** Seeking His Life to Revive the Church 尋求祂的生命以復興教會 ** (2/10 ~20)
============================ 2/20/Sat, The 11th day 第11天 =============================
*Seek God ... to bring life from His people to the world 尋求神...藉祂百姓為世界帶來生命
Ezekiel 47:9,12 以西結書
9 And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish.
For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes.
12 And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail,
but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.
9這河水所到之處,凡滋生的動物都必生活,並且因這流來的水必有極多的魚,海水也變甜了。這河水所到之處,百物都必生活。
12在河這邊與那邊的岸上必生長各類的樹木;其果可作食物,葉子不枯乾,果子不斷絕。
每月必結新果子,因為這水是從聖所流出來的。樹上的果子必作食物,葉子乃為治病。
John 7:37-38 約翰福音
On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, 'Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'"
節期的末日,就是最大之日,耶穌站著高聲說:「人若渴了,可以到我這裡來喝。信我的人就如經上所說:『從他腹中要流出活水的江河來。』
*Pray: 1. That spiritual thirsty people will hear the voice of Christ calling them to Himself.
2. For churches to become sources of healing for what is broken in our cities.
3. For Christians to become conduits of God's life to others.
*禱告：1. 靈裡飢渴的人得以聽見基督呼召他們就近祂的聲音。
2. 教會成為我們城市中破碎之人事物的醫治源頭。
3. 基督徒成為神賜生命的導管。
*Pray for Ministries 為福音事工代求
2 Thessalonians 3:1 帖撒羅尼迦後書
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,
弟兄們,我還有話說:請你們為我們禱告,好叫主的道理快快行開,得著榮耀,正如在你們中間一樣。
*Pray for the Americas and the Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
US美國, Uruguay烏拉圭, Venezuela委內瑞拉, US Virgin Islands美屬維京群島
============================= 2/19/Fri, The 10th day 第10天 ==========================
*Seek God ... for God to unite His people 尋求神...使祂的百姓合一
Note: The true union must base on the foundation of God's truth; 註：合一必須奠基於神真理的基礎上
Psalm 133:1,3 詩篇
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
看哪,弟兄和睦同居是何等的善,何等的美！
又好比黑門的甘露降在錫安山;因為在那裡有耶和華所命定的福,就是永遠的生命。
John 17:22-23 約翰福音
The glory that You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one even as We are one,
I in them and You in Me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and loved them even as You loved Me.
祢所賜給我的榮耀,我已賜給他們,使他們合而為一,像我們合而為一。
我在他們裡面,祢在我裡面,使他們完完全全的合而為一,叫世人知道祢差了我來,也知道祢愛他們如同愛我一樣。
Note: The true union must base on the foundation of God's truth, not man's; 註：合一必須奠基於神,而非人,真理的基礎上
*Pray: 1. For believers to set aside foolish jealousies, repent of sins against each other and be restored to vital unity.
2. For divided congregations to become reconciled, reflecting Christ's beauty.
3. For churches in your city to work and worship together.
*禱告： 1. 基督徒可以將愚昧的嫉妒擺一邊，為彼此虧負悔罪，並恢復成為充滿生命力的合一體。
2. 分裂的會友可以合好，反映基督的榮美。
3.你城市的教會可以同工、同敬拜。
*Pray for the Health Care Workers 為醫療看護人員代求
Psalm 41:1-2 詩篇
Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;
the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; he is called blessed in the land; ...
眷顧貧窮的有福了！他遭難的日子,耶和華必搭救他。耶和華必保全他,使他存活;他必在地上享福。...
*Pray for the Americas and the Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
St. Vincent & the Grenadines聖文森及格瑞那丁, Suriname蘇利南, Trinidad & Tobago千里達及托巴哥,Turks & Caicos Islands土克凱可群島
======================= 2/18/Thu, The 9th day 第9天 ======================
*Seek God ... for His people to love and* obey Him 尋求神...祂的百姓愛祂並順服祂
Deuteronomy 30:19-20 申命記
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life,
that you and your offspring may live, loving the LORD your God, obeying His voice and holding fast to Him, for He is your life and length of days,
that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
我今日呼天喚地向你作見證;我將生死禍福陳明在你面前,所以你要揀選生命,使你和你的後裔都得存活;且愛耶和華你的神,聽從祂的話,專靠祂;
因為祂是你的生命,你的日子長久也在乎祂。這樣,你就可以在耶和華向你列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓應許所賜的地上居住。
Luke 16:13 路加福音
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or
he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."
一個僕人不能事奉兩個主;不是惡這個愛那個,就是重這個輕那個。你們不能又事奉神,又事奉瑪門。
Pray: * For struggling believers to set aside competing ambitions in order to serve Christ with authentic love.
* For those far from Christ to be nauseated by worldly enticements and become hungry for a life of serving God.
禱告： * 在掙扎中的基督徒能將爭兢的野心擺在一旁，好以真愛服事基督。
* 使那些遠離基督的人會厭棄世俗的誘惑，變得渴望擁有服事神的生命。
*Pray for the Educators 為教育工作者代求
1 Tim. 4:12 提摩太前書 (quoting different verses 引用不同經文)
... set ... an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
...總要在言語、行為、愛心、信心、清潔上，都作...榜樣。
*Pray for the Americas and the Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
Puerto Rico波多黎各, St. Kitts & Nevis聖克里斯多福及尼維斯, St. Lucia聖露西亞, St. Pierre & Miquelon聖皮耶和密克隆群島
=========================== 2/17, The 8th day 第8天 ===========================
*Seek God ... to purify His people 尋求神...潔淨祂的百姓
Psalm 51:7,10 詩篇
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
求祢用牛膝草潔淨我,我就乾淨;求祢洗滌我,我就比雪更白。
神啊,求祢為我造清潔的心,使我裡面重新有正直(或作:堅定)的靈。
Matthew 5:8 馬太福音
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 清心的人有福了！因為他們必得見神。
Pray: * For non-believers to see the hope of whole-hearted purity before God.
* For believers to confess and abandon patterns of sin in order to walk in the joy of holiness.
禱告： * 慕道友能看見全心向神的純潔之心所帶來的盼望。
* 基督徒能認罪並棄絕各樣的罪，好行走在聖潔的喜樂之中。
*Pray for the Sick People 為病人代求
Matthew 14：14 馬太福音
When He went ashore He saw a great crowd, and He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
耶穌出來，見有許多的人，就憐憫他們，治好了他們的病人。
*Pray for the Americas and the Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
Netherlands Antilles荷屬安地列斯群島, Nicaragua尼加拉瓜, Panama巴拿馬, Paraguay巴拉圭, Peru秘魯
========================== 2/16, The 7th day 第7天 ==========================
*Seek God ... for Christ's resurrection power 尋求神...基督復活的大能
Isaiah 12:1-3 ESV 以賽亞書, 和合本 (quoting different verses 引用不同的經文)
You will say in that day: "I will give thanks to You, O LORD, for though You were angry with me, Your anger turned away, that You might comfort me.
"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation."
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
到那日,你必說:耶和華啊,我要稱謝祢！因為祢雖然向我發怒,祢的怒氣卻已轉消；祢又安慰了我。看哪！神是我的拯救；我要倚靠祂,並不懼怕。
因為主耶和華是我的力量,是我的詩歌,祂也成了我的拯救。所以,你們必從救恩的泉源歡然取水。
Revelation 1:17-18 ESV 啟示錄, 和合本
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying, "Fear not,
I AM the First and the Last, and the Living One. I died, and behold I AM alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
Pray: * For believers to recognize the risen Jesus in the beauty of His glory.
* For the authority of Christ to liberate people from the grip of sin, the fear of death and the deception of evil powers.
我一看見,就仆倒在祂腳前,像死了一樣。祂用右手按著我,說:「
不要懼怕！我是首先的,我是末後的,又是那存活的;我曾死過,現在又活了,直活到永永遠遠;並且拿著死亡和陰間的鑰匙。
禱告：* 基督徒能認得在榮光之美中那復活的耶穌。
* 基督的權能釋放人們脫離罪的轄制、死亡的恐懼和邪惡權勢的欺矇。
*Pray for the Marriages 為婚姻代求
Hebrews 13:4 希伯來書, 和合本
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled,
for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
婚姻,人人都當尊重,床也不可污穢;因為苟合行淫的人,神必要審判。
*Pray for the Americas and the Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
Honduras 宏都拉斯, Jamaica 牙買加, Martinique 馬丁尼克島, Mexico 墨西哥, Montserrat 蒙特色拉特島
========================== 2/15, The 6th day 第6天 ==========================
*Seek God ... to impart His life-giving Spirit 尋求神...注入祂那賜生命的靈
Ezekiel 37:3,5,10,14 ESV 以西結書, 和合本修訂版
And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know."
...Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live. ...
So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet,
... And I will put My Spirit within you, and you shall live
「人子啊，這些骸骨能活過來嗎？」我說：「主耶和華啊，祢是知道的。」...
「看哪，我必使氣息進入你們裡面，你們就要活過來。」...
於是我遵命說預言，氣息就進入骸骨，骸骨就活過來，並且用腳站起來
...「我必將我的靈放在你們裡面，你們就要活過來。」
John 5:25 約翰福音, 和合本修訂版
"Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here,
when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Pray: * For many who are far from God to hear His word and receive His life-giving Spirit.
* For struggling or dying churches to be renewed in Christ's life.
我實實在在地告訴你們，時候將到，現在就是了，死人要聽見神兒子的聲音，聽見的人就要活了。
禱告：* 許多遠離神的人能聽見祂的道，並接受賜生命的聖靈。
* 掙扎甚或垂死的教會得以在基督的生命中更新。
*Pray for the gangs 為幫派分子代求
Psalm 12:1,5 詩篇, 現代中文修訂本
Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
...I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."
神啊，求祢幫助我們，敬虔的人沒有了；忠誠的人再也找不到了....，神說：「我就要來...我要把他們所渴望的賜給他們。」
*Pray for the Americas and the Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
Granada格瑞納達, Guadeloupe瓜得羅普, Guatemala瓜地馬拉, Guyana蓋亞那, Haití海地
========================== 2/14, The 5th day, Sunday 第5天, 主日 ==========================
*Seek God ... to restore His people to fruitfulness 尋求神...復興祂的子民結滿果子
Psalm 80:14-15,17-18 ESV 詩篇, 和合本修訂版
Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine, the stock that Your right hand planted...
But let Your hand be on the man ... whom You have made strong for Yourself! Then we shall not turn back from You; give us life, and we will call upon Your name!
慈萬軍之上帝啊,求祢轉回,從天上垂看觀察,眷顧這葡萄樹；保護祢右手所栽的根...
願祢的手扶持祢右邊的人,祢為自己所堅固的人子。這樣,我們就不背離祢；求祢救活我們,讓我們得以求告祢的名。
John 15:1-2,5 約翰福音, 和合本修訂版
I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away,
and every branch that does bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
Pray: * For despondent or fruitless believers to be lifted into the light of God's presence.
* For Christians to be stretched in spiritual disciplines in order to serve in God's purpose.
我是真葡萄樹,我父是栽培的人。凡屬我不結果子的枝子,祂就剪去;凡結果子的,祂就修理乾淨,使枝子結果子更多。
5 我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子。常在我裡面的,我也常在他裡面,這人就多結果子;因為離了我,你們就不能做什麼。
禱告：* 幾乎無望或不結果的基督徒被扶起到神同在的光中。
* 基督徒依照屬靈的訓練被伸展，好按著神的旨意服事。
*Pray for the international visitors 為國際旅客代求
Deuteronomy 31:12 申命記, 現代中文修訂本
Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God ...
你們要召集所有的男人、女人、孩童，和住在你們中間的外僑在一起，好讓每一個人能夠聽到這法律，學習敬畏上主－你們的上帝...
*Pray for the Americas and the Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
El Salvador哥薩爾瓦多, Falkland Islands福克蘭群島, French Guiana法屬圭亞納, Greenland格陵蘭
========================== 2/13, The 4d day 第4天 ==========================
*Seek God ... for revival bringing Righteousness & Peace 尋求神...復興帶來公義與和平
Psalm 85:10-13 詩篇85:10-13 和合本修訂版
Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and
righteousness looks down from the sky. Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
Righteousness will go before Him and make His footsteps a way.
慈愛和誠實彼此相遇，公義與和平彼此相親。誠實從地而生，公義從天而現。
耶和華必賜福氣給我們。我們的地也要出土產。
公義要行在祂面前，使祂的腳蹤有可走之路。
Luke 1:76-77,79 路加福音1:76-77,79 和合本修訂版
... for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways, to give knowledge of salvation to His people
in the forgiveness of their sins, ... to guide our feet into the way of peace."
因為你要…為祂預備道路，叫祂的百姓因罪得赦，認識救恩…把我們的腳引到和平的路上。
禱告：‧ 凡相信的人都被更新的盼望充滿，就是上帝的榮耀在我們的世代被認識。
‧ 願多人信靠基督，並憑信心接受祂的生命，親眼看見祂的榮光。
*pray for the singles 為單身者代求
1Cor. 7:32 林前7:32 現代中文修訂本
...The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
沒有結婚的人是專心以主的事為念，因為他想討主的喜悅。
*pray for America and Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
Costa Rica哥斯大黎加, Cuba古巴, Dominica多明尼克, Dominican Republic多明尼加共和國, Ecuador厄瓜多爾
========================== The 3rd day 第3天 星期五 2/12 ==========================
*Seek God ... for revival bringing salvation & glory 尋求神...復興帶來拯救與榮耀
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land. -Psalm 85:9
祂的救恩誠然與敬畏祂的人相近，使榮耀住在我們的地上。（詩篇85:9，和合本修訂版）
Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life...Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?"
-John 11:24-25,40
馬大對祂說：「我知道在末日復活的時候，他會復活。」
耶穌對她說：「復活在我，生命也在我…我不是對妳說過，妳若信就必看見上帝的榮耀嗎？」。
（約翰福音11:24-25,40 和合本修訂版）
禱告： ‧ 凡相信的人都被更新的盼望充滿，就是上帝的榮耀在我們的世代被認識。
‧ 願多人信靠基督，並憑信心接受祂的生命，親眼看見祂的榮光。
*pray for the women 為婦女代求
...She was full of good works and acts of charity. -Acts 9:36
...她做了許多好事，樂意幫助貧窮的人。（使徒行傳9:36，現代中文修訂本）
*pray for America and Caribbean 為美洲和加勒比海地區代求
British Virgin Islands 英屬維爾京群島, Canada 加拿大, Cayman Islands 開曼群島, Chile 智利, Colombia 哥倫比亞
