Tang Wei Ping
Prayer Warrior
2 Chronicles 34:4 :
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
Commentary on this verse:
Josiah's good reign in Judah. - As the years of infancy cannot be useful to our fellow-creatures, our earliest youth should be dedicated to God, that we may not waste any of the remaining short space of life. Happy and wise are those who seek the Lord and prepare for usefulness at an early age, when others are pursuing sinful pleasures, contracting bad habits, and forming ruinous connexions. Who can express the anguish prevented by early piety, and its blessed effects? Diligent self-examination and watchfulness will convince us of the deceitfulness and wickedness of our own hearts, and the sinfulness of our lives. We are here encouraged to humble ourselves before God, and to seek unto him, as Josiah did. And believers are here taught, not to fear death, but to welcome it, when it takes them away from the evil to come. Nothing hastens the ruin of a people, nor ripens them for it, more than their disregard of the attempts made for their reformation. Be not deceived, God is not mocked. The current and tide of affections only turns at the command of Him who raises up those that are dead in trespasses and sins. We behold peculiar loveliness, in the grace the Lord bestows on those, who in tender years seek to know and to love the Saviour. Hath Jesus, the Day-spring from on high, visited you? Can you trace your knowledge of this light and life of man, like Josiah, from your youth? Oh the unspeakable happiness of becoming acquainted with Jesus from our earliest years!
Our prayer:
Gracious Heavenly Father, we come before You humbly, acknowledging our need for salvation and redemption. Your Word assures us of Your redemptive power, that through Jesus Christ, our sins can be washed away and we can be made new. Your perfect love extends to all, and no matter what we have done, You have paid the ransom for us. We thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus, to the cross to die for our sins. Lord Jesus, we come to You, recognizing that You are the only way to salvation. We ask You to wash away our sins in the sea of forgetfulness. Your Word assures us in Isaiah 1:18, “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” We believe in Your redemptive power to cleanse us and make us white as snow. Heavenly Father, we repent of our evil ways and turn to You. We submit to Your will and surrender our life to You completely. We believe that You sent Your Son, Jesus, to die for us, and we believe that He rose again on the third day, victorious over sin and death. Your Word assures us in Romans 10:9, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” We declare that Jesus is our Lord, and we believe in His resurrection power. Thank You, Lord, for writing our name in the Lamb’s book of life. We are grateful for the assurance of eternal life in Your presence. Help us to fulfill everything that You have predestined us to do. Guide us in walking in Your ways and fulfilling the purpose You have for our life. Your Word assures us in Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” We thank You, LORD God, for Your saving grace and the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. May Your Holy Spirit empower us to live a life that is pleasing to You and to share Your love and truth with others. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen
歷代志下 34:4:
眾人在他面前拆毀巴力的壇,砍斷壇上高高的日像,又把木偶和雕刻的像並鑄造的像打碎成灰,撒在祭偶像人的墳上,
對今日詩句的想法:
約西亞在猶大的美好統治。 ——嬰兒期對人類來說是無用的,所以我們最早的青春應該獻給上帝,這樣我們才不會浪費生命中剩餘的短暫時光。當其他人在追求罪惡的快樂、染上壞習慣、結成毀滅性的關係時,那些從小就尋求主並為有用的人做好準備的人是幸福而明智的。誰能表達早期虔誠所避免的痛苦及其受祝福的效果?勤奮的自省和警醒會讓我們體認到自己內心的欺騙和邪惡,以及我們所處的罪惡。這裡鼓勵我們在上帝面前謙卑自己,並尋求他,就像約西亞所做的那樣。信徒在這裡被教導,不要害怕死亡,而是歡迎它,因為它能帶他們遠離即將到來的邪惡。沒有什麼比一個民族對改革努力的漠視更能加速一個民族的毀滅,也無法讓他們成熟起來。不要自欺,神是輕慢不得的。感情的潮流和潮流只會在那位使那些死在過犯罪惡之中的人復活的命令下轉向。我們在主賜給那些在幼年尋求認識和愛救主的人的恩典中看到了特別的可愛。耶穌,從高處而來的白日之泉,拜訪過你嗎?你能像約西亞一樣,從年輕時就了解這種光和人類生命嗎?噢,從小就認識耶穌是難以言喻的幸福!
我們的禱告:
仁慈的天父, 我們謙卑地來到你面前,承認我們需要救恩和救贖。你的話語向我們保證你的救贖大能,透過耶穌基督,我們的罪可以被洗淨,我們可以被更新。你完美的愛延伸到所有人,無論我們做了什麼,你都為我們支付了贖價。我們感謝您將您的兒子耶穌送上十字架,為我們的罪而死。 主耶穌,我們來到你面前,認識到你是得救的唯一道路。我們祈求您洗淨我們在遺忘之海中的罪。你的話在以賽亞書 1 章 18 節中向我們保證:「來吧,我們解決這件事。」耶和華如此說。 「你們的罪雖如朱紅,必變成雪白;它們雖紅如丹顏,必細如羊毛。我們相信您的救贖力量能淨化我們,使我們潔白如雪。 天父,我們悔改我們的惡行並轉向你。我們順服你的旨意,將我們的生命完全交託給你。我們相信您派遣您的兒子耶穌為我們而死,我們相信祂在第三天復活,戰勝了罪惡和死亡。你的話在羅馬書 10:9 中向我們保證:“你若口裡說‘耶穌是主’,心裡信神叫他從死裡復活,就必得救。”我們宣告耶穌是我們的主,我們相信祂復活的大能。 主啊,感謝祢將我們的名字寫在羔羊的生命冊上。我們感謝您在您面前保證永生。幫助我們完成你預定我們要做的一切。引導我們走在你的道路上,實現你對我們生命的目標。你的話語在以弗所書 2 章 10 節中向我們保證:“我們原是神的工作,在基督耶穌裡造成的,為要叫我們行善,就是神所預備叫我們去做的。” 主上帝,我們感謝祢的拯救恩典和透過耶穌基督所賜的救恩禮物。願您的聖靈賦予我們力量,讓我們過著您喜悅的生活,並與他人分享您的愛和真理。 奉耶穌的名,我們禱告。阿門
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
Commentary on this verse:
Josiah's good reign in Judah. - As the years of infancy cannot be useful to our fellow-creatures, our earliest youth should be dedicated to God, that we may not waste any of the remaining short space of life. Happy and wise are those who seek the Lord and prepare for usefulness at an early age, when others are pursuing sinful pleasures, contracting bad habits, and forming ruinous connexions. Who can express the anguish prevented by early piety, and its blessed effects? Diligent self-examination and watchfulness will convince us of the deceitfulness and wickedness of our own hearts, and the sinfulness of our lives. We are here encouraged to humble ourselves before God, and to seek unto him, as Josiah did. And believers are here taught, not to fear death, but to welcome it, when it takes them away from the evil to come. Nothing hastens the ruin of a people, nor ripens them for it, more than their disregard of the attempts made for their reformation. Be not deceived, God is not mocked. The current and tide of affections only turns at the command of Him who raises up those that are dead in trespasses and sins. We behold peculiar loveliness, in the grace the Lord bestows on those, who in tender years seek to know and to love the Saviour. Hath Jesus, the Day-spring from on high, visited you? Can you trace your knowledge of this light and life of man, like Josiah, from your youth? Oh the unspeakable happiness of becoming acquainted with Jesus from our earliest years!
Our prayer:
Gracious Heavenly Father, we come before You humbly, acknowledging our need for salvation and redemption. Your Word assures us of Your redemptive power, that through Jesus Christ, our sins can be washed away and we can be made new. Your perfect love extends to all, and no matter what we have done, You have paid the ransom for us. We thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus, to the cross to die for our sins. Lord Jesus, we come to You, recognizing that You are the only way to salvation. We ask You to wash away our sins in the sea of forgetfulness. Your Word assures us in Isaiah 1:18, “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” We believe in Your redemptive power to cleanse us and make us white as snow. Heavenly Father, we repent of our evil ways and turn to You. We submit to Your will and surrender our life to You completely. We believe that You sent Your Son, Jesus, to die for us, and we believe that He rose again on the third day, victorious over sin and death. Your Word assures us in Romans 10:9, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” We declare that Jesus is our Lord, and we believe in His resurrection power. Thank You, Lord, for writing our name in the Lamb’s book of life. We are grateful for the assurance of eternal life in Your presence. Help us to fulfill everything that You have predestined us to do. Guide us in walking in Your ways and fulfilling the purpose You have for our life. Your Word assures us in Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” We thank You, LORD God, for Your saving grace and the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. May Your Holy Spirit empower us to live a life that is pleasing to You and to share Your love and truth with others. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen
歷代志下 34:4:
眾人在他面前拆毀巴力的壇,砍斷壇上高高的日像,又把木偶和雕刻的像並鑄造的像打碎成灰,撒在祭偶像人的墳上,
對今日詩句的想法:
約西亞在猶大的美好統治。 ——嬰兒期對人類來說是無用的,所以我們最早的青春應該獻給上帝,這樣我們才不會浪費生命中剩餘的短暫時光。當其他人在追求罪惡的快樂、染上壞習慣、結成毀滅性的關係時,那些從小就尋求主並為有用的人做好準備的人是幸福而明智的。誰能表達早期虔誠所避免的痛苦及其受祝福的效果?勤奮的自省和警醒會讓我們體認到自己內心的欺騙和邪惡,以及我們所處的罪惡。這裡鼓勵我們在上帝面前謙卑自己,並尋求他,就像約西亞所做的那樣。信徒在這裡被教導,不要害怕死亡,而是歡迎它,因為它能帶他們遠離即將到來的邪惡。沒有什麼比一個民族對改革努力的漠視更能加速一個民族的毀滅,也無法讓他們成熟起來。不要自欺,神是輕慢不得的。感情的潮流和潮流只會在那位使那些死在過犯罪惡之中的人復活的命令下轉向。我們在主賜給那些在幼年尋求認識和愛救主的人的恩典中看到了特別的可愛。耶穌,從高處而來的白日之泉,拜訪過你嗎?你能像約西亞一樣,從年輕時就了解這種光和人類生命嗎?噢,從小就認識耶穌是難以言喻的幸福!
我們的禱告:
仁慈的天父, 我們謙卑地來到你面前,承認我們需要救恩和救贖。你的話語向我們保證你的救贖大能,透過耶穌基督,我們的罪可以被洗淨,我們可以被更新。你完美的愛延伸到所有人,無論我們做了什麼,你都為我們支付了贖價。我們感謝您將您的兒子耶穌送上十字架,為我們的罪而死。 主耶穌,我們來到你面前,認識到你是得救的唯一道路。我們祈求您洗淨我們在遺忘之海中的罪。你的話在以賽亞書 1 章 18 節中向我們保證:「來吧,我們解決這件事。」耶和華如此說。 「你們的罪雖如朱紅,必變成雪白;它們雖紅如丹顏,必細如羊毛。我們相信您的救贖力量能淨化我們,使我們潔白如雪。 天父,我們悔改我們的惡行並轉向你。我們順服你的旨意,將我們的生命完全交託給你。我們相信您派遣您的兒子耶穌為我們而死,我們相信祂在第三天復活,戰勝了罪惡和死亡。你的話在羅馬書 10:9 中向我們保證:“你若口裡說‘耶穌是主’,心裡信神叫他從死裡復活,就必得救。”我們宣告耶穌是我們的主,我們相信祂復活的大能。 主啊,感謝祢將我們的名字寫在羔羊的生命冊上。我們感謝您在您面前保證永生。幫助我們完成你預定我們要做的一切。引導我們走在你的道路上,實現你對我們生命的目標。你的話語在以弗所書 2 章 10 節中向我們保證:“我們原是神的工作,在基督耶穌裡造成的,為要叫我們行善,就是神所預備叫我們去做的。” 主上帝,我們感謝祢的拯救恩典和透過耶穌基督所賜的救恩禮物。願您的聖靈賦予我們力量,讓我們過著您喜悅的生活,並與他人分享您的愛和真理。 奉耶穌的名,我們禱告。阿門