“并要以恩慈相待,存怜悯的心, 彼此饶恕,正如神在基督里饶恕了你们一样。” (弗 4:32)
请允许我给你们一个例子我如何默想和抓住这节经文祷告。
– 上文讲的是什么?
4:31 “一切苦毒、恼恨、忿怒、嚷闹、毁谤,并一切的恶毒,都当从你们中间除掉。” 如果我心里充满苦毒和忿怒,我能恩慈相待吗?我能有怜悯的心吗?难怪我不能饶恕,因为我总是在默想他对我的伤害…
– “恩慈” 到底是什么意思?
– “怜悯的心” 到底是什么意思?
– 为什么说 “彼此” “相待”? 意味着什么?
因为我不仅仅是受害者,我也伤害别人。为什么我只能感受到自己的痛苦,而不觉得别人的痛苦是很痛苦呢? 我也是不完美的,我也需要别人的恩典…
– “饶恕” 是什么意思?
– “正如” 意味着什么?
– 神付出什么代价来饶恕我们?
– 我要以恩慈相待是否需要付出代价?
– 经文对我说什么?
我知道我应该饶恕某人,但是我对它没有怜悯的心。 我对它表面很客气很温柔好像也很和颜悦色,但是我知道我内心深处真的没有怜悯的心。我对它有很多要求和期待。4:31 让我知道我心里还是记着它的不好,因此苦毒和愤怒扎根了。我要处理我的心。
– 我的祷告是:
主啊,我知道我要饶恕它,但是我没有做到。我求你饶恕我。我现在知道我心里藏着苦毒和忿恨。这些苦毒好像在吞吃我的喜乐和平安,让我烦躁。我求你的怜悯和恩典释放我,清理我的心吧。
坦白地说,我已经这样做两周,我把弗4:32写在纸片上,每天早晨都复习和祷告。我的心还是有很多苦毒和忿恨。但是我深信神要帮助我。
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32)
May you allow me to give you an example of my personal meditation on this scripture?
– What is the context of this scripture?
Ephesians 4:31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice… Can I be kind and compassionate and forgiving if I continue to hold onto all bitterness and anger and hurt in my heart? No, absolutely not! I need to deal with those in my heart first before I might change my attitude toward the person…
– What does “kind” mean?
– What does “compassionate” mean?
– What does “one another” imply ?
meaning it’s just I need to offer kindness or compassion or forgiveness to others, I myself need compassion and forgiveness too. I am not perfect either. I need others to forgive me too…
– What does “forgive” really mean and imply?
– What does “just as” mean?
– What costs God to forgive me?
He sacrificed His son. Jesus died.
– What will cost me to have compassion for someone else?
I might be hurt or misunderstood.
– What will cost me to forgive someone else?
– What does this scripture speak to me?
I know I cannot forgive someone. I don’t have the desire to seek understanding but always want to be understood. Therefore I don’t have compassion for him. I am kind to him, but have no compassion. 4:31 helps me to see, I allow bitterness and anger to root in my heart. Every time when I think of him or talk about him, I will spill out that anger and bitterness.
– How do I pray?
Lord, the hurt is eating my heart and taking away my joy and peace. Forgive me that I don’t forgive. Lord, take away the bitterness and anger toward the person in my heart. Uproot all those negative feelings about him. Cleanse my heart and set me free!
And honestly, I haven’t finished my homework. I still don’t have compassion for it and still hold anger and bitterness toward it. But I am working on that. So I have Ephesians 4:32 written down on a paper and reciting it every morning and pray with it. I have been doing it for two weeks and I am trusting the Lord to set me free from the sin of an unforgiving heart. Celine’s sharing on Sunday helped me to know that I need to ask God for desire to seek understanding.
讲义:5. 用经文祷告 / 5. Pray with Scriptures