忙得没有时间祷告？
朋友的书桌上有一个牌子，上面写着：“如果你太忙碌以致没有时间祷告，那你真的是太忙碌了！” 不过，我们得承认，我们往往真的太忙碌，以致我们忽视了祷告的重要性。在一张发黄的纸上，我手写了这句严厉的话来提醒自己： “忙碌不等于属灵。” 作为一个牧师，忙碌时常成为我不祷告的藉口。
像抬瘫子去见耶稣的几个朋友（路加福音 5:18-19），我们也可藉祷告领我们的朋友到耶稣那里去。
为别人祈求，帮助我们记得什么是最重要的。我们过的是教会群体的生活，当我们在这个对基督教并不友善的世代中同行时，彼此代求是我们在主内的责任。
我们绝不可低估彼此代求的力量和重要性，它是必须、有益，和完全合宜的。以弗所书 6:18教导我们，要 “靠着圣灵，随时多方祷告祈求。”
有时我们的祷告可能是几句由衷的认罪或悲叹，有时可能是求智慧去应付一个反叛的儿女。
祷告的生活，并不是与我们这个复杂的世界分隔开的，正如一首圣诗宣告的：“我一面呼吸，一面祷告。” 你是这样的吗？
父神啊，祢垂听祢儿子耶稣的祷告，祢也同样垂听我的祷告。当我在今天和每一天跟随你时，求你带领和引导我。奉耶稣的名祈求，阿们。
雅各书 5:13-20
13你们中间有受苦的呢，他就该祷告；有喜乐的呢，他就该歌颂。
14你们中间有病了的呢，他就该请教会的长老来；他们可以奉主的名用油抹他，为他祷告。
15出于信心的祈祷要救那病人，主必叫他起来；他若犯了罪，也必蒙赦免。
16所以你们要彼此认罪，互相代求，使你们可以得医治。义人祈祷所发的力量是大有功效的。
17以利亚与我们是一样性情的人，他恳切祷告，求不要下雨，雨就三年零六个月不下在地上。
18他又祷告，天就降下雨来，地也生出土产。
19我的弟兄们，你们中间若有失迷真道的，有人使他回转，
20这人该知道：叫一个罪人从迷路上转回便是救一个灵魂不死，并且遮盖许多的罪。
Too Busy To Pray?
"Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective." — James 5:16
A sign on a friend's desk states, "If you're too busy to pray, you're too busy!" But let's admit that we're often so busy that we lose sight of the importance of prayer. I have a hand-written, stern reminder to myself in the form of a yellowed piece of paper: "Busyness does not equal spirituality." In my work as a pastor, busyness was often an excuse for not praying.
Like the friends who carried a man with paralysis to Jesus (Luke 5:18-19), we can carry our friends to Jesus in prayer.
Interceding for others helps us to keep our focus. We live life in community. It's our duty toward fellow followers, journeying together in an unfriendly world.
We can never underestimate the power and importance of praying for one another. It's necessary, beneficial, and entirely appropriate. Ephesians 6:18 teaches us to "pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests."
Sometimes our prayers may be a few words of confession or lament; at other times we may be asking for wisdom in how to deal with a delinquent child.
Praying isn't a separate segment of living in a complicated world. It's what a hymn declares: "While I breathe, I pray." Is that true for you?
Father God, you heard the prayers of your Son, Jesus, and you hear my prayers. Lead and guide me as I follow you today and every day. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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