雅各書 第五章13-20節

13你們中間有受苦的呢，他就該禱告；有喜樂的呢，他就該歌頌。14你們中間有病了的呢，他就該請教會的長老來；他們可以奉主的名用油抹他，為他禱告。15出於信心的祈禱要救那病人，主必叫他起來；他若犯了罪，也必蒙赦免。16所以你們要彼此認罪，互相代求，使你們可以得醫治。義人祈禱所發的力量是大有功效的。17以利亞與我們是一樣性情的人，他懇切禱告，求不要下雨，雨就三年零六個月不下在地上。18他又禱告，天就降下雨來，地也生出土產。19我的弟兄們，你們中間若有失迷真道的，有人使他回轉，20這人該知道：叫一個罪人從迷路上轉回便是救一個靈魂不死，並且遮蓋許多的罪。

 

默想

1. 在我信仰的路程中，我是否曾經幾乎“失迷真道”，想要離棄神、回頭追求世界？是誰幫助我回轉到神的跟前？用些時間回想那次的經歷，以及心中感受？
2. 求問神，是否有那位信徒，目前也落在我當時的“失迷”光景中，我當如何來幫助他，重新回到信仰的真道上？
3. 為教會和小組的弟兄姐妹彼此間的關係禱告，我們都是破碎的人——肉體上、情感上、靈命上——因此我們需要彼此代禱，使我們的痊愈。求主賜下和諧、接納、寬恕、相愛的靈在當中，使我們能彼此相顧，見證神的能力。

 

禱告與筆錄：

繼續安靜在神面前，與神對話，並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思想（心得），或是與神的禱告，記錄在“靈程筆記”簿上面。

James 5:13-20

13 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. 17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. 19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

 

Meditation

1. Recall a time when I came very close to wandering from the faith?  Who helped bring me back?  Spend some time revisit that experience and all my emotions then and now.
2. Is God putting someone in my heart that is in the “wandering from the faith” situation as I was?  How would I help him/her come back to the faith?
3. Pray for the people in the church and in my cell. We are all broken people—physically, emotionally, spiritually, etc—and we need each other in the community of faith to pray that we might be healed. Ask God to give us a spirit of harmony, acceptance, forgiveness, compassion, and love so that we would care for each other and witness God’s power.

 

Prayer & Journaling:

Stay with God for a little longer.  Continue to converse with God and listen to what he wants to tell me.  Then write down any thought and/or prayer in the 2011 “Spiritual Journal” book.