4月18 日 基督是安慰者 Christ Is Our Comforter

 

4月18 日

基督是安慰者

Christ Is Our Comforter

你们虽然不好，尚且知道拿好东西给儿女，何况天父，岂不更将圣灵给求他的人么？

——路 11:13

. . realize that your heavenly Father will . . . give the Holy Spirit to those who ask for him.
—Luke 11:13 (TLB)

耶稣离开门徒升天之前，应许差遣安慰者在门徒历经试探，忧虑，诱惑的时候帮助他们。安慰者是指“在身边帮助你的人”，这位安慰者保惠师就是圣灵，他是三位一体神的第三位格。当你重生的时候，圣灵就会住在你心里，你可能感觉不到他的存在，但是我们必须操练自己的信心。要相信圣灵，凭着信心接受他，他在你的里面随时帮助你。圣灵使我们知道神的爱就在我们心里。圣灵产生九种果子：仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、温柔、节制。我们凭着自己不可能产生这些果效，只有在我们里面的圣灵才能结出属灵的果子。

Before He left His disciples, Christ promised that He would send a Comforter to help them in the trials, cares, and temptations of life. This word comforter means “one that helps alongside.” He is the Holy Spirit, the powerful Third Person of the Trinity. The moment you are born again, He takes up residence in your heart. You may not emotionally feel Him there, but you must exercise faith. Believe it! Accept it as a fact of faith! He is in your heart to help you. We are told that He sheds the love of God abroad in our hearts. He produces the fruit of the Spirit: “love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” We cannot possibly manufacture this fruit in our own strength. It is supernaturally manufactured by the Holy Spirit who lives in our hearts!

今日祷告

万军之耶和华，我感谢赞美你，因圣灵在我里面时常引导我、保守我！

Prayer for the day

Lord God Almighty, I praise You for Your Holy Spirit who guides and keeps me in all my ways.