serpents and scorpions and the ability to exercise authority over all the power of the enemy, Satan. And nothing will in any way harm you. 

We have authority through the name of Jesus Christ. 

We have authority through the blood of Jesus, through faith. This authority is what we need to exercise. And that is the kind of knowledge we ought to have. The gates of hell cannot prevail. They will not prevail because we have knowledge. We have the knowledge of the authority we're given by Christ. 

We know that we are empowered by the Holy Spirit to overcome the devil. We know that God has angels encamped all around us. There is a divine perimeter protecting you and me as children of God. 

In closing, should you find yourself under attack at any point in your life, remember Ephesians 6:10 to 12, which says, "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole  armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly faces. 

这告诉我，当我选择跟随基督时，我就加入了祂的军队。我报名参战。那么，如果你对敌人一无所知，又怎能投入战斗呢？如果你对用来自卫的工具和资源一无所知，又怎能投入战斗呢？

不幸的是，正是知识的匮乏摧毁了太多基督徒。

因此，关于这一点，我想揭露一些关于敌人——你的敌人——的事情。我希望你知道你在与谁作战。但更重要的是，我祈祷这篇信息能够激励你的灵，让你充满斗志投入战斗。

在我开始之前，请记住这一点：

作为神的儿女，你是在胜利的立场上战斗。

你不是在为胜利而战，而是在胜利的立场上战斗，因为这场战斗已经被我们的主和救主耶稣基督赢得了。

黑暗的国度里存在着等级制度。在《马太福音》12:26的扩充版译文中，圣经写道：“撒但若赶出撒但，就是赶出他的鬼魔，他自己就内讧了，他的国怎能站得住呢？”

由此可见，魔鬼拥有一个国度，即黑暗的国度。这个国度在某种程度上与神的国度为敌。

最后，如同任何国度一样，黑暗的国度中也存在权力中心，存在等级制度，存在等级分明。

以下是我们如何理解魔鬼领域也存在等级制度的。《以弗所书》6:12说：“因我们并不是与属血气的争战，乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这幽暗世界的，以及天空属灵气的恶魔争战。”

这是一份属灵敌人的名单，代表着邪恶势力。

无论你如何解读这节经文，它都表明黑暗国度中似乎存在着等级秩序。

在魔鬼之下，存在着更高层次的邪恶灵力，我相信这些就是权势。如果你还记得但以理的故事，他祷告了整整21天。当天使最终前来传达他的旨意时，但以理书10:12-13记载：“他对我说：‘但以理啊，不要惧怕！因为你从第一日专心求明白，又谦卑自己到神面前，你的祷告就蒙垂听了。我因你的祷告而来。然而，波斯国的君王拦阻我21天。但我在那里与波斯王一同被拘禁，有一位大君米迦勒来帮助我。’”

波斯国的君王。这并非普通的士兵。

这是一个阻挠但以理祷告的权势。它并非普通的恶魔，而是一个强大到需要大天使米迦勒亲自出面干预的势力。这是一个地位更高的邪恶力量。

然而，尽管黑暗王国中存在着这样的等级，上帝的国度自然有其自身的秩序。

我们的上帝是一位秩序之神，他拥有无数的天使来执行他的命令。有些天使被创造出来仅仅是为了敬拜。有些是使者，但感谢上帝，我们还有可以与之争战的天使。

那位向但以理传达信息的天使说：“波斯国的君王与我对抗了二十一日，但看哪，大君中的一位米迦勒来帮助我，因为我与波斯诸王一同被囚禁在那里。”

尽管波斯君王试图阻止天使传达但以理的祷告，但他仍然不是大天使米迦勒的对手。因此，波斯君王显然是一个地位很高的地域性邪灵。这与圣经其他地方提到的恶魔截然不同。

带来疾病的恶魔。路加福音 8:1-2 记载：“此后，耶稣走遍各城各乡，宣讲神国的福音。十二门徒与他同在，还有一些妇女，她们曾被恶鬼附身，或患有疾病，都得到了医治。其中有抹大拉的马利亚，曾有七个鬼从她身上赶出来。”

圣经提到“曾被恶鬼附身，或患有疾病，都得到了医治的妇女”，这意味着确实存在一种带来疾病的恶魔。

那么，我们应该如何解读这一切，并将其运用到我们自己的基督徒生活中呢？

首先，我们应当知道，黑暗国度里有等级之分。我们的信心越强，遇到的阻力就越大。但当你拥有知识，当你拥有知识，你就会明白耶稣基督凌驾于一切邪灵、一切权势、一切黑暗统治者之上，包括魔鬼。耶稣基督凌驾于他们之上。

没有知识，你必将灭亡，正如圣经所说。你会灭亡，因为你会感到恐惧。而恐惧的产生，恰恰是因为你把耶稣基督排除在外。当然，想到要独自与邪恶的权势争战，你会感到恐惧。当然，想到要独自与魔鬼争战，你会感到恐惧。

但当你拥有知识，你就不会恐惧。当你拥有知识，你就不会灭亡。当你明白耶稣基督拥有绝对的权柄，凌驾于万物之上，你就不会灭亡。

当你明白基督凌驾于黑暗国度中地位最高的成员之上，你就会消除恐惧。这就是为什么了解神的话语如此重要。你不应该因为黑暗的权势而感到恐惧或忧虑。

圣经路加福音10:17说：“那七十个人欢欢喜喜地回来，说：‘主啊，因你的名，就是鬼也服了我们。’”单单耶稣基督的名就拥有战胜魔鬼的足够力量。

祂的名本身就充满力量。所以我鼓励你，要从确信你可以呼求神的儿子——那位超越一切至高者——的地方来争战。

要活得自由勇敢。是的，你可能在某个时候要与魔鬼争战。

你可能在某个时候要与邪恶的统治者争战。但如果神帮助我们，谁能敌挡我们呢？

因为圣经雅各书2:19说：“你信神只有一位，你信的不错；连鬼魔也信，却是战兢。”即使是魔鬼，在你认识神的时候也会颤抖；就连魔鬼自己，也成了你战败的敌人。

最后，我想用几句激励人心的话语来结束。这节经文，在你为信仰而战的时候，应该牢记在心。

路加福音 10:19 说：“你们要仔细听。我已经赐给你们权柄，可以践踏蛇和蝎子，又胜过仇敌撒但一切的能力，断没有什么能害你们。”

我们因耶稣基督的名得权柄。

我们因耶稣的宝血，因信得权柄。我们需要运用这权柄。我们也应当拥有这样的知识。阴间的权柄不能胜过我们。它们必不能胜过我们，因为我们有知识。我们拥有基督所赐给我们的权柄的知识。

我们知道，圣灵赋予我们能力去胜过魔鬼。我们知道，神在我们周围安营着天使。有神圣的护卫保护着你我，作为神的儿女。

最后，如果你在人生的任何阶段遭遇攻击，请记住以弗所书 6:10-12，经文说：“我还有末了的话：你们要靠着主，倚赖他的能力刚强。”要有能力。穿戴神所赐的全副军装，就能抵挡魔鬼的诡计。因为我们争战的不是血肉之躯，乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这幽暗世界的，以及天空属灵气的恶魔争战。

Signs and symbols used in the Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His Bride

 Eagle anointing .

Menorah, seven candlestick . What Is A Menorah and Where Is It used? A menorah, Hebrew for “lamp,” generally refers to two specific candelabras: the seven-branched golden menorah lit daily in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, or the eight-flame lamp lit each night of Chanukah. 

Ram's horn  .

... various other symbols which is connected to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

  I would not have a cross in this place because cross is not symbol of the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.   Cross is a curse and it is a symbol of Babylonian religion. Not anything else. The Lord Jesus Christ conquered death. Curse is over. He is no longer hanging on the cross.  He risen the living Saviour and the Redee8 So brothers and sisters, I'm eternally thankful to God for God's grace. And I know in the days ahead there will be some important things would be happen as far as the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ is concerned. 

THE UNFATHOMABLE GRACE OF GOD 上帝深不可测的恩典

40 John Sung Revival Sermons

IX. THE UNFATHOMABLE GRACE OF GOD

(11 King Chapter 7)

Samaria, Capital City of Israel was surrounded by the armies of the Syrians. The people were in grave anxiety, for many had nothing to eat. So much so they were obliged “to eat pigeon dung."

Vs. 1. But Elisha said, “By this time tomorrow two gallons of flour or four gallons of barley grain will be sold in the markets of Samaria for a dollar. . . " Beloved brothers and sisters, the grace of God is beyond our imagination. Many of God's people are waiting for His saving grace to come quickly, not knowing that it has already come. Now is the accepted time!

Vs. 2. Here we have a high officer, assistant to the King, who said to Elisha, “Impossible! A dollar to buy two gallons of flour? Unless the door of heaven would open up!" Elisha said, “Whether you believe or not, this thing shall come to pass.” O the unfathomable grace of God! The grace of God is beyond our wish and imagination. The grace of God is still with us. Before I came here, I never could have dreamed of such a crowd tonight.

When I went to Huchow, I hoped to see only 200 born again. So, I asked for this number in prayer. On the first day, however, out of 400 who came to the meeting, 300 were saved! On the second day, over 1,000 came and we had to meet outside on the grounds. Almost 1,000 were saved, including a pastor's son. This pastor's son said to me, “Mr. Sung, I never knew God's grace until now. Beloved brothers and sisters, whether you believe or not, the grace of God must come to you. How great and wonderful is His grace!

Vs. 3. Praise the Lord! Here are four lepers who refuse to die, sitting up. They want to get out of death. Pitiful, there are so many who would prefer death, never desiring a way out. There are many more struggling in their daily sorrows. These also have never thought of getting out!

Vs. 4. Wonder of wonders, these four lepers thought of a way out. They said, “If we sit here we are sure to starve to death. If we go into the city, we will also die. Why not get out of here and surrender to the Syrian Army?" Now, I'm not in favour of their surrendering. I am in favour of their determination to find a way out.

A sister in Shanghai wrote me of her mother's plight. Only over 30 , she has succoured ten children. But every one of her children has died, except herself. She says, “My mother is a devout Buddhist. Buddha said to her that her ancestors in hell had need of money. So they had taken her children to hell to sell them for money. Now her only way out was to worship the devils with money. When my mother asked how much money she needed to pay up, the answer was $200. She really spent that $200, but when she went to inquire of Buddha again, Buddha replied “Your ancestors are still penniless.” So on the 8th day of the ninth moon, they will also take your only surviving daughter to hell and sell her. My mother was scared to death. She went to the Church and asked the pastor to pray for her. This brought us peace and nothing happened to me, her daughter. After this, she got hold of a hammer and had her Buddha idol smashed to pieces.

Beloved brothers and sisters, Satan had utterly oppressed this woman. Could she do anything else but struggle her way out? How jubilant! Today how many are under the throes of the Devil's grip? There's the tobacco devil, the gambling devil, the alcohol devil. Why won't you seek a way out?

Vs. 5, 6. The four lepers found their way to the Syrian camp. But when they got there they saw not even a shadow of the Syrian troops. “Ha, Ha!" they chuckled, “Such a lot to eat! How lucky we are, and there is none to fight against us . . . " Beloved brothers and sisters, wonderful is the work of the Holy Spirit. If a person is willing to be led by the Holy Spirit to seek a way out, he will find the way ahead marvellous, and more marvellous yet. Once, after a sermon, a new convert said to me, “Mr. Sung, I was in great trouble when I decided one day to come to your meetings. At first I found your preaching entirely tasteless, but I decided to sit through the sermons. As I concentrated on the sermon, my heart began to beat and throb. When you said, “Any one who is a sinner, let him raise his hand." At first I had no courage, but afterwards I raised my hand, I went forward, and as I went, all the sins I had previously committed flooded before my eyes. I felt miserable. But the moment I put my trust in Jesus, a ton-load of sin fell from me. I received such a joy as I had never known." Beloved brothers and sisters, if a man wants to be saved, he fill find salvation wonderful, yet more wonderful.

Vs. 7, 8. The four lepers were thrilled by the wealth they now possessed. For, the Syrians being overwhelmed by a sound of horses and chariots they had heard the night before had fled to the last man. God's grace is given to us freely without any charge. Without arms, without lifting a finger to fight, the lepers had plenty to eat, more to spare, and a whole lot they couldn't carry away. O, the inexhaustible grace of God.

One night I had a dream. I saw a man who had lost a lot of money. I began to pick the money up, and I picked and picked every one of the coins. When I awoke, I couldn't find a cent. Such is the nature of dreaming. But God's grace is not such vanity, not such a dream. God's grace is real. It defies our counting. God's grace did not merely satisfy the leper's hungry stomachs. This would not be enough.

Vs. 9. Most precious is this verse. The four men, having eaten, thought of the hungry plight of their countrymen. They agreed, “Let us tell the good news at once! If we do not make the report when dawn comes, the King would surely punish us." Beloved brothers and sisters, how many of you are having your talent buried. You have never told forth the good news i.e. the Gospel! Paul says, “Woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel." Now the people of Amoy have nothing to eat, while you are being fully fed. Mongolia, Kweichow, Yunnan are teeming with countless starving souls. They have never tasted the grace of God. Beloved brothers and sisters, “Woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel."

Let us see what these four have reported. They have preached the gospel. They have given a vigorous testimony, for woe would come on them if they preached not the good news. Beloved brothers and sisters, let us remember: it is a greatest sin not to preach the Gospel.

Vs. 10, 11. They are now on their way. They tell it to the gate-keeper. The gate-keeper believed because he saw them all well-fed. People believed them because they were well-fed.

Once there was a man selling hair-restorer. He bragged about his hair-restorer as he hawked: “If you buy my hair-restorer and rub it on your bald head, it will make your hair grow." A little child came and pulled off the hat he was wearing, “You just said, ‘If you rub the hair-restorer on your head, hair would grow’. But, look, you are a bald yourself. Why don't you do what you say?” What a big joke! A bald-head selling hair-restorer! This is like a man never born again preaching a sermon on “salvation through the new birth.” Laughable! Why is the Church so slowmoving today? Because in it are many bald heads trying to sell hair-restorer. Who would buy it? These four lepers are fed and round-bellied. They are convincing to the gatekeeper. May you also say, “We have been to the revival meetings. We have eaten a lot.” Before you were gambling fiends. Now you can praise the Lord and convince others.

Vs. 12. The gate-keeper said, “Let me go and tell the king." Now the king, when he got up in the middle of the night, was prejudiced. He said, “Perhaps the Syrians have gone away in disguise. If we go after them, may we not fall into their ambush?" In such a case, can God open the door of grace?

Vs. 13. 14. Someone told the king, “Don't be prejudiced. Let us send five men to find out.” When those five returned, they said with one voice, “The enemy has retreated! The ground is strewn all over with goods." When I was preaching in Shanghai, the Church in Hangchow sent four delegates to hear me, because they were not sure of inviting me. When these four were favourably impressed, they invited me. When I got to Hangchow, a super-pastor there was fiercely opposed to me. He had a son, a habitual gambler, who never read his Bible. Wonder of wonders! While others remained unsaved, he got saved, he repented. He was changed. He organised many Gospel teams. He told his father, “You are against revival meetings, but I have been converted. I won't gamble now. I love to read the Bible.” Beloved brothers and sisters, when men resist you, don't be discouraged. If God be for us, all problems will be solved.

Once when I went to Swatow, I got no invitation to preach the first day. I was invited by only one place. After the first meeting, over 200 were born again. The second meeting saw over 1,000 in attendance. After this, every church invited me to preach. Brothers and sisters, if you preach the truth, you needn't worry even when you are being resisted.

Vs. 16, 17. O, the open door of God's grace! All went! There was no need to invite, or to coerce. They rushed for all their worth. All were dying of hunger, and all fought for the food. If what you preach is the Gospel, people will come and hear. If what we preach is truth, we needn't worry if men oppose us. When I was preaching in Canton, detectives and policemen were sent to arrest me. When they were on the point of doing so, a band of students protested. This truly was God's help.

On another occasion when I went to another Church, there was a notice put up, “Meetings Prohibited.” But this could not stop a multitude coming. Who can resist when the Holy Spirit is working? God said, “A dollar will buy two gallons of flour.” True? Yes? Unfathomable is God's grace.

Vs. 18. Was God's Word fulfilled? Most certainly Whoever disbelieving is a stumbling block. But such is trampled to death! If we preach it good, Satan is surely defeated. Now you're born again. You're blessed. If you preach not the Gospel, woe will come!

God called me on February 10, 1926. The Lord wanted me to preach. Many a time I didn't want to, for preaching is a difficult job. If I became a teacher, no one would bother me. When I started to preach, I found many adversaries. If you preach you must carry the cross. Your whole life must be hung on it. Thousands upon thousands are still in Satan's grip. “Woe is unto me, if I preach not the Gospel."

Beloved, we are well-fed. Woe is unto us, if we preach not the Gospel."

 

THEME SONG

How marvellous His love.

How marvellous His love.

For me He died on Calv'ry's tree.

How marvellous His love.

How bountiful His grace.

How bountiful His grace.

From deepest sin He ransomed me

How bountiful His grace.

约翰·宋的40篇复兴布道

第九章：神深不可测的恩典

（列王纪上7章）

以色列的首都撒玛利亚被亚兰军队包围。百姓忧心忡忡，因为许多人食不果腹，甚至被迫“吃鸽粪”。

第1节：以利沙说：“明天这个时候，撒玛利亚的市集上，两加仑面或四加仑大麦，就要卖一美元了……”亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，神的恩典远超我们所能想象。许多神的子民都在盼望祂的救恩快快临到，却不知道祂的救恩早已临到。现在正是蒙悦纳的时候！

第2节：这里有一位王的侍臣，一位高级官员，他对以利沙说：“不可能！一美元买两加仑面？除非天门敞开！” 以利沙说：“无论你们信不信，这事必成就。” 哦，神的恩典何等浩大！神的恩典远超我们的愿望和想象。神的恩典与我们同在。来这里之前，我做梦也想不到今晚会有这么多人。

我去虎州的时候，只希望看到两百人重生。所以，我为此祷告。然而，第一天来参加聚会的四百人中，竟然有三百人得救了！第二天，来了一千多人，我们不得不把聚会移到外面的空地上。将近一千人得救了，其中还有一位牧师的儿子。 这位牧师的儿子对我说：“宋先生，我以前从未体会过神的恩典。亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，无论你们信不信，神的恩典都必临到你们。祂的恩典何等伟大奇妙！

第3节：赞美主！这里有四个麻风病人，他们不愿死去，坐着。他们想要摆脱死亡。可怜的人中，有许多人宁愿一死了之，从未想过要寻求出路。还有许多人在每日的苦难中挣扎，他们也从未想过要离开！

第4节：奇妙的是，这四个麻风病人想到了出路。他们说：“如果我们坐在这里，肯定会饿死。如果我们进城去，也必死无疑。 “为什么不离开这里，向叙利亚军队投降呢？”我并不赞成他们投降，我赞成他们想方设法逃出生天。

一位住在上海的姐妹给我写信讲述了她母亲的困境。她才三十出头，却养育了十个孩子。但除了她自己，其他孩子都去世了。她说：“我母亲是一位虔诚的佛教徒。佛陀告诉她，她在地狱里的祖先需要钱，所以把她的孩子们带到地狱去卖掉换钱。现在她唯一的出路就是用钱去祭拜魔鬼。我母亲问她需要多少钱，佛陀回答说200美元。她真的花了那200美元，但当她再次去问佛陀时，佛陀回答说：“你的祖先仍然一无所有。所以，在九月初八，他们也会把你唯一幸存的女儿带到地狱去卖掉。我母亲吓坏了，她去了教堂，请牧师为她祈祷。” 这给我们带来了平安，我，她的女儿，也安然无恙。之后，她拿起一把锤子，把她的佛像砸得粉碎。

亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，撒旦完全压制了这个女人。她除了挣扎求生还能做什么呢？多么令人欣喜！如今有多少人正被魔鬼掌控？有烟草的魔鬼，有赌博的魔鬼，有酒精的魔鬼。你们为何不寻求出路呢？

第5、6节。四个麻风病人找到了去叙利亚营地的路。但到了那里，他们连叙利亚军队的影子都没看到。“哈哈！”他们笑着说，“这么多吃的！我们真是太幸运了，没有人跟我们作战……”亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，圣灵的工作真是奇妙。 如果一个人愿意被圣灵引导去寻求出路，他就会发现前方的道路奇妙无比，而且远比这更奇妙。有一次，一位新信徒在听完讲道后对我说：“宋先生，我当时处境艰难，直到有一天我决定来参加您的聚会。起初，我觉得您的讲道完全索然无味，但我还是决定听完。当我全神贯注地听讲时，我的心开始怦怦直跳。当您说‘凡有罪的，都请举手’时，我起初没有勇气，但后来我举起了手，走到了前面。走着走着，我以前所犯的一切罪都涌上心头，让我感到无比痛苦。但当我信靠耶稣的那一刻，我身上的罪仿佛被卸下了千斤重担。我得到了前所未有的喜乐。”亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，如果一个人想要得救，他就会发现救恩奇妙无比，而且远比这更奇妙。

第7、8节。四个麻风病人因他们现在拥有的财富而欣喜若狂。因为，叙利亚人被前夜听到的马匹和战车的轰鸣声吓得魂飞魄散，四散奔逃。神的恩典白白赐予我们，无需任何代价。麻风病人没有武器，没有动一根手指头去战斗，却吃得饱饱的，甚至还有富余，以及许多他们带不走的东西。哦，神取之不尽的恩典！

一天晚上我做了一个梦。我梦见一个人丢了很多钱。我开始捡钱，我把每一枚硬币都捡了起来。当我醒来时，我却一分钱也没找到。梦就是这样。但神的恩典并非如此虚妄，并非如此虚梦。神的恩典是真实的。它无法被我们计算。神的恩典不仅仅满足了麻风病人饥饿的胃。这远远不够。

第7、8节 9. 这节经文最为宝贵。这四个人吃饱饭后，想到同胞们饥饿的境况。他们一致同意：“我们立刻去传扬福音吧！若天亮时我们不去报告，王必惩罚我们。”亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，你们当中有多少人的才华被埋没了呢？你们从未传扬过福音！保罗说：“我若不传福音，就有祸了。”如今厦门人食不果腹，你们却吃得饱足。蒙古、贵州、云南等地却挤满了无数饥饿的灵魂。他们从未尝过神的恩典。亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，“我若不传福音，就有祸了。”

让我们看看这四个人报告了什么。他们传扬了福音。他们作了有力的见证，因为若不传扬福音，他们必遭祸患。 亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，让我们记住：不传福音是最大的罪。

第10、11节。他们现在正走着，把福音告诉了守门人。守门人相信了，因为他看见他们都吃饱了。人们也相信了他们，因为他们吃饱了。

从前有一个人卖生发剂。他一边兜售一边吹嘘自己的生发剂：“如果你买了我的生发剂，把它涂在你的秃头上，你的头发就会长出来。”一个小孩走过来，一把扯下他的帽子，说：“你刚才说，‘如果你把生发剂涂在头上，头发就会长出来’。可是，你看，你自己就是个秃头。你为什么不照你说的做呢？”真是个天大的笑话！一个秃头居然卖生发剂！这就像一个从未重生的人讲道，宣扬“重生得救”一样。可笑至极！ 教会如今为何如此迟缓？因为教会里充斥着许多秃顶的人，他们试图推销生发剂。谁会买呢？这四个麻风病人却吃得饱饱的，挺着圆滚滚的肚子，他们说服了守门人。你也应该这样说：“我们参加过复兴聚会，吃了很多东西。”你以前是赌徒，现在却可以赞美主，也能说服别人。

第12节 守门人说：“让我去告诉王。”王半夜起来，心存疑虑，说：“亚兰人或许已经乔装打扮离开了。如果我们去追赶他们，会不会落入他们的埋伏？”在这种情况下，神还能打开恩典之门吗？

第13-14节 有人对王说：“不要疑惑。我们派五个人去打探一下吧。” 那五个人回来后，异口同声地说：“敌人撤退了！地上到处都是货物。” 我在上海讲道时，杭州教会派了四个代表来听我讲道，因为他们不确定是否要邀请我。这四个人听后印象很好，就邀请了我。我到了杭州，那里的一位超级牧师强烈反对我。他有个儿子，是个赌徒，从不读圣经。真是奇妙！别人都还没得救，他却得救了，悔改了，彻底改变了。他组织了很多福音团队。他告诉他父亲：“你反对复兴聚会，但我已经信主了。我现在不赌博了。我喜欢读圣经。” 亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，当有人反对你们时，不要灰心丧气。如果神帮助我们，所有的问题都会迎刃而解。

有一次我去汕头，第一天并没有人邀请我讲道。 我只受邀参加了一次聚会。第一次聚会后，两百多人重生得救。第二次聚会，参加人数超过一千。此后，每个教会都邀请我去讲道。弟兄姊妹们，如果你传讲真理，即使遭遇阻力也不必担心。

第16、17节：哦，上帝恩典之门敞开！众人涌来！无需邀请，也无需强迫。他们竭尽全力地奔赴。所有人都饿得奄奄一息，争抢食物。如果你所传讲的是福音，人们就会来听。如果我们所传讲的是真理，即使有人反对我们也不必担心。我在坎顿讲道时，侦探和警察奉命来逮捕我。就在他们即将逮捕我的时候，一群学生站出来抗议。这真是上帝的帮助。

另一次我去另一间教会时，那里贴着一张告示：“禁止聚会”。但这丝毫没有阻止众人前来。当圣灵动工时，谁能抵挡得住呢？神说：“一美元能买两加仑面粉。” 真的吗？是的！神的恩典深不可测。

第18节。神的话语应验了吗？当然应验了！凡不信的，都是绊脚石。但这样的人必被践踏致死！如果我们传讲福音，撒旦必被击败。如今你们已经重生，蒙福了。若你们不传福音，祸患必将临到！

1926年2月10日，神呼召了我。主要我传道。很多时候我都不愿意，因为传道是一项艰巨的工作。如果我成为一名教师，就不会有人来烦我了。当我开始传道时，我发现了许多反对者。如果你要传道，就必须背起自己的十字架。 你的一生都系于此。成千上万的人仍被撒旦掌控。“我若不传福音，就有祸了。”

亲爱的，我们已得饱足。我们若不传福音，就有祸了。

主题曲

祂的爱何等奇妙。

祂的爱何等奇妙。

祂为我死在各各他十字架上。

祂的爱何等奇妙。

祂的恩典何等丰盛。

祂的恩典何等丰盛。

祂将我从最深的罪中救赎出来。

祂的恩典何等丰盛。

Start This Day With a Faithful Heart Before God 以一颗虔诚的心开始新的一天，敬拜神。

 (以一颗虔诚的心开始新的一天，敬拜神。)

(Start This Day With a Faithful Heart Before God)

The charge of our devotion this morning is simple. Start your day with a faithful heart. 

The Bible says in Deuteronomy 6:5, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength." 

So today, let's ponder on how important it is to have a faithful heart as believers and then we'll pray together. 

The topic of the heart 🫀 is one that goes really deep and one that permeates scripture. 

 It just seems that there is something about the heart that is very necessary, very instrumental to our Christian walk with the Father God. 

The verse we have started with today says what many verses of the scripture reiterate. 

We have heard it before. It has been said over and over again without fail. 

 The need for the human heart to love the Lord, its place in the Godman relationship.

 The truth is without the heart, without the involvement of our heart, we have no relationship with God. 

Our beliefs, our confessions, and our Christian walk would be hollow and without true convictions. 

 God desires our hearts. God desires the totality of our hearts. He desires a faithful and true heart. 

 In fact, we have instances in scripture where the blessings of the Lord have come upon a man because of the state of their heart. 

 1st Samuel 16:7 says, "But the Lord said to Samuel, do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature because I have rejected him. 

 For the Lord sees not as man sees. 

Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart." 

 First Kings 15:5 says, "For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and had not failed to keep any of the Lord's commands all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hitittite."  When scripture speaks of David, the Bible says he had a right heart before the Lord, and he was a man after God's own heart. 

 In fact, you will find that this testimony is true of all the kings who ruled well in Israel. 

 The first testimony about them is the state of their heart. They had a right heart towards God. 

 So what does it mean to have that faithful heart that the Lord desires? 

A faithful heart is a clean heart. A heart that loves God. A heart full of devotion towards God. 

A heart determined to do His will. 

A heart that regards God, that trusts in God, a heart that is true.  It is a heart that is dedicated to God, and that is committed to following HIM. 

A heart that is sincere and a heart that is right before HIM.

And this is the type of heart we must have as believers. 

But the truth is that this type of heart doesn't just fall on us as believers. 

 Having a faithful heart starts with a choice. But it's a choice you can't fulfill by yourself. 

You cannot fulfill that choice without a walk with God, without a relationship with HIM. When we get saved, we are cleansed and we are purged of our sins. 

And when God looks on us, we are indeed clean. But it doesn't stop there. 

 There is a need for us as Christ's disciples to maintain the state of our hearts. It doesn't maintain itself. It is not automatic. 

And the funny thing about this is that it can be a slippery slope. Sometimes if we aren't mindful, it's easy to get other things mixed in with God.

And this affects the state of our hearts. 

 When the Bible spoke of the men and women of the Bible who had a right heart, who had a faithful heart, they were noted as people who walked with God. 

 People who made this walking and fellowship a daily and consistent delight. 

 It was not once in a while staying devoted to God, but it was a daily exercise. 

 One of David's prayers recorded in Psalm 19:14 says, "Let the words of my mouth and the   meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer." 

This was David's heart's desire. 

And he didn't leave that desire to chance. He made a prayer of it. 

This verse goes directly into what David's heart would look like when God looked upon it. When the meditations of a man's heart are faithful towards God, when his thoughts do not go against God, such a man can have nothing but a faithful heart because he trains his heart to stay that way. 

This same David prayed and asked the Lord to create in him a clean heart. 

The Bible speaks of the apostles as men that honoured the hours of prayer and had a deep fellowship with the Holy Spirit. 🗣️:  Holy Spirit I know you are inside me. 

 The Bible spoke of these men in regard to exercising their hearts to look towards God to forgive men. 

 The Bible hardly ever accords a faithful heart with a man who didn't have a walk with the Lord. 

As believers, first we must determine to have such a heart every day. We should have it as a waking thought. 

 We must desire to be faithful. And above all, we must also determine to be a people that will have daily communion with HIM. 

A daily communion keeps our hearts tender and it helps us to continually have a faithful heart towards God.

 It is also needless to say that once you decide to live with a faithful heart towards God and have a life of consistent fellowship with HIM, your intimacy with God increases and your awareness of HIM will be stronger. 

There is hardly any mention in scripture of God not being happy with people who are faithful towards HIM.  He pours out His blessings on them continually. Such a man was Abraham. He had a faithful heart towards the Lord. And the Bible spoke of the greatness of this man and how God blessed him and how he was called the friend of God.  And all this came about because he walked with the Lord with a faithful heart. 

Friends, it is never too late to start that journey of having a faithful heart towards the Lord. It is never too late to start working on our devotions. 

 I remember the first time l started being aware of the state of my heart towards the Lord. I knew that something had to change, something had to be different. and I made a decision to redevote myself to him. 

 It is a decision you can also make today. 

 A decision we can make right now. In fact, the first thing you need is that choice. 

 And then after the choice, a determination to walk the walk.  Determine to start with a faithful heart from this day forth and see how things change dramatically and drastically. 

 Do it and see what it does to your faith life. And the best part, God helps you through it. 

 If you know this message has touched you this morning, and you know that you have made that choice in your heart, if you know your heart has never been right with the Lord, it's never been 100%. You've always kind of been on and  off, but you want to start now, then I congratulate you. 

 I congratulate you on that choice because there is no better time than right now. Please join us this morning as we pray to reconnect our hearts back to the Lord so that we can together start our day with a faithful heart towards the Lord. 

🙏🏽 : Father God, in the name of Jesus Christ, I say thank you this morning for your Word.  Thank you for another message from the pages of scripture. Thank you for helping me to see this truth this morning. Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ. 

Father God, this morning I ask for grace, mercy, and YOUR help. I know my heart hasn't always been fully with YOU. There have been many times when my attention was divided, my devotion weak, and my heart unsteady before YOU.  I've struggled to stay faithful and devoted. 

 Distractions, worries, desires, and life's cares have pulled me away from consistent fellowship with YOU. 

 I confess this honestly today. 

 I don't want to pretend or act like I've always been intentional in my walk with YOU when I know I haven't. 

Father God, I admit today that I haven't always made YOU the priority YOU deserve. 

I haven't always been mindful of walking faithfully with YOU every day. Sometimes I've loved the idea of devotion more than the discipline it requires. 

 Sometimes I've wanted the strength from fellowship with YOU without being consistent in it. 

 Sometimes I've wanted the fruit of a faithful heart without guarding it carefully. 

But today, Lord, I choose to be intentional. 

I choose to turn my heart fully back to YOU. I choose to stop living casually in my relationship with YOU. 

Please help me make my heart right before YOU. 

Search me, Lord, and deal with anything that's not in line with your will.

 Remove whatever takes up too much space in my heart. Remove anything that competes with YOUR place in my life. 

 Help me keep a faithful heart. Help me be true, Lord. Help me be sincere in my walk with YOU, not just outward in my devotion.  I also pray this morning for the grace to keep a steady and consistent devotion, to stay close to you. Father, even though Ihave chosen to follow you, I know I can't do it alone. Human strength isn't enough to live a life truly devoted to YOU. Good intentions alone won't keep me faithful. 

 So l ask, Lord, help me stay connected to YOU. Help me stay rooted in your presence and your word. Help me keep you close in my thoughts, desires, decisions, and actions. Strengthen me as I live a life of devotion and consecration. 

Strengthen me as I choose fellowship over distance, surrender over stubbornness and consistency over carelessness. 

Let my being in YOUR presence be my joy from now on. Let prayer stop feeling like a burden. Let seeking YOU become the natural rhythm of my life. Let your presence be the place my heart longs for most. 

Father, I also ask that even though I've made this choice today to live in fellowship with YOU, help me stay faithful every day, not just now or when I feel strong, but every day. Help me keep a steady heart in every season. 

Help me not to drift easily. Help me have a heart that's not just moved by feelings, but grounded in truth and rooted in devotion.  Let my faithfulness to YOU not come and go with my circumstances. 

 Let it be deep, genuine, and sustained by YOUR grace. 

As I start this new day, help me stay grounded in YOU. Help me stay faithful and devoted.

Lead me, Lord. Guide my steps and show me the way. Help me live with a faithful heart, even beyond what I understand. 

Teach me a faithfulness that's not shallow, temporary, or based on convenience. 

Teach me a devotion that stays strong even when life is busy, emotions change, or the day feels heavy. 

 I know there will be times I'm tempted to stray. Times I want one thing, but YOUR SPIRIT leads another way. 

 Lord, help me stay on the right path. 

When l'm weak, strengthen me. When I'm distracted, refocus me. When my spirit feels cold, stir me again. 

When I'm tired, sustain me. Help me be faithful to YOU. 

Heavenly Father, thank you this morning because YOU have done it. 

Thank you for hearing me and answering my prayers. Thank you for making it possible for me to live with a faithful heart starting today. 

Thank you for opening the way to a life of steady fellowship with YOU. 

From this day on, my life has a new direction. 

 I won't walk carelessly before YOU anymore, but with more intention, devotion, and a heart that wants to stay true to YOU. I find it easier now to stay faithful, to walk the walk, and to stay close to YOU because YOUR grace is working in me. 

 Thank you, Father, in Jesus' name. Amen. 

Saint,  I hope you are blessed by this prayer. 

We pray that all the blessings in this prayer be upon you and your family in Jesus' name.

 May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you now and always. 

今天早晨我们灵修的主题很简单：以一颗忠诚的心开始新的一天。

圣经申命记6章5节说：“你要尽心、尽性、尽力爱耶和华你的神。”

所以今天，让我们一起思考作为信徒，拥有一颗忠诚的心是多么重要，然后我们一起祷告。

关于“心”这个主题意义深远，贯穿整本圣经。

似乎“心”在我们与天父的基督徒同行中扮演着至关重要的角色。

我们今天所读的经文，与圣经中许多其他经文反复强调的内容不谋而合。

我们早已听过这些经文，它们被反复提及，从未间断。

人心需要爱主，以及它在人与神的关系中的地位。

 事实是，若没有真心，若没有我们内心的投入，我们就无法与神建立关系。

我们的信仰、我们的告白、我们的基督徒生活都将是空洞的，缺乏真正的信念。

神渴望我们的心。神渴望我们全心全意地投入。祂渴望一颗忠诚而真诚的心。

事实上，圣经中有许多例子，表明神的祝福临到一个人，正是因为他内心的状态。

《撒母耳记上》16:7说：“耶和华对撒母耳说：‘不要看他的外貌和他身材高大，因为我不拣选他。’

因为耶和华不像人看人。

人是看外貌，耶和华是看内心。”

 列王纪上15:5说：“大卫一生行耶和华眼中看为正的事，没有违背过耶和华的诫命，只在赫人乌利亚的事上违背过。”圣经论到大卫时说，他在耶和华面前有一颗正直的心，他是合神心意的人。

事实上，你会发现，所有在以色列治理有方的君王都符合这一描述。

关于他们的第一个见证就是他们的心。他们对神有一颗正直的心。

那么，拥有耶和华所渴望的那颗忠信的心意味着什么呢？

忠信的心是一颗清洁的心。一颗爱神的心。一颗对神充满虔诚的心。

一颗决心遵行神旨意的心。

一颗敬畏神、信靠神、真诚的心。 这是一颗献身于神、并决心跟随祂的心。

一颗真诚的心，一颗在祂面前正直的心。

而这正是我们作为信徒必须拥有的心。

但事实上，这种心并非我们信徒自然而然就能拥有的。

拥有一颗忠诚的心始于一个选择。但这并非你能独自完成的选择。

若不与神同行，若不与祂建立关系，你便无法完成这个选择。当我们得救时，我们就被洁净，罪得赦免。

当神注视我们时，我们的确是洁净的。但这还不是全部。

作为基督的门徒，我们需要持守我们内心的状态。它不会自行维持，也不是自动发生的。

有趣的是，这很容易让我们陷入误区。有时，如果我们不加留意，就很容易将其他事物与上帝混淆。

而这会影响我们内心的状态。

圣经中提到那些拥有正直之心、忠信之心的男男女女时，都称他们为与神同行的人。

他们将与神同行和团契视为每日持续的喜乐。

这并非偶尔才对神保持虔诚，而是每日的操练。

大卫在诗篇19篇14节的祷告中写道：“耶和华我的磐石，我的救赎主啊，愿我口中的言语、心里的默想在你面前蒙悦纳。”

 这是大卫内心深处的渴望。

他没有让这个渴望听天由命，而是为此祷告。

这节经文直接描述了上帝垂顾大卫的心时，他的内心会是什么样子。当一个人心中默想的都是对上帝的忠诚，当他的思想不与上帝相悖时，这样的人必然拥有一颗忠诚的心，因为他训练自己的心保持这种状态。

大卫祷告，求主在他里面创造一颗清洁的心。

圣经将使徒们描述为重视祷告时间、与圣灵有深厚团契的人。🗣️：圣灵，我知道你住在我里面。

圣经谈到这些人，是要操练他们的心仰望上帝，饶恕人。

圣经几乎不会将一颗忠诚的心与一个没有与主同行的人联系起来。

 作为信徒，我们首先必须立志每天都拥有这样一颗心。我们应该让它成为我们每日的念头。

我们必须渴望忠心。最重要的是，我们也必须立志成为与神每日交通的人。

每日的交通使我们的心保持柔软，并帮助我们持续地对神保持忠心。

毋庸置疑，一旦你决定以一颗忠心的心侍奉神，并与祂保持持续的团契生活，你与神的亲密关系就会加深，你对祂的认识也会更加深刻。

圣经中几乎没有提到神不喜悦那些忠于祂的人。祂不断地将祂的祝福倾注在他们身上。亚伯拉罕就是这样一个人。他对主有一颗忠心的心。圣经讲述了这位伟人的伟大，神如何祝福他，以及他如何被称为神的朋友。 这一切的发生，都源于他以一颗忠诚的心与主同行。

朋友们，开始拥有对主忠诚的心永远不会太晚。开始灵修也永远不会太晚。

我记得我第一次意识到自己对主的心境时，我知道必须做出改变，必须有所不同。于是我决定重新献身于他。

这也是你今天可以做出的决定。

一个我们现在就可以做出的决定。事实上，你首先需要的就是做出这个选择。

做出选择之后，就要下定决心去践行。从今天起，立志以一颗忠诚的心开始，看看事情将会发生怎样的巨大改变。

去做吧，看看这会给你的信仰生活带来怎样的改变。最重要的是，上帝会帮助你度过难关。

 如果你知道今天早上这条信息触动了你，如果你知道你已经在心里做出了这个选择，如果你知道你的心从未完全归向主，从未百分之百地归向主。你总是时断时续，但你现在想要重新开始，那么我祝贺你。

我祝贺你做出了这个选择，因为没有比现在更好的时机了。请今天早上加入我们，一起祷告，让我们的心重新与主连接，这样我们就可以一起以一颗忠于主的心开始新的一天。

🙏🏽：天父上帝，奉耶稣基督的名，我今天早上感谢你的话语。感谢你从圣经中赐予我又一条信息。感谢你今天早上帮助我明白这个真理。感谢你，主耶稣基督。

天父上帝，今天早上我祈求你的恩典、怜悯和帮助。我知道我的心并非一直完全归向你。 很多时候，我的注意力分散，我的虔诚软弱，我的心在你面前摇摆不定。我一直努力保持忠诚和奉献。

各种干扰、忧虑、欲望和生活的重担使我远离了与你持续的团契。

今天，我坦诚地承认这一点。

我知道我并非一直都用心与你同行，我不想假装或装作自己一直都用心。

天父，我今天承认，我并没有一直把你放在你应得的首位。

我并非一直都谨记要每日忠实地与你同行。有时，我贪恋于虔诚的名义，却忽略了它所需的自律。

有时，我渴望从与你的团契中获得力量，却无法持之以恒。

有时，我渴望拥有忠信之心的果实，却不愿悉心守护。

但今天，主啊，我选择全心全意地与你同行。

我选择将我的心完全归向你。我选择不再漫不经心地与你建立关系。

求你帮助我使我的心在你面前正直。

主啊，求你鉴察我，除去一切不合你旨意的事。

求你除去我心中占据过多空间的一切。除去一切与你在我生命中的地位相冲突的事物。

求你帮助我保持一颗忠信的心。求你帮助我成为真诚的人，主啊。求你帮助我与你同行时，不仅在表面上虔诚，更要真诚地与你同行。 今天早上，我也祈求您赐予我恩典，使我能持守恒常的虔诚，与您保持亲近。天父，虽然我已选择跟随您，但我知道我无法独自做到。人的力量不足以让我真正地奉献给您。单凭美好的愿望也无法使我保持忠诚。

所以，主啊，我祈求您帮助我与您保持联结。帮助我扎根于您的同在和您的话语中。帮助我在我的思想、渴望、决定和行动中都与您亲近。求您赐予我力量，使我能过上虔诚奉献的生活。

求您赐予我力量，使我选择亲近而非疏远，选择顺服而非固执，选择持之以恒而非漫不经心。

愿从今以后，与您同在成为我的喜乐。愿祷告不再是负担。愿寻求您成为我生命中自然的节奏。愿您的同在成为我心最渴望的地方。

 天父，我祈求您，即便我今天选择了与您相交，也求您帮助我每日忠心，不仅在此刻或我感觉强壮的时候，而是每一天。求您帮助我在每个阶段都保持一颗坚定的心。

求您帮助我不要轻易动摇。求您帮助我拥有一颗不被情绪左右，而是扎根于真理、充满虔诚的心。愿我对您的忠诚不会随境遇而起伏。

愿我的忠诚深厚、真挚，并被您的恩典所维系。

在这新的一天开始之际，求您帮助我扎根于您。求您帮助我保持忠诚和虔诚。

主啊，引领我。指引我的脚步，为我指明方向。求您帮助我拥有一颗忠诚的心，即使超越我所能理解的。

求您教导我一种不肤浅、不短暂、不以权宜之计的忠诚。

求您教导我一种即使在生活忙碌、情绪波动或感到沉重时，也能坚守的虔诚。

 我知道我有时会受到诱惑而偏离正道。有时我想要一样东西，但你的灵却指引我走另一条路。

主啊，求你帮助我走在正路上。

当我软弱时，求你加添我力量。当我分心时，求你让我重新集中注意力。当我灵里冰冷时，求你再次激励我。

当我疲惫时，求你扶持我。求你帮助我忠于你。

天父，今天早上我感谢你，因为你成就了这一切。

感谢你垂听我的祷告，回应我的祈祷。感谢你使我从今天起就能拥有一颗忠心的心。

感谢你为我开辟了一条与你亲密相交的道路。

从今天起，我的生命有了新的方向。

我不会再漫不经心地在你面前行走，而是会更加用心、更加虔诚，并且拥有一颗渴望忠于你的心。 我发现现在更容易保持忠诚，言行一致，并与您亲近，因为您的恩典在我身上动工。

感谢天父，奉耶稣的名祷告。阿门。

圣徒，愿这篇祷告祝福您。

我们祈求这篇祷告中的所有祝福都临到您和您的家人，奉耶稣的名祷告。

愿我们主耶稣基督的平安与您同在，直到永远。

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ON FAITH 凭信仰

40 John Sung Revival Sermons

VII.     ON  FAITH

(Acts Chapter 3)

Vs. 1. “Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.”  If Peter and John, Jesus, disciples, needed to pray, don't you think we all need more to pray?  Prayer increases our faith.  So we need to pray everyday like the disciples.  If a man cannot afford to pray he will not generate faith.

Vs. 2. “And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple." There was a lame man at the Beautiful gate.  Could he walk?  He was born lame.  His five senses, however, were all functioning.  He could eat, see, hear, speak.  His hands could move, but not his legs.  Neither can a man that has no faith walk.  Many Church members can eat but cannot walk, like this lame man.  How pitiful if we are lame to run the heavenly race.  If pastors and evangelists have no faith, they are also like this lame man.  Members without faith are eaters and not walkers.  Merchants who come to Church without faith are also eaters and not walkers, like this lame man.  They are carried about by pastors and evangelists.  And the more they are carried about, the more burdensome they become, as they increase in fatness with their wealth.  Ah! when one becomes an elder one is well-satisfied.  There is no more need of faith.  “O God, help me get rich!"

The Church in China to this day cannot support herself.  She is dead.  How is this?  Because her members are lame, without faith.  Pastors and evangelists carry the members up to the door, but not into the Church.  Ah!  Members, without faith, cannot walk.  Neither have the evangelists strength to carry them in.  Without the new birth and salvation, how pitiful!

Vs. 3. “Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms." What did the lame man see?  They saw the disciples and asked for money.  He looked to man and money, not to Jesus.  Daily he asked for man's alms.  Many Church-members today cringe before the rich and the capitalist.  They trust man and money, but not God.  No faith, no strength.  The Church, not trusting in Jesus becomes a dead church.  So we must trust Jesus, not looking to man or circumstances.  Only by looking to Jesus can a Church stand.  If we believe in Jesus, then we are doing the work of the Lord.  We can triumph over all.  When I went to Honan I saw the Church relying on foreign funds.  When the foreign funds stopped to come, and there was no more money left, the Church and the Hospital “closed shop”.   Serious indeed!  It never works to trust in man and money.

  Vs. 4-6.  “And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us....” Peter said, “Do you want money?  We haven’t got a cent.  But we have Jesus.  In the name of Jesus I tell you to get up and walk."  Ah!  Many have money but not faith.  When we have no money, then we have faith!  Many there are who “look to the Taifu (doctor) when they can, and to Je-su when they can’t." You have seen what happened today (Dr.  Sung's healing session at the Gospel Hall).  Did you believe?  If you believe you can do all things.  To go forward, the Church must go on by faith.  The world cannot be trusted, nor money.  Only Jesus is trustworthy.  May we all have faith.

 Vs. 7-10.  “And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength..." Peter told him to walk and he walked.  He didn't delay a second.  Neither did he beg now.  He witnessed He saved many people.  May everyone here tonight have faith and be healed.  Jesus says, “He that believeth on me shall do greater works.”   When I first prayed for some lepers, my heart was very afraid.  Afterwards I prayed very earnestly, by faith, confessing my sins to God.  Then the lepers were healed.

In the course of my preaching I developed a quick-beating heart.  Someone said to me, “If you don't get cured, you will not only keep on palpitating, but also develop an enlarged heart.  Your life is in danger."  Thus I declined further invitations to preach.  But God said to me, “You fear death, you will surely die.  I felt ashamed.  My faith was small.

I drummed up courage to go to Tungchow to speak.  When eight hundred came, I was no more afraid.  My heart stopped palpitating.  I spoke on courageously.  I sweated profusely.  Wonder of wonders, my sickness got cured.  Who dares to die will not die.  So by faith we can conquer Satan and worry.

My second child died recently.  After three days God told me to go to the villages to preach.  I got some funds and immediately struck out to Huchow.  God said to me, “I'll open to you a door to preach throughout China.”  When I got to Huchow a foreign missionary asked what I was doing.  I said, “I have come to preach.”  When I gave my testimony, fifty people were moved by the Holy spirit.

God then sent me to Nanking and Peiping.  He also sent me to Manchuria.  Although the climate there is cold I did not shrink.  From there I returned to Shanghai.  When I prepared to go back to Hinghwa, a telegram inviting me to preach came from Nanchang.  At Nanchang I brought 700 - 800 people to Christ.  From Nanchang I moved on to Kiukiang.

Though I am poor the Lord has led my footsteps all over China.  I know the Lord has called me.  I am no more afraid.  I can do all things.  Trusting God, I can triumph over poverty.  All my clothes are the Lord's provision.  So, don't you think it strange: Having God's Word, you eat God's rice.  Trusting God, you need fear nothing.

A rich man wanted to give me a house.  God told me not to take it, so I did not, I'd rather rent one, for I lack nothing.  I can triumph not only over poverty but also over difficulties.  On my trip this time there was a man who held a knife to kill me.  Trusting in God, I wasn't afraid.  When I preached on the Cross of Jesus Christ, this man wept, repented and confessed his sins.

There are three girl students who went to an island to preach.  In three months they won 30 souls to Christ.  They went on their own but God supplied their needs.  How about us?  Should we not do our best to preach the Word?  There's the great Church of Christ.  Beloved brothers and sisters, by faith we can triumph over pain, anxiety, poverty, difficulties.  Young students, if you meet with sickness, worry, difficulties, poverty, you must pray and conquer by faith.  Many of you orphans and widows, be you also built up in the faith.  Trusting Jesus you can triumph over all.  This afternoon you've seen God's glory.  So let us henceforth be established in faith.  Trusting Jesus is trusting God, we are more than conquerors in everything.

THEME SONG

Faith is the victory!

Faith is the victory!

Oh, glorious victory,

That overcomes the world.

约翰·宋的40篇复兴布道

第七章：论信心

（使徒行传3章）

第1节：“申初祷告的时候，彼得、约翰同上圣殿去。” 如果彼得、约翰、耶稣的门徒都需要祷告，难道我们不需要更多地祷告吗？祷告能增强我们的信心。所以我们需要像门徒一样每天祷告。如果一个人没有时间祷告，他就无法产生信心。

第2节：“有一个生来瘸腿的人，被人抬着，天天放在圣殿的美门口，向进殿的人乞讨。” 美门口站着一个瘸腿的人。他能走路吗？他生来瘸腿。然而，他的五官都正常。他能吃、能看、能听、能说。他的手能动，但腿不能动。没有信心的人也无法行走。许多教会成员能吃却不能走，就像这个瘸腿的人一样。如果我们连天国的赛程都跑不动，那该是多么可悲啊！如果牧师和传道人没有信心，他们也像这个瘸腿的人一样。没有信心的信徒只会吃，不会走。没有信心的商人来教会，也只会吃，不会走，就像这个瘸腿的人一样。他们被牧师和传道人抬着走。他们抬得越多，就越成为教会的负担，随着财富的积累，他们也变得越来越胖。啊！一旦成了长老，就心满意足了。不再需要信心了。“哦，上帝，请帮助我致富！”

时至今日，中国的教会仍然无法自立。她已经死了。这是为什么呢？因为她的信徒都是瘸腿的，没有信心。牧师和传道人把信徒抬到门口，却不把他们抬进教会。啊！没有信心的信徒，无法行走。传福音的人也没有力气把他们带进去。没有重生和救恩，多么可怜啊！

第3节：“他看见彼得和约翰将要进圣殿，就求他们施舍。” 那个瘸腿的人看到了什么？他们看到了门徒，却向他要钱。他仰望的是人和金钱，而不是耶稣。他每天都乞讨人的施舍。如今，许多教会成员在富人和资本家面前畏缩不前。他们信赖人和金钱，却不信赖上帝。没有信心，就没有力量。教会若不信靠耶稣，就会变成死气沉沉的教会。所以我们必须信靠耶稣，而不是仰望人或环境。唯有仰望耶稣，教会才能站立得住。如果我们信耶稣，我们就是在做主的工作。我们就能战胜一切。我去河南的时候，看到教会依赖外国的捐款。当外国的捐款停止流入，教会和医院都无力回天时，他们就“关门大吉”了。这真是太严重了！信靠人和金钱永远行不通。 4-6节：“彼得和约翰定睛看着他，说：‘看我们……’”彼得说：“你们想要钱吗？我们一分钱也没有。但我们有耶稣。我奉耶稣的名吩咐你起来行走。”啊！许多人有钱却没有信心。当我们一无所有时，我们才有信心！许多人“能看医生时就看医生，不能看医生时就看耶稣”。你们都看到了今天发生的事（宋医生在福音堂的医治祷告）。你们相信吗？只要相信，凡事都能做。教会要继续前进，就必须凭着信心。世界不可信，金钱也不可信。只有耶稣值得信赖。愿我们都有信心。

7-10节：“于是拉着他的右手，扶他起来；他的脚和踝骨立刻健壮了……”彼得吩咐他行走，他就行走了。他一刻也没有耽搁。他现在也没有乞求。他亲眼见证了自己拯救了许多人。愿今晚在座的各位都拥有信心，并得到医治。耶稣说：“信我的人，还要行更大的事。”当我第一次为麻风病人祷告时，我的心非常害怕。之后，我凭着信心，恳切地祷告，向神认罪。然后，麻风病人就痊愈了。

在讲道的过程中，我的心跳变得很快。有人对我说：“如果你得不到医治，不仅会一直心悸，还会心脏肥大。你的生命有危险。”因此，我婉拒了之后的讲道邀请。但神对我说：“你惧怕死亡，你必定会死。”我感到羞愧，因为我的信心微弱。

我鼓起勇气去东州讲道。当八百人到来时，我不再害怕，心跳也停止了。我勇敢地继续讲道，汗流浃背。奇迹发生了，我的病竟然痊愈了。敢于赴死的人必不死。所以，凭着信心，我们可以战胜撒旦和忧虑。

我的第二个孩子最近去世了。三天后，神指示我去乡村传道。我筹集了一些资金，立即动身前往湖州。神对我说：“我会为你打开一扇门，让你在中国各地传道。”当我到达湖州时，一位外国传教士问我来做什么。我说：“我是来传道的。”当我作见证时，有五十人被圣灵感动。

神差遣我到南京和北平，又差遣我到满洲。虽然那里气候寒冷，但我毫不畏惧。之后我回到上海。正当我准备返回兴化时，南昌发来电报，邀请我去那里传道。在南昌，我带领七八百人归信基督。之后我又去了九江。

虽然我贫穷，但主引领我走遍中国各地。我知道主呼召了我，我不再惧怕。凡事我都能做。信靠神，我就能战胜贫穷。我所有的衣服都是主的供应。所以，你不觉得奇怪吗？拥有神的话语，你就能吃到神的米；信靠神，你就能无所畏惧。

一个富人想送我一套房子。神告诉我不要接受，所以我没有接受，我宁愿租一套，因为我什么都不缺。我不仅能战胜贫穷，也能战胜一切困难。这次旅行中，我遇到一个持刀要杀我的男人。但我信靠上帝，并不害怕。当我传讲耶稣基督的十字架时，那人痛哭流涕，悔改认罪。

有三位女学生去一个岛上传道。三个月内，她们带领30人归信基督。她们是独自前往，但上帝供应了她们的需要。我们呢？我们岂不也应该竭尽全力传扬神的话语吗？基督的教会是伟大的。亲爱的弟兄姐妹们，凭着信心，我们可以战胜痛苦、焦虑、贫穷和各种困难。年轻的学生们，如果你们遇到疾病、忧虑、困难或贫穷，一定要祷告，凭着信心得胜。你们当中许多孤儿寡妇，也当在信心中得到建造。信靠耶稣，你们就能战胜一切。今天下午，你们已经看到了神的荣耀。所以，让我们从此在信心中坚固。信靠耶稣就是信靠上帝，我们在一切事上都是得胜有余的。

主题曲

信仰就是胜利！

信仰就是胜利！

哦，荣耀的胜利，

战胜世界。

Who I Am in Christ

 Who I Am in Christ .

In Christ, I am :- 

¹• I am Loved (But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ~ Romans 5:8 )

²• I am Strong ( Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ~ Ephesians 6 :10 )

³• I am Accepted (  For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! ~ Romans 5:17 )

⁴• I am Delivered ( I sought the Lord, and he answered me;  he delivered me from all my fears.~Psalm34:4 )

⁵• I am Approved ( On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. ~ 1 Thessalonians 2:4 )

⁶• I am Chosen ( according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by the sanctifying work of the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace [that special sense of spiritual well-being] be yours in increasing abundance [as you walk closely with God] ~ 1 Peter 1:2 )

⁷• I am Redeemed ( But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. ~ Isaiah 43:1 ) (But now, this is what the LORD, your Creator says, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you [from captivity]; I have called you by name; you are Mine!)

⁸• I am Holy ( If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ~1John 1:9 ~ If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose])

⁹• I am Saved (If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.~ Romans 10: 9-10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. )(⁹because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.¹⁰For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting in and confirming [his] salvation.)

¹⁰• I am Holy (But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. ~ 1 Peter 2:9 ~ But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A CONSECRATED NATION, A [special] PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.)

¹¹• I am Made New ( 1 Corinthians 5:17 )

¹²• I am Equipped ( 2 Timothy 5:17 )

¹³• I am Secure ( John 10:28-29 )

¹⁴• I am Set Free ( John 8:36 )

¹⁵• I am Forgiven ( 1 John 1:9 )

¹⁶• I am Victorious (1 Corinthians 15:57 )

¹⁷• I am Renewed ( Colossians 3:10 )