【双语灵修】口唱心和，赞美感恩Singing Our Gratitude to God
“不要醉酒，酒能使人放荡；乃要被圣灵充满。当用诗章、颂词、灵歌彼此对说，口唱心和地赞美主。” - 弗 5:18-19
当我们被圣灵充满时，我们就会注意到圣灵在我们身上结出的果子。圣灵的果子之一就是喜乐——一种对万事万物深深的满足感和感激之情，哪怕是在环境艰难的时候。早期教会有很多通过歌唱来喜乐的做法：保罗指出，他们用诗章、颂词、灵歌赞美主。
你在教会里唱什么歌？诗章？颂词？还是灵歌？你们为什么这样做？它对你的信仰和生活有何影响呢？
藉着歌唱，我们表达对神伟大作为的感恩之情，同时也得着神的恩典和造就。我们向神献上赞美，同时也听到神对我们说话，鼓励我们。甚至可以说，唱诗赞美的功效与祷告类似。和祷告一样，歌唱既能帮助我们个人信仰的进深，也有助于我们的集体敬拜和彼此的团契。当我们一起歌唱三位一体神的良善和恩典时，我们作为一个信徒的整体在联络中共同成长。
唱诗赞美是否会帮助你表达对神的感恩？有哪首诗章、颂词或灵歌对你的信仰特别有影响呢？
祷告
圣灵啊，请用喜乐充满我，让我今天唱出赞美之歌。让凡有气息的都和我一同赞美主！阿们。
诗篇 148篇
1你们要赞美耶和华！从天上赞美耶和华，在高处赞美他！
2他的众使者都要赞美他，他的诸军都要赞美他！
3日头月亮，你们要赞美他！放光的星宿，你们都要赞美他！
4天上的天和天上的水，你们都要赞美他！
5愿这些都赞美耶和华的名，因他一吩咐便都造成。
6他将这些立定，直到永永远远；他定了命，不能废去。
7所有在地上的，大鱼和一切深洋，
8火与冰雹，雪和雾气，成就他命的狂风，
9大山和小山，结果的树木和一切香柏树，
10野兽和一切牲畜，昆虫和飞鸟，
11世上的君王和万民，首领和世上一切审判官，
12少年人和处女，老年人和孩童，都当赞美耶和华！
13愿这些都赞美耶和华的名，因为独有他的名被尊崇，他的荣耀在天地之上。
14他将他百姓的角高举，因此他一切圣民以色列人，就是与他相近的百姓，都赞美他。你们要赞美耶和华！
Singing Our Gratitude to God
"Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord. . . ." - Ephesians 5:18-19
When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we begin to notice the fruit of the Spirit in ourselves. One of the Spirit’s fruits is joy—a deep sense of contentment and gratitude in all things, even when life’s circumstances are difficult. The early church had a rich practice of rejoicing through song: Paul indicates that they sang psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to the Lord with all their hearts.
What kinds of songs do you sing in your congregation? Psalms? Hymns? Songs from the Spirit? Why do you do this? And how does it affect your faith and life?
In singing, we express our gratitude to God for his great deeds, and we receive God’s grace and edification in return. We bring God an offering of praise, but at the same time we hear him speaking to us and encouraging us. One could even say that singing praises to God can function similarly to prayer. Like prayer, singing can both support our individual faith formation as well as our corporate worship and fellowship with one another. When we sing together about the goodness and grace of our triune God, we grow in connection as a body of believers.
How does singing help you to express your gratitude to God? What psalm, hymn, or spiritual song has been particularly formative in your faith?
Prayer
Holy Spirit, fill me with joy, that I may sing songs of praise today. Let everything that has breath join me in praising the Lord! Amen.
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