(2025.5.23禱告領受主的話)

你們的生命如雲霧一樣,是短暫,一下子就消失了;

但在今生短暫的時間裡,你能做什麼呢?

是活在有永生的盼望中?還是將目光定在眼前世界的日子,等待死亡?

我不是要你們活著只等待死亡的生命,而是要你們追求屬天有永生的生命;

且去思想,世人的生命,日復一日,一日結束,在世的日子又減少一日,身體漸漸衰老,離死亡更近;

心以錢財為滿足,勞碌一生沒有休息,所得的無法享福;

活著漸長,煩惱的事情增多,一件件事情放在心中,成了重擔,每天過著憂愁不安的日子,甚至厭棄,不願活著;

這是什麼樣的人生?

若不認識造你的神,不知道有救贖的恩典,這樣的人生毫無價值,是可悲的;

屬世界的生命短暫,稍縱即逝,若在年少時追求世界的事,耗盡年歲,勞苦愁煩,忙忙碌碌一生,等年老時,什麼也享受不了,只等待死亡,沒有指望的日子,這是虛空的人生;

在你有限活著的時間,當追求永生的生命,不要浪費時間追求世上的快樂,魔鬼引誘你,使你戀慕快樂的事,愈加貪婪不得滿足,不會給你真正的益處,所伴隨的是愁苦,反倒成了愚昧之人,只知目光停留短暫的世界日子,卻不知道該為將來永遠的生命來努力;

今生你為什麼而努力,將來憑著個人所行的審判個人,你必要得著自己所種的果,將來是得著永遠的苦?還是得着永遠的福樂?依照你今生的努力,所做的選擇;

願眾人選擇上好的福分,努力得著永生,追求聖潔成為天國的子民,將來進入榮耀的國度

聖經

雅各書4章13節至15節

嗐！你們有話說：「今天明天我們要往某城裏去，在那裏住一年，做買賣得利。」其實明天如何，你們還不知道。你們的生命是甚麼呢？你們原來是一片雲霧，出現少時就不見了。你們只當說：「主若願意，我們就可以活着，也可以做這事，或做那事。」

以弗所書2章1節至13節

你們死在過犯罪惡之中，他叫你們活過來。那時，你們在其中行事為人，隨從今世的風俗，順服空中掌權者的首領，就是現今在悖逆之子心中運行的邪靈。我們從前也都在他們中間，放縱肉體的私慾，隨着肉體和心中所喜好的去行，本為可怒之子，和別人一樣。然而，神既有豐富的憐憫，因他愛我們的大愛， 當我們死在過犯中的時候，便叫我們與基督一同活過來。你們得救是本乎恩。 他又叫我們與基督耶穌一同復活，一同坐在天上， 要將他極豐富的恩典，就是他在基督耶穌裏向我們所施的恩慈，顯明給後來的世代看。你們得救是本乎恩，也因着信；這並不是出於自己，乃是神所賜的； 也不是出於行為，免得有人自誇。 我們原是他的工作，在基督耶穌裏造成的，為要叫我們行善，就是神所預備叫我們行的。所以你們應當記念：你們從前按肉體是外邦人，是稱為沒受割禮的；這名原是那些憑人手在肉身上稱為受割禮之人所起的。那時，你們與基督無關，在以色列國民以外，在所應許的諸約上是局外人，並且活在世上沒有指望，沒有神。你們從前遠離神的人，如今卻在基督耶穌裏，靠着他的血，已經得親近了。

傳道書 11章9節至10節

少年人哪，你在幼年時當快樂。在幼年的日子，使你的心歡暢，行你心所願行的，看你眼所愛看的；卻要知道，為這一切的事，神必審問你。

所以，你當從心中除掉愁煩，從肉體克去邪惡；因為一生的開端和幼年之時，都是虛空的。

願神祝福廣傳神的話的人

我如何禱告?（正確禱告方式）

虔誠地跪下

閉上眼睛專心預備

先唸,“奉主耶穌聖名禱告”

重複唸,“哈利路亞, 讚美主耶穌

您也可以將您的需要告訴神,

並祈求 祂賞賜您 聖靈

最後以“阿們!”結束禱告

A Life of Vanity

(Received in prayer on 2025.5.23)

Your life is like a mist—it appears briefly, then vanishes.

But in the short time you have on this earth, what will you do?

Will you live with hope in eternal life? Or will you fix your eyes on this present world and simply wait for death?

I did not create you to live a life just waiting to die. I want you to seek the heavenly life—the life that leads to eternity.

Think about it: day after day passes for people in this world. Each day that ends is one less day to live. The body grows old and draws nearer to death.

Many chase after wealth, thinking it will satisfy their hearts. But they end up working their whole lives without rest, unable to enjoy what they’ve earned.

As the years go on, the burdens only increase. Worries pile up in their hearts, and they live in anxiety and sorrow. Some even grow weary of life and no longer wish to go on living.

What kind of life is that?

If you don’t know the God who created you, and you have no understanding of the grace of salvation, then your life has no true value. It’s a tragedy.

A life that belongs to this world is short and passes quickly. If you spend your youth chasing worldly things, pouring your energy into busyness and worry, then by the time you’re old, you will have nothing left to enjoy—only hopeless days, waiting for death. That is a vain life.

With the limited time you have, you should pursue the life that leads to eternity. Don’t waste your days chasing the pleasures of this world. The devil tempts you to crave enjoyment, stirring up greed that can never be satisfied. But this will not bring you true benefit—only sorrow.

Those who live for worldly pleasures become fools. They fix their gaze on what is temporary and forget to prepare for what is eternal.

What are you striving for in this life?

One day, each person will be judged by their actions. You will reap what you sow.

Will you inherit eternal suffering? Or eternal joy?

It all depends on the choices you make and how you live your life now.

May you choose what is truly best. Strive to receive eternal life. Pursue holiness, and become a citizen of the kingdom of heaven—so that in the end, you may enter into the glorious kingdom to come.

Scripture 

James

Chapter 4 Verses 13-15

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town

and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—

yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring.

What is your life?

For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills,

we will live and do this or that.”

Ephesians

Chapter 2 Verses 1-13

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins

in which you once walked, following the course of this world,

following the prince of the power of the air,

the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—

among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,

carrying out the desires of the body and the mind,

and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

But God, being rich in mercy,

because of the great love with which he loved us,

even when we were dead in our trespasses,

made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace

in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For by grace you have been saved through faith.

And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

For we are his workmanship,

created in Christ Jesus for good works,

which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh,

called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision,

which is made in the flesh by hands—

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ,

alienated from the commonwealth of Israel

and strangers to the covenants of promise,

having no hope and without God in the world.

But now in Christ Jesus

you who once were far off

have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ecclesiastes

Chapter 11 Verses 9-10

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth,

and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.

Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes.

But know that for all these things

God will bring you into judgment.

Remove vexation from your heart,

and put away pain from your body,

for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.