9一个真实的祷告,也是人来呼吸神,如同呼吸空气一样。当你这样呼吸神的时候,自然地就得着神,如同呼吸空气,得着空气一样;…你祷告越多,你充满神就越多;同时你降服神,归向神,给神得着也就越多。倘若你一周不祷告,甚至一个月不祷告,你这个人离神就相当远了。…就是你得不着这位神,神也得不着你这个人。你若要再得着神,并且再给神得着,除了祷告之外没有别的路。你祷告三两分钟还不够,必须祷告再祷告,一直祷告到呼吸着神,这个人给神得着了,神也给你得着了。…一个…祷告,虽然可能求一件事也得到成全,但最终的结果乃是叫这一个祈求的人更摸着神,也让神更得着他(祷告,一一至一二页)。
9A real prayer is also man breathing in God just as he breathes in air. While you are thus breathing in God, spontaneously you are obtaining God, just as when you breathe in air, you receive air… The more you pray, the more you will be filled with God, and the more you will surrender yourself to God and be gained by Him. If you do not pray for a week or, even worse, a month, then you will be quite far from God,… [which] means that you cannot obtain God and be obtained by Him. The only remedy for this situation is to pray. And it is not enough to pray for only two or three minutes; you must pray again and again until you have actually breathed God and are actually obtained by God, and God by you… The ultimate result of a prayer should be that the intercessor gains more of God and is gained more by God, although the thing which he has asked of God may also be fulfilled. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” pp. 20-21)