Prayer Is An Attitude Of Life 祷告是一种生活态度
Author : Brother Eric Ng
Prayer is an attitude of life rather than an action of lips or making a request from our heavenly Father. Prayer is spiritual communion with God as in thanksgiving, adoration, or confessions. Jesus teaches us that whatever things we ask in prayer should be a private time between us and God, but our prayers should be sincere and for the right motives instead of for our worldly desires.
God taught us the correct motives & attitude in prayer through the Lord’s Prayer. “Letting God’s kingdom come first”, means to let your life be transparent for God and let God’s will and His purpose show through in our daily life. That’s what it means for God to be the king in our lives. Besides this, we pray continually concerning 1 Thessalonians 5:17.
“Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request to be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus.”
From my first belief in Christ, I started to learn about prayer and making my request known to God as is quoted in Philippians 4:6. However, my attitude was that God must reply to my request. As a result, I often faced disappointments and troubles in my faith in God. Moreover, the foundation of my relationship with God was built upon a request and answer process. As a result of such a relationship and my attitude toward prayer, I ended up with a corrupted heart in my daily spiritual walk. After struggling for many years with my relationship with God, I finally understood this truth. God never promised us a smooth sailing life according to our human plan.
Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians, encouraging the believers to embrace and follow the way of Jesus that will transform lives and give us values of humility and obedience to Him. Finally, I always remind myself that “our fleshly sight so often blinds us or gets in the way of our faith and our relationship with our heavenly Father”.
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祷告是一种生活态度。它并不只是嘴巴上的动作或是向天父做出某种请求。与感恩，崇拜或忏悔一样，向上帝祷告也是一种与上帝属灵上的交流。耶稣教导我们在祷告时，向神所祈求的一切都是隐秘的，但我们的祷告必须要真诚，而且动机必须正确，不应该是为了私欲。
上帝通过主祷文教导我们祷告时应当有的态度和动机。“愿你的国降临”，说的便是让我们的生命在主面前坦坦荡荡，让祂的旨意和目的在我们的日常作息里显现。这就是让上帝在我们的生命里当王的意思。除此之外，我们必须如帖撒罗尼迦前书5:17所写的一样，“不住祷告”。
“应当毫无忧虑，只要凡事借着祷告祈求，带着感恩的心，把你们所要的告诉神。这样，神所赐超过人能了解的平安，必在基督耶稣里，保守你们的心思意念.”
打从我信主那天，我便开始学习关于祷告及如同腓立比书4:6-7所写的向主提出我的请求。但是我所抱着的态度是，上帝必须对我的每个请求给个答案。结果，我常常感到失望，对神的信心也受到动摇。更何况，我与主的关系是建立在一种“请求与答复”的过程上。因为这样的关系及对祷告时错误的态度，我的心灵最终在每日的属灵生活里被腐蚀了。在与上帝的关系挣扎多年后，我终于明白了这个真理：上帝并没有应许我们的生命是一帆风顺的。
保罗在哥林多后书里，勉励信徒们接受并跟随耶稣的道，因为那将改变我们的生命，让我们获得谦卑及顺服祂的价值观。最后，我常提醒自己，“我们常会被肉眼蒙蔽，妨碍到我们对天父的信心，及与祂的关系”。