12月22日 为圣洁祷告
12月22日，周一
为圣洁祷告
“既然我们知道他听我们的祈求，我们就知道，我们无论求什么，他必赐给我们。”（约翰壹书5:15）
我们可以祷告，愿圣经中一切关于我们自己的诫命、应许和预言，都在我们身上得以成就。“神的旨意是要你们圣洁”（帖前4:3）。因此，如果你为自己成为圣洁而祷告，那你大可深信神必会使你圣洁。神定意要让我们认识祂的爱；所以，求祂借着圣灵向你显明这份爱，你可以确信祂必会成就。圣经中其他各样的应许也是如此：“你们祈求，就给你们；寻找，就寻见；叩门，就给你们开门。”（太7:7）
是否因自己爱祂爱得不够深而感到忧虑？告诉祂吧。求祂将祂的爱浇灌在你心里，祂必会照此成就。你是否正为某种让你跌倒的罪而挣扎？请带着信心祷告。神的心意正是要你从罪中得释放，所以为此祈求吧。你是否渴望内心洁净？那就献上大卫的祷告： “神啊！求你为我造一颗清洁的心，求你使我里面重新有坚定的灵。”（诗51:10）基于神的话语和祂公义的属性，我向你保证：祂必垂听，基督的宝血必洗净你一切的罪和不义。
翻开你的圣经，把神给你的应许列成清单。带着这些应许来到神面前，在祷告中陈明这些应许，以此向祂呼求。你可以全然确定，你已经得着了所求的。在属灵地位上你已经拥有了它们；而在神所定的时刻、按着祂的方式，神必会使你完全经历并享受这些应许的真实。
默想主题：
我们可以祷告，愿圣经中一切关于我们自己的诫命、应许和预言，都在我们身上得以成就。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：代下26章，启13章
个人灵修：亚9章，约12章
December 22, Monday
PRAY FOR HOLINESS
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. (1 JOHN 5:15)
We can pray that all the precepts, all the promises, and all the prophecies in the Bible with respect to ourselves may be fulfilled in us. “For this is the will of God, even your sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). And if you pray for sanctification, you can be sure that God will sanctify you. It is God’s will that we may know His love; ask Him therefore to reveal His love to you by the Holy Spirit, and you can be certain He will do so. And it is the same with all the various other promises that are in the Scriptures: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7).
Are you concerned that you do not love as much as you ought? Tell Him about it; ask Him to shed His love abroad in your heart, and He will do so. Are you concerned about some sin that casts you down? Pray a confident prayer. It is the will of God that you should be delivered from sin; so pray for it. Are you concerned that your heart shall be clean? Well, offer David’s prayer (“Create within me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me,” Psalm 51:10), and I assure you, on the basis of the Word of God and His character, that He will answer you, and the blood of Christ will cleanse you from all sin and all unrighteousness. Go through your Bible, and make a list of the promises of God to you; then take them to God, use them in His presence, plead them, and you can be quite certain that you have your petitions. You already possess them, and in His own time and way God will give you a full realization of them and a full enjoyment of them.
A Thought to Ponder: We can pray that all the precepts, promises, and prophecies in the Bible may be fulfilled in us.