Day 9 : 禁食日记 / Fasting Diary
第九天：10月11日(二)
自我星期日醒来之前的那一个跟“妖魔鬼怪”争斗的梦，我相信上帝要我们加强为那些还被迷信捆绑的人祷告。
很多时候，我们会抓住一个经文而宣告要得着那经文里面的应许，却没看上下文、来龙去脉，就瞎祷告相信，后又没看到效果，就灰心、怀疑神。。。
Day 9 : Oct 11th (Tue)
Since that dream about fighting with the “monsters” before I woke up on Sunday morning, I believe God wants us to strengthen our prayers for those who are bound by superstitions.
Many times we will hold on to some Scripture and declare that we will receive the promises in that Scripture without studying the context and source of that verse. Then when we do not see result, we get discouraged and doubt God…
其中很多人常抓住的经文是使徒行传16：31：
“他们说：“当信主耶稣，你和你一家都必得救。””
可是，日等、夜等，却还没看到家里的人得救！
当然，有时候是时间还没到，祷告不够或种种因素，但我相信我们也要考虑到徒16章的禁卒为什么会信主，而他的这个信怎么会影响到全家也信？
我相信，他一定是看到保罗和西拉在极其辛苦时还能赞美祷告神，并看到痛苦中的赞美带来的力量，过后这“大有能力”的保罗又怎样怜恤他、帮助他，因而他和全家也被感动，信主得救了！
所以，我们当反省，我们身边的人有没有看到我们在患难中依然有信心，会赞美、会祷告，还是看到比较负面或绊倒他们的态度和行为？另，我们的生命有没有因这样的信心，而流露神的大能和怜悯？倘若如此，相信我们家人有朝一日必定全然悔改归向神！
Among these verses, many often hold on to Acts16:31:
“They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved–you and your household.””
But they have been waiting days and nights and yet not seeing their family members saved!
Of course, sometimes it is because of timing, insufficient prayer or other reasons, but I believe we have to consider as well as to why the jailer in Acts 16 ended up believing in the Lord, and how this “belief” of his resulted in his entire household to believe as well?
I believe, he must have seen how Paul and Silas continued to praise and pray to the Lord in their suffering, and he saw the power that came with praising in the midst of your suffering, and after that how this “powerful” Paul was so merciful to him and helped him. So, he was moved and he and his entire household believed in the Lord and were saved!
So, we must examine ourselves and ask whether people around us see our faith in the midst of suffering, and that we can still praise and pray, or are they seeing the adverse or attitude and actions that stumble them? Also, do they see the power and mercy that flow from us because of such faith? If so, I believe one day our entire household will certainly repent and return to the Lord!