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禱告系列(九)參與群體--戴元涔傳道

8/28/2016

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​這是禱告系列的第九篇,內容出自於著名神學家巴刻(J. I. Packer)所寫的書Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight(中譯本《點燃禱告之火》,校園出版)。前八篇談『我們所求告的神』,『什麼是正確的禱告』,『默想』,『讚美』,『自我查驗』,『祈求』,『抱怨』以及『堅持不懈』。希望藉著禱告系列的十篇文章,幫助我們認識神對禱告的心意,也操練合乎聖經教導的禱告。
主耶穌不僅教導我們個人的禱告,『你禱告的時候,要進你的內屋,關上門,禱告你在暗中的父』(太6:6);祂也鼓勵我們群體的禱告,『若是你們中間有兩個人在地上,同心合意的求甚麼事,我在天上的父,必為他們成全。』(太18:19)
 
神喜悅祂的子民合一的敬拜、讚美和禱告。我們在地上的合一關係是預嘗天堂的合一關係,就如希伯來書十二章所說:『你們乃是來到錫安山,永生神的城邑,就是天上的耶路撒冷,那裡有千萬的天使,有名錄在天上諸長子之會所共聚的總會,有審判眾人的神,和被成全之義人的靈魂,並新約的中保耶穌。』(來12:22-24)
 
     基督教常被稱為是群體的生活,而群體的生活是相親相愛、彼此分享,常為其他人好處著想的共同生活。神呼召我成為祂百姓的一員,是要與其他人坦誠相交,關心彼此的需要,因此我需要準備好與其他人一起禱告,正如他們準備要與我一同禱告一樣。
 
     神帶領我們在基督徒共同生活時,會根據每個人不同的性情而有不同的帶領。對於天生喜愛聚會的人,神教導他們使用崇拜和禱告會的內容(包括詩歌、經文),去豐富他們個人與神親近的時間。至於那些在個性上不易適應群體生活的人,神讓他們想到,個人自在的禱告,像是為聚會的讚美和禱告作預備,也像是聚會的一部分,藉此讓他們重視聚會。
 
     在群體的禱告中,要學習與帶領的人一同積極地在心中思想和禱告,使我們在聆聽別人的禱告時,就像自己在禱告一樣。養成這種習慣需要操練,使我們學習討神喜悅、同心合意的禱告。
 
    巴刻博士最後鼓勵我們:選擇合一,因為曉得我們在基督裡是不可分的,且永遠合而為一的,而我們的關係根植於一同的讚美和禱告。選擇不因害羞、不自在、社會傳統或任何個人的限制而退縮(在態度上,要放下尊嚴、喜好)。選擇在一個謙卑且互相敞開的基礎上,付出愛並得著愛。選擇長期委身在一間教會,盡力認同其目標和成員,向其他信徒開放生活和家庭,而且在需要時伸出援手。總而言之,選擇同心合意,並全心全意。我們要密切參與會眾的禱告和讚美的生活,因為這是合一最基本的元素,也是神的旨意
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