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第六周 • 周六

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晨兴餧养

弗一22~23 将万有服在祂的脚下，并使祂向着召会作万有的头；召会是祂的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。

　　二6　 祂又叫我们在基督耶稣里一同复活，一同坐在诸天界里。


召会能用权柄的祷告来管理阴府。因为基督已经远超过这一切了，因为基督是召会的头，所以召会能够管理邪灵和一切属乎撒但的。召会如果没有管理邪灵的权柄，主如果没有把这个权柄赐给召会，召会在地上活都活不成。召会所以能活在地上，就是因为召会有权柄能管理一切属乎撒但的。…我们可以奉主的名赶鬼，我们也可以用祷告管住邪灵在暗中的活动（倪柝声文集第二辑第二册，二三四页）。

信息选读

我们必须服在神的权柄之下。我们若不服在神的权柄之下，我们就不能有权柄的祷告。我们不只要服神地位上的权柄，我们在生活上，在实行的事情上也要服神的权柄。不然，就不能有权柄的祷告。

普通的祷告是从地上祷告到天上去。…权柄的祷告，乃是以天上为起点，以地上为终点的。换句话说，权柄的祷告，就是从天上祷告到地上。…如果一个人没有学习过祷告下来的祷告，就是没有学习过权柄的祷告。但在属灵的争战中，祷告下来的祷告是非常要紧的。…就是站在基督所给我们在诸天界里的地位上，在那里用权柄命令撒但，拒绝撒但一切的工作，而用权柄宣告说，神所已经命令的都该成功。比方说，我们为着某一件事情求，我们已经真看见神的旨意是甚么了，真知道神所定规的是甚么了，这时，我们就…说，『神，你无论如何要这样作，这件事必定要这样成就；神，这件事无论如何要这样成功。』（倪柝声文集第二辑第二册，二三九、二二八页）

祷告的地位就是升天的地位。…甚么时候你从天的境界里出来，你就失去了祷告的地位。你可以祷告，但那个祷告算不得数。…祷告的地位既是升天的地位，祷告的权柄也就是升天的权柄。有祷告的地位，就有祷告的权柄。基督徒所作的一切事，不光是个能力问题，更是权柄问题。…有的人…不光有能力，也有权柄，因为他是在升天的地位上。

在以赛亚书里面神有一句话说，『你们可以吩咐我。』（四五11）这个吩咐，有的是直接吩咐神，有的是间接吩咐环境。就像摩西在红海边，吩咐海水分开；主耶稣在船上吩咐风和海平静，或者吩咐疾病离开人。…你若摸着了属天的地位，摸着了那个权柄，你都能在那里说，『我吩咐这个贫穷离开我。』

有了升天的地位，有了升天的权柄，也能发出权柄的祷告来，一到这个时候，你这个人就是在宝座上，和主一同在掌权的地位上。祂如何在神的右边掌权，你也如何与祂一同在升天的境界里掌权。到了这个时候，你的祷告不光是个权柄的祷告，也是个掌权的祷告；你的祷告就是执掌权柄，执行神的命令。所以这个时候，你所有的祷告都变作神的行政，变作神管理的一个执行。…〔当〕大家肯去学的时候，到一个地步，就会摸着这样的祷告（李常受文集一九五九年第四册，二四七、二五○至二五三、二五五页）。

参读：祷告，第十七篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Eph. 1:22-23 And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.

2:6 And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.

The church can rule over Hades when it prays with authority. Since Christ has transcended over everything and He is the Head of the church, the church can rule over the demons and everything that belongs to Satan. If the church did not have the authority to rule over the demons and if the Lord had not given this authority to the church, the church could not even survive on earth. The church is able to survive on earth because it has the authority to rule over every satanic thing…We can cast out demons in the name of the Lord, and we can restrain the secret activities of the evil spirits. (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” p. 199)

Today’s Reading

We must submit ourselves to God’s authority. If we do not submit to God’s authority, we cannot pray with authority. Not only must we submit to God’s authority with respect to His position, but we also must submit to His authority in our daily living and in all practical matters.

Ordinary prayer is directed from earth to heaven…A prayer with authority has heaven as its starting point and the earth as its destination. In other words, a prayer with authority is prayed from heaven to earth…If a man has never learned the prayer that prays downward, he has never learned to pray with authority. In the spiritual warfare, the kind of prayer that prays downward is very important…It is to stand in the position that Christ has given us in the heavenlies, to command Satan with authority and reject all his works, and to proclaim with authority that all God’s commands should be accomplished. If we pray for a realization of God’s will and a decision concerning it,…we should say, “God, You have to do this. You have to accomplish this. No matter what happens, You must fulfill this work.” (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” pp. 203, 194)

The position of prayer is the position of ascension…Whenever you leave the heavenly realm, you lose the position of prayer. You may pray, but that prayer does not count before God. As the position of prayer is ascension, the authority of prayer is also ascension. With the position of prayer there is the authority of prayer. Whatever a Christian does is not only a matter of power but, even more, a matter of authority…[Some] not only have power but also authority, for they are in the heavenly position.

In Isaiah 45:11, God says, “Command Me.” Sometimes this commanding is a direct command to God, and sometimes it is an indirect command to the environment. Examples are: Moses standing on the shore of the Red Sea commanding the water to be divided, the Lord Jesus in the boat commanding the wind and the sea to be still, and the Lord commanding sickness to leave men…If you have touched the heavenly position with its authority, you can even say, “I command the poverty to depart from me.”

When you come to the point where you have the heavenly position and the heavenly authority and are thus able to utter forth authoritative prayers, you are one who is on the throne, standing in the ruling position together with the Lord. Just as He reigns at the right hand of God, so you also reign together with Him in the heavenly realm. At this time your prayer is not only an authoritative prayer but also a reigning prayer. Your prayer is to rule with authority, executing God’s orders. So at this time all your prayers become God’s administration, the execution of God’s rule…If we are willing to learn, we will arrive at a place where we can utter such prayers. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” pp. 182, 185-188)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” ch. 17