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9-29節--得力源於禱告

馬可福音 第9章

今天我們要學的最重要功課，是上述經文的最後一節。在這之前，門徒曾經成功驅趕污鬼，但這次卻不成功；他們對此感到大惑不解。基督非常清晰說出原因。祂在19節首先指出他們缺乏信心，繼而在第29節表示他們必須藉著禱告，才能把污鬼趕出來。

他們之所以沒有能力，是因為缺少禱告。這對我們今天來說有何提醒呢？我們經常渴望能看見神成就大事，但是在現實生活中，我們卻只看見自己是那麼軟弱，敵人卻是那麼強大。歸根究底，是否正因為我們缺少禱告？

主在這裡所指的「禱告」，不是指一次的禱告，而是指一顆恆常禱告的心或我們稱之為的「禱告生活」。基督的意思是：除非我們在生活中學習凡事信靠神，仰賴神的能力而不是自己的力量去解決問題，我們才能面對和處理類似的困難。

這豈不是我們今天要學的一項重要功課嗎？我們若希望自己有足夠的能力去面對生活中的大小困難，就必須常常禱告，透過禱告來明白神的心意和支取神的能力。

撒但當然不喜歡我們向神禱告，所以他會想盡法來阻撓我們、誘騙我們，使我們忽視禱告。而且，我們肉體的罪性也驅使我們只懂倚靠自己，懶於禱告。然而，當我們知道，我們只有藉著禱告，才能得到神的賜福、加力和幫助，才能過得勝的生活，我們就絕不可以忽略禱告。我們擔心自己缺乏恆心和持久力？那麼，我們就更加需要向神禱告，求神加力，以及求聖靈幫助我們禱告了。

反思：

倘若神的兒子也要經常禱告，我們豈不需要更多的禱告？

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POWERLESS BECAUSE PRAYERLESS
BIBLE READING: Mark 9:9-29

The greatest lesson for us today is found in the final verse of our reading. The disciples had cast out demons before this, but now they couldnt do it. They couldnt understand why. Christ told them the answer very plainly. In verse 19 he has pointed out their lack of faith but in verse 29 he said that prayer was what was needed most of all.

They were powerless because they were prayerless. What does that say to us today? We so often long to see great things accomplished for God but somehow we seem so weak and the enemy seems so strong. Is the reason our lack of prayer?

The word which our Lord used here really means an attitude or a spirit of prayer - not just one moment of prayer. We could call it a life of prayer. Christ was saying that only a life lived in dependence on God - a life that does not depend on its own strength in any way-could ever face up to a situation like this.

So the lesson for us from our reading is very clear, isnt it? If we are ever to be sufficient in the various situations that face us every day, we must be men and women who know how to pray. We need to give ourselves to praying more. Yet this is one of the hardest things we can do.

Satan does not want us to pray. Our own flesh does not want to pray. But if we want Gods blessing and the strength and victory he can give, the answer is very simple - we need to pray. Can we ask God to help us do it?

A THOUGHT:

If Christ the Son of God needed to pray, how much more do we need to pray?

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