10月26日
标 题：复兴
经 节：耶和华啊，我听见你的名声就惧怕。耶和华啊，求你在这些年间复兴你的作为，在这些年间显明出来；在发怒的时候以怜悯为念。（哈巴谷书三章2节）
只有神能使死人复活。如果发现自己对神愈来愈冷淡，你的家庭与属灵生活渐渐地衰败，要呼求神复兴你，因为惟有神能够赐予生命。不是你的行动，乃是你与神的关系带给你生命！
属灵的热情稍不留意就可能衰退。我们刚开始都是满怀热情地与神同行，热切地要与神同住。然而，一段时间过去后，忙碌悄悄爬进我们的生命。我们渐渐分心，并且不注意到自己罪的问题。我们可能自认与神的关系是理所当然，没有注意到自己渐渐衰败，直到自己的属灵生命落到油尽灯枯的地步。
这种坠落也发生在教会中，就像发生在我们身上一样。你是否还记得圣灵曾经在教会大大动工的时刻，那时会众们兴奋地感受到神的指引？而现在的崇拜是否死气沉沉，神的大能只是回忆罢了？
在这种时候，想靠自己抓回生命是徒劳的。你可以举办许多活动及劝勉你周围的人，但是，只有神可以使死人复活。如果神已经开始在你的生活、家庭或教会中动工，只有祂能维持或复兴祂的工。如果感受自己的生命或教会的属灵活力已经衰退，这是神的邀请，邀请你为此祷告。祂要你以代祷与祂同工，所以祂可以复兴祂手中的工。耶稣说，祂就是生命。神已应许只要你求祂，祂必赐予丰盛活泼的生命。我们决无必要使灵命一直处在死气沉沉的情况中。
Revival
O LORD,
I have heard your speech and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst
of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
(Habakkuk 3:2)
Only
God can restore life to something that has died. If you find that your heart
has grown cold to God, that the spiritual life of your family or church has
waned, call out to God to revive you, for only He can give life. It is not your
activity but your relationship with God that brings life!
Spiritual
fervor can ebb if left unattended. We all begin our walk with the Lord
enthusiastically, with an excited sense of anticipation. But over time, busyness
creeps in. We become distracted and let our sin go unchallenged. We may take
our relationship with God for granted and not notice the gradual decline until
we find ourselves drained of spiritual vitality.
This
descent can happen in your church just as it does in your personal life. Do you
remember a time when the Holy Spirit was moving mightily in your church, and
the members sensed God leading in an exciting direction? Are the services now
lifeless and the power of God only a memory?
At
a time like this it is futile to try to bring back life yourself. You can
organize many activities and exhort those around you, but only God can
resurrect what is dead. If God has initiated something in your life, or family,
or church, only He can sustain it or revive it. If you sense that the spiritual
vigor has gone out of your life or the life of your church, this is God’s
invitation to pray. He wants you to intercede with Him so that He might revive
His work. Jesus said that He is Life. It is unnecessary to remain spiritually
lifeless when He has promised vibrant, abundant life if you will claim it.
