【双语灵修】热切和不住的祷告FERVENT, UNCEASING PRAYER
「我又像从前，在山上住了四十昼夜。那次耶和华也应允我，不忍将你灭绝。」-申 10:10
摩西在这节经文里解释说，当他接受写在石板上的神的诫命时，他热切地为百姓祷告。这是他第二次上山去接受神的律例了，因为当他第一次离开时，百姓犯了罪。百姓犯了非常严重的罪，以致神威胁要灭绝他们，然而摩西为他们祷告求情，神垂听了摩西的祈祷，并且差他们继续前行（也可参看申命记 9:7-29）。
当我们感到心烦意乱，要为我们的教会、家庭、同工、伙伴、和其他受创伤或迷失的灵魂寻求神的恩典时，我们便祷告。不断祷告和不断有人为你祷告，具有很大的力量，我们要不住地祷告（帖撒罗尼迦前书 5:17）！为那些有需要的人代求，例如为无家可归、患病、饥饿、或流离失所的人代求，并非一件罕见的事。而更重要的，就是我们可以为别人的悔改和罪得赦免祈求。我们指望神会在人的生命和境况中大大动工，因为我们知道神爱他们。
《雅各书》 5章16节向我们保证，义人祈祷所发的力量是大有功效的。神垂听我们的祷告，救主耶稣亦不断为我们代求（罗马书 8:34）。真是不可思议！
祷告
圣父、圣子、和圣灵，感谢祢呼召我为这个破碎的世界里的人和状况代求。求祢帮助我学仿耶稣那样忠心地祷告。奉祂的名祈求，阿们。
申命记 10:1-5, 10-11
「那时，耶和华吩咐我说：『你要凿出两块石版，和先前的一样，上山到我这里来，又要做一木柜。你先前摔碎的那版，其上的字我要写在这版上，你要将这版放在柜中。』于是我用皂荚木做了一柜，又凿出两块石版，和先前的一样，手里拿这两块版上山去了。耶和华将那大会之日，在山上、从火中所传于你们的十条诫，照先前所写的，写在这版上，将版交给我了。我转身下山，将这版放在我所做的柜中，现今还在那里，正如耶和华所吩咐我的。
我又像从前，在山上住了四十昼夜。那次耶和华也应允我，不忍将你灭绝。耶和华吩咐我说：『你起来，引导这百姓，使他们进去得我向他们列祖起誓应许所赐之地。』
FERVENT, UNCEASING PRAYER
I had stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I did the first time, and the Lord listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you. —Deuteronomy 10:10
Moses explains here that when he received the commands of God on tablets of stone, he prayed fervently for the people. This was the second time he had gone up on the mountain to receive God’s law, because the people had sinned while he was away the first time. The people had sinned so badly that God threatened to destroy them, but Moses interceded for them, and God heard Moses’ prayers and sent the people on their way. (See also Deuteronomy 9:7-29.)
When our hearts are troubled and seeking God’s grace on behalf of our churches, families, coworkers, partners, and other hurting or lost souls, we pray. It is powerful to pray and to be prayed for persistently. We pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). It is not unusual for people to intercede for others who are in need, such as homeless, sick, hungry, or displaced individuals. Even more, we can pray for people to repent and be forgiven. We count on God to move mightily in people’s lives and situations because we know God loves them.
James 5:16 assures us that the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. God listens to us, and Jesus, the Savior, faithfully intercedes for us (Romans 8:34). Amazing!
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit thank you for calling me to intercede for people and situations in our broken world. Help me to pray faithfully, as Jesus himself does. In his name, Amen.