May 19

"And it came to pass, before he had done speaking...and he said, Blessed be Jehovah…who hath not forsaken¹ his lovingkindness and his truth." (Gen. 24:15, 27)

Every right prayer is answered before the prayer itself is finished--before we have "done speaking." This is because God has pledged His Word to us that whatsoever² we ask in Christ's name (that is, in oneness with Christ and His will) and in faith, shall be done.

As God's Word cannot fail, whenever we meet those simple conditions in prayer, the answer to our prayer has been granted and completed in Heaven as we pray, even though its showing forth³ on earth may not occur until long afterward⁴.

So it is well to close every prayer with praise to God for the answer that He has already granted; He who never forsakes⁵ His loving-kindness and His truth. (See Daniel 9:20-27 and 10:12.) --Messages for the Morning Watch.

When we believe for a blessing⁶, we must take the attitude of faith, and begin to act and pray as if we had the blessing. We must treat God as if He had given us our request. We must lean our weight over upon Him for the thing that we have claimed, and just take it for granted that He gives it, and is going to continue to give it. This is the attitude of trust.

When the wife is married, she at once falls into a new attitude, and acts in accordance with the fact; and so when we take Christ as our Savior, as our Sanctifier, as our Healer, or as our Deliverer, He expects us to fall into the attitude of recognizing Him in the capacity that we have claimed, and expect Him to be to us all that we have trusted Him for. --Selected.

"The thing I ask when God doth bid me pray,

Begins in that same act to come my way."

　 五月十九日

“话还没有说完……说，耶和华……是应当称颂的，因他不断的以慈爱诚实待我……”（创二十四：15，27）。

　　每一个正当的祷告，都是“话还没有说完”，神就答应的。这是因为神已经给了我们他的应许——凡奉主的名（就是与主并他的旨意合一）无论求什么，只要信，就必得着。

　　神不能抵赖他所应许的，当我们履行了这些简单的祷告的条件，他不能不答应我们所求的。我们祷告的“话还没有说完”，在天上宝座前就已经成全了；虽然在地上不一定就能看见。

　　所以祷告之后，最好用赞美来作结束——赞美神已经听了我们的祷告，赞美神不断的以慈爱诚实待我们。（参读但九章二十至二十七节，又十章十二节）。——译自晨更信息

　　当我们相信一件事的时候，我们就应该有相信的行为——我们的动作，我们的祷告，都当和我们的信心相符。我们应该算神已经给了我们所求的，这才是信心的态度。——选

　　一个妇人结婚之后，她当进入一种的生活态度，一切行动都要以这个结婚的事实为依据。我们既尊基督是我们的救主，我们成圣称义的引导，诊治我们疾病的医生，拯救我们的恩主，他就希望我们亦采取一种新的态度，一切以承认他是我们的救主，导师，医生，恩人的事实为依归，并且盼望他的确是我们所希望的一样完全来成全我们。

“遵照神的命令祷告，我所祈求的，

在开始的时候，已在向我降临了”。

1 Forsaken   

adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词

参考例句：

• He was forsaken by his friends. 他被朋友们背弃了。
• He has forsaken his wife and children. 他遗弃了他的妻子和孩子。

2 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

3 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

4 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

5 forsakes   

放弃( forsake的第三人称单数 )； 弃绝； 抛弃； 摒弃

参考例句：

• Adolescence─when a lad forsakes his bosom buddy for a bosomed buddy. 青春时期--少年丢弃玩伴、追求异性的时候。
• He that forsakes measure, measure forsakes him. 无节制者事难成。

6 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。