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为着正确召会生活的正确祷告生活

第四篇　为着正确召会生活的正确祷告生活

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第四周　周六
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1叁 领头的人，那些在召会中服事话语的人，该领头有祷告的生活；他们必须“坚定持续的祷告，在此儆醒感恩”——西四2，徒六4：
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2一 召会是否活泼、新鲜、丰富，在于这一件事——我们不断被那灵充满；我们要不断被那灵充满，就需要是乐意、倒空并祷告的人——腓二13，太五3、8，路一53，弗五18。
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3二 建造召会的尊贵工作所需要的智慧、悟性、知识和技巧，必须是对我们成了那灵的神自己；唯有神的灵才能借着我们建造祂自己的居所——出三一1~3，亚四6。
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4三 长老们缺少祷告，所以缺少那灵；乃是当我们在祷告中，在主内住同在之光的照耀下，完全被定罪时，我们对于环境、对于人、对于召会，才能得着主的智慧和真正的领会。
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5四 如果各召会里的众圣徒都坚定持续地祷告，主的恢复就会大大地得着丰富并被拔高；不仅如此，众圣徒也会享受主，享受主的同在和祂即时并常时的膏油涂抹；他们会终日享受主的笑脸，基督活的人位会成为他们的经历和享受。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
6西四2 你们要坚定持续地祷告，在此儆醒感恩。
6Col. 4:2 Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving.
7徒六4 但我们要坚定持续地祷告，并尽话语的职事。
7Acts 6:4 But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.
8论到坚定持续的祷告，……我们要乐意和主办交涉，甚至向祂许愿说，我们要作祷告的人。如果各召会里的众圣徒都和主办这样的交涉，主的恢复就会大大地得着丰富并被拔高。不仅如此，众圣徒也会享受主，享受主的同在和祂即时并常时的膏油涂抹。他们会终日享受主的笑脸。我们坚定持续地祷告时，基督活的人位就成了我们的经历和享受（歌罗西书生命读经，七二六页）。
8Concerning persevering in prayer,...we need to be willing to make a deal with the Lord, even to make a vow to Him, that we will be a praying people. If all the saints in all the churches make such a deal with the Lord, the recovery will be greatly enriched and uplifted. Furthermore, the saints will enjoy the Lord, His presence, and His instant and constant anointing. All day long, they will enjoy the smile of the Lord’s face. As we persevere in prayer, the living person of Christ becomes our experience and enjoyment. (Life-study of Colossians, 2nd edition, pp. 573-574)
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9召会是否活泼、新鲜、丰富，在于这一件事：我们不断被三一神充满。亲爱的弟兄，为此我们首先需要乐意，其次需要倒空。……我们所需要的第三件事是随时、不住地祷告。我们必须祷告。如果我们能作事，我们就不需要多多祷告。我们有自信、有知识、有办法、有才干、有力量；我们确信自己能掌控局面。我们需要倒空自己，因为知道我们所能作的都不算数；这不仅是神所弃绝的，甚至也是神所定罪的。凡旧人所能作的，都是神所定罪的。我们必须认识这一点。然后我们就会看见我们需要神，并且会随时、不住地祷告。
9Whether the church is living and fresh and enriched depends on this one thing: that we are being filled continuously with the Triune God. For this, dear brothers, we need first the willingness and second the emptiness. The third thing that we need is the instant, constant prayer. We must pray. If we are able to do things, we do not need to pray much. We have confidence, we have knowledge, we have a way, we have ability, we have strength: we are certain we can handle the situation. We need to empty ourselves, knowing that whatever we can do is not counted; it is not only rejected but even condemned by God. Whatever the old man can do is condemned by God. We have to realize this. Then we will see our need of God and will pray constantly and instantly.
10倘若你不乐意、不倒空、不祷告，我就无法帮助你；你也无法对别人有帮助。……〔我们应当祷告：〕“主，靠着你的怜悯，我是乐意的。因着你的恩典，我是倒空的。我完全倒空地向你敞开。我不愿持守已往的经历，我要新鲜。”你随时、不住地祷告，被祂充满，你就会经历〔神圣的〕智慧、悟性、知识像潮水一般临到你。……你会知道如何以神圣的性情接触圣徒，如何以基督供应他们，如何以基督的救赎和神的审判建造他们。你也会有一种内里的能力，在变化里并在召会生活里建造圣徒；不是仅仅在性格上建造他们，乃是把他们建造成为神的居所。……要在领头的事上丰富，我们就必须乐意、倒空且不住地祷告。
10If you are short of willingness, short of emptiness, short of prayer, I cannot help you. Nor can you be of help to others...We should pray, “Lord, by Your mercy I am willing. In Your grace I am empty. I am open to You with utter emptiness. I do not want to hold on to anything of my past experiences. I want to be fresh.” All the time, unceasingly, pray to be filled with Him. Then you will experience [divine] wisdom, understanding, and knowledge coming to you like a tide...You will know how to contact the saints with the divine nature, how to supply them with Christ, how to build them up with the redemption of Christ and with God’s judgment. You will also have an inner ability to build up the saints in transformation and in the church life; not just to build them in character but to build them up as a dwelling place for God...To be rich in the leadership, we need a willingness, an emptiness, and continuous prayer.
11长老们来在一起的时候应当祷告，而不该仅仅讨论事情。你们喜欢称之为交通，但也许只是讨论。长老们需要祷告：将他们的心思、不同的见解，祷告到一里。……你们应当把自己祷告到灵里。你们在灵里祷告，就有同一的心思，就在一里。……甚至在牧养、看望未得救的人或圣徒时，我们也该一直在祷告里。我们都经历过，如果我们不住地祷告，我们去的时候就不会说我们原先以为要说的。我们发现自己说了原先无意要说的事，我们所说的是新的。借着不住地祷告，我们的灵得了释放，并且我们发现自己从灵里说话。
11When the elders come together, they should pray, not just discuss things. You like to call it fellowship, but maybe it is only a discussion. The elders need to pray: to pray their mind, their different understandings, into the oneness...Pray yourselves into the spirit. When you are praying in the spirit, you have one mind; you are in oneness...Even in shepherding, in visiting either the unsaved or the saints, we should be constantly in prayer. We have all experienced that if we pray continuously, when we go, we do not speak what we thought we would. We find ourselves saying things we had no intention to say; what we say is new. By being in continuous prayer, our spirit is released, and we will find that we speak from our spirit.
12无论在什么地方，长老们极缺乏的就是不住地祷告。你们缺少祷告，所以你们缺少那灵。乃是当你们在祷告中完全被定罪时，你们对于环境、对于人、对于召会，才能得着主的智慧和真正的领会。
12The crucial lack is this continuous prayer on the part of all the elders, whatever the locality. You are short of prayer, so you are short of the Spirit. It is when you are fully condemned in your prayer that you receive wisdom and the real understanding of the Lord concerning the situation, concerning people, and concerning the church.
13基督徒的生活乃是祷告的生活。长老不是特殊的基督徒。要作正确的长老，就要作正常的基督徒。许多基督徒都不正常，因此长老应当建立正常的榜样。……这样，召会才能得着建造。你们要仰望主的怜悯和恩典，尽力实行这事（李常受文集一九八三年第一册，一○三至一○七页）。
13The Christian life is a life of prayer. Elders are not extraordinary Christians. To be a proper elder is to be a normal Christian. Many Christians are abnormal. Thus, the elders should set up a normal pattern...In this way the church can be built up. Try to practice this, looking to the Lord for His mercy and grace. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 1, “Practical Talks to the Elders,” pp. 74-77)
14参读：与长老们在实行一面的谈话，第七章；使徒的教训与新约中的领导，第二章。
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今日要点
15主题：借着在祷告中领头，而有真正的召会生活
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16引经：西四2，徒六4
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171.召会中领头的人，要在祷告中领头：
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18a.在行传六章，使徒们选定七位执事后，就说，我们『坚定持续的祷告，并尽话语的职事』，西四2也说到，『坚定持续的祷告，在此儆醒感恩』，因此领头的人，也就是在召会中服事话语的人，要领什么头呢？乃是领头过祷告的生活。
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19b.因为召会是否活泼、新鲜、丰富，不在于别的，只在于一件事，就是借着祷告被那灵充满，为着我们要不断被那灵充满，我们需要：第一，乐意，第二，倒空，第三，随时、不住的祷告，我们天然的人能做些什么，我们就有自信、知识、办法、才干和力量，但这些都需要倒空，并借着祷告倚靠神。
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202.借着坚定持续的祷告，而有真正的召会生活：
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21a.今天若我们要召会得建造，建造召会的尊贵工作，所需要的智慧、悟性、知识和技巧，必须是对我们成了那灵的神自己，而非我们天然的能力，因为惟有神的灵才能借着我们建造祂自己的居所。
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22b.今天在召会中，很可能因长老们缺少祷告，所以缺少那灵，也就缺少建造，若长老领头，各召会里的众圣徒都坚定持续的祷告，主的恢复就会大大的得着丰富并被拔高，众圣徒也会享受主，享受主同在，享受主即时并常时的膏油涂抹，而终日享受主的笑脸，基督活的人位会成为他们的经历和享受。
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23应用：我们需要与主办交涉，划定时间操练成为一个祷告的人，好使我们能操练倒空自己，轻视我们所作，那些算不得数的，并重看倚靠的原则，借着祷告到主面前，倒空以往的成功经历，而新鲜的与主同在，受主引导，在灵里生活行动。
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