十二個處境,每一個附上八段經文和一段可以照著唸的禱文。你可以只讀屬於你的那一段。Twelve situations, each with eight passages and a prayer you can simply read aloud. You are welcome to read only the one that is yours.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
彼得前書 5:71 Peter 5:7
你們要將一切的憂慮卸給神,因為他顧念你們。
casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
詩篇 56:3Psalms 56:3
我懼怕的時候要倚靠你。
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
約翰福音 14:27John 14:27
我留下平安給你們;我將我的平安賜給你們。我所賜的,不像世人所賜的。你們心裡不要憂愁,也不要膽怯。
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
馬太福音 6:34Matthew 6:34
所以,不要為明天憂慮,因為明天自有明天的憂慮;一天的難處一天當就夠了。
Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
詩篇 94:19Psalms 94:19
我心裡多憂多疑,你安慰我,就使我歡樂。
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
提摩太後書 1:72 Timothy 1:7
因為神賜給我們,不是膽怯的心,乃是剛強、仁愛、謹守的心。
For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
02 / 12
悲傷與失喪Grief & Loss
給那些抱著空位坐下的人。
For those who sit down beside an empty place.
詩篇 34:18Psalms 34:18
耶和華靠近傷心的人,拯救靈性痛悔的人。
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
馬太福音 5:4Matthew 5:4
哀慟的人有福了!因為他們必得安慰。
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
啟示錄 21:4Revelation 21:4
神要擦去他們一切的眼淚;不再有死亡,也不再有悲哀、哭號、疼痛,因為以前的事都過去了。
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”
詩篇 147:3Psalms 147:3
他醫好傷心的人,裹好他們的傷處。
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
詩篇 23:4Psalms 23:4
我雖然行過死蔭的幽谷,也不怕遭害,因為你與我同在;你的杖,你的竿,都安慰我。
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
03 / 12
疾病與疼痛Sickness & Pain
當身體成了每日要面對的功課。
When the body itself has become the daily work.
以賽亞書 53:5Isaiah 53:5
哪知他為我們的過犯受害,為我們的罪孽壓傷。因他受的刑罰,我們得平安;因他受的鞭傷,我們得醫治。
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
詩篇 103:2-3Psalms 103:2-3
我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!不可忘記他的一切恩惠! 他赦免你的一切罪孽,醫治你的一切疾病。
Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits; who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;
耶利米書 17:14Jeremiah 17:14
耶和華啊,求你醫治我,我便痊愈,拯救我,我便得救;因你是我所讚美的。
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”
詩篇 41:3Psalms 41:3
他病重在榻,耶和華必扶持他;他在病中,你必給他鋪床。
Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
箴言 17:22Proverbs 17:22
喜樂的心乃是良藥;憂傷的靈使骨枯乾。
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
04 / 12
罪疚與羞愧Guilt & Shame
給那些以為自己已經走得太遠的人。
For anyone who believes they have gone too far to return.
約翰一書 1:91 John 1:9
我們若認自己的罪,神是信實的,是公義的,必要赦免我們的罪,洗淨我們一切的不義。
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
詩篇 51:10Psalms 51:10
神啊,求你為我造清潔的心,使我裡面重新有正直(或譯:堅定)的靈。
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
以賽亞書 1:18Isaiah 1:18
耶和華說:你們來,我們彼此辯論。你們的罪雖像硃紅,必變成雪白;雖紅如丹顏,必白如羊毛。
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
羅馬書 8:1Romans 8:1
如今,那些在基督耶穌裡的就不定罪了。
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
彌迦書 7:19Micah 7:19
必再憐憫我們,將我們的罪孽踏在腳下,又將我們的一切罪投於深海。
He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
詩篇 103:12Psalms 103:12
東離西有多遠,他叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠!
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
希伯來書 10:22Hebrews 10:22
並我們心中天良的虧欠已經灑去,身體用清水洗淨了,就當存著誠心和充足的信心來到神面前;
let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
以賽亞書 43:25Isaiah 43:25
惟有我為自己的緣故塗抹你的過犯;我也不記念你的罪惡。
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
05 / 12
迷失與無方向Lostness & Confusion
當前面的路一片模糊,而你必須選一條。
When the road ahead is unreadable and a choice must still be made.
箴言 3:5-6Proverbs 3:5-6
你要專心仰賴耶和華,不可倚靠自己的聰明, 在你一切所行的事上都要認定他,他必指引你的路。
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
詩篇 119:105Psalms 119:105
你的話是我腳前的燈,是我路上的光。
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.
耶利米書 29:11Jeremiah 29:11
耶和華說:我知道我向你們所懷的意念是賜平安的意念,不是降災禍的意念,要叫你們末後有指望。
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
以賽亞書 30:21Isaiah 30:21
你或向左或向右,你必聽見後邊有聲音說:這是正路,要行在其間。
and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
詩篇 32:8Psalms 32:8
我要教導你,指示你當行的路;我要定睛在你身上勸戒你。
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
約翰福音 8:12John 8:12
耶穌又對眾人說:我是世界的光。跟從我的,就不在黑暗裡走,必要得著生命的光。
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
詩篇 37:23Psalms 37:23
義人的腳步被耶和華立定;他的道路,耶和華也喜愛。
A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.
I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
06 / 12
孤單與被棄Loneliness & Abandonment
當房間裡只有你,而電話一整天沒有響。
When the room holds only you and the phone stays silent.
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
詩篇 68:6Psalms 68:6
神叫孤獨的有家,使被囚的出來享福;惟有悖逆的住在乾燥之地。
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
希伯來書 13:5Hebrews 13:5
你們存心不可貪愛錢財,要以自己所有的為足;因為主曾說:我總不撇下你,也不丟棄你。
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. your walls are continually before me.
馬太福音 28:20Matthew 28:20
凡我所吩咐你們的,都教訓他們遵守,我就常與你們同在,直到世界的末了。
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
詩篇 27:10Psalms 27:10
我父母離棄我,耶和華必收留我。
When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
07 / 12
疲乏與耗盡Weariness & Burnout
給那些已經沒有力氣,卻還不敢停下的人。
For those with nothing left who still dare not stop.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
加拉太書 6:9Galatians 6:9
我們行善,不可喪志;若不灰心,到了時候就要收成。
Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
出埃及記 33:14Exodus 33:14
耶和華說:我必親自和你同去,使你得安息。
He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress— I will never be greatly shaken.
馬可福音 6:31Mark 6:31
他就說:你們來,同我暗暗的到曠野地方去歇一歇。這是因為來往的人多,他們連吃飯也沒有工夫。
He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
08 / 12
憤怒與苦毒Anger & Bitterness
當你反覆重播那件事,而它仍在傷你。
When you keep replaying it and it keeps wounding you.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.
箴言 15:1Proverbs 15:1
回答柔和,使怒消退;言語暴戾,觸動怒氣。
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.
歌羅西書 3:13Colossians 3:13
倘若這人與那人有嫌隙,總要彼此包容,彼此饒恕;主怎樣饒恕了你們,你們也要怎樣饒恕人。
bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
箴言 19:11Proverbs 19:11
人有見識就不輕易發怒;寬恕人的過失便是自己的榮耀。
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
詩篇 37:8Psalms 37:8
當止住怒氣,離棄忿怒;不要心懷不平,以致作惡。
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret, it leads only to evildoing.
Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
羅馬書 15:13Romans 15:13
但願使人有盼望的神,因信將諸般的喜樂、平安充滿你們的心,使你們藉著聖靈的能力大有盼望。
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.
I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
哥林多後書 4:8-92 Corinthians 4:8-9
我們四面受敵,卻不被困住;心裡作難,卻不至失望; 遭逼迫,卻不被丟棄;打倒了,卻不至死亡。
We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
詩篇 130:1-2Psalms 130:1-2
(上行之詩。)耶和華啊,我從深處向你求告! 主啊,求你聽我的聲音!願你側耳聽我懇求的聲音!
Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
以賽亞書 43:2Isaiah 43:2
你從水中經過,我必與你同在;你逿過江河,水必不漫過你;你從火中行過,必不被燒,火燄也不著在你身上。
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit. Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
10 / 12
破裂的關係Broken Relationships
給那些在同一屋簷下卻無話可說的人。
For those under one roof with nothing left to say.
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
羅馬書 12:18Romans 12:18
若是能行,總要盡力與眾人和睦。
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
以弗所書 4:2-3Ephesians 4:2-3
凡事謙虛、溫柔、忍耐,用愛心互相寬容, 用和平彼此聯絡,竭力保守聖靈所賜合而為一的心。
with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
箴言 17:17Proverbs 17:17
朋友乃時常親愛,弟兄為患難而生。
A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
彼得前書 4:81 Peter 4:8
最要緊的是彼此切實相愛,因為愛能遮掩許多的罪。
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
歌羅西書 3:14Colossians 3:14
在這一切之外,要存著愛心,愛心就是聯絡全德的。
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
詩篇 133:1Psalms 133:1
(大衛上行之詩。)看哪,弟兄和睦同居是何等地善,何等地美!
See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!
11 / 12
綑綁與成癮Bondage & Addiction
當你已經無數次答應自己,這是最後一次。
When you have promised yourself, countless times, that this was the last.
約翰福音 8:36John 8:36
所以天父的兒子若叫你們自由,你們就真自由了。
If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
羅馬書 6:14Romans 6:14
罪必不能作你們的主,因你們不在律法之下,乃在恩典之下。
For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
加拉太書 5:1Galatians 5:1
基督釋放了我們,叫我們得以自由。所以要站立得穩,不要再被奴僕的軛挾制。
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
哥林多後書 5:172 Corinthians 5:17
若有人在基督裡,他就是新造的人,舊事已過,都變成新的了。
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
詩篇 40:2Psalms 40:2
他從禍坑裡,從淤泥中,把我拉上來,使我的腳立在磐石上,使我腳步穩當。
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, the sin’s law.
提多書 2:11-12Titus 2:11-12
因為神救眾人的恩典已經顯明出來, 教訓我們除去不敬虔的心和世俗的情慾,在今世自守、公義、敬虔度日,
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;
12 / 12
缺乏與憂慮Lack & Provision
當數字對不上,而月底還很遠。
When the numbers do not add up and the month is far from over.
Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?
腓立比書 4:19Philippians 4:19
我的神必照他榮耀的豐富,在基督耶穌裡,使你們一切所需用的都充足。
My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
詩篇 37:25Psalms 37:25
我從前年幼,現在年老,卻未見過義人被棄,也未見過他的後裔討飯。
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
馬太福音 6:33Matthew 6:33
你們要先求他的國和他的義,這些東西都要加給你們了。
But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
詩篇 34:10Psalms 34:10
少壯獅子還缺食忍餓,但尋求耶和華的甚麼好處都不缺。
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
箴言 3:9-10Proverbs 3:9-10
你要以財物和一切初熟的土產尊榮耶和華。 這樣,你的倉房必充滿有餘;你的酒醡有新酒盈溢。
Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there will not be room enough for.
路加福音 12:24Luke 12:24
你想烏鴉,也不種也不收,又沒有倉又沒有庫,神尚且養活他。你們比飛鳥是何等的貴重呢!
Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
若你想每天走一小段,而不是一次讀完——If you would rather walk a little each day than read it all at once —