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Praise -- Praising God for who He is, His attributes, His name or His character.
Attribute: God is our friend!
朋友的定义: One who is attached to another by affection of regard, supporter and confidant.
引用经文：
约翰福音15：13-15 13 人为朋友舍命，人的爱心没有比这个大的。 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. 14 你们若遵行我所吩咐的，就是我的朋友了。 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 以后我不再称你们为仆人。因仆人不知道主人所作的事。我乃称你们为朋友。因我从我父所听见的。已经都告诉你们了。 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
雅各书2：23 23 这就应验经上所说，亚伯拉罕信神，这就算为他的义。他又得称为神的朋友。 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
路加福音11：5-13 里面讲到坚持不懈祈求的朋友的故事， 13节 “ 何况天父，岂不更将圣灵给求他的人吗？ how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
路加福音5：20 20 耶稣见他们的信心，就对瘫子说，你的罪赦了。 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."
今天的读书分享是《Prayer Warrior Mom: Covering Your Kids With God's Blessings 》一书中，第八章 ”Be Persistent " , 里面引用了马丁路德的一句话：“Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness.", 尝试翻译下：祷告不是去勉强上帝，而是在持守上帝自己的心意。 想起我们牧师分享他的祷告名单，他长期为一些人的得救祷告，有个人因为太长时间，十几年了，几次想把他从名单中划去，可是每次都有感动说继续为他祷告，后来在祷告了20多年后，那人信主了。 这一章书里分享了几点坚持不懈祷告的意义，很多牧者教会都讲过，我很喜欢书里讲述一个见证的总结，见证里的姐妹经历了孩子严重疾病，丈夫事业不顺利的人生风暴, 上帝一路供应她，给她力量走下去。 书中写到 ”Don't dread the difficult times， Take them and say, "Thank You, Lord, that You count me worthy to learn more about You through desperate situations. "
