8月9日靈修禱文|DEVOTION

雅 各 書1:13

James 1:13

What temptations are pressing in on you at this moment?  Is it despair?  Is it anger?  Lust?  Greed?  Fear of the unknown?  Anxiety in what cannot be seen? Rejoice in this present testing, because it is an opportunity for Jesus to shine!  It is an opportunity for the believer to declare hour by hour, 'Jesus, I believe you save, I believe you deliver, I believe you defend - so please save me at this moment in this temptation.  The devil would love for you to have the perpective that God is tempting you and trying to entrap you.  But God does not tempt us, God delivers us through Jesus Christ, our ransom, our great hope!  So let us have God's perspective that every trial, every tribulation is another opportunity for us to draw close to God in trust, in love, in faith.  It is an opportunity for you to see the deliverance of Jesus in your day to day living.

Father God, forgive me for attributing my temptations to belief that you are bad or not for me.  I confess my temptations of lust, pride, greed, and thinking poorly of you.  Forgive me.  Help me to repent and live a life of faith, hope and love in you! I trust you Jesus to save, to deliver, to defend me.  To defend my mind.  To save my heart.  To guard my body.  To provide.  To satisfy.  To create me anew into a person filled with the Holy Spirit!  Be my firm foundation at all times!  Amen.

Pastor Jon Lim

此刻，壓迫著你的是甚麼試探呢？是絕望？是憤怒？私慾？貪婪？懼怕未知的事？還是擔憂著看不見的東西？我們要為現時的試煉而歡欣，因這是耶穌彰顯榮耀的機會！這也是信徒的機會，因他們時刻都可宣告:「耶穌，我信你的救拔，我信你的拯救，我相信你會護衛我---因此請在此刻從試煉中救拔我。」魔鬼很想你有一個錯誤的看法，就是神正在試探你，試圖設陷阱害你。然而，神不試探我們，祂透過耶穌基督拯救我們；耶穌是我們的救贖，我們的莫大盼望！因此，願我們抱持神的觀點，就是每個試煉和患難都是一個讓我們親近祂的機會，叫我們更倚靠祂，愛祂和相信祂。這是個讓你看見耶穌在你日常生活中施行拯救的機會。

父神，我錯誤地相信因你對我不好，我才會遇見試探，請你原諒我。我承認我有私慾，驕傲，貪婪，輕看你等等的試探，請赦免我。請幫助我悔改，並靠你活出信，望，愛的生命！耶穌，我信靠你，你一定會救拔，拯救和護衛我。你護衛和拯救我的心靈，並保守我的肉身；你供應我，並成為我的滿足。你從新創造我，成為一個被聖靈充滿的人！請時刻作我堅固的根基！阿門

林永全 傳道