Tang Wei Ping
Prayer Warrior
Psalm 78:13 :
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Commentary on this verse:
Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not trust his providence in the way to it. To all that by faith and prayer, ask, seek, and knock, these doors of heaven shall at any time be opened; and our distrust of God is a great aggravation of our sins. He expressed his resentment of their provocation; not in denying what they sinfully lusted after, but in granting it to them. Lust is contented with nothing. Those that indulge their lust, will never be estranged from it. Those hearts are hard indeed, that will neither be melted by the mercies of the Lord, nor broken by his judgments. Those that sin still, must expect to be in trouble still. And the reason why we live with so little comfort, and to so little purpose, is, because we do not live by faith. Under these rebukes they professed repentance, but they were not sincere, for they were not constant. In Israel's history we have a picture of our own hearts and lives. God's patience, and warnings, and mercies, imbolden them to harden their hearts against his word. And the history of kingdoms is much the same. Judgments and mercies have been little attended to, until the measure of their sins has been full. And higher advantages have not kept churches from declining from the commandments of God. Even true believers recollect, that for many a year they abused the kindness of Providence. When they come to heaven, how will they admire the Lord's patience and mercy in bringing them to his kingdom!
Prayer for Psalm 78:72 :
“He shepherded them with a pure heart and guided them with his skillful hands.”
Praying through Psalm 78:72:
Our prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the many lessons that we may learn from Israel's past history and Your long-suffering grace towards them. We pray that we may learn all that You would teach us from their past failures so that we may not repeat the mistakes of the past - but we pray, O Lord, that we may walk in integrity of heart and humility of spirit all the days of our life - for Your greater praise and glory. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.
詩篇 78:13 :
他將海分裂,使他們過去,又叫水立起如壘。
對今日詩句的想法:
罪使人灰心喪氣,奪走人心。忘記上帝的作為是違反祂律法的原因。這個故事講述了上帝的善良與人類的邪惡之間的鬥爭。主聽到了我們所有的怨言和不信任,並且非常不高興。那些不相信上帝慈悲力量的人將感受到祂的憤怒之火。那些不能相信神的救恩是他們最終的幸福的人,不能說是相信神的救恩。對於所有憑著信心和祈禱、祈求、尋找和敲門的人來說,天堂之門將隨時為你敞開;我們對上帝的不信任大大加劇了我們的罪。他對他們的挑釁表示不滿;不是否認他們罪惡的慾望,而是給予他們這種慾望。慾望是不滿足於任何事物的。放縱情慾的人,永遠不會遠離情慾。這些人的心確實是剛硬的,既不會被主的憐憫所融化,也不會被祂的審判所破碎。那些仍然犯罪的人,必須預料到仍然會遇到麻煩。我們生活的舒適度和目的之所以如此少,是因為我們不憑信心生活。在這些責備之下,他們雖然表示悔改,但他們並不真誠,因為他們並不堅定。在以色列的歷史中,我們有一幅自己的心靈和生活的圖畫。神的忍耐、警告和憐憫,使他們沒有膽量硬起心來反對祂的話語。王國的歷史也大致相同。在他們罪孽深重之前,審判和憐憫很少受到關注。更高的優勢並沒有阻止教會偏離上帝的誡命。即使是真正的信徒也會記得,多年來他們濫用了上帝的仁慈。當他們來到天堂時,他們將多麼欽佩主帶領他們進入祂的國度的耐心和憐憫!
為詩篇 78:72 禱告:
「於是他按心中的純正牧養他們,用手中的巧妙引導他們。
“ 藉著詩篇 78:72 禱告:
我們的禱告:
天父,感謝您讓我們從以色列過去的歷史中學到許多教訓,並感謝您對他們的長期忍耐的恩典。我們祈禱,我們可以從他們過去的失敗中學到您教導我們的一切,這樣我們就不會重蹈過去的錯誤 - 但我們祈禱,主啊,我們可以一直以正直的心和謙卑的精神行事我們的生命- 為了您更大的讚美和榮耀。我們祈求這個,奉耶穌的名,阿門。
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Commentary on this verse:
Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws. This narrative relates a struggle between God's goodness and man's badness. The Lord hears all our murmurings and distrusts, and is much displeased. Those that will not believe the power of God's mercy, shall feel the fire of his indignation. Those cannot be said to trust in God's salvation as their happiness at last, who can not trust his providence in the way to it. To all that by faith and prayer, ask, seek, and knock, these doors of heaven shall at any time be opened; and our distrust of God is a great aggravation of our sins. He expressed his resentment of their provocation; not in denying what they sinfully lusted after, but in granting it to them. Lust is contented with nothing. Those that indulge their lust, will never be estranged from it. Those hearts are hard indeed, that will neither be melted by the mercies of the Lord, nor broken by his judgments. Those that sin still, must expect to be in trouble still. And the reason why we live with so little comfort, and to so little purpose, is, because we do not live by faith. Under these rebukes they professed repentance, but they were not sincere, for they were not constant. In Israel's history we have a picture of our own hearts and lives. God's patience, and warnings, and mercies, imbolden them to harden their hearts against his word. And the history of kingdoms is much the same. Judgments and mercies have been little attended to, until the measure of their sins has been full. And higher advantages have not kept churches from declining from the commandments of God. Even true believers recollect, that for many a year they abused the kindness of Providence. When they come to heaven, how will they admire the Lord's patience and mercy in bringing them to his kingdom!
Prayer for Psalm 78:72 :
“He shepherded them with a pure heart and guided them with his skillful hands.”
Praying through Psalm 78:72:
Our prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for the many lessons that we may learn from Israel's past history and Your long-suffering grace towards them. We pray that we may learn all that You would teach us from their past failures so that we may not repeat the mistakes of the past - but we pray, O Lord, that we may walk in integrity of heart and humility of spirit all the days of our life - for Your greater praise and glory. This we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.
詩篇 78:13 :
他將海分裂,使他們過去,又叫水立起如壘。
對今日詩句的想法:
罪使人灰心喪氣,奪走人心。忘記上帝的作為是違反祂律法的原因。這個故事講述了上帝的善良與人類的邪惡之間的鬥爭。主聽到了我們所有的怨言和不信任,並且非常不高興。那些不相信上帝慈悲力量的人將感受到祂的憤怒之火。那些不能相信神的救恩是他們最終的幸福的人,不能說是相信神的救恩。對於所有憑著信心和祈禱、祈求、尋找和敲門的人來說,天堂之門將隨時為你敞開;我們對上帝的不信任大大加劇了我們的罪。他對他們的挑釁表示不滿;不是否認他們罪惡的慾望,而是給予他們這種慾望。慾望是不滿足於任何事物的。放縱情慾的人,永遠不會遠離情慾。這些人的心確實是剛硬的,既不會被主的憐憫所融化,也不會被祂的審判所破碎。那些仍然犯罪的人,必須預料到仍然會遇到麻煩。我們生活的舒適度和目的之所以如此少,是因為我們不憑信心生活。在這些責備之下,他們雖然表示悔改,但他們並不真誠,因為他們並不堅定。在以色列的歷史中,我們有一幅自己的心靈和生活的圖畫。神的忍耐、警告和憐憫,使他們沒有膽量硬起心來反對祂的話語。王國的歷史也大致相同。在他們罪孽深重之前,審判和憐憫很少受到關注。更高的優勢並沒有阻止教會偏離上帝的誡命。即使是真正的信徒也會記得,多年來他們濫用了上帝的仁慈。當他們來到天堂時,他們將多麼欽佩主帶領他們進入祂的國度的耐心和憐憫!
為詩篇 78:72 禱告:
「於是他按心中的純正牧養他們,用手中的巧妙引導他們。
“ 藉著詩篇 78:72 禱告:
我們的禱告:
天父,感謝您讓我們從以色列過去的歷史中學到許多教訓,並感謝您對他們的長期忍耐的恩典。我們祈禱,我們可以從他們過去的失敗中學到您教導我們的一切,這樣我們就不會重蹈過去的錯誤 - 但我們祈禱,主啊,我們可以一直以正直的心和謙卑的精神行事我們的生命- 為了您更大的讚美和榮耀。我們祈求這個,奉耶穌的名,阿門。