6일: 복음을 위한 기도
계 6:1-2, 롬2:4, 행 26:20, 막 1:15; 딤전 2:4상
복음의 흰 말이 달려가도록, 오래 참으시는 하나님께서 사람들을 인도하셔서 모든 사람이 구원받기를 원하시는 그분의 갈망에 따라 회개하고 주님께 돌이키고 복음을 믿도록 기도합시다(계 6:1-2, 롬 2:4, 행 26:20, 막1:15, 딤전 2:4상).
Rev. 6:1-2—And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying like the sound of thunder, Come. And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sits on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer.
Rom. 2:4—Or do you despise the riches of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that God's kindness is leading you to repentance?
Acts 26:20—But declared both to those in Damascus first and in Jerusalem and throughout all the country of Judea and to the Gentiles that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
Mark 1:15—And saying, The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the gospel.
1 Tim. 2:4—Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
Ministry: Real Prayers Are Prayers Involving Two Parties
Romans 8:26 and 27...tell us that we do not know for what we should pray as is fitting, but the Holy Spirit intercedes in us according to God’s purpose. Actually, we do not know how to pray. We know what people ordinarily call supplication, but we know little about the prayer which is spoken of in the Scriptures. The first time I read these two verses in Romans 8, I questioned their meaning. When I was sick, I thought, Did I not pray to God asking Him to heal me? When I was in want, did I not pray to God asking Him to send me provision? How could the Scriptures say that we do not know for what we should pray as is fitting? Gradually, the Lord showed me that we really do not know anything about the kind of prayer that God desires...This is our weakness. Thank God, in this matter of our weakness, the Spirit Himself joins in to help us and intercede for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Brothers, real prayers are the Holy Spirit within man expressing God’s desire through man. In other words, real prayers are prayers involving two parties. They are not simply man alone praying to God, but they are the Spirit mingling with man, putting on man, and joining with man in prayer. “Outwardly it is man praying, but inwardly it is the Spirit praying. This means two parties express the same prayer at the same time. Please remember that this alone is the prayer which is spoken of in the Scriptures. (기도 레슨, pp. 18-19)
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7일: 박해받고 억눌리고 시련을 당하는 이들을 위한 기도
벧전4:12-14,5:9-10
모든 은혜의 하나님께서 온 땅의 형제 자매들을 위로하시고 온전케하시고 견고케 하시도록, 특히 박해받고 억눌리고 직업을 잃고 시련을 당하는 형제 자매들을 그렇게 하시도록 기도합시다(벧전4:12-14,5:9-10).
1 Pet. 4:12-14—Beloved, do not think that the fiery ordeal among you, coming to you for a trial, is strange, as if it were a strange thing happening to you; but inasmuch as you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice exultingly. If you are reproached in the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
1 Pet. 5:9-10—Him withstand, being firm in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are being accomplished among your brotherhood in the world. But the God of all grace, He who has called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and ground you.
Ministry: Casting Fire to the Earth to Execute God's Judgment upon the Earth
[Revelation 8:5] says, “And the Angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar and cast it to the earth; and there were thunders and voices and lightnings and an earthquake.”...God’s judgment upon the earth is the answer to the prayers of the saints with Christ as the incense. Although the sixth seal has been opened and the seven trumpets are ready to be sounded, nothing happens until Christ comes to offer the saints’ prayers to God with Himself as the incense. At that time, there are thunders, voices, lightnings, and an earthquake. This indicates that while God has the intention of executing His judgment upon the earth, there is still the need of the saints to cooperate with Him with their prayers. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 279-280)
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8일: 잠자는 이들, 방황하는 이들, 뒤로 물러간 이들을 위한 기도
엡 5:14, 약 5:19, 갈 6:1
잠자는 믿는 이들이 소생되도록, 방황하는 그리스도인들이 회복되도록, 뒤로 물러간 성도들이 주님께 되돌아가고 잃어버린 교회의 교통을 회복하도록 기도합시다(엡 5:14, 약5:19, 갈 6:1).
Eph. 5:14—Therefore He says, Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
James 5:19—My brothers, if any one among you is led astray from the truth and someone turns him back.
Gal. 6:1—Brothers, even if a man is overtaken in some offense, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, looking to yourself lest you also be tempted.
Ministry: The Prayer Life of the Corporate Christ
The prayer life of Christ is the center of God’s execution of His government on earth. Revelation 8 indicates this. But some who read chapter eight of Revelation may say, “In Revelation 8 we cannot see Christ’s prayer. We can see only the prayers of the saints.” The saints, however, are one with Christ. The prayers in Revelation 8 no longer are merely the prayers of the individual Christ, but have become the prayers of the corporate Christ. In the matter of the execution that takes place at the incense altar, the saints truly are one with Christ. Therefore, when we speak in this message of the prayer life of Christ, we mean the prayer life of the corporate Christ. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1594-1595)
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9일: 흩어져 있는 믿는 이들을 위한 기도
행9:2, 26:19, 스 1:5, 겔 36:24
흩어져 있는 믿는 이들이 하나님의 영원한 목적에 대한 하늘에 속한 이상을 보도록, 그들의 영이 분발되어 그리스도의 더 깊은 것들과 하나님의 건축을 추구하도록, 그들이 하나님의 신약경륜의 길을 취하도록 기도합시다(행9:2, 26:19, 스 1:5, 겔 36:24).
Acts. 9:2—And asked for letters from him to Damascus for the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 26:19—Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
Ezra 1:5—Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites rose up, even everyone whose spirit God had stirred up to go up to build the house of Jehovah, which is in Jerusalem.
Ezek. 36:24—And I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.
Ministry: The Need for Intercession
In our experience we need to come to the altar, the laver, the table, the lampstand, and the ark. According to my study of the Bible, after we come to the ark in the Holy of Holies, we need to come back to the incense altar. The incense altar is not one item on the passageway through the tabernacle. On the contrary, it can be compared to a motor which causes everything to operate. Hence, the incense altar stands by itself as a turning point. Again and again we must come back to this turning point. This means that in order to experience any aspect of the outer court or the tabernacle, we need to pray. When we pray, everything works. When we pray, in our experience the altar, the laver, the table, the lampstand, and the ark are all effective. However, when the motor stops, everything else stops also. When the motor operates, everything else operates. This is the reason that we need to have a motor—the interceding Christ—operating within us. We need to have a prayer life, a life of prayer. (Life-study of Exodus, p. 1604)
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10일: 한마음 한뜻을 위한 기도
롬 15:6, 골 3:10-11
모든 교회들이 유력한 한마음한뜻을 가지고 우리의 하나님과 그분의 그리스도를 한 입으로 영광스럽게 하여 한 새사람의 실재를 산출해내도록 기도합시다(롬 15:6, 골 3:10-11).
Rom. 15:6—That with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
골 3:10-11— 새사람을 입었기 때문입니다. 이 새사람은 자기를 창조하신 분의 형상에 따라 온전한 지식에 이르도록 새로워지고 있습니다.
Ministry: Praying in God and with God in Us
The picture of the tabernacle portrays Christ as the incarnated God who is available for us to enter. This very Christ is also all the offerings to qualify us by opening the way into God and by filling us inwardly. As a result, we are in God, and God is in us. Therefore, by the time we come to the altar of incense, we are already in God, and God is in us. Because the incense altar is in the center of the tabernacle, which signifies the incarnated God, to be at this altar is to be in the incarnated God. Moreover, when we are in God, He is also in us. At the altar in the outer court we experience the offerings, and we have the blood to cleanse us and the meat to fill us inwardly. This qualifies us to enter into the incarnated God, the One who indwells us as our food, as our life supply. Whoever comes to the incense altar is a person who is in God and who has God in him. He is one with God and mingled with Him. What a great matter this is! (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1611-1612)
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