耶 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。
耶 29:12 你們要呼求我,禱告我,我就應允你們。
耶 29:13 你們尋求我,若專心尋求我,就必尋見。
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Jer 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
Jer 29:12 "Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you."
Jer 29:13 "You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart."
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去年11月有天一直因為一些事心裡不安,到夜裡兩點還沒睡着,就向主求三件事,其中一件是求主保守我父母身體。然後說:"主啊,你給我句話,好讓我知道禱告有被垂聽!"主就給了耶 29:12這句: 你們要呼求我,禱告我,我就應允你們。
這句和耶 29:13其實是果,因在耶 29:11里。當時覺得想不明白,現在回想過往種種,過去幾個月的生離死別都收在這幾句里了!
主啊!我要做你這三分之一的子民,耐心等待末後的指望!
亞 13:9 我要使這三分之一經火,熬煉他們,如熬煉銀子;試煉他們,如試煉金子。他們必求告我的名,我必應允他們。我要說,這是我的子民;他們也要說,耶和華是我們的神。”
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Zec 13:9 "And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"""
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