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   列王纪下 4:1-7 January - 15 神若大大施恩 「『不要少借。』」 王下4:3
   
   　今天如果我在路旁建造一个类似售卖柠檬水的摊子，然后竖起一个「免费汽油」的牌子，我可以肯定必会引起哄动。如果我在牌上写着：「自备器皿」，场面一定更加有趣。你会带一个一加仑的器皿吗？五加仑？十加仑？现时汽油价格越来越高，你若不带最大的器皿，便是愚不可及了。
   
   　　一位敬虔先知的寡妇因丧夫哀伤不已，而她的儿子又面临被卖为奴。然而，借着神的大能，她那小瓶的油，开始像海上油井不断涌流出油来，所有器皿都装满了油。她依照以利沙的指示，尽管搜罗器皿，神一一把它们装满了。
   
   　　耶稣的宝血也是这样，赦罪之恩从祂在十架上的牺牲涌流出来，一切敞开的心门都得到充满。圣灵也是如此，借着耶稣，神开启恩典、生命，和盼望的泉源，正如以弗所书5:18所说的：「要被圣灵充满。」
   
   　　可是，我们是否经常拿着像小酒杯那么细小的器皿来见神？神向我们施恩时，为什么没有长长的人龙？我们为什么只有那么低的要求呢？
   
   　　拿出你的心，让它大大打开，在神面前屈膝祈求说:
   
   祷告 :
   父啊，我倒空心灵到祢面前，切切求祢以祢的爱充满它，好叫我能事奉祢。主啊，求祢以祢的灵充满我，好叫我能为祢而活。奉耶稣名祈求，阿们。
   
   
   
   
   2 Kings 4:1-7 January - 15 IF GOD IS POURING
   “Don’t ask for just a few.” 2 Kings 4:3
   
   Today, if I built something that looked like a lemonade stand and set it up on a sidewalk with a sign that said, “Free Gas,” I’m pretty sure there would be a commotion. If the sign said, “Bring your own container,” it would be even more interesting. Would you bring a one-gallon container? A five? A ten? With gasoline prices going higher and higher, you’d be foolish not to bring the largest container you have.
   
   The widow of a godly prophet was in grief, and her sons were on the verge of being sold into slavery. But soon, by God’s power, her little oil jar began pumping like an offshore rig, and she had as much oil as she could contain. Following Elisha’s advice, she had round¬ed up as many jars as possible, and God filled them all.
   
   So it is with the blood of Jesus. His death on the cross pumps forgiveness into as many hearts as will open to be filled. So it is also with the Holy Spirit. God opens the fountains of grace, life, and hope through Jesus. “Be filled with the Spirit,” says Ephesians 5:18.
   
   But how often have we stood before God with just one small container, the size of a shot glass? Why isn’t the line longer to get what God is giving, and why do we so often seem to just want a little?
   
   Bring your heart. Open it big and wide. Kneel before God and say :
   
   
   PRAYER
   
   Father, I bring you my empty heart. Please, please, fill it with your love, so that I may serve you. Fill me with your Spirit, Lord, so that I may live for you. In Jesus’ name, Amen
   
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