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信心的海難
翟辛蒂 Cindy Jacobs
2015年5月7日
中譯:溪水邊
http://www.generals.org/articles/single/shipwrecked-in-faith/

最近,對基督肢體靈裡的攻擊加增。這些攻擊帶來了絕望和毀滅的巨浪。撒旦正在試圖用各種方法毀滅那些對牠的國度大有破壞力的屬靈勇士,打算用各樣器械完全擊沉那些有來自神異象的個人和事工戰船。

聖經在啟示錄12:12說:“因為魔鬼知道自己的時候不多,就氣忿忿地下到你們那裡去了”。黑暗國度緊鑼密鼓的活動,為要阻止神的代禱者們為那些禱告將領代禱。

要持守信心、更新勇氣,以得到即將到來的神的應許。藉著羔羊的寶血,我們必須戴上救恩的頭盔來保護我們的思想,抵擋仇敵沮喪和絕望的謊言。

下面是撒旦挫敗神的兒女的方法:

1. 逆境的風:仇敵完全無法抵擋對黑暗國度有果效的禱告,因此牠試圖用財務困境、陰謀和身體疾病來攔阻這些禱告。牠差遣邪靈到最小的合法地位,想把我們吹離軌道。由於魔鬼想要激起緊張氛圍,很多人發現自己對事反應過度。

2. 危機的礁石:這些時而隱藏時而顯露的東西破壞事工的信譽。危機經常揭露出屬靈的衰退。有些危機常常在某一時刻臨到人們,你在此刻會如何去做,將決定你是否會永遠地沉沒——也許是你在教會裡受傷,發現自己對牧師不滿並開始退後;也許是你的原生或屬靈家庭對你的拉扯,這些事阻礙你的屬靈成長,你會屬靈擱淺或瘸腿,直到你肯饒恕並堅持悔改、修復、恢復關係。

3. 錯誤的航海讀數:憂慮使我們遠離主所安排給我們的禱告任務,當前的情緒壓力使我們停止為列國禱告,並且使我們獻給主的時間最小化,因為在危機之中,我們是無法帶著我們的禱告任務“待在航線上”的。我知道這種事情雖然不常發生,但是時候用一個新讀數,即主所賜給我們的禱告目標,並且回到正軌上。

4. 滲透生出反叛:仇敵試圖滲透我們的思想使我們懷疑神或削減我們的效用,當這些事發生時,我們會反叛元帥(主耶穌)。史福索(Ed Silvoso)說:撒旦就在我們的強項四圍建造堡壘,因為那個地方是我們的盲點。比如,那些大有謙卑並知道神呼召的人,撒旦會控告他們是驕傲的。魔鬼坐在我們的肩膀上說“你以為自己是誰啊?能做那個職分?”另一個例子,那些充滿牧者心腸的人不會提到罪,因為這樣會“傷到”人們。而事實上是,由於他們不會對付那些錯誤的景況,他們憐憫的恩賜就生出反叛。

向前行!

如果你發現自己正處在一個讓你下沉的狀況裡,你該怎麼做呢?首先:拒絕放棄!可能你的環境是痛苦的或坐立難安的,但它們無法定義你!也不是毀滅你的原因。

神有沒有藉著經文、先知性話語或某次講道給過你應許?是時候重新溫習這些應許,把你的腳踏在耶穌基督的磐石上,為著突破相信神。開始宣告神的話,即使你還未看到它(應許)成為現實。

邀請一位可信任的朋友或屬靈領袖在禱告中與你一起站立。試圖孤立地活出信仰對我們從來沒有益處,尤其是信心落難時更易遭受攻擊。我們需要的是當我們掙扎時可以向我們講出事實和真理的人。

有時當我們想恢復時,會發現自己十分疲憊。智慧的做法是騰出一段時間休息,神想要更新並恢復你的靈,這樣你就能繼續向前行。正如我們的肉體,想要康復則需要休息,我們的魂和靈也相同。

不要因著撒旦的火箭而妥協你在基督裡的命定。神的話在加拉太書6:9應許我們:“若不灰心,到了時候就要收成”。回到落難之地,用以下的宣告開始你新的航程:

仇敵不會得勝的。我拒絕被擊沉,我不會放棄!主啊,我相信你是為著我的益處,什麼事都不能叫我與你的愛隔絕!藉著主耶穌的寶血,我已經得勝有餘了。撒旦的意思原是要害我,但神是要叫我和祂的國得益處。阿門!


Shipwrecked in Faith
May 7th, 2015
By Cindy Jacobs

In recent days, there has been an increase of spiritual attacks on the body of Christ. The wake of this assault carries waves of hopelessness, despair and destruction. Truly, Satan is making a no-holds barred attempt to shipwreck the believers who are doing great damage to his kingdom, using many devices to try and completely sink the ship of vision God has given to individuals and ministries.

The Bible says in Revelation 12:12 that the devil has come down with great wrath because he knows his time is short. There is intense demonic activity trying to stop God’s intercessors from praying the prayers which lead to harvest.

It is going to take strong faith and renewed courage to obtain the promises of God in the coming days. Through the blood of the Lamb, we must be able to place the helmet of salvation securely over our minds to be able to resist the enemy’s lies of discouragement and despair.

Here are some of the ways Satan tries to shipwreck God’s children:

1. Winds of adversity: The enemy cannot afford truly effectual prayers sent against his kingdom, so he tries to block them through financial blockages, international conspiracies and physical infirmities. He sends satanic empowerment into the smallest situations in an attempt to blow us off course. Many find themselves overreacting to situations because the devil attempts to energize stressful times.

2. Rocks of crisis: These are hidden outcroppings that damage the credibility of ministries. Crises will often reveal spiritual regression. Some kind of crisis usually hits everyone at one point or the other. What you do at this point will determine whether you are permanently shipwrecked or not. Perhaps you’ve been hurt in a church situation and find yourself becoming critical of the pastor and withdrawing. Maybe you’ve had a breech within your family—either your natural or spiritual family. These things can stunt your spiritual growth, and you will be crippled or shipwrecked until you forgive and follow through with repentance, restoration and sometimes, restitution.

3. False navigational readings: Distress pulls us off the prayer assignments set for us by the Lord. The emotional stress of the moment stops us from praying for nations and minimizes our personal devotion times because we’re not able to “stay on course” with our prayer assignments in the midst of crisis. Now I know this happens to everyone occasionally, but it is time to take a new reading of the prayer targets given us by the Lord and get back on course.

4. Infiltration to produce mutiny: The enemy tries to infiltrate our thinking to cause us to doubt God or to render us ineffective. When this happens we are actually in mutiny to our Captain. Ed Silvoso says Satan builds strongholds right alongside our strengths where we can’t see them. For instance, Satan will tell those with a great strength in the area of humility that acknowledging God’s call would be prideful. The devil sits on our shoulder and says, “Who do you think you are to take that position?” Another example is with those who are very pastoral who will not confront sin because they might “hurt” the people they confront. Their gift of mercy is actually producing mutiny because they won’t deal with wrong situations. Their strength has become a stronghold.

Moving Forward

If you find yourself in a situation where you feel shipwrecked, what can you do? For starters, refuse to give up! Your circumstances may be painful or uncomfortable, but they do not have to define you or be the end of you.

Has God given you promises either through scripture, prophecy, or while listening to a sermon? It is time to dust off these promises, put your feet on the rock of Jesus Christ and believe God for a breakthrough. Begin to declare what the word of God says, even if you don’t see it becoming reality yet.

Ask a trusted friend or spiritual leader to stand with you in prayer. It is never good for us to try and live out our faith in isolation, but we are especially vulnerable when we feel shipwrecked. We need someone who can speak truth back to us when we are struggling to believe it for ourselves.

Sometimes, as we try to recover, we can find ourselves very weary. It is wisdom to make space and time for rest; God wants to refresh and restore your soul, so you can keep moving forward. Just as our physical bodies require rest in order to heal, so do our hearts and spirits.

Don’t compromise your destiny in Christ because of Satan’s fiery darts. God’s Word promises us we will reap if we do not faint. Go back to the place of shipwreck and determine to make a new start with this declaration:

The devil will not win. I refuse to be shipwrecked and give up! God, I trust that You are for me and that nothing will separate me from Your perfect love! Through the blood of Jesus, I am more than a conqueror. What the enemy meant for my harm, God will work together for my good and the good of His kingdom. Amen!