恒切祷告
Always Pray And Never Give Up
弟兄姊妹们主内平安，今天我们分享的经文来自新约路加福音（Luke18:1-8）
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'"And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
耶稣设一个比喻，是要人常常祷告，不可灰心。说：“某城里有一个官，不惧怕神，也不尊重世人。那城里有个寡妇，常到他那里，说：‘我有一个对头，求你给我伸冤。’他多日不准。后来心里说：‘我虽不惧怕神，也不尊重世人；只因这寡妇烦扰我，我就给她伸冤吧，免得她常来缠磨我！’”主说：“你们听这不义之官所说的话。神的选民昼夜呼吁他，他纵然为他们忍了多时，岂不终久给他们伸冤吗？我告诉你们：要快快地给他们伸冤了。然而人子来的时候，遇得见世上有信德吗？” 
一、我们先来熟悉一下这段经文
1、And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.
plea英 [pliː] n.恳求；申诉；
grant英 [ɡrɑːnt] v. 授予；同意；
justice英 ['dʒʌstɪs] n. 公平；正义；
against英 [ə'ɡenst] prep. 反对；逆；违背
adversary英 ['ædvəsəri] n. 敌手；对手
2、so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'"
eventually英 [ɪ'ventʃuəli] adv. 最后；终于
wear out穿破； 磨损；
二、好，下面我们一起来看一下这段经文里的语法
1.yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice.
keep doing / keep on doing  均可表示“继续做某事，反复做某事”， 可互换，只是 keep on 更加强调时间的间隔性和动作的反复性，及某人做某事的决心。
e.g. He kept talking until the meeting was over.他一直在说,直到会议结束。
He kept eating/ smiling/ walking.他一直在吃/笑/走。
She keep running她一直在跑（没停过）。
He kept on ringing me up, but I don't want to keep in touch with him any more.

他不断地给我打电话,可我不想和他保持联系了。
The boy kept watching the passing traffic at the gate.

这个男孩在门口不停地看着过往的车辆。
She kept on raising her hand她反复举手（不是一直举着手）
He kept on repeating these words over and over.他一遍又一遍重复这几句话。
2.so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!

wear磨损；穿戴；使疲劳
wear sb/oneself /sth⇔ out
e.g. It wears her out to look after small children for a whole day.一整天照看孩子使她精疲力竭。
This group of tourists wore me out with complaints about food, hotels and weather.这批游客抱怨吃的、住的,还有天气,让我烦透了。
If you don't stop working, you'll wear yourself out.如果你再不停止工作的话,你会累坏的。
I have worn my shirt out, I must get another one.我的衬衫穿破了,我得再买一件。
三、最后让我们来一起再回顾一下这段经文：
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: "In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, 'Grant me justice against my adversary.' "For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, 'Even though I don't fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually wear me out with her coming!'"And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
       祷告需要有信心，才能恒切不灰心。主设的比喻就是那不义的官，虽多日不批准那寡妇的请求，但终因敌不过她常来缠磨的麻烦而为她伸冤。主是以寡妇的恒切祈求来教导我们要常常祷告，不可灰心。
       神答应祷告不是根据我们的时间表，而是根据祂看为最美的时间。初信的人很快就经历主的应允，这是主的怜悯，让他们确实的尝到恩典的滋味，和神的真实并可信靠。但神并不长久这样作，祂要祂的儿女进入信心的生活，在信心中成长，在时间中等候。
　　神不是故意迟延，来叫祂的儿女在感觉上产生受折磨的情绪。‘神的选民昼夜呼吁祂，祂纵然为他们忍了多时，岂不终久为他们伸冤吗？我告诉你们，要快快的给他们伸冤了。’（7～8节）不要忘记，在我们以为受折磨的时候，神也在陪伴着我们，祂的‘忍’也不是好受的，为了儿女们的好处，祂在忍，一直忍到最美的时刻。另一方面，我们也不要忘记，‘要快快的给他们’是为父的心意，作过父母的人都能领会这一点，神就是用这一样的心情来看顾我们。
　　不要因着眼见的环境而停止祷告，也不要因应允的迟延而不肯祷告，要看见神与我们的关系，也要看见神对我们的心意，我们就是要在祷告上，学习单纯的仰望神，求祂为我们作祂看为美的事，也帮助我们去恒切祷告、等候祂所预备的。阿门！
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