A Prayer
祈禱
譯者:林豪
Father, I ask you to bless my friends reading this right now. I am asking You to minister to their spirit at this very moment.
父啊！我懇求禰降福正在讀這篇禱文的朋友們，懇求禰在此刻看顧他們的靈魂。
Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy.
在痛苦的地方，賜予他們禰的平安與仁慈。
Where there is self doubting, release a renewed confidence in Your ability to work through them.
在自我疑惑的地方，藉由禰的大能重新賜予信心。
Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I ask You to give them understanding, patience, and strength as they learn submission to your leading.
在身體疲憊或體力耗盡的地方，懇求禰賜予他們體諒、耐心及力量，好讓他們學習服從禰的領導。
Where there is spiritual stagnation, I ask You to renew them by revealing Your nearness, and by drawing them into greater intimacy with You.
在靈性受阻的地方，懇求禰藉由禰的臨在革新他們，且吸引他們更加與禰親近。
Where there is fear, reveal Your love, and release to them Your courage.
在畏懼的地方，顯示禰的愛，以禰的力量釋放它們。
Where there is a sin blocking them, reveal it, and break its hold over my friend’s life.
在被罪惡阻擋的地方，揭露它，粉碎它對我朋友生命的威脅，
Bless their finances, give them greater vision, and raise up leaders and friends to support and encourage them.
降福他們的生活所需，賜予他們更大的遠見，且加強主管和朋友們對他們的支持及鼓勵。
Give each of them discernment to recognize the evil forces around them, and reveal to them the power they have in You to defeat it.
賜予每個人分辨身旁的邪惡勢力，顯示他們在禰內所擁有的力量，以戰勝它。
I ask You to do these things in Jesus’ name. Amen.
懇求禰藉耶穌之名成行此事。阿們！
In Love, Your Friend.
深愛你的朋友敬上
