為神保持火熱的十種方法
作者：瑪麗亞-梅森（Maria Mason）
原文出處：以利亞名單 https://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=27346 
日期：2022.5.14
翻譯：Kate
轉載/轉寄 請註明出處：國度禱告網

說實話，敵人最喜歡神的聖徒因為心中對神的愛的喪失而 "失落"的時候。這是牠使你脫軌的最大策略。親愛的，在那之後，一切都在走下坡路！現在是一個好時機，讓我們的眼目定睛著獎賞，祂的名字是耶穌！祂是我們的獎賞。變化的風正在向我們吹來，我們需要檢查我們的根基、窗戶和門是否安全，並預備好應對當前的條件，以及尚未到來的風暴！我們需要檢查我們的根基。

以下是為神保持火熱的十個方法：

1. 重新奠定與耶穌的盟約根基

這是一個用我們內心的一切來信靠主的季節。一切都已經被動搖了，或者將要被動搖，所以現在是時候看看是否需要堅實的根基，並順服於基督的主宰地位。許多人不得不重新打造他們起初的愛的根基，因為他們在過去的季節裡沒有建立更深、更堅實的根基來支撐這個季節。

我們的根基是建立在神話語真理上，以及我們通過與聖靈的親密連結與神立約的愛。熾熱、激情的愛情看起來像是在激進的社會轉變和變革之火中忍耐。若我們為祂燃燒，我們就不會燃燒殆盡。

我們所有的罪都必須處理。真正的屬靈根基是建立在徹底的愛之上，無論在什麼季節都會順服神。求神幫助你，決定不能讓任何事物奪走你對神的熱情和火焰。現在是新的起初的愛的恩膏的時候了。

2. 克服我們的"愛的試煉"和屬靈的爭戰

檢查果子的是天父。在約翰福音第15章第1節中，耶穌把天父描述為 "種葡萄的人"；祂來檢查我們的果子，看果子的品質。每個果子都需要檢查：我們的愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、溫柔和自制（加拉太書5:22-23）。祂檢查這些果子，有兩個關鍵領域：一個是我們與生活中那些讓我們捉狂的人的"愛的試煉 "領域！第二個領域是我們與攻擊我們最多的惡魔之靈的爭戰。許多人把這兩者混為一談，但它們是兩場獨立的爭戰！因為這兩場爭戰在地上越演越烈。

因為在COVID季節爭戰加劇，我們必須更加小心，遠離攻擊。進攻首先是腦中的選擇，然後成為我們的個性。最後，吸引了邪靈。它在這個季節很猖獗，會破壞你起初的愛的恩膏。

聽著，"可冒犯的””新婦"這兩個字永遠不可能在一起！ 記住，當我們選擇謙卑時，很難保持被冒犯。問問聖靈，"我還帶著哪些地方的冒犯？主啊，請給我簽下一個完全不可冒犯的激進的盟約式的愛！"

3. 穿過神在這個季節為你預備的門戶和門檻

以賽亞書62:10："你們當從門經過經過，預備百姓的路；修築修築大道，撿去石頭，為萬民豎立大旗。"。

門戶是我們的心和/或靈的門檻，我們通過這些門檻才能成熟。當我們通過門檻或門戶時，所有地獄可能向我們襲來。有許多誣陷的靈在工作，要破壞神的孩子。這就是為什麼無論在什麼情況下，我們的眼睛都不能離開神的先知性應許！這一點至關重要。

親愛的，現在是時候通過門戶並堅持下去了。不要分心或被打敗，而是專注於祂為你預備的提升。這裡有一個好問題，要經常問主。"在這個季節，我是否勝過而成熟了？"

4. 投資於禱告運動。"我的殿要成為禱告的殿"

在過去的COVID季節中，有這樣一個呼召，即開始或繼續 "禱告殿"的偉大工作。歸根結底，24/7的禱告是新婦為即將到來的事情做預備的唯一途徑。聖潔的 "助產士 "們正在孕育神的這一新行動，他們正在為基督的身體生產祂的應許而火熱。與她們在一起可以永遠改變你。來自天堂的分賜是去抓住的，而不是教導出來的。

我覺得主正在喊出這下一句話。我們不能承受不去每週禱告會的結果。和禱告戰士一起。沒有一個信徒可以在沒有依附、嫁接和順服於當地教會的情況下真正地火熱起來。這是聖經的規定，我們不能忽視。

"又要彼此相顧，激發愛心，勉勵行善。你們不可停止聚會，好像那些停止慣了的人，倒要彼此勸勉，既知道（原文是看見）那日子臨近，就更當如此。（希伯來書10:24-25）

激進的禱告和敬拜是勝過這個時代的膏油。起初的愛是在先知社區的熱土上，以及在持續的禱告和敬拜的火焰中培養出來的！問神："我怎樣才能與全世界的禱告運動和地方教會合作？"

5. 接受來自天堂的新鮮情報--而不是來自世界的情報

在這個時刻，有一個神聖的情報要從天堂下載。要小心你所聽的內容，因為資訊是保持方向的關鍵因素。我們必須盯著主，保持專注，聽祂的聲音，不受新聞、想法或他人意見的偏見影響。我們需要屬天的消息。記住以賽亞書55:8。耶和華說：我的意念非同你們的意念；我的道路非同你們的道路。

聽著，即使是其他人的 "預言"也不能在火的時刻支撐你。你必須在與耶穌單獨相處的 "禱告爐"中獲得自己的油。當你這樣做時，你將實現聖經中最偉大的經文之一--耶利米書33:3："你求告我，我就應允你，並將你所不知道、又大又難的事指示你。" 問問主："在這個時候，我是否聽到了你要對我說的一切？"

6. 勝過用陰謀、指責或謊言顯現的恐懼和恐嚇的靈

以賽亞書54:14："你必因公義得堅立，必遠離欺壓，不致害怕；你必遠離驚嚇，驚嚇必不臨近你。"

有許多說謊的靈和混亂的敘述在工作，請認清這些果子。敵人現在有一項獨特的心理健康任務，給那些喝陰謀、指控和謊言的 "即溶粉末飲料"的人。敵人中的一些人甚至可能有一點真理，但仍然不要把目光放在他們身上，要把目光投向更大的爭戰。

把你的目光轉向耶穌，而不是恐懼。求天父告訴你恐懼藏在你生命的什麼地方。恐嚇是大喊大叫的嘲弄和威脅，但我們必須忽略它們。問天父："主啊，教我對這些靈關門"。起來，在聖靈中保持堅定。果子總是勇氣和平安，以及祂難以置信的同在的加增。

7. 吃新鮮啟示的糧

對於那些飢渴的人，有很多糧/麵包。2021年，我多次被新鮮麵包的味道驚醒（不，我們沒有住在麵包店附近）。我相信這是一個先知性的記號，有那麼多新鮮的啟示，真正讓愛神的人感到滿足。不要分心。對大多數人來說，現在的一個 "大問題 "是學習什麼時候沉默，什麼時候說話；不要把這兩者混為一談。

讓你的眼睛充滿新的理解，即收割的主在這個時候對你有新啟示。親愛的，吃啟示的糧吧。自己去獲取它--而不是從書本或網站上獲取。按著天國的新鮮麵包。

讓我們從以弗所書1:17-18中彼此禱告--"求我們主耶穌基督的神，榮耀的父，將那賜人智慧和啟示的靈賞給你們，使你們真知道他，並且照明你們心中的眼睛，使你們知道他的恩召有何等指望，他在聖徒中得的基業有何等豐盛的榮耀。"

8. 從過去的傷痛、創傷、衝擊和背叛中得到醫治

上帝在我們的生活中強調各種事情，以便我們能飛得更高。特別是魂的綑綁、依賴性和創傷，都是神的目標，以便我們能夠獲得自由！

請記住馬太福音15:18中的經文："惟獨出口的，是從心裡發出來的，這才污穢人。" 玷污我們的不僅僅是這個世界。是我們自己不乾淨的地方會玷污我們。因此，我們有一個敬虔的責任來清理這一切。問問神："在這個季節，你要凸顯哪些污穢的地方讓我悔改，轉離，並得到潔淨？"

9. 拿起你的任務

在這個季節有新的禱告任務--也有新的事工任務，讓我們不要忘記耶穌在馬可福音12:31中告訴我們的："......要愛人如己。再沒有比這兩條誡命更大的了"。

求問祂：父神，我在這個季節需要完成什麼任務？"

10. 為未來最偉大的日子做好預備

馬太福音24:6："你們也要聽見打仗和打仗的風聲，總不要驚慌；因為這些事是必須有的，只是末期還沒有到。"

親愛的，這是一個委身的季節，不僅是一種降服的生活方式，而且是對可持續復興的真正理解聖經，因為榮耀為你個人增加！這是你的目標。這必須是我們的目標。

約翰福音17章的榮耀正在到來，並將隨著新婦對新郎說"是"而加增。

最後，如果你是神的國度的前線工人，你必須記住，在這個極度播種的季節裡，會有獎賞！收穫即將到來，你的勞苦將得到回報。收穫即將到來，你的勞苦不會是徒勞的。預備好！ 


Ten Ways to Stay Burning Hot for God
Maria Mason

Let's be honest, the enemy loves it when the saints of God "lose the plot" because of a loss of love in their hearts for God. This is his greatest strategy to derail you. Beloved, it's all downhill after that! Now is a good time to keep our eyes fixed on the prize, whose name is Jesus! He is our reward. The winds of change are upon us, and we need to check that our foundations, windows, and doors are secure and ready for the current conditions, and the storms that are yet to come!

Here are ten ways to stay burning hot for God:

1. Re-lay Covenantal Foundations with Jesus

It's a season of trusting the Lord with all that is within us. Everything has been shaken or is going to be shaken, so it's time to look at the need for solid foundations and submit to the Lordship of Christ. Many are having to re-lay their first-love foundations, as they did not build deeper, more solid foundations in the last seasons to hold them up in this season.

Our foundations are built on the truth of the Word of God and our covenantal love with Him through intimate connection to the Holy Spirit. Hot, fiery love looks like endurance through the fires of radical, social shifts and changes. If we burn for Him, we won't burn out.

All of our offenses must be dealt with. True spiritual foundations are based on a radical love that will obey God, regardless of the season. Ask God to help you and decide that nothing can be allowed to rob you of your passion and fire for God. It's time for a new first-love anointing.

2. Overcome Our "Love Tests" and Spiritual Battles

The "fruit inspector" is the Father. In John 15:1, Jesus describes the Father as the "vinedresser"; He comes to inspect our fruit and to see the quality of the fruit. Each fruit requires inspection: our love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). There are two key areas wherein He inspects these fruits: one is the area of our "love tests" with the people in our lives who drive us crazy! The second area is our battle against the demonic spirits that attack us the most. Many mix these two up, but they are two separate battles!

Because the battle intensified during the COVID season, we must be so much more careful to stay out of offense. Offense is first a choice in the mind, then it can become our personality. Lastly, it attracts a demonic spirit. It is rampant in this season and will destroy your first-love anointing.

Listen, "offendable Bride" are two words that never go together! Remember, it is so hard to stay offended when we choose humility. Ask the Holy Spirit, "What areas of offense am I still carrying? Lord, sign me up for a radical, covenantal love that is completely unoffendable!"

3. Go Through the Gates and Thresholds That God Has for You This Season

Isaiah 62:10: "Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations."

The gates speak of our hearts and/or spiritual thresholds that we pass through to mature. As we pass through a threshold or gate, all Hell might come at us. There are many spirits of false accusation that are at work to destroy God's children. This is why it's vital that we do not get our eyes off of the prophetic promises of God, regardless of the circumstances! (Photo via Piqsels)

Beloved, it's time to pass through the gates and stay on course. Don't get distracted or defeated, but focus on the upgrades He has for you. Here is a good question to always ask the Lord: "Am I maturing through overcoming in this season?"

4. Invest in the Prayer Movement: "My House Shall Be a House of Prayer"

In the past COVID season, there has been such a call to start or continue the great work of the "House of Prayer." Ultimately, 24/7 prayer is the only way the Bride is going to prepare for what is coming. Holy "midwives," who are birthing this new move of God, are on fire as they travail and birth His promises for the Body of Christ. Being with them can change you forever. Impartation from Heaven is caught, not taught.

I feel like the Lord is shouting this next one: We cannot afford to not be committed to weekly prayer meetings anymore. Get with the prayer warriors. No Believer can truly be on fire without being attached, grafted in, and submitted to a local church. This is a biblical mandate and not one we can ignore.

"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching." (Hebrews 10:24-25)

Radical prayer and worship is the oil that will sustain in this hour. First love is cultivated in the hot soil of the prophetic community, and in the fire of sustained prayer and worship! Ask God, "How can I partner with the prayer movement worldwide, and the local church?"

5. Receive Fresh Intel from Heaven – Not from the World

There is a divine intelligence to be downloaded from Heaven in this hour. Be careful what you are listening to, as information is a key factor in staying on course. We must keep our eyes on the Lord and stay focused on hearing His voice without the bias of news, ideas, or opinions of others. We need the heavenly news. Remember Isaiah 55:8: "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways..."

Listen, even other people's "prophetic" is not going to sustain you in the hour of fire. You must get your own oil in the "prayer furnace" alone with Jesus. As you do, you will fulfill one of the greatest verses in the Bible – Jeremiah 33:3: "Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." Ask the Lord, "Am I hearing all that You have to say to ME in this hour?"

6. Overcome the Spirit of Fear and Intimidation That Manifest as Conspiracies, Accusations, or Lies

Isaiah 54:14: "In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you."

There are many lying spirits and confusing narratives at play; recognize the fruit. There is a unique mental health assignment from the enemy right now for those who drink the "Kool-Aid" of conspiracies, accusations, and lies. Some of them may even hold a bit of truth, but still, don't focus on them – look beyond to the greater battle.

Turn your eyes on Jesus, not the fear. Ask the Father to show you where fear is hiding in your life. Intimidation is shouting taunts and threats, but we must ignore that. Ask the Father, "Lord, teach me to keep the door shut to these spirits." Rise up and stay firm in the Holy Spirit. The fruit is always courage and peace, and an increase of His incredible presence.

7. Eat the Bread of Fresh Revelation

For those who are hungry, there is much bread. So many times in 2021, I awoke to the smell of fresh bread (and no, we do not live near a bakery). I believe this was a prophetic sign that there is so much fresh revelation that is truly satisfying to the lovers of God. Don't get distracted. A "big one" right now, for most people, is learning when to be silent and when to speak; don't mix up the two.

Let your eyes be filled with a fresh understanding that the Lord of the Harvest has a fresh revelation for you in this hour. Eat the bread of revelation, beloved. Get it for yourself – not from a book or website. Press in for the fresh bread of Heaven.

Let's pray over one another from Ephesians 1:17-18 – "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints."

8. Get Healed from Past Wounds, Traumas, Shocks, and Betrayals

God is highlighting all kinds of things in our lives so that we can fly higher. Soul ties, codependency, and trauma in particular are being targeted by God so that we can get free!

Remember the verse in Matthew 15:18: "But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person." It's not the world, only, that defiles us. It is our own unclean areas that can defile us. Therefore, we have a godly responsibility to clean it all up. Ask God, "What areas of defilement are You highlighting for me to repent of, turn away from, and be cleansed of in this season?"

9. Pick Up Your Assignments

There are new prayer assignments in this season – new ministry assignments too, and let's not forget what Jesus told us in Mark 12:31: "...Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these."

Ask Him, "Father, what assignments do I need to complete in this season?"

10. Prepare Yourself for the Greatest of Days Ahead

Matthew 24:6: "You will hear of wars and revolutions on every side, with more rumors of wars to come. Don't panic or give in to your fears, for the breaking apart of the world's systems is destined to happen. But it won't yet be the end; it will still be unfolding."

Beloved, it's a season to sign on for not only a lifestyle of surrender, but a true biblical understanding of sustainable revival as the glory increases for you personally! This must be our goal.

"JOHN 17" GLORY IS COMING AND WILL INCREASE AS THE BRIDE SAYS "YES" TO THE BRIDEGROOM.

Finally, if you are a front line worker for the Kingdom of God, you must remember that in this season of extreme sowing there WILL BE A REWARD! The harvest is coming, and your labor is not in vain. Get ready!