主題：“給祂15分鐘”禱告系列 – 為浪子禱告！
日期：2016年3月6日
作者：Dutch Sheets 

神對於那些煩惱親人遠離祂的愛而擺上禱告的人們具有很大的憐憫。整本聖經中我們可以看到神對浪子的關心以及祂為了吸引他們回來所做的努力，祂對他們顯示出自己是一個充滿慈愛，具有憐憫的天父。不論你所禱告的浪子是誰，最終你必須把他或她交在上帝的手中，相信祂會在那個人的生命中成就祂恩典的工作。祂知道是什麼原因導致他們從祂的路徑離去，祂也知道需要採取什麼行動來帶領他們歸回.（注1）

“主所應許的尚未成就，有人以為他是耽延，其實不是耽延，乃是寬容你們，不願有一人沉淪，乃願人人都悔改。“（彼後3：9）

給祂15分鐘的禱告

• 請求聖靈賜給你創意來表達出你對浪子的愛。
• 用詩篇91篇為浪子禱告，祈求上帝確保他們平安無事。
• 與其它也為他們的浪子向神呼求的人們一起禱告 – 在同心合一的禱告中具有大能（參馬太福音18：19）（注2）。 

你可以做的禱告： 

感謝袮，上帝，我可以將我的浪子交托在袮的手裡，知道袮是用永恆的愛來愛他們。請袮差派某個能在他們所經的路途中引起他們注意的人，對他們說出希望和生命的話語。賜給我對於日常生活中所遇到的浪子心生憐憫。幫助我不要來論斷他們，而是要表現出基督般的靈，奉袮的名來祝福他們。阿門。 

今天的宣告： 

神會將我們浪子般的兒子們和女兒們帶回家！
 

注1：此段乃摘錄自由Quin Sherrer和Ruthanne Garlock 所著,“ Praying Prodigals Home”，Regal Books, 2000年出版。 
注2：太18:19 我又告訴你們，若是你們中間有兩個人在地上同心合意地求甚麼事，我在天上的父必為他們成全。

 

Give Him 15*
By DutchSheets on Mar 06, 2016 09:17 am

Praying for Prodigals

God has great compassion for those who agonize in prayer for loved ones who have wandered away from His love. Throughout Scripture we see God’s concern for prodigals and His efforts to woo them back and reveal Himself to them as a loving, compassionate heavenly Father. Whoever the prodigals may be that you’re praying for, eventually you must put him or her in God’s hands and trust Him to do a work of grace in that person’s life. He knows what caused them to turn away from His path, and He knows what it will take to bring them back.¹

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9; KJV)

Give Him 15 minutes in prayer:

• Ask Holy Spirit to give you creative ideas for expressing love to your prodigal.
• Pray Psalm 91 over the prodigals, asking God to keep them safe.
• Pray with others who are crying out to God for their prodigals—there is great power in prayers of agreement (see Matt. 18:19).

A prayer you can pray:

Thank you, Lord, that I can entrust my prodigals into your hands, knowing that you love them with an undying love. Send someone across their path who can get their attention and speak words of hope and life to them. Give me compassion for the prodigals I encounter from day to day. Help me not to judge them, but to exhibit a Christ-like spirit and bless them in Your Name. Amen.

Today’s decree:

God will bring our prodigal sons and daughters home!