可以随处祷告吗？
你知道吗，祷告的时候是可以睁着眼睛的？你知道吗，要祷告并不一定非得去教堂、寺庙或是清真寺，甚至不需要在任何建筑物内？耶稣基督在世上为人时，没有自己的房子，没有一间屋子来祷告。他会去到山上，去到沙漠或是旷野祷告。他会去到任何一个可以独处的地方，一个远离喧嚣的地方。神垂听了但以理在狮子坑中的祷告，神听到了大卫在山洞中的祷告。神垂听了彼得在船上祷告，神也听到了希西家躺在病床上的祷告。我希望今天，在你祷告的时候做这样一件事。今天，请你抽一段时间来找找你周围值得感恩的事物，并且，在你祷告的时候，请睁开眼睛看看你的周围，找到你应该为哪些事物向神献上感恩。列一个单子，你可能会因此而惊讶。就算你可能会为一些事而抱怨，但你周围的一切都值得你感恩。向神祷告吧，看看生活。要记得，神正坐在宝座上治理着这世界，使得这一切都变得不同。我们一起祷告吧。记得睁开你的眼睛。
作者: Andy Baker
译者: Wang Jing
播音: Edward Short
Sweet Hour of Prayer / 1
CAN YOU PRAY ANYWHERE?
Did you know that you could pray with your eyes open? Did you know you do not have to be in a church or a temple or a mosque or even inside of any building to pray? The man, Jesus Christ, did not own a house and did not have an indoor place to pray. He would go to mountains, to a desert or to a wilderness. He would go to any solitary place where he could get away from the noises of life. God heard the prayer of Daniel from a den of lions and He heard David from a cave. Peter was on a ship and Hezekiah was sick in bed. Let me give you something to do today when you pray. Choose a time today to look for things around you that you have to be thankful for and when you pray keep your eyes open and look around you for things for which you can thank God. Make a list. It might surprise you, even when you have things you could complain about, all the things you have to be thankful for. Praying to God and looking at life remembering that God is sitting on the throne ruling the world, makes everything look differently. Let’s pray. Remember to keep your eyes open.
Author: Andy Baker
Translator: Wang Jing
Vocal version: Edward Short