仰望神的人有喜乐
1月19日
以雅各的神为帮助，仰望耶和华他神的，这人便为有福。（诗146:5）
每天祷告亲近神的人必会充满喜乐，每天早晨抽出15分钟时间单独与神相处，可以改变处境，挪移大山。但是一切的喜乐和源源不断的益处都是来自天堂，只需要你跟神建立关系就可以拥有。只需要成为神的孩子你就有完全的依靠和所有的益处。只有神的孩子可以享有这些益处并且充满喜乐。神的孩子必须完全降服于他。一个人不可能通过工作认识神，只有凭着信心藉着恩典才可以认识他。你不可能使自己的道路通向喜乐和天堂，不可能使自己行在义路上，不可能规范自己的道路，你更不可能为自己买一条道路，这条路是神藉着基督给人的礼物。
今日祷告
天父，感谢你的礼物，通过认识你的儿子耶稣基督使我们拥有这样的喜乐。
The Joy of Knowing
January 19
Happy is he . . . whose hope is in the Lord his God.
—Psalm 146:5
Happy is the man who has learned the secret of coming to God in daily prayer. Fifteen minutes alone with God every morning before you start the day can change circumstances and remove mountains! But all of this happiness and all of these unlimited benefits which flow from the storehouse of heaven are contingent upon our relationship to God. Absolute dependency and absolute yieldedness are the conditions of being His child. Only His children are entitled to receive those things that lend themselves to happiness; and in order to be His child, there must be the surrender of the will to Him. Man does not come to know God through works—he comes to know God by faith, through grace. You cannot work your way toward happiness and heaven, you cannot moralize your way, you cannot reform your way, you cannot buy your way. It comes as a gift of God through Christ.
Prayer for the day
Thank You, heavenly Father, for the gift of joy which comes from knowing Your Son, Jesus Christ.
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