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True Purpose Driven Prayer (Chinese/English)

Ephesians 1
以弗所书 1

15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
15 因此,我既听见你们信从主耶稣,亲爱众圣徒,
16  就为你们不住地感谢 神。祷告的时候,常提到你们;

The Purpose Driven Prayer
真正的目标驱动的祷告

How do we pray for each other?
我们如何为彼此祷告呢?

What is our motivation for praying for your fellow believers?
我们为弟兄姊妹祷告的动机是什么?

Paul has stated what we have in Christ, he has shown us that we have everything IN Christ.
保罗已经讲述了我们在基督里拥有的一切,向我们展示了我们在基督里所拥有的一切福分。

When we see believers trusting in and serving Christ, then we  should pray for them.
当我们看到信徒信靠并侍奉基督时,我们就应当为他们祷告。

How do we pray for people:
我们应当如何为人祷告呢?

We pray profitably for them, Paul says for this reason.
为他们的益处祷告

For what reason you say, well to gain a thorough knowledge of all he has outlined in verses 3-14, because if we truly grasped what we have in Christ and who we are in Christ, then we would have true Christian assurance and security, most of the problems in our Christian lives, lie in a lack of security and we have no knowledge of who we are in Christ.
保罗说“因此”,指的是什么呢?为此我们需要深入了解他在3-14节中所概述的一切。因为如果我们真正明白了我们在基督里所拥有的,以及我们在基督里的身份,那么我们就会拥有真正的基督徒的确据和安全感。我们基督徒生命中的大部分问题,源于我们缺乏安全感,并且不知道我们在基督里的身份。

He prayed precisely for them, look at the rest of the prayer, he is praying for specific things for the believers, he is praying for wisdom, hope, knowledge of God and power. He is not praying for worldly things, but for things relating to the kingdom of God.
为具体事项祷告 请看他接下来的祷告。他为信徒具体的事项而祈求。他祈求智慧、盼望、对神的认识和神的大能。这不是为世俗的事物祷告,而是为与神国相关的事情祷告。

We pray for them personally.
为个体祷告

Note he talks of your faith, he prays for each of the believers in Ephesus. As we read further in this prayer, we see how personal this prayer is. When we pray every day, we pray for individual believers, sure we pray for the church, but we pray for individual believers. Paul had spent years in Ephesus, he knew many of these believers in person, many in churches today, only know those in their little cliques.
保罗提到“你们的信心”,他为以弗所的每一个信徒祷告。通过他的祷告我们可以读到他是怎样具体到为每个人祷告。我们每天的祷告也应该为个体祈求。当然我们也为整个教会祷告,但我们应当为每一个信徒个人祷告。保罗在以弗所待了几年,他认识这些信徒中的许多人。而如今,许多教会里的人只认识他们小团体中的一些人。

We pray for them passionately
热情地为他们祷告

As soon as Paul heard about these believers, he started to pray.
As you read the prayer, can you hear the passion he is praying with. Do you pray for your fellow believers with passion?. Is it just to bless X or Y, or do you pray with passion for them?
保罗一听到这些信徒的消息,就开始祷告。当你阅读这段祷告时,能否感受到他祷告的热情?你是否为你的弟兄姊妹带着热情祷告?你的祷告是简单地祝福某某,还是充满热情地为他们祷告呢?

He prays persistently,  he does not cease to give thanks for these believers. His prayers were ongoing and constant for the believers, he did not pray once in a while for these believers, he brought them before the throne of grace on most days.
坚持地为他们祷告 他为这些信徒不停地感恩。他的祷告是持续不断的,不是偶尔为这些信徒祷告,而是几乎每天都把他们带到恩典的宝座前。

He prays with a positive result in mind, looking ahead to the prayer, what is the result, that they would know the power of God manifested in their lives. Prayer is power and the result of you praying into believers lives is that they are infused with the very power of God.
带着积极结果的期望祷告 继续看这段祷告,祷告的结果是什么呢?就是他们能在生活中经历神的大能。祷告就是力量,而你为信徒生命中的祷告,结果就是神的大能充满在他们里面。

As you pray for your fellow believers, you need to pray in these five ways:
我们应当以以下五种方式为弟兄姊妹祷告:

Profitably
Personally
Passionately
Precisely
Persistently
有益地
个体地
热情地
明确地
坚持地

If we pray like this, our prayers will have a positive result, that the very power of God would be unleashed in the people and churches you pray for.
如果我们这样祷告,我们的祷告将带来积极的结果,神的力量将被释放在你所祷告的人和教会当中。

God bless you
愿神祝福你!

About Keith H

Hello everyone, my name is Keith or kk. love the Lord, his word and his people.Saved since 1975. Married to an amazing Chinese lady called Helen withe daughter called Sherry Love to write and to share Gods word.. I love to travel, we have been to Norway, Rome and Prague recently. i love reading, watching sport and listening to music especially City alight and soundslikereign If you wish to contact me my email is [email protected] Remember to pray for the Chinese Church

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